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Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim “Tea Room” Naugle, who made national headlines last year when he insisted that gay men were running wild in the public restrooms of the city’s beach, is now leading a group of Democrats supporting the push to put anti-gay marriage wording into the Florida state constitution. A ballot measure to ban gay marriage has already won …

Here are two popular costumes for 2008:1) a wild-eyed brain-dead creature from beyond the grave.2) a zombie.

UPDATE: Equality California’s Geoffrey Kors says that “this is crunch time” and implores LGBT Americans to come to their aid. “People change their minds about Proposition 8 when they hear the lie that churches will lose their tax-free status if they won’t marry same-sex couples,” said Kors. “Even though this is not true. “So this is crunch time. With less …

Well, look at that. JMG reader favorite Eric Leven is the covercub for the second annual New York Leather Weekend, which starts Friday. Lots of events: a bar crawl, a street fair, a dance, etc. I can’t vouch for any of it as I was out of town last year. Their site mentions vendors and food at the street fair, …

Bolthouse Farms has been working on improving their reputation with the LGBT community ever since word broke that the company’s founder donated $100K to support Proposition 8. Company officials stressed that William Bolthouse no longer owns the company, but a nationwide boycott and protests outside of Bolthouse resellers ensued. From a Bolthouse Farms press release: -In March, William Bolthouse Jr., …

This should provoke some interesting discussion. In San Diego, gay student associations at two community colleges are clashing with administrators over the acronym for their name: FAGS. Members of gay and lesbian clubs at two San Diego community colleges say campus administrators have violated their free speech rights by repeatedly blocking attempts to advertise their shared acronym: FAGS. Frye stands …

Popular NYC gay club Mr. Black has been closed. Again. Michael Musto: Mr. Black, my favorite new club–which is actually the relocated version of the place that shut down last year after a drug raid crippled it–has just been seized by the tax man! There are signs on the place saying officials have taken it over for non payment of …

Just for fun, here are a few reactions to last night’s debate from the deluded PUMAs that inhabit HillaryClintonForums.net: -“We have plenty of time left for the press/ads/palin to do some damage with Ayers, Birth Cert, Kenya/Indonesia citizenship etc…”-“Michelle’s dress was weird.”-“OBAMA IS A CHEATER. HE CHEATED DURING THE PRIMARIES AND WILL CHEAT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. INTEGRITY TRUMPS ISSUES. …

How about some commentary on the Hallmark boycott from the lovely folks at the American Family Association? Here’s a sampling of what their members are telling Hallmark on their petition about the company’s line of gay marriage greeting cards: – “Gay marriage is wrong, against God’s standards. You cannot mock God without feeling the consequences.”-“This is not in the Bible …

The complete Sarah Palin flute collection on ten compacts disc. “And as a bonus, we’ll send you the free bonus DVD, Buns Of Leadership.”

This is the back side of the Manhattan Municipal Building as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge. Completed in 1915, it’s one of the largest government buildings in the world. Thirteen city agencies are housed on the building’s 25 floors. Car traffic used to pass through its center arch (barely visible here).

“I know Sarah Palin cares about women’s rights, she cares about equality, she cares about equal pay, and as Vice President she will fight for it. She cares about our children and she cares about women’s lives. She’s an athlete and she knows what Title Nine did for girls like her. It is an honor to call her sister. America, …

Set your phasers on “fail.” An American version of Absolutely Fabulous is coming to Fox. Edina and Patsy are ready to take on L.A. Fox is developing a redo of Jennifer Saunders’ enduring Britcom “Absolutely Fabulous,” to be exec produced by Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum for Sony Pictures TV, Tantamount and BBC Worldwide America. Christine Zander (“Saturday …

Here’s a NYT graphic showing the relative heights of US presidents for the last hundred years. (Embiggening required.) Since 1900 the taller candidate has won 17 out of 24 times. McCain is 5’7″, Obama is 6’1″. Dubya did beat the taller Kerry, but we are so not counting his win over the taller Al Gore. If McCain were to win, …