Joe.My.God. LGBT News

I’m doing a short phone interview with Michalangelo Signorile on Sirius OutQ at 2:30pm EST. If somebody can grab it off the air, I’ll post it here.

Some of you have probably seen last’s night MSNBC Countdown, where the Sanchez story was #1. Today Matt Sanchez has posted a letter on Salon..

The current issue of The Advocate features a joint column by HRC head Joe Solmonese and activist Judy Shepard calling for immediate action on a national hate crimes law, as this may be the best year to get such a bill passed. Fear of violence remains a horrible reality for millions of GLBT Americans—even in places that many consider “tolerant” …

Who would you switch for? I’ve always had a thing for butch rocker chicks, so I’m thinking Joan Jett..

NEW VISITORS: The first Matt Sanchez post is here. Yesterday, I emailed Matt Sanchez nine questions. This morning he gave me a very brief response to some of the questions, to which I asked for clarification and elaboration. As of 5pm, I haven’t heard back. The last three questions were sent to Matt in a second email yesterday, which he …

“I do think it’s shocking that somebody who has made so much money out of gay people is now part of an organisation which is anti-gay.” – Boy George, speaking against Madonna and her relationship with Kabbalah, about which he says, “I have investigated it and they are homophobic.” (YouTube.) In the past, George has called Madonna “a vile, hideous, …

Above:This was sent to me by Jimbo in DC, who thinks it sums up the NYC bear scene. Seems about right.Below: A-list NYC bear Gayest Neil slaps back.

In order to a do an occasional short audio post, I’m looking for a decent microphone and audio editing program. All I’ve got is the lame mic that came with my laptop, plus whatever recorder came packaged with WinXP. Advice? I don’t need anything fancy, just something that a luddite like myself can operate. Is there anything out there that …

Jockohomo tipped me to this story about an Army drill sergeant charged with sex crimes for forcing a male private to dress in a Superman costume and have sex, under the guise of “helping” the soldier with his depression. This is more bad news for the DADT-repeal movement, as surely the fundies will jump all over this, as they did …

The Mountain Press has issued a statement announcing that they will no longer run Ann Coulter’s column. “When we agree to buy a syndicated column we expect the writer to offer responsible, reasoned opinion on national and international issues,” Editor Stan Voit said. “Ms. Coulter’s column drew an unusual amount of criticism from our readers when we first started running …