Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Hey, the Grammys didn’t suck last night! Amy Crackhouse walked away with most of the major awards, but Chaka Khan won two, so it’s all good. Here’s a few of the bigger categories, the rest are here.ALBUM OF THE YEARRiver: The Joni Letters, Herbie HancockRECORD OF THE YEAR”Rehab,” Amy WinehouseSONG OF THE YEAR”Rehab,” Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)NEW ARTISTAmy WinehouseRAP …

The world’s largest Gucci store opened on Fifth Avenue this weekend, taking up 46,000 square feet on three floors of Trump Tower. The fashion house simultaneously launched their new line of Gucci ♥ NY handbags and luggage, which retail for up to $7000. However, the state of New York owns the trademark for anything that ♥’s anything, something they have …

Whew! Obama stomped Hillary in all three Democratic contests yesterday, beating Clinton by more than 2-1 in Washington state and Nebraska, and by 21 points in Louisiana. According to Associated Press delegate count projections, the candidates are within spittin’ distance of each other: Clinton with 1095, Obama with 1070. This is nerve-wracking. In a good way.

Like Jimbo, I don’t think this is very effective advertising. What was the product again?

Russian president Vladimir Putin: “It is already clear that a new phase in the arms race is unfolding in the world. It is not our fault, because we did not start it.” Putin is alarmed by U.S. plans to include Poland and the Czech Republic in a new missile defense shield. Putin: “In effect, we are forced to retaliate, to …

Microsoft is ceasing sales of Windows XP and that’s got some PC wonks in a dither. Goodbye, Windows XP. Microsoft, which released its latest operating system, Vista, last year, plans to stop selling Windows XP in stores and through its PC partners on June 30. It’s a typical move in the high-tech industry, as older models make way for new …

Crap. There was another big high-rise fire a couple of blocks from my apartment yesterday. Dozens of injuries. What is it about the Upper East Side and disaster? Remember the plane that crashed into a high-rise three blocks from me? And the brownstone that exploded? (That one was made into an episode of Law & Order.) Then there was the …

Not as laugh-out-loud funny as Part 1, but some cute bits.

NAACP head Julian Bond gave a rousing plenary speech yesterday at the 20th Annual Creating Change conference in Detroit. Creating Change is a yearly meeting of more than 2000 LGBT activists and is presented by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.

WingNutDaily is claiming that 10% of California’s public school students may be leaving for private and home schooling due to the state’s anti-bullying bill, SB777. Only months after a new state law effectively banned “mom” and “dad” from California schools [JMG: It doesn’t.], a total of 600,000 students could follow because of what has been described as the “repudiation” of …