It looks like Tom Cruise has finally found Wife 4.0, AKA the Future Ex Missus Cruise.The big rumor in the spring was that Tom was ..
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I Ain't One To Gossip But ....
12/07/2013 08:00:00 AM
It looks like Tom Cruise has finally found Wife 4.0, AKA the Future Ex Missus Cruise.The big rumor in the spring was that Tom was being pursued by
PR All-St?rs 3, Ep 6: Cartoon Couture
12/06/2013 15:00:00 PM
I kinda get the feeling that theyre scraping the bottom of the Idea barrel when the challenge is to create a dress that will be animated for a cartoon show.
Would You Hit It?
12/06/2013 12:00:00 PM
It's a simple question .... Colin Farrell.Would.You.Hit.It?Yes or No?
I Didn't Say It .....
12/06/2013 09:00:00 AM
Sandra Bullock, on people who say her life is great:When people are like, Life is good, I go, No, life is a series of disastrous moments, painful moments, unexpected moments, and things that will break your heart. And in between those mom
RIP Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
12/05/2013 20:00:00 PM
"Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.""It always seems impossible until it's done.""If I had my time over I wou
Random Musings
12/05/2013 15:00:00 PM
Last weekend we had The Three; when bad thingsor in our case, not bad just inconvenienthappen they usually come in Threes:Number One: we have a fake tree I have a yard
Giant Penis Threatens The Northeast!!
12/05/2013 12:00:00 PM
h/t to Joe.My.God.
ISBL Asshat[s] of The Week: Duncan Hunter, Son and Father, and Sheldon Adelson
12/05/2013 09:00:00 AM
from the top:Duncan Hunter Jr,Duncan Hunter Sr,Shedlon AdelsonI am not a fan of guns, as Ive said many times before, so it must come as no surprise to anyone that I am also very much an anti-war type of person, too. Now,
Architecture Wednesday: Villa Yang Som
12/04/2013 15:00:00 PM
All six floors of Villa Yang
Extra! Extra! WTF? Kate Moss
12/04/2013 12:00:00 PM
Kate Moss, on the cover of Playboy ... if you're into that sort of thing.Not a bad picture, I guess, but, is it just me, or does she look twenty from the neck down and much, much older from the neck up.Do I smell a body double?Do I smell a lack of Ph
Virginia Is For Anti-Gay Lovers
12/04/2013 09:00:00 AM
The states tagline used to be Virginia is for lovers though now I think it should also say *Some restrictions apply.You know, like if youre one of The Gays; one of the legally married Gays.The CoochFrom the desk soon-to-be-out-of-a-
In 2013, In America, Being HIV+ and Having Sex Is Considered A Crime
12/03/2013 15:00:00 PM
Imagine being at work one day, just doing your job, whatever that may be, and three armed police officers come in to find you. They take you to a nearby hospital and order the nurse there to draw your blood. Meanwhile, across town your house is being
The Latest Trend in Hollywood: The Pixie Cut
12/03/2013 12:00:00 PM
Everybody is
Sometimes Children Are The Best Teachers
12/03/2013 09:00:00 AM
Danny Keefe is one of those kids, the bullied kids, because Danny Keefe is different. He has a difficult time with speech due to childhood apraxia of speech [CAS] after he suffered a brain hemorrhage at birth. Plus, Danny Keefe, just six
The Fine Fit The Crime
12/02/2013 15:00:00 PM
Maurice Blanchard [left] and Dominique JamesWith Marriage Equality on the march everywhere, and with many states facing lawsuits from same-sex couples demanding to be treated equally, I knew it was only a matter of time before an arrest was made.In K
WTF? Rachel Zoe
12/02/2013 12:00:00 PM
WTF? "Stylist" Rachel Zoe, wearing the latest from the Chewbacca Collection.And don't get me started on those bell-bottom trousers--thanks Isaac. Those are just a joke.She looks like a cartoon character.Not to mention, ladies and gentleladies, in thi
Some Gays ... Oy!
