PETE BURNS ON PLASTIC SURGERY

THIS IS HILARIOUS!

STUDIO 54 MINI-DOC

AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF DISCO:

THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY!

So I'm on Amtrak today and this gorgeous guy looks back at me. Before you know it, he's moved to the seat opposite me and that rascal is still looking. I'm thinking: "Girl, you still got it!" A few words were exchanged and he put it in me right there! Unfortunately "it" was the plug to his phone which needed my USB port to charge since he's lost the power cord. Um, but he could have asked anyone!

JULIETTE LEWIS IS BRILLIANT!

FOR GIRLS WHO DREAM OF LENGTH...

(AND NOT NECESSARILY GIRTH!)

DEBBIE REYNOLDS ON EDDIE FISHER

HOW ADORABLE IS DEBBIE REYNOLDS! HER EX, EDDIE FISCHER, JUST PASSED AWAY--THE ONE LIZ TAYLOR STOLE FROM HER! This interview at the Castro Theater with Carol Lynley and Marc Huestis is a treat!

SOUTH AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, TOO!

I CAN SEE THE LIGHT THROUGH MY CHANEL SHADES!

FROM JOEMYGOD:

MISS GAY CARIBBEAN PAGEANT

WEST VIRGINIA GURLS

CHECK OUT MY VIDEO! It's bound to go viral cuz the whole cast has at least one virus! Directed by Steve Willis, it features cameos by Lavinia Co-op, Shealita Babay and Sugga Pie KoKo.

DOESN'T THIS SOUND LIKE ROBIN WILLIAMS?

PITIFUL!

THE RETARDED LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS AWARD A SENATOR WHO VOTED AGAINST REPEALING DADT AND GAY MARRIAGE. PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT GAY REPUBLICANS MAKE AS MUCH SENSE AS VEGETARIAN BUTCHERS ANS BLACK KKK MEMBERS.

Antirepeal Senator Gets Log Cabin Award by Advocate.com Editors

One day after voting against debating the defense bill containing language that would have repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell,” Sen. John Cornyn (pictured, left) will receive the Barry Goldwater Award at Wednesday night’s national Log Cabin Republicans dinner Washington, D.C., according to the Dallas Voice.

MORE: ADVOCATE

HEE HEE!

NO, HE DOES NOT HAVE HIS NAILS DONE!

OBAMA IS A PUSSY

I like the point that Olbermann made last night: if Obama has promised to repeal DADT, why wasn't he out canvassing for this vote? Fucking singer Lady Gaga was! So where was his ass if this issue means so much to him? Why wasn't he assembling the votes necessary? Just like he didn't go to bat for more meaningful health care reform.

And I liked Gaga's librarian chic!

GOOD NEWS!

STARTING TOMORROW, PART OF THE HEALTH CARE REFORM KICKS IN. IT'S FANTASTIC! INSURERS CAN NO LONGER STOP YOUR INSURANCE IF YOUR CARE BECOMES TOO EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SERIOUS ILLNESS.

Here's what Green960's Thom Hartman has to say about it. He's right that democrats aren't good at tooting their own horn about how... great this is. For chrissakes, medical expenses are the main cause of bankruptcy in this country. This is a major development, but most people don't even know about it. Am I thrilled with the the health care reform? No, it didn't go far enough. He mentions the incompetence of Tim Kaine, the DNC chairman, in letting people know about this. I've never even heard the name Tim Kaine--have you? The boobish RNC chairman is on the news every night. What does that say?

THOM HARTMAN ON CHANGIES BEGINNING THURSDAY:



Insurers will no longer be able to cap the amount of care they will provide or deny coverage to sick children. Children will be able to stay on their parent's insurance until age 26 and we will have some more rights in appealing insurer's decisions. In response, the major health insurance companies in California and many other states have decided to stop selling policies for children rather than comply with a new federal healthcare law that bars them from rejecting children with preexisting medical conditions. Meanwhile, an Associated Press poll has discovered that the nation still doesn't really know what's in the health care law, yet believe that health care reform will cause their taxes to rise. The fact that most Americans don't have a clue about the benefits to them with Obamacare, much less even realize that many of those benefits kick in next week, is a sad commentary on the messaging incompetence of Tim Kaine's DNC and Barack Obama'a White House. There are even some blue dog Democrats campaigning on their vote against Obamacare. The White House and the Democratic party have a great story to tell of many legislative accomplishments, and if they don't start telling it, loudly and effectively, they can expect even worse electoral losses in November.

NEW TRANNY PARTY

Girl It's a Scandal !!!!!!!! Exclusively for TV TS CDs and The Men Who CRAVE Us!!!!



This little gem of a party attracts Trannies & Trade who are interested in skipping the online BS and actually meet face to face in an amazing adult playspace. The ratio for men to ladies is always more men so I am being diligent about closing the gap AND having a Kiki (not to be mistaken w/ Kaikai) with some old and new friends. REMEMBER ......What happens in EDEN UNDERGROUND, Stays in EDEN UNDERGROUND!!!


