One of the Most Scariest Villains in Film: Rev. Kane

Love Him

The South needs to be under an Educational State of Emergency

In a poll, the question was asked...
"Do you believe that Barack Obama was born in the United States of America or not?"

Well guess who said no...
Sometimes I wonder how did I get out of there unscathed

More here

Haters in Maine Continues Mess

These folks are pathetic.

The Stand for Marriage campaign of Maine have submitted more than 100,000 signatures to force the gay marriage law to a vote.

As you can see, they have delivered boxes of foolishness to the secretary of state's office in hopes to be certified.

However, they need more 55,087 signatures and the signatures have to be certified by Sept. 4.

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University of Hawaii Football Coach Greg McMackin should watch his Tongue

Greg, Greg, Greg... Haven't you learned the F-word can cost you a lot these days.

Now, you face discipline and possibly termination

you will learn

Interesting Quote: John McHugh

"The reality is the president has made very clear, and I have not talked to the president directly, but I have talked to high officials in the administration, and I have no doubt the president is going to press forward with his intent to change that policy -- to whatever degree remains to be seen. I think he would like a full reversal."

His view of dealing with DADT

Beer, The President, Race and lawn chairs

The big meeting with Gates, Obama, and Crowley

Just a short-mini rant about the Comic-Con Gays in Comics panel Coverage

I'm a little sad there was not a lot of coverage of the SDCC Gays in Comics panel.

I noticed on my news feed a few links to my quick coverage. When I checked them out, they were linked to forums or a few other gay websites saying that my post was all they could find.

But I would've like to see our issues in the mainstream comic blogs and sites. Many of these blogs covered most of the other panel discussions, but not the Gay ones. I shouldn't expect them to, however it would be nice to be included in the mix.

I also noticed that a few gay blogs covered the panel as well. However, they did focused on the hottest guys at Comic-Con, but again, it would've been nice to see our own peeps talk about the breakthroughs and triumphs we are making in the comic book world.

Who "Thwarted" Rep. Alcee Hastings?

Washington Judge Protects the Names of the Haters... For Now

In the continuing battle of gay marriages and rights, the Haters in Washington somehow gathered enough signatures (Referendum 71) to repeal the state's new domestic partners law.

So with that in mind, LGBT supporters said alright, but we will make the names public so we all can see the foolishness, but U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle granted a temporary restraining order to hold the releasing the Haters' names.

Judge Settle cited that absence in his written order, and also gave what appears to be a nod to the strength of the referendum backers' case, writing that they "have sufficiently demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits" of their First Amendment claim, and "a reasonable likelihood of irreparable harm if the names are released."

Larry Stickney, campaign manager with Protect Marriage Washington, called the judge's decision a good outcome. He and the group's attorney, Stephen Pidgeon, high-fived one another in the courtroom as they read the written order.

"We think it's good news," Stickney said.

A consortium of religious conservative organizations, Protect Marriage Washington on Saturday submitted 138,500 signatures to the secretary of state seeking to force Referendum 71 onto the November ballot.

At least 120,577 of the signatures must be valid for the referendum to qualify.

Tom Lang, director of knowthyneighbor.org, which plans to post the names on that Web site, said he was intensely disappointed Washington failed to defend its own public disclosure law in court.

I am disappointed too, Tom. Hopefully, you will release those names and put those fools on blast. However, we may not have to worry, the signatures maybe be invalid anyways.

fingers crossed

Back Flash Video Thursday

Rebbie Jackson's Centipede

Hells Yeah!!! Saved By The Bell Reunion!!

Love you, Lark!!!

Interesting Quote: U.S. Sen. George V. Voinovich

"The GOP’s biggest problem? “We got too many Jim DeMints (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburns (R-Ok.). It’s the southerners. They get on TV and go 'errrr, errrrr.' People hear them and say, ‘These people, they’re southerners. The party’s being taken over by southerners. What they hell they got to do with Ohio?’ ”

He's basically saying that the southerners are ruining the GOP...I agree.


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Justin Barrett is an Asshole

Smart move, Justin.

The List of Idiots who wants a Birther Bill

Repubs, y'all need me to be the head of your PR, because these fools are dead weight.

These are the asscracks that fully support the Birther Bill. This is the bill would require a presidential candidate to provide a copy of their birth certificate in order to "meet the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution."

Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 6/26/2009
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 7/7/2009
Rep Campbell, John [CA-48] - 6/17/2009
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 6/12/2009
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 6/12/2009
Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] - 7/28/2009
Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] - 5/5/2009
Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 7/9/2009
Rep Neugebauer, Randy [TX-19] - 6/12/2009
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 7/7/2009

Notice that 6 of these fools, 6 of them, are from Texas.
What is really going on in that crack pipe state?

New Trailer: Heroes Season 4

Yes, I'm still holding on

Dumb Article of the Day: Queerty's How Come Obama Isn't Inviting Gay-Hating Cops and Their Victims to the White House?

Just when I thought Queerty was getting their act together, they do this:

Barack Obama ate his own words responding to the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. when he said the police acted "stupidly" in arrested the prof. He's since apologized for his language, because it looks bad if the White House calls local police names. So to make things all warm and fuzzy, Obama invited Gatse and James Crowley, the Cambridge police sergeant who arrested him, to the White House to make nice. All over what can be boiled down to a scuffle between a cop and a man who forced his way into his own home. So how come Obama doesn't open the White House's doors to another cop-v-civilian encounter — that's actually rooted in bias?

Gates himself has eschewed any notion that his arrest was based in racial profiling; he says he's glad the cops were called! Crowley, meanwhile, teaches a police class on race. So from all corners of this event, it appears the whole white v. black issue is, mostly, moot.

But ya know where claims of police arrests based on bias are not dying down? In the case of the Stonewall-style raid of Ft. Worth bar Rainbow Lounge in June. While Gates' incident resulted in handcuffs and a media storm, the Rainbow Lounge "incident" left Chad Gibson in the hospital with a bleeding brain and weeks of recovery ahead of him. Not exactly apples to apples, is it?

So how come the president isn't opening his doors to Gibson and the Ft. Worth Police (and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission) so they can have a make-nice pow-wow? Even after both the cops and the TABC admitted wrongdoing?

Perhaps because Gibson isn't an Ivy League crony of Obama's. Perhaps because Texas is too far off Obama's radar. Or perhaps because that would mean Obama would have to involve himself in those gay issues again.

Please, this too far out there. They should remember that Obama misspoke and he wanted to apologize to the cops. Obama had nothing to do with the Texas situation, so it would be silly to invite them to the White House.

Also if that was the case, then he would need to invite, the cops who racially profile, use the wrong procedures, arrest the wrong people, use police brutality, launder, sleep with hookers as a way to get out of jail free and other crazy reasons I don't feel like listing.

Queerty, we know you are trying to bring readers to your site, but there has to be a better way than this.

True Blood is a REAL Drink

I forgot to mention this, but they revealed this info at Comic-Con.

The blood-orange carbonated drink has a slightly tart and lightly sweet flavor that is sure to taste better than the O negative blood consumed by the show's fictional vampires.

Crafted to replicate the appearance of the synthetic blood beverage preferred by the undead in the series, the real-life drink will also be called Tru Blood.

I'll try it. I'll do it to support the show.

Schwarzwarenegger Cuts HIV/AIDS funding in Cali

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger slashed all HIV/AIDS funding for prevention and care management programs in Cali.

This is a devastating blow to service groups and the people affected with the disease. I know things had to change, but this? HIV/AIDS funding had to suffer?

What about the people who needs the funding, the education, the counseling?
This is a horrible message to send to our citizens.

This is unacceptable!

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Question of the Day

What was the stupidest thing you have done for a guy's or girl's attention?

I was Hit by a Drunk Driver

Last night, I was going to Whole Foods to get dinner. When I was at a stop light, this guy hit me from behind. It wasn't a big bump, but you could definitely feel it.

So I got out to look at the damage; luckily it was a minor scratch, however the driver was out of it. He gave me his info and mumbled a few things. I suggested that we pull off to the side handle this. The witnesses flagged the cops to check things out. Now I have to admit I was nervous about L.A.P.D., but we were out by The Grove, so I had faith.

As the cops talked to the guy, they realized that he was drunk and didn't have an ID. Then he start cussing at the cops, which lead into him getting cuffed and put down on the ground. I was totally floored by this, until they start asking me questions.

The cop, who was very cute, asked me...

