Vote for PHB creep of the night - Haley Barbour or FL Gov. Rick Scott
Both of these guys had made the news today that suggests they have no moral center and love pandering. Case #1: Haley Barbour lobbied for undocumented immigrants on behalf of Mexican government....
View ArticleIt's Official: Fringe Renewed for Fourth Season
The impossible is indeed possible where Fringe is concerned: the sci-fi drama has been picked up by FOX for a fourth season. Executive producer Joel Wyman broke news of the renewal via Twitter,...
View ArticleAnother Study Finds No Heart Attack Risk From Abacavir
People taking abacavir (found in Ziagen, Epzicom and Trizivir) had no greater risk of having a heart attack than people not taking abacavir, according to an analysis of six AIDS Clinical Trials Group...
View ArticleListen: Lady Gaga's 'Country Road' Version of 'Born This Way'
Lady Gaga tweeted, er, twanged this out in the middle of the night last night. Listen, AFTER THE JUMP...
View ArticleWatch: Joy Behar Hopes Fred Phelps Will Die Soon; WBC a No-Show at Elizabeth...
Joy Behar speaks with Nate Phelps, the estranged son of Fred Phelps, who claims his father physically abuses the family, about the WBC's attacks on gays, and their plans to picket Elizabeth Taylor's...
View ArticleNOM called out for misleading on DOMA
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless MonstersThe good folks at Stop8.org breaks down the lies of the National Organization for Marriage: NOM may have gobs of money, but we have truth on our side....
View ArticleGay Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Lanford Wilson is Dead at 73
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, known for the plays Talley's Folly, Balm in Gilead, Fifth of July, and Burn This, among others, died of complications of pneumonia in Wayne, NJ on...
View ArticleWatch: Jon Stewart Shreds Bret Baier and FOX News
Such easy sport for Stewart, I almost feel sorry for Baier by the end. Almost. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Exclusive - Bret Baier Extended Interview...
View ArticleWatch: Former Staffer Attacks Iowa's Leading Anti-Gay Bigot Over Campaign to...
The Iowa judge battle rages on. Dan Moore, a former campaign staffer for Bob Vander Plaats, the bigot leading the charge to rid Iowa of all its judges over their ruling for marriage equality in 2009,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Doctor Who Prequel: "There Are No Monsters in the Oval Office"
Season Six of Doctor Who might not kick off until next month, but Auntie Beeb is offering a sneak peek at the first episode ("The Impossible Astronaut"), written by head writer/executive producer...
View ArticleTarget Sues to Keep Activist Group from Canvassing for Marriage Equality...
I mentioned this recently in one of my news round-ups, but today a case is set to begin in San Diego in which Target Corporation will face off against activists who want to petition for marriage...
View ArticleMD House Panel Advances Gender Identity Non-Discrimination Bill
Equality Maryland reports that Maryland's Gender Identity Discrimination Act has been approved by the House Health & Government Operations Committee on a 15-8 vote. House Bill 235 would add gender...
View ArticleMy Dinner with Abed: Emotional Truths and the Lies We Tell Ourselves on...
It's safe to say that Community will never give you exactly what you think you're getting. In this case, this week's brilliant and moving episode of Community ("Critical Film Studies"), written by Sona...
View ArticleWatch: Ecological Tragedy Unfolding in South Atlantic as Thousands of...
This is unbearably sad but should be brought to everyone's attention. The NYT: Responders to a shipwreck and oil spill off a remote South Atlantic archipelago are in a “race against time” to save...
View ArticleMaryland's gender anti-discrimination bill passes House committee vote
Maryland's gender anti-discrimination bill HB 235 was successfully voted out of the House Health & Government Operations Committee by a vote of 15-8. Next stop, debate on the floor of the House of...
View ArticleDan Savage: 'That's Staggering to Think I am a Gay Man and I Give College...
Last night, Nightline ran a profile on Dan Savage which covered his sex advice column Savage Love, the It Gets Better project, Rick Santorum's frothy Google problem, and life as a gay parent. Watch,...
View ArticleRobert Pattinson on the Pressures of Being a Shirtless Sex Object
The Twilight star sounds off on a variety of topics in a new EW cover story, among them the physical requirements demanded of a Hollywood leading vampire. EW: And after you do press for Elephants...
View ArticleUgandan Parliament May Shelve 'Kill the Gays' Bill; Could Transfer Provisions...
Box Turtle Bulletin points us to a Ugandan news report which indicates that Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, aka the "kill the gays" bill, appears to have been shelved. Says Information Minister...
View ArticleWatch: Opening Scene of 'Grey's Anatomy' Musical Episode
Haven't tuned in to Grey's Anatomy for a long, long time, though I might go back to check out the musical episode they have coming up this week, in which most of the characters sing — which i guess is...
View ArticleLGBT Stories: A Repressed Memory Of A Traumatic Gym Class and An Abusive Father
NATHAN MANSKE Nathan Manske and Marquise Lee recently finished a 4 month, 50 state tour of the United States collecting stories for their I'm From Driftwood site. We'll be sharing some of the stories...
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