12/02/2013 09:00:00 AM
It was just over a month ago that I posted a tale of the server in a restaurant that was stiffed meaning the guest did not leave a tip because he was gay. The guests told him so in a vile little note they left for him see that post
Rosa Parks: Another One Of My Heroes
12/01/2013 15:00:00 PM
Last week it was Harvey Milk, this week it's my other hero, Rosa Parks.Fifty-eight years ago today, on December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a wh
Sunday Funnies
12/01/2013 09:00:00 AM
Today Is World AIDS Day
12/01/2013 00:00:00 AM
HIV/AIDS Statistics for the United States:There are approximately 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.It is estimated that almost one-fifth of those people dont know they have it.Since the start of the AIDS epidemic, 1.7 million Ame
Random Musings ... Delayed By The Holiday
11/30/2013 15:00:00 PM
With tomorrow being World AIDS Day, this is good news ...Last week President Obama signed into law a new bill approved by Congress surprisingly with significant bipartisan support that lifts the ban on organ donations by HIV-positive people t
I Ain't One To Gossip But ....
11/30/2013 08:00:00 AM
Recently in Gossip we talked Chris Browns stint in rehab for anger management that was scheduled to last ninety days but ended at about 14 days. His peeps said he left early because he had to finish his community service from the time he beat the
My Subdivision Looks Like A What?
11/29/2013 15:00:00 PM
People pick the neighborhoods in which they want to live in for a variety of reasons.Its close to work; its far enough away to be a haven. Its on a main road; its off the beaten track. Its a new neighborhood; its an established neig
Would You Hit It?
11/29/2013 12:00:00 PM
It's a simple question .... Elijah Wood.
I Didn't Say It ....
11/29/2013 09:00:00 AM
Dan Savage, on Mary Cheney and her wife Heather Poe, and the feud with Liz Cheney:"Mary does a pretty good approximation of evil, however...They're wealthy dykes who until ten minutes ago couldn't give a flying f--k about the rights of same-sex coupl
Thanks. Giving.
11/28/2013 07:00:00 AM
I
Architecture Wednesday: Locomotive Ranch Trailer
11/27/2013 15:00:00 PM
Granted, it looks more like a Locomotive Museum than an actual house, but when someone has what they call a "vintage possession", such as a Locomotive Ranch Trailer -- a
Hawaiian Lawmakers Get Early Christmas "Gift"
11/27/2013 12:00:00 PM
The old story goes that if Santa Claus thinks youve been naughty during the year, youll get no gifts, just a lump of coal, and so it looks like
Harvey Milk Died Thirty-Five Years Ago Today ...
11/27/2013 07:00:00 AM
There are just a few people I think of as heroes.I know some people feel policemen, firemen, nurses, are heroes, but thats their job, their chosen career; I appreciate what they do, but it was their chose. For me a hero is just an ordinary person
Another Anti-LGBT Bakery :::sigh:::
11/26/2013 15:00:00 PM
Weve all heard the stories of the bakery owners who refuse to bake cakes for same-sex weddings even though they own and operate business open to the public. They say they have a right to refuse because, again, they say, the Baby Jeebus doesnt t
Kanye 0, Zappos 1
11/26/2013 12:00:00 PM
Kanye West. Yall know how I feel about him; his egos as big as Kims ass and just as useless. And hes always opening his mouth and stepping in it, or else a purse falls out of it. Oops, did I say that out loud.Well, he apparently doesnt
ISBL Asshat of the Week:Phil Gingrey
11/26/2013 09:00:00 AM
Boy, its hard out there for a millionaire Republican Congressman, no?It must be a chore, struggling to make ends meet for Phil Gingrey that millionaire Republican Congressman from Georgia because hes complaining about it.During a me
Frank Schaefer Was "Convicted" Of Performing A Same-sex Marriage
11/25/2013 15:00:00 PM
The Reverend Frank Schaefer, a United Methodist minister, has been convicted let that sink in for a minute convicted of breaking church law by officiating at the same-sex wedding of his son. And he has thirty days to surrender his credentials
WTF: Jaimie Alexander
11/25/2013 12:00:00 PM
In the interests of complete honestly I have no idea who this woman is, except that her name is Jaimie Alexander and she wore this to the premiere of
Julia Frost Was Fired For Being Gay?