• Did I have any tattoos?
• Where was I born?
• What was the name of the city I lived in?
• Do I have any nick names?
• Am I a member of any gangs?

That's where I slipped and said: Honey, does it look like I'm in a gang?
He gave me this weird look, before laughing. I apologized, but I guess I wasn't "there" at the moment.

As they put the guy in police car, I start to feel bad for him. I wasn't trying to get him arrested, I only got the cops involved for insurance purposes. I told the cop I didn't want the guy to get arrested. But the cop said, that he was completely drunk and I was lucky that it was just a tap on the back bumper. Then it hit me, I was hit by a drunk driver.

But I was still worried about the guy and his life. What if he had a family? What if he lost his job and today, he drank to chill out? I know I was over thinking things, but I hope this didn't cause him to lose his job or something like that.

However, I am glad it was a minor accident. I truly hope that guy thinks about what happen. He was very lucky he taken from the car, no telling what could've happened if he was still on the road.

Best Theme Music for a Cartoon goes to...

this never gets old

More from the Gays in Comics Panel

Here's more on the Gays in Comics Panel at Comic-Con

• Gail said that we will learn more about Wonder Woman's sexuality and the Amazons' views on sexuality in upcoming issues.
• Peter David thinks it is foolish to not have a gay character in an on-going story.
• Phil Jimenez said that with most gay artists, you can see their gayness in their work.
• Perry Moore talked about how his experience growing up in South pushed him into creating gay characters. He didn't want a kid to believe they will burn in Hell.
  
• He also talked about his book, Hero, a story of a gay superhero. He said that the basis of it is the relationship of the father and the son.
• Phil Jimenez also said that Wonder Woman's deep rooted story in the early days was about her relationship with her mother.
• Gail believes that diversity is very important and does not think twice about mixing the cast up.
• The panel were happy about the strides of gay characters, however it will take the deaths of the old men with money before a change can truly happen.
• More readers are looking for more gay characters in comics.
• Some felt that lesbian characters always go through the worst drama. Peter David disagreed. He said if that's the case, then all characters named Sue were also treated badly (Sue Dibny was raped by Dr. Light and killed the Atom's ex wife/Sue Richards lost a baby, lost her mind, and sort of lost her husband, Mr Fantastic)
• Strangers in Paradise, Pedro and Me and Alan Moore's work was cited to have great LGBT stories.
• Peter David said that Shatterstar and Rictor's relationship is very natural and not forced.
• Prism Comics is moving more LGBT focused stories forward. They hope that the big 2 (DC and Marvel) will follow.
  
• Gail said to make change, please take a LGBT comic and pass it to a straight friend or peer.
• Perry Moore say that Hero is still in the running to be picked up by Showtime as a series.
• Bill Willingham, writer of JSA, was only there for 5 minutes. However, he promised to put the openly gay Obsidian in the spotlight and he won't be joining the list of gay characters who are "straightened out".

Glenn Beck is an Asshole pt 3

This is the pot calling the kettle black

Question of the Day

Yesterday, Rep. Jerry Nadler revealed the DOMA repeal bill may only recognize married same-sex couples and not civil unions or domestic partnerships.

My question is... What happens now?

Will it be a state issue? Will it get tangled in repeals and policies?

I'm hopeful, but it may take longer than we expected.

Sorry Birthers, IT"S REAL!!

Hawaii's State officials have checked, AGAIN and confirmed AGAIN that our President was born there and is a REAL American.

Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said

"I ... have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago."

So you Birther freaks, shut the f**k up, or get the f**k out! To me, you are un-American and we should put y'all on an island to marinade on your foolishness.

It's sad when you are that stupid. It's embarrassing when you speak.

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Moo-donna is a Shapeshifter!

Look out Sam Marlotte... there is another demon coming for you.

Jason Bellini Chats with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about DADT

Horror in Real Time

This is too much and horrible. So horrible!

The scene was so gruesome investigators could barely speak: A 3 1/2-week-old boy lay dismembered in the bedroom of a single-story house, three of his tiny toes chewed off, his face torn away, his head severed and his brains ripped out.

"At this particular scene you could have heard a pin drop," San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said Monday. "No one was speaking. It was about as somber as it could have been."

Officers called to the home early Sunday found the boy's mother, Otty Sanchez, sitting on the couch with a self-inflicted wound to her chest and her throat partially slashed, screaming "I killed my baby! I killed my baby!" police said. She told officers the devil made her do it, police said.

Sanchez, 33, apparently ate the child's brain and some other body parts before stabbing herself, McManus said.

"It's too heinous for me to describe it any further," McManus told reporters.

Sanchez is charged with capital murder in the death of her son, Scott Wesley Buccholtz-Sanchez. She was being treated Monday at a hospital, and was being held on $1 million bail.

From Comic-Con: Gays in Comics Panel

One of the biggest highlights of Comic-Con was the Gays in Comics Panel.

This panel consisted of :
Andy Mangels (best-selling author of Star Trek novels and Iron Man: Beneath The Armor) Greg Rucka, the acclaimed author of Detective Comics (featuring the lesbian Batwoman and The Question)
Phil Jimenez, artist of Astonishing X-Men and Amazing Spider-Man
Gail Simone, writer of Wonder Woman and Secret Six
Peter David, writer of Fallen Angel and lots of novels
Ed Luce, the writer/artist of the Bear-centric Wuvable Oaf
Sina Grace, whose Books with Pictures and illustrated novel Cedric Hollows in Dial M for Magic
Perry Moore, writer of Hero

The discussions were awesome. They talked about the Shatterstar and Rictor romance, diversifying the gay characters, Wonder Woman, the changes they hope to see and what else can be done to strengthen LGBT characters in comics.

It was great to see our family members representing in the geek and comic world. Sometimes in L.A., all you see is the plastic and shallow side of gay life; but at this panel discussion, I felt at home.

The crowd was very receptive and the panelists were fascinating. It was a purely a wonderful time. And... I got to meet Gay Comic Geek! Paul is very nice and sweet guy.

So this was a great closing event for my Comic-Con experience. Oh, this was their 22nd year in doing the panel, so congrats on continuing the legacy.

More to come

I need the Eye of Agamotto rid us of the Birthers

These are escapees from an insane asylum, for reals!

Look at this!

Cali's Marriage Equality Leadership Summit was a Bust

While I was chillin' at Comic-Con, hopes for marriage equality in Cali was on it's last lifeline.

According to the blog, Unite the Fight, this Sunday's Marriage Equality Leadership Summit only reinforced the foolishness and drama within our own house.

Here's some highlights:

• Or maybe it's because the California LGBT population has cannibalized its leadership to the point where no one is willing to take the unpopular stance of leading this wounded community made up of people that will bite anyone's head off who has a slightly different opinion from theirs. Whatever you believe the reason to be, the Leadership Summit on Sunday was an utter failure. And we have no one to blame but ourselves.

• Our community has splintered into factions lead by no one, going in all different directions with various agendas, some with good intentions, but many motivated by egos in attempt to out maneuver the other, causing us to fight each other instead of those who have taken away our rights. And why? Because our leadership once failed us in a disastrous campaign which ended not with rights being denied us, but rights we enjoyed being stripped away from us, leaving us naked and exposed. And now we're so anti-leadership, we have spiraled into a quagmire of anarchy with no visible way out.

• We have become what we've hated. Right after the election, we were right to be angry at our leadership. We were right to demand accountability, something that was missing during the campaign. We were right to demand an apology for such a historical mishap, which has failed to occur. But we have taken it too far and for too long. In such a short amount of time, we have cannibalized our leadership to the point where we barely have any, and those who remain have nearly given up on the community, refuse to take a stand to lead again, or have been forced into the shadows to do things, yet again, without community involvement. (After witnessing the summit, who would want to involve us?) We are now what our leadership once was - unaccountable.

I am deeply sadden by this foolishness. What has happen? Why is our leadership this piss-poor?
How dare we demand Obama to do his job, when we can't do ours. This is very telling of the lack of a strong LGBT community and commitment to change.

I asked months ago if we were ready for a real civil rights movement and I believe we are nowhere near ready.

I guess I need to put on my bracelets and tiara to get this stuff poppin'. It's going to take folks who are not about the fame and glory. It's going to be the real people who will get us there. I just hope they step up soon.

Question of the Day: Prop 8 style

Y'all, I feel a mess coming on in Cali.

• There's some huge disagreements about when to repeal Prop 8 and if we should wait another year or two.

• Then there's in-fighting between Prepare to Prevail, Equality Calfornia, the Courage Campaign, and Love Honor Cherish about the next steps.

