Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The Flatiron’s rehab has been going on for, what, 200 years? I’ve never seen the building without scaffolding and ad barns around it. These pics embiggen nicely.

“If Travolta was homophobic, dancing in that fat suit with as many gay people as are working on this film, he would have had a heart attack and been dead.” – John Waters, responding to yesterday’s Daily News story about a brewing boycott of his upcoming movie, Hairspray. Waters: “First of all, he is playing a loving mother, not Harvey …

YouTube isn’t allowing me to embed the video, for some reason, but you MUST go and watch I Got A Crush On Obama by Obama Girl. It’s actually a pretty sweet tune and I could totally see it being this summer’s slow jam. The girl in the video is not the singer, by the way. Lyric sample: “You’ll get your …

Openly gay reps Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank have written to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, demanding an inquiry into the abuse and murder of LGBT people in Iraq. The full text of the letter is here. Islamic militias continue to abuct Iraqis suspected of being gay, often leaving their battered corpses for their families to find. In April, the …

The Trevor Project, which operates the nation’s only 24/7 suicide prevention helpline for gay teens, will be holding a gala event on June 25th at NYC’s Millenium Hotel. The event will include a silent auction, dinner, music and comedy performances and an awards ceremony where Nathan Lane will receive the Trevor Hero Award. Also scheduled to appear: Tim Gunn, Carson …

Last night I attended the Queerty-sponsored speech of presidential candidate Sen. Mike Gravel at the Hotel Chelsea’s Star Lounge. While Gravel spoke passionately about ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and marriage equality, he made a couple of missteps. First, when expounding on his position that closeted gays hurt the cause, which all here agree, I’m sure, he said, “Be proud …

From the Really Unimportant News department comes word that the University of Central Florida (my alma mater) has dropped the “Golden” from their team names, now being merely the UCF Knights. I’m still a little freaked out that the little commuter college I attended (back when dinosaurs ruled the earth) is the 6th largest university in the country and is …

These silly sheep are waiting in line at Madison Square’s Shake Shack, Danny Meyer’s insanely popular burger joint where it can take two hours from getting in line to actually eating. Once you order, it can be about another 45 minutes before you get your food. The Shack Shack has a live cam so office workers nearby can assess the …

Lady Randomocity stepped away from the keno table, lit a Marlboro 100, and revealed that Dan of Rochester, NY, was the winner of this week’s Swag Tuesday: a copy of Armisted Maupin’s Michael Tolliver Lives. Dan sez: “Read Armistead Maupin!! Not just the Tales of the City series, but The Night Listener, and Maybe The Moon – two of my …

Andrew Lloyd Webber has been writing a sequel to Phantom Of The Opera, called Phantom In Manhattan. However: “I was trying to write some new music; Otto got into the grand piano, jumped onto the computer and destroyed the entire score for the new Phantom in one fell swoop.” And Broadway was saved. Who’s a good kitty? You are! Yes, …