11/25/2013 09:00:00 AM
For two years Julia Frost taught English at Sultana High School in the Hesperia Unified School District in San Bernardino and then she was fired. She says its because shes openly gay and that the school is a hostile environment for her an
Sunday Funnies
11/24/2013 07:31:00 AM
I Ain't One To Gossip But ....
11/23/2013 07:30:00 AM
Remember last September when photographers caught Gwyneth Paltrow nearly killing herself and daughter Pineapple by pulling out in front of a school bus?Well, Pineapple and Solomons Those are their names, no? saw saw the
PR All-St?rs 3, Ep 5: So Bad, It's Criminal
11/22/2013 15:00:00 PM
In conjunction with A&E and the History Channel, Lifetime is premiering a
Would You Hit It?
11/22/2013 12:00:00 PM
It's a simple question .... Benedict Cumberbatch. Would you be his Cumberbitch?Would.You.Hit.It?Yes or No?
I Didn't Say It ...
11/22/2013 09:00:00 AM
John Boehner, Weeper of the House, on an ENDA [Employment Non-Discrimination Act] vote:"I am opposed to discrimination of any kind, in the workplace and any place else. But I think this legislation that Ive dealt with as chairman of The Education
Random Musings
11/21/2013 15:00:00 PM
So George Zimmerman was arrested. AGAIN.He
I Have A Suggestion ... Let's Drug Test All Elected Officials
11/21/2013 12:00:00 PM
Yall heard about Trey Radel, right? The Freshman Republican Congressman from Florida who was arrested trying to buy cocaine from an undercover police officer? That guy?Yeah, hes the same guy who backed a GOP plan to make food-stamp recipients t
UPDATE: Sarah Bray Is A Liar and A Batterer
11/21/2013 09:00:00 AM
Just the other day
Architecture Wednesday: Lymm Water Tower
11/20/2013 15:00:00 PM
I just love taking something old and adding something new to it; like, you know, old Cher with new lips.
ISBL Asshat of the Week: Oklahomophobic Governor Mary Fallin
11/20/2013 12:00:00 PM
Earlier this month, Oklahoma Republican of course Governor Mary Fallin announced
Transgender Day of Remembrance
11/20/2013 09:00:00 AM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance [TDOR] which is an annual observance to honor the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. In addition, this entire week is Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibi
Another One: Ayden Keenan-Olson
11/19/2013 15:00:00 PM
Ive already had my say on Alec Baldwin, but I watched this week as Anderson Cooper discussed the situation, and one quote, which echoes a sentiment in my blog post [see it HERE] stuck with me:"If Alec Baldwin had yelled the N word to that photogra
Andrew Scott Comes Out
11/19/2013 12:00:00 PM
I am a huge fan of the BBC/PBS airings of Sherlock, and while I love Benedict Cumberbatch, I am not quite a Cumberbitch, as yet. I am more a fan of Martin Freeman, who plays Watson and of Andrew Scott as Moriarty.I became even a bigger fan, when I re
Sarah Bray Banned From Her Partner's Hospital Room
11/19/2013 09:00:00 AM
Sarah Bray and
North Carolina Governor Appoints Bully To School Safety Task Force
11/18/2013 15:00:00 PM
The Bigot and The Bully: McCrory and CollinsLast March, North Carolina Governor, and republican, of course, Pat McCrory nominated lawyer Buddy Collins to the state school board. McCrory faced considerable criticism from LGBT groups because Buddy Coll
WTF: Natalie Portman
11/18/2013 12:00:00 PM
Where to begin?The top is boring; the bottom, too short.
