Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Wicked Flashback :: 1982 Madonna Everybody "Dancin' On Air" LIVE (VIDEO)
Watch this and tell me how old you feel!
Rally to Restore Sanity a HUGE Success!
Wicked Cool :: Megachurch Pastor Comes Out Of Closet
Via Towleroad: "Earlier this month, Georgia Church in the Now megachurch leader Jim Swilley, who very recently divorced from his wife of 21 years, came out and he bravely did it in a very public forum - during a sermon in front of his congregation.
Swilley, a father of four himself, said that he was prompted to come out now due to the recent increased reports of gay teen suicides."
Are you sick of Political Attack ads currently running in the USA?
It seems that every single commercial is a political attack ad and it is so nauseating. Both sides have gone way too far (or should I say all 3 groups, Republican, Democrat, and Tea-Party.)
I think I will be turning the TV off until the election is over.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wicked Gay Blog's TOP 15 Posts of the Week
#1 - Feel Good Video of the Day :: Katy Perry - Firework
(This video apparently struck a cord with its "It Gets Better" message as this post has the most forwards, tweets, facebook posts of any topic this week. I love the video as well and totally understand why.)
# 2- RUGBY GAY KISS, BANNED TV commercial in USA!
# 3 - Self Hating Gay Republican Calls Signorile Show in Support of Anti-Gay Paladino
# 4 - San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson shows off his "Machine."
# 5 - Journalism Watchdog Group :: It's Time to Dump Fox News!
# 6 - Anti-Gay Quote Of The Day - Rebecca Kleefisch
# 7 - Playgirl Wants the Boys of Glee to Take it Off!
# 8 - GOP Partying Like It’s 1999 :: 2010 Election Marks Open Season on Gays
# 9 - Just Because...
# 10 - Wicked Well Said :: Michelangelo Signorile
# 11- Wicked Hot Naked Guy Rocks Out to Bon Jovi (VIDEO)
# 12 - I am no longer a VIRGIN...
# 13 - VIDEO OF THE DAY :: Gay Senior Citizens :: It Gets Better!
# 14 - McCain Daughter Seeks National Voice
# 15 - Quote Of The Day - Betty White
Blimey! I Kissed a Bloke... And I Liked It! :: Brit Boys’ Same-Sex Face-Sucking Epidemic
A new study suggests that locking lips with same-sex friends is no longer viewed as "gay" among British lads. The study, carried out among British high schoolers and university students by Bath University researcher Eric Anderson, indicates that the British male is becoming "nicer," reported LiveScience on Oct. 27. All the participants in the study said they were heterosexual--but kissing their male pals didn’t present a conflict to them, because they didn’t think of kissing one another as a sexual act. "These men have lost their homophobia," Anderson told the press. "They’re no longer afraid to be thought gay by their behaviors, and they enjoy intimacy with their friends, just the same as women." Anderson’s study was published online with scholarly journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, which is published by the International Academy of Sex Research.
Anderson pinpointed the trend as starting in the sporting world. Soccer players began to kiss as part of their ecstatic celebrations after scoring; they carried the kissing into their off-field lives and into nightclubs and bars. Kissing male friends thus became something that macho straights do. "It’s like, ’John! Rawr!’ More exuberance," explained Anderson. To be sure, the report indicated that kissing among male friends was more prevalent among athletes than among those who did not play team sports. Full story here via Edge!
Wicked Catchy :: Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand
The first time I heard this I thought it was "so dumb. Really, really dumb" but now I just can't get this silly song outta my head and have been hearing it played everywhere so I am sharing with the masses!
VIDEO OF THE DAY :: Gay Senior Citizens :: It Gets Better!
This has to be my absolute favorite and most moving It Gets Better video I have watched to date. When can ALL learn something from our gay elders!
Eye on America...
According to the Pentagon’s DADT survey findings reported yesterday, a majority of service members “would not object to serving and living alongside openly gay troops.” The survey’s results will be included in the Pentagon’s report for President Obama on December 1 regarding how the military would end the DADT policy.
The EPA has again delayed a decision on whether to adopt tougher smog standards, a proposal that was opposed by oil refiners, manufacturers, and some Democrats running for office. The decision, scheduled for Sunday, has been put off indefinitely, and an EPA spokesman said the department was “working to ensure we get it right.”
Unemployment claims dropped sharply last week, by 21,000 claims — the biggest drop in unemployment claims in any week since July.
Court documents unsealed yesterday in the case surrounding naturalized U.S. citizen Farooque Ahmed’s plan to bomb Washington, DC Metro stations revealed that the tip that led to his arrest came from a source in the Muslim community. However, the Justice Department refused to give details of the tipster’s identity.
Colorado gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo said this week that President Obama is a greater threat to the U.S. than al-Qaida. Speaking with voters in a local coffee shop, Tancredo said, “It’s not al-Qaida, it’s the guy sitting in the White House.”
