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04/19/2007


News: Prince Philip, 'Ex-Gay' Suit, Ivory, Chicago

1NewsIcon A shop owner in India realized that no one wants to shop at a store called "Hitler".

Sistersobama1NewsIcon There are mad buttons to be had at the DNC.

1NewsIcon Dear Abby thinks a gay man may have to file a lawsuit to stop his colleagues, none of whom know he's gay, from trying to set him up with women.

1NewsIcon The Chicago Police Department today implemented policies to guarantee the respectful treatment of transgender citizens. "The order mandates that police not search transgender people in an attempt to determine their gender, that officers respect preferred names and pronouns for transgender detainees and that they not use someone's gender identity as assumed cause for a crime. It further bans derogatory language against trans people."

1NewsIcon A court decided not to expedite proceedings in Pedersen v. the Office of Personnel Management, a case challenging the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.

1NewsIcon Yes, Jude Law is handsome.

1NewsIcon Director and former Scientologist Paul Haggis believes the Vanity Fair story about how the church picked partners for allegedly closeted Tom Cruise.

ElephantsUganda1NewsIcon In addition to wanting to kill gay people, forces within the Ugandan government, a U.S. ally in Africa, may be killing elephants: "[Garamba National Park] officials, scientists and the Congolese authorities now believe that the Ugandan military — one of the Pentagon’s closest partners in Africa — killed the 22 elephants from a helicopter and spirited away more than a million dollars’ worth of ivory."

1NewsIcon The group Gay Alumni and Allies of Catholic Universities is going after Ohio-based Franciscan University for including homosexuality in a course about "deviant behavior". The school is spreading a "culture of hate and ignorance," they say.

1NewsIcon The anti-gay Liberty Counsel is threatening to sue California if Gov. Jerry Brown signs into law a ban on "ex-gay" therapy for minors. "If the bill is signed into law, Liberty Counsel will sue on behalf of counselors, parents, and minors who provide, refer, or who receive and have found change therapy to be beneficial," said group leader Matt Staver.

1NewsIcon Attention royal watchers: Pippa Middleton, the not-quite-royal sister of Catherine, is in New York City for the U.S. Open.

1NewsIcon In other news from the House of Windsor, Prince Harry stepped out, fully dressed, for the first time since his naked Vegas scandal.

1NewsIcon Meanwhile, Harry's grandfather, Prince Philip, accidentally flashed his royal jewels while wearing a kilt this weekend. [This link is safe for work, thankfully.]

Jonhammmorning1NewsIcon Good morning, Mr. Hamm!

1NewsIcon Todd "legitimate rape" Akin makes a prediction: "I don't believe that the comments I've made doom the entire Republican Party." Maybe not the whole GOP, but probably the Missouri branch.

1NewsIcon Author Janet Levy is trying to twist the Democratic Party's commitment to diversity, including not discriminating against Muslims, into something it's not: "It is the height of hypocrisy and irony that, although Democrats freely criticize the policies of Republicans as anti-woman and anti-gay and worry about a conservative agenda that will result in a setback of the gains enjoyed by women and homosexuals over the past several decades, they fail to address the greater threat Islamic doctrine represents. Democrats are silent about Islamic relegation of women to second-class citizenship and the life-and-death dangers it poses for homosexuals."

1NewsIcon DC Comics will soon unveil a Muslim Green Lantern. The right, of course, will have a field day.

1NewsIcon Does Nicki Minaj really support Mitt Romney?

1NewsIcon No convention bounce for Mitt Romney, according to Gallup.

1NewsIcon Anti-gay activist Scott Lively on "gay fascists": "They think they are smarter than you all anyhow and have already made up their minds. They need to see angry crowds with tar and feathers in hand coming to run them out of office! Indeed, the Mayor of Springfield complained to the media that he was extremely bothered by threats of recall by the citizens."


News: Paul Ryan's Mystery Marathon, Penile Suit, Kelly Taylor

1NewsIcon The sad state of American political engagement: shockingly engaging TLC reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo beat the Republican National Convention in the ratings game.

RomneyGay1NewsIcon The book Romney's Gay America: Mormon Leaders, Same-Sex Rights — Bridging the Gap is currently the number one gay and lesbian non-fiction book at Amazon. "[The book] concludes that the LDS Church should apologize for its past regarding gays, should be more open to gays, and that the whole country should be more open to Mormons," says author Michelle Beaver.

