10/15/2008
News: Gale Harold, Canada, ACORN, Virgil Goode, Tyson Beckford
Conservative Harper wins re-election in Canada.
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gives $25,000 to fight Prop 8: "We need to redouble our efforts now to match the flood of money raised by supporters of Prop 8...the America of my dreams includes everyone, not just a few."
Project Runway designer Jack Mackenroth's condom couture for tomorrow night's Project Inform fundraiser in San Francisco.
Desperate Housewives and QAF star Gale Harold seriously injured in motorcycle accident.
White House memos endorsed CIA waterboarding: "The Bush administration explicitly endorsed the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods against al Qaeda suspects in a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The previously undisclosed classified memos were requested by then CIA Director George Tenet more than a year after the start of the secret interrogations, the newspaper reported, citing administration and intelligence officials familiar with the documents."
REBOUND: A-Rod and Madonna are tighter than ever.
New York appeals court to hear challenge to same-sex marriage decision today.
Death in Batman-land: Gotham City says good-bye to music maker.
ACORN: The Republican voter fraud hoax.
GLSEN report: "More than 86% of the 6,209 middle- and high-school students surveyed said they'd experienced harassment at school in the past year, and about 60% felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation."
Hundreds gather in Minneapolis to remember Matthew Shepard.
Brazilian mayoral candidate uses gay-baiting in ads: "Is he married? Does he have children?"..."The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Committee formed to rally support in the gay community for Marta's candidacy released a statement on Monday denouncing the advertisements as 'wrong and unacceptable'. The controversy is all the more surprising as Marta is a former sex therapist and was one of the first politicians in Brazil to align herself with the gay community."
Tyson Beckford, Christina Aguilera dazzle at Africa Rising event.
The body's anti-HIV enzyme explained: "APOBEC-3G is present in every human cell. It is capable of stopping HIV at the first step of replication, when the retrovirus transcribes its RNA into viral DNA...If APOBEC-3G works so well, why do people get AIDS? Because the HIV virus has evolved to encode the protein Vif, known as a "virulence factor," that blocks APOBEC-3G."
Killer of transgender woman gets five years: "Defense attorney Brian McMonagle had contended that the shooting occurred during 'pandemonium' in the car after Oates felt King's penis, after the two struggled for Oates' gun and after King moved toward Oates, according to the newspaper's report."
Anti-gay GOP Virginia Congressman Virgil Goode earmarked $150K for theater tied to his campaign manager's Linwood Duncan's gay sex and drug film.
Mark Foley's Democratic replacement caught up in new sex scandal: "The congressman's alleged extramarital affair with a staffer and promise to pay her $121,000 to avoid a lawsuit was reported Monday by ABC News."
South African man arrested for gay sex video blackmail: "The 44-year-old businessman, who has not been named, has already paid out more than R40000 in cash after being filmed at a Summerstrand home. Police believe more men may have been targeted. Zimbabwe-born Shepard Tito appeared in the Port Elizabeth magistrate‘s court yesterday on charges of extortion after he allegedly targeted high-profile businessmen to set up meetings where they were taped engaged in sexual acts with men."
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I'm a big fan of Gale's...I hope he's going to be ok.
Also, thank you Mr. Towleroad for helping the "No on 8" cause by drawing attention to it so regularly. People from all across the country may contribute, and I hope they'll consider it. The website is a breeze to use.
As goes California, so goes the Nation.
Posted by: JJ | Oct 15, 2008 3:00:53 PM
This just in: another STRAIGHT guy helping us: Steve Bing [Liz Hurley baby feud] is giving $500,000!
Gay celeb trolls tell me again where the $$$ of Ellen, Rosie, Elton, Gus Van Sant, Greg Berlanti, et al., is!!!!!
Posted by: Leland Frances | Oct 15, 2008 3:07:42 PM
The whole Marta/Kassab campaign is really complicated. While I'm not defending that ad, everyone in São Paulo knows that Kassab is gay. Whether or not he wants to come out is his choice, but he consistently votes AGAINST gay rights. It's a shame because it looks like he's going to win...
Posted by: Michael | Oct 15, 2008 3:12:21 PM
Gosh, Leland. I keep looking for your name on the donor's list, and I just don't see it. Tell me again where your $$$ is.
Posted by: crispy | Oct 15, 2008 3:18:27 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres has made a public service announcement urging California voters to oppose a ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage.
DeGeneres married actress Portia de Rossi on Aug. 16, two months after the California Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage took effect. In recent days, the popular talk show host has been criticized in the gay press for not giving money to the campaign to defeat Proposition 8 or otherwise lending her star presence to the cause.
She still hasn't made a campaign contribution, but on Tuesday she posted a video on her show's Web site. She said when she got married it was the happiest day of her life.
DeGeneres' mother, Betty, has given $700 to help defeat the initiative.
