Leather-Capped Obama Present at Folsom Street Fair
This (appropriate for its context) parody of the well-known Shepard Fairey Obama poster was apparently plastered everywhere at last weekend’s Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, the self-described “grand daddy of all leather events.”
Joe.My.God reports that Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth has begun his yearly crusade against the gathering.
You may remember the controversy last year over the fair’s promotional materials, a parody of daVinci’s “The Last Supper”. As far as I know, this Obama piece was not authorized by the event but just posted by a supporter.
(source: flickr user solsken)
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Gossip Girl Guys Gang up to Overcome Gay ‘Indictments’
Details takes on the Gossip Girl guys this month, and the chatter is all pretty gay.
Says Chace Crawford of the “indictments” against him: “Model turned actor, dime a dozen, eye candy, doesn’t know what he’s doing … and Perez Hilton says I have ‘gayface.’ So on top of everything else, I have to overcome gayface.”
Says Badgley of Crawford: “It’s like he was genetically bred to be a teen star.”
Of his high school years, Crawford says: “I’m pretty sure I wasn’t having sex with any cougars.”
Details reports: “Most of the cast members live in adjacent downtown neighborhoods, and Chace and Ed share an apartment in Chelsea. This has fueled Internet speculation that they are secret lovers, although that seems to be a figment of the collective gaymagination. If you were a closeted TV star, after all, you’d probably come up with a better cover than living with your boyfriend in Manhattan’s Pinkberriest zip code. ‘No, sorry, I’ve got nothing to educate you about,’ says Chace, laughing. ‘What does bromance even mean?’ (Ed has denied rumors too, saying they’re just friends.) Chace’s mom helped him find the apartment, and he recruited Ed as a roommate. ‘I thought, Let’s pool our money and get something good,’ Chace says. ‘I didn’t even know if the show was going to last.’”
On Penn Badgley: “For him, acting is work—it’s how you make sure you can pay for your own car and make your rent. And if you need to shave your chest hair because teenage girls find chest hair on a good guy sexually threatening, you get out the razor. It’s a living.”
Ed Westwick responds: “‘Penn said he has to shave his chest hair because it’s threatening?’ Ed leans back, a trio of metal chains nestling in his own not inconsiderable pelt. The 21-year-old Brit stretches, grins, narrows his eyes—a kind of silent purr. ‘Reeeaallly … Well, I think Penn’s chest hair may be more like a scaahf. It actually comes out of his neck! So maybe that’s why he has to cut it. Threatening? I don’t know what threatening hair would look like. We’d have to get Penn here to see!’”
You get the idea.
OMFG! IT’S THE GOSSIP BOYS! [details]
(cover image just jared)
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John McCain Says He’d Consider ‘Suspending’ Campaign Again
Because it was so effective last time.
John McCain told FOX News this morning that he’d consider ’suspending’ his campaign again if necessary to save the economy. Considering what happened in Congress and on Wall Street yesterday, the U.S. needs a saviour named John McCain like it needs another eight years of Bush.
Says McCain: “I will do whatever is necessary. I just did it. In case you missed it. Heh, heh. I’m sure you didn’t. I will do whatever is necessary to get this going again.”
Uh no, we didn’t miss it.
Watch the clip, AFTER THE JUMP…
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Vancouver Gay Basher Appears in Court
One of a group of men involved in an anti-gay assault on a gay man on Davie Street in Vancouver over the weekend faced a judge Monday.
“Michael Kandola (pictured), 20, of Vancouver, appeared in Vancouver Downtown Community Court Monday accused of assaulting Jordan Smith, 27, of White Rock…However, Crown counsel Andrew Cochrane told Judge David Pendleton that the assault “was not a community court matter” and Kandola was ordered to appear in provincial court today. Cochrane said information was being prepared concerning new charges against Kandola that would have to be dealt with in provincial court. The assault charge could be upgraded to assault causing bodily harm or the more serious offence, aggravated assault.”
