Madonna’s first album was released by Sire Records thirty years ago today. Rolling Stone noticed the release two months later: Madonna, who crashed onto the dance charts last year with “Everybody,” has a voice that takes some getting used to. At first, it doesn’t sound like much at all. Then you notice its one distinguishing feature, a girlish hiccup that …
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Tired Old Queen at the Movies #118
Today’s movie: James Wilby, Hugh Grant and Rupert Graves turn in subtle and brilliant performances in Merchant Ivory’s adaptation of E. M. Forester’s romantic, gay love story; “Maurice” (1987). Published after Forester’s death and hidden for decades, it concerns the romance of a two young men at Cambridge at the turn of the century, what their love affair costs them …
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Via press release from the Human Rights Campaign: Mere verbal assurances from the Russian government that foreigners will be exempt from their repressive laws are not enough,” said Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin. “The IOC must obtain ironclad written assurance from President Putin. But more importantly, they should be advocating for the safety of all LGBT people in …
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More exciting news from JMG readers in Pennsylvania. Via email: “Hi Joe, I have been a reader of your blog since a couple of months after you started it. Me and my partner got a civil union in NJ in 2007 and we just got a marriage license in Montgomery County, PA. We walked out of the court house just …
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KENTUCKY: First Marriage Lawsuit Filed
A Kentucky gay couple has become the first to file a federal lawsuit against that state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Louisville’s WLKY has a brief item: Louisville attorneys Shannon Fauver and Dawn Elliot filed a 19-page federal lawsuit Friday morning, challenging Kentucky’s constitutional ban on same sex marriage. The plaintiffs in the suit are Gregory Bourke and Michael Deleon who …
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