The Party is in a private residential building in Park Slope

BYOB as well as Clothing Optional. I do not sell liquor BUT am always good to keep the whistles wet of my sisters with some delicious, rot gut libations!!! Stop by to meet a hottie or just enjoy the shenanigans!!!

EDEN UNDERGROUND
Always the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month !!!
October 8 & 22 !!!
11pm til 4am!!!!
we never print the very private address BUT phone 718 670 3306 for details AND address
Use the Code Words DRAG PUSSY for free Admission!!!

BUNION IN FRONTIERS LA

MY DEAR FRIEND COREY SPEARS I'VIEWED ME FOR FRONTIERS MAG IN CONJUNCTION WITH MY APPEARANCE AT SASSY IN LA ON 10/11.



AN EXCERPT:

Sherry Vine commented on people text messaging during shows. Do you have any horror stories of people in the audience doing something rude or 'off'?

For a month or so, gays were coming up to me and holding up three fingers. I finally realized that they wanted to hear Britney's nursery rhyme of a hit, "3." A lot of people type their requests on their cell phones and then hold them up in my face. This makes me ballistic. I'm not unapproachable, so don't you dare think that I'm going to play your song just because you shove it in my face like I'm some robot there to do your bidding. At least a jukebox gets paid! That's something a troll with the social skills of a retard who'd grown up with their head buried in a beeping and clicking box would think to do. Oh wait, this whole generation has grown up playing video games! Kids, have some self respect! Did Jackie Beat, Chi Chi LaRue, Kay Sedia, Momma, Jimmy James or I need video games to become obese? No! We did it on our own, with no technological excuses.

Seriously, I'm not up on all the gadgets, and I do think that being reachable by text, email and voicemail at all times creates ADD. And I will never understand someone wanting to watch a feature-length film on an iPhone. Talk about narrowing your world!

MORE: FRONTIERS

MAN FINDS USED TAMPON IN CEREAL!

MACON.COM

HILARIOUS EGYPTIAN ADS

"I FEEL GOOD!"

AUTUMN IN PARIS!

FROM SUNDAY'S W:

LOVE IS IN THE AIR: Word has it Courtney Love will be in Paris to perform at the party due to be co-hosted by Printemps and V Magazine during fashion week. The Oct. 5 event, to publicize the store’s “Printemps Loves New York” campaign, will also feature a DJ set by Lady Bunny and other “special performances.”

SUCH A GREAT VOICE!

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DIGITAL DOS AND DON'TS

GAYS AND GAY-FRIENDLIES GIVE THEIR ONLINE DATING TIPS.



READ: POPULARPUBLICITY

THIS IS AN ANTI-PORN STATEMENT?

FRANCOIS SAGAT BY ELVIS DI FAZIO from elvisdifazio on Vimeo.

THE SNAKE BITE

COMPLETELY BIZARRE!

MISS ANTI-MASTURBATION WAS A WITCH?

BEST BELLBOTTOMS EVER!

HONG KONG'S 1ST DRAG RECORDING ARTIST!

POPE VISITS ST. MARYS IN THE UK

AND IS GREETED BY A DIFFERENT SORT OF MARYS! HA HA!



"Much to the amusement of the gathered press, his procession took him past Gaydar's flock of winged muscle boys and not the eagerly waiting nuns at the other end of the street!"

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EARLIER IN THE POPE'S VISIT TO UK:

FROM THE BBC:

Row after Pope's remarks on atheism and Nazis

Pope Benedict XVI making speech at Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh Pope Benedict XVI made his speech at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh


A speech in which the Pope appeared to associate atheism with the Nazis has prompted criticism from humanist organisations.

I couldn't agree with the British Humanist Association's analysis of this old fool's remarks more: Except that they forgot to mention the church's widespread, international cover-up of child rape by it's own spiritual misleaders.

"The notion that it is non-religious people in the UK today who want to
force their views on others, coming from a ...man whose organisation exerts
itself internationally to impose its narrow and exclusive form of
morality and undermine the human rights of women, children, gay people
and many others, is surreal."

To me, it's surreal that ANYONE would heed this turd desperately trying to protect it's ancient, corrupt house of cards from tumbling in the face of common sense. Do you see atheists, of which I am proudly one, running around trying to convert people to their way of thinking? I don't get handed any pamphlets from them, just church folks. There is a big difference in the promoting of atheism and the necessary separation of church and state--because it's impossible to legislate based on a system of fairy tales. I happen to worship big wigs and donkey dicks. Christians follow the bible and muslims follow the koran. So how can you decide which belief system to legislate from? Freedom of religion is what this country was founded on--pilgrims wanting to practice their religion freely. I happen to want to believe in no higher power so how can you force me to follow laws fashioned after the beliefs of one religion of which there are so many. And never forget, the bible is a contradictory book of fairy tales written by dozens of authors. And the most common version westerners use was written by King James--a fag!

