Brooklyn Man Charged in Antigay Incident

A knife wielding New York City man was arrested over the weekend after menacing two younger men on the street with a knife and shouting anti-gay slurs, reports 1010 WINS and WCAX.


"Authorities said a 43-year-old Brooklyn man approached two 22-year-old men around 9:30 Saturday morning on Utica Avenue and began making comments about 1 of the men's clothing. As the men continued on their way, police said the older man pulled out a knife and made anti-gay remarks while menacing them. The younger men flagged down two police officers, who took the 43-year-old into custody. He was charged with menacing as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon."

The assailant has been identified as 43-year-old Luis Newman,

Tuesday's Tease

Singer/Songer Writer Trey Songz....YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Rally for Homeless LGBT Youth in NYC

On Monday, June 14th at 6:30PM a rally will be held to support LGBT homeless youth in New York City's Union Square. It's being coordinated by The Ali Forney Center, New York City's leading service and advocacy group for LGBT homeless youth.


As LGBT youth find the courage to come out of the closet at younger ages, thousands are being rejected by their families and forced out of their homes. Most homeless LGBT youth describe having suffered violence and harassment in their homes due to their sexual orientations and gender identities. As many as 40% of the homeless youth in the United States are LGBT. Homeless LGBT youth are subjected to violence and harassment on the streets and in mainstream youth shelters. They face treme ndous risk of HIV infection, drug addiction, and criminalization.

The past year has been brutal for LGBT youth. From the vicious murders of Jorge Steven López and Jason Mattison to the carjacking of three gay Morehouse students and the weekend knife attack in Brooklyn, LGBT youth, especially those of color, remain under attack. The situation is even more dire for homeless LGBT youth.

A number of progressive and LGBT organizations are participating in the rally. It's also being endorsed by a number a politicians, activists, entertainers and media types, including yours truly. Here is the Facebook page. Please come and help make a difference if you can.

GENDA Failed

The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, or GENDA, has once again failed to advance in the New York Senate. GENDA was voted down in the New York Senate Judiciary Committee by only one vote. The lone dissenting Democratic vote that killed the bill? As expected, it was the rabid and intolerant Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr..


From the Empire State Pride Agenda:

"Today the Senate Judiciary Committee took up the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and failed to move it forward by a vote of 11-12. All the Republican Senators on the Committee voted against it, as did Senator Ruben Diaz as the lone Democrat vote in dissent. Some senators raised concerns about the use of bathrooms and other gender-segregated facilities, and a number of senators who voted against the bill expressed a willingness to support it if this issue could be sufficiently addressed. Committee Chair John Sampson promised to take these concerns back to the prime sponsor of the bill, Senator Tom Duane, for discussion."
Diaz Sr is the rabidly anti-LGBT Bronx Pentecostal minister who is the leading opponent of LGBT rights in the Empire State. In May 2009, Diaz Sr. lead 10,000 people to condemn gays and marriage equality on the streets of Manhattan.
Three months ago, the New York Assembly passed GENDA by a 91-40 vote. The vote came with bipartisan support and this was the third time GENDA passed the Assembly.
Only 13 states and the District of Columbia have laws to protect transgender people from employment, public accommodation and housing discrimination. Seven more states and the District of Columbia protect gays and lesbians. In December, Gov. David Paterson issued an executive order covering state employees that bans discrimination based on gender identity and expression

Is Ted Haggard Believable

Do Lesbian Parents make better parents?

A nearly 25-year study shows that children raised in lesbian households have fewer behavioral problems than children raised by gay men.


But does this study really prove anything? Women are naturally more nurturing than men, aren’t we?

A nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted and had fewer behavioral problems than their peers.

The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, followed 78 lesbian couples who conceived through sperm donations and assessed their children’s well-being through a series of questionnaires and interviews.

Funding for the research came from several lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocacy groups, such as the Gill Foundation and the Lesbian Health Fund from the Gay Lesbian Medical Association.

Wendy Wright, president of the Concerned Women for America, a group that supports biblical values, questioned the legitimacy of the findings from a study funded by gay advocacy groups.

“That proves the prejudice and bias of the study,” she said. “This study was clearly designed to come out with one outcome — to attempt to sway people that children are not detrimentally affected in a homosexual household.