Smith was slated to have surgery to repair his jaw on Monday that would require it to be wired shut for up to six weeks. Law enforcement authorities have urged that Kandola be charged with a hate crime, which would allow for heavier penalties.
Kandola was released from custody Saturday. He left the court with his head down and left in a waiting vehicle.
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Judge: Firefighters Case Ready to Go to Jury
The case involving firefighters suing the city of San Diego who say they were sexually harassed after being forced to ride in the city’s Gay Pride parade has had enough testimony to go to the jury, Judge Michael Anello said yesterday: “It appears to the court that there’s at least enough here to go to the jury on whether this was sexual harassment.”
The San Diego Union Tribune reports:
“Most of the case was presented before yesterday, when Aguirre called all eight of his witnesses. One of those giving testimony was paramedic Adrian Reyes, who said he rode an ambulance in the parade directly behind the engine carrying the four firefighters last year. He was asked if comments from the crowd – including ‘You’re so hot!’ – offended him. ‘No,’ Reyes said. ‘If anything, it was flattering.’ Reyes said he didn’t see any spectators approach the ambulance or the engine. ‘Everybody was at least 10 feet away,’ he said. ‘No one came up and tried to shake my hand or touch me.’”
Last week, firefighter Alex Kane testified that following the parade he went through a sort of post-traumatic stress situation: “Kane, who has worked as a firefighter for six years, testified that he became the butt of jokes at the fire station. He also said the parade experience adversely affected his family life. ‘I felt confused, embarrassed, used, abandoned by my leadership,’ Kane said. ‘I had to fight through it.’ He said professional counseling has helped him overcome the distress. But toward the end of his testimony with LiMandri, Kane started to break down. He covered his face and asked for time to compose himself, and the judge granted him a break.”
Previously
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San Diego Firefighter Gay ‘Harassment’ Trial Begins [tr]
San Diego Firefighters Claim Threats After Gay Pride Complaint [tr]
San Diego Firefighters Sue Dept for Gay Pride Sexual Harassment [tr]
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Lance Bass: He Kissed a Girl, Did He Like It?
Seems to me he enjoyed the cherry Chapstick more. Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP…
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Gavin Newsom Featured in Anti-Gay ‘Yes on Prop 8′ Ad
Backers of Proposition 8, the measure that would ban same-sex marriage in California, have bought $10 million worth of airtime to broadcast this new ad featuring San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announcing, “It is going to happen now, whether you like it or not.” It’s Newsom’s speech on the day that the California Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in the state.
In contrast, opponents of Proposition 8 began broadcasting an ad last week with a much gentler tone.
Watch the ‘Yes on 8′ ad, AFTER THE JUMP…
No on Prop 8 campaign manager Dale Kelly Bankhead sent out an alert yesterday slamming the ads claims:
“Their ad claims that the California Supreme Court “mandated” the right to marry for same-sex couples and, as a result, school children will be taught about same-sex marriage unless Prop 8 passes. Of course it’s a blatant lie. What the Court did was uphold the Constitution’s promise of equality. And the proponents know that their claim that the law requires that children be taught about same-sex marriage in school is also a lie, just like the other false claims in their misleading ad. But honesty clearly is not a value that the proponents of Prop 8 believe in.”
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Palin and McCain Sit Down with Katie Couric
Sarah Palin sat down with Katie Couric again, to explain the answer she gave to a Temple University student over the weekend (I posted it here yesterday), but she brought along her babysitter to make sure she didn’t say anything naughty.
Apparently valid questions from American voters are “gotcha journalism” when your candidate gives an answer that makes you look like a fool.
And if valid questions from regular voters in pizza places are “gotcha” journalism, then what’s hijacking the entire election cycle for 24 hours by making illegitimate accusations over a ‘lipstick on a pig’ comment?
I guess that’s being a slimy Republican.
Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP…
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