1NewsIcon This is good news: "The Federal Bureau of Prisons recently supplemented its workplace-diversity program by adding an LGBT representative at each of its 125 prisons and administrative offices nationwide."

1NewsIcon A Texas man is suing the makers of an erectile dysfunction drug after he says it "broke" his penis.

1NewsIcon An official ethics complaint has been filed against Brad Wilcox for his role in securing funding for junk scientist Mark Regnerus' "gays make bad parents" study that appeared in Social Science Research, on whose editorial board Wilcox sits.

1NewsIcon Taylor Lautner joining 50 Shades of Grey movie as younger version of titular Grey?

1NewsIcon There is a salad pricing conspiracy currently squeezing every possible penny out of lettuce-loving New Yorkers. Does it go all the way to the top, where croutons belong?

SkarsGQ1NewsIcon Alexander Skarsgard looks as attractive as always in the latest issue of Australia's GQ Style.

1NewsIcon RIP UK-based LGBT activist Allan Horsfall. "Under Allan’s presidency in the 1970s and 80s, the [Campaign for Homosexual Equality] grew to be the largest ever mass membership LGBT rights organisation in the UK. Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, said: 'Allan was arguably the grandfather of the modern human rights movement in Britain… We all walk in Allan’s shadow.'"

1NewsIcon LGBT activists in Zimbabwe have a joke that homophobic President Robert Mugabe is "an ambassador for gay rights" because his anti-gay rabble-rousing helps open people's eyes to the abuse and discrimination LGBT people face.

1NewsIcon Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan claims to have run a marathon in under 3 hours. That would be really, really fast, but it's also an unproven claim and Runner's World is currently looking for documentation to verify Ryan's alleged athleticism.

1NewsIcon Randy Jackson out as an American Idol judge.

1NewsIcon The Killers are alright with Mitt Romney liking their music. Said bassist Mark Stoermer: "He's, I guess, a guy and he listens to music and happens to like us. That's fine."

1NewsIcon Did Prince Harry's instantly infamous Las Vegas adventure also include cocaine and prostitutes?

1NewsIcon How does it make you feel to hear that Luke Perry and Jennie Garth, fictional star-crossed lovers on Beverly Hills, 90210, are reportedly dating in real life? Yeah, me too.

1NewsIcon A more pressing question than Dylan and Kelly's love life: "San Diego bus drivers' dizziness linked to pot-laced brownies?"

Patisserie1NewsIcon Openly gay Top Chef: Just Desserts winner Yigit Pura wants to share behind-the-scenes shots of his forthcoming San Francisco patisserie Tout Sweet Patisserie. Go ahead, give him what he wants.

1NewsIcon In this song inspired by Clint Eastwood's RNC speech, the actor speaks to all kinds of objects, including a bucket of mackerel and a dirty, dirty mop.

1NewsIcon Taylor Swift has released the full-length video for every recently jilted lover's favorite song, "We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together".


Buckingham Palace Has Prince Harry's Back: It's Nobody's Business

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Prince Harry's wild weekend in Vegas continues to make ripples.

People reports:

Prince Harry has been lying low ever since nude photos, taken during his weekend of debauchery in Las Vegas, hit the Internet last week.  But according to the Palace, the Party Prince, 27, has nothing to be ashamed of.

"He didn't do anything unlawful," a Palace source tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story. "What he did was entirely his own business."

Meanwhile, additional reports are surfacing:

A U.S. website on Tuesday reported that cocaine was present in Prince Harry's Wynn Las Vegas suite and that a video is being shopped of the widening royal-gone-wild scandal. The Radaronline.com report comes two days after a source was quoted in this column as saying "something pretty gigantic" was about to emerge in the aftermath of Prince Harry's naked "strip billiards" photos 11 days ago.


News: Mitt And Ron, Navy, Birtherism's Return, Impersonation

1NewsIcon Hoping to ease any remaining tensions with Ron Paul's rabid supporters, Mitt Romney is airing a tribute video to the libertarian congressman at the Republican National Convention.

BatHound1NewsIcon Whatever happened to Ace The Bat-Hound?