• The non-support and then wanting to support the federal case to repeal Prop 8.

• Also we have folks like David Mixner sounding off about different strategies.

With all of this malarkey, I can't help but to think we are our own worst enemy, but here is my question.

As this mess continues to steal the fight from our cause... Are we in danger of losing it all?

GLADD gives HBO 2 Thumbs up for LGBT characters

Great news, kids.

GLADD's annual Network Responsibility Index found HBO to present the most def depictions of LGBT people on TV.

Can you say, Lafayette?


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I Loved Orphan!

During some downtime at Comic-Con, I made my way to the movies to see Orphan.

Now, y'all know I love, love, love the poster; I could sleep with it.

But back to the movie... What can I say, I loved it!

The plot was familiar, however it was a different take on the Bad Seed kid-thing. Esther is something else that is more malefic and evil. She's insane, but is a good version of insanity that I haven't seen in a while. The young actress gave the role of Esther power and sense of horror that is awesome.

The family story is also great and different than most generic families placed in these type of films.

I don't want to spoil it, but it is a fun movie. A few cheesy lines, but nothing bad. I love it and I loved Esther.

From Comic-Con: David Tennant and John Barrowman Kiss

I hate that I missed this

True Blood Comic-Con trailer for the 2nd half of Season 2

From Comic-Con: True Blood Panel

The True Blood panel was great. I stood in line for about 2 hours, but it was worth it.
So here are some points.

• There will be more books, at least 3 more.
• Sookie will get "ghetto" on Bill's maker.
• Maryann will be challenged.
• We will meet the Queen.
• Those religious crazies will pull out all the stops.
• We will meet more dangerous vampires.
• New vampires join the fold.
• Tera will deal with Maryann.
  
• Eric will change everything.

It was exciting to see the clip of the 2nd half of season 2. It's going to get really, really good.

Oh, Eric or Alexander Skarsgard is truly hot and tall.

Pics from Comic-Con 2009

From Comic-Con: Me and Dr. Girlfriend

She is one of our student staff members, btw.

From Comic-Con: My Hotel

The hotel I stayed in hosted Chippendales both nights.

I have to say those guys are cute and very rowdy at 3am.

From Comic-Con: The Vampire Diaries is the "Ishtar" of the Fall Season

At Comic-Con, you get to see the pilots for most supernatural and sci-fi like shows. The lines are incredibly long, but usually worth it.

But not CW's, The Vampire Diaries.

That session was the talk of the evening. During the Gay in Comics mixer, folks were bashing it royally. They even left the screening early, saying it was a bad wet dream. Several viewers were making jokes, saying: they would rather lose their balls than to sit through that mess again.

Other reviews were just as bad. i09 said:

Sadly VD makes Twilight look like Shakespeare. This show is a giant sparkle of crap.

The Examiner:

The reception wasn't the greatest for the "Twilight-like" TV show. It wasn't that bad, but it had many similarities to the Stephenie Meyer story, and they seemed to be unpopular with the "Twilight" heavy crowd.

HitFix

It's almost enough to make one feel bad for the show until one considers that, well, "The Vampire Diaries" pretty much sucks.

There's more, but I'll stop the hater party. However, it doesn't look good for the show's future. I knew it would be bad, but we will see how CW struggles to keep the show alive.

But on a great note, the True Blood session was the bomb!!! More of that later.

Hot to Trot,

V.

Interesting Quote: Rick Sanchez

"do u know how much money i'd make if i'd sold out as hispanic and worked at fox news, r u kidding, one problem, looking in mirror."

Rick on Twitter


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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. covered on Hardball

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Thanks to Masc Dude Writer for posting this on his blog

From Comic-Con: Next Batman Movie is coming...

At Comic-Con, Gary Oldman revealed that next Batman movie starts filming next year, and is expected to be out in 2011.

1 down 3 to Go

The Matthew Shepard Act passed, and it was done without funding for the F-22 program.

Now Obama has to sign it into law.

Good stuff

Am I dreamng?

I have noticed that the Obama hater party has died down.

I'm probably jinxing this as we speak, but I'm glad the hate fest has calmed down...for now.

From Comic-Con: New Joss Whedon: The Cabin in the Woods

E. Lynn Harris died

E. Lynn Harris has died at age 54.

He was a great writer and storyteller of the Black LGBT community. He will be missed.

Did you know that every 3rd day a trans person is murdered?

This is horrible news.

In the blog, Questioning Transphobia, they have posted some interesting facts about our Trans-family

Every 3rd day the murder of a trans person is reported:

Trans Murder Monitoring Project reveals more than 200 reported murders of trans persons in the last 1 1/2 years

In April 2009 the international NGO Transgender Europe (TGEU) in cooperation with the multilingual Online-Magazine “Liminalis — A Journal for Sex/Gender Emancipation and Resistance” started a new project, the /Trans Murder Monitoring Project/, which focuses on systematically reporting murdered trans people on a worldwide scale.

The very preliminary results of the first step of this project have revealed a total of 204 cases of reported murders of trans people world wide in the last 1 1/2 years. 121 cases of murdered trans people have been reported in 2008. From January to June 2009 already 83 cases of murdered trans people have been reported.

Furthermore, the preliminary results show an increase in the number of reports of murdered trans people over the last years. Since the beginning of 2008 the murder of a trans person is reported every third day, on average.

The cases have been reported from all six World regions: North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The majority of cases have been reported from Latin America and North America. On these continents the majority of cases have been reported from Brazil (59) and the U.S.A. (16) for 2008 and from Brazil (23), Venezuela (20), and Guatemala (10) for the first six months of 2009. Moreover, the preliminary results show a total of 11 murdered trans people reported for Colombia followed by 5 for Honduras and 4 for Mexico and Venezuela for 2008, and 6 for Mexico and 3 for Argentina, and the Dominican Republic for the first six months of 2009.

In total 91 murders of trans people were reported in 11 Latin American countries in 2008, and 73 murders of trans people in 11 Latin American countries in the first six months of 2009. The reported murders of trans people in Latin America account for 75% and 88% of the world wide reported murders of trans people in 2008 and the first six months of 2009 respectively.**

This is not good, not at all. For more please go here

Question of the Day

Since the Pride & Prejudice and Zombies novel is burning up the bestseller's list, I wonder... Are there other tales that can go through a Zombie remix?

Romeo and Juliet with Zombies?

Huckleberry Finn and Zombies?

Pippi Longstocking and Zombies

Gone Comic Con-ing

Hi all

Posting will be light because, I'm at COMIC-CON!!!

But I will keep y'all informed of the drama and fun.

Hot to Trot,

V

A Sailor has been Charged for August Provost's Death

Interesting news, y'all

The U.S. Navy says a sailor has been charged in military court with murder and other offenses in the shooting death of a gay San Diego seaman.

Petty Officer Jonathan Campos of Lancaster, Calif., was charged Thursday in connection to last month's fatal shooting of Seaman August Provost of Houston.

They say Campos, a 32-year-old gas system technician, is being held at the brig and is cooperating with investigators.

I am curious to see what happens next. If he is the killer, then we need to know why.

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Anthony Woods gains Endorsements

Anthony Woods is the guy who's running for California's 10th congressional district seat.

Oh, and he's gay.

But that's not the news, this is: he has earned the endorsements of the Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.

Getting nods from HRC and the Victory Fund were coups for the 28-year-old Woods, a two-tour Iraq war vet who impressed some observers recently by raising more than $100,000 for the quarter ended June 30 -- a solid showing for a first-time candidate. Gay groups don't automatically endorse LGBT candidates unless they demonstrate an ability to execute a campaign strategy and compete financially.

"Anthony Woods is an exciting candidate with a tremendous record of accomplishment," said Chuck Wolfe, president of the Victory Fund. "He's also running an impressive campaign. Anthony has assembled a solid campaign team that understands what it will take to win this extremely competitive race."

Looks good for Woods, I hope he will win.

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Gilibrand say it's a No Go on DADT

Well, she tried.

A couple of weeks ago, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand considered presenting an amendment to a defense bill that would grant a 18-month moratorium on discharges under DADT.

But according to her office, she couldn't muster enough votes to get it poppin'.

Gillibrand spokesperson, Matt Canter, said that Kirsten realized there weren't 60 votes available for a vote of cloture on the amendment.

"She was working for about a week to assess support among her colleagues for the measure," he said. "It does not appear that we're going to have the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. So she's not going to pursue the moratorium amendment at this time."