Monday's Muse

Model/Actor/Dancer Denerick Lindsey...YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Gay Adoption Ban coming into play in race for attorney general

Candidates for attorney general are divided on hot-button isses like Florida's ban on gay adoption. The next person in the post will have influence on the ban's fate.
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE -- When voters choose from among five candidates to be Florida's next attorney general, their decision could have a profound effect on some of the state's most highly charged issues, from gay adoption to healthcare reform.
Florida's unique gay adoption ban underscores how the state's chief legal officer can use the position to advance a personal philosophy while adhering to the duties of the job.
Attorney General Bill McCollum has come under fire recently for advocating the use of an expert witness who has been discredited while defending the state's ban on gay couples adopting children.
Three Republicans seeking the post -- Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, former state healthcare secretary Holly Benson and former Hillsborough prosecutor Pam Bondi -- all say they would continue to uphold the adoption ban. ``The best home for any child is a two-parent home with a mother and a father,'' Benson said.
But both Democrats, state Sens. Dave Aronberg and Dan Gelber, say Florida has spent enough defending an antiquated law.
``I don't think as a lawyer I can make a straight-faced argument that the ban is constitutional,'' said Gelber of Miami Beach.
The challenge comes from a North Miami man who wanted to adopt two foster children that are living with him and his partner. A Miami judge ruled the law unconstitutional in 2008. The state's appeal of that ruling is pending.
McCollum is defending the ban on behalf of the Department of Children and Families. He personally pushed to hire psychologist George Rekers as an expert witness. Rekers was found to have gone on a European vacation with a gay escort.
In public appearances, Bondi refused to say if she would take the case to the Supreme Court if the state loses the appeal. In an interview Friday, she clarified her position: ``I will continue with General McCollum's appeal. If [the Supreme Court] can legally hear it, yes, I will appeal.''
The Supreme Court must first agree to hear the case before any candidate can appeal.
At a Tiger Bay forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Bondi said that as attorney general, she would support whatever law is on the books.
At a May 18 event in Miami Lakes, she mentioned two gay friends before saying that the adoption process as a whole needs reform.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/05/v-fullstory/1664523/gay-adoption-ban-coming-into-play.html#ixzz0pz7UXV57

Draging it out of U

RuPaul's new series DRAG U....can't wait

Watch Gay Video & Lesbian Movies

Don't want to come across too Straight

Interesting...

RIP Daniel Tobi Wong

Openly gay conceptual artist and notorious art prankster Tobi Wong committed suicide on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 35.

Mr. Wong first came to the attention of the design press in 2001 when he turned a Philippe Starck Bubble Club chair into a lamp, softly glowing from within. Adding spice to the stunt, “This Is a Lamp” was shown the night before the actual Starck chair was presented to the public for the first time. A provocateur by nature, Mr. Wong operated at the fringes of the traditional design world, creating objects like a stack of 100 $1 bills, bound in peelable glue like a notepad; a gold-plated McDonalds coffee stirrer (a riff on the company’s plastic version that was apparently popular among drug users before being withdrawn); and an engagement ring with the diamond mounted upside down, so that the wearer could use it to scratch graffiti. “As time went on his work became more and more ironic, sarcastic and pointed,” said Paola Antonelli, senior curator in the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Architecture and Design. “He had an enfant terrible style of design that was very fresh in New York. Today you see all sorts of people doing conceptual design, but he was one of the first.”


Thanks to joemygod.blogspot.com

Friday's Fantasy

Boris Kodjoe....YES BABY YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Gay Adoption Story 3-5

**Correction from yesterday***
There are actually 5 videos instead of four..hope you all enjoy!

Rally for LGBT Youth

The Ali Forney Center will hold a rally in support of LGBT youth on June 14th at NYC's Union Square.

As LGBT youth find the courage to come out of the closet at younger ages, thousands are being rejected by their families and forced out of their homes. As many as 40% of the homeless youth in the United States are LGBT. Homeless LGBT youth are subjected to violence and harassment on the streets and in mainstream youth shelters. This phenomenon of thousands of LGBT youth being forced from their homes due to homophobia, stripped of economic support, and made to endure homelessness represents the most terrible cruelty and intolerance currently directed at the LGBT community. We call on the members of the LGBT Community, our straight allies, and on all decent people who believe that youths should not be thrown to the streets for being LGBT, to rally in support of LGBT homeless youth.

