Tag Archives: Washington DC

NOM Panders To DC’s Anti-Gay Blacks

Today the Washington DC City Council will meet to give final approval of their April legislation recognizing same-sex marriage from other jusidictions. Jeremy at Good As You notes that NOM has rushed out a re-recorded anti-gay radio ad which is word-for-word the same as the old one, but with a recognizably African-American announcer.

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Four Times Married Ex-Con Drunk Driving Tax Evader Calls Gay Marriage Immoral

(Via – Right Wing Watch)

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“Bitch Set Me Up!”….

…said then-DC Mayor Marion Barry in 1990 about the prostitute who led him into a crack cocaine sting, which lead to a six-month stint in a federal prison. Three income tax evasion investigations, a DWI arrest, and four wives later, the current DC Councilman Marion Barry felt no fucking shame in joining the NOM crowd today to lead chants about …

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DC’s Anti-Gay Marriage Protest
“Like A Hitler Youth Rally”

At today’s anti-gay marriage rally in DC’s Freedom Plaza, NOM-organized haters turned with arms outstretched to cast the Holy Spirit upon the evil sodomites in the building across the street where DC’s City Council meets. JMG reader Russ sent us the photo and says: “This is a group of demonstrators at Freedom Plaza in DC, today. They were shouting “NO …

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Tomorrow: Protest Over DC’s Decision To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages

Anti-marriage equality activists will gather at Washington, DC’s Freedom Plaza tomorrow to protest the recent city council vote to recognize same-sex marriages from other states. “We’ve got to really rally together,” event coordinator Derek McCoy said. “You’re not just talking one ethnic group. Everybody has to come together and really work on this issue collectively.” The rally runs from 10 …

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Fail: DC Teabaggers Had No Permit

Today in massive fails: It was a great idea, really. Take 1 million tea bags and dump them in Lafayette Park to protest government spending. Hip, hip, hoo-ray! But a funny thing happened en route to a visually pleasing Tax Day protest. The National Park Service said the tea party protesters didn’t have the proper permit to dump their bags. …

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DC To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages From Other Jurisdictions

Washington DC’s City Council has voted unanimously to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states where such unions are legal. The D.C. Council voted today to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, on the same day that Vermont became the fourth state to legalize same-sex unions. Domestic partnerships are already legal in the nation’s capital, and gay couples married in …

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Westboro Pickets White House

Yesterday the Westboro Baptist Church picketed the White House in their continuing national tour to drum up support for the LGBT movement. Every time they appear, thousands more come to our side. Go Westboro!

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DC’s Town Danceboutique Responds

In Monday’s post about bachelorette parties at gay bars, I mentioned that when at DC’s Town Danceboutique, I’d heard complaints about straight people “rubbing our noses” in their right to marry by holding parties at Town. JMG reader Chad forwarded the post to the owners of Town and here is their response. “The irony that straight people choose Town Danceboutique …

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At Joe The Plumber’s DC Book Signing

Impressive, huh? He sold five books.

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Democracy Comes To DC (Probably)

Residents of Washington DC will at last have representation in Congress. Probably. By a vote of 61-37, the Senate passed a bill providing full voting representation for the nation’s capital in the House of Representatives, nearly ensuring that the measure will become law this time around. While advocates were declaring victory already, a court fight almost definitely looms over the …

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DC Goes For Gay Games

With the support of city officials, a Washington DC group is submitting a bid to host the 2014 Gay Games. “We’re going to submit a great bid,” said Brent Minor, co-chair of the Bid Committee for the Metropolitan Washington Gaymes, the organization coordinating the city’s effort to host the 2014 games. “We are not taking anything for granted.” Vince Micone, …

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Inauguration By Satellite

Via satellite, CNN provided some amazing shots of the massive crowds on the National Mall yesterday. Each of those black smudges represents probably hundreds of thousands of people. Try embiggening the photo here, click over to Popular Science for a huge version.

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Washington DC Gay Men’s Chorus At Inauguration Concert

In a historic first, the Washington DC Gay Men’s Chorus just performed at the inaugural concert on the National Mall, backing Josh Groban and Heather Headley. And they were fantastic. I got all toh up, for realz. These are shots I took off my TV, I’ll have video as soon as it’s available.UPDATE: Obama gave gay folks a shout out …

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Inauguration Concert Today

An estimated 500,000 people are gathering on the National Mall for today’s inauguration concert at the Lincoln Memorial. HBO is broadcasting the show live and for free from 2:30-4:30PM eastern time. Performers include Bruce Springsteen, U2, Garth Brooks, Steve Wonder, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Usher, Shakira, Renee Fleming, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, James Taylor, Rosario Dawson, Jamie Fox, …

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Wingnuts Win, Doubletree Hotel Cancels MAL Party

Apparently due to pressure from Peter LaBarbera of the Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, the Doubletree Hotel in DC has reportedly canceled tonight’s sex party to be held in conjunction with Mid-Atlantic Leather. I can’t confirm this independently at the moment, but several JMG readers have reported getting emails from the party’s organizers announcing the cancellation. LaBarbera has another post …

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Wingnuts Demand End To MAL Sex Party

Well, this was inevitable. Thanks to Porno Pete LaBarbera and his endless enthusiasm for and attention to the sex lives of leathermen, wingnut sites such as Free Republic and WorldNetDaily are lighting up today over LaBarbera’s ::shocking:: finding that there will be a sex party during Mid-Atlantic Leather. Which, you know, is totally our coming communist dictator’s doing. From the …

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Obama Spokesman: The President-Elect Will Not Be Attending Mid-Atlantic Leather

Somebody at ABC figured out that the Obama inauguration happens a couple of days after the 25th Annual Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) Weekend in DC and wondered if the President-elect would be dropping by. Thousands of tourists pouring into Washington, D.C. for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration will be sharing the nation’s capital with a few thousand predominantly gay leather fetishists, in …

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DC Blowoff Photo Recap

Sorry it took me a few days to get to it, but here’s the slideshow from Saturday’s Blowoff at DC’s 9:30 Club, featuring a guest appearance by Santa Bear. My favorite track of the night: a killer remix of Hey Champ’s Cold Dust Girl spun by Bob Mould. Full-screen versions of the photos are here. If you don’t want your …

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Morning View – DC Metro

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