AIDS In NYC: The First Five Years has been running all summer at the New York Historical Society. Yesterday the New York Times issued a scathing review. After seeing this show, a newcomer to this history would be hard pressed to understand the rise of the street-activist group Act Up, the takeover of the Food and Drug Administration headquarters by …
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President Obama Turns 52
I still can’t get over being older than the president. Very slightly older. But still!
Read More »Original Fire Island Pines Sign
Circa 1957.
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Photographer Joe Hepworth
This afternoon Father Tony and I dropped in at the 14th biennial Fire Island Pines Art Show, where my pal (and former NYC Eagle bartender) Joe Hepworth was showing some of his photography.
Read More »Time-Warner Cable Vs CBS
All Time-Warner Cable customers got this email yesterday: CBS Corporation, the owner of several TV networks and broadcast TV stations, has made outrageous demands for the right to continue delivering their programming to our customers. As a result, several CBS-owned channels have been removed from your lineup while we continue to negotiate for fair and reasonable terms. We deeply regret …
Read More »Raven Simone Comes Out
Actress Raven Simone (The Cosby Show, That’s So Raven) has come out. According to a report from Pop2It, it was the Supreme Court’s striking down of the Defense of Marriage Act earlier this summer that prompted the 27-year-old to go public. “I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you,” she tweeted. A rumor about Simone’s sexuality hit …
Read More »Afternoon View – Fire Island Pavilion
This (I think) is the third Fire Island Pines Pavilion, which contains two bars, a nightclub, a gym, and several retailers. It’s rainy and grey here today and most folks haven’t yet ventured out of their houses.
Read More »CALIFORNIA: San Diego County Clerk Drops Bid To Stop Same-Sex Marriages
San Diego’s Union-Tribune reports: San Diego County Clerk Ernest Dronenburg has withdrawn a petition asking the state Supreme Court to rule on whether same-sex marriages have truly become legal in California. In a news release sent out Friday afternoon, Dronenburg said he canceled the petition because it covered the same ground as another petition filed earlier to the court. The …
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