Tag Archives: Michelangelo Signorile

April 22nd: LGBT Leadership Town Hall

SiriusXM radio host Michelangelo Signorile will host a national LGBT leadership town hall in Washington DC on Thursday, April 22nd. The show will aired live nationally. The Panel: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force executive director Rea Carey; Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese;National Center for Transgender Equality executive director Mara Keisling; Servicemembers Legal Defense Network executive director Aubrey Sarvis; …

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LGBT Activists Convene In NYC For Immigration Equality Forum

A large group of noted LGBT activists are in NYC this weekend to attend an immigration equality forum at the Desmond Tutu Center in Manhattan. The event is sponsored by the Four Freedoms Fund of the Public Interest Projects and will feature speakers from the LGBT-focused Immigration Equality group as well as experts from the comprehensive immigration reform movement. Last …

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Signorile On Joy Behar To Discuss Anne Hathaway Leaving Catholic Church

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DADT: Signorile On CNN

SiriusXM host Michelangelo Signorile appeared on CNN this weekend to talk about DADT and President Obama’s recent recommitment to its overturn. Charles “the president loves terrorists more than gays” Moran of the Log Cabin Republicans appears as well.

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Gays For Scott Brown?

With no exit polls, it’s impossible to know how much gay support former Cosmo model Scott Brown may have gotten in Massachusetts. In the clip below, SiriusXM’s Michelangelo Signorile talks to one gay man who says he campaigned for Brown. Yes folks, we got us a gay teabagger.

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GLAAD Responds To Signorile

GLAAD writes us this morning directing us to a response to Michelangelo Signorile’s Advocate column criticizing their fundraising methods and other tactics, which I excerpted here yesterday. GLAAD executive director Jarrett Barrios, from a lengthy reaction also posted on the Advocate’s site: It seems like Signorile, and many who criticize GLAAD’s work, do so because we don’t always see eye …

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HomoQuotable – Michelangelo Signorile

“At the heart of the controversy is a simple fact: GLAAD solicits money from networks and entertainment companies and then hands them awards for what the organization deems positive media representation of the LGBT community. (In 2009, ABC actually led rival networks with its number of nominees.) Media companies receiving the awards—many of which often engage in or perpetuate the …

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SiriusXM OutQ: 4:30 PM Today

I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM OutQ show at 4:30PM (eastern) today to discuss Peter LaBarbera, Matt Barber, the religious right, and the FBI. You can listen online here.

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HomoQuotable – Michelangelo Signorile

“The march in fact has only made us all stronger as a movement. We were able to organize in a few months, using new media, and got 200,000 people to D.C. without spending much on traditional advertising. David Mixner is to be lauded for his passion and putting the idea out there. Cleve Jones, for his vision and his steadfastness …

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Activists React To Obama’s Speech

Last night Lt. Dan Choi, Dan Savage, Michelangelo Signorile, and Hilary Rosen appeared on CNN to give their reactions to President Obama’s speech. Dan Savage was mostly unimpressed. Signorile said he heard “nothing new.”

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Barney Frank: March Is Useless, Stay Home

Appearing on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show yesterday, Barney Frank dismissed the effectiveness of the National Equality March, saying it would be better if folks stayed home and lobbied locally. Signorile: Barney Frank believes the march this weekend and rally on the mall are “useless” and don’t put pressure on the White House. “I literally don’t understand how this will do …

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Signorile Caller Says He’s Organizing To Overthrow Obama, Bring Back Slavery

A caller to Michelangelo Signorile’s show on SiriusXM said that he and 200 others in different states were organizing to overthrow Barack Obama and bring back slavery. And something about the kicking gays out of the country too. Enjoy the crazy, but in the second clip another caller warns that her own mother had recently joined a similar group.

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Monday: Outrage Premieres On HBO

Outrage, the documentary profiling Mike Rogers, Michelangelo Signorile, and others involved in outing closeted anti-gay politicians debuts on HBO this Monday. The film played in theaters earlier this year to positive reviews.

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Signorile Vs. NOM’s Brian Brown

After his loving hagiography from the Washington Post, NOM’s Brian Brown felt brave enough to take on Michelangelo Signorile. Mistake.

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Pastor Steve Anderson Vs. Michelangelo Signorile

MS: You know, I’m gay..I’m gay, and I don’t molest any children. What do you think of that?SA: Well, I’d say you’re lying.MS: You think i must be molesting children, right?SA: Exactly, right.MS: Do you pray that I’ll died tonight?SA: If you’re a homosexual, I hope you get brain cancer like Ted Kennedy. Read Signorile’s full post on the interview.

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HomoQuotable – Michelangelo Signorile

“It’s time for these new, even risky approaches, and it’s time to ask for it all — now. That’s why I’m going to Washington for the National Equality March — called for by legendary activists David Mixner and Cleve Jones — even though, like others, I wasn’t initially down with the idea. It’s time the rest of us showed up …

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Fierce Advocate: Michelangelo Signorile And LCR Spokesman On Obama’s Promises

Log Cabin Republican spokesman Charles Moran: “The most we’ve gotten is a little bit of a circuit party with a Madonna remix in the East Room of the White House.” Crap. I agree with the LCR. Crap.

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How Much Did The DNC LGBT Fundraiser Really Make?

The Advocate reported that last Thursday’s gay DNC fundraiser at DC’s Mandarin Oriental raised a record $1M, an amount widely reported in the blogosphere, including here. Skeptics about that figure abounded here and elsewhere. Michelangelo Signorile has been digging. Several Democratic insiders tell me that DNC officials have much latitude in moving money around and attributing funds from other fundraisers …

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Signorile Vs. Barney Frank

Surf over to Michelangelo Signorile’s site and listen to him tangle with Rep. Barney Frank over the way gay activists have reacted to the Obama administration on LGBT rights. Things get quite heated. Signorile: Barney became very unhappy with me and pretty heated when I played Howard Dean’s comments on the DOMA brief, trying to stop me and saying he …

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HomoQuotable – Michelangelo Signorile

“But now, a cocktail party? No, that’s not business — it’s schmoozing and sucking up, and it’s all about buying off gay leaders by seducing them, very cheaply, so the White House can help get the money coming back in, since the DNC gay fundraiser for next week is collapsing. The response so far has only been about the money …

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