Watch: Newt Gingrich Confronted About Funding Anti-Gay Hate Group
This morning, Igor Volsky of the Wonk Room confronted Newt Gingrich about hundreds of thousands of dollars in money he funneled to the American Family Association, a group which has been designated a...
View ArticleHouse Speaker Boehner tells Rolling Stone that the poor and lazy caused our...
I love it when pols forget they are on the record and give us a peek behind the mask. Well-tanned, good-time guy John Boehner, the House Speaker, opened up, so to speak, to Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi...
View ArticleRNC Microsite Attacks Obama on Gay Rights
Politico's Ben Smith notes that a new microsite from the Republican National Committee reveals that the GOP isn't letting its "values voters" down. And the party goes straight at the two key gay...
View ArticleHow about an April edition of 'Gay Panic'?
Sadly, I haven't posted a gay panic item in a while, and this one is particularly egregious - a 28-year-old man claims a 70-year-old made some kind of advance that caused the assailant to claim he had...
View ArticleWatch: Ryan Reynolds in New 'Green Lantern' Footage
Ryan Reynolds learns the Green Lantern oath in four minutes of fresh footage from the forthcoming superhero flick previewed at last weekend's Wonder-Con. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
View ArticleWatch: Britney and Co. Dance Through the Apocalypse in 30-Second 'Till The...
Ms. Spears has informed the world that there will be not one but two versions of the forthcoming music video for "Till the World Ends" — one focusing on the apocalyptic storyline and another focusing...
View ArticleGovernor Bob McDonnell Considers Measure Allowing Gay Couples to Adopt...
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell must decide shortly on a change in adoption regulations proposed by his predecessor Tim Kaine in 2009 that would allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children in the...
View ArticleSorry Newt Gingrich, but the American Family Association IS a hate group
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless MonstersWith the Family Research Council taking the lead in attempting to smack down the Southern Poverty Law Center's charges of it and other "morality groups"...
View ArticleWoman Attacks 'Evil, Homosexual' Gauguin Work at National Gallery
A woman was tackled and restrained at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. last week after attacking Two Tahitian Women, a famous 1899 painting by Paul Gauguin. Screaming “This is evil,” a woman...
View ArticleSean Hayes to Play Larry in 'Three Stooges' Movie
Sean Hayes will play Larry in the forthcoming Three Stooges movie, according to the Hollywood Reporter: "Hayes joins Will Sasso in the comedy being directed by the Farrelly brothers. Still up for...
View ArticleGay New Zealand Olympian Speed Skater Blake Skjellerup Launches Anti-Bullying...
'Pink Shirt Day' is a nationwide campaign to fight bullying in New Zealand. Out kiwi speed skater Blake Skelljerup is kicking off the campaign with a video encouraging others to join. He writes: I...
View ArticleWatch: Stephen Colbert Prepares 'Emergency Beckpack' for Life after Glenn Beck
With Glenn Beck's show facing possible cancelation, Stephen Colbert instructs conservatives how to prepare for the GlennPocalypse with a special Emergency Beckpack, in order that they not have to face...
View ArticleWatch: White House Press Sec'y Won't Speculate on Executive Order Barring...
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked yesterday by the Washington Blade's Chris Johnson whether the President would be open to barring the federal government from doing business with...
View ArticleAtlanta Cemetery Plans Separate Section for Gay People
A gay Atlanta cemetery owner plans to create a section specifically for gay people who want to be buried near other gay people, similar to a cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark which in 2008 announced it...
View ArticleThe Daily Beast: "Game of Thrones Comes to HBO"
HBO is about to unveil an ambitious adaptation of George R.R. Martin's fantasy novel Game of Thrones, the first book in a seven-novel series entitled "A Song of Ice and Fire." Over at The Daily Beast,...
View ArticleThe Daily Beast: "Game of Thrones: 10 Secrets About HBO's Adaptation"
Fans of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire," adapted by HBO as Game of Thrones, already know the novels inside and out. I go behind the scenes to offer 10 secrets from the HBO drama,...
View ArticleRI Considering Civil Unions as Alternative to Marriage Equality
Rhode Island lawmakers are reportedly considering the separate-but-not-equal option of civil unions over marriage equality, the AP reports: A House committee will review legislation Tuesday that would...
View ArticleMan Cleared of Wrongdoing Over Nude Morning Coffee-Making
I've posted a few times about Erick Williamson, who in October 2008 was arrested for indecent exposure after a woman and a child saw him nude in his kitchen making coffee early in the morning. He was...
View ArticleSame-Sex Civil Partnerships Begin in Ireland
Same-sex civil partnerships began in Ireland today. Barry Dignam and Hugh Walsh were the first to tie the knot in Dublin today, the Irish Times reports: ...today, 17 years after they started going...
View ArticleAn Unexpected Letter From The Maryland LGBT Caucus To State Senate President...
There has been a very unexpected development in the Maryland's HB 235 -- the gender identity bill. The following letter was sent by the House of Delegates' LGBT caucus to State Senate President Mike...
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