1NewsIcon Floyd Corkins has pleaded not guilty for his alleged role in the Family Research Council headquarters this month. He's currently being held without bond.

1NewsIcon Healthcare professionals and HIV/AIDS activists in New York are strategizing on how to deliver newly approved drugs to thousands of patients. "We need more community groups involved, like faith communities, fraternal organizations, block associations or health entities, to really take on HIV and AIDS," said Dr. Marjorie Hill of GMHC.

1NewsIcon Pam Mullarkey, a prominent advocate for abstinence-only sex education, is also a fan of Uganda's "kill the gays" bill. Shocking.

1NewsIcon It's okay to be curious about new details about Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's divorce settlement?

1NewsIcon An Alabama man has written a heartfelt and heartbreaking letter to the Dothan Eagle about how his lesbian daughter came out, tried to "cure" herself because of anti-gay attitudes and then committed suicide. "Sometime after Patti died [in 1995], I attended church and a visiting preacher was preaching. About 10 minutes into the sermon, he bashed gays the rest of the way... I was ashamed of myself for sitting there and not defending Patti. I have not been much since."

GraffGallagher1NewsIcon In this video, pro-equality journalist E.J. Graff and hateful activist Maggie Gallagher discuss sex, marriage and everything in between.

1NewsIcon Justin Hawkins from The Darkness won't say if he's gay or not, but will say that he connects to a gay audience.

1NewsIcon Mitt Romney tried to crack a birth certificate "joke", saying at a campaign stop in Michigan: "I love being home in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born. Ann was born at Henry Ford Hospital, I was born at Harper Hospital. No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised."

1NewsIcon The California state senate is endorsing a proposal to name a Navy ship after legendary gay activist Harvey Milk.

1NewsIcon Zach Udko says Hit & Run, though a heinous film, offers an important lesson on the word "fag".

1NewsIcon The Sun tabloid ignored Buckingham Palace and printed those nudie pics of Prince Harry "for the public interest".

KardashianRoss1NewsIcon Are you buying Kim Kardashian as Diana Ross?

1NewsIcon Tank + water = splash!

1NewsIcon Doctors in New Zealand say the age of sex-related phone apps is leading to a spike in syphilis cases.

1NewsIcon One Million Moms is now going after Skittles for a commercial in which a girl kisses a walrus.

1NewsIcon Alex Pettyfer continues to look dashing on the set of Butler.

1NewsIcon Evan Rachel Wood has apologized after saying Miley Cyrus' new haircut makes her look like a lesbian.

1NewsIcon An Ohio judge refuses to grant a lesbian couple a divorce in Ohio.


Royal Family's Attempts to End Harry's Reign as the 'Party Prince' Fail with Nude Vegas Photos

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Photos of Prince Harry romping around a Vegas hotel room in his birthday suit have hit TMZ and are sure to cause ripples in the royal family.

The Guardian reports:

Royal aides suggested that Clarence House may contact the Press Complaints Commission if the pictures are used by British publications. The PCC declined to confirm whether it had been contacted by Clarence House.

Each of the major British newspapers chose not to use them in online stories by late on Wednesday, although they were published by the Ireland-based Westminster gossip blog, Guido Fawkes.

The reticence of the British media is likely to be interpreted by some in the industry as further evidence of a chilling effect caused by the Leveson inquiry into media ethics. Tabloid executives, including the Sun editor Dominic Mohan and the Mail Online publisher Martin Clarke, have complained to the inquiry that they could be forced out of business if they are unable to publish material that is put online by media organisations in other countries and widely available on the internet.

The photos were released yesterday following two days of similar photos featuring Harry at the hotel pool, racing with swimmer Ryan Lochte.

Writes the Hollywood Reporter:

A Buckingham Palace spokesman told THR that the pictures were "genuine" and that Prince Harry was "on a private holiday" and expected to return to the U.K. shortly. He also said it was "up to each publication" to decide whether to use the Prince Harry pictures. He declined to comment further.


Prince Harry Parties Shirtless at Vegas Hotel, Races Ryan Lochte: VIDEO

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For you fans of royal ginger, Buzzfeed's got a crop of revealing photos of Prince Harry partying poolside in Vegas over the weekend. At 3am Harry raced Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte in the hotel pool, wearing jeans.

Some brief video from EXTRA, AFTER THE JUMP...

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