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin opened the door slightly to a run for president in 2012, telling Entertainment Tonight that she would put her hat in the ring “if there’s nobody else to do it.” She said she’ll take a “real close look at the lay of the land” to see “whether there are already candidates out there who can do the job and I’ll get to be their biggest supporter and biggest helpmate if they will have me.”
Relatives Says Man Arrested For Threatening Democratic Senator Was ‘Under The Spell That Glenn Beck Cast’
Ohio McDonald’s Tells Employees To Vote Republican If They Want To Continue Receiving Raises And Benefits
John Perry on Obama's Pro-Gay Record
"In under two years, President Obama and his record number of LGBT appointees have accomplished so much for LGBT Americans. His and Congress’s historic achievement of securing health care reform finally cements the most important protections for those in our community who need them most – especially those living with HIV and AIDS."Hospital visitation rights for all Americans, expanded benefits for the same-sex domestic partners of Federal workers, enactment of the hate crimes law, increased coverage for those living with HIV/AIDS, Federal support for LGBT community-based organizations, anti-bullying programs enacted in schools, support for our aging LGBT population, and so much more. These are real, concrete achievements that are saving and improving the lives of countless LGBT Americans right now." Full quote here via Joe My God!
Boyfriend of Transgender Murder Victim Speaks Out
Breaking his silence, Malik Moorer spoke only to NBC10 about the unsolved murder of his girlfriend, Stacey Blahnik.
Vicious Anti-Gay Bill May Be Headed for Law in Uganda
Jury deadlocks in NY radio newsman’s killing
It was the third day of deliberations at the trial of John Katehis, 18, who could have faced 25 years to life in prison if convicted of killing George Weber, a freelancer for ABC News Radio. Full story here via Edge!
McCain Daughter Seeks National Voice
So now that she’s had time to reflect - after all, she does call herself "a work in progress" - would she like to tone it down a notch?
Um, no.
"I DO think she’s a nut job," the very uninhibited, 26-year-old daughter of John McCain said in an interview this week. "I say what I mean and I mean what I say. I wish more for politics, and I wish more for women in politics."
And, of course, for her party. Since her father’s 2008 loss, McCain, who made a name for herself with a campaign blog, McCainblogette, and now blogs for The Daily Beast, has been trying to establish herself as a voice for young, socially moderate, disaffected Republicans like herself.
"Rather than leading us into the exhilarating fresh air of liberty, a chorus of voices on the radical right is taking us to a place of intolerance and anger," McCain writes of the GOP in her new campaign memoir, "Dirty Sexy Politics." Full story here via Edge!
WGB: She is my favorite Republican! I like her, I really like her! It seems most Republicans can't stand her. I was listening to conservative talk radio and they speak about her like they do Nancy Pelosi. It was sad to listen to....very cruel, very BIG BULLY!
Most US troops, families say gays OK
The survey results were expected to be used by gay rights advocates to bolster their argument that the 1993 law on gays could be repealed immediately with little harm done to the military. But the survey also was expected to reveal challenges the services could face in overturning the long-held policy, including overcoming fierce opposition in some parts of the military even if they represent a minority.
Details on the survey results were still scarce Thursday, with the Pentagon declining to discuss the findings until after Dec. 1 when it rolls out its own plan for repeal. Full story here via Edge!
Bracing for Midterms :: Will Republicans Reverse Advancement of LGBT Rights?
When the 112th Congress opens in January 2011, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - which was unable to get any movement thus far in the 111th Congress - faces the potential loss of several of its significant boosters in the Senate, including Sens. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.).
More significantly and increasingly likely, ENDA and all other LGBT priorities face the strong likelihood of a House speaker named John Boehner (R-Ohio). In vigorously opposing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in October 2009, Boehner said, ’’The Democrats’ ’thought crimes’ legislation ... places a higher value on some lives than others.’’ Full story here via Edge!
2 students involved with internet stream withdraw after Rutgers suicide
Attorney Steven Altman says that means Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei will not face university disciplinary hearings.
Altman, who represents Ravi, told The Home News Tribune of East Brunswick his client plans to attend school somewhere else.
Wei’s attorney, Rubin Sinins, told The Star-Ledger of Newark his client feared for her safety.
Ravi and Wei have been charged with invasion of privacy.
Authorities say Ravi used a webcam to capture his roommate, Tyler Clementi, having a sexual encounter with another man.
Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge days later.
Prosecutors are considering hate crime charges. (Source-Edge New England)
Anderson Cooper Interviews Clint McCance (VIDEO)
Arkansas school board member Clint McCance announced on CNN tonight that he will be resigning. McCance has faced a week of national condemnation for celebrating the suicides of LGBT youth on his Facebook page
Quote Of The Day - Betty White
"I don’t care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that time - and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones - I think it’s fine if they want to get married. I don’t know how people can get so anti-something. Mind your own business, take care of your affairs, and don’t worry about other people so much." - Betty White, in an interview with Parade Magazine. Via JMG
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Eye on America...