Canter said Gillibrand is working with senators "to continue to highlight the issue and move forward on the issue."

Maybe she should work with everybody else who's get this repealed. The Joan of Arc move was cute, but maybe a bit bigger than she thought.

Back Flash Video Thursday

Classic Kate Bush...Wuthering Heights

Who's the must Trusted Newscaster?

Well according to Time magazine, it's Jon Stewart.

Jon, from The Daily Show. Interesting, considering it's not a "news" show.
However, it's very telling of who folks trust with the news.

First Look at Freddy and the New Nightmare

Thanks IGN

Interesting Quote: Rupert Everett

"He looked like a character from Shrek. He was a black to white minstrel. He was crucified by that court case when he was accused of child molestation - that killed him.

"He personified the pain and anxiety of a black man in a slave country. We all watched as he changed from black to white. He was living performance art.

"I think it was fortuitous that he died. He was supposed to be doing 50 concerts in London.

"It wouldn't have mattered how good or bad he was. He wouldn't have managed to do all of them and the press would have destroyed him."

His view of Michael Jackson's death...such a bitter queen.

New Trailer: Alice in Wonderland

Warcraft the Movie?

Really?

Check out this press release

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® AND LEGENDARY PICTURES SIGN SAM RAIMI TO DIRECT UPCOMING WARCRAFT® MOVIE Raimi, acclaimed director of the blockbuster Spider-Man series, will bring the forces of the Horde and the Alliance to life in epic live-action film. Charles Roven's Atlas Entertainment will produce alongside Raimi's Stars Road Entertainment.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – July 22, 2009 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the eagerly-anticipated major motion picture based on Blizzard Entertainment’s award-winning Warcraft® universe. Raimi has, in the course of his career, clearly demonstrated a genius for developing and adapting existing fictional universes for mainstream audiences while staying true to the spirit of the original content.

Raimi directed the Spider-Man trilogy, which has broken box-office records around the world and garnered five Academy Award® nominations. Known for his imaginative filmmaking style, richly drawn characters and offbeat humor, Raimi wrote and directed the cult classic, The Evil Dead and produced 30 Days Of Night.

He most recently wrote and directed the supernatural thriller, Drag Me To Hell. "At its core, Warcraft is a fantastic, action-packed story," said Raimi. "I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite production team to bring this project to the big screen." Charles Roven’s producing talents were recently seen with last summer’s blockbuster The Dark Knight, which grossed in excess of $1 billion, was nominated for eight Academy Awards® and won two. His body of work also includes the widely acclaimed Batman Begins and the sci-fi classic 12 Monkeys.

Roven, with Atlas producing partner Alex Gartner, will be producing with Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull, Legendary’s Chief Creative Officer Jon Jashni, Raimi and Raimi’s producing partner Joshua Donen.

Raimi’s partner, Robert Tapert, will be an Executive Producer and Blizzard Entertainment’s Senior Vice President of Creative Development, Chris Metzen, a Co-Producer. "Partnering with Sam Raimi exemplifies Legendary's mandate of marrying the highest quality intellectual property to world-class filmmakers" said Legendary’s Tull. "Sam's passion for 'Warcraft' is undeniable and we know that he will create an incredible film worthy of Blizzard's phenomenal franchise. We look forward to collaborating with our partners at Warner Bros. and continuing our successful relationship with Chuck in bringing this rich new world to the screen."

I've seen folks play this game, but is it movie material?

Interesting Quote: David Mixner

They don't want us to venture from a proscribed game plan that mostly originates out of a Washington-based political strategy to gain our freedom. They live in fear that we will move too quickly, make someone uncomfortable and put our political friends in a tough spot. Afraid to risk defeat, they believe we have to make everyone like us and be on our side. Most amazingly they seek the approval of others instead of insisting that others have to liberate themselves from their own long held myths in order to receive this marvelous gift that our community brings.

David's Mixner’s response to Prepare to Prevail, a coalition of LGBT groups who believes 2010 is too soon to battle for marriage equality in Cali-Cal.

But is he right?

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VH1 Brings back DIVAS

Y'all remember VH1 DIVAS.

The over the top musical event that brought us Mariah's big ass weave and Whitney's classic performance with Cece Winans. Good times.

Well, they are bringing it back with Kelly Clarkson, Adele, Leona Lewis and Miley Cyrus.

Miley Cyrus? Really?

Maybe they will add more Divas.

The Search for Bryce Faulkner

This is a sad and scary story. Friends are desperately searching for Bryce.

This info is from Sozo's Blog

"Faulkner, 23, was preparing to come out to deeply religious family in Arkansas when his mother discovered his emails to his boyfriend, Travis who lives in Wisconsin. Bryce was given an ultimatum of being kicked out of his family and put out on the street or going into ex-gay therapy. Before Bryce disappeared his boyfriend Travis recieved one last phone call on June 15th and was crying uncontrollably saying, ‘You should have heard the mean and hateful things they said about me. They made me read out loud passages from the Bible’. 'One of the last things he said to me before falling asleep was, ‘Promise me you will be strong for me and for us’.' Travis said. Travis believes Bryce may be at an Exodus International ministry in Florida. He said a friend of the family had heard Faulkner would be in Mississippi for three weeks and then in Florida for 14 months. His friends have created a ‘Save Bryce’ web campaign to find out where the student is."

I hope they can find him and soon.

Rick Sanchez deals with American Idiots

The Birthers are the result of poor education and too much sugar in their cereals over the years. For some reason they think Obama was born on Vulcan.

We know Obama's American, but these folks are relentless; they feel that it's a conspiracy.

Hera help these fools

Question of the Day

Why are folks Hatin' on Lady GaGa?

She's bringing it and she's setting trends all over the place.

So why the hate? It just feels that a lot of bloggers pick on her looks and style. Why?

Just let a young Diva be.

Who voted for the Matthew Shepard Act?

HRC is showing out! They have the list of voters for and against the Act.

But I'll be a nice guy and cut and paste it for you.

