While Joe Lieberman is arguably not a wise VP pick for John McCain, choosing the Connecticut senator would have on effect on politics: Florida's Gov. Charlie Crist could get un-engaged.
That's the theory Chuck Todd floated today, sort-of-but-not-entirely outing Crist — who's widely suspected to be gay — while discussing McCain's potential running mates and the idea there's a "glass ceiling" for the unmarried.
SCARBOROUGH: Did he get married? I thought he was engaged. Is he engaged or did he get married?
TODD: After Friday the engagement might be off if he’s not the running mate., right? … I don’t know!
EVERYONE ELSE: *awkward!*
Some gays are up in arms because Lance Bass won't have a male partner on this season's Dancing With The Stars. That's understandable. Bass is, after all, of the homo persuasion.
Though aware of the outrage, Dancing producers said same-sex partners simply aren't part of the show's purview.
Rumor has it that MSNBC newsman Chris Matthews will run for senate once his contract runs out.
Seizing on those rumors, Philadelphia Gay News publisher Mark Segal asked Matthews about his stance on gay marriage. After eschewing the question - what would Matthews do about the defense of marriage act - Matthews went into a valid tirade about freedom, which could come across as support.
Segal, however, wanted specifics. What he received were expletives:
After months of speculation and nearly catastrophic anticipation, ABC today announced its latest Dancing With The Stars line-up. And, yes, homosexual pop star Lance Bass will be among the jitter bugs, which includes Kim Kardashian, celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito, some Olympians and others.
Those of you who wanted Bass to have a same-sex dance partner will be sorely disappointed: he's cha-chaing with a lady named Lacey Schwimmer.
'People think Chace is gay, and thought I was gay, that we were humping. It’s not true, but hilarious. People project their fantasies onto people. I’ve never been someone who makes it my objective to go out and pick up chicks. But I’ve met some fantastic ladies here. You know those amazing conversations where you find yourself in a café talking until 2 a.m. and never see them again.' —Ed Westwick on his non-sexual roommate relationship [P6 Magazine, Earlier]
The nation's two leading gay print magazines, Out and The Advocate, were, until this month, owned by PlanetOut Partners. In a deal that's just closed, they are now the property of Regent Entertainment, the gay-focused entertainment company behind pay-channel Here! TV, which picked up the magazines for a song: $6 million, paid in a complex (read: we still don't understand it) advertising deal that didn't involve cash. That's because PlanetOut is basically a junk bond, carrying so much debt even Bill Gates' attempt to save it with a cash infusion didn't work. How come? Because somehow, even with all those ad dollars leaving television and fueling the Internet and niche markets like GLBT, the magazines are suffering. But also because it's generally accepted knowledge that the gays don't need a gay magazine anymore; Details and GQ are filling the void for fashion and lifestyle, while blogs like our own Queerty is where they're going for the news. Which explains why The Advocate, once the place for gay news, is admitting it's losing the battle to survive: CONTINUED »
Congratulations, CNN! Thanks to your contention that gay marriage isn't real marriage — even though California agreed it is — you've slung yourself into the same category as the right-wing American Family News Network.
This week we brought your attention to CNN's placement of "marries" in quotation marks in a headline about Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi getting married.
Know who also likes to put the gay version of marriage in quotes? OneNewsNow.com, the Christian-focused conservative site that the AFNN runs. CONTINUED »
Hallmark's reaching out to the homos with a new set of gay marriage greeting cards, the latest lavender shift for the legendary company:
Puerto Rican crooner Ricky Martin just got a new gig: daddy.
Martin's press team confirmed today that the 36-year old welcomed two twin boys this week. And, no, he didn't produce them the "old-fashioned way." Why? Well, perhaps because of his rumored homosexuality, which Martin's hairdresser inadvertently revealed last year.
Now that they've tied the knot, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have finally made it - to the cover of People. The tabloid will release some exclusive shots from the lady's wedding this Friday.
It's as if Lou Dobbs is writing the website's "news" headlines. [CD]
"I thought it was awesome. I was really excited when I heard about it, and the fact that they are openly out there… they look so happy together. It's great that people are able to marry each other whether you are gay or straight." —Tila Tequila, reality show star and the reason gays are allowed to marry in California, seen here with girlfriend and Yahoo heiress Courtney Semel [Us]
"Cracks" are beginning to show in Lindsay Lohan's lesbian veneer. Anonymous busy bodies tell OK! that the actress and her gal pal Sam Ronson have been bickering and Lohan's been getting close to the cock:
The time has come! Ellen DeGeneres and lady love Portia de Rossi will reportedly tie the knot this weekend:
Conventional wisdom says that blacks will turn out in droves in California — and in every other state — to support Barack Obama come November 4th. Conventional wisdom also says that blacks are a generally homophobic lot who will vote for the anti-gay marriage resolution that will be on the ballot in the Golden State. So we can conclude that on election day, blacks will greatly contribute to the end of gay marriage in California. Right?
Wrong, says Timothy Stewart-Winter in the LA Times. Sure, we all know that blacks will be voting in record numbers this election, he writes, but do we really know that blacks are more against gay marriage than anyone else?
Almost everyone’s heard the proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Hell, Senator Hillary Clinton loves that saying so much, she used it for a book’s title - and in stump speeches! Well, if that adage proves true, then one could say it takes a nation to birth a party platform. And it may be as painful.
As we speak, operatives and politicos on both sides of the aisle are hammering out their final philosophy, the document that will guide them to November and, they hope, to the White House.
Rather than keeping the drafting internal, both party’s are trying to reach out to voters, the Republicans with a website and the Democrats with community drafting committees. These structures, set up by Barack Obama and spread across the land, give ordinary citizens a bit more say in the matter. But, as with all civil negotiations, everyone wants a piece of the political pie.
Too bad no one ever said democracy’s fair - or, if they did, had never heard of the Rolling Stones.
The New York Times finds itself embroiled in some gay drama.
Longtime copy editor Charles Cretella has been suspended for two weeks after allegedly sexually harassing a newer hire. But Cretella claims he's getting the shaft - and now he's suing:
It looks like David Paterson’s going to top the Alliance Defense Fund!
A New York state judge indicated yesterday that she will rule in the Governor’s favor after the ADF, an anti-gay group based in Arizona, filed a suit saying he acted unjustly in ordering New York to recognize out-of-state gay marriages:
Are you a homosexual person living in New York City who would like to associate with other homosexual persons who probably have fancier business cards than you? Then join, ahem, "Patrick McMullan, Peter Davis, Michael Musto, Sam Bolton, Scott and Naem, Chuck Attix, Timo Weiland, Mark Warfel, Sparrow, Juliano De Rossi, Eric Spear, Will Wikle, and Alan Rish" for their event "Angels & ____," an event that could only be made more aggravating than including a period or other unnecessary punctuation. "This is the most omfg glam gay party of each and every month," says co-co-co-co-co-host Kristian Laliberte. "So if you don't come I can only surmise you are watching a repeat of Kim Kardashian's less than stellar performance co-hosting the red carpet at the teen choice awards last night."
Finally - some closure in South Carolina’s “So Gay” advert scandal.
Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, we all now have an inside view as to what went down after the State’s tourism officials first heard of the controversial ad, which had been designed and distributed in London:
Editorial Director
