Wednesday, May 31, 2006
George Bush wants me to report on closeted anti gay politicians
In honor of George's press conference on the Federal Marriage Amendment I'm shortening the list. When we checked in last there were 33...
Of course, everyone in DC has heard the rumors about these two, so I've decided to take them out of the running for now:
And then there were two dozen....
Of course, everyone in DC has heard the rumors about these two, so I've decided to take them out of the running for now:
McCain says he's voting against the Federal Marriage Amendment:Mitch McConnell (R-KY)Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Tom Coburn isn't gay, but look for a story relating to his office soon:John McCain (R-AZ)
blogACTIVE has a letter handwritten from one US Senator to Senator to Pete Domenici. Pete has a secret or two, but they're not about gay sex:Tom Coburn (R-OK
I will leave it up to the handwriting expoerts to try and figure out who wrote the letter
Pete Domenici(R-NM)
Christopher S. Bond (R-MO)Judd Gregg (R-NH)Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
And then there were two dozen....
Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Robert F. Bennett (R-UT)
Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Norm Coleman (R-MN)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Michael B. Enzi (R-WY)
James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
Gordon H. Smith (R-OR)
John E. Sununu (R-NH)
John Thune (R-SD)
David Vitter (R-LA)
George V. Voinovich (R-OH)
Monday, May 29, 2006
Thanks Bay Windows...
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Virginia politics
It's nice to see our side reporting in Virginia on the hypocrisy of George Allen's closeted staff. If you're not familiar with the Senator's office full of self loathing gay men, click here.
From the Virginia Progressive:
From the Virginia Progressive:
Maybe it's all those pesky rumors about Allen aides, or the fact he keeps blabbing about Jeffersonian ideals which advance the heretic notion of separation of religion and state.
TAKE ACTION: Tell UCLA not to produce homopbic concerts
It's 2006, yet university students are still running concerts that promote gay-hating artists like Buju Banton. You can get the details over at JasmynneCannick.com:
Without any protest, homophobic reggae artist Buju Banton is set to take the stage at this year's UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival on Monday, May 29, 2006.
Despite the fact that Banton was accused of being involved in a homophobic attack in Kingston two years ago, the producers of the UCLA Festival has apparently overlooked his long history of being homophobic.
TAKE ACTION: If you want to tell the concert's producers what you think, CLICK HERE.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Blade's Naff takes on closeted Anderson Cooper and others
There's nothing wrong with being gay, Anderson. If you can talk about your mom watching your brother commit suicide, surely you can be more honest about your life. Ugh.
Sure, Cooper has lived an interesting life, thanks to his being born into one of the nation’s wealthiest families. He shares recollections of dinner parties from his childhood attended by Andy Warhol and Truman Capote, among other luminaries. But there’s something rather opportunistic and pretentious about a 38-year-old penning an autobiography.
That issue aside, the omission of any reference to sexual orientation is glaring. What autobiography doesn’t include mention of significant others? Imagine if your husband/wife/partner wrote an autobiography and failed to mention your relationship. Talk about being in the doghouse.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Remember the woman who got is into the whole FMA mess?
Well now it ends up that she's loved by the KKK.
Friday, May 19, 2006
Patrick Guerriero is kidding, right?
Sometimes I actually feel bad for Patrick Guerriero and the Log Cabin members. Think about it... Here's a group of of overwhelmingly, wait I mean OVERWHELMINGLY, white, Christian men committed to the values of their party and they can't even get Arlen Specter to vote against moving the amendment to the Constitution banning n marriage equality. Pretty pathetic, eh?
Now, Get this... Patrick -- I'm still kind of laughing about this -- actually had the audacity to say something negative about Howard Dean. I ask you readers, who would you rather have representing you as head of their respective parties?
Now, Get this... Patrick -- I'm still kind of laughing about this -- actually had the audacity to say something negative about Howard Dean. I ask you readers, who would you rather have representing you as head of their respective parties?
Here's what Patrick had to say about Chairman Dean:
Patrick Guerriero, the Log Cabin Republicans president, was predictably caustic, quipping that, "Howard Dean puts his foot in his mouth so often that he should open a pedicure wing in the DNC."Patrick Guerriero complaining about Howard Dean is like Roy Cohn complaining about Eugene McCarthy.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
That slap across Richard Grenell's face may have helped...
Remember the UN Spokesman who defended the US decision to vote against gay organizations obtaining UN observer status?
We have a VICTORY.
We have a VICTORY.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
What does the FBI Know about you?
Do you care to know what the FBI has in your "file?"
Lucky for us, there are people like this guy who perform a very important service for Americans.
Lucky for us, there are people like this guy who perform a very important service for Americans.
Volunteers needed for one to two hours...
I'm pulling together a targeted list to help move stories via the blogosphere when I report on closeted homophobes. If you have between one and two hours to sit at your computer to help blogACTIVE.com over the next couple of days, hit me up here.
Thanks
Thanks
Monday, May 15, 2006
Worried about the NSA watching you and tapping your phone?
I wonder how she feels?
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Ken Mehlman comes out...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Tonight
Ugh. Mary Cheney...apologist for an administration. Does anyone really believe that her partner, a former park ranger who presumably respects the environment, voted for those dopes in office? Yeah. Right.
It's funny to see Mary all upset because a politician decided to stand up to her. It's nice to see John Kerry grow a spine (even if only temporarily).
TAKE ACTION: Mary Cheney will be on Larry King tonight. Tune into CNN at 9pm and call their 800 number to make sure that Mary's callers are reflective of most of gay America. We all know that the vast majority of us didn't vote for her father...let's not let her get away with homophobia too.