An Open Letter To Alec Baldwin
11/18/2013 09:00:00 AM
Dear Alec Baldwin,Youve done it again and now Im officially done with you. No more am I thinking that youre smart and witty and funny; no more am I feeling sorry for you that the paparazzi get too close to you. For now, youre simply a bul
Sunday Funnies
11/17/2013 07:00:00 AM
I Ain't One To Gossip But ....
11/16/2013 08:00:00 AM
We havent heard much from Tom Cruise lately not that Im complaining but apparently Tommys been busy suing Life and Style magazine.After Katie stitched together the sheets, climbed down the wall, scaled the fences and took a Greyhound
PR All-St?rs 3, Ep 4: Back To School
11/15/2013 15:00:00 PM
And we knew it was coming, it happens every season, that most favorite challenge of all: The Unconventional Challenge; making something, as Alyssa Milano said, high-impact for the runway. So, whatll be this time? Well, the designtestants pile into
Would You Hit It?
11/15/2013 12:00:00 PM
It's a simple questions ... Ralph Fiennes, British actor and twice nominated for an Oscar.Would.You.Hit.It?Yes or No?
I Didn't Say It ...
11/15/2013 09:00:00 AM
Guillermo Diaz, Huck on Scandal, on being out in Hollywood:I dont even think about it, Im an actor. Ive been out since I started acting and Ive worked my whole life. I think people get too caught up in it. I dont stress about it. If
Random Musings
11/14/2013 15:00:00 PM
I giggle at the way Russia tries to play itself off as not anti-LGBT while doing stuff like this:The Molodoi Dalnevostochnik , a Russian newspaper has been accused of breaking the country's "gay propaganda" law because it published a news story about
Richard Cohen Says The GOP Isn't Racist And Then Proves It Is
11/14/2013 12:00:00 PM
The other day I stopped in at Viktors place
John Boehner Lies To Children Of Immigrants
11/14/2013 09:00:00 AM
I loathe John Boehner for a variety of reasons, some of the superfluous his orange skin and his penchant for crying on cue and others rooted in his lack of a spine letting the Tea party run roughshod over the government shutdown while he
Architecture Wednesday: The Dieser Residence
11/13/2013 15:00:00 PM
I don't like tract houses; those cookie-cutter neighborhoods where every house looks the same, except for the paint color.Casa Bob y Carlos in Smallville was built as part of a planned community some forty-odd years ago by the DuPont family when they
I Love a Garage Sale
11/13/2013 12:00:00 PM
I love a good auction and by auction, I mean, garage sale because, lets be real, an auction is really nothing more than a rich mans garage sale. Someone has some junk they dont want anymore because theyre moving, or theyve been
Renisha McBride Needed Help But Was Shot In The Face Instead
11/13/2013 09:00:00 AM
A little before 1AM on November 2, Detroit police received a call about a no-injury accident in a local neighborhood. The 911 caller said a woman had been speeding down the street, struck a parked car, got out of the vehicle and then left; police ini
Maulik Pancholy Comes Out
11/12/2013 12:00:00 PM
I don't know who this is, but he's kind of adorable, and now he's fully out of the closet.Maulik Pancholy, who played Jonathan on 30 Rock and Sanjay on Weeds, has come out as gay in OUT magazine's OUT 100:"I just celebrated my nine-year anniversary w
Must Have: Officer Grant Hazell
11/12/2013 09:00:00 AM
Grant Hazell and his sons, Max and SonnyI have never been arrested; Ive been stopped for speeding just twice in my life, but never been arrested. However, that may change, and all I need is a trip to Perth, Australia, and a chance to see the polic
UPDATE: A Young Man Was Set On Fire For Wearing A Skirt
11/11/2013 15:00:00 PM
Last week I posted about Luke "Sasha" Fleischman who was set on fire while asleep on a bus ride home from schoolsee post
WTF: Lady Gaga
11/11/2013 12:00:00 PM
Yes, she's cutting edge; yes, she's avant-garde; yes, she's a loufah.This is called trying too hard and it's stupid.
