Led by activist Lane Hudson, a group of activists is saying that DC Mayor Adrian Fenty should be uninvited for this year’s pride celebration unless he apologizes for the accidental recognition of the “good work” of the “ex-gay” group, PFOX. From their Facebook page: Six months after the Certificate was discovered, a spokesperson from the Mayor’s office blamed a “low …
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Gay Activist Heckles Bill Clinton
Gay activist and blogger Lane Hudson heckled Bill Clinton about DADT and DOMA during Clinton’s speech at the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh yesterday. Andres Duque has the full transcript of Clinton’s response, which he began by telling Hudson he’d fit in as one of the town hall screamers. Hey, you know, you ought to go to one of those …
Read More »Bolthouse Farms Boycott Ends
Californians Against Hate has called off their boycott of Bolthouse Farms. The food fight is over. Nearly a month ago, opponents of Proposition 8 — which would amend the state Constitution to ban gay marriage — started a “soft boycott” of Bolthouse Farms, among the largest producers of fresh-cut carrots in the world and the maker of juices and smoothies …
Read More »No Charges For Mark Foley
Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) will not face charges for sending lewd emails and instant messages to congressional pages, according to sources that say an official announcement is about to be released. Foley’s attorney, David Roth, has acknowledged that Foley sent the messages to the teenagers, but has maintained that the Florida Republican never had inappropriate contact with minors. …
Read More »NLGJA Convention: In Which I Get Called A Stalinist
This weekend’s trip to the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists convention in DC turned out to be a lot of fun. Friday night I met my pal, personal blogger Jimbo Barrett, who treated me to dinner and cosmos at gay fave Duplex before we headed to a party at the Adams Morgan home of outing kingpin Mike Rogers, author of …
Read More »Gay Blogger Makes Waves For Thompson
Blogger Lane Hudson, whom you may recall was the guy who anonymously posted the infamous Mark Foley IM transcripts, has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, charging prospective Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson with violating the FEC’s “testing the waters” rule. During the “exploratory period” of deciding whether to run, a candidate does not have to file financial …
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