In the winter, the warmer it is outside, the colder it is in my apartment. You see, in apartments that have steam heat, city law only requires the buildings to light the boiler when the temperature falls below 55° between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm and 40° between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am. And since it's 57° outside right now, the heat is off and it's about 57° in my apartment. On the other Full story...
An Italian-American group is calling on MTV to cancel its coming reality show Jersey Shore over anti-Italian stereotyping and the usage of the term "Guido," which the network is using prominently in its promotions.
Experts from the World Health Organization and UNAIDS said yesterday that the global number of people with AIDS has been unchanged for two years and that the HIV outbreak period probably peaked in 1996.
Never one to miss a publicity opportunity, premiere closet case Peter LaBarbera has announced that the anti-gay Liberty Counsel has filed the first FCC indecency complaint (PDF) over Adam Lambert's performance on the American Music Awards.
After an outcry from the LGBT community at home and here on the mainland, the government of Puerto Rico has agreed to investigate the murder of gay teen Jorge Mercado as a hate crime.
After Elton points out that Adam Lambert's point about a double standard for gay males does exist after CBS' Early Show this morning blurred out his American Music Awards kiss with a male band member, but did not do the same when rerunning Madonna's open-mouthed kiss with Britney Spears.
The governors of Maryland and Virginia, both of whom are Catholic, appeared on DC-area radio yesterday to blast DC's Catholic Charities over the organization's threat to suspend homeless services should same-sex marriage become legal in the District.
Gay popster Adam Joseph delivers a sweetly downtempo take on Cece Peniston's Finally, with help from actors Lars Stephan, Stuart Perkins and drag star Erickatoure Aviance.
Calling it a "historic document," Mike Huckabee is asking his viewers to sign the anti-gay Manhattan Declaration, which calls on Christians to disobey laws that protect LGBT people from discrimination.
Saying they are going on "good faith" that a coming ad from Gap properly acknowledges Christmas, the American Family Association is suspending their boycott of the company's three retail chains.
One of my first days on the job at my office on E.42nd Street, back in 2001, one of my co-workers saw me stuff a dollar into the jar of the "volunteer" for the United Homeless Organization that was outside our building every day, next door to Grand Central.
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