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Popnography shivers over the new video from Scissor Sisters: Just when we thought Black Swan was going to win the award for the creepiest, most beautiful thing we laid our innocent, virginal eyes on this year, 2010 Out 100 honorees Scissor Sisters debut the video for “Invisible Light,” off their stellar Night Work. Rife with coffins, blood, stigmata, a clown, …

Here’s the new Erasure single that I mentioned a couple of days ago. Get it now on iTunes. Proceeds from the track will be donated to The Hetrick-Martin Institute, the home of the Harvey Milk High School, in New York, and the True Colors Fund. The Hetrick-Martin Institute, the nation’s oldest and largest LGBTQ youth service organization, provides a safe …

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As part of an anti-bullying campaign, Erasure has re-recorded their classic A Little Respect with the LGBT youth chorus from New York City’s high school for at-risk gay youth. A colourful new video for the track, shot in New York City and featuring Erasure lead singer Andy Bell, HMI youth and many other passers-by, will be released as well. The …

Four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein will join the Broadway revival cast of La Cage Aux Folles on February 15th for a 12-week limited run. Fierstein won the Tony in 1983 for writing the show, but this will be his first time actually appearing in it. “I’ve loved watching this new production of LA CAGE and think director Terry Johnson and …

The Unconventionals, one-time British X-Factor contestants, very properly label this fantastically poppy holiday clip on YouTube with the tags “Phil Spector, Ronettes, Chiffons, Crystals, and Mariah Carey.” I generally detest Xmas music, but freekin’ HELL I love this. Featuring cameos by Matt Lucas and Boy George. (Unconventionals lead vocalist Drew Jaymson played Steve Strange in Boy George’s musical Taboo.) PLAY …

Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson, member of the highly influenced industrial/experimental groups Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and Coil, died yesterday in Thailand at the age of 55. No cause of death has been disclosed. I was never much into Throbbing Gristle, despite their clear and often-cited lineage to Nine Inch Nails, one of my favorite bands ever. But it was Coil’s horrific …

Last week I ran a preview snippet of Tom Goss’ DADT-related love song. Here’s the full version.

JMG reader Gary points out this Jazz Times article about openly gay jazz artists, where I found mention of Dave Koz’ new cover of Burt Bacharach’s 1968 classic, This Guy’s In Love With You. “I’ve refashioned that as a wedding song in support of gay marriage,” Koz says. “It’s an interesting way to re-listen to a classic. That’s one of …

That and many other topics came up during Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s appearance on Joy Behar last night.

Here’s a leaked single from the upcoming Glee holiday album. This may not last long on YouTube, thanks to Sony’s Sales Prevention Team.

Gay singer/songwriter Tom Goss sends us a Veteran’s Day preview of his new single, Lover, which tells the story of a gay man whose partner is killed in battle. The record will be released next Tuesday.

Openly gay former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman Bob Mould has launched a solo concert tour beginning with dates in New York City. Mould is also currently one-half of the DJ team behind the wildly successful Blowoff parties, which tour the nation on most weekends. Nov 05 / New York, NY / City Winery / Buy TicketsNov 06 / Brooklyn, …

From tomorrow’s debut episode of Circus on PBS. (Tipped by JMG reader Chev)

This is from the soundtrack of the upcoming gay flick Judas Kiss and features gay porn star Brent Corrigan, who is also in the movie.

“Ew, I wouldn’t touch them with a ten-foot pole. Luckily they’d only touch me if I had a ten-foot pole.”

A bit of a departure for them both. Possibly NSFW.

Just in via press release, a delicious screw-up by Fox News Radio… VERMONT BAND THE SMITTENS SHOCKED BY THE JOHN GIBSON SHOW’S NEW THEME Fox News inadvertently features gay band on homophobe’s show Arch-conservative Fox News Radio Host John Gibson – an avowed opponent of gay marriage, and one of GLAAD’s 2008 ‘Worst Anti-Gay Voices’ – has used the track …

Producers and cast members of several major Broadway shows have joined to create their own website for the It Gets Better Project. Many individual clips and joint cast messages are at the link. Here’s the message from the cast of Chicago.