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Don't Tell Me Who To Love ...

A Soulforce marriage equality video featuring couples, families, and images of protest signs around the country in response to Proposition 8. Song by Ray Boltz is available for free download at www.rayboltzblog.wordpress.com. Please share the song with your family and friends and go to www.soulforce.org and join our email list!

Sex with Ducks

Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome and Kate "Oates" Micucci sing a pro-gay marriage song in response to a Pat Robertson quote that legalizing gay marriage would lead to legalizing sex with Ducks.

For Decision day: A message from Conservmit The Frog

Thanx G.A.Y. Prop 8 UPDATE! What's next?

The cure for Black Homophobia is in OUR HANDS!

It's been said the black gay community won't show up for activist type events. The picture above was taken during the '07 Pride in the City party on Riis beach. It doesn't adequately convey the massive amount of folks there that day - but just imagine the camera scrolling down the beach, north and south, shoreline to pier, a sea of same gender loving men and women in varying shades of brown. It was an awesome sight. Unfortunately, getting that same crowd to care about serious issues can be like banging your head against a wall. The argument: What do we care about marriage? My answer: I don't care about marriage, per se. It's the principle. It's all about the principle. One day all this won't matter. One day we'll all have equal rights and people will wonder why those back in the day folks were so ignorant. Yet, the black community is still largely more homophobic than others. Why? Could it have anything to do with the fact that of the thousands of people at the marriage equality rally in NYC yesterday, there were only a sprinkling of black faces in the crowd? The cast of HAIR singing 'Let the Sun Shine In', which was a rousing crowd pleaser and perfect counterpoint to NOM's ignorant & ominous 'Gathering Storm' ad. If we don't rise up as black gay people and take a stand, then we can't bitch & moan either. Can't have it both ways. If we can support SIZZLE and all the other circuit events, then we damn sure better recognize that the right to have those parties didn't arrive out of thin air. Wake up people. ~~

New York City Marriage Equality Rally! Tell Everyone!

ACTION = MARRIAGE EQUALITY Broadway Impact invites you to a Marriage Equality Rally on Sunday, May 17th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at 6th Avenue and 45th Street. We are so close and have to do everything we can to make sure New York joins the momentum that is sweeping the nation. We have just six weeks to get the people to call their senators and make their voices heard before the session ends and the bill dies. The National Organization of Marriage (the anti-gay organization that created the "Gathering Storm" video and now have Miss CA as their spokesperson) will be protesting at Governor Paterson's Manhattan office on Sunday. They are protesting him for presenting the marriage equality bill and being such a strong supporter of civil rights. As a response to their protest we are throwing a Marriage Equality Rally in Midtown to show the Governor and the State of New York, that we support equality for all. We have been working with Broadway Cares, HRC, Civil Rights Front, Empire State Pride Agenda and Marriage Equality NY to ensure that our response to their hate is LOVE. Performances by: Audra McDonald, Gavin Creel, Cheyenne Jackson, The Cast of HAIR Appearances by: Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, David Hyde Pierce, Senator Tom Duane, Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell *other performances and speakers pending.* www.broadwayimpact.com Gay Marriage for NY Facebook Page

Stewie on Religion & Gays!

That is to say, Family Guy creator Seth Macfarlane joins the panel with Bill Maher and discussing gay rights & religion. On a weekend where I just watched Religulous on NetFlix, this is the perfect icing on the cake of my Bill Maher worship. [Pun intended]

Message to Anti-Gay Haters

Brilliant! Dedicated to, well, you know who you are.

Ex-Crack-Head Mayor Gone Wild!

We all heard ←Marion Barry -- the city councilmember, who, when he was Mayor of DC, got caught cheating on his wife and smoking crack with a Prostitute -- and as the cops busted in on the pair, he uttered famously, "The bitch set me up!" -- said that DC blacks might wage "civil war" over allowing homosexuals to marry. Oddly enough, Barry, allegedly, has supported gay rights in the past. But now he claims to be doing the bidding of his constituents. And if that's true, well, will cowardly crack-head wonders never cease. The people who he claims won't stand for gay marriage are the same fools who elected a disgraced, lying, cheating crack-head to the city council who votes on bills he later claims he didn't understand. I'm not so much saying his constituents ain't worth shit, I am saying a politician who has no stand of his own isn't. Keep passing that pipe Barry.