Alabama
Sen. Sessions (R) — No
Sen. Shelby (R) — No

Alaska
Sen. Begich (D) — Yes
Sen. Murkowski (R) — Yes

Arizona
Sen. Kyl (R) — No
Sen. McCain (R) — No

Arkansas
Sen. Lincoln (D) — Yes
Sen. Pryor (D) — Yes

California
Sen. Boxer (D) — Yes
Sen. Feinstein (D) — Yes

Colorado
Sen. Bennet (D) — Yes
Sen. Udall (D) — Yes

Connecticut
Sen. Dodd (D) — Yes
Sen. Lieberman (ID) — Yes

Delaware
Sen. Carper (D) — Yes
Sen. Kaufman (D) — Yes

Florida
Sen. Martinez (R) — Didn't Vote
Sen. Nelson, Bill (D) — Yes

Georgia
Sen. Chambliss (R) — No
Sen. Isakson (R) — No

Hawaii
Sen. Akaka (D) — Yes
Sen. Inouye (D) — Yes

Idaho
Sen. Crapo (R) — No
Sen. Risch (R) — No

Illinois
Sen. Burris (D) — Yes
Sen. Durbin (D) — Yes

Indiana
Sen. Bayh (D) — Yes
Sen. Lugar (R) — Yes

Iowa
Sen. Grassley (R) — No
Sen. Harkin (D) — Yes

Kansas
Sen. Brownback (R) — No
Sen. Roberts (R) — No

Kentucky
Sen. Bunning (R) — Didn't Vote
Sen. McConnell (R) — No

Louisiana
Sen. Landrieu (D) — Yes
Sen. Vitter (R) — No

Maine
Sen. Collins (R) — Yes
Sen. Snowe (R) — Yes

Maryland
Sen. Cardin (D) — Yes
Sen. Mikulski (D) — Yes

Massachusetts
Sen. Kennedy (D) — Didn't Vote
Sen. Kerry (D) — Yes

Michigan
Sen. Levin (D) — Yes
Sen. Stabenow (D) — Yes

Minnesota
Sen. Franken (D) — Yes
Sen. Klobuchar (D) — Yes

Mississippi
Sen. Cochran (R) — No
Sen. Wicker (R) — No

Missouri
Sen. Bond (R) — Didn't Vote
Sen. McCaskill (D) — Yes

Montana
Sen. Baucus (D) — Yes
Sen. Tester (D) — Yes

Nebraska
Sen. Johanns (R) — No
Sen. Nelson, Ben (D) — Yes

Nevada
Sen. Ensign (R) — No
Sen. Reid (D) — Yes

New Hampshire
Sen. Gregg (R) — Didn't Vote
Sen. Shaheen (D) — Yes

New Jersey
Sen. Lautenberg (D) — Yes
Sen. Menendez (D) — Yes

New Mexico
Sen. Bingaman (D) — Yes
Sen. Udall (D) — Yes

New York
Sen. Gillibrand (D) — Yes
Sen. Schumer (D) — Yes

North Carolina
Sen. Burr (R) — No
Sen. Hagan (D) — Yes

North Dakota
Sen. Conrad (D) — Yes
Sen. Dorgan (D) — Yes

Ohio
Sen. Brown (D) — Yes
Sen. Voinovich (R) — Yes

Oklahoma
Sen. Coburn (R) — No
Sen. Inhofe (R) — No

Oregon
Sen. Merkley (D) — Yes
Sen. Wyden (D) — Yes

Pennsylvania
Sen. Casey (D) — Yes
Sen. Specter (D) — Yes

Rhode Island
Sen. Reed (D) — Yes
Sen. Whitehouse (D) — Yes

South Carolina
Sen. DeMint (R) — No
Sen. Graham (R) — Didn't Vote

South Dakota
Sen. Johnson (D) — Yes
Sen. Thune (R) — No

Tennessee
Sen. Alexander (R) — Didn't Vote
Sen. Corker (R) — Didn't Vote

Texas
Sen. Cornyn (R) — No
Sen. Hutchinson (R) — No

Utah
Sen. Bennett (R) — No
Sen. Hatch (R) — No

Vermont
Sen. Leahy (D) — Yes
Sen. Sanders (I) — Yes

Virginia
Sen. Warner (D) — Yes
Sen. Webb (D) — Yes

Washington
Sen. Cantwell (D) — Yes
Sen. Murray (D) — Yes

West Virginia
Sen. Byrd (D) — Didn't Vote
Sen. Rockefeller (D) — Yes

Wisconsin
Sen. Feingold (D) — Yes
Sen. Kohl (D) — Yes

Wyoming
Sen. Barrasso (R) — No
Sen. Enzi (R) — No

The HRC also have more info about the vote...check out the source

F-22 money removed from the DoD bill

Good news? Maybe? Hopefully?

The Senate voted to remove the funding for 7 additional F-22 jets from the DoD bill (where Matthew Shepard Act is attached to)

This removal is considered successful for the White House and possibly prevents Obama from vetoing the bill. However, the House passed a version of its defense bill that has additional funding. So there's still more to this story.

For more, go here

John Barrowman's Straight Performance

This is from Shark Attack 3, not John's best work

But for some reason, it sounds kind of hot.

Get Well, MCA

The Beastie Boys are slowing things (their new album and upcoming tour) down so that my former crush, MCA can have surgery on a cancerous tumor. I hope he gets well soon.

Hate Crimes Amendments Passed, however...

So the 3 amendments passed yesterday. These amendments will limit the extension of the federal hate-crimes law.


After the voice-vote, HRC released a statement, here's some of it

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, responded today to votes relating to the hate crimes provisions in the Defense Department authorization bill. The Senate passed four amendments to the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act: three offered by Senator Sessions (R-AL) and one offered by Senator Kennedy (D-MA). The Matthew Shepard Act was added this past Thursday, July 16, to S. 1390, the Senate version of the Department of Defense Authorization bill.

“Today’s vote brings us closer than ever to seeing the Matthew Shepard Act signed into law,” said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. “We urge Congress to eliminate these unwelcomed amendments and send the Matthew Shepard Act to the President’s desk quickly.”

The Senate adopted three amendments by voice vote. One amendment, SA 1615, adds the death penalty to the provisions of the Matthew Shepard Act. HRC strongly opposed this unwelcome amendment and hopes to address it as the Act continues through the legislative process. The Amendment was offered by and supported by Senators who oppose the Matthew Shepard Act in an effort to derail the Act. Fortunately, a side-by-side- amendment offered by Senator Kennedy was also added to the bill. The Kennedy amendment provides for additional restrictions in the use of the death penalty under the Act.

The third amendment requires the Attorney General to promulgate guidelines with “neutral and objective criteria for determining whether a crime was motivated by the status of the victim.”

A final Sessions amendment, SA 1616, was adopted by a vote of 92 to 0. This amendment creates a new federal criminal offense for cases involving assaults or battery of a U.S. service member – or a member of the service member’s immediate family.

These amendments can be removed in the final, final vote. However, it can still be vetoed by the Obama.


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Chris Brown Apologizes to Rihanna

I hope he is doing this for the right reasons.

Carrie Prejean's new book "Still A Mess"

It's been a while since we heard from Barbie's second cousin, Carrie Prejean. Since she's crown-less, Carrie needs something to do. So what else can she mess up? A book.

For some reason, she has a book deal. The title is "Still Standing," and will be about her trifling ass and how she got fired.

But seriously, why would we buy the book? You can just read my posts and other posts about her. We pretty much wrote the book for her.

And maybe she will share more nudie pics of her too.



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New Pics of the New Doctor Who

more here

Harry Potter and True Blood Promotes Occult Activities...I thought Gossip Girl did that

Mess

3 possible amendments that can Kill the Hate Crimes Bill

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) wants to add 3 other amendments to the hate crimes bill today. According to the HRC staff, they are not feeling it at all. In fact, they found the amendments to be foolish, unhelpful and should not be adopted.

So what are these 3 vile amendments? Well here they are, via HRC:

* The first Sessions Amendment would allow the death penalty to be applied in hate crimes cases under some circumstances. This Amendment is unnecessary and is a poison pill designed to kill the bill. The Amendment is being offered by and supported by Senators who oppose the Matthew Shepard Act. It’s ironic that the very Senators who have falsely argued that this bill would put clergy in jail because of their beliefs think that those same clergy should be subject to the death penalty.

* The second Sessions Amendment would place an additional burden on the Justice Department to revise its long established guidelines for hate crimes cases. This Amendment is unnecessary. The Department already has well-established, clear and precise guidelines to govern cases involving bias-motivated violence that work well.

* Finally, the third Sessions Amendment would provide additional penalties for crimes involving servicemembers or their families. This Amendment is unnecessary. Existing statutes already provide special penalties on attacks against members of the Armed Services and veterans. In addition, the vague language of the Amendment is problematic. The Amendment provides for additional penalties for injuring the property of a serviceman or immediate family member. The scope of “family member” or what constitutes an “injury” to their property is unclear.

Again, HRC are not feeling these additions. They believe these amendments are created to kill the bill and stall the process. Hopefully, senate will vote down these amendments.

The discussion starts today.

Braden is a Racist Asshole...Big Brother, screen your people!

Big Brother never falls with foolishness, and this time they made bank. Dante's Crap's co-co-co star, Braden said some not-so-cute stuff, see here

Then the smackdown was delivered by Chima about his racist statements


Braden, you suck! And I hope you suffer for your assness. Suffer!

He was kicked out, BTW.

New La Toya Jackson: Home

Question of the Day

Is Rihanna channeling Mohawk Storm?

Comic Con is Coming!!

I'm there on Friday!!

Question of the Day

Did y'all see Harry Potter? And if you did...What did you think?

Raffaella Carra

I found this on House of Vader's blog. I think this pure 80s, camp, gay madness; it's so great to watch.

It's Raffaella Carra and her version of Total Eclipse of the Heart

My Jem Movie Casting: Jem

This was a hard one and I may change it; but when I see her, I can see Jem/Jerrica.


My Jem is Kristen Bell

Short Post about my night at The Eagle bar in Los Angeles

I took my new friend, Jack, to The Eagle last night. While he was chatting up a possible "friend", I got paddled by Principal Bob for being new to the club and possibly a bad boy.

Yes, even elitist like me can be bad sometimes.

However, The Eagle isn't a bad place, smoky, but quite interesting to experience. A lot people are very comfortable with their bodies and their attire. A little over the top for me, but it's a fun hangout. I'll go back again.

Rest in Peace, Walter

My Grandmama loved him

Interesting Quote: Raymond Leon Roker

If the NAACP wants to be a truly inclusive 21st century civil rights organization, it must settle its internal squabbles and officially support same sex marriage. In a year that sees the nation's first black president give a powerful speech on family and social values at the association's 100th anniversary while a Latina woman is about to ascend to the highest court in the land, would any other position make sense? As state after state pushes forward for marriage equality, why should the NAACP act like some backwater province of old ideologies? In an era where the very relevance of a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People seems to be in question, why not show it can -- and should -- still lead the social justice conversation?


