Levi Johnston Leaves Something to the Imagination
Here’s a teaser from Levi Johnston’s shoot for PlayGirl. They’ve moved up publication, so if you head over to Playgirl.com on Saturday the 21st, you’ll get to see the goods. Well, not all the goods. The New York Daily News reports that Johnston didn’t do a full frontal:
Daniel Nardicio, a spokesman for Playgirl, confirmed Monday that the baby daddy of Sarah Palin’s only grandson left something to the imagination in his photo shoot last week.
“He did not give ‘full frontal’ as his manager Tank (Jones) reported he would,” Nardicio told the Daily News.
“We’re thrilled with the photos we got, and are confident people will love them, but although there may be glimpses, we did not get full on frontal nudity,” Nardicio said.
Loading ...Salt Lake Paper Runs Offensive Article Condemning Hate Group
The Salt Lake City Libertarian Examiner has a story about “America First,” a group that “has gone on the offensive and taken out a full page ad in the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune with the intention of protesting the recent events and press coverage favourable to homosexuals.”
Before getting to the details about this hate group, I should note that the Examiner’s article has a pejorative tone when referring the LGBT people and equal rights. Take this for example: “With the passage of Washington State’s ‘Everything But Marriage’ and other similar actions across America favouring homosexuals…” “Homosexuals?” Is this 1970? Is the Examiner really implying equal rights are “special rights” by saying “favouring”? The article says these haters are “claim to be speaking for the conservative underdogs…the only thing left out was the threat that if you did not act within twenty four hours something very horrible would happen to a loved one.” Since when are conservatives underdogs in Utah?
The Examiner goes on: “But there is a darker, less Christian side to ‘America First’. Not the least of which is the renaming of homosexuals as ‘anti-species’ (dubbed so due to the claim that homosexuals do not continue the human species) continuing that they are depraved and threatening the sanctity of American children and families with their liberal agenda.” Uhm, the stuff above wasn’t dark? It was Christian?
In the end, though, the author comes around to recognizing the group for the haters they are: “The more I read the ad and later their web site, the clearer it became that this group just needs to repent and reevaluate their agenda….Additionally, the mere mention that the homosexuals could somehow control the Mormon church to any end is laughable…What is equally amazing is that with the bad grammar, and poorly structured arguments.”
“America First” is reprehensible. But the Examiner’s article isn’t great either.
Now, if this the guy who managed to completely mangle English in this article things the group’s website is full of “bad grammer,” well, it must be pretty damn bad.
“Gay Panic” Defense in Brutal Murder of Gay Teen
The Examiner is reporting that the defendant in the murder of gay teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, 19, who “was brutally dismembered, beheaded, and burned when his body was found this past Saturday.” The report goes on to say: “a man in custody in Puerto Rico for the heinous murder of a teenage boy is claiming he thought the boy was a woman, and police say he’s likely to use the ‘homosexual panic’ defense in his trial for the murder, arguing temporary insanity.” 365Gay.com said suspect “Martinez Matos was ‘looking for women”’in a red light district last Friday. He had already been turned down several times, but Lopez Mercado, wearing a blue dress and boots, agreed to get in his car.”
Sadly, the “gay panic” defense still is used by murders and defense attorneys as a “get of of jail free” card. I hope the jury in the presumptive trial recognizes hate is hate, and murder is murder, period.
Rosie and Kelly Split
Rumors have been floating around for a couple years that Rosie O’Donnell and wife Kelli Carpenter have been split. I haven’t posted them here because, well, their personal life is personal. That said, Rosie seem to have confirmed the split on her Sirius XM radio program. People.com quotes her this way:
On her Sirius Satellite radio show, O’Donnell suddenly admitted Carpenter had moved out of their home two years ago. The reason for the big reveal? A pressing psychic and a long-haired Chihuahua.
“Where did you get her from Rosie? Because she says she came from somewhere. And she said she’s happier with you,” pet psychic Sonya Fitzpatrick said of O’Donnell’s dog Misty. “She’s so spoiled and she loves to burrow.”
