GAS: IT'S AMERICA'S CRACK

THE GONG SHOW: HAVE YOU GOT NICKEL?

INSANE! And check out the judges! Phyllis Diller in glamour drag, the drag queen from M.A.S.H. and J. P. Morgan. I used to think Chuck Barris was so sexy! He always looked stoned.



AND HERE'S GENE GENT THE DANCIN' MACHINE AND HIS GLORIOUS DANCIN' THEME!

NOW THIS SHIT IS ART!

INAUGURAL PHOTO HIGH RES

Am i a fool--don't answer that--or is this fascinating? I kinda missed out on the video games craze, but I spent 10 minutes checking out Obama's audience so maybe you'll enjoy this email forward too. Some of the winter inaugural fashions and facial expressions are quite interesting. To this fool, anyway.

Zoom in ('double-click' an area) ....and watch it focus.

Then zoom some more... and wait for focus. Once you get used to using the zoom and moving the photo up or down........left or right. You can see who is watching whom. This is quite a surveillance tool.

GIGAPAN

VAGINAL SHOTS?

No, it's not the latest menu addition at Hooters, it's what Suzanne Somers administers to herself as part of her health and beauty regime, along with hormones and 60 pills a day! Read more at HUFFPO. She may still look as ditzy as her Chrissie on THREE'S COMPANY, but she's parlayed that one hit role into a lucrative if questionable position as a health and diet expert, hawking a variety of merchandise which she admits is geared to the housewives in middle America. Here's how Suzanne describes her target audience: "“They look like my mother. I grew up with these women. And I think they sense it. This is my mission in America. It’s not the coasts. It’s not the super-hip people." Yeah, because the coasts and the super-hip aren't stupid enough to fondly reminisce about the one hit role you had and be conned by you! I guess these gals have never seen a sex change, because Suzanne's real beauty secret is constant plastic surgery, some of which she even admits to. If there were on more transsexuals in these areas, these housewives might recognize that unmistakeable trout pout.

More from Suzanne on her followers:

“That picture is so telling to me. I know that they think about the prices of everything. I know that they don’t get the kind of attention from their husbands that they want. I give it to them… . I’ve been told I’m the best friend they’ve ever had. I get it. I just think I speak for them and I give them hope. That you can look good, feel good, have energy, have fun, be in love, have a family, have a great time with your family.”

Now while ludicrous to claim that she's giving women attention that they don't get from their spouses (if they pay) it is somewhat true that many women DON'T feel that they have a right to "feel good, have energy, have fun, be in love, have a family", etc. That's sad. But it's even sadder to pinpoint it and hijack their emotions in order to sell a device which delivers electronic pulses to your face to supposedly restore your youth. And claim that you are giving them attention while ripping them off! I'm not saying that all of Suzanne's diets and devices are crap and she does look good for her age, but isn't this kind of despicable? I guess it's not that different from what anyone else is doing, though.

SOMEONE SHOULD TELL SUZANNE THAT THIS HORRIBLE BLUSH IS NOT A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.



AND HERE'S A FASCINATING ARTICLE ON THE PERKY SNAKE OIL SALESMAN FROM THE LA TIMES.

THE UNSINKABLE SUZANNE SOMERS.

Somers continued virtually without pause for about 40 minutes, and then I stopped her. The point of this profile, I said, was to get to know the real Suzanne Somers, her world, her life, her personality. She nodded vigorously, taking it in.

“Got it,” she said.

Then Somers began again. There was no hesitation. No apparent contemplation. Somers knew where to take this. She recalled a lecture she had delivered in 2004 at Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year awards in Palm Springs. Somers explained that she never speaks with notes, but rather devises an opening line and a thread of an idea and then knows where she’ll end up. At this lecture, however, the idea didn’t hit her until she was in the wings.

“Then it came to me,” she said. “I sell my problems. I’m a woman with problems. I’ve had problems since the day I was born. And I have found a way to turn my problems into assets.”

And then Somers told a story that could wring tears from the most committed cynic. It took place in the early 1960s, in her hometown of San Bruno, the night before her first prom. It was the time, as Somers remembers it, that she thought she’d killed her alcoholic father. She spoke as if onstage, giving each detail a dramatic flourish.

MORE: LA TIMES

CAN YOU SIGN?

We're into our second week of President Obama's new administration and are already seeing signs of change. Yet many activists want to make sure we as a nation don't forget the possible crimes committed under the last administration in the name of the "war on terror." That's why we're sharing with you this action alert from our friends at Democrats.com. Sign their petition to call on our new Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute any and all government officials who have participated in torture and other war crimes. Thanks!

Now is our time to pursue truth and justice. Please join us in calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute any and all government officials who have participated in torture and other war crimes.
In the final days of their administration, President Bush and Vice President Cheney admitted they authorized "enhanced interrogation" of prisoners, specifically including waterboarding. But "enhanced interrogation" is simply a euphemism for torture, which was so severe that it caused the deaths of at least 70 prisoners.

Please sign our petition calling for a Special Prosecutor now»
As Major General Antonio Taguba, the Army general who led the investigation into prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison has stated:

"After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account."
The United States is a representative democracy. The actions of our government officials are done in the name of its citizens. We are outraged that torture been committed in our name. Join us in urging Attorney General Holder to appoint a Special Prosecutor to prosecute those responsible for torture to the fullest extent of the law.

SIGN PETITON

MY COMMENT:

If our tax dollars are spent on murdering the residents of a country which never had WMDs and which never attacked us, then the American citizens who sat back and did nothing are also murderers. Bush attacked our country as well and I want him and his cronies to answer for it. Again and again he tested us to see if we were paying attention. We weren't, but hopefully our active involvement in government has not ended with Obama's election. It is crucial for future administrations and generations to know that we care about crimes done in our name and that we respect our own laws enough to we demand punishment when they're broken.

ANITA BRYANT T-SHIRTS

After her cameo in MILK, the homophobic OJ Queen is back--with a face full of pie! By James Anthony, priced at $25.



MORE INFO: QUEERSITED

BOBBIE GENTRY, BING CROSBY AND TINY TIM???

WHAT A BIZARRE TRIO, BUT BOBBIE IS COUNTRY MUSIC'S SULTRIEST GODDESS! SHE'S BEST KNOWN FOR ODE TO BILLIE JOE AND FANCY, WHICH REBA MCINTYRE COVERED, BUT HER SONGWRITING AND PRODUCTION SKILLS ARE UNIQUE. THOSE MILLION $ HORN ARRANGEMENTS MAKEKE HER MUSIC SOUND MORE LIKE R & B THAN COUTRY, BUT IT'S STILL TANGY!



