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Thursday Watercooler: Leave Bert and Ernie alone

James Withers — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:36:15 +0000

Bert and Ernie are just friends. Let it go. There is a movement to get Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie married. Meh. A waste of time, like glitter bombs. The creators of the fuzzy duo have(...)

Withers: Kramer is unhappy with those “feel-good” NY marriages

James Withers — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:16:37 +0000

Here is the trick about being a professional scold. You have to know when to keep the powder dry. Constant wailing is easy to tune out.

Whether its Faggots or The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer’s(...)

Withers: Does Lemon know what black homophobia is?

James Withers — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:28:42 +0000

Now that CNN’s Don Lemon is out as a gay man who happens to be black, his musings on the intersection of sexuality and race will get consideration. In multiple interviews thus far, he’s talked(...)

Withers: Trump compares gay marriage to “unattractive” putters

James Withers — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:16:33 +0000

Too bad Donald Trump and his people declined our interview request. Would have loved to hear his comparison between gay marriage and golf putters. Trumpster sat down with the New York Times the(...)

Monday Watercooler: Ugandan gay man faces deportation

James Withers — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:27:40 +0000

Trump used to be fine with gay rights. As Donald Trump gets into a slap fight with Gail Collins of the New York Times, Mother Jones has a great article about the Trumpster’s gay rights past. In(...)

Monday Watercooler: What will the Ninth do?

James Withers — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:49:26 +0000

Michael Lucas is predictable. Another anti-Muslim screed from the Advocate’s resident partisan Michael Lucas. He joins a rather vocal group of people, including Sarah Palin and Newt(...)

Withers: The conservative divide over gay marriage

James Withers — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:26:26 +0000

Lots can be said about Glenn Beck. He’s an active race baiter, obsessive about connecting his perceived political adversaries to Nazi ideology, Kool-Aid drinker of conspiratorial historical(...)

Weekend Watercooler: Eminem supports us…what?

rayhunt — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:38:13 +0000

• Eminem grows up? Eminem gave an interview that will be published in the Sunday New York Times Magazine approving of gay marriage. WHAT? The rapper whose past includes protests from gay(...)

Weekend Watercooler: Gay makes me uncomfortable

rayhunt — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:36:02 +0000

• What would Mommy and Daddy say? This week the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Ike Skelton, voiced his concern about the debate of DADT. Was his concerns about the thousands(...)

Monday Watercooler: Black and Perez drama continues

James Withers — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:59:18 +0000

Empire State Pride Agenda gets a new leader. Ross D. Levi was named last week as the new executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda. Levi has worked for ESPA for the past ten years.(...)