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Fabulous. I love that they have the stars of some of the biggest, most viral videos in here.
“The winner will also walk away with an mp3 player that clips to your sleeve and a $500 stipend for your next creative endeavor…”
LOL…
“You may be as straight as an arrow, and you may have a friend that is as straight as an arrow. Say you had a great job with the government where you had this wonderful health plan. I mean, what would prohibit you from saying that you’re gay, and y’all get married and still live as separate, but you get all the benefits? I just see so much abuse in this it’s unreal.
“I believe a husband and a wife should be a man and a woman, the benefits should be for a man and a woman. There is no way that this is about equality. To me, it’s all about a free ride.” – Georgia GOP chairwoman Sue Everhart, speaking to the Marietta Journal. (Via Queerty)
Everhart goes on to say she COULD have a gay neighbor and be nice to them but “I’m against marriage because once you get the gay marriage you get everything else.”
THIS is how the GOP continues to embarrass itself. And this woman is the Georgia GOP Chairwoman.
SMH…
Over 2,000 people move backwards through Times Square as an improvisational experiment.
Back in the day, I’d have done this as a young actor. Gotta say though, this looks WAY hard.
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(via JMG)
Chris Kluwe continues to impress the hell out of me with his smarts, clarity and passion.
Chris Kluwe, punter for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL, is an ambassador for Athlete Ally, an organization working to end homophobia in sports. And he’s an all-around great guy.
After the above appearance with Anderson Cooper on CNN, he penned this special op-ed for CNN.com. Here’s just a bit of Chris Kluwe’s fabulosity:
Why do people care so much about someone else’s sexuality? Why do people give two s***s how someone else lives his life? Why do people have this absolutely idiotic notion that being gay has any sort of effect on how well a player can play football, or basketball, or baseball? Why the f*** do I even have to write this column for a major news organization to talk about something that shouldn’t even remotely be a factor in sports? Well, the reason is simple. I’m writing this because no gay player is currently out, and the first gay player who eventually does come out needs to know that — despite all the indoctrination from the league about not being a distraction — if he’s the one to take the first step, he will have allies. He will have support. He will have those of us who realize that people’s sexuality doesn’t define who they are, just as their jobs don’t define who they are, and that guys who bring our wives and children to games and team events are no different than those who would bring their husbands and children. Most importantly, I’m writing this so that coaches, managers, players, owners and fans realize that the first gay player who comes out won’t spontaneously cause rainbows to erupt out of everyone’s rear.
Make sure you read the entire essay. And follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisWarcraft
Chris Kluwe – you rock. Period.
And – thank you.
So, my husband Michael is at The White Party in Palm Springs this weekend working with Chippendales lead singer (and this year’s The Amazing Race silver medalist) Jaymes Vaughan, who is this year’s Ambassador of the White Party.
As always, there are a ton of parties and very sexy men.
BUT – Michael just sent me these pics capturing the “highlight” of his weekend – his word.
The still fabulous – she just doesn’t age, does she? – Madame is “Dame of the White Party 2013” and Michael was beside himself to meet her.
She looks amazing, doesn’t she? Click on the pics for larger view.
True Blood Season 6 premieres June 16th at 9PM on HBO.
During an appearance on Meet The Press, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake said that he felt it was inevitable that there would one day be a GOP presidential candidate, and that he or she would receive wide support:
CHUCK TODD (HOST): Let me ask you on gay marriage. Could you support a Republican presidential candidate some day who supported same-sex marriage?
FLAKE: Oh, I think that’s inevitable. There will be one and he will receive bipartisan support — or she will. So I think that yes, the answer is yes.
TODD: And where are you on this issue, you say it’s inevitable. Are you — Lisa Murkowski, a Republican colleague of yours called it evolving on the issue. Are you evolving to use her words on this issue?
FLAKE: I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman I still hold to the traditional definition of marriage.
TODD: Is there something that you — are you thinking about it? Can you imagine changing your position before you left the U.S. Senate?
FLAKE: I can’t. I tell you, in the past I’ve supported repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. I’ve supported the [The Employment] Nondiscrimination Act as well, but I hold to the traditional definition of marriage.
Although support for marriage equality has risen at an amazing rate across all demographics, I think it will be a while before the GOP actually chooses a presidential candidate who supports same-sex marriage.
I appreciate Sen. Flake’s support on ENDA and the repeal of DADT, but he clearly could use a little more “evolution” on the topic of marriage equality.
(source)
Even with scenes featuring a shirtless Jeremy Jordan, there’s not good news coming from SMASH show runner Josh Safran: “We’re all aware the show is not successful,” according to TVLine.
He also reveals that the upcoming season finale, episode 17, “was constructed as a series finale.”
The series, recently moved to Saturday nights, is expected to be cancelled.
(via Gay.net)
Ending a 30 year absence, celebrated actress Cecily Tyson, three-time Emmy® Award winner for “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and “Oldest Confederate Widow Tells All” and Academy Award® nominee for Sounder, makes her triumphant return to Broadway in this eagerly anticipated new production, directed by Michael Wilson (Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Dividing the Estate).
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL follows Carrie Watts (Tyson), an active, highly motivated widow living in a cramped apartment in Houston in the Spring of 1953 with her son (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and daughter-in-law (Vanessa Williams) . Carrie escapes her relatives’ watchful eyes to realize her dearest dream: to return to her beloved hometown, Bountiful. What starts as an ordinary trip soon becomes an inspiring and life-changing journey of discovery.
With powerful themes regarding memory, mortality and the undeniable, universal yearning for home, you won’t want to miss this powerful show The Cleveland Plain Dealer calls, “A gorgeous, great play. American theater at its most engaging.”