Dueling Asshats Of The Week: You Make The Call
11/11/2013 09:00:00 AM
Sometimes we have an overflow of ISBL Asshat of the Week candidates but one seems just a tad more asshatted and he, or she, takes the crown, er, ball cap. But this week Ive a bit of a conundrum; Ive got two people that deserve to be called Assh
Sunday Funnies
11/10/2013 07:00:00 AM
I Ain't One To Gossip But ....
11/09/2013 08:00:00 AM
So, Orlando Bloom and why do people think hes hot am I missing something? and Miranda
PR All-St?rs 3, Ep 3: DWI, Designing While Intoxicated
11/08/2013 15:00:00 PM
This week we're subjected to one of those Oh Good We get A Break From Designing ruses that always ends up in a challenge. The show opens with the designtestants headed over to Jay-Zs 40/40 club for a much-needed night off when SURPRISE!!! th
Would You Hit It?
11/08/2013 12:00:00 PM
It's a simple question ... John Travolta, serial masseur groper, on a film set sporting his newest hairpiece.Would.You.Hit.It?Yes or No?
I Didn't Say It ...
11/08/2013 09:00:00 AM
President Barack Obama, on ENDA:
Random Musings
11/07/2013 15:00:00 PM
So, there were some elections this week and some rather nice wins, and some rather
A Young Man Was Set On Fire For Wearing A Skirt
11/07/2013 09:00:00 AM
Luke FleischmanIm a person who loves seeing, meeting, speaking to people who are different from me; well, except for wingnuts wingnuts make me nervous. But I love people who dont look like me, or sound like me or dress like me. I mean, if I
Architecture Wednesday: Artemesia
11/06/2013 15:00:00 PM
One of my favorite house styles is the California Bungalow, or Craftsman style home. Im a sucker for all the detail and the craftsmanship inside those houses, so I nearly wet myself when I stumbled upon Artemesia.Artemesia is probably the best Cra
Nick Comes Out, Gets Kicked Out, And Then Guess What Happened?
11/06/2013 09:00:00 AM
Its long been said that members of the LGBT community often create new families for themselves out of friends and lovers that they meet along the way. We do this because, sometimes, our own families want nothing to do with us when we come out to t
What's This, South Carolina?
11/05/2013 15:00:00 PM
There are times I like South Carolina and times I simply tolerate it; but today is one of those days when I love it, and think that maybe things are gonna be all right down here.As Ive said before, I was pleasantly surprised okay, I was stunne
Think We Don't Need ENDA? Think Again ....
11/05/2013 09:00:00 AM
Yesterday the Senate voted 61-30 to allow for debate on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act [ENDA], a bill that would make it illegal nationwide for employers to discriminate against LGBT people. ENDA, naturally, has the support of all Senate Democ
Russia Bans Tribute To LGBT Victims Of Nazi Germany
11/04/2013 15:00:00 PM
To paraphrase an old Kermit the Frog ditty, ? ? It aint easy bein gay ? ?. In fact, its downright hard being accused of being responsible for all of the ills around the world. I mean, were on the threshold of ruining marriage; we
WTF: Guess Who?
11/04/2013 12:00:00 PM
This time the WTF isn't about what anyone is wearing, it's about an amazing WTF Halloween costume.Ladies and gentle-ladies,
? ? Deck The Hallmark ? ?
11/04/2013 09:00:00 AM
Every year Hallmark issues some of their Keepsake Ornaments to the market hoping the buying public will want to add to their collection of cheap plastic, possibly made in China, traditions. But this year theyve decided that another tradition shoul
Sunday Funnies
11/03/2013 07:00:00 AM
Caturday: Consuelo Roca-Jones
11/02/2013 13:00:00 PM
When we first got her we thought she was an angel, so sweet, so shy, so demure.She's a demon.She wants whatever it might be that the other cats have. If Tux and Max are eating, she thinks she's missing something and bullies her way in. If you open a
I Ain't One To Gossip But ...