OKOLONA RIVER BOTTOM BAND



A CAJUN BOBBIE SINGS NIKI HOEKEY WITH DANCERS!



ONE OF MY FAVS, TOUCH 'EM WITH LOVE--ABOUT DEATH! COUNTRY GOSPEL AT IS BEST! AND SHE'S SINGING LIVE!

LUCILLE BOGAN: SHAVE 'EM DRY

VINTAGE FILTH (AUDIO) FROM 1937:

V V BROWN AND THE "NEW" SOUL SOUND

IS SHE POP'S NEXT SUPERSTAR OR WHAT?

Tall, gorgeous, stylish, quirky, and talented, British songstress and Island Records artist V V Brown is on her way. I love this re-burst of Amy WInehouse-influenced soul with spooky cord changes and a 60's funky beat. I'm just so through with electro that musically, I don't care where we go from here as long as it's not minimal 80's snoozefest! Maybe we're headed back to the funky drummer sound which almost every record sampled some variation of in the 80's. Then we can ride that early 90's Crystal Waters/Ultra Nate/Deee-Lite/Steve "Silk" Hurley vibe for half a decade. And then we can skip back o the 5th disco revival and by the time that's over, Lady Bunion can hang up her dancing shoes happy.

L.E.A.V.E.



CRYING BLOOD



Solange Knowles' Motown-inspired hit I DECIDED features Supremes looks and girl group choreography in the video with a...rebel flag? I didn't want to like Solange because the last thing we need is another Beyonce, but this song is undeniably cute. And a song that starts with the lyric "I was a little different" is a wise choice for a little sis trying to get out from under her big sister's shadow. Unfortunately, I can't embed the actual music video because of Solange's record company disables embedding. Why? The music industry was already failing before the recession and they don't want to promote their music?

I love the stops in this songs and Solange thankfully hits most of them like a drag queen. Some of her moves like that go-go monkey at the beginning look forced but I love her little twirl at the end. It's odd that the lead doesn't really sing much during the chorus, but when she finally does in the next to the last chorus, she tries to do that nasally Beyonce whining and then wisely drops it for the very last round.

This clip includes a brief interview in which Solange claims what EVERY artist says about every single album they do--that her latest offering is more personal and reflects what is going on in their lives. BULLSHIT! It would really earn my respect if some artist would just tell the truth and say "My last album didn't sell so we did some market research and came back with what you clueless fuckers wanted to hear and then gave it to you! Hit it!".

Something about this cut sounded familiar and I just clicked it--the pre-chorus is very similar to the pre-chorus in Sylvia's sexy seventies hit PILLOW TALK--do you hear it? "So boy just put that stop sign down", etc.

I DECIDED



Another 60's sound I love is the insanely catchy YOUNG FOLKS, by Peter, Bjorn and John. Every time I play this when dj'ing people ask me what the track is. The drum fill at the beginning is such an energetic wake-up and that whistle melody is irresistible! This video is so cute, too. I love that the animators chose this dated CLUTCH CARGO-style animation where the facial expressions of the characters don't change--only their mouths do! And the thought bubble that pops up with the words "It's a hit!" is genius. Adorable video and the color scheme of muted orange, yellows and blues is insane.

YOUNG FOLKS



Another new track I like it from Hed Kandi's new dance compilation. I don't care for the lyrics, but love the vocal arrangements and groove.

BRAND NU BY SOOPASOUL:

GRACE JONES SIGHTING

I know I'm obsessed,but nothing like putting a little Grace in your face!

MEXICAN BREAKFAST, HELPFULLY EXPLAINED

First I posted Gwen Verdon's dance routine a-go-go called Mexican Breakfast. Then the video went viral when someone edited the original together with the hip-hop smash WALK IT OUT. Now someone's added cute subtitles to the original, breathing new life to this classic. Enjoy!

GRANNY SUPERSTAR!

GRANNY FROM THE BEVERLY HILLILLIES SINGS--IN A LONG BLONDE WIG AND FISHTAIL GOWN! HEAVENLY! MAKE SURE TO WATCH IT FULL SCREEN CUZ IT'S TAPED GHETTO STYLE OFF THE TV.

ENEMA PAINTING

FROM CRAIGS LIST:

Painting - 26 (Woodley)

Reply to: pers-1009102894@craigslist.org [?]
Date: 2009-01-26, 9:33PM EST


I'm a 26-year old painter who just moved to town. I'm looking for other in-shape guys interested in enema painting. This is my picture. Please have pictures in first email. Serious only please.



Location: Woodley
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1009102894

JUST PLAIN RETARDED!

GREG SCARNICI AS ARETHA!

LEECHES IN TURMERIC SAUCE, ANYONE?

In India, leeches are still used for blood purification. And because the parasites are thought to remove toxins from the blood, after the feating, the leech is dusted with turmeric to make them vomit, captured here on video. As if the footage of sucking blood wasn't vile enough!




And speaking of loathesome things you can't get out of your system, Huffington Post featured an interesting article about the political practice of "burrowing", when a senior employee of an agency will take a lesser position when the presidency changes hands in order to keep the departing party's agenda alive. This disgusting creature was a Bush appointee who debunks global warming in the interest of big business and just switched to a less prestigious post at the National Science Foundation. Truly vile!

HERE'S AN EXCERPT:

The Bush's administration's participation in the personnel tactic known as "burrowing" has been well-reported in recent weeks. The practice isn't unique to the Bush crowd; during presidential transitions, political appointees eager to stay on the government payroll often wriggle their way into secure civil service positions -- despite the differing political beliefs of the White House's new occupant.

ONLY A REPUBLICAN WOULD THINK TO BLEACH THEIR HAIR THAT BLONDE AND WEAR NO EYE MAKE-UP AT ALL FOR THEIR PUBLICITY PORTRAIT! PUKE!



But because the central objective of burrowing is for political appointees to fly under the radar while Washington changes hands, it's often hard to tell when the practice is actually occurring. Consider the case of Kathie Olsen, who just made a very curious move: going from the No. 2 post at the National Science Foundation to the far less influential job of "senior advisor" in the NSF's Office of Information and Resource Management.