MORE OF THE BBC REPORT: BBC

BUN INTERVIEWED ON GAY.COM

READ: GAY.COM

ALEXYSS TYLER IS ON THE RAMPAGE. I'm not sure what it actually means but I never remember her accent like this or the cigar. Why doesn't shet have a reality show? I'd rather see this than any "real" housewife.

THE CHICKEN LADY!

SPINNING AT ROCKIT!

UNWIND AFTER FASHION WEEK!

GRACE JONES SIGHTING

DLISTED.COM

SO GLAD FRAN DRESCHER IS WORKING AGAIN!

I LOVE THIS WOMAN! On gays, "If god hated them, they wouldn't be here. Alive and well for centuries. God loves everybody. It's people who hate. Not god." On heartburn: "Is there any more cheese?"

CREATURE AND TEACHER IS A BRILLIANT RHYME!

MRS. MOUTH CALLS THE RUSSIAN TEA ROOM

NICE SONG AND COOL VIDEO

SCARE!

CORI STEVENS AS DIONNE WARWICK

I LOVE THIS INSANE HIGHLIGHTING. NOT TO MENTION THE BLACKING OF THE NOSTRILS!

AU NATUREL

IS THIS A GAY SOY SAUCE AD?

GO, CHRISTINE O'DONNELL

Delaware has just elected a tea party candidate in the republican senatorial primary. On religious grounds, she frowns on masturbation. But she had no problem living off of her campaign contributions, which is illegal. It's looking a little better for dems!

KICKY BURQA LINE!

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TODAY'S WORD IS FLUCTUATIONS

I was at my bank today; there was a short line.

There was just one lady in front of me, an Asian lady who was trying to exchange yen for dollars.

It was obvious she was a little irritated . . . She asked the teller, "Why it change? Yesterday, I get two hunat dolla fo yen. Today I only get hunat eighty? Why it change?"

The teller shrugged his shoulders and said, "Fluctuations."

The Asian lady says, "Fluc you white people too"

ALERT: MEXIGAYS: THE NEW HOMO HYBRID

THIS IS HAS TO BE A JOKE SITE PRETENDING TO BE A CHRISTIAN SITE--BUT IT'S SO INSANE THAT IT'S A LAUGH RIOT!

HERE'S A HILARIOUS EXCERPT WARNING ABOUT MEXIGAYS!



The Mexigay was created by gays using their gay welfare money to setup “Americanization” classes that teach the new border hoppers the “American Culture.” These classes include lessons on unprotected orgy parties, sinful man to man anal docking, mouth sex acts, female to female fish cave worshiping, how to trick children into bed and other sinful homosexual acts. If a illegal fails the class, the gays will tied them up rape them and then dump them off at the nearest INS station for deportation.

Mexigays after graduation

The gays then answer the “jobs” ads in craigslist and will setup one of their new soldiers to come and clean your house, babysit your kids, scrub your toilet and any other job they can steal from the American people. Once they get one of their Mexigays into your house, they will give them a mission to scout out your house for any small children. If children are found, the Mexigay is to give a full status report on the child’s sex, hair color, age, height, weight, skin tone and will test to see how loud they can scream. They last item is the most important. Gays don’t want children who can scream loud, as that could blow their cover when they are trying to rape your child.

The Mexigay will then brainwash your child by telling them stories about homosexuality in some Latin native tongue, so there is no way for you to understand them. Children can pick up new languages very fast and this plays right into the Mexigays hand. The Mexigay will also start dressing your child in clothes that you would see men wearing on the Bravo channel.

Once the Mexigay has turned your son or daughter into a flaming tadpole torpedo addict or into a milk sack loving disciple, they will report back, get paid and then give their reporting office a copy of the keys to your house and the code to your alarm system. This now leaves your home open for homosexual rape attacks.

MORE: CHRISTWIRE

START WATCHING AT 2:30--CRAZY!

INTERESTING GAGA ANALYSIS

LADY GAGA AND THE DEATH OF SEX BY CAMILLE PAGLIA



AN EXCERPT:

Gaga has borrowed so heavily from Madonna (as in her latest video-Alejandro) that it must be asked, at what point does homage become theft? However, the main point is that the young Madonna was on fire. She was indeed the imperious Marlene Dietrich’s true heir. For Gaga, sex is mainly decor and surface; she’s like a laminated piece of ersatz rococo furniture. Alarmingly, Generation Gaga can’t tell the difference. Is it the death of sex? Perhaps the symbolic status that sex had for a century has gone kaput; that blazing trajectory is over…

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NY STATE ELECTIONS TOMORROW!

I have been so crazed with work that I haven't turned on the news. Didn't even know that there were NY State elections. Here is a run-down of candidates recommended by the Empire State Pride Agenda. In NYC, we forget that we live in a liberal bubble and that it's very different in the rest of this sometimes conservativ...e state. So if you are gay and wanna get married or, this could be very important for you.

