Mike: "We name Charlie Christ for example..."
News Guy: "By doing that what do you do to Charlie Christ's family.
This is a conversation Eric the roommate and I find ourselves having quite often (he's straight, btw's.
NYC LGBT Center
Tonight May 6th
Tonight NYC's LGBT Center is holding the final meetings for Marriage Equality NY and The Civil Rights Front before the California Prop 8 decision is announced.
I ain't no queer
According to GayCityNews one of my favorite middle fingers in the gay community, Larry Kramer, spoke at his alma mater, Yale, for failing to secure the course of Gay History at the Ivy League school.
Intriguing... You might notice some other blog faces in there such as Mike Rogers and Michaelangelo Signorile
He's been *somewhat* of a running joke on this blog since I've reported about him time and time again but this last mention takes the cake:Yup, the rumor that I helped circulate last summer has come true.
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The underground transfer between the L Train and the 123 Trains is approximately 200 steps. I made the mistake of counting one day as a means to pass the time during my every morning commute.
What me worry?
So the Pope walks into a bar...
YAOUNDE, March 17 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Tuesday reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's opposition to the use of condoms in the fight against AIDS as he started a visit to Africa, where more than 25 million people have died from the disease in recent decades.
Not your Rabbi's Purim Party
Although Purim isn't considered one of the "High" Jewish holidays, DJ Josh Sparber and I have a history of throwing gay jew parties just for the chutzpah of it.
...This man is an overweight ex-Oxycontin addict.
Really, that's the best you got?
Some more on this here.
This Saturday - Santos Party House
This Saturday I will be performing some of Quentin Crisp's unpublished pieces alongside NYC's most dazzling queens and freaky freakazoids!
From Joe Birdsong, event promoter:
Family and Friends in New York City and Beyond - please join me in celebration this Saturday, March 7 from 7 - 10pm, at Santo's Party House, as we honor the life and wit of one of the world's most influential dandies of the past century.
Left out of textbooks and any sense of educational history, I often feel as though Bookstore literature is the only window gay people have into our actual, cultural, factual history.
Hope made real
Who would have ever thought that a liberal lefty cynic like me would ever stand in solidarity and applause of our nation's leader? I certainly didn't think so but here I am today, elated after President Obama's State of the Nation Address, rooting for the country and truly feeling that over-used cliched word: hope.
Footage from this weekend's Stop the Arrests Protest in Sheridan Square.
I had a little hard-drive crash but was able to salvage NYC Council woman Rosie Mendez speaking out about the subject:
More to come.
Footage from Saturday's Coalition to Stop the Arrests protest at Mayor Bloomberg's crib:
Farewell indeed. Another piece of gay history bites the dust.From NY Magazine
One of the subtler pleasures of the movie Milk is its vivid portrayal of those small rooms where the conspirators of the gay liberation movement first came together.