As Science magazine observes, Olsen had already submitted her resignation to the Obama administration and would have been out the door had she not slipped into her new, seemingly secure post. And this isn't just any Bush appointee avoiding the need to find a new job -- Olsen was at the forefront of the former president's systematic denial of the human causes of climate change.

Before becoming deputy director of the NSF, Olsen was the associate director of the Bush White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy. Her immediate boss there was Bush science adviser John Marburger, who was implicated in the 2007 censorship of congressional testimony that would have publicly illustrated the human health risks of the warming climate.

Remember Phil Cooney, the once and future oil industry representative who habitually erased from government documents any evidence that fossil fuels cause global warming? It was Olsen who first handed Cooney a debunked, Big-Oil-underwritten study that purported to disprove the existence of climate change. As Rolling Stone reported in 2007:

"It was sham science," says McCarthy, the Harvard scientist. "It's almost laughable, except that this study was held up by the administration as a definitive refutation of the temperature record."

But even as the paper was being discredited, it was causing great excitement in the White House. When Kathie Olsen of the Office of Science and Technology Policy forwarded the study to Cooney, he responded with an enthusiastic, "Thanks, Kathie!" Six minutes later, according to internal e-mails, the study was in the hands of Kevin O'Donovan, who served as Cheney's point man on climate. The study also grabbed President Bush's attention ...

WHOLE ARTICLE: TALKINGPOINTSMEMO.COM


And while googling loathesome for a spell-check, I came across the Buffalo Beast's 50 MOST LOATHESOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA 2008.

43. You

Charges: You think it’s your patriotic duty to spend money you don’t have on crap you don’t need. You think Hillary lost because of sexism, when it’s actually because she’s just a bad liar. You think Iraq is better off now than before we invaded, and don’t understand why they’re so ungrateful. You think Tim Russert was a great journalist. You’re hopping mad about an auto industry bailout that cost a squirt of piss compared to a Wall Street heist of galactic dimensions, due to a housing crash you somehow have blamed on minorities. It took you six years to figure out what a tool Bush is, but you think Obama will make it all better. You deem it hunky dory that we conduct national policy debates via 8-second clips from “The View.” You think God zapped humans into existence a few thousand years ago, although your appendix and wisdom teeth disagree. You like watching vicious assholes insult each other on TV. You support gun rights, because firing one gives you a chubby. You cuddle falsehoods and resent enlightenment. You think the fact that 43% of whites could stomach voting for an incredibly charismatic and eloquent light-skinned black guy who was raised by white people means racism is over. You think progressive taxation is socialism. 1 in 100 of you are in jail, and you think it should be more. You are shallow, inconsiderate, afraid, brand-conscious, sedentary, and totally self-obsessed. You are American.

Exhibit A: You’re more upset by Miley Cyrus’s glamour shots than the fact that you are a grown adult who is upset about Miley Cyrus.

Sentence: Invaded and occupied by Canada; all military units busy overseas without enough fuel to get back.

READ THE OTHER 50 AT BUFFALOBEAST.COM. (Obama is #1.)

OUCH!

GAS MASK REQUIRED!

IN THE LIFE'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH

NEW YORK—IN THE LIFE, the only three-time Emmy nominated public television series documenting the gay experience, celebrates Black History Month in its February show “Mobilizing Hope,” delving into discrimination and marriage equality with New York Governor David Paterson, HIV prevention in the ballroom, and life “on the down-low.”

In its lead-story, “Ballroom 2.0,” IN THE LIFE profiles New Jersey community activist Bernie McAlister and his "House of Jourdan,” part of the gay ball sub-culture that has expanded its social role to include AIDS education/outreach to queer youth. The 1990 documentary “Paris is Burning” revealed the vibrant and decadent ball culture of New York City. In Newark, the ball scene is thriving but with an emphasis on alternative families, safe-sex education, and positive role modeling -- providing direction and hope for LGBT minority youth.

In A CONVERSATION WITH… New York Governor David Paterson and Yale professor, gay activist and cultural historian George Chauncey reflect on the continuing struggle for gay civil rights as longtime vanguards, themselves, against bigotry and discrimination.

VIEW TRAILER:


And in its REAL TO REEL series, IN THE LIFE profiles filmmaker Abigail Child and her film “On The Downlow.” Being gay, “out,” and sexually active is a social conundrum in the black community -- a taboo -- and incompatible with “masculinity.” When men have sex with other men, it must be hidden, covert, on the "down-low." In this film, Child takes a compassionate look at four men leading these double lives, offering a rare window into the allure and tension of this world.

"Mobilizing Hope" begins airing on American Public Television stations Febuary 1st, and will be available for free video streaming and downloadable podcasts from the IN THE LIFE website starting February 2nd. To find out when it will air in their local areas, to stream or download it, viewers should go to www.inthelifetv.org.

FROM "SELMA TO STONEWALL"

I ADDED THIS IMAGE-IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FEW PICS WHICH CAME UP IN MY GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH FOR "GAY"!



PLEASE READ AND SIGN!

Dear Speaker Pelosi:

We the undersigned call on you and your colleagues to mark this 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the start of the gay liberation movement by passing legislation to expand the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare it the public policy of the United States that discrimination based on LGBT status is prohibited.

For forty years, the LGBT movement has asserted the simple idea that LGBT rights are civil rights. For forty years we have been told to wait our turn and not to rock the boat. But with the election of 2008, we sent a clear message to Washington. Now is our time.

As Michelle Obama said on Gay Pride Day last year, "We are all only here because of those who marched and bled and died, from Selma to Stonewall, in the pursuit of a more perfect union." We stand united in that struggle and will not accept any effort to roll back the protections of the Civil Rights Act. But we must insist that they be expanded in order for the Act to truly live up to its name.

Because you represent Harvey Milk's district, the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco, the nexus of the LGBT community on the West Coast, you have a special role to play in defending and protecting the civil rights of LGBT people everywhere. We hope that you will fulfill that role by passing this legislation.

And to those who say we can't have equal rights now, we say "Yes we can!"

SIGN HERE: IPETITIONS

TSHIRT HELL IS CLOSING FEB 10TH

So it's your last chance to get demneted tees like these--and at 10% off!

LIBERACE AND PHYLLIS DILLER!

TED HAGGARDS BACK!

