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New gay hotel to open in Times Square: Out NYC

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New York City is set to welcome its first gay hotel.

The new complex on West 42nd Street, “Out NYC,” bills itself as a “place for gays and their friends and family to have a good time, to stay, play, eat, relax and revive,” according to owner Ian Reisner.

Reisner told 1010 WINS’ Al Jones that he prefers not to call the new place a gay hotel, but rather a straight-friendly hotel catering to the gay lifestyle.

“We’re built as a gay-oriented hotel, where straight friends and family can come in and enjoy themselves as well,” Reisner said.

Rooms at the mid-town Manhattan hotel will go for between $200-300 per night and come complete with nightclub, bar, cafe, restaurant and a 5,000 foot wellness center.

Reisner said the atmosphere at the “urban resort” will “feel almost like a cruise ship” for “everyone to enjoy and relax.”

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New Jersey: Support for marriage equality jumps again

According to a Quinnipiac University poll released today, support for full marriage equality in New Jersey continues to climb.

The poll showed backing for same-sex marriage in the Garden State climbed to a new high, 57 percent in favor compared to 37 percent opposed. The day after the state Senate passed a bill supporting gay marriage, a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released on Feb. 14 showed 54 percent of New Jerseyans favor gay marriage compared to 35 percent against.

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Jon Stewart on Romney and Santorum’s latest gaffes

I’ve spoken recently with several people about the “game” that politics truly is.

The second half of this nails that issue. Rick Santorum tells HIS audience that President Obama is a snob for wanting Americans to go to some higher education. He then “clarifies” that by saying vocational schools are just as good an option.

What he doesn’t say is that three years ago, that’s exactly what President Obama urged Americans to do: four year college, community college, vocational school… Anything that would give an American an extra leg up on finding the job they want. Because knowledge helps us do that.

Wow. What a snob.

By the way, you do know that Rick Santorum has 3 university degrees, right?

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The Candi & Randy Show: Justin Utley, OUTmusic Award winning singer/songwriter

Justin Utley – OUTmusic Award winning singer/songwriter – joins us on The Candi & Randy Show to talk about his new critically acclaimed CD “Nothing This Real.”

• SiriusXM OutQ Radio named him “Artist of the Year”

• Next Magazine called him “New York’s hottest up-and-coming musician.”

• Good Morning Maine: “Exceptional songwriting… Outstanding and groundbreaking music. This is what you’ve been looking for.”

Tune in to hear Justin tell his story, the story “behind the songs,” his approach to songwriting and his candid thoughts about life in the honest lane.  He also discusses his experience with the Mormon Church and “gay conversion therapy.”
This is a really great show, and we laugh a lot, in addition to enjoying his great music.

Justin Utley in concert
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George Clooney: “I don’t give a shit” if anyone thinks I’m gay

“I think it’s funny, but the last thing you’ll ever see me do is jump up and down, saying, “These are lies!” That would be unfair and unkind to my good friends in the gay community. I’m not going to let anyone make it seem like being gay is a bad thing. My private life is private, and I’m very happy in it. Who does it hurt if someone thinks I’m gay? I’ll be long dead and there will still be people who say I was gay. I don’t give a shit.” – George Clooney speaking to The Advocate

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Lesbian couple told to leave restaurant – “get a room…”

A lesbian couple in Phoenix were asked to leave the Sheraton Hotel’s District restaurant on Sunday after sharing a kiss during an anniversary dinner, ABC15 reports:

Kenyata White and Aeimee Diaz were celebrating their one-year anniversary Sunday at Sheraton’s District restaurant, inside the downtown hotel, when they were asked to leave. The couple says they shared a simple kiss and they didn’t think anything of it until the manager came up to them and told them to get a room.

The women said the manager told them other patrons had complained to him.

“By no means at all were we doing any inappropriate activity. It was a light kiss a kiss that you could give your friends on the lips. It wasn’t any make out at all and so we were very puzzled as to why we need to get a room,” White said.

After the manager saw how upset they were they say he apologized and offered them free drinks if they would leave and come back another time.

That’s it. “Please leave and make my life easier, and if you do I’ll buy you a free drink…”

I can’t count the number of times I’ve watch heterosexual couples kiss or hold hands in public while consciously aware that I risk being bashed or harassed for the same behavior.

And yes, I did it anyway…

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Support for marriage equality jumps in California

California registered voters now favor same-sex unions by 59 percent to 34 percent, a 25-point gap that is the largest margin of support for the issue in the three-plus decades the Field Poll has been asking the question.

The new Field survey shows support has leapt markedly in the three and a half years since California voters approved Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, 52.3 percent to 47.7 percent.

The poll showed increases in support virtually across the board – among voters under 64, non-white voters, Catholics, Republicans and nonpartisans.

Poll Director Mark DiCamillo said the move to a 25-point gap goes beyond the gradual increase in support that has been expected as young voters age and “replace” older voters in the electorate.

“This is now showing that opinions are changing irrespective of generational replacement,” DiCamillo said. “This is real change.”

“The winds of change are blowing in other states (and) when judges start ruling the same way, I believe that has an influence,” he said.
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Now THIS is how to sell air-freshener

The Renuzit brand of air fresheners is being expanded with the addition of a line named Renuzit Fresh Accents.

The campaign, scheduled to begin in earnest this week, avoids the approach common for the category of presenting homes transformed into gorgeous showplaces by a spritz or whiff of fragrance.

Rather, the campaign is centered on other gorgeous images: buff young men who are either shirtless or have opened their shirts to reveal chiseled midsections.

The gist is that Renuzit Fresh Accents is as gorgeous as the models because it is, the print, online and outdoor ads declare, “the first air freshener designed to look as great as it smells.”

My one question is: there’s air freshener in the ad?