Thanks to joemygod.blogspot.com

Gay Adoption Story

So my partner and I were sitting in bed last night and we were watching the 4 part youtube series of this gay couple who decided to adopt two little kids and I just wanted to share it with you all because I think it is very informative. I will post two today and two on tomorrow.
Follow them from part one to two so you all can get the entire story....hope you all like it as well as I do!!!!!

Part One

Part Two

Thursday's Thunder

David Beckham....YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

More Benefits for Fed Employees of Same Sex Parners

By The Associated Press


06.03.2010 8:25am EDT

(Washington) President Barack Obama ordered government agencies Wednesday to extend additional benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, including child care services and expanded family leave.
Send / ShareAdd CommentThe moves come a year after Obama signed a memorandum giving federal workers’ same-sex partners a first round of benefits including visitation and dependent-care rights. At the same time he asked federal agencies to determine what other benefits could be given to domestic partners without Congress acting, and those he announced Wednesday were the results of that review.
They include child-care services and subsidies; more flexibility to use family leave to attend to the needs of domestic partners and their children; relocation benefits; giving domestic partners the same status as “family members” when federal appointments are made; and access to credit union and other memberships when those are provided to federal workers.

As with Obama’s memo a year ago, this one covers only benefits that can be extended under existing law, without congressional action. Legislative action would be required for a full range of health care and other benefits. Health care benefits are the ultimate goal for many activists, and Obama supports them as well. In a statement he called on Congress to act on legislation to extend health benefits to same-sex partners.
“While this memorandum is an important step on the path to equality, my administration continues to be prevented by existing Federal law from providing same-sex domestic partners with the full range of benefits enjoyed by heterosexual married couples,” Obama said.
It’s the president’s latest step to further gay rights. The White House recently backed a compromise on the military’s “don’t ask don’t tell” policy on gays in the military that would move ahead on repeal but still allow the Pentagon time to implement new policies. In April, he moved to grant same-sex partners full visitation rights in hospitals.
Obama’s approach on gay rights has been criticized as too cautious by gay activists, particularly on “don’t ask don’t tell.”

RIP Rue McClanahan

Golden Girl Rue McClanahan has died at the age of 76.

"She passed away at 1 a.m. this morning," her manager, Barbara Lawrence, tells PEOPLE. "She had a massive stroke."
McClanahan, who played man-happy Blanche Devereaux on the still-popular '80s sitcom Golden Girls, had suffered a minor stroke earlier this year while recovering from bypass surgery. Lawrence adds that at the time of her death Thursday, McClanahan “had her family with her. She went in peace."

Elle to replace Ms. Sophia

Elle Duncan, the V-103 mid-day host the past 16 months, is moving to the Frank and Wanda show starting June 14.

Entertainment correspondent/sidekick Miss Sophia recently ended his/her run there after four-plus years. Duncan will do some entertainment but will also provide more insight into sports, something she really enjoys and has been lacking on the morning show, said V-103 General Manager Rick Caffey.
She will also do the pre-game report for the Falcons, which airs on sister station 92.9/Dave FM.
“I’m really honored they even thought of me, that they appreciate what I’ve been doing,” she said.
Duncan, at age 27, will also inject a much younger viewpoint into a show with two leads in their 40s.
“I’m someone dealing with the ups and downs of navigating her mid-to-late 20s, figuring out what they want,” she said.

I love Elle but will deeply miss Sophia!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday Wonder

Ricky Martin...YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Celebrating 11 Years

Gay Parent Magazine:

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Tijuana to host first Gay Festival

Tijuana Hosting Its First Gay Festival

The border city of Tijuana, Mexico, is preparing for its first LGBT festival. Planners are expecting 10,000 people to assemble in downtown Tijuana June 19 and 20 for the festival, which will include dancing, food, and seminars on gay and transgender rights. The theme of the event is "Inclución en Revolución" ("Inclusion in/for Revolution"). "Raising the profile of the GLBT community can be leveraged into raising the quality of life for the entire population of Tijuana and Baja California," Sean Zullo, executive director of Choices Baja, the festival's organizer, said in a press release. "In addition, staging such a binational event is an opportunity to bridge broken relationships between the Tijuana-San Diego communities, as well as generally improving U.S.-Mexico relations." Tijuana
 
refer: http://nugaysoul.blogspot.com/2010/05/tijuana-hosting-its-first-gay-festival.html

Finding Me Truth Snippet

The new Miss Gay USofA 2010-2011

Miss Domonique Sanchez
Congrats to you and I wish you all the luck during your reign!!!!!!

Larry for GaGA