THE METH AND HUSTLER-USING FUNDAMENTALIST PREACHER (AND BUSH'S FORMER SPIRITUAL ADVISOR) IS BACK IN THE NEWS AS ANOTHER OF HIS GAY RELATIONSHIPS HITS THE FAN. THIS ONE WASN'T A HUSTLER, BUT A VOLUNTEER AT TED'S CHURCH. (But Ted still payed him.)

MORE: QUEERTY

ALSO OF INTEREST ON QUEERTY.COM:

Kanye West responds to gay rumors with a post. Now Kanye has denounced homophobia in rap and he really zinged Bush with that "George Bush doesn't care about black people" which he snuck past network censors after Katrina, so he has my respect. But bless him! He's notoriously self-aggrandizing and his statement begins with "WHY CAN'T YOU LET ME BE GREAT?". He then goes on to say that these rumors are spoiling his dream gig of designing a pair of shoes with Louis Vuitton, whose name he misspells!

MORE: QUEERTY.COM

JAPANESE BLACKFACE

FROM DINA MARTINA, WHO DOES A MEAN LOUIE ARMSTRONG IMPERSONATION HERSELF. THIS IS AN ACID TRIP ON STEROIDS!

GRACE JONES IN V MAG

AND SHE'S INTERVIEWED BY HER FORMER LOVER/COLLABORATOR JEAN-PAUL GOUDE. HERE'S A SNIPPET:

JPG Do you always hide your emotions?

GJ I always had to mask my emotions. I could never show that I missed my mom or my dad, especially when they moved to America. My grandparents were tough. I was not allowed to receive letters that had not been read before. Everything was controlled, everything!

JPG Would you say that your rebellion towards your family’s authority extended to your relationship with the men in your life?
GJ I think so, yes. And I think that is what contributed to my masculinization. I deliberately challenged men’s roles. In fact, I survived by taking on both roles. By the way, I also think that men need to be penetrated.

JPG I beg your pardon?

GJ At least once in their lifetime.

JPG Why?

GJ Because then they would understand what it is like to receive. It’s my own theory, which I think could help take some of the aggression out of the world.

MORE: VMAGAZINE

FROM GRACE'S A ONE MAN SHOW:

YOU JUST GOT PATTI LUPONED!

THE BROADWAY DIVA WENT OFF (MID-NUMBER) AT A GYPSY AUDIENCE MEMBER WH WAS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS. I RAVED OVER THE SHOW AND WOULD HATE FOR PATTI TO BE REMEMBERED PRIMARILY FOR HER FREAK-OUT RATHER THAN HER TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE, BUT SOME CLEVER FELLOW WAS RECORDING THE AUDIO THAT EVENING--AND HE'S ALREADY SAMPLED IT AND TURNED IT INTO A BARBRA STREISAND'S SHUT THE FUCK -STYLE REMIX. IT IS CLEVER AND TWISTED. NOTHING QUITE LIKE A RAPPING SHOW TUNE QUEEN!

CONNIE STEVENS AT THE PALACE

WHAT AN INSANE OUTFIT! AND IT'S SO WEIRD WHEN THE SHOW-BIZZY GALS LIKE BASSEY, MITZI AND LIZA "GET FUNKY" TO THOSE CRAZY SOUL/POP SOUNDS!



I'M NOT TRYING TO SHAVE YEARS OFF OF MY AGE, BUT ALTHOUGH SHE HAS A LOVELY VOICE, I NEVER REMEMBERED CONNIE STEVENS AS A SINGER, OR WITH SHORT HAIR.



AND WHILE PLAYING AROUND ON YOUTUBE, I DISCOVERED JOANIE SOMMERS, WHO I DEFINITELY DON'T RECALL EVER SEEING. THOSE DANCERS!

TRANSIENT TRANNY

AN UPDATE VIDEO FROM AN EXTREMELY DULL TRANSSEXUAL WHO IS TRANSITIONING. OH, AND MOVING TO CONNECTICUTT FROM OKLAHOMA CITY. I DARE YOU TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING!

FROMPOPBITCH.COM

The most powerful politician in the world is black.

The best golfer in the world is black.

The fastest racing driver in the world is black...


Michael Jackson must be kicking himself.

THROWING SHOES AT AN INFLATABLE BUSH

Now I know that even wishing harm on a sitting president can be considered treason, but after he'd officially left office, did anyone kinda hope that his helicopter might burst into flames? I don't think that throwing shoes at Bush's effigy would be illegal, but it shore looks like fun!



AND HERE'S THANK FOR THE MEMORIES, GEORGE BUSH!

I'VE HEARD OF COFFEE ENEMAS...

But never with eggs, bacon and toast!!

XTUBE

SHOPPING INTEXAS

MADGE BASHING ON QUEERTY.COM

I remember a couple of years ago I wrote a lengthy blog with some negative things to say about Madonna. That post got more responses than anything else I'd ever written. A couple of years later, Queerty.com writes an "open letter" urging the Material Girl to age gracefully and stop the unflattering surgeries. The comments are bizarre--from "She'll always be the the queen and she's never had any surgery" to "I'm over her and her music". I actually like her latest album more than any other--SHE'S NOT ME has a Paradise Garage feeling to it and I love THE BEAT GOES ON. I'm certainly not averse to plastic surgery either, but stars do tend to get carried away. Her cheek implants are odd and while she still has beautiful eyes, she is heading into Madame the puppet territory with the high cheekbones and her nose is starting to meet her chin--kind of a witchy look which comes from her genes and is emphasized by being thin. It's as if her face didn't need another strong angle which she just gave it with the sharp cheek implants. It's crazy to claim as some have, that she's had nothing done. Remember that time she fell off a horse and "broke her collar bone"? And then went on a rigorous world tour with lotsa dancing shortly a month or two later? I'm not a doctor but I think a break like that would take a while to set, especially on over age 40 bones.

Anyhoo, here's the link, and be sure to check out the comments--it's a top priority issue for gay men!

HERE'S A FEW EXCEPTS OF COMMENTS:

Her plastic surgeries are what disappoint me most. All the way back to "Vogue" she was starting to have work done, and it took away my belief that her confidence and chutzpah were a force of nature. It saddens me to see her riddled with the same human insecurities we mortals have, she is supposed to be a goddess!

"Look, we're the gays, your biggest fans, we're with you no matter what you do."
Speak for yourself, fool.

A simple " Your music has sucked for the last 15 years would've sufficed".

