News: Boston Red Sox, Joy Behar, Salt Lake City, John Travolta
Rep. Steve King (R-IA): Same-sex marriage part of push for socialism.
DreamWorks and Showtime to chronicle development of a Broadway musical, from inception to opening night: "Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who are well versed in adapting tuners for the big- and smallscreen, are in negotiations to join the project, as are tunesmiths Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. DreamWorks TV toppers Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank are shepherding the project with Spielberg."
Today in deep-fried pareidolia.
Celebrities band together to protect insurance companies.
Two popular gay venues in Sydney to close — The Midnight Shift and The Flinders Hotel.
AfterElton talks to Modern Family's gay dads, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet.
Joy Behar to Ukraine: Let Elton adopt.
"Mr. Pavlenko, here are some tips about family, youth and sports.
Family doesn't mean a huddle of orphans sharing a few soiled
mattresses, it's not youth if you die of AIDS before you reach
kindergarten, and wrestling over dinner scraps is not a sport. But that
could be Lev's fate now, because the Ukrainian government said
Elton and his beau David Furnish are too old to adopt the boy. It
sounds like the real reason is they're too gay."
White House to see picket line on weekend of National Equality March?
Courier: Microsoft's tablet computer?
Neil Patrick Harris lights up for new photo shoot.
Orange County Board of Education opposes 'Harvey Milk Day': "The addition of
commemorative exercises reduces important classroom time in core
subject areas. Instructional time is at a premium and students cannot
afford to lose quality educational time."
Tom Ford seeks $50 million investment.
Man gets life sentence for gang rape and murder of South African lesbian track star Eudy Simelane: "Ms Simelane was approached after leaving a pub and robbed of her mobile, trainers and cash. She
died from wounds to the abdomen after being gang raped and stabbed 12
times. Her naked body was dragged towards a stream and dumped." Two others were acquitted.
Boston Red Sox rookies hazed in drag.
70th anniversary: The history and promises behind The Wizard of Oz. "What's also rather striking, especially considering its suffragette
heritage, is the way the film and Garland became such an iconic part of
the gay movement. I'm not going to pretend that I know very much about
the current iconography within the gay and lesbian community, but I
know that the film used to represent acceptance and a fervent belief that things could (and would) be better."
John Travolta takes the stand in extortion trial.
Trial underway for gay Salt Lake City man beaten by his neighbors after removing their children from a rowdy party they were having: "She claimed the children
were in and out of Latu's home during the party and said the parents
were guilty of child neglect. 'No one was supervising these kids,'
Gustin told jurors. She suggested that when Latu found her daughter and nephew missing, 'she needed someone to blame' and picked Bell. Bell was dragged from his home by his then-shoulder length hair and
his head was repeatedly smashed against the pavement, Gustin said.
Blood was oozing from his right ear and he still suffers hearing loss,
she said. Someone used a piece of broken glass to cut Bell's throat, chest and one of his toes. Bell's partner, Fair, also was beaten, and a large TV was thrown onto his head."




"But Judge Paul Maughan may allow the jury to hear details of the parents' past criminal records -- including burglary, robbery and assault on a police officer -- which the defense claims predisposed them to react violently."
In addition, Vini and Lulu Latu are Mormons:
http://www.myspace.com/alavini_lulu_latu
'nuff said.
Posted by: JohnInManhattan | Sep 23, 2009 4:15:57 PM
http://nem.gaycities.com/events/681-national-equality-march-rally
^^^ where the hell does the march begin? when are they going to announce that? it ends at the capitol i got that. they need to hurry up and tell us where it starts
Posted by: Rick Anderson | Sep 23, 2009 4:18:09 PM
Party at 6:30 am and you dont know where you kids are? Shld be charged with assault and child neglect. They are trashy bigots in SLC.
Posted by: Mike | Sep 23, 2009 5:42:52 PM
Is there something wrong with me that I find WBC sort of cute and endearing??
Posted by: Jon | Sep 23, 2009 6:09:03 PM
Cross Neil Patrick Harris off the hot/attractive/sexy list, and put him on the skank list. There are few things more unattractive to me (and millions and millions of others) than smoking.