Every vote will count!
Tomorrow’s Primary Election could impact LGBT equality and justice in New York
State for years to come. Can you really afford to sit this one out?

The Empire State Pride Agenda has endorsed 20 pro-LGBT champions for tomorrow’s primary.



Vote Sen. Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General tomorrow.

Find out if we’ve endorsed a Senate or Assembly candidate in your district. Check our Primary Election Guide >

Sen. Eric Schneiderman has been a tireless advocate for the rights of LGBT New Yorkers and our families. As a State Senator, he has always gone above and beyond for equality:
advocating for us in his district, marshalling pro-LGBT votes from his
colleagues, leading floor debates on marriage equality, and taking the
initiative to sponsor pro-LGBT legislation. As attorney general , he
will never back down in the pursuit of justice. We encourage you to vote
for him and our other endorsements in tomorrow’s primary election.
We need all LGBT New Yorkers and our supporters tomorrow.

Check out our Primary Election Guide, listed below, and share with everyone you know in the state who cares about equality and justice. If you're not sure, you can find out your district at our action center, or find out for a friend.

Don’t forget to go out and vote tomorrow, September 14 in the Primary
Election for the candidates who will go to Albany and fight for the LGBT
community and our issues!


HERE IS EMPIRE STATE PRIDE AGENDA'S LIST OF CANDIDATES IN EVERY NY STATE REGION WHO ARE STRONG ON GLBT ISSUES. (In truth, I have no clue what these candidates stance on other issues are so check that out.)

PRIDEAGENDA

TUESDAY WELD IN 127 CASHMERE SWEATERS

I THINK THIS SCENE BECAME THE BASIS OF AN URSULA 2000 SONG CALLED KINDA KINKY.

NINA AND LENE: DON'T BLAME THE CRODILE

BUNION TERRORIZES TIMES SQUARE TOURISTS!

AND A SUBWAY CAR FULL OF NEW YORKERS AS PART OF MY WEBISODE FOR QUEENS OF DRAG: NYC!



WATCH: GAY.COM

THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

(THIS IS FROM THE NEW ODYSSEY MAGAZINE.)

I may be a little older than most of Odyssey's readers. In fact, there's no "may be" about it--I am. So unless senility has completely clouded my judgement, the fact that I've been around the block since before the block was even built might enable me to pick up on a trend that’s new and different. If you're just entering the work force, you might just think that this is the way things have always been.

Of course, everyone knows about the recession. Now economists are theorizing whether or not we're headed towards a "double-dip" recession. Leave it to the media to sugarcoat tough times with a tasty-sounding ice cream scoop metaphor. But to me, it seems like we never even finished dipping that first dip. And we’re going back for more?

Remember the American Dream? If you worked hard enough and applied yourself with the grit and ingenuity of the pioneers, you could really make something of yourself. Put yourself or your kids through college. And then reap the benefits of your hard work by retiring to a life of leisure at 65.

When did this dream turn into a nightmare? Now old folks can't afford to retire. People are lucky if they only work one job since many are hustling without sleep to hang onto their homes or cars. Many hang onto jobs just to maintain their crappy insurance coverage, since medical costs are the number one cause of bankruptcy. And the notion of a promotion just for doing our jobs well? Ancient history. Now our attitudes towards our bosses have to be "I hope I've completed my job to your satisfaction--how else may I lick your ass just to keep this shit job that was only ever meant to be my waiter's job until I found a position within my chosen career field?”

This is a fundamental change in how we perceive our futures. Are things going to get worse? And how long until we’re back in the black? With Republican senatorial candidates wanting to abolish social security, will that safety net even be there to catch us if we do everything we do everything we’re supposed to? Sheesh! Where do I sign up for a life of crime?

I dj’ed at Fashion's Night Out last week. Since many labels can no longer afford to stage full-scale runway shows, designers throw in-store parties to display their wares. I don't know how much merch was sold, but revelers certainly stepped out en masse to enjoy free cocktails from oodles of shops. When your rent is at stake, the first expense you cut are luxury items. These days, who can afford to buy a $1,500 belt which’ll go out of style after one season? Careful--if you do splurge on it, you might end up with the fiercest belt in the homeless shelter!

I wonder if one reason why Sex and The City 2 flopped is that people can no longer relate to four gals who parade around in designer duds? For most of us, Manolos and anything else in that price range are a thing of the past. But while we may not even be able to afford to swig cosmopolitans nowadays, at least NYC clubs have partially given up on that retarded bottle service, which “allows” you to buy booze which would cost $50 in a store for $500. I’ve even noticed a few drink specials which are complete throwbacks to the 80’s. The Cock and Splash have both recently charged $10 for all-you-can-drink beer.

So take heart, at least it’s getting cheaper to drown your sorrows! Rubbing alcohol is still only $.79 at the drug store. And Shequida still gives toothless blow jobs for $5. ($10 for unsafe.) Oh, and bed bugs are still completely complimentary and you can pick them up almost anywhere!

ANN COULTER'S VIDEO PERSONALS

(STARRING NORA BURNS OF THE NELLIE OLESONS/UNITARD)

AMAZING VOGUE BATTLE

I'm sorry, but I'd rather watch this than any ballet on earth. This is choreographed ON THE SPOT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT SONG WILL BE PLAYING!

LENA SAVARONI, LULU AND AN EMU!

Lena was a child singing sensation best known for Take The Ribbon From My Hair. And of course Lulu had a smash with To Sir, With Love along with many other lesser known, very soulful hits which mainly stayed in the UK. I do not remember Rod Hull, who manned the emu puppet. I do remember there being some issue with Fujiyama Mama's lyrics. It was a redneck rockabilly song where Wanda claims she could cause"destruction/just like the atom bomb"--which the US had just used on Japan!

STARRING FLOTILLA DEBARGE!

HOW OFTEN DO YOU HEAR THAT PHRASE? NOT OFTEN ENOUGH, BUT THEATER TWEED HAS CAST THE HEIFER IN RAISINETS IN THE SUNSHINE, A FRACTURED CLASSICK VERSION OF THE INCREDIBLE SIDNEY POITIER DRAMA. (FLO PLAYS HIS MOM.) THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT THEATRE 80 ST MARKS, PRESENTED BY THE HOWL FESTIVAL.

THE MUPPETS WITH NUREYEV

BUSY DRAG QUEEN

I'M STAYING SINGLE!

A GLIMPSE INTO MY FUTURE

HURRICANE DINA APPROACHING! 4 DAYS ONLY!

FROM DINA--ONE OF M FAVORITE PERFORMERS WHOSE ACT I JUST CAUGHT IN P'TOWN!


.........CALLING ALL PEEPS!............CALLING ALL PEEPS!..............


THIS MESSAGE IS TO ALERT YOU OF MISS DINA MARTINA’S IMPENDING PRESENCE (AND SUBSEQUENT AFTERMATH) IN NEW YORK CITY


WHAT: DINA MARTINA - SITTING OVATIONS


WHEN: September 23, 24, 25 at 8pm

& September 26 at 9:30pm


WHERE: THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER

(Inside the West Bank Cafe, 407 West 42nd Street btwn 9th & 10th)


HOW: By getting tickets NOW!

https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/725015

They’re sellin’ like hotcakes, but they’re actually tickets!


Ahoy!

DINA SLAYING IN P'TOWN:

TELL OBAMA TO STOP THE NEXT DRILLING DISASTER

Obama is allowing an oil company to bypass offshore drilling regulations because they've built an island as their base--so technically, they are drilling underneath "land". But they will drill down and then outwards 8 miles into the sea so it is, in fact off-shore drilling. Ask Obama to regain a little of the honor he ...seemed to have as a candidate. Hold his feet to the fire NOW and sign this petition. Or you can just wait until another Gulf-type spill, the worst in history, happens and boohoo about the oil-drenched marine life. The choice is yours. Obama obviously didn't think the Gulf disaster was that big a deal since he's allowing them to set up another unregulated catastrophe in Alaska.



FROM CREDO ACTION:

Thursday's oil explosion off the coast of Louisiana underscores the terrible risks associated with offshore drilling. Now, with a mile-long oil sheen spreading, and millions of gallons from the Deepwater Horizon tragedy still polluting the Gulf, the Obama administration is setting the stage for yet another offshore oil catastrophe: this time in fragile Arctic waters important to Alaska Native communities and threatened polar bears.

At the end of July, a federal court in Alaska found that the Bush administration violated the law when it approved oil and gas leasing in Alaska's Chukchi Sea without sufficient information and analysis about risks to the Arctic environment. A different court found similar flaws with Arctic drilling plans in 2009.

Yet, President Obama's administration has so far failed to revisit protections for the Chukchi--arctic waters off Alaska's coast that are home to some of America's remaining polar bears and key to the survival of Inupiat Eskimo communities.

The Obama administration has asked the court in Alaska to allow activities that would pave the way for drilling to proceed, potentially jeopardizing an area key to the survival of not only polar bears, but also bowhead whales, Pacific walrus and other wildlife.

The Gulf oil disaster clearly demonstrates the terrible risks of offshore drilling:

* Sea birds coated in oil and unable to fly;
* Seas turtles poisoned by toxic waters; and
* Wildlife habitat fouled by oil.

And it could be much worse in the Chukchi.

The courts and scientists have all said that more information is needed about the Arctic environment before we even consider drilling in its ice covered seas that are cloaked in darkness most of the year.

The recent court decision provides the perfect opportunity for the Obama administration to take that time and really make sure we can protect the environment - before we jeopardize this fragile place, its wildlife and the people who count on it for the survival of their communities.

To avoid another catastrophic offshore drilling disaster like the one now threatening the communities and wildlife of the Gulf of Mexico - and another Exxon-Valdez-like oil spill - we need a responsible approach to protecting the Chukchi.