Madonna is NOT Gay-friendly (anti Gay Marriage)
Cher is GAY Friendly (has always been)

Her madgesty seems to be on her way to looking like a bad fast-lifted newsreader on CNN!
Things not in her favor:

Italian women do not age well. Guy Richie discovered that!

Her jogger's face syndrome has an aging gravitational pull

Her legs on "Confessions" looked like your Grandmas

Mae West was prettier at her age.

Emulate women who age well and stop trying to look as young as Natasha Bedingfield because everyone is laughing AT you.
You come across as desperately needing Britney to hitch your Vegas-bound 80s act to when you were more believable with friends like Rosie O'Donnell and Sandra Bernhard who were your age group.

Drop the fake British affectations as we still know you were trailer trash from Detroit who discovered Hollywood-God
Get a hot Spanish lover (what you always wanted) and live life a little unkept (Hippy chicks get tha Dicks!)

BUNNY NOTE: Amen to that! I think the time I Madonna inspired me the most was when I'd hear rumors that she used to ride around my old Loisaida neghborhood offering a "ride" to latino studs who were over 8 inches! Now THAT is a diva I can identify with!

ARETHA'S HAT

DEBBIE HARRY WITH THE MAO MAGAZINE FOUNDERS--HOLDING AN ADVANCE COPY OF THE STEPHEN SPROUSE BOOK.



Frequent commenter Mitzi asked me what I thought of Aretha's headgear at the inauguratin, where she serendaded the massive crowd with MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE. I love Aretha's voice so much, but the dear has never exactly been a style icon, has she? Many have scoffed at the hat, but since I'd seen Debbie Harry at an Xmas party wearing a similar chapeau, I guess I wasn't s shocked by it. I actually thought that while churchy-looking, grey with rhinestones is interesting for day and at least it matched her coat. The coat had a nice cut which raised up in front to form a collar of sorts which obscured girlfriend's chins. Gonna have to get one of those for myself! I must say that while I don't like winter scarves for myself, Barbara Bush taught me a lesson in corrective dressing--the Barney Rubble-looking thing wore a wide scarf in a contrasting color to her coat at the inaugural, effectively cutting her girth with a bold stripe down the middle. It's the old Mae West trick.

THE QUEEN OF SOUL RARELY GETS HER LOOK TOGETHER, BIT I'VE SEEN HER IN WORSE!



The Queen of Soul hates performing in the cold since it affects her voice. In fact, try to catch her act in the fall or winter, because she won't go on in an air conditioned venue. A friend in DC who was present claimed that they were "wincing" at every note. (I wouldn't go that far.) It wasn't her best performance and as this clip shows, and she feels it didn't live up to her standards either. What I think is outrageous is that she appears on Larry King the day after appearing in a hat and short wig--IN A FRESH OUT OF THE BOX LONG, GIRLISH WIG. Almost every gal wears some kind of artificial hair in show business, and I'm certainly a fan of the wig, but is't it bizarre that Aretha would choose one hair color, length and texture at the inaugural and then a completely different one the next night??? Bless her tacky heart!

TALKING DIRTY WITH LADY BUNNY

BUNNY TOPS PORN IMPRESARIO MICHAEL LUCAS



PORN SITE THESWORD.COM CHATS WITH ME ABOUT PORN WITH SOME FUN (IR SICK) LNKS.

They asked me about my favorite gross out porn on the web and naturally I mentioned 2 GIRLS 1 CUP and it's equally vile companion piece, 1 GUY 1 CUP, which I posted a while back but the video was quickly taken down. DO NOT EAT BEFORE WATCHING! Even this porn site found it hard to take! They also didn't use this pic of Michael Lucas and I on the set of his porn flick, BROTHER'S REUNION, in which I made a cameo.



HERE'S THE LINK TO THE ARTICLE: THESWORD.COM

WAS I RIGHT OR WAS I RIGHT?

A NUDE OBAMA TWEAKING THE NIPPLES OF THE HUDSON FLIGHT'S PILOT!



Gays were so quick to jump on Obama for giving homophobic pastor Rick Warren a spot at the inaugural ceremony. I was quick to point out that Obama hadn't thrown us under the bus, the bus hadn't even left the garage yet. Cut him some slack. And I've illustrated this article with some homo-erotic Obam-art, including

FROM THE FLORIDA BLADE:

Within hours of taking office, Obama releases agenda for GLBT rights By Dan Renzi

As the community questioned why Obama chose Rev. Rick Warren to speak at the inaugration—seemingly in conflict with his previous support of the gay community, as Warren is a noted homophobe—we thought it might have been a consolation to the religious right, in preparation for Obama's plans for GLBT equality.

It seems our little hypothesis may be correct: within hours of taking the oath of office, Obama's team revamped the White House web site, amending the "Agenda" section on "Civil Rights." Take a look at THIS—the passage of the Matthew Shepard Act, full civil unions (are we really going to freak out about what it's called, if it is legally the same? please don't!) and promote HIV/AIDS prevention, which has been depressingly absent during the "abstinence-only" years of President Bush.



"While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans. It's about whether this nation is going to live up to its founding promise of equality by treating all its citizens with dignity and respect."

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WAS I RIGHT OR WAS I RIGHT PART 2: CAROLINE KENNEDY WITHDRAWS HER SENATORIAL BID:



Caroline seems nice and smart. But she also seemed to have no vision other than "milk my family connections". I don't think that this impoverished country is in the mood for nobility. We need workers with proven track records in public service. Although there were hints of improprieties regarding her maid's legal status and her tax records, Caroline claims that she has withdrawn from the race because of Ted's illness. Her spokesperson has said that anyone offering a different reason for her withdrawal--ie the public outcry against he possible selection--is "mudslinging". Call it what you want, honey, but if it's the truth, I'll gladly sling it.

SOPHIA MCINTOSH

I'm hoping to catch this crazy thing performing while I'm here in Atlanta. Sophia is perhaps best know for hosting drag pageants nationwide, but she lives here. What a kook!





This contains snippets of her regular radio show on V-103, GIRL TALK.

PUTTING WORDS IN OBAMA'S MOUTH

The inaugural speech was written in Starbucks by this 27-year old!



In composing the high notes of the speech, Obama has leant on Favreau, whom he discovered almost by chance four years ago when the younger man was working on John Kerry's failed presidential bid. "Favs" has since studied Obama's speech patterns and cadences with the intensity of a stalker. He memorised the 2004 speech to the Democratic national convention which first brought Obama into the limelight. He is said to carry Obama's autobiography, Dreams From My Father, wherever he goes. As a result, last November when Favreau sat down to write the first draft of the inaugural address, he could conjure up his master's voice as if an accomplished impersonator.

