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The thing about writing parodies of the Christian right is that so often they are completely believable. From the geniuses at ChristWire, talking about Mike Rogers’ outing of South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer: That’s where flamboyant blogger with bulge of bias Mike Rogers toe taps in. He lubed his way into the national consciousness by bringing down idyllic Senator …

Noted outer of hypocrites Mike Rogers today named South Carolina’s anti-gay Lt. Governor Andre Bauer as a closeted homosexual. Mike Rogers: I’m a reporter. I meet with people and I talk to them. Then based on a review of all of the facts, I report closet cases that hurt the gay community. You may not like my style, but I …

Rogers feels the conversation was “thoughtful and respectful” and they got their message out.

As a follow-up to yesterday’s show in which DC news anchor Doug McKelway threatened on the air to punch gay activist Mike Rogers, today the talking head vowed that he will never apologize.

During a live broadcast, yesterday Washington DC NewsChannel 8 anchor Doug McKelway threatened to take activist Mike Rogers “outside and give you a punch across your face” when the two disagreed over the outing tactics of the film Outrage, in which Rogers appears. McKelway didn’t like it when Rogers said that if he felt outing was wrong, then he must …

Soap-opera-in-space Battlestar Galactica will out two characters in webisodes that will run prior to next month’s season debut. (Stop here if you don’t want to be spoiled.) The webisodes are meant to bridge the gap between the mid-season finale and the January 16 premiere, but that’s not the only interesting thing about them. Galactica Sitrep reports that two male characters …

In what they are calling a “hypocrisy bombshell”, today SiriusXM radio host Michelangelo Signorile and DC-based LGBT activist Mike Rogers jointly revealed that Mark Buse, John McCain’s chief of staff, is a gay man. From a story just posted on Signorile’s blog: Over the past month I’ve been contacted by three different individuals (two of them members of the Log …

According to the school board of Memphis, the principal who outed two gay students did nothing wrong. You may recall last week’s story in which the ACLU demanded that Hollis F. Price Middle High School Principal Daphne Beasley be reprimanded for her actions. According to the ACLU, Beasley included the two boys on a list she posted of students thought …

Carly Simon outs herself, sort of, to the Bay Area Reporter: Bay Area Reporter: After speaking with you this morning, I’m going to be interviewing Cyndi Lauper regarding her True Colors tour, which features gay and straight artists performing to raise money for the Human Rights Campaign and other LGBT organizations. I’m wondering if Cyndi called you and asked you …

The ACLU is protesting the outing of two high school students by their principal, who revealed the students’ relationship to other students and teachers, then called one of the student’s mother to reveal her son’s gayness and tell her that she would not tolerate homosexuality at her school. In a letter to school board officials in Memphis, the ACLU demanded …

Last night, Mike Rogers appeared on Hannity & Colmes to defend his actions. Below is a rerun of a post I wrote when the Larry Craig story first appeared on Rogers’ BlogACTIVE last year. The responses were somewhat varied one year ago. I’d be interested to see how opinions may have changed in light of the latest Craig revelations. Case …

“When those private lives are in direct conflict with the public policy that these officials espouse, I think it’s fair game that their private lives be brought into this. And I have to blog to do that with. Here’s the question: What community is expected to protect its own enemies? Don’t beat up the gay community, and then expect us …

“Who I’d like to meet: Any conservative college student in the DC area who is interested in fighting the left” – From the MySpace page of 18-year old Tyler Whitney, the webmaster for rabidly homophobic Republican presidential candidate Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO). Whitney was outed this week by Michigan gay newspaper Between The Lines. Whitney is also affiliated with the …

David Hyde Pierce’s publicist confirmed yesterday that the multi-Emmy winning actor is a homosexual. Was there ever any doubt? Previously Pierce had declined to discuss his personal life, taking the Sean Hayes “my private life is personal” route, although his gayness was well-known to friends and industry associates. I think Pierce is a fantastic talent, yet I can only offer …

In a seemingly pointless move, the New York Post’s Page Six gossip column has outed an employee of the Israeli consulate at the United Nations as a gay porn actor, after tricking administrative worker Dror Barak into revealing his sideline career as a “model” and budding porn actor. Although Barak specified that he did not escort, he did solicit a …

“I have always regarded my sexuality as a personal matter, to be kept private. It is a matter of deep disappointment that a newspaper group has now decided that allegations about my personal life should be made public.” – British Petroleum Chairman John Browne, who resigned today after a British judge lifted the injunction stopping the press from publishing details …

Out Magazine is brewing some uncharacteristic controversy by placing not-exactly-out celebrities Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper on the cover of their Power 50 issue, which ranks “the most powerful gay men and women in America.” Cooper ranks #2, Foster #43. The issue hasn’t hit the stands yet, but New York Magazine is reporting on the issue, which places David Geffen …

NY Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni appears to have come out in an amusing review of a steakhouse located in a West Side titty bar. The review begins, “It may be laughable when someone says he gets Penthouse magazine for the articles. It’s no joke when I say I went to the Penthouse Executive Club for the steaks.” The review …

“From a marketing perspective, if you’re a player who happens to be gay and you want to be incredibly rich, then you should come out, because it would be the best thing that ever happened to you from a marketing and an endorsement perspective. You would be an absolute hero to more Americans than you can ever possibly be as …