Sign this petition to tell President Obama to pull the illegal leases sold in the Chukchi Sea and halt seismic testing in the Arctic this summer.



SIGN

WHITE COLUMNS: TONIGHT!

TONIGHT: WHITE COLUMNS ACT-UP RETROSPECTIVE

LOCATION: 320 West 13th Street(Enter on Horatio Street, between Hudson and 8th Avenue)New York, NY 10014212 924 4212



YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THIS, BUT LONG AGO THERE WAS A TIME WHEN GAY PEOPLE IN NYC ACTUALLY CARED ABOUT EACH OTHER. NOT JUST TO F#CK, ALTHOUGH I'M SURE PLENTY OF HOOK-UPS RESULTED FROM ACT-UP MEETINGS. THANKLESSLY ENJOYING THE BENEFITS REAPED BY THESE SPIRITED PIONEERS, MANY YOUNG GAYS DON'T SEEM TO CARE MUCH ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT LADY GAGA'S NEW OUTFIT, MUCH LESS FIGHTING TO ADVANCE THEIR RIGHTS, WHICH THEY OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED. THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO TO LEARN YOUR HISTORY AND SALUTE SOME HEROES FROM THE PAST. CHECK OUT THIS EXHIBIT, OPENING TONIGHT, WHICH OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF A VERY DIFFERENT PERIOD BETWEEN 1987-1993 WHEN ACTIVISM WAS IN.


ACTIVISM IS CONTAGIOUS, AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE MOVED BY THE TALES OF ACT-UP MEMBERS:

-CHAINING THEMSELVES TO THE BALCONY OF THE STOCK MARKET, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY LOWERED THE ASTRONOMICAL COST OF AZT

-SHUT DOWN THE FDA WITH A PROTEST WHICH WAS CALLED THE LARGEST SINCE THE VIETNAM WAR

-CALLING OUT PHONY MEDICAL EXPERTS MISLEADING THE PUBLIC ABOUT AIDS

-ASSEMBLED 4,500 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL TO SLAM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S STAND ON AIDS EDUCATION AND CONDOM DISTRIBUTION

-BROKE INTO THE CBS EVENING NEWS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM SHOUTING "AIDS IS NEWS. FIGHT AIDS, NOT WAR." (WHICH IS EVEN TRUER NOW, WHEN AIDS IN AFRICA HAS BECOME A TRENDY CAUSE FOR CELEBS BUT IS IGNORED HERE.)

NOW, ONLY A HANDFUL OF MEMBERS ATTEND MEETINGS IN NYC.

A SPEECH ON 9/20 BY THE INCREDIBLY FIERY LARRY KRAMER, ONE OF ACT-UPS FOUNDERS, WILL NO DOUBT BE A HIGHLIGHT, BUT THIS RETROSPECTIVE ALSO INCLUDES FILM, PHOTOGRAPHS AND A SERIES OF READINGS OF THE WORKS OF HIV+ AUTHORS.

MORE: WHITECOLUMNS


A GREAT ARTICLE ON THIS BY TIME OUT'S BETH GREENFIELD: TIMEOUTNEWYORK

QUEENS OF DRAG: NYC PREMIERE

THE NEW WEBISODE FOR GAY.COM/heretv KICKS OFF TODAY WITH A VIDEO PROFILE OF SHERRY VINE, A BELOVED NYC PERFORMER WHO HAS RECENTLY BECOME A YOUTUBE SENSATION WITH HER LADY GAGA PARODIES. HER I SHIT MY PANTS, SUNG TO THE TUNE OF BAD ROMANCE, GOT OVER 6 MILLION HITS BEFORE SONY YANKED IT DUE TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. I JUST KNOW THAT LADY GAGA WOULD HAVE APPROVED IT IF SHE'D BEEN CONSULTED!

WATCH SHERRY!

)MY WEBISODE PREMIERES NEXT WEDNESDAY.)

ENGLISH ARE SO POLITE!

I JUST LOVE THIS!

WHAT A WAY TO GO!

A GIANT BALE OF HAY CRUSHES FORMER ELO STAR TO DEATH.

MORE: MSNBC

BUN-BUN I'VIW W/ FULL FRONTAL FASHION

AN EXCERPT:



Drag, especially your kind of drag, is humorous. Do you think the world of fashion needs to laugh at itself a little more?

LB: Don’t crucify me, but fashion in a recession is already a joke! Who can afford a $1,000 handbag that will go out of style in one year? People are losing their homes! I’ve seen many designers making cheaper lines to reflect this.

Anyone who follows you on Facebook knows how political you are. Is it hard to protest in five-inch pumps?