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My Top 5 Dance Movies

Let's face it. The best dance movies were in the 80s. These Step it up's and Save the last Dance's are nothing compared to the body and soul of these movies listed below.

So it's my pleasure to present my top 5 dance movies

Fame-it's all about Coco and Doris


Fast Forward-kids with big city dreams


Girls Just Wanna Have Fun-I love to dance-SJP


Heavenly Bodies-I always tear up at the end


A Chorus Line-I had a crush on the nerdy dancer

America's Finest: The KKK

LIFE magazine has interesting pics of the KKK of today.

It's quite sad

X-Factor 50: Shatterstar and Rictor embrace

Cute

A Reason why the Hate Crimes Act Must be completed

This story really bothers me.


This should not be the standard or accepted. I hope this case is not completely settled; I can't imagine how the LGBT community in D.C. is taking this.

Lateisha Green's Murderer Found Guilty

A New York jury has convicted Dwight DeLee of a hate crime for killing Lateisha Green.

If you haven't heard, Lateisha, a transgender woman,was shot by Dwight because of his foolishness and ignorance.

When this happened, there were reports of witnesses being threaten, but it didn't stop the trial. The jurors knew what was going on.

Dwight was found guilty of manslaughter and will get more time because he is also guilty of a hate crime. However, it should be 1st degree murder instead of manslaughter, but I'll marinade on that for awhile.

I hope Lateisha's family found justice and I hope Latesisha can rest in peace.

For more about Lateisha, please go over to TransGriot's blog for the complete coverage of her story.

Pat Buchanan is an Asshole

Pat needs Jesus or a pie in face!

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Screenwriting is Da Bomb

So my screenwriting class is going well, very well. The students are very eager and excited about the program. I'm just happy to be there and while I'm the oldest one, I still feel like a freshmen in college.

We have had several assignments like: creating atmosphere, scenes without dialogue, creating stories from random conversations and surprise moments.

In my first assignment, I made a B+. I wasn't happy about that (yes, I'm that person), but it only inspired me to do better. I realized I was thinking too hard about the assignments. I needed to chill and let it happen and once I did, nothing but A's.

I almost got teary-eyed because the my teacher was impressed with my work. It felt so good to read her reviews of my scripts.

To be honest, I finally feel that I can do this. After receiving 3 A's, writing my first short movie doesn't seem so scary. It will be a challenging time, but one I will truly enjoy.

Good News, Bad News: The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Good News: The Matthew Shepard Act passed yesterday

Bad News: The Act is linked to a $1.75 billion in funding for F-22 fighter jets which Obama and SoD, Robert oppose of. This could also lead to a veto, which will possibly lead into more foolish "Hate on Obama" attacks.

He just can't catch a break.

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Obama speaks about us at the NAACP dinner

Interesting Quote: LZ Granderson

Not to be flip, but Miley Cyrus is older than Bill Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell." That doesn't mean that the safety of gay people should be trivialized or that Obama should not be held accountable for the promises he made on the campaign trail. But to call this month's first-ever White House reception for GLBT leaders "too little too late" is akin to a petulant child throwing a tantrum because he wants to eat his dessert before dinner. This is one of the main reasons why so many blacks bristle at the comparison of the two movements -- everybody wants to sing the blues, nobody wants to live them.

This lack of perspective is only going to alienate a black community that is still very proud of Obama and is hypersensitive about any criticism of him, especially given he's been in office barely six months.

If blacks are less accepting of gays than other racial groups -- and that is certainly debatable -- then the parade of gay people calling Obama a "disappointment" on television is counterproductive in gaining acceptance, to say the least. And the fact that the loudest critics are mostly white doesn't help matters either.

Tom Baker Returns as The Doctor

Interesting news

Tom Baker is taking on the role of that mysterious time-traveler, the Doctor, for the first time since 1981. A new series of five linked Doctor Who audio plays brings back Baker's anarchic portrayal... with a surprising old companion.

Of all the companions you'd expect the BBC to pair Tom Baker with, in his new series of audio plays, probably the last one you'd think of would be retired Army Captain Mike Yates, last seen in 1974's "Planet Of The Spiders." The mixed up, conflicted Yates had to leave the paramilitary world-saving organization UNIT after he secretly joined a team of mad-scientists and fanatics who were flooding London with dinosaurs. (It's all because an evil computer brainwashed him and he got confused. But then he got into meditation, so it's okay.)

This could be fun, I wonder if iTunes will get this.

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Interesting Quote: Patrick Murphy

I think that this is a really tough issue and there have been a lot of calls for the President to do this. I know I mentioned it before, but the President -- to his credit -- seems not to want to ignore standing law that was passed by the Congress.

We had a saying at West Point "Take the harder right over the easier wrong." The President doesn't want to clearly contradict US law, even though I feel that this law is fundamentally wrong and discriminatory. It shows why Congress needs to change it. We've gotten 16 congressmen and women in the first week to come on board, but we're not stopping until we get the job done. In fact, we just got an additional cosponsor today -- so we're up to 162.

Patrick defending Obama about repealing DADT during an AMERICAblog live chat.

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When is it a Crime to have a Different Opinion?

I wonder if Robert needs a hug after these press conferences.

Yesterday, Jake Tapper from ABC, asked Robert Gibbs about Bill Clinton's support of gay marriage and why Obama doesn't.

Tapper: Former President Bill Clinton recently said that he's basically in support of same-sex marriage. "I think it's wrong," he said, "for someone to stop someone else from getting involved in same-sex marriage." Has President Obama heard these comments? Does he have a reaction? And why is Bill Clinton wrong about this issue?

Gibbs: Well, I'm not going to get into anybody's opinion -- I'm not going to criticize anybody's opinion, least of all a former President of the United States, on something like this. I am not clear whether the President has seen that. I don't know where that was from, so I don't know if the President has seen it.

But President Obama holds a different opinion?

Gibbs: President Obama holds the same opinion he has earlier today.

Which is that same-sex marriage is wrong.

Gibbs: He does not support it. He supports civil unions.

Why does he feel differently than President Bill Clinton?

Gibbs: Because they don't agree on the issue. (Laughter.) I've not obviously spent a lot of --

That's not really an explanation of why he feels differently. That's another word for it.

Gibbs: Well, I mean, I'm happy to -- I mean, I think the President has answered this question a number of times. I can't form a basis for why former President Clinton -- I've obviously not had a conversation with him on this issue, so I don't know what -- it's hard for me to compare some of this because I don't have the basis by which he's making that decision.

I don't know about those questions. It felt like Jack was saying Obama should think like Clinton and if Clinton supports it, then he should too.

Why do they hold different opinions? I'll give you 2

1. Bill's not in office anymore, so he can say whatever he wants to.
2. Bill is Bill and Barack is Barack?
   

I guess I didn't get the point. Of course they will have different views. WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS! Hell, Cylons had different views.

Obama has always said he does not support gay marriage, but supports civil unions. We know that. It's nothing new; that what he believes.

But if Jake wants to know the deep, dark reason...he should just ask Obama himself.

What Sonia said about Gay Marriage

Fresh Look at Iron Man 2! Scarlett Jo as Black Widow

Yes it's grainy, but interesting to say the least. More pics tomorrow.

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Question of the Day

Have you ever had GREAT sex?

You can talk about it if you like

New Whitney Cover!

New Trailer: The Lightning Thief

Interesting Quote: Meghan McCain

“Joe the Plumber -- you can quote me -- is a dumbass. He should stick to plumbing.”

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Marion Barry claims The Gays are out to get him

Lord, this MAN!

Marion is in trouble because his own doing. But he's claiming that David Catania, who's openly gay and a colleague, is attacking him on ethics questions because of Barry's stance on gay marriage. A little far fetch, but it's Marion Barry.

But what are these ethics issues? see here

Family Research Council foolishness about Hate Crimes

Interesting Quote: Daniel Radcliffe

"It's wonderful. I grew up around gay people my entire life, basically, that's possibly why I'm quite camp, and some people think I'm gay when I meet them, which I think is awesome. It's always good to keep them guessing [laughs]. I don't go on any blogs or chats or anything, but my friends are demons for them, and apparently someone said 'Daniel Radcliffe is gay. He's got a gay face!' [laughs] I really don't know what a gay face is.

But I think it's wonderful that Dumbledore was outed as gay ... Half of me thinks Jo Rowling just did that to see if she could piss off the right wing, but I'm not sure how true that is. I think she had it planned, I think she always knew he was gay."