NOM Stoops to Miss Californication as Last Hope!

The latest anti-marriage equality ad -- from those geniuses who spawned the best spoof ever by Colbert (above) -- from the National Organization for Marriage is out and its just as pathetic as expected (below). Someone call 911. The Pat Robertson lovin' Theo-Cons are on the floor and can't get up (and they don't even have one of those things)! UPDATE: It appears Perez, shady Queen that he is, played hardball. The video is down on YouTube. G.A.Y. has some thoughts on that. If it doesn't come back up, you ain't miss a thing. Or, you can catch it here. I've always hated Perez Hilton and all his gay gossip publicity whore clones [you know the names]. But then I saw him talk about this on CNN and the importance of the marriage issue with facts and intellect, as opposed to Miss Californication glancing at her cheat notes while spewing lies about "protecting marriage" , which, to my chagrin, I haven't seen one commentator ask the dumb Theo-Con parrot to expound on. Believe me, hilarity would ensue. "What exactly does protecting it mean, Miss California? Is it like protecting ourselves from Swine flu? Should we wear masks? When Pam & Betty get married, will traditional straight couples develop high fevers and die?" No. Miss Californication is the conservatives newest poster person for stupidity. Yes they embrace her, like a drowning man embraces anything buoyant. They grabbed onto that dolt Joe the Plumber, even though it became immediately clear he was an idiot. Still, to this day, they get all flush in his presence. Why? Because their entire ideology is dying all around them and they have no idea what to do. So they lurch here and there and grab onto anything shiny and buoyant and say "See! This plumber agrees!" "See! This dumb blond agrees, too!" It would all be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic. Perez may still be a publicity whore, but on this matter I'm with him 100%. And if Miss Californication is their secret weapon, then we just may be able to exhale a bit. Maybe. But, still, sleep with one eye open, and an ear alert for torch-bearing villagers -- 'cause those Theo-Cons love a good crucifixion. ~~

Is Pro-White Anti-Black?

There's been a dust up over this post on ka-os Theory -- You Only Count if you're Black, which bristled at this post on Darian Aaron's blog praising Black Gay Bloggers, suggesting reverse exclusion. The ensuing dialogue ripped old battle scars like an East Coast/West Coast rap beef that won't die when Darian responded using the method all beefs employ these days -- Facebook. As one responder on Darian's facebook page asserted, "Pro-black isn't anti-white". Okay. But does the opposite hold true? Does America's racial history preclude the mainstream rise of Pro-White groups without them being nefarious like the one above? Great questions; tough answers though. In such cases, I try to look at things from the other guys perspective. If you haven't checked out the link above and the connecting links do so now and then come back. I must admit there are valid points all around. Ka-os was on point with his observation, though, possibly, he was unaware that he was stepping into a minefield littered with the corpses of many who just wanted to do the right thing. Fair is fair, correct? Using that simple formula I butted heads with Jasmyne Cannick over the right of Shirley Q. Liquor (below) to exist in a world where the Wayans brothers make millions by putting on white-face and portraying 'White Chicks'. Naturally, I gathered a host of enemies who to this day still grumble at the mention of my name and use Charles Knipp's character as a retort for everything. **Oh, of course, somebody who defends Shirley Q would say that!!** Whatever. Fair is fair. And that will never change. Using that same formula, I've also decried the rise of Black Gay Prides (and added a few more to the list of those who don't like me). Now, I truly understand why we have needed them, and why, possibly, in certain areas of our nation we may still need them. But I think the ultimate goal for a rainbow flag waving community is to be all-inclusive -- like a resort. Isn't it? Branching off into individual prides will only lead to further division. Having said that, NYC should not have a 'regular' Pride and a Black Pride and a Latino Pride and an Asian Pride -- what's next, Special Pride, Little People Pride, Big-Boned People Pride, yada yada muthfukin' yada. With all the opposition against us, is it 'historically' wise to willingly divide ourselves? Wouldn't working with these entrenched organizations so that they live up to the dream and vision of the rainbow be much better? Tooting our horn is cool, Darian Aaron did nothing wrong in doing so. And yet, I agree with Ka-os wholeheartedly. See, there's that minefield, and why racial politics will always be so very complicated. So, is Pro White anti Black, and vice versa?