SGL Café

Into the light ...

What - no more begging the Pope to pray for cures? Just when I was getting used to the old Nazi.

Gay Slinky dances for Obama Inauguration

Okay, I lied, the slinky's not gay [though his rainbow emsemble, hip movements and sheer awesomeness make we wonder] -- and its actually a sports, halftime, thingie show whatever. But it does work as a metaphor for the start of an era, doesn't it? Human Slinky Halftime Basketball Creighton University Omaha NE - Watch more Sports Videos Also here is the Gay Marching Band that most of us probably missed. Good As You explains...

Photo du jour ~ My Obama Inaugural Ball date

If ... I knew who the hell he was... and I had a ticket to the Inaugural Ball. Oh, yeah ... and if I could stop humping him long enough to put on my tux.

Photo du jour: Pink Klan

Oh, no she di'int! Yes. She did. In Your Pink Sheets are Showing, Monica Roberts over at Transgriot called out some in the white gay community for their "...continued pattern of knee jerk hostility to President-elect Barack Obama dating back to last year's Democratic primary." Needless to say, I couldn't agree more.

On another note: Details set for protest of Warren speech at Ebenezer “Warren not only compares women having an abortion to Nazis, and pro-choice supporters to holocaust deniers, but he also opposed the right of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and queer folk to marriage, as well as [admittance] to his church,” said Craig Washington, a founding member of the Atlanta Black LGBT Coalition, which is organizing the protest. “These views, these words, are acts of oppression,” Washington said. “They are incompatible with the dream of the beloved community Martin Luther King envisioned, and the spirit with which Coretta Scott King founded the King Center.”

Stealing our LOVE STORIES ... (Redux - 01.20.09)

* FEATURED re-POST from 12/30/08 * With additional photos of our love in honor of the Obama Inauguration Week ... and the beginning of a new era of respect for SAME GENDER LOVE. * play video * Sometimes its too much. Convincing people you are worthy of the same rights and respect as they are should be a no-brainer. It's not. Obama's historic inaugural preparations are underway; in less than a month an alleged man of god will give the invocation, despite taking numerous repugnant positions in the past - not the least of which equating gay sex to pedophilia. Some say he didn't really mean it that way. It doesnt' really matter. It was a ham-fisted analogy which exposed his ugly heterosexist heart -- in his eyes, we (gays) will never be as good as them (straights). Watching Taylor Swift sing this song (yes, I like country music) and visually capture the magic that LOVE can be and wrap it in a fairy tale, all I could think was they wanna keep it all to themselves. Almost as Victorian and exclusionary as the video, the retrograde attitudes of that bastard Warren, the ex-Hitler-Youth turned Pope, and countless other wannabe men (and women) of God want to keep all this magic and fantasy and fairy dust to themselves. They want to rob us of our fairy tale love stories; force them back into the shadows and alleys and dark corners of our past. I've made my position on Warren very clear. Now is not the time to burn effigies. As a black man I wanna celebrate this event. I wanna cry hot tears and fall to my knees for those who didn't live to see this day. Its been a long time coming. Then, President Obama, after all the confetti is swept away and DC returns to normal -- we're coming to claim our love stories. Because everyone deserves a fairy tale. And like my grandma used to say (and its oh so fitting here!) - "You can believe that like you read it in the Bible." ~~ Please support our sponsors!

Why can't we trust the Smart Guy we elected?

Or, why can't we stop being self-centered little twits? With all the retching and gagging from a disgruntled community -- still queasy over Prop 8 and now forced to swallow a fat greasy homophobe named Warren -- I've been one of the rare voices calling for calm, reason, and Maalox. Then I read this piece detailing the myriad challenges facing the incoming President - President-elect Barack Obama - When Wisdom, Honesty and Judiciousness No Longer Seem to Matter - and it hit all the reasons why I called for calm. The article concludes with: "...The solutions to these problems will not be grounded in ideology; they will require vision, wisdom, honesty, judiciousness, collaboration and cooperation. All of these are qualities that President-elect Obama has demonstrated throughout his life and career. If they were good enough to get him elected president, why can't people be patient enough to see if they will also help him govern?" To me, this quote is one the screeching gay community could take to heart, with most of the major blogs fuming with calls to do all sorts of things to show our anger over the Warren thing. The man hasn't even taken office yet and already we are like the villagers with torches chasing Frankenstein [who only nanoseconds ago was The One]. There is a spirited debate at Pam's House Blend over whether Warren will be UNinvited. If I was on the religious right, I would find it all this quite hilarious -- and even inspired to do more to piss us off. But as my friend Bernie on Facebook said, everybody needs to chill out, which started another spirited debate. I. Couldn't. Agree. More. You see, while some are listening to the HRC types and saying "How dare he elevate that fat sweaty homophobe after WE put him in office!?", I see a besieged PE with monumental difficulties left by Bush. Things will turn around. We elected the smart guy, remember? Here's a quote from his address about his commitment to America becoming first again in science. Hmm, science over ideology. I wonder what Pastor Rick Warren thinks of that .... " ...It’s about ensuring that facts and evidence are never twisted or obscured by politics or ideology. It’s about listening to what our scientists have to say, even when it’s inconvenient – especially when it’s inconvenient. Because the highest purpose of science is the search for knowledge, truth and a greater understanding of the world around us..." (video below) So to answer the question why can't we trust the smart guy? Some of us do. But while HRC types badger the President-elect about pal'n around with homophobes, I hope he's keeping eye on unimportant things like India's far-right planning not only revenge on Pakistan for Mumbai, but a global Nuclear War to push the reset button on the world. But, maybe, with HRC's diligence, we'll get marriage rights before our flesh melts away. ~~

By media accounts, "The Gays" are pissed about Rick Warren -- NOT!