What Daniel thinks about Dumledore being gay

Whitney is coming!

She looks so good!

Happiness!

Remakes Shemakes: Let Me In

This is the remake of the beautiful and haunting, Let the Right One In.

I love the original, I mean LOVE IT.

So, I was heartbroken to see a remake done so fast. The original is perfect the way it is! I can't understand why Hollywood is putting their greedy hands on this.

However, I will wait to see what this movie has to offer. They better bring it!

Foolish Article of the Day: Queerty's Is Queerty Obama's Most Critical Gay Blog?

I love blogging, especially when I have stuff like this to write about. This is the best laugh I had all day.

Is Queerty Obama's Most Critical Gay Blog?

Important only if you pay attention to what the blogs have to say.

We're just pleased Mediaite remembered this headline: "THAT’S IT: Obama Has Spat and Shit In the Faces of Gay America."

Now, it's not that we're critical of the sitting president. We just have zero tolerance policy when it comes to lying to gay Americans and refusing to support full equality. Oh, that's the same thing?

Lying? What did Obama lie about? Oh Queerty, you are like the town drunk of blogs. But let's talk about your lying, your poorly researched articles, race bating, misspellings, misconceptions, stupidity, childish ways and there's more but I'll stop there.

You are not the most critical, due to your horrible talking points. You are the most ridic gay blog, to give you credit for being critical is too much.

Critical is being able to articulate your views and have something to back it up. You are nowhere near that format.

So please wake up from your fever dream...it looks like you wet your bed.

Double the Mess, Double the Foolishness...AMERICAblog Spawns Another blog

AMERICAblog have launched AMERICAblog Gay. Yes, we have more misconceptions and assumptions to read about.

Yesterday, they blame Obama for sending Dorothy to Oz. Well, not really, but at the rate of their hater party, anything is possible.





I may need to summon the Techno-virus to rid us of this crap

Obama says the "Sooner the Better" on DADT

Sen. Leahy offers the Hate Crimes Prevention Act as an Amendment

Sen. Patrick Leahy will offer the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as a bipartisan amendment to the Department of Defense reauthorization bill.

He believes it has a better chance of passing if it's a part of Department of Defense reauthorization bill. I hope so, I really do.

This is the bill we should be fighting tooth and nail for.

For his letter, please go here

Brian Kilmeade is an Asshole

This man is a buffoon, and this is why

Now the Journalists of Color, Inc and UNITY are coming for him. They have a petition set to go.


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A CREEPY Charlie Brown

I can't explain why I love the pic. It's freaky, creepy, scary, disturbing, wonderful...I am drawn to this, I can't stop looking at it. Brilliant!

This is from Tim O'Brien and his page is here

Natalie Portman Joins Thor

Natalie Portman will be Jane Foster, the first love of the Norse God in the Thor movie.






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Aaron Hicklin's view of Bruno

NAACP and the issue of Gay Marriage

Interesting Quote: Robert Pattinson

“I did an audition for True Blood, but that didn’t work out. I didn’t think I would get the role of Edward Cullen, either, because the character is very enigmatic. I didn’t want to play the biggest vampire stereotype, so I tried to humanize him.”

He auditioned for True Blood? I wonder for what role?


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ACLU is coming for Chico's Tacos

ACLU in Texas are coming for Chico’s Tacos and the El Paso police. In fact, they are demand full inquiry into the crazy incident with the dumbass cop and the kiss that destroyed Texas.

Here's what ACLU had to say

"We’re extremely concerned that the actions of the restaurant employees and the El Paso police may have violated the law," said ACLU of Texas legal director Lisa Graybill. "The City of El Paso prohibits restaurants from refusing service to anyone based on their sexual orientation, and the police should have enforced that ordinance.”

The group of men was reportedly at Chico’s on June 29, when they were asked to leave by private security guards who saw two of the men kissing. According to news reports, the guards told the men that “faggot stuff” wasn’t allowed in the restaurant. Police were called to the scene by both parties, but instead of assisting the men, the responding officer reportedly threatened to cite them for “homosexual activity.” Police reportedly told the men that same-sex kissing was forbidden in public.

"It is absolutely shocking that an El Paso police officer would be so poorly trained on the law," said ACLU of Texas staff attorney Fleming Terrell. "No such prohibition exists under city, state or federal law, nor would the Constitution permit it."

Hopefully this will be and turning point for Texas' backwoods thinking. They do need a cultural make-over.

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Lord, LaToya!

LaToya Jackson believes Michael was murdered. I'm not so sure that I would take her word for it, this is LaToya we are talking about.

This is what I'm talking about:

LaToya Jackson said she knows who is responsible for her brother's death and is determined to see them brought to justice, the News of the World reported.

According to the published interviews with The News of the World and The Mail on Sunday, she did not name any of the people she believes were involved and did not offer any evidence to support her claim that foul play was involved in the singer's sudden death on June 25.

"I feel it was all about money," she was quoted as saying by the News of the World. "Michael was worth well over a billion in music publishing assets and somebody killed him for that. He was worth more dead than alive."

I hope she's not trying to milk this, I really hope she's not.

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Track Palin

His mother, Moose Mess, says he not a Repub. So I wonder what he is his political stance?

Plus, he kind of cute...Just like his pirate Daddy.

Question of the Day

What was a scary moment in your life?

Still Love this after 30 years...The Wiz

Question of the Day: The Michael Jackson edition

With all of the Michael Jackson coverage, death and madness...

Where was Diana Ross in all of this? Did we hear from her?

New Horror: Book of Blood

Thanks to Shock Till You Drop for posting this on their blog.

Question of the Day: The Kal-El edition

This past week marked an odd turn for Superman.

There was a law suit about the Superman movies and who has the rights. WB won, but in 2013 the rights of the Man of Steel goes back to the family of the original creator (I think).

But with all of that said and done, I have to ask...Do we want to see another Superman movie?

GLAAD ain't feeling Bruno

Folks at GLAAD are not fans of Bruno.

The new president, Jarrett Barrios said

"the movie was a well-intentioned series of sketches _ some hit the mark and some hit the gay community pretty hard and reinforce some damaging, hurtful stereotypes."

There were some scenes that were "special" like, the hot scene with an explicit sex act and the other sex acts that were quite interesting.

Barrios also said

"Scenes like that don't help America understand the hundreds of thousands of gay families who get up every day, do the carpool then rush home to make dinner and be with their children.

Similarly, the movie's mock marriage scene "doesn't help Americans understand the lives of gay couples who are denied the rights and protections of marriage in 43 states.

The movie is clearly satire and comedy. I'm not sure if folks take Bruno that seriously, however it is an interesting look at the ugly parts of our country.

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Go see Bruno!

I loved it! It's crazy and silly, but it is worth it.

And we MUST lay hands on Alabama! We really, really do.

So go and see it

Ryan Reynolds is Green Lantern!

It's confirmed...Sexy is the Green Lantern

Obama in Ghana

My Girls are coming Back!

July 30th the new season begins...Real Housewives of Atlanta!

Get Excited

Top 3 in line to play Green Lantern

The Hollywood Reporter claims these are the candidates to play Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern (in no order)

* Justin Timberlake
* Bradley Cooper
* Ryan Reynolds

My money is on Ryan. But if they choose Justin...No one will take it seriously!

It will be dead to most geeks and comic book fans.

Either Ryan, Bradley or the living hotness, Nathan Fillion... Or Bust.

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Fake man of the Cloth, Bishop Harry Jackson is STILL continuing his Foolishness

Bishop Harry Jackson needs a meaningful life. He is still trying to stop gay marriage recognition in D.C.!

He's obsessed with us and our lives!

After being shot down and just made a fool of, he pulls one last piece of mess from his ass.

He's going try to gain 21, 000 signatures to put the gay marriage recognition bill up for a referendum in the November 2010 ballot.

This is what he said:

"The reality is we've got to start now. We need help from the grassroots. We need finance. We need volunteers coming in. We need people who are going to start the battle to collect the signatures at the end of the summer. So, all of that has to happen right now."

Harry, brother...What are you doing? You are misguided and obsessed with this battle. There are other issues in D.C. to deal with...Poverty, education, housing...Use your resources on the things that matter to the people.

Our happiness is not a threat to the moral fiber of D.C., however your relentless actions to stop gay marriage is distorting you and your message. No one asked you to do this, in fact, there's no need to.