LB: No! My shoes are not the only platforms I stand on! Look, fashion and drag are fun and frivolous. But the world is in such a mess that everyone with a head on their shoulders needs to pull together and face some of the huge array of issues facing us: global warming and other environmental disasters like the BP spill, interests of corporations over people, the rise of racism coming from the Republican camp, the death of our education system — need I go on? I watched an episode of Project Runway with a bunch of gays a few years ago. They were squealing, “I hate that challenge!” or authoritatively pronouncing, “They should have never paired those two and given them that model.” I wish that gays, who are treated as second-class citizens who can’t marry or serve in the military, had as much passion for their own rights as they have about some fictitious competition’s fashion wrongs. And yes, gays — when a crazy-looking drag queen like me has to tell you that you’re shallow and unbalanced, YOU ARE REALLY OFF!


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It's funny that while the tea party is going this far out, the more mainstream branch of the republican party is softening up their image by sending messages that they now approve of gay marriage. Let's hope that this causes a rift between the two branches which translates into votes for democrats.

FROM AMPLIFY YOUR VOICE:

The President of the Montana Big Sky Tea Party, Tim Ravndall, thinks it's funny to joke about murdering gays.

A Facebook exchange:

Dennis Scranton: "I think fruits are decorative. Hang up where they can be seen and appreciated. Call Wyoming for display instructions."

Tim Ravndal: "@Kieth, OOPS I forgot this aint(sic) America no more! @ Dennis, Where can I get that Wyoming printed instruction manual?"

(A reference to the torture and murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming in 1998). Randval has apologized. But the organization has not yet met demands to remove him from office.)

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WHAT'S UP WITH THAT BLOTCHY BEARD?

IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL INSANITY OF THIS. However, he does get more exercise in this clip than I got today!

VERY FUNNY!

BUN-BUN AT SAN FRAN'S CASTRO THEATER 10/9

WITH JACKIE BEAT, COCO PERU AND HEKLINA.

SEPARATED AT BIRTH?

THE MAJESTIC PLASTIC BAG

INDIAN WOMAN BREASTFEEDS CALF

PASTOR GAGA?

FROM ON TOP:

Gay icon Lady GaGa wants to become an ordained minister in California to officiate over the wedding ceremonies of her gay friends.

According to the UK tabloid Heat Magazine, the star has already taken an online course and would like to marry gay fans on stage.

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MARSHA WARFIELD AND SANDRA BERNHARD ROAST PRYOR

MIAMI BITCH

MY GLAM DRAG SISTER ELAINE LANCASTER HAS HER OWN DAY NOW, THANKS TO A PROCLAMATION FROM MIAMI BEACH MAYOR.

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NEW MARGARET CHO VIDEO

SHE'S GONNA BE ON DANCING WITH THE STARS! THAT MAY GET ME TO WATCH IT!

WHY GAY PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO GET MARRIED!

Another winner by Jackie Beat



Listen up gays! I know you want to get married, but I'm sorry, it just ain't gonna happen! Although I appreciate your predicament, let me explain something to you. The institution of marriage is sacred because the union between a man and a woman is a miraculous and amazing thing. Some things are so rare and beautiful that they must be placed on a pedestal and given unquestioned respect and reverance by society. Sex between a man and a woman is one of those things. I mean, have you ever heard of a heterosexual couple doing it in the back of a limo on prom night, crudely videotaping their lovemaking or inviting complete strangers to join them in the bedroom? No, of course not! Have you ever heard of a man forcing himself on a woman who has clearly said “no” or a female teacher having sex with one of her 14 year-old male students? Cases like these are simply unheard of. Why? Because, unlike you and your gay partner, God is present within each heterosexual relationship. And that is why you will never hear horror strories such as a man killing his pregnant wife on Christmas Eve and dumping her headless body and that of their unborn son into the San Francisco bay. It just doesn’t happen.



If you need further proof that “normal” straight marriage is sacred, all one has to do is look to the stars. No, not the heavenly stars above -- the trend-setting stars in Hollywood. Take for instance the female performer Jennifer Lopez. Her marriage to the male pop singer Marc Anthony is a glorious thing in God’s eyes. So was her first marriage to Ojani Noa. And her second to Cris Judd. And I’m sure God will smile upon her next marriage, too. And who could watch five minutes of “Britney & Kevin: Chaotic” or "John & Kate Plus Eight" or "The Bachelor" and not see the quiet dignity of marriage? And the vagina-sporting actress Renee Zellweger’s marriage to the penis-equipped country singer Kenny Chesney is also a golden example. So are Woody Allen and his one-time adopted daughter and now wife Soon-Yi. As are Anna Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall II, who was 60 years her senior. Want even more evidence? How about one of my all-time favorite married couples -- film director Peter Bogdanovich and Louise Hoogstratten -- who is not only 29 years younger than him, but had plastic surgery to look more like her sister, doomed Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten, with whom Bogdanovich had an affair before her enraged husband blew her brains out with a shot gun and sodomized her dead body. Add to this all the green card marriages, mail-order brides, reality show love connections, Mormon polygamists and women who marry serial killers on death row and the argument is settled once and for all. Can’t you just hear the birds singing while God nods with approval? So you see, this is why you as a defective homosexual cannot get married. It’s just not right. Not when you step back, take a good look at marriage and realize just how sacred it really is.