Since I hate to be lumped into any box [especially one labeled 'THE GAYS'], I must express a slightly dissenting opinion. ALL the gays aren't pissed. Some are. Some are just extremely annoyed. Some are guardedly taking a wait-and-see attitude, like myself. This isn't a black and white issue -- those who are pissed have a reason to be. Yes, Rick Warren, like everyone else who claims to love "the gays", is a big ol' (get behind me faggot) raging holy homophobe. We would be happy (thrilled even) if Obama waited until the last second and snubbed his fat hateful ass for gay bishop Gene Robinson. Oh, how we would giggle and pee our pants. But there are a lot of Americans (yeah, I know, its scary) who LOVE that Rick Warren is speaking. LGBT America, unfortunately, is not all of America. We have to take the bad with the good, just like the Rick Warren loving evangelical nut-jobs who pray to Sarah Palin. They lost. They cried. We got Obama. We danced. But he's for all of us, remember, even *gag* ... the nutty right. No one said bringing the diverse melting pot that is America together would be easy. Obama is gonna piss off people every now and again. Sometimes it will be us. Get over it. The sun doesn't rise and set on our beliefs. What are we, Christians? ~~

On an annoying but lovable friend note: I get a lot of crap email, but the most annoying are the religious ones where you supposed to feel blessed and then send it on to everyone you know. As if I don't have enough shit to do already, yeah, I'll add annoying most of the people on my mailing list to my day. So when a friend from Florida sent me one today, I fired back "Don't send me any more religious crap chain-emails!" His response? "It wasn't a chain mail shit nose. Just more of a blessing to u and urs. Ass face!" ~ Niko-Nick LOL! Damn, I love that boy!

Obamanicure

My people, my people. How wrong is this? I mean, we're all happy, but DAMN.

Prop 8 passage brings out straight support / LGBT racism

The above video is from a straight ally who is shocked and outraged at his home state, the "gay capital" as he called it, striking down same sex marriage rights. While drifting in and out of his Obama euphoria that The WORLD has been enjoying, he took the time to support LGBT rights. I'm saying this because it seems, sadly, that some in the gay community are scapegoating black Obama supporters for this. *sigh* Yes, the skunk at my inner Obama party, which has had me smiling like an idiot since election night, has been reading some articles like here, angry over this Prop 8 loss and rightly so. The article is fine, but the comments are sometimes vile and show a level of racism from inside the community that I'd hoped wasn't an issue anymore. It's ironic it took the election of Obama - and the subsequent possible side-effect of the Prop 8 passage, to cause it to bubble to the surface. Cooler heads begin to surface here and here, reminding us to celebrate our newest openly gay member of congress, Jared Polis. During this election our minds were boggled by information overload, and through it all, the quasi-religious dirtbags behind YES on 8 launched a campaign of lies and misinformation targeting the black community to tickle their alleged notorious homophobia. Though they are barely more homophobic that any other community, the lies worked. The even used children, as if to vote NO was a vote against the children. We took our eyes off this little ball because of the larger one, electing Obama. By the footage of celebrations around the globe I don't feel bad about that. But the first black president of the United States included gays in his acceptance speech about inclusiveness, one heard around the globe. That's a helluva consolation prize. Now, there are many black gay celebrities who, had they been vocal supporters of the NO on 8, could have helped defeat this. Queen Latifah alone could have done it if she'd thrown herself into it. It's time these people stepped up if they want our support and our money. But there are many more, all afraid to do what many white celebs have already done and still work tirelessly and publically for -- all of our rights. Ellen and Portia can't do it all. It's time they stepped up. Blacks are being blamed for this. Rightly or wrongly so, DL celebs must admit their complicity in this. I truly feel that these people so outraged by the passage of Prop 8 to the detriment of the historic moment in time are missing the forest for the trees. And yes, they are being a little self-centered. By all means, rise up and fight this obvious second class citizenry tooth and nail. But don't for one second think that we black LGBT aren't fighting with you just as hard, even though we have some cowards in our ranks. Hopefully, in this time of inspiration, they too will step up. Anyway, as we speak, there filling the streets in front of the Mormon Church which sponsored the YES on Prop 8 travesty. If I were on the west coast, I'd be out there with them. But since I'm on the left coast ... I'll continue to revel in these Obama vibes ... from around the globe .... just for a few more days. Hell, its been a LONG journey. ~~

Photo du jour ~ O-Ba-Ma, O-Ba-Ma

Last Night, America said to the world -- "You can exhale now, we're Back!" I think I got an hour of sleep. Couldn't stop smiling. But I learned it's impossible to fall asleep while smiling. Then I bounced out of bed this morning like it was Xmas and I was 10. Been a looong time since I've felt like that. I spent the election with a few close friends. I was invited to other watch parties, but I was just too freaked out and terrified he'd lose and how I'd react to be around strangers. But the beauty of the crowd as they converged in Chicago was mesmerizing. For awhile, the red states looked like they did in 2004 and we all felt that sickening feeling. I couldn't stop drinking (Captain Morgan) and pacing. I haven't had a smoke in almost two months and I needed one last night but I stuck to my guns. But then when he took Ohio and PA I knew. It's funny how when huge events take place, you don't realize the enormity until it actually happens. No wonder I've been so screwed up the last couple of weeks. This is just what I wanted to happen but was too afraid to hope for. The sight of the new first family was too much for words. Obamabots showed up for work tired, but glowing.