« Congress Holds Hearings on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' | Main 07/23/2008 Sally Kern, the Oklahoma representative who is well known for her remarks that homosexuals are a worse threat to America than terrorists, was stopped by security at the state capitol on Wednesday when she tried to enter with a handgun. "Rep. Sally Kern, R-Okla. City, never made it past checkpoint, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokesman said. The lawmaker was asked to return to her vehicle and secure the weapon... Read Full Story

« London's G-A-Y Nightclub to Close | Main | Sally Kern Stopped from Entering Oklahoma Capitol with Gun » 07/23/2008 Reports are filtering out about today's hearings before the House Armed Services subcommittee on Military Personnel on the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Three former servicemembers testified for the Democrats — Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, retired naval intelligence officer Capt. Joan Darrah, and retired Army Maj. Gen. Vance Coleman. Coleman... Read Full Story

The Times Online writes: "Jeremy Joseph, the club's pixie-like promoter, says it will reopen somewhere else, but it won't be the same - for good and ill, for its fans and detractors, G-A-Y at the Astoria is a gay cultural landmark, and even though it smells of chips and the Astoria has seen better days, the club has a resounding pre-eminence. While Joseph's G-A-Y has been going since 1993, the night began life as Bang! way back in 1976. It's a gay grand-daddy in a tight T-shirt... Read Full Story

Last Friday I posted about a teen in Anderson, South Carolina, now identified as Dwight Clark Ables, who had allegedly returned home from a gay pride festival to be attacked with a baseball bat by... MORE...Just click the headline... Read Full Story

DENNIS KUCINICH: Thanks to you, impeachment will be heard Friday. GAVIN NEWSOM: Talking Points Memo interviewed San Francisco's mayor at Netroots Nation. DESPERATE: John McCain says "it seems to me... MORE...Just click the headline... Read Full Story

Barney's New York creative director Simon Doonan and designer Jonathan Adler will be tying the knot in California in mid-September according to New York magazine's The Cut. Said Doonan: "I always... MORE...Just click the headline... Read Full Story

Yuengling Beer distributor's driver fired following anti-gay assault on Brad Walsh, photographer boyfriend of fashion designer Christian Siriano. Vanity Fair takes jab at New Yorker cover. OK: Justin... MORE...Just click the headline... Read Full Story

I'll be a guest on Michelangelo Signorile's Sirius radio show this afternoon, starting at around 3:30. We'll be talking about gay issues, blogging, Harvey Milk and more...tune in and have a listen! MORE...Just click the headline... Read Full Story

George Michael talks about losing his partner to AIDS, the death of his mother, getting caught cruising in a bathroom in a park in Beverly Hills, and his drug arrests. Said the singer: "I lost my... MORE...Just click the headline... Read Full Story

And by "gay" I mean "happy"... If you thought Feist was cute, watch Neil Patrick Harris play a Shoe Fairy on the 39th season premiere of Sesame Street. Watch it here. Harris spoke to AfterElton about... MORE...Just click the headline... Read Full Story