BODY PAINTING LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT!

THE NERVE!

GAYS WOULD UNDERMINE THE MILITARY, BUT HIGH-RANKING KIDDIE PORN FANS AMONGST TOP PENTAGON OFFICIALS AREN'T REALLY EVEN INVESTIGATED?

FROM YAHOO.COM:

Pentagon declined to investigate hundreds of purchases of child pornography

A 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation into the purchase of child pornography online turned up more than 250 civilian and military employees of the Defense Department -- including some with the highest available security clearance -- who used credit cards or PayPal to purchase images of children in sexual situations. But the Pentagon investigated only a handful of the cases, Defense Department records show.

The cases turned up during a 2006 ICE inquiry, called Project Flicker, which targeted overseas processing of child-porn payments. As part of the probe, ICE investigators gained access to the names and credit card information of more than 5,000 Americans who had subscribed to websites offering images of child pornography. Many of those individuals provided military email addresses or physical addresses with Army or fleet ZIP codes when they purchased the subscriptions.

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ANN-MARGRET IN A HILLBILLY/ITALIAN FLICK?

NUTTY BUT GOOOOOOOOORGEOUS!


Ann-Margret, Gassman - Il Profeta (The Prophet) - Dino Risi
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TIME BOMB

Another oil rig explodes in the Gulf. The headline on the cover includes "no major leaks reported by Coast Guard. But the owner of the rig claims that "a mile-long slick was visible on the water near the rig." But when "the Coast Guard reached the scene a short time later, there was no evidence of any leaks." Hmmm. Now I'm no expert, and sometimes I have trouble even keeping powder on the oil slick I use as foundation. But a mile-long slick is a spill. And the owner, who would be responsible reported the sheen but it vanished in a"short time later" when the Coast Guard showed up? Would this be the same Coast Guard that proved that the government is in BP and other oil companies' pocket by keeping reporters away from the BP spill?

USA is not exactly known for hard-hitting journalism and it seems like they tried to soft-pedal this. No matter how you slice it, IT WAS ANOTHER EXPLOSION ON AN OFF-SHORE OIL RIG. And douche bags like Obama and plenty of republicans and corrupt, senseless democrats like Mary Landrieu are desperate to end the moratorium on off-shore drilling in the Gulf. No risk is too great, even though we've just experienced the worst spill ever a few short months ago. And this rig wasn't even producing at the time.

I realize that the rigs provide much-needed employment for the devastated region. Hell, for the devastated country. But I also know that the total amount of oil in the US, offshore or on, yields 1% of what we use and is running out. Is it really worth risking the ecosystem for a few jobs and 1/100th of the oil we need? Shouldn't we be creating green energy jobs like India and China? The rest of the world is leaving us in the dust because our politicians are too hung up on contributions from oil companies and we're too dumb to care.

READ USA ARTICLE: USATODAY

AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH IN THE BEST HUMOR...

FROM THE ONION:

NEW YORK—At 4:32 p.m. Tuesday, every single resident of New York City decided to evacuate the famed metropolis, having realized it was nothing more than a massive, trash-ridden hellhole that slowly sucks the life out of every one of its inhabitants.




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A MUST SEE!

WORLD CHAMP COOTER SHOOTER!

DON'T YOU LOVE PORN?

AT LEAST HE DIDN'T DROP THE SOAP!

STINKY!

WHAT A DUNCE!

THIS IS THE WHORE FROM ARIZONA WHO IS A PUPPET OF PRIVATE PRISON LOBBIES. She has nothing to say except "Than you all for watching us tonight", then a long, awkward pause, and then congratulating herself on fighting the federal government.

SOUNDS LIKE THIS MACHINE IS MAKING VOWEL SOUNDS

ELBOW ROOM

RETOUCH NIGHTMARE FOR BLOOMINGDALES MODEL.



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BLONDIE AFTER PARTY

I thoroughly enjoyed myself at Debbie Harry's after-party at The Library at the swanky Hudson Hotel. Miss Guy was spinning some 60's girl group hits and Michael "Lily of the Valley" bopped to. I amused myself by shooshing Debbie no matter who she talked to explaining that I was trying to dance. I'm glad she understands... how wrong I am because I went on to complain loudly that while she was chatting with someone twice her age, that her son was monopolizing her. Then I starting djing and every time she approached the booth I screamed "No, I don't play Blondie!" or when she came to grab her purse, "Debbie! I don't want any drugs!" And then insisting that Sultana (pictured below) was "Blondie Harry". I didn't see the concert at the Nokia Theater but am told it was amazing.

IVY SUPERSONIC AND BUNION BY SUSAN ANTON



SEEN: Bob Gruen, Lee Black Childers, Suzanne Bartsch, Chip Duckett, the Mao Mag gang, Brian Mills, Ivy Supersonic, Cameron Nico, Lopeti.