06/22/2009
News: Maine, Gray Hair, Snow Leopard, Lady Gaga, Mercy, Apple
LIARS: Maine anti-gay marriage petitioners using duplicitous tactics.
Lady Gaga has a tit explosion in Toronto.
Sacha Baron Cohen plagiarized his pink nude Berlin bodysuits.
New York Bar Association stands behind marriage equality.
Provincetown film festival kicks off.
Hate crime outside Casey's Bar and Lounge in Portland under investigation: "No arrests have been made, but the case has been sent to a detective with the Biased Crimes Unit, which is examining whether the alleged victim was targeted because she was gay. Customers of the bar said they have experienced homophobic slurs from people in nearby apartments. They said some have tossed water balloons and spit at them."
T.R. Knight to star in Parade at the Mark Taper Forum.
Madonna's Mercy arrives in London.
Recently-out 86-year-old World War II vet served as grand marshal for this weekend's Gay Pride parade in Columbus, Ohio.
NYT: Why the gay rights movement has no national leader.
Apple sells more than a million iPhone 3GS in first three days.
More reason that clowns are evil.
Residents of Napa, California rally for Pride: "About 100 people walked Saturday in downtown Napa for Napa Valley Pride 2009, an event in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people."
AfterElton covers Broadway Bares 19.0.
Mulberry, Florida mayor and drag queen roommate in domestic dust-up.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon now wear matching outfits.
Is gray hair protecting us from cancer?
Gay rights group in Indiana plans July 2 protest in Bloomington against constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Canadian and U.S. researchers' new approach to fighting AIDS: "Treating HIV/AIDS with a combination of antiviral drugs and chemotherapy seems to destroy both the circulating virus and immune cells in which the virus hides, a team of Canadian and U.S. researchers has found. In Sunday's online issue of the journal Nature Medicine, Dr. Rafick-Pierre Sékaly of the University of Montreal and his colleagues report finding cells where HIV hides from existing treatments. Anti-AIDS therapies known as highly active anti-retroviral treatments, or HAART, target the virus's replication process but have been hampered by these reservoirs of immune system cells hiding the virus."
Male model fix: Jamie Dornan.
Cell phone leads police to gay man's killer. Likely an internet hook-up gone wrong: "Officials said they believe the stabbing occurred after Fermaintt visited Pecora's apartment and then hailed a cab to go to the Bronx, according to city police. But once in the cab, police said, Fermaintt explained to the driver that he did not have cash and offered a watch and a cell phone to pay for the ride. When Fermaintt left the cab, he left the phone on the backseat, where the driver later found it and saw a worried text message that was from Pecora's sister." NY1 report.
Quest for the snow leopard.
Google Street View provides some useful evidence after a weekend building collapse in Brooklyn in which three were injured.
Youth Radio to cover 40th anniversary of Stonewall.
Major spelling error at Pat Buchanan conference to promote "English-only" initiatives.
Washington Post under fire for publishing 7,000 word piece on the murder of gay D.C. lawyer Robert Wone online only and not in print edition.
Posted 3:45 PM EST by Andy Towle in AIDS/HIV, Apple, California, Crime, Drag Queens, Florida, Gay Marriage, Gay Pride, Indiana, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Maine, Models, New York, News, Ohio, Pat Buchanan, Portland, Provincetown, Sacha Baron-Cohen, Stonewall, T.R. Knight, Washington DC | Permalink
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I recognized those fuzzy pink naked suits immediately. A contemporary art article with a picture of it has been hanging in the drawing room at my university for a few years now. Forgot the artist's name though.
If you think that's "plagiarizing", then have you seen the Jennifer Lopez movie "The Cell"? Every single scene is stolen from contemporary art.
Posted by: Eshto | Jun 22, 2009 4:06:06 PM
Gaga stole the show last night !
Posted by: Marc | Jun 22, 2009 4:52:39 PM
Robert Wone mentioned in the NYT story above was as far as anyone can tell NOT gay, but the three housemates in whose home he was killed are.
Posted by: doc holliday | Jun 22, 2009 4:52:51 PM
Robert Wone was not gay, or at least had a wife and made no claim to be gay. The people whose house he was staying in when he was killed were gay.
Posted by: b | Jun 22, 2009 5:01:39 PM
We must be thinking alike Doc.
Posted by: b | Jun 22, 2009 5:14:53 PM
Thx for the story on Columbus Pride Andy. It is inspirational and worthy of national news. Thanks again !!!
Posted by: Mike | Jun 22, 2009 5:36:25 PM
I don't think anyone is suggesting, or ever has suggested, that Robert Wone was gay. But two of his three suspected killers are prominent gays, and the third is gay too. Also, that story ran weeks ago, and the author explained then why it was online: length, content (including some fairly graphic sexual information), the fact that some editors felt it was a dated story, etc.
It's definitely a case that I hope is resolved soon.
Posted by: Paul R | Jun 22, 2009 5:50:16 PM
Robert Wone was not gay. He was a straight, married man who was college friends with a gay man. Wone had made plans days before to spend a late night in D.C. and had arranged to stay over at his friend's home to catch up.
Wone was drugged, raped, and then murdered.
Andy,
You should correct this mistake. One of the stereotypes that still persists is that straight man could never be friends with a gay man unless that straight man is actually gay. There has never been any proof that Wone was gay or bi.
Posted by: nate | Jun 22, 2009 5:52:02 PM
Holy flaming boobies Batman!
Posted by: Cincinnati NAMjA | Jun 22, 2009 7:11:55 PM
I totally loved Lady Gaga's show! She's dubbed as the new princess of pop!
Posted by: Lori Roach | Jun 23, 2009 1:42:25 AM
lady gaga is so awesome. i want her to ride my disco stick
Posted by: debt relief | Jun 26, 2009 10:51:55 AM