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FUCK SUNDANCE!

There's mormon film festival in Utah! What might they screen there?

Here's a clip from GOD'S ARMY. Don't hate me for posting this--there is one good joke in it!



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SOUNDS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT!

I've thoroughly enjoyed the Hed Kandi dance compilations over the years. Now the label is opening a restaurant in South Beach featuring "molecular food", which publicist Tara Solomon describes as "surreal, molecular cuisine (think bruscetta in the shape of a pill!)". What's not to like? I love dance music, food and pills!

SPOT WHICH PIC IS A FAKE!

(I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CAT, TOO!)

"COLORFUL COSTUMES AND CLOWN MAKE-UP"

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JOEY HEATHERTON: I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER

FROM LYPSINKA:



ANOTHER GEM FROM THE LYP. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ASIAN (?) DANCER ON THE LEFT WITH THE BOW! SWING THAT PONYTAIL, HONEY!

MICHELLE AND BARACK DO WHAT TOGETHER?

HEE HEE!

ARE DRAG QUEENS THE NEW SUPERMODELS?

M. A. C Cosmetics has teamed up with Dame Edna (comedian Barry Humphries' blue-haired alter ego) for a limited-edition makeup collection: Mauve compacts are embossed with the Dame's trademark red spectacles and contain products such as What a Dame highlight powder and Royal Tour eyeshadow. Not to be outdone, former M. A. C collaborator RuPaul is back in the spotlight with the new reality series RuPaul's Drag Race (it debuts next month), and Lady Bunny, arguably New York's premiere drag queen, made a surprise appearance at a recent Shiseido makeup event in New York for the new lipstick range by celebrity makeup artist Dick Page. Dave Lackie was there and asked Lady Bunny to spill a few beauty secrets.

On picking just the right shade of her signature bright orange lipstick

"Women with thin lips should never wear dark colours. It makes them look like grim snapping turtles. I myself have always loved orange lips, but it was always so hard to get the right shade -- I used to have to mix lipsticks. Now I stick with Shiseido's Day Lily."

On keeping fit

"I spend an hour on the treadmill each day. Sometimes I turn it on for the last five minutes. I've even been known to place a cheeseburger on the console to keep myself motivated."

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BUSH BOOED

I'm in Atlanta and don't get CNN so I only just saw this footage from MSNBC. I was wondering if our sitting president would get this reaction, but CNN switched their audio feeds back and forth really awkwardly--and I'm no sound engineer so if I can detect it then it's glaring--from the crowd's audio feed to the insane brass fanfares.

I hate CNN now and wince every time they mention joining them on CNN.com, even suggesting that we watch the election on our computers so we can chat with our friends on facebook.com! And Larry King urging people to connect with hi via twitter.com.

Speaking of old, it was heaven to see Cheney and Bush, Sr. literally as crippled as their party-as an exotic mixed race president named Hussein proudly marched the ailing good ol' boys.

LETTERMAN'S TOP 10 BUSH BLOOPERS

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OBAMA'S 1ST BIG MISTAKE

OK, I don't want to take anything away from the historic inaugural ceremony which swore in our first African-American president. But I spotted a big problem at that inaugural ceremony.

It wasn't the Supreme Court justice's flubbing of the oath.

It wasn't that dreadfully dull poem.

It wasn't Pastor Rick Warren's immediate turn-off line of some shit like "We thank thee oh lord for all of the things we can and cannot see"?

It wasn't even Barack.



It was Michelle--and that horrible dress! Am I shallow to even mention it when I should be focused on the significance of a black president about to enter the White House, which was built on the backs of slaves, ending Bush's 8-year reign of error which left this country in tatters?

Probably, but where else are you gonna read this but from a drag queen? I voted for Obama, think Michelle's inspiring and I'm happy to play along with the press's love affair with the new administration. But honey, the emperor's new clothes are just that-whether they're hanging off the back of an emperor or a first lady-elect.

First, you can call that hot mess any color you like--but to me it's vomit. And vomit I did. Was it gold? Was it green? If I'm asking, then it certainly wasn't much of a statement. (I will admitsurely recognize the color of puke by now.) And that brocade shot with glittery thread can look rich at night, but the overcast daylight removed all of it's sparkle making it dull and flat. Possibly classy, but definitely blah. For a woman who's known for her fashion statements, this was a whisper.



And speaking of flat--what happened to Michelle's boobs? I'm not going to fault a gal for her lack of a rack, but there are ways to complement any figure. You know that horizontal crease which stretches from boob to boob when a woman is wearing an ill-fitting top or dress? Michelle was featuring that unfortunate look on this historic occasion! The sad thing is that it drew attention to how little bosom she has. I guess her taters were further flattened by the weight of the stiff brocade.


I've known Isabel Toledo for years and she always looks immaculate herself. So I don't know if this failure is from the designer's weird concept/bad cut, not knowing how to dress Michelle's figure, or some quirky "Jackie O" notion of the first-lady elect. But Michelle has alway struck me as thin--this outfit managed to give her a tummy. In fact, her stomach appeared to stick out further than her boobs. Wait a minute--the bitch stole my look!

I loved the built-on necklace, but what were those pitiful hanging bits of chiffon? A free-form bow? Pew! Is it tied now? Untied now? Waaay too complicated! A big crowd calls for a bold statement--no messy little details. And then to top it off by a boxy coat with too tight sleeves which made her arms look huge? And then add another flat line in front to squash down the bosom some more? The one thing it did do is take the eye off her buffalo butt. But I agree with most black women--accent the curves you do have, even if they're behind you.


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Now I realize that it was freezing cold and it must have been tough to pick the right ensemble for the weather, much less the occasion. I'm surprised Michelle wasn't trembling by the end of the ceremony. Maybe she was forced to wear long underwear and that's what flattened the boobs and plumped the arms. Whatever it was, the overall effect definitely left me cold.

Is this important? Not at all. But as someone with a difficult to dress figure myself, I'd like to think that I can clock an unflattering silhouette. I also have a very distinct color palette which suits me and I rarely vary from it. Although, I don't care for it, I'm not even saying that this ugly shade was a bad one for Ms. Obama in particular. Your husband's getting sworn in as commander-in-chief and you're wearing the color of a dishonorable discharge? Like the kind you get from gonorrhea? (My mom once showed me hers.)