It's like having a tattoo on your forehead that says, "I'm a self-destructive, active addict who smells (and tastes) bad."
I was really hoping the words "lights up" in the link didn't have the meaning I was fearing. But they did.
Posted by: pro-health | Sep 23, 2009 8:01:38 PM
PRO-HEALTH: What are you, 12? Did you just have a topic on cigarettes in health class?
FWIW, I don't even believe NPH smokes. It was most likely a prop, but then you can go ahead and rail against people glamorizing it.
But the fact is, just as it is unattractive to you (and millions and millions of others), it's very attractive to me (and millions and millions of others) for a variety of reasons.
The funny thing is, being a smoker is like being in a different closet. It's amazing how many people I meet when I'm hanging out outside with my smoking friends. People hide it well and it's an excellent way in the model/porn/acting community to cut your weight when need be.
Smokers are hot. So are non-smokers. Smokers turn me on when they light up a cigarette. Non-smokers turn me on when they bound up a flight of stairs without getting winded. But there's not much more unattractive than being a soapbox stomper like yourself.
Posted by: Pro-Heath | Sep 23, 2009 8:54:43 PM
joy behar is the voice of reason on "the view". sherry shepard's brain has atrophied due to christolitis. babwa wawa is busy being a smarmy, fake, self-depreciating living legend. whoopi is a self-cherishing, big mama, magical negress who can solve everyone's problems with her wordly-wise insight. she schleps (she's jewish, right?) her fat ass onto the stage wearing clothes that one might wear to do yard work and delusionally thinks she's a beautiful nubian princess. i like her politics and babwa's as well, i just deplore self-importance. as to elizabeth... what can one say? joy behar is the only real person there.
Posted by: nic | Sep 23, 2009 9:18:24 PM
umm NIC...you're an ass.
Posted by: vinny C | Sep 23, 2009 9:29:51 PM
@ Vinny C
Tell me something I DONT know
Posted by: Rocky | Sep 23, 2009 9:42:34 PM
Pro-Heath: I'm impressed with your rationalizations. Perhaps they are comforting as you kill yourself. I offer another cognitive trick to help you become more comfortable with smoking: The estimate that 400,000 Americans die from smoking-caused illnesses every year is a hoax (like climate change or the Holocaust). And lung cancer and chemotherapy are really not that bad -- they feel like really mild colds. Ditto emphysema. Women who may be pregnant have nothing to fear either. All that smoking is bad for you stuff is just totally blown out of proportion! Just like the dangers of barebacking.
--- "an excellent way in the model/porn/acting community to cut your weight when need be." --- Helpful hint from Heloise! OK, I am not usually this sarcastic, but this is preposterous. Crack or meth can help members of "the model/porn/acting community" lose weight faster, no? Why not try some good old fashioned bulimia, for that matter? How about contracting some kind of wasting illness (that is, before the cancer hits)? Just in time for a gig of strutting down the runway and/or rimming for the camera and/or performing Shakespeare.
Silly. Tragically silly.
Call me an earnest 12-year old (not a bad thing to be necessarily), but, seriously, you'd be much better off not rationalizing something you probably know, deep down, is stupid as hell. It's obviously difficult to quit, but if you succeed, I'd guess the rest of your life will be much better, as well as longer. Good luck in the choices you make.
Posted by: JJ | Sep 23, 2009 10:35:45 PM
I agree w/ Nic - spot on!
Posted by: Mike | Sep 24, 2009 12:30:26 AM
re: BoSox
oh, that's terrible. that's really fuckin awful. i bet he'll be regretting that chinese character tattoo for the rest of his life. . .
Posted by: FrancoisTrueFaux | Sep 24, 2009 3:23:52 AM
....The NY Yankees did the Wizard of Oz thing w/ the rookies last year. Can't the Red Sox have even one original idea.....just sayin'
Posted by: Chris | Sep 24, 2009 10:18:04 AM
@MIKE,
thanks.
Posted by: nic | Sep 24, 2009 2:15:00 PM
@VINNY C,
I HAVE A GREAT ASS! but, most assuredly, i am not an ass.
Posted by: nic | Sep 24, 2009 2:18:53 PM