A thank you letter to Rep. Paul Hodes of New Hampshire regarding the Union-Leader newspaper's refusal to print same-sex marriage announcements.
Repunlican Steve King Says Children Will Be Raised In ‘Warehouses’ If Conservatives Don’t ‘Defend Marriage’
REPORT: 111 Republican Incumbents And Candidates Want To Eliminate The Department Of Education
In an interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph, former Bush adviser Karl Rove questioned if former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has the “gravitas” to be president. “With all due candor, appearing on your own reality show on the Discovery Channel, I am not certain how that fits in the American calculus of ‘that helps me see you in the Oval Office’,” Rove said.
Despite a record of gaffes and embarrassments during his tenure as RNC Chairman, Michael Steele is reportedly eyeing a second term. Steele has “already has picked two current RNC staffers to help run his re-election campaign.”
Transgender Prostitute Beats Up Would-Be Robber
Rufus Bowman, 16, targeted Joshua Bumpus as a robbery victim, luring him into an alley under the pretense of wanting to solicit his services. But Bumpus, who stands 6’ 1" and weighs 290 pounds according to jail records, wasn’t intimidated by the 5’ 7" youth, even though Bowman had a gun-and used it. Bowman shot Bumpus once, but that didn’t stop Bumpus, who wrested the gun from Bowman’s grasp and proceeded to "beat the daylights out of him," in the words of Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor Ryan Nelson.
"You picked the wrong prostitute to rob." Full story here via Edge!
Obama on Gay Marriage: "Attitudes Change, Including Mine"
Obama on Marriage: "Attitudes Change, Including Mine"
For the first time in his presidency, President Barack Obama took gay-related questions from a member of the LGBT media during an interview with progressive bloggers Wednesday. Read more>
Wicked Well Said :: Michelangelo Signorile
"The Republican Party would like nothing better than to see the discontent in the Democratic base help them install truly the most extreme lot of candidates we have seen in many years. We've exposed the tea party as nothing more than a reconfiguration of all the religious zealots, moral crusaders, racists and bigots who've been around for years. Do not attempt to punish the President or the Democrats by punishing yourself. This country has been in a very precarious state for a long time, in which the political winds can usher in something radical and extreme very quickly. Bad economic times are always an opportunity for those who seek to do that. We have and will demand full accountability by the Democrats and president -- who is not on the ballot until 2012 -- but don't do it by giving power to your enemies." - SiriusXM radio host Michelangelo Signorile. (Source-JMG)
President Barack Obama on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Arkansas School Board Member Hails Gay Suicides in Facebook Post
The message was posted by Midland school district member Clint McCance. The Advocate reported on the anti-gay Facebook posting on Oct. 26. "While schools across the country are taking action against bullying and suicide, a board member of an Arkansas school district is using his Facebook page to encourage ’queers’ and ’fags’ to kill themselves," The Advocate’s story said. Full story here via Edge!
Well done Anderson!
TV commercials shrink to match attention spans
TV commercials are shrinking along with attention spans and advertising budgets. The 15-second ad is increasingly common, gradually supplanting the 30-second spot just as it knocked off the full-minute pitch decades ago.
For viewers, it means more commercials in a more rapid-fire format. For advertisers, shorter commercials are a way to save some money, and research shows they hold on to more eyeballs than the longer format. Full story here via Edge!
Companies fight to keep global warming data secret
Oil producers and refiners, along with manufacturers of steel, aluminum and even home appliances, are fighting a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency that would make the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that companies release - and the underlying data businesses use to calculate the amounts - available online. Full story here via Edge!
’New MySpace’ narrows focus to entertainment
The social-networking pioneer, which was among the top Internet sites just a few years ago, now has its sights set decidedly lower. Starting Wednesday and over the next month, MySpace will be relaunching its site to focus on giving users more ways to consume music, videos and celebrity gossip. Full story here via Edge!
WGB: I totally forgot all about MySpace.
Anti-Gay Quote Of The Day - Rebecca Kleefisch
"This is a slippery slope. In addition to that at what point are we going to be okay marrying inanimate objects? Can I marry this table or this, you know, clock? Can we marry dogs? This is ridiculous. And biblically, again, I'm going to go right back to my fundamental Christian beliefs marriage is between one man and one woman." - Rebecca Kleefisch, GOP candidate for lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Via JMG
Republican Sharron Angle: The Wicked Ways Of Gay Marriage & Medicare Are Destroying Us
"Speaking to a Nevada church, Sharron Angle got all caught up in Jeebus and denounced social programs, abortion, divorce, and gay marriage as the "wicked ways" that are destroying America." Full story here via JMG!