Is anyone out there in agreement? I'm scratching my beautifully-coiffed head while all of the press rave over this dud.

(PS: I didn't have a problem with the evening gown Michele wore to the balls, but it seems others have. SOUND OFF!

EIN ZWEI DIE! NAZI ZOMBIES!

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A SHORT LOVE STORY

A man and a woman who had never met before but who were both married to other people, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a trans-continental train.



Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, A SHORTthey were both very tired and fell asleep quickly, he in the upper berth and she in the lower.

At 1:00 AM, the man leaned down and gently woke the woman saying,.......... 'Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I'm awfully cold.'

'I have a better idea,' she replied 'Just for tonight,...... let's pretend that we're married.'

'Wow!...................... That's a great idea!', he exclaimed.

'Good,' she replied. .............'Get your own f---ing blanket.'

After a moment of silence, ......................he farted.

The End

MOMS MABLEY!

STEPHANIE MILLER & CO ON C-SPAN

REV AL SHARPTON AGAINST PROP 8

Al Sharpton serves up an "epic serving of truth"! He actually uses the word "trade"!

"I am tired," he went on, "of seeing ministers who will preach
homophobia by day, and then after they're preaching, when the lights are off
they go cruising for trade...We know you're not preaching the Bible, because
if you were preaching the Bible we would have heard from you. We would have
heard from you when people were starving in California--when they
deregulated the economy and crashed Wall Street you had nothing to say. When
Madoff made off with the money, you had nothing to say. When Bush took us to
war chasing weapons of mass destruction that weren't there you had nothing
to say.

But all of a sudden, when Proposition 8 came out, you had so much to
say.[...]

There is something immoral and sick about using all of that power to not
end brutality and poverty, but to break into people's bedrooms and claim
that God sent you. It amazes me when I looked at California and saw churches
that had nothing to say about police brutality, nothing to say when a young
black boy was shot while he was wearing police handcuffs, nothing to say
when they overturned affirmative action, nothing to say when people were
being [relegated] into poverty, yet they were organizing and mobilizing to
stop consenting adults from choosing their life partners."

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STONED-HENGE?

FASCINATING ARTICLE FROM JONTY SKRUFF'S INTERNATIONAL NIGHTLIFE/CULTURE NEWSLETTER. SIGN UP FOR ITHERE:

British scientist Rupert Till revealed this week that Stonehenge is actually a purpose built outdoor rave arena, where ancient Britains threw massive parties and dance to samba and organic trance.



The sound expert examined the acoustic qualities of the stones as they were 5,000 years ago and discovered they reflected sound perfectly, making the circle ‘ideal for repetitive trance rhythms’, said the Discovery Channel.

"Echoes in the space indicate that there might have been rhythmic music played,” Till told reporters.

"This would be at a tempo of about 160 beats per minute, a fast tempo,” he noted.

“It is interesting that this is the tempo of fast trance music, of samba; It is at the top of the range of musical tempos. It is also at the top end of the range of the human heartbeat, the same as the heart might beat if you were doing really vigorous exercise, or dancing really energetically," he added.

Leading British archeologist Aaron Watson previously examined the stone circle’s acoustics and discovered that its builders appeared to be experts at directing sound.

“Almost all of the stones at Stonehenge have been artificially shaped. It was noted during the research that the inner surfaces of many stones were dressed to be either flat or concave. This is not visually striking, but could improve the ability of these stones to reflect sound,” he said in a University of Manchester report.

“In contrast, the outward facing surfaces of the same stones are irregular or even convex. The enormous effort invested in dressing sarsens and bluestones into these subtle and barely visible shapes is difficult to explain, but it might suggest that the builders of the monument knew how to emphasise the movement of sound,” he said.

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A FEW OF JONTY'S OTHER TIDBITS:

No Sex Breakfast Club

Japanese teenagers who eat breakfast lose their virginity over 18 months later than those who skip it, according to a new study of 3,000 people.

“Those unhappy with their parents - such as for not preparing breakfast - may tend to find a way to release their frustration by having sex,” research chief Kunio Kitamura, head of the Japan Family Planning Association, speculated, “If children don't feel comfortable in their family environment, they tend to go out,' he noted (AFP).

The study also revealed that 40% of Japanese married couples hadn’t had sex for over a month with many finding sex ‘to be a pain’.


Blue Jeans Evil- Official



Clerics from the Darul Uloom seminary in Deoband, India branded jeans ‘unislamic’ this week issuing a fatwa against the wearing of denim for both men and women.

“The physical structure (curves) of the body is reflected if one puts on a jeans,” the fatwa reportedly decreed, “Wearing them by a woman is a sin. It is barred for men as well. Women, who want to look as men, are cursed”, the decreee added. (Deccan Herald/ Times)

Daily Telegraph fashion expert Celia Walden, meanwhile, suggested the West’s escalating economic meltdown heralds the death of casualwear, with desperate jobseekers instead opting for suit and tie uniformity,

“During the depression of the Thirties, there was such competition for jobs that people dressed to be taken seriously,” London College of Fashion chief Brenda Polan told the Telegraph.

“Serious people wore dark suits and white shirts, and women adopted a feminised version of the male business suit so that no one would think them flighty,” she added.

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ALWAYS DO A TWIRL IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE!

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SHUT UP, SWEET VARLA

VARLA PARODIES ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS, THE MAD BETTE DAVIS VEHICLE HUSH, HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE--A COMPANION FILM TO WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?.



FROM SOVO.COM: Shut up, Sweet Varla Infamous drag queen takes on horror classic By JIM FARMER

‘Shut Up Sweet Charlotte!’ Jan. 22 – 31 14th Street Playhouse 173 14th Street 404-733-5000

LADY BUNNY ISN'T THE ONLY NOTABLE DRAG performer hitting Atlanta this month. Next week, gay actor Jeffery Roberson, better known as the statuesque redhead Varla Jean Merman, bows in the comedy “Shut Up Sweet Charlotte!”

“Shut Up Sweet Charlotte!” is inspired by the 1964 horror film “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte” with Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland, which is itself a gay favorite. The Southern Gothic film is well known for its campiness and its casting of angelic de Havilland in the villainess role.