So get yourself together and serve the people in your church. If you can't deal with our happiness, then that's your drama and you need to deal with that. No man of God should be fighting to deny rights from others. That mess, Harry, goes against everything you stand for. You should remember the oath or whatever you took when you became a bishop.

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Someone Lay Hands on Chico's Tacos

Carlos Diaz de Leon and his friends was just was doing the usual; hanging out and visiting the local favorite, Chico's Tacos chain in Montwood, Tx.

When two of the guys kissed, the security guards got scared (or excited) and told Carlos and his friends to leave. Carlos called the cops in hopes to clear everything up, but the officer sided with the guards.

The cop cited a state law that forbids homosexual activity. However, that law (Section 21.06 of the Texas penal code) was overturned years ago. The responding officer did not know the law and pretty much misinformed Carlos.

After that mishap, Carlos and buddies filed a complaint with the police department’s internal affairs unit.

Meanwhile the LGBT community are protesting the Taco joint


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JOHNNY DANGEROUS brings the Sexy in Gay Hip Pop

Check out this hot video from Johnny Dangerous...Hotline


Johnny brings it

Prominent Black Organizations push for an investigation in Provost's Death

This is powerful.

NBJC, Black Leadership Forum, NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus, National Urban League, National Council of Negro Women, 100 Black Men, Inc., and many others Black organizations have joined Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in the call for an full investigation of August Provost's horrible death.

This is a strong move and a supportive push from prominent Black organizations. I hope that other groups (gay) can come together and work for the common good...maybe someday that will happen.

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Jennifer's Body Poster

I need more from this poster!

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BackFlash Video Thursday

Such a great song...Surrounded, by Chantal Kreviazuk

Interesting Quote: Chad Griffin

"You have unrelentingly and unequivocally acted to undermine this case even before it was filed. Considering this, it is inconceivable that you would zealously and effectively litigate this case if you were successful in intervening. Therefore, we will vigorously oppose any motion to intervene."

That's what Chad Griffin, who's one of the plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit challenging Prop 8 and the head of the American Foundation for Equal Rights said to the groups that were hatin' on their case in its humble beginnings and now, wants to "help" them. (or be apart of history if this works)

If that confused you, check out the info here

BTW, that was a "Julia Sugarbaker" quote, Chad...Love it.

This is NOT about you Dr. Arnold Klein

I'm very concern about this... Dr. Arnold Klein. He was a friend Michael Jackson and his longtime dermatologist.

However, there are rumors that he's the father of MJ's kids. But instead of deny it or just saying "no, I'm not", this man says this:

"To the best of my knowledge, I am not the father of these children."

What? To the best of your knowledge? What does that mean? And why would you say that?

I saw that clip and thought, "opportunist".

He stirring the pot, causing more foolishness than necessary. He had to know this would create more questions and more speculations about MJ. It is very disappointing that Arnold is playing this game.

And the kids? Did he think about how the statement may affect the kids? If they heard that, I can't imagine how they would feel. Oh, that man could be our father, but to the best of his knowledge, he doesn't know.

Arnold, please don't make this about you...Think of the kids, they don't need this right now.

New Beyonce: Sweet Dreams

Thanks to Lamar Perez for posting this on his blog

Sirdeaner Walker speaks to the House about Bullying

My heart goes out to her...stay strong

Alex Cortez, Your actions are UNACCEPTABLE!

Alex Cortez is the ex-bf of Actor Terrell Carter (who has been in several Tyler Perry's shows and movies).

And he outed Terrell after they broke up. Tacky!

In fact, this is what he said.

"Hell yeah i’m angry!…there are fucked up ppl out there no matter how nice they seem to be & it’s their fault, ppl they harm are bitter!"

No Alex, it's your fault for being so childish and petty. This will be your claim to fame, so enjoy it since you are basically a mess.

It is unacceptable to act like this, Alex! Be a man and handle your business. What did you hope to accomplish by outing Terrell?

Now, I know I have no idea what happened in their relationship, however this should not be the end result. It's so tacky and harmful, very harmful.

We should reach out to Terrell as a community. He may not want our help now, but it will be good for him to know he has a welcoming space to come to. And we should reach out to Alex; he should know and understand the damage he has caused.

Because of this mess, I will not post any of the leaked pics. We should not make a bigger spectacle of this drama.

New Plan: Using Straight Allies to Repeal DADT

Is this a good plan?

Stand for Marriage Maine are Haters

Some folks are just haters.

The cultural terrorist group, known as Stand for Marriage Maine has gained enough signatures to challenge the gay marriage bill and forcing a state wide vote to possibly overturn it.

Mark Mutty from the Stand for Marriage Maine coalition says it took only four weeks to gather the more than 55,087 signatures necessary to put gay marriage to a vote. But he says signature gathering will continue to ensure there’s more than enough petitions.

The law that’s scheduled to go into effect on Sept. 12 will be put on hold after the signatures are submitted and certified by the secretary of state’s office.

Those signatures may be mixed with FRAUD-Aid! JMG reported that folks were lied to about their signatures. Unfortunately, there's nothing in place to stop it. However, I hope Maine proves this group wrong.

Armor Up, Maine...A battle is coming!

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Batwoman for DC Mayor

Cute.

Our favorite Lesbian superhero is going for the political gold. Batwoman is running for DC Mayor.

A Real Hero for Real Equality

Today, I Batwoman, proudly announce my candidacy for mayor Washington, DC. I do so because I believe that we are in a monumental period in the history of our nation's capital that requires a different kind of leadership. We need a real hero for real equality.

My father, my personal hero, instilled in me a commitment to community, family and service. Because of this and my love of DC, I am committed to making our city the most livable city on earth.

I have spent a majority of my adult fighting against corruption and crime as a superhero. I now look to continue my service to the people of DC by working to reduce violent crime, ensure that all residents are able to see a doctor when ill and that every person is able to marry the person they love.

I am proud of DC and the time that I have spent here including my time at Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts, Howard University and helping young children learn to read with the READ DC Foundation.

I ask for your vote, for your support and for your commitment to the city we call home. Together, we can continue to build a city that we can all be proud of.

She has a purpose and a cause. And maybe she can continue busting Marion Barry for his foolishness.

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Rep. Patrick Murphy is making it happen on the DADT repeal

Rep. Patrick Murphy is doing it and doing it well. He took the lead Monday night, by becoming the lead sponsor on the DADT repeal bill. known as the Military Readiness Enhancement Act.

He has also created a new website, LetThemServe.com, for everyone to talk about the policy and get updates on the repeal process.

It's really astounding to hear about this man and work he's doing. Please read more about Patrick here

Interesting Quotes: Steve Hildebrand

• I would encourage gays and straights alike to put pressure on President Obama, on his administration, to call for action -- immediate action on the laundry list of items that the gay community deserves for true equality in this country. What I don't like is the suggestion by a lot of people that this guy has lied to us and that he isn't fulfilling his campaign promises, when he's only been in office for five months. He can't change the world overnight and -- I'm doing my best to say this without providing excuses -- but this is a president who was handed a larger number of really big issues to deal with at the beginning of his presidency than any other president in history. He's got to get an economy moving, he's got to get the troops out of Iraq, there's a lot of big, big problems. At the same time, he is working within his administration to try and get in a position to get some meaningful things done to help the gay community achieve equality. That does not preclude any suggestion that we should not keep up the pressure. He has told me, and he has told ... staff in the White House that pressure's a good thing, so people should continue to do

• I told him very clearly that many in the gay community across the country are getting very anxious and that folks have felt very hurt by the Justice Department brief -- the language that was used in it. He reassured me that he will not disappoint the gay community during his time as president, that the promises he made during the campaign are promises he will fulfill, and he was very forthright about his commitment to equality."

• (President Obama) did not read the ... pathetic (marriage) brief in advance but he subsequently has read the brief and was not happy at all with both the direction as well as the language that was used."

Interesting quotes from this man. It's good to hear this.

Also I wanted to point out that Steve TALKED to Obama. Many gay bloggers claim to have sources within the White House or they heard something from somebody mopping the floors at the DNC fundraiser...it's hearsay and rumors (I'm talking about Pam's house blend and AMERICAblog)

This is coming from Obama. He was not happy with the brief and he did not like the language. So in someways this piece of info debunks the whole "Obama thinks we are pedophiles and incest lovers"

Now, I can hear someone say...Well how do we know Obama said that?
And I would say...I don't know, you trusted all the negative things you heard about Obama. Can you trust the positive things too?

Hopefully, this the beginning of the end of this hate tirade.

Thanks to Rex Wockner for this interview.