05/24/2012
Anderson Cooper Chats With Anti-Gay Worley Adherent: VIDEO
Anderson Cooper last night chatted with a woman who attends the congregation of Charles Worley, the shockingly anti-gay reverend who thinks the government should create concentration camps for LGBT people.
The woman, Stacey Pritchard, is all about Worley's plan, but she can't quite explain why other alleged sinners don't deserve to be detained, nor does she seem to have a complete understanding of where gay babies come from... Biology is hard, and Anderson is confused
Watch the exchange, AFTER THE JUMP.
Posted May. 24,2012 at 8:08 PM EST by Andrew Belonsky in Anderson Cooper, Discrimination, News, Religion | Permalink | Comments (94)
Check Out 'The Outs,' A New Web Series About Gay Life In New York
New York-based filmmaker Adam Goldman recently unveiled the first installment of The Outs, a six-part web series about a gay man and his friends trying to find work, happiness and, yes, sex here in the Big Apple.
I just checked out the first episode of the Kickstarter-funded series per a friend's recommendation and am already hooked. I think you will be, too. I've included the first episode AFTER THE JUMP.
You can learn more about Mr. G and the series at The Outs' website.
Watch the first installment of The Outs, AFTER THE JUMP, but be aware that the language is NSFW.
Posted May. 24,2012 at 6:22 PM EST by Andrew Belonsky in Film, Film and TV, New York | Permalink | Comments (31)
Fire Island Pavilion Of The Future: IMAGES
The Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society today posted some pictures of what the Fire Island pavilion, which burned to the ground in a fire last November, might look like when construction wraps up next year. It's being designed by the firm HWKN.
Take a look at some more images, AFTER THE JUMP…
Posted May. 24,2012 at 5:33 PM EST by Andrew Belonsky in Fire Island, New York, News | Permalink | Comments (20)
OMM Boycotting Marvel And DC Comics Over Gay Characters
We knew it was only a matter of time: One Million Moms, the right wing group who boycotted J.C. Penney for hiring Ellen DeGeneres, is now trying to rally its anti-gay army against Marvel and DC Comics for including gay characters in their fictional universes.
With regard to Marvel and the upcoming gay nuptials of Northstar, OMM gripes claims that gay men are using superheroes as a proxy to "brainwash" impressionable youth:
Children desire to be just like superheroes. Children mimic superhero actions and even dress up in costumes to resemble these characters as much as possible. Can you imagine little boys saying, "I want a boyfriend or husband like X-Men?"
This is ridiculous! Why do adult gay men need comic superheroes as role models?They don't, but do want to indoctrate [sic] impressionable young minds by placing these gay characters on pedestals in a positive light. These companies are heavily influencing our youth by using children's superheroes to desensitize and brainwash them in thinking that a gay lifestyle choice is normal and desirable.
And as for DC, which announced this week that one of their major characters will soon come out, OMM also says that the company is "using superheroes to confuse them on this topic to raise questions and awareness of an alternative lifestyle choice."
Naturally the group is calling on its followers to flood Marvel and DC with hate mail. Something tells me that the companies, both of which are receiving heaps of publicity and praise for their new stories, are going to throw OMM's screeds directly in the trash.
Posted May. 24,2012 at 5:21 PM EST by Andrew Belonsky in Comic Books, Discrimination, News | Permalink | Comments (49)
Towleroad Guide To The Tube #1132
WALLS: New anti-Romney ad targets Hispanics.
DARK SIDE: Video for Kelly Clarkson's new single.
SUPREME LAW: David Barton claims Bible trumps Supreme Court.
HOT STAKE: Second trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
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Posted May. 24,2012 at 4:56 PM EST by Andrew Belonsky in Towleroad Guide to the Tube | Permalink | Comments (5)
News: Etan Patz, Unabomber, Gay Green Lantern, Broke Levi
Gay marriage turned some Kentucky Democrats against President Obama.
Conservative website WorldNetDaily is charging people $29.99 to send a letter to all members of Congress urging them to support DOMA.
Nepal will soon grant LGBT people full citizenship status.
Channing Tatum on his erstwhile career as a stripper: “I never enjoyed the taking-the-clothes-off part. You are on a stage with people yelling at you, and you feel you’re a rock star, but you’re nothing — you’re just a guy taking off his clothes, looking like a fool in a stupid outfit.”
Levi Johnston, most famous for being the father of Bristol Palin's baby, is reportedly broke and living with his mom.
Take a listen to Jennifer Lopez's new track, "Goin' In."
Rumor has it that DC Comics' new gay character will be Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern.
Parenting and the "normalization" of homosexuality.
Climate change could lead to 150,000 more heat-related deaths in North America by 2099.
Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron strike a pose at the Cannes premiere of their new movie, The Paperboy.
Comedy duo Brian and Nick have a "Boys Night In." [Possibly NSFW.]
Parents of a Florida teen say anti-gay bullying led to their son's suicide attempt.
RIP writer and cultural critic Paul Fussell.
Bill Clinton posed with some porn stars in Monaco. Hillary Clinton is surely thrilled.
A New Jersey man has confessed to strangling 6-year old Etan Patz, a New York youth whose 1979 disappearance played a huge role in the placement of kids' faces on milk cartons. Police remain skeptical that the man, however, is actually Patz's killer.
A former nanny is suing actress Sharon Stone for allegedly being a total nightmare.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks pretty fit on the set of his new movie, Don Jon’s Addiction.
Greg Sargent on news that more African-Americans support gay marriage following President Obama's endorsement: "It’s not exactly that Obama influenced black opinions... It’s that African American voters who really don’t care very much one way or another about the marriage issue — but do consider themselves on Team Democrat — are now aware that marriage equality is the normal position of that team."
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski submitted an updated biography for the 50th anniversary of his graduation from Harvard. For awards, he listed "Eight life sentences, issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 1998." Occupation? Prisoner.
Anti-gay rabble-rouser Bryan Fischer does not appreciate Richard Grenell and others claiming that LGBT equality is a conservative value: "[Homosexuality] It is a libertarian value, and a liberal value, but it is not a conservative one... Conservatism encourages moral restraint and self-control. Libertarianism, on the other hand, encourages the 'If it feels good, do it' lunacy of the 70s. These are conflicting and incompatible views of moral responsibility."
Posted May. 24,2012 at 4:05 PM EST by Andrew Belonsky in Bill clinton, Bullying, Channing Tatum, Comic Books, Crime, Gay Parents, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kentucky, Nepal, New Jersey, News, Science | Permalink | Comments (20)




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