It's funny to see Mary all upset because a politician decided to stand up to her. It's nice to see John Kerry grow a spine (even if only temporarily).
TAKE ACTION: Mary Cheney will be on Larry King tonight. Tune into CNN at 9pm and call their 800 number to make sure that Mary's callers are reflective of most of gay America. We all know that the vast majority of us didn't vote for her father...let's not let her get away with homophobia too.
Is CNN engaging in new kind of 'outing'
Isn't TiVo fun?
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Why this all started....
If you've been around this site for a while, you know that blogACTIVE was started in 2004 as the GOP turned to the Federal Marriage Amendment. Sure it failed that year, and they know full well it will fail this year too. Regardless, we'll see Senators and House members (even a few closeted ones) support the addition of discrimination into the US Constitution.
Before you sit back and say, "It will never pass," just remember that the Woman's Crusade of 1873 and 1874 took almost fifty years to result in Prohibition.
The Human Rights Campaign has set up an online petition opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment, which has deceptively been renamed The Marriage Protection Amendment.
TAKE ACTION: Please take a moment to fill out the HRC petition. Singing the petition from a blogACTIVE link shows our national LGBT organizations that folks who support blogACTIVE's mission are a part of our community.
Before you sit back and say, "It will never pass," just remember that the Woman's Crusade of 1873 and 1874 took almost fifty years to result in Prohibition.
The Human Rights Campaign has set up an online petition opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment, which has deceptively been renamed The Marriage Protection Amendment.
TAKE ACTION: Please take a moment to fill out the HRC petition. Singing the petition from a blogACTIVE link shows our national LGBT organizations that folks who support blogACTIVE's mission are a part of our community.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Why I went to Philadelphia and met Jeff Gannon
"Mike, how can you do it?"
"Why give Gannon the credibility?"
"Are you nuts?"
These and other questions were posed to me while I was contemplating sitting on a panel on Media and Blogging for the Equality Forum with Jeff Gannon.
If you're a fan of the liberal blogosphere, you've probably read about the brouhaha around the panel. When Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend and John Aravosis of AmericaBlog decided not to participate due to what they said were restrictions on the topics to be spoken about, I was approached to serve as a replacement.
After speaking with Pam and others, I decided to do it. One friend said, "Mike, you're not exactly the kind of guy who would let a silly list of requirements bother you." That was the clincher.
The panel was a great opportunity for me to bring up questions on Gannon's work. Where is his accountability when there is proof of his plagiarizing previously published articles? And Was he ever at the White House when the day changed (at midnight)? (He answered neither.) I also loved that he referred to Matt Drudge, who I reminded the audience was yet another closeted gay guy working against our community.
There will be an article up at Raw Story later today with some exclusive video footage from the event shot by PoliticsTV.com and more details about the panel, including a response to my suggestion that Gannon debate me in DC. And, from what I've read, I'm a pretty good debater, well better than O'Reilly.
On the GLBT stuff I thought the panel was great. I was able to convey some thoughts about my work. In the end, I thought that the panel was fair and that my comments regarding Gannon's work were not inhibited by the moderator or other panelists.
Interestingly, I felt that my best moment of the night had nothing to do with Gannon or LGBT issues. When Ann Gordon, Managing Editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer said:
"It costs us $5 million to cover the Iraq war and it didn't increase circulation one bit."Well, Ann...had your paper bothered to report the NEWS, perhaps you'd do better on circulation, I thought to myself. When the chance to respond to the $5 million came up, I said:
"$5 million and we didn't get the Downing Street Memos?...,NOBODY could make the contacts to get the Downing Street Memo broken over here, and it took bloggers to do it."Oh, poor naive mainstream media. And, while Ann is defending the MSM...the Inquirer is busy handing over front page web space to no less than SEVEN blog links. And how does the Philadelphia Inquirer, spender of $5 million covering the Iraq war manage their blogs? On blogspot.com. And might I remind Ann that it was PageOneQ's reporting that resulted in their running an article about Robert Trayhnam, Santorum's communications director.
Before the panel, I had the pleasure of meeting Pam and her partner Kate for dinner. Susie Madrak of Suburban Guerrilla joined us too....What a treat.
A great evening.
Thanks to my car companions for the ride and support.
And they said it wouldn't last
Ok, I admit it...not quite as surprising as this:
But still....pretty wild....
Details tonight.
But still....pretty wild....
Details tonight.
Monday, May 01, 2006
Some of you may have heard
[UPDATE: THANKS PAM!]
Some of you may have heard that Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend has decided not to participate in the Equality Forum's panel on media this Wednesday in Philadelphia. I have a great deal of respect for Pam and have followed her blog since the inception of blogACTIVE.
My reasons for attending this panel are consistent with Pam's great arguments for not doing so.
So... Let's go to the comments... Since I have a five minute statement, I'd love blogACTIVE readers to give me some ideas on what you'd like me to cover or ask.
Here's the panel... Suggest away.....
Some of you may have heard that Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend has decided not to participate in the Equality Forum's panel on media this Wednesday in Philadelphia. I have a great deal of respect for Pam and have followed her blog since the inception of blogACTIVE.
My reasons for attending this panel are consistent with Pam's great arguments for not doing so.
So... Let's go to the comments... Since I have a five minute statement, I'd love blogACTIVE readers to give me some ideas on what you'd like me to cover or ask.
Here's the panel... Suggest away.....