And, when asked who “sometimes looks after her,” O’Donnell explained her four children all fight over caring for the pup, which she got three days after Carpenter left. “What happened [was] when Kelli moved out two years ago, I got the dog. Because I wanted another child or something to love. And I got the dog.”
Quickclick: Ed Westwick Eye Candy
Over at Modern Destiny, you can check out some Ed Westwick (that is, Chuck Bass) eye candy: his photo shoot for Arena Homme+.
TV Guy Candy
RI Gov Vetos Equality Bill, then Says Open to DP
Rhode Island is the only New England state to have never allowed same-sex marriage. And a lot of this probably can be chalked up to its governor, Don Carcieri. First he vetos an equality bill. The Providence Journal reported: “An opponent of same-sex marriage, Governor Carcieri has vetoed a bill giving domestic partners the right to claim the bodies of — and make funeral arrangements for — their loved ones.” The bill’s history? “The legislation was an outgrowth of the wrenching tale that Mark S. Goldberg told lawmakers about his months-long battle last fall to persuade state authorities to release to him the body of his partner of 17 years, Ron Hanby, for cremation. ‘I felt as if I was treated not as a second-class citizen, but as a noncitizen,’ Goldberg told the Senate Judiciary Committee last winter, because ‘we were not legally married or blood relatives.’”
Carcieri cold and uncaring response? “This bill represents a disturbing trend over the past few years of the incremental erosion of the principles surrounding traditional marriage, which is not the preferred way to approach this issue.”
Carcieri was very rightfully slammed on this. Now he says he may be open to some form of domestic partnership. Says the AP: “after a closed-door meeting with a gay rights group, Carcieri told reporters Thursday he would consider creating a domestic partnership system similar to one approved this month by voters in Washington state. That Washington plan will allow same-sex couples benefits such as the right to use sick leave to care for a domestic partner and rights related to adoption, child custody and child support.”
My take on it? He’s doing everything possible to deny LGBT basic equality (the veto), and then providing sound bites that make him sound like a compassionate Republican. Fail.
Milhouse of The Simpsons Gay?
Movieline is reporting that Milhouse, The Simpson’s character, maybe be gay and closeted. NYMag.com summarizes the rumor this way: the “main piece of evidence comes directly from the best source one could possibly know of, none other than Simpsons creator Matt Groening himself. At a party in Los Angeles last night for the Shepard Fairey Equality Project, Groening autographed a poster advocating gay marriage with a postscript that reads ‘Your fan, Matt Groening, Creator of Milhouse.’ Now, anyone who watches the show knows that Milhouse has long fancied Lisa Simpson, so perhaps there’s a chance that he’s actually bi?”
This seems like flimsy evidence, but, hey we’re here to bring you all the gossip about gay animated characters.
Quickclick: Rugby’s Finest
Attitude Magazine’s blog has a short post about the upcoming “Rugby’s Finest” calendar. There’s not much to say about it — but there does seem to be a lot to look at. Check out the cover!
Westboro Baptist Bigots: Now Even More Bigoted
Topeka’s Westboro Baptist Church, and founder Fred Phelps, are some of the worst bigots out there. Recall that they picketed Matthew Shepard’s funeral. Well, guess what? They’ve found a way to be even more bigoted. Says USA Today: “For more than a decade,Westboro Baptist Church has raised a ruckus with the message that God hates gays, posting itself outside government buildings, college campuses and even the funerals of American soldiers. But in recent months, the Topeka, Kan.-based church has been moving toward other targets, predominantly in the American Jewish community.”
Yup, they now think God hates Jews, too. USA Today reports protests with messages like: “Margie Phelps balanced several signs targeting Jews, Israel and the Obama administration. One read ‘Rabbis Rape Kids,’ another said ‘God Hates Jews.’ Margie Phelps’ T-shirt read ‘Jews Killed Jesus.’ She argued with men and women passing by, warning them that God will soon send the Jews to hell.”
So just how do they explain this?
According to Margie Phelps: “We’ve protested this nation’s love of fags for 20 years,” she said. “And Jews have been carrying the water for the homosexual agenda.”
I guess this means I’m their worst fear: a Gay Jew.