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AND HERE'S A CLIP FROM YOUUBE:

A FROG IN HER THROAT

No sound was altered. These clips are from the orignal movie, "Working Girl", 1988. Starring Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver, Harrison Ford and Joan Cusack.

SOLID AS BARACK

SOUL LEGENDS ASHFORD AND SIMPSON HAVE REWRITTEN THEIR 80'S SMASH SOLID INTO A BARACK ANTHEM. CHECK IT OUT!



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THIS DELIGHTFUL STORY IS ALSO ON HUFFPO::MADAME TUSSAUD'S UNVEILS BARACK WAX FIGURE, LEAVING BUSH ON THE SIDEWALK!



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BRITISH SOLDIERS ON LSD

MIDNIGHT MASS (LA) W/ PEACHES AND ELVIRA!

Peaches Christ proudly presents you to her ultimate hero and icon, the world’s most famous horror hostess Elvira! This is a very special and rare screening celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark. The film will be screened from the only known original print in existence! Don’t miss Peaches’ hilarious and insightful onstage interview with Elvira, audience Q&A, and lobby autograph signing.

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COCKFLOP

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TASTY TIM HITS NYC!

London Nightlife Icon Tasty Tim is our very special guest for the evening, Tasty will man the decks with founding resident Sammy Jo and Johnny Dynell. Expect nothining more then a really FUN evening, with a who's who of our favorite nightlife freaks and hotties.

10pm- ???

GM=GAY MARRIAGE

The DALLAS VOICE'S DANIEL KUSNER ATTENDED A RECENT GM DETROIT AUTO SHOW. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH GAY MARRIAGE? READ ON...

AN EXCERPT:

My first real auto show experience was a breakfast powwow titled “Adapting to the State of Business,” where GM’s diversity spokesperson Roderick D. Gillum, talked about the auto giant’s commitment to social responsibility. He mentioned civil rights crusader and GM board member Leon Sullivan, who played such an integral part in the success of the anti-apartheid movement — the man who helped GM realize that voluntarily withdrawing from doing business with South Africa was a bold and phenomenal change.

And when apartheid finally crumbled, South Africa’s rebirth ended not just racial discrimination, it abolished all discrimination, which gave same-sex couples the right to legally marry and enjoy the same full, equal marriage rights as their hetero brothers and sisters.

Yep, as fucked up as South Africa once was, their new constitutional bill of rights is light-years ahead of ours.

At GM’s diversity powwow, Dallas Voice asked if Sullivan’s legacy in South Africa is still alive in the U.S., and if GM supported same-sex marriage rights in America?
A mild gay panic-attack erupted, and someone from the back of the room quickly trotted out GM’s Corporate Equality Index rating and the fact the company offers benefits for same-sex partners. As the Asians and African-Americans in the room scratched their heads, the Q&A sharply shifted direction and GM’s social responsibility to same-sex marriage was purposefully left unanswered.

WHOLE ARTICLE: DALLASVOICE.COM



The article is followed by mini profiles of a couple of GM higher-ups like Christopher Webb (pictured) , their color consultant who you may recognize from PROJECT RUNWAY. And a transgender M-F who deosn't "cross" at work but managed to secure GM sponsorship for a large tranny gathering! Damn! You know the automobile is really desperate up when they're sponsoring transsexual gatherings!

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NYC IS CLEAN ENOUGH!

Join the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center and the New York City Anti-Violence Project for the first event in our MOVE for Social Change series!

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the NYPD’s vice squad are waging war on gay men and sexual freedom. Gay City News has covered this extensively. Here’s a link to one of the articles: SHUTTERING PORN SHOPS, CITY FAKES ARRESTS.

HERE'S AN EXCERPT WHICH OUGHT TO OUTRAGE YOU:

Eight of the 12 men arrested in Blue Door were between 42 and 54. Four were from out of state.

It is possible that Blue Door hosts prostitutes who are mostly middle-aged and have managed to avoid getting busted, but that seems statistically unlikely.

Equally unlikely is that a 54-year-old hustler from California or a 20-year-old one from Virginia would incur the time and expense of traveling to New York City to sell their bodies when they could do so in their home states.

Most implausible is the notion that a 37-year-old from Europe and his 44-year-old partner would obtain a US visa, travel to New York City, and check into the Astor on the Park Hotel so they could earn $20 each for having anal sex with a stranger in a Lower East Side porn shop.

What explains these scenarios is Pinter's arrest. He was approached by a younger man who was aggressive and charming in getting Pinter to agree to what he thought was consensual sex outside of the store. It was only as the two were leaving Blue Door that the undercover cop said to Pinter, "Oh, I want to pay you $50 to suck your dick."

Pinter said nothing in response and was arrested outside the store, as were all the men. It appears police targeted older men, who might be more likely to respond to a younger man. The cops could not know where these men lived until after they were busted; some of the arrests were of men from out of state.


Here’s a cry that ought to be heard at the meeting and around this great city: Why does NYC still have a vice squad in the 21st century?

-Bill Dobbs


Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009

Time: 7-9 p.m.

Place: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center 208 West 13th Street, between 7th Ave. and Greenwich Ave.

This town hall meeting will explore what many activists now consider a pattern of police entrapment and false arrests of gay men as a strategy to shutter Manhattan porn shops.

Elected Officials:

Tom Duane, New York State Senator, Opening Remarks.

Rosie Mendez, NYC Councilwoman.

Panelists:

Sienna Baskin, Equal Justice Works Legal Fellow, Urban Justice Center/Sex Workers Project.

Joey Nelson, Coordinator, Queer Justice League.

Duncan Osborn, Gay City News reporter who “broke” the story.

Robert Pinter, community activist and organizer of the newly formed "Coalition to Stop the Arrests".

Jennifer Ramírez, Local Organizer, New York City Anti-Violence Project.

Andrea Ritchie, Project Director, Urban Justice Center/Sex Workers Project.

Moderator:

Jared Ringer, Coordinator of Hate Violence and Police Relations Programs, New York City Anti-Violence Project.

The Center’s and AVP’s MOVE (Mobilize, Organize, Visualize, Educate) for Social Change series provides the resources to actualize social change: through education, debate, civic engagement and innovation, we each have the power to envision and create lives and communities that center safety, peace and equity for all.

For more information, please contact: The Center 212-620-7310, AVP 212-714-1184,
Joey Nelson/Queer Justice League 973-464-0112 or Urban Justice Center 646-602-5695.