11/26/2008
News: Brian Urlacher, HIV, Sasha Fierce, Napping, Vladimir Luxuria
Christian right launches 'Protect DOMA' site designed to build opposition in minority communities to the repeal of the Defense Of Marriage Act: "All of the photos and quotes on the main page are from black and Latino people, including the notoriously closeted Mexican-American actor Eduardo Verastequi. Funded by the Alliance for Marriage Foundation, the site's list of their board of directors is a who's who of black, Latino, and Asian religious leaders, as well as one Muslim imam. The logo for the Hispanic Evangelicals Coalition is on the main page." Divide and conquer, indeed.
You never know when there's a security camera around.
Obamafy yourself, become a Fairey.
Sasha Fierce does the "Single Ladies" moves for Meredith Vieira...
Obama team denies it will delay repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": "An Obama transition team spokesperson, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the decision on how to approach repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which prohibits gays from serving openly in the military, would be made after more experts have joined the Obama administration. 'These decisions will not be made before the full national security team is in place,' the spokesperson said. The Washington Times reported last week that two people who have advised Obama’s transition team said the president-elect “will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010” to repeal the 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' law, which Congress passed in 1993."
Napping boosts 'sophisticated' memory: "Indeed, scientists increasingly are focusing less on sleep duration and more on the quality of sleep, what's called sleep intensity, in studying how sleep helps the brain process memories so they stick. Particularly important is 'slow-wave sleep,' a period of very deep sleep that comes earlier than better-known REM sleep, or dreaming time."
Don't get too close to Valentino. He may rub off on you.
Italian transgender former MP Vladimir Luxuria wins "Celebrity Island" reality show: "The 43-year-old served in parliament for two years as a member of the Refoundation Communist Party before losing his bid for re-election in April. Over the past six weeks Luxuria, whose real name is Wladimiro Guadagno, has been a star on reality TV, trying to survive living on the beaches of Honduras with other celebrity 'survivors'. In the end viewers picked Luxuria as their favourite. 'I admired his capacity to defy the prejudices of his companions,' said Giorgio Gori, the show's producer."
Iran sees rise in sexually-transmitted HIV: "Sexually transmitted HIV infections are on the rise in Iran and the Islamic Republic is setting up telephone hotlines to help fight the problem, a senior official said in comments published on Tuesday. Injecting drug users are the main risk group in Iran, which is on a heroin smuggling route to the West from Afghanistan, but officials are also concerned about the number of people who are infected with the AIDS virus through sexual contacts." Well, Ahmadinejad knows who he can't blame.
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki's crimes against humanity.
WHO researcher: HIV could be eliminated within decade "if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated."
Britney Spears announces first dates on tour....
Brian Urlacher's wife demands the Chicago Bear stop painting their toddler son's toenails and dressing him in pink: "The mother, Tyna Robertson, threatened to block Urlacher from seeing the boy if the beefy linebacker kept up the alleged effeminate antics."
Hate vandalism at Skidmore College in upstate, New York: "An upstate college is investigating a possible hate crime after anti-gay sentiments and other vulgarities were written outside the school's Center for Sex and Gender Relations. Skidmore students say the vandalism is the latest in a series of similar incidents at the private liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs."
Former Project Runway finalist Daniel Vosovic has four roommates, and they keep their Lower East Side apartment very clean.
British police officer fired over anti-gay emails: "Norfolk police said Graham Cogman, 49, had been dismissed after a misconduct hearing yesterday. He faced disciplinary action for sending emails to colleagues quoting biblical texts and condemning homosexual sex, police sources said. He forwarded details of a group offering to 'cure' homosexuality, the sources said."
Posted 1:45 PM EST by Andy Towle in AIDS/HIV, Barack Obama, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Football (American), Gay Marriage, Gay Slurs, Iran, Law Enforcement, Lindsay Lohan, Madonna, News, Project Runway, South Africa, Valentino, Vladimir Luxuria | Permalink
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Sorry, Daniel Vosovic did not win Project Runway. Chloe Dao won that season.
Are you sure you're gay? :)
Posted by: ChrisDC | Nov 26, 2008 2:33:13 PM
Hey, small edit: Daniel V. was actually a finalist (1st runner-up) on Project Runway. Chloe Dao actually won that season.
Posted by: LB | Nov 26, 2008 2:34:44 PM
Hi. About your posting above: Daniel Vosovic did not win Project Runway. He was the runner up.
Posted by: Robert | Nov 26, 2008 2:41:57 PM
The Brian Urlacher story is the bizarre thing I've read all week...year.
Hey, Brian! Just because your little boy is bi-racial doesn't mean he's also transgender...although we would happily welcome him to "our world"--but give him a few more years, Daddy Brian. Hey, Daddy Brian, we'd welcome you too.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Nov 26, 2008 2:42:14 PM
Who knew Brian Urlacher was so open minded?
lol.
Posted by: Nick | Nov 26, 2008 2:53:52 PM
Sorry on the DV error, guys.
Posted by: andy | Nov 26, 2008 2:57:23 PM
I strongly doubt the Brian Urlacher story. Sounds like the beginnings of a bitter divorce.
Posted by: anon | Nov 26, 2008 3:13:43 PM
And why aren't we launching campaigns/websites as well? Come on, people! We are becoming lazy again. Let's not leave it up to those losers that ran the last campaign...
Posted by: Cody | Nov 26, 2008 3:29:56 PM
They're not married, and there's a picture of the kid with blue toenails.
The mom does seem to be a bit of a psycho golddigger, though.
Posted by: Jason | Nov 26, 2008 3:30:11 PM
Waiting for Jason on Mbeki/HIV and RB on DADT.... How ya gonna spin these, guys?
Posted by: KevinVT | Nov 26, 2008 4:14:09 PM
Urlacher is hot. Just wondering, what does it matter if he paints the kids toenails or dresses him in pink diapers? I'm not aware of any causative correlation between toenail polish and mental disorder, psychopathy, or criminal behavior as an adult.
Posted by: rayrayj | Nov 26, 2008 5:23:59 PM
Hey, Andy - why the link to that insanely homophobic post on dlisted.com? Just curious ...
Posted by: Red Seven | Nov 26, 2008 6:09:26 PM
"So is he or is he not?"
really, ANDY? what kind of fatuous b.s. is that? don't waste our time, and we won't waste yours.
Posted by: nic | Nov 26, 2008 9:05:25 PM
is everything ok NIC?
Posted by: anon | Nov 28, 2008 6:33:10 AM
Brian Urlacher can paint my toe nails anytime he likes. What a hottie! To bad he had a child out of wedlock with psycho ~itch...that woman more than likely pulled this non-sense herself. Poor little guy is going to have some messed up childhood having her a his mother.
Posted by: Bojo | Nov 28, 2008 11:52:13 AM