Gothamist writes: Tilda Swinton has currently taken up residency sleeping at MoMA. It's part of an unannounced, surprise performance piece called "The Maybe" that will be taking place on random days all month. A MoMA source told us,…
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Archives for March 23, 2013
Posts from March 23, 2013
Two Popes Come Together: VIDEO
Pope Benedict met his successor Pope Francis at the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo on Saturday afternoon, USA Today reports: The two popes embraced on the helipad when Francis' helicopter arrived, Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi said o…
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Frank Bruni: Gay Marriage ‘the Harlem Shake of Political Engagement’
Frank Bruni writes, in the NYT, about the "inevitability that hovers over" this moment with regard to LGBT equality: What a difference four years make. In 2008, both Clinton and Barack Obama publicly opposed same-sex marriage. Just a year a…
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Sarah Palin Shows Her Support for Chick-fil-A Once Again
Sarah Palin was spotted wearing some hate fashion at the Phoenix Suns game, the New York Daily News reports. It's her most prominent show of support for Chick-fil-A since July 2012, when she posed for photos to show support for the bigoted brand,…
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Man Gets 3 Years Jail in Manslaughter Death of Gay Autistic Teen He Taunted Then Set on Fire
Jordan Sheard, (right), 20, was sentenced this week for the manslaughter death of gay UK teen Steven Simpson (left), whom he doused with tanning oil and lit ablaze after taunting him about his sexuality at the teen's 18th birthday party. Simpson,…
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What To Watch For: ‘Standing’ in the Supreme Court’s DOMA Case, Windsor v. United States
BY ARI EZRA WALDMAN On Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26 and 27, the Supreme Court will hear more than 3 hours of arguments in the challenges to the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v. Perry) and the Defense of M…
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Michelle Shocked Said She’ll Be Showing Up to Her Canceled Show Tonight; Venue Tells Her ‘Don’t Come’
(image source) Michele Shocked told followers on Twitter yesterday that she would show up at McCabe’s in Santa Monica despite the fact that they had announced cancelation of her show over her anti-gay remarks (listen to them HERE), according to the H…
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The Best Videos of Last Night’s East Coast Meteor
Though it was nothing like the Russian meteor, the meteor seen on the East Coast did cause a brief flurry of activity on Facebook and Twitter last night. We'll see if there are any better videos than this, but the three being circulated the most…
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Rick Perry Criticizes Madonna for Taking ‘a Shot’ At the Boy Scouts
Rick Perry took a shot at Madonna for blaspheming the Boy Scouts at the GLAAD Awards in NYC, the Houston Chronicle reports: “It’s fascinating that someone would make that kind of gratuitous shot at an organization that has probably done as much to pr…
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Sony Pictures Co-Chair Amy Pascal: Let’s Get Rid of ‘Fag, Faggot, Homo, Dyke’ in Movies
SONY Pictures Co-Chair Amy Pascal spoke about the need to get rid of gay slurs and steretyping in the movies at the LA Gay & Lesbian Center's gala on Thursday night, Deadline reports. Said Pascal, in part: Brokeback Mountain, Milk, Boys Don’t…
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