Eye on America...
Anticipating the arrival of new Republican members of Congress, the House
Republican Study Committee is asking potential job applicants to who want to work in the House to “fill out ideological surveys on the websites of two conservative organizations.” Applicants are then asked to “rate” their level of disagreement with organizations like the Center for American Progress.
The New York Times reports that opponents of ObamaCare have spent $108 million since March to advertise against it, more than six times the amount that supporters have spent.
Television stations in two states have pulled advertisements by the American Action Network, a conservative 501(c)(4) headed by former Senators Norm Coleman and George Allen, because the ads contained flagrant falsehoods: an ad running in Connecticut claimed one would be jailed for not obtaining health insurance under recent health care reform laws, and another in Colorado said the reforms provided Viagra to rapists. The group does not disclose its donors.
A federal appeals court has overturned an Arizona law passed in 2004 that required voters to prove their citizenship at the polls. Governor Jan Brewer (R) slammed the ruling, calling it a “outrage and a slap in the face to all Arizonans.”
According to U.S. military and intelligence officials’ latest assessments, the military campaign “aimed at crippling the Taliban” in Afghanistan has left the Taliban “unscathed.” While escalated airstrikes and special operations raids have disrupted Taliban movements, insurgents have adeptly absorbed the blows and “appear confident that they can outlast” the troop buildup set to subside beginning next July.
This afternoon, President Obama will become the first sitting president to appear on Comedy Central’s “the Daily Show” with “comedian-turned-activist” Jon Stewart. Obama’s appearance, according to White House officials, is an attempt to “seek out young Democratic voters wherever they spend the most time.”
And finally: California GOP gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman has spent about $140 million of her own money on her campaign — enough to send “two medium pizzas, with two toppings each, to every household in California.” The Los Angeles Times’ Steve Lopez offers some other “more worthwhile causes” the money could have gone to, such as a new Toyota Corolla for every resident of Ojai, CA — population 7,800.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Making The Rocky Horror Glee Show - Sam (Chord Overstreet) Naked?
Did you watch Glee last night? The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Glee style was wicked fun!
Wicked Cool :: Laura Bush Speaks Out Against Anti-Gay Bullying
All my Republican readers will get a hard on when they watch this. I notice when the RARE Republican comes out in support of our community they get totally giddy. Whatever it takes.....
Wicked Adorable :: Joe McElderry Launches Album at Heaven in London
I just wanna pinch his cheeks he is so adorable!
Rand Paul's Head-Stomper Wants An Apology From The VICTIM
These crazy fucking tea-baggers are out of control! I get "less taxes" but is this REALLY the way?
Texas NBC Station Asks Viewers: Will Acceptance Of Gays Destroy America?
Before we all throw Obama under the bus, realize that much of America feels THIS way as seen in the video above.
Wicked Cool :: Joy, Barbara, & Whoopi Make A Pledge
"This morning Joy Behar announced on The View that she is making a $5000 donation to the NYC-based AIDS charity God's Love We Deliver "in Sharron Angle's name." Whoopi Goldberg: "You know what, I'm gonna match that, baby." Barbara Walters jumped in, "I'll match that too, but because it's a good cause, not because it's political."Sharron Angle, helping poor people with AIDS whether she likes it or not!" (Source-JMG)
Anti-Violence Project: Recent alleged hate crimes "a wake-up call"
From the Bronx to Staten Island and the Stonewall Inn itself (and other places in between,) these attacks have shaken LGBT New Yorkers. The challenge before activists, however, remains how to effectively reduce the rate and severity of anti-LGBT hate and bias-motivated crimes.
Sharon Stapel, executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, stressed to EDGE there are two specific ways to tackle the problem: Passing LGBT-inclusive legislation at the federal level and highlighting the connection between hate speech and rhetoric and violence. Stapel did not specifically mention Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino’s controversial comments at a Brooklyn synagogue earlier this month, but she singled out "so-called community leaders" who take anti-LGBT positions to "further an agenda." Full story here via Edge!
Charges dropped against 3 in NYC anti-gay attacks
Bryan Almonte and Brian Cepeda, both 17, and Steven Carabello, 16, had been charged with robbery, gang assault and unlawful imprisonment as hate crimes in the Oct. 3 attacks.
Eight other people remain accused in the case, which city officials called the worst anti-gay attacks in recent history. It’s possible more people will be arrested because investigators are still working.
Family members and friends cheered outside court after the charges were dismissed, and the three boys’ attorneys said they were pleased with the outcome. Almonte’s attorney John O’Connell said his client thought he was at a party in the abandoned home where prosecutors say three of the victims were assaulted.
"He’s a victim here," O’Connell said.
Almonte’s girlfriend, 14-year-old Paola Suarez, said she was "so happy because my baby is getting out." Full story here via Edge!
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