Nice she made a PSA that only aired once on her show and yet the lies and bullshit from the yes on 8 camp airs their spots all night on local channels and I see maybe one or two spots from the no camp a week.
Now is the time, put up or shut up and face losing our rights on November 4th. Glad you had a gala wedding and all, but we need $$$$ to fight and win.
And yes Crispy my partner and I donated. Didn't see your name....
Posted by: zephyr | Oct 15, 2008 3:29:11 PM
Okay, wait, the ACORN fraud is deemed a hoax because some guy from a UK paper says so? What-ever! I think you need a better source - try the guy here in NYC who actually had first hand experience with the fraud. I think he was in the Daily News.
Madonna - a whore at 50. Wow, that's some kind of staying power!
Posted by: Shane | Oct 15, 2008 3:29:25 PM
Gosh, Crispy Critter. And you claimed to have figured me out long ago. It's there if ya know how to look and you do. I've given more than Ellen even tho Forbes magazine will never list me as being worth $67 million as they have her.
Posted by: Leland Frances | Oct 15, 2008 3:36:15 PM
I just wanted to force you to actually admit it. But no, I haven't figured you out. The silly back-and-forth names remain as mysterious as Reichen's next boyfriend.
3 times, is that right? Impressive.
Posted by: crispy | Oct 15, 2008 3:50:22 PM
Leland, Crispy. Just do each other already and spare us the childish taunting.
Posted by: FernLaPlante | Oct 15, 2008 4:29:44 PM
Alexis King - murdered
Lawrence King - murdered
Derek King and Alex King - murderers
Jonathan King - pedophile
Posted by: misquowoti | Oct 15, 2008 4:37:31 PM
Thanks to Antonio Villaraigosa, he has been very generous. I'm still waiting to see the donations of Marc Cherry, Joel Schumacher, Rob Marshall and another gay WASP millionaires.
Posted by: Fernando | Oct 15, 2008 5:36:20 PM
Atleast Ellen is doing SOMETHING. Much more than can be said for our current California Senator Diane(I don't want gays to be equal)Fienstein. While Gavin and others take the heat she REALLY is supposed to be representing OUR state in Washington DC and with literally THOUSANDS of her voters being impacted by this vote on Prop 8 it's beyond disappointing(it's actually disgusting)to see her sit by silently/ineffectively. I hope when she runs for Governor of California she loses BIG. These are the days when I wish Harvey Milk were still alive to provide the "NO" vote for her to be President of the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco. He knew what a lying two faced cunt she was even 35 years ago!
Posted by: SFshawn | Oct 15, 2008 6:11:11 PM
He must have some rod, that A-Rod!
Posted by: alfredo | Oct 15, 2008 7:40:47 PM
Shane
Ask John Mccain about ACORN
2006 keynote ACORN speaker = Senator John Mccain.....praising ACORN for their hard work on the behalf of the poor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ9wy2MI1NI
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That said, ACORN has always paid poor people and homeless people to go around and register people. It is a way to provide a temp job for poor people while doing something good. All the time they always have a few bad apples who sit around drinking a beer and making up registrations (get paid for each registration)
Each time they always report the problems to election comission boards. They did so this time around as well months and months ago about thousands of wrong registrations = micky mouse for example.
Nobody cared till this month?????? Yeah right. Repubs just grasping at straws. Micky mouse never votes so calm down and talk to John Mccain about how wonderful he thinks ACORN is.
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Oct 15, 2008 7:56:07 PM
re: Virgil Goode in Virginia, who in the story is accused of supporting a $150.000 earmark to go to a theatre playing Eden's Curve, which his press secretary appears in (& on the theatre's board as well). Interesting story, but the name was already familiar to me b/c he's also the guy who threw a fit when the 1st muslim was sworn in a few years ago & used the Koran instead of the Bible at the swearing-in. And when the guy tried to shake V.Goode's hand, Goode wouldn't. Sort of like McCain not shaking hands w/ Obama last week?
I hope Obama wins Virginia.
Posted by: Daniel | Oct 15, 2008 8:53:54 PM
@Shane
Some guy from a UK paper? Hardly. The article is written by American actor-writer-director (and Ann Coulter nemesis) Brad Friedman.
The fact that he had to turn to a UK news website to publish his article probably has something to do with the reluctance of mainstream media in the U.S. to the issue
more info can be found on Brad's blog site:
http://www.bradblog.com
Posted by: RJ | Oct 15, 2008 11:28:58 PM
small correction to the preceding post:
"...reluctance of mainstream media in the U.S. to address the issue."
Posted by: RJ | Oct 15, 2008 11:31:21 PM
@JIMMYBOYO
From what I understand, ACORN only pays by the hour and not per registration.
Posted by: RJ | Oct 15, 2008 11:38:38 PM