Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Yesterday the California Assembly passed a bill making it easier for same-sex partners to take the surname of their partners or to create a new surname entirely. The bill must pass the state Senate and by signed by Schwarzenegger to become law. Currently only seven states (including New York) allow a man to take the last name of his wife …

The woes never stop for Steven Green, the 42-year old gay mega millionaire New Yorker who was once named as one of the city’s ten worst landlords. First, he gets sent to jail for failing to provide tenants with heat and water. In January, Green again made headlines when he lost a high-profile gay divorce case against the man he …

Our Lady of Randomocity considered this week’s supplicants and chose #24, Michelle of Washington DC, who says, “Holy enchilada! I WON swag Tuesday. WhooHooo! Clearly this is karmic reward for sucking it up and doing last minute refreshments last night for the end of year St. Jane De Chantal band concert.” Michelle is regifting her prize to a friend in …

Shelley Winters (her name) loves to begin her day of pigeon stalking in the pre-dawn hours, when the birds start their racket in the airshaft. She’s also decided that the best time to play with her squeaky toys in somewhere between 2am-3am, forcing me to hide them before I go to bed. I have to wonder if the downstairs neighbors …

My former roommate in SF is a lifer with Sun Microsystem and he hipped me to Kelly Moyer, an openly transgender employee now blogging on their site. Drop by and welcome Kelly to the ‘sphere. And props to Sun! Farmboy Father Tony riffs on a lifetime of hat collecting. Mack Daddy DJ Rich Morel has posted a new podcast which …

Researchers at Clemson University have disproved the “five-second rule”, showing that food items dropped on various floor surfaces for only 5 seconds still picked up as many as tens of thousands of bacteria such as salmonella. On surfaces that had been contaminated eight hours earlier, slices of bologna and bread left for five seconds took up from 150 to 8,000 …

Ernie over at Little.Yellow.Different recently visited Fort Lauderdale, where he took this picture of the marquee of the Shoppes Of Wilton Manors, which I believe is the only all-gay strip mall in the world. (Aside from the SSA office, of course.) Poverello is a thrift shop that benefits HIV/AIDS charities and the rest are self-explanatory. I can recommend Georgie’s Alibi …

From the sports site Bugs & Cranks: The National League is abuzz over the early performance of the 22-10 Milwaukee Brewers. Apparently, they’re not satisfied to kick ass, they want to be elbow deep in it. The Crew is offering free rectal exams at Miller Park on Tuesday, giving free tickets to men who let Freddie Fingers touch their anus. …

After nine months of planning and meeting with neighborhood groups, Heritage Of Pride, NYC’s gay pride organization, was denied a permit (PDF) by the city to move this year’s PRIDEfest event from its traditional West Village location to Chelsea’s 8th Avenue between 14th and 23rd Streets. Heritage Of Pride maintains that the West Village location is “not safe, not accessible, …

Legislation was introduced in Congress today that would allow Americans to sponsor their foreign same-sex partner for legal residency, a right currently afforded only to married heterosexuals. The bill is called the Uniting American Families Act and was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and in the House by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). The bill would add …