Away! Away! Away!

Off to Charleston -- maybe for the last time ever -- pray we stay in the air!

PS Check out the ad that I saw on QueerCincinnati.com, weird, huh? Especially considering the Scientologists are threatening (we think) to out John Travolta, at least his personal secrets, if he leaves the0 church cult religion practice.

"The Sign"

Out of Fort Worth, thanks to Towleroad...

Discuss.

Bear Picnic

This is, I think, one of more unexpectedly humorous videos I've seen in a while if not but for the Home Depot comment. From New York Magazine, via Towleroad:

WEARING WHAT WEDNESDAY (Part Deux!): The Wolf Pack

Thanks to Towleroad...


Meet New Moon's Wolf Pack (follow up to Twilight). USA Today has the rundown on how they searched for the exquisite young gentleman.

Thought you might like a bit more this AM.

Iraqi Gays

From a BBC report:

Meanwhile, threatening letters are being posted around Sadr City threatening death to homosexuals, and the International Gay and Lesbian Humans Rights Commission is reporting on a story that Iraqi gays are having their anuses glued shut, and then given drugs to cause diarrhea. No outhole + extensive diarrhea = death.

And, as of right now, nothing is being said by the US government.

Apparently, this will be our legacy in Iraq.

Thanks to Towleroad

Edgewood Teacher in Gay Scandal!

...but not what you think it's about. From ABC:

An Edgewood high school teacher resigns after admitting to taking students to a Dayton gay bar where the teenagers got their hands on alcohol.

Lori Epperson submitted a letter of resignation Thursday. She also sent an email to her supervisor and the school principal in which she admits to taking four female students to a club called Masque.

Sources tell 9News that Epperson's 18-year-old daughter was among the teens.

School officials launched an investigation after learning about the incident. They describe it as "inappropriate" conduct for a teacher.

Story goes on to indicate that Epperson got permission from all the parents, but the girls got ahold of alcohol after they had walked away. Out of curiosity, I wonder why they decided to do this at all. Surely the teacher was aware of the PR fiasco this would cause, though I applaud the action in theory. (There was a teacher at MU who made his students go to a drag show to talk about gender performance... but that's an older crowd.)

...unfortunately for Masque, one of the girls was 17, which is a real problem, as the school district is considering pursuing legal action.

Oops.

Thanks to Montgomery for the heads up yesterday, and Towleroad for the reminder today.

Jersey Swap

Next up on classy posts...

I'm not sure what the point of this website is, but I like it (it's an Adidas advert, but I walked away wanting to buy a Ford car.)

Choose two NZ Rugby players and then see what happens.

Thanks to Towleroad.com.

"You Gotta Give Em Postage"

I reported on this a few weeks ago, but it has really taken off in the news!

Cincinnati native Daniel Drent, an Equality Cincinnati board member, started a group on Facebook to encourage the US Postal Service to issue a stamp in honor of Harvey Milk. You know, when I start stuff on Facebook, you're never quite sure where it's gonna go...

... I gotta give Dan credit on this one, it really took off. Check out stories on Towleroad (where the above pic comes from), and two pieces (story 1, story 2) from the SF Examiner. He had emailed me, said he was "excited that people are talking about it." 

Well done, Dan! So, join the Facebook group and email Dan (dpdrentec@aol.com) if you can help organize in your area!

Genre Magazine Ceases Publication

Gay monthly Genre is ceasing publication, citing the ongoing recession.

"We thank all of our readers, advertisers and editorial staff for their support throughout our more than 16-year history and hope that we can re-establish our relationship when times are better," company CEO David Unger said in a statement.

On another note, it's interesting when New York Magazine cites Towleroad as their source. It's starting to look rough out there for the print media, isn't it? The question I have, of course, is if we replace "real" media... what are we left with?

The democratization of information comes with a whole new mess of issues -- chief among them is reliability. 

ELECTION 2008: Oh, Johnny!!!!

Thanks to Towleroad.com for the heads up on this one...

Apparently, McCain will pick a pro-choice VP, but not a pro-gay one... or "pro... er, lots of other things." Seriously? I feel like we're going to look back, like we do with John Kerry and go, SERIOUSLY??? I think I'm more offended by his inability to speak than I am by what he's saying.

"I think it's a fundamental tenet of our party to be pro-life but that does not
mean we exclude people from our party that are pro-choice. We just have
a--albeit strong--but just it's a disagreement. And I think Ridge is a great
example of that. Far more so than Bloomberg, because Bloomberg is pro-gay
rights, pro, you know, a number of other issues."

(Quote from the Weekly Standard.)