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Ted Haggard, the virulently anti-gay head of the National Association of Evangelicals was outed today by a Denver television station after it aired an interview with a male prostitute who claims that Haggard has been patronizing him for three years and had used crystal meth during their sessions. Watch the interview here. (via – AmericaBlog.) Haggard, married with five kids, …

Today’s gay history lesson: Fort Lauderdale’s Marlin Beach Hotel, the place that caused so many men to move to Fort Lauderdale in the 70’s and 80’s. Busy in the winter, but not so much in the summer, the Marlin’s famous t-dances on its Poop Deck packed the boys in every day during the 6 weeks of spring break. It’s where …

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The beef, gentle readers, will be hoofing down Avenue A to Big Lug tonight for DJs Paul & Damian’s 80’s & electro party. See y’all there. And please folks, ease off on the promo requests. I usually only mention events here if a) I am going to be there, and/or b) it’s being run by meatspace friends. Tonight, I’m requesting …

Cafe Metro, Madison & 42nd, 8:45am (In line in front of me at the omelet station.) Girl 1: I never know what to wear out anymore. Everything changes so fast. I’m so behind on what’s cool.Girl 2: I know, right? I totally almost put on a poncho the other day. It’s like you can’t even trust what they wear on …

Mike Rogers of blogACTIVE and Proud Of Who We Are has released an ad parodying the race-baiting ad used by the Republican National Committee in Tennessee’s senatorial race, in which racist miscegenation messages were played up when a white woman blows a kiss into the camera and suggest that the black Democratic candidate “call me.” In this blogACTIVE spot, Rogers …

Seven people were shot during last night’s annual massive Halloween celebration in San Francisco’s Castro district. Police also reported a stabbing and a sexual assault. For years, local gay activists and merchants have been complaining about the “unofficial” event in the Castro, as it brings up to 500,000 mostly-straight people into the gayborhood, some of whom are aggressive and violent. …

Sort your browswer history by “most visited”. Aside from your own sites (your blog, your MySpace, etc.) what are your three most-visited sites? Mine: Technorati, SFGate, New York Times. (Thanks to Chris at Boy’s Briefs for this week’s Open Thread idea.).

The view from my hotel room, looking west. At 9pm last night, I had to walk ten NYC-blocks just to find a single place open and selling any kind of food. Ten blocks! Manhattan can sure spoil you.

Still no sign of lobster, rock or otherwise.