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Madonna: I’m Not 50, I’m 36
Madonna would like everybody to know that according to the Kabbalah priests she hired to calculate her age by “channeling her spirit”, tomorrow will only be her 36th birthday, not her 50th. Friends, employees, and acolytes have been ordered NOT to mention the five-oh number tomorrow. Kabbalah nudniks aside, I like the concept of a spiritual age, some people do …
Read More »Lawrence King’s Parents Sue School, Claim Dress Code Was Not Enforced
The parents of murdered gay teen Lawrence King have sued the school district and Ventura Country, claiming that the school’s failure to force King to dress like a boy led to his killing. The boy’s parents, Dawn and Gregory King, along with his younger brother, Rocky King, are seeking unspecified damages related to the fatal shooting of the 15-year-old boy …
Read More »Ellen & Portia To Wed This Weekend
Ellen Degeneres will marry her longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi this weekend. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, 35, will wed this weekend in California, Usmagazine.com has learned exclusively. The pair are planning a small, intimate ceremony with only a few close friends and family.DeGeneres reflected on their upcoming nuptials at the Daytime Emmy Awards in Hollywood in June. “I …
Read More »Gay Dad Gets Abducted Son Back In Israel
NYC gay dad Joshua Glazer was reunited with his son in Israel yesterday. Last week Glazer’s husband fled to Israel with their adopted son in what was called the first ever case of international abduction by a married gay parent. Glazer’s partner, Eric Hyett, had claimed that Glazer has been emotionally abusive. A “removal team” made up of Israeli law …
Read More »Damage Control: Manhunt Chairman Jonathan Crutchley Resigns
Towleroad is reporting that Manhunt chairman Jonathan Crutchley has resigned from its board of directors. In a lengthy statement, Manhunt cofounder Larry Basile strenuously defends his decades-long record of personal gay activism and confirms Crutchley’s resignation. Basile concludes with this: “It should be known that Jonathan Crutchley’s donation to McCain left the entire Board in disbelief. I am disappointed that …
Read More »Ben, The Two Of Us Need Look No More
Gas prices have sent subway ridership surging, and with those extra people comes extra litter, and therefore, extra rats. And according to amNY, the latest swarm doesn’t appear much bothered by human presence. “People have seen them sitting on benches,” said Andrew Albert, an MTA board member and chair of the NYC Transit Riders Council, of the underground rodent problem. …
Read More »Child, Julia Child
Newly released documents confirm that the late famed chef Julia Child worked as a low level spy during WWII, something she alluded to in her 2002 autobiography. Before she mastered the secrets of French cooking, Julia Child was enrolled in the school of espionage. The famous chef let slip the story of her war-era spying in a 2002 autobiography, but …
Read More »Ten Republicans Introduce Bullying Legislation In New York Senate
A nice surprise: Ten New York Republican Senators have introduced legislation to the State Senate that will ban homophobic bullying in schools. The ‘Safe Schools for All Children Bill’ calls for training to help teachers identify and respond to bullying and places the responsibility of keeping tack on bullying cases with schools. The bill also includes protection for transgender students …
Read More »Morning View – Lever House
Built in 1951, the Lever House is considered the “quintessential and seminal glass box International Style” skyscraper. So says Wikipedia. While I understand its historical place in architecture, I find the Lever House just as deadly dull as the bazillion copies that followed. After falling into disrepair towards the end of the last century, there was a major renovation beginning …
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