11/02/2013 08:00:00 AM
Whats this?
PR All-St?rs 3, Ep 2: Gettin' Buggy Wid It
11/01/2013 15:00:00 PM
All righty then, Week Two and a field trip to the Museum of Natural History, where host, and so Not-Heidi, Alyssa Milano gives the designtestants their next challenge: choose an insects or an arachnid and create an avant-garde look inspired by the cr
Would You Hit It?
11/01/2013 12:00:00 PM
It's a simple question ... Brant Daugherty. He is on this season's Dancing With The Stars, appears on
I Didn't Say It ....
11/01/2013 09:00:00 AM
Sean Hayes, on going back into the closet when he hit it big on
Random Musings
10/31/2013 15:00:00 PM
So, if you havent heard of Chiwetel Ejiofor pronounced CHOO-ih-tell EDGE-ee-o-for you soon will. He recently starred on Broadway in
Repost: LGBT History Month: This Is Us*
10/31/2013 12:00:00 PM
* originally posted October 31, 2009When I was an in-the-closet queerling, living in Sacramento, I remember reading this Letter to The Editor in the Sacramento Bee and it has always stuck with me.
Finding A Way Into Acceptance
10/31/2013 09:00:00 AM
Lynn Koval and her sister, Lysa Broussard, wanted to pen a business in South Mississippi. It sounded like a good idea, except they wanted to pen a gay bar in South Mississippi where, Lynn Koval says shes seen five gay bars fail in the past decade.
Architecture Wednesday: The Carriage House
10/30/2013 15:00:00 PM
Don't get your hopes up.This 1870s Italianate Victorian in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco is not the house we'll be seeing today. But this house, built on one of the largest city lots in Pacific heights is home to the home we'll be
Repost: LGBT History Month: "The Puppy Episode"*
10/30/2013 12:00:00 PM
*originally posted October 30, 2009"The Puppy Episode."It sounds completely innocent, and perhaps that was the reason for the title, but it turned out to be anything but......It was
ISBL Asshat of the Week: Jim Wheeler
10/30/2013 09:00:00 AM
Ive often made fun of the Teabaggers on this here bloggy thing, calling them everything from illiterate seriously, have your scene there sines ::sarcasm::: seen their signs to stupid, moronic, asshatted, and sometimes dangerous.Jim Wheeler
Texas Ultra-Restrictive Abortion Law Partially Struck Down
10/29/2013 15:00:00 PM
Wendy Davis, winnerRemember Wendy Davis epic filibuster in the Texas legislature during the fight over abortion legislation?
Repost: LGBT History Month: Harvey Fierstein*
10/29/2013 12:00:00 PM
*originally posted October 29, 2009Harvey Fierstein is a lot of things; he's been a drag performer, a stage actor, film actor, cartoon character, musical performer, gay rights activist, and playwright. His life is as unconventional as any you might f
Bishop Melvin Talbert Defied His Church To Officiate Same-Sex Wedding
10/29/2013 09:00:00 AM
Bishop Melvin TalbertIve often said that change will come in the fight for LGBT rights when the change comes to the South. See, down here folks like to hold onto to tradition, and grudges; I mean, how else do we explain that some Southerners still
Keith Orr Scores ... And Everybody Wins
10/28/2013 16:00:00 PM
There are times when I worry about the future, about people and the way we treat one another because of our differences. Rather than celebrate the differences, many times we make fun of them, and mistreat those who are different. But for every story
WTF: JLo
10/28/2013 14:00:00 PM
I will give her props.Jennifer Lopez
Repost: LGBT History Month: Billy Strayhorn*
10/28/2013 12:00:00 PM
*originally posted October 28, 2009William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn