May 09, 2009

Rearview Mirror: Highlights of the Week on Towleroad

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 roadMiss California Carrie Prejean: topless photos surface, statement, chaos, #2.
 roadWhite House inaction on gay rights noted. CNN: "Think ten-foot pole."
 roadMaine becomes fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Challenged.
 roadRNC Chair Michael Steele blasts Maine decision on marriage equality.
 roadFirst Look: Kerry Degman behind-the-scenes for Armani Exchange underwear.
 roadA lesbian on the Supreme Court?
 roadNews reporter threatens to punch blogger Mike Rogers in the face. Not sorry.
 roadSean Hannity attacks Obama for ordering 'Dijon' mustard on his burger.
 roadNation awaits decision from New Hampshire Governor on marriage equality.
 road'Politics': Rudy Giuliani fails to show at wedding of gay pals.
 roadD.C. Council votes 21-1 to recognize same-sex unions performed elsewhere.
 roadD.C. opposition from Congress; Pelosi: House won't touch.
 roadThe Republican Party is a clown college.
 roadMOVIES: Kirk/Spock, Bernal/Luna, Jekyll/Hyde.
 roadFocus on the Family's James Dobson: have we gone completely mad?
 roadRep. Virginia Foxx 'apologized' to Judy Shepard over 'hoax' comments.

 roadNews round-ups: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

 roadDiego Luna: Gael Garcia Bernal a better kisser than Sean Penn.
 roadRobert Pattinson an Javier Beltran sex up Little Ashes.
 roadMarie Osmond speaks about lesbian daughter, gay rights.
 roadHundreds march for equality in Philadelphia.
 roadWhite House revises language on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'; Obama fires first gay linguist.
 roadMinnesota, Missouri couples board marriage buses to Iowa.
 roadTabloid declares Pink bixexual; singer says she's not.
 roadGay man arrested after rushing Britney Spears at concert; Adam Lambert gets rushed.
 roadFarrah Fawcett critically ill. Treatment ends.
 roadAlleged executioner of gay men in Iraq speaks of killings.
 roadIn Senegal, they throw dead gays out of the cemetery.
 roadTHE TUBE: mass karaoke, Madonna neighbors, FU to hate, face transplant, Lady GaGa.
 road'Joe the Plumber' wouldn't let a 'queer' anywhere near his children.
 roadAdam Lambert would be the first friend of Dorothy you to win American Idol.
 roadMadonna wears bunny-ears contraption to Met Costume Institute gala.
 roadAdam Lambert would be the first friend of Dorothy you to win American Idol.
 roadMichael Savage, Phelps clan banned from UK for hate-mongering. Will sue.
 roadPat Robertson: Marriage equality will lead to pedophilia, bestiality, etc.
 roadNew York state Senator Onorato stonewalls constituents on same-sex marriage.
 roadPortland Mayor Sam Adams in car accident.
 roadGay Seattle couple's home targeted with graffiti: 'faggots rape kids'.
 roadNeil Patrick Harris gave Towleroad a sweet shout-out on Jimmy Fallon.
 roadPLUS: Brad Pitt, Susan Boyle, Amanda Lepore, Tony Award nominations, Justin Timberlake, Attitude naked, Michelle Obama, Dustin Lance Black, Hubble telescope, Viola Wills,

April 25, 2009

Rearview Mirror: Highlights of the Week on Towleroad

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 roadIraqi militia killing gay men with painful anal glue torture; threats.
 roadInto Space: Saturn close-up, Hubble looks at 'Fountain of Youth'.
 roadMiss California Carrie Prejean's big gay marriage FAIL. EQCA invitation.
 roadPrejean defends: 'gay activist' sister, Facebook friends. 'God was testing me.' More...
 roadCloseted gay Republicans hung out to dry in Outrage.
 roadAbtastic congressman and confirmed bachelor Aaron Schock 'not gay'.
 roadAnother "Bullycide" death of a child; the media reacts.
 roadAdam Lambert's Idol streak continues; off-stage war with Kris Allen?
 roadIdol chatter: Adam Lambert not gaaaay: 'the gig is up dumbass'.
 roadFrank Rich: NOM 'Gathering Storm' a turning point for anti-gay bigotry.
 roadLance Bass and George Takei and Wilson Cruz and Alec Mapa react to NOM.
 roadNOM thanks critics Stephen Colbert, slams McCain Advisor Steve Schmidt.
 road20,000 attend first Miami Beach gay pride festival and parade.
 roadRussell Crowe's Robin Hood loses the tights. Hugh Jackman 'not gay'.
 roadNY Marriage Equality: Giuliani swings, POLL supports, 'GOP' boost, Paterson defers.
 roadOther states: Iowa defends, Maine listens, Connecticut codifies, NH kills?
 roadTHE TUBE: Lady GaGa, Naked Nike, Single Ladies, DICK Cheney, Susan Boyle.
 roadPastor Rick Warren in Wikipedia whitewash over Proposition 8?
 roadJuice: Jason Statham gets a charge from his nipples.
 roadExtreme Home Makeover: The Munsters to Desperate Housewives.
 roadGavin Newsom uses Twitter, Facebook, YouTube to announce campaign for Gov.
 roadMUSIC: Who's really buying CDs anymore?
 roadTwilight's wolf pack brat pack spend most of their time shirtless, apparently.
 roadNY Archbishop on Catholics: "We're not anti-gay...we're pro-marriage."
 roadUK mom fined for homophobic abuse at estranged teen son and boyfriend.
 roadNH Gop Chair John H. Sununu calls marriage equality garbage.
 roadAllen Andrade gets life prison sentence for murder of Angie Zapata. STATEMENT.
 roadFILM: Star Brawlers and transgendered quarterbacks, y'all.
 roadHouse Committee passes Matthew Shepard hate crimes act.

 roadNews Round-ups: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

 roadPLUS: Neil Patrick Harris does Pamela Anderson, David Beckham, Woody Harrelson, shirtless McConaughey interview, Levi Johnston, Jell-O, Hunkerin' down, Ashton Kutcher.

March 28, 2009

Rearview Mirror: Highlights of the Week on Towleroad

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 roadVermont Senate approves same-sex marriage; governor promises veto; citizens protest.
 roadMUST HEAR: From the Vermont senate hearings, a young voice.
 roadFootball player lives (almost) fully-exposed in Milan Dirk Bikkembergs boutique.
 roadScientists film cellular spread of HIV for first time - WATCH.
 roadCNN turns focus to GOP Congressman Aaron Schock's abs.
 roadPortland Mayor Sam Adams' former fling Beau Breedlove gets naked for unzipped.
 roadYears of refusal: Morrissey refuses to concede his sex symbol status.
 roadAlaska's Mount Redoubt Volcano begins erupting; ash settles on Bobby Jindal.
 roadObama defends economic plan on 60 Minutes; pwns CNN reporter at news conference.
 roadPaul Rudd: "I love gay guys. I feel pretty gay."
 roadWABC Newsman murdered; by 16-year-old satanist who confesses, pleads not guilty.
 roadTHE TUBE: Pride rhyme, Kill Bill, Arthur Laurents, Michelle Bachmann, Adam Lambert.
 roadRyan Reynolds has eyes for Robert Pattinson, who wants to duet with Will Young.
 roadMeghan McCain to Larry King: "I believe in gay marriage."
 roadNew York Senator Chuck Schumer flips, expresses support for full marriage equality.
 roadPink elephant photographed in Botswana.
 roadRapper Rick Ross "apologizes" to gays, makes Elton John an offer.
 roadGay couple assaulted, beaten unconscious on Oregon beach.
 roadFOX attacks Barney Frank for Scalia 'homophobe' label; Frank explains, and defends.
 roadCrackdown on gays in Morocco, Uganda, Zambia...
 roadWhat would you do? ABC explores homophobia in a sports bar.
 roadNo repeal of anti-discrimination law: Gainesville, Florida makes the right choice.
 roadKarl Lagerfeld leaves his muse Brad Kroenig for a younger model.
 roadMUSIC: Pet Shop Boys, Velvet, Ciara, Justin Timberlake, Green Day, Utada.
 roadCivil union bill dies in Hawaii; marriage equality bill moves forward in New Hampshire.
 roadFilm trailers: Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock, and Where the Wild Things Are.
 roadBromantic: Survivor's straight spooning episode, and a couple hot extreme kayakers.
 roadPLUS: Jack Mackenroth, Rascal Flatts, Yoko Ono Peace Tower, Jim Carrey, ScreamBody, Marcia Cross, The World.

March 21, 2009

Rearview Mirror: Last Week on Towleroad

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 roadA-Rod loosened up with tequila before intimate scene with himself for Details.
 roadObama administration to endorse UN Declaration on gay rights refused by Bush...
 roadPope Benedict shock statement: Condom distribution will fuel AIDS epidemic.
 roadHubble telescope turns its gaze toward quadruple moon transit of Saturn.
 roadUnderwater volcano erupts near Tonga in South Pacific: VIDEO.
 roadNationally-ranked Paul Donahoe on gay-for-pay videos and a return to wrestling.
 roadIdol Adam Lambert's black nails confuse Randy Travis, delight roommate Kris Allen.
 roadGay Facebook co-founder and Obama web guru Chris Hughes profiled.
 roadGay couple attacked after Britney Spears concert plus, a big hate crime update.
 roadReal World: New York's Eric Nies saves dog from icy lake — NAKED.
 roadObama reaches out to Iran in taped video message.
 roadModels riot, stampede, brawl after false bomb scare at NYC Top Model audition.
 roadNatasha Richardson, actress and advocate for people with AIDS, dies after ski accident.
 roadTHE STAGE: Our Town, The American Plan, and Ruined.
 road"Bruno" dupes Alabama National Guard, Ron Paul, previews at SXSW.
 roadWest Side Story: Arthur Laurents' comeback and a Hollywood reenactment.
 roadD.L. Hughley wants to know about Richard Gere's "gerbil thing."
 roadWashington Domestic Partner bill moves forward; GOP senator says gay is genetic.
 roadPete Wentz plays Russian Roulette drinking game with his own pee.
 roadAnti-discrimination bill moves forward in WV, NH marriage bill heads to House.
 roadImmigration: Washington Post supports 'Uniting American Families Act'.
 roadAlaska: Levi Johnston speaks out about Bristol Palin break-up.


 roadRachel Maddow talks to NYC subway hero Chad Lindsey.
 roadVermont sames-sex marriage: Hearings begin, swell to a crescendo, bill moves forward.
 roadEllen DeGeneres talks marriage with wife, plays with Anderson Cooper, is Mother Nature.
 roadTHE TUBE: McCain, Dolphin tricks, electric sheep, Gavin Newsom, AIG, Judge Judy.
 roadNAACP Chair Julian Bond: "Gay rights are civil rights".
 roadViolent Croatian homophobic ex-con speaks about hatred for gays.
 roadShow of Force: 38 graduates of West Point come out of the closet, form support network.
 roadThe Wild Things are coming.
 roadLate night gaffe: Obama compares bowling game to Special Olympics.
 roadPorn actor Harlow Cuadra spared death penalty in murder case, gets life without parole.
 roadPoet Mark Doty and partner encounter homophobia in San Francisco's North Beach.
 roadActivists demand gay adoption, end to discrimination in Florida.
 roadOklahoma teacher gets the axe over production of The Laramie Project.
 roadAnti-gay attacks in Berlin inspire citywide "kiss" billboard campaign.
 roadGay NY lawmaker Jon Cooper weighs U.S. senate run against Kirsten Gillibrand.
 roadMan arrested as Catholics threaten gay lawmakers in Connecticut.
 roadActivist says Mormon church formed illegal 'front group' for Prop 8 financing.
 road'Gayface': Gossip Girl actors tired of being mocked.
 roadDirector tells how Robert Downey, Jr. got Mike Tyson to gay bash him.
 roadPLUS: Prince Harry, Lambda Literary Awards, Phil Keoghan, Robert Pattinson, Barrett Long, Bob Dylan, Pete Doherty, James Franco, Space Bat, Marc Jacobs, Marlon Teixeira, John Mayer, Valentino.

February 28, 2009

Rearview Mirror: Last Week on Towleroad

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 roadSean Hannity freaks out over gay kisses at the Oscars.
 roadOscar winner Dustin Lance Black discusses Harvey Milk, 30 years later.
 roadTales of the City author Armistead Maupin on Harvey Milk's last love.
 roadMilk picks up Best Screenplay, Best Actor as Slumdog dominates Oscars - SPEECHES.
 roadCleve Jones: "We're now going to insist on full equality."
 roadDid India censor gays from Oscar broadcasts? Yes, in fact they were censored across Asia.
 roadGay activist Frank Kameny's D.C. home declared historic landmark.
 roadBattlestar Galactica's Jamie Bamber strips down for bears.
 roadJake Gyllenhaal plays ball in Damn Yankees, cameos in Jamie Foxx video.
 roadBarack Obama speaks to Congress, Louisiana's Jindal bombs in response.
 roadRNC Chair Michael Steel on civil unions: "What, are you crazy?"
 roadPussies galore: get ready to sneeze.
 roadHugh Jackman discusses gay rumors and Rupert Everett says coming out ruined his career.
 roadKiller of gay teen in Liverpool, UK acquitted. Killer of gay man in Florida gets life sentence.
 roadNYPD makes one arrest, then another in hate crime killing of Ecuadorean man.
 roadRobert Downey Jr. and Jude Law play gay in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes?
 roadStates in the news: Idaho, Hawaii civil unions deadlocked, North Carolina, New Mexico.
 roadUtah: Senator Chris Buttars stands by his bigotry. Buttars-palooza rally at state capitol.
 roadUtah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. on gay rights: "I've always thought we were behind."
 roadTHE TUBE: Killer whale vs pelican, Alan Keyes, Edilson, Johnny Weir, Dalmation balls.
 roadColorado lawmaker Scott Renfroe says homosexuality is equivalent to murder. LISTEN.
 roadMUSIC VIDEOS: Pet Shop Boys, Pete Doherty gay kiss, Röyksopp.
 roadNAACP calls on California Supreme Court to overturn Proposition 8. Vigils scheduled.
 roadAuction of Yves Saint Laurent estate goes huge, defies recession.
 roadDrag queen reveals HIV status on RuPaul's Drag Race, delivers check to LGBT school.
 roadProminent L.A. gay bookstore A Different Light to close.
 roadThe gayest painting of our time?
 roadREPORT: Gay Italian man to become nun following sex change.
 roadSpace notes: Comet Lulin, the Etruscan Vase moon, the Eye of God.
 roadJeffrey Crowley: Obama names gay man to head office of National AIDS Policy.
 roadT roadHEATRE REVIEWS: Becky Shaw and The Third Party.
Humpback whale rescued near New York City.
 roadJames Dobson resigns as chairman of Focus on the Family.
 roadPLUS: Margaret Atwood, Dolly Parton, David Beckham, Rafael Nadal, Genre magazine, Cristiano Ronaldo, Cyndi Lauper.

February 15, 2009

Rearview Mirror: Last Week on Towleroad

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road.jpg Irishman is named new Mr. Gay World in Canada.
road.jpg Gay Survivor contestant Spencer Duhm glad he doesn't sound gay.
road.jpg Internet hook-up leads to grisly murder of gay Army veteran in Pennsylvania.
road.jpg Son of homophobic megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes arrested in gay sex sting.
road.jpg Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. voices support for gay rights, civil unions.
road.jpg DADT: Kansas discharges 9-year veteran.
road.jpg Foo Fighters Chris Shiflett and Dave Grohl show support for marriage equality.
road.jpg THE TUBE: Flight 1549, Ross Matthews, 50 Cent, WGN, Joan Rivers,
road.jpg Bail bondsman: At least 10 more Ted Haggard sex cases, of which three are minors.
road.jpg America's first openly gay news anchor, Randy Price, resigns in Boston.
road.jpg Madonna and Brazilian boytoy Jesus Luz steam up Rio de Janeiro.
road.jpg Major gay media investment fund in receivership.
road.jpg Congressman Jerrold Nadler to reintroduce Uniting American Families Act - INTERVIEW.
road.jpg Obama "Hope" artist Shepard Fairey, arrested, charged, arraigned.
road.jpg Massive Rem Koolhaas hotel under construction in Beijing up in flames.
road.jpg Just Dance: John Mayer and Ellen go GaGa in a bathroom stall.
road.jpg Four arrested for vandalism of Long Island LGBT Youth Center.
road.jpg Straight golf club salesman proposes marriage equality initiative in Colorado.
road.jpg HRC Dinner speeches: Smith, Olbermann, Corzine, Schumer and Gillibrand.
road.jpg Australia burns Koala VIDEO.
road.jpg Pop idol Will young a tender superhero in "Let it Go".
road.jpg Crimes of hate: SLC, Sean Kennedy, Lawrence King, King anniversary, Vancouver.
road.jpg Senior Sussex Spaniel Stump is America's top dog.
road.jpg MUSIC: Erasure,Green Day, The Saturdays, Lady GaGa, Pet Shop Boys, Lily Allen.
road.jpg Hawaii House passes civil union bill.
road.jpg Joaquin Phoenix baffles on Letterman: We owe an apology to Farrah Fawcett.
road.jpg Stem cell transplant offers AIDS cure hope.
road.jpg Abraham Lincoln turns 200: Emancipation chic?
road.jpg Jaguar spotted in Mexican wild: first time in 100 years.
road.jpg 23-year-old Newark, Delaware city councilman Ezra Temko comes out with a flourish.
road.jpg Freedom to marry: Nationwide marriage equality demos begin, in NY.
road.jpg GOP Senator Judd Gregg withdraws as Obama Secretary of Commerce nominee.
road.jpg Kenny Chesney didn't sign up to be called "gay" but Kanye West did.
road.jpg PLUS: Grammy Awards, Kindle, Whitney Houston, Robert Downey Jr., West Side Story, A-Rod, Edilson Nascimento, Keith Haring, White Horse, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kevin Spacey.

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February 07, 2009

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road.jpg Tabloid publishes Michael Phelps bong photo; Phelps apologizes, Kelloggs balks...
road.jpg Oklahoma homophobe Sally Kern calls for anti-gay "Great Awakening".
road.jpg Christian Bale unleashes tirade of the week on movie set; Dance remix; O'Reilly remix.
road.jpg Posh Spice holding gay man hostage.
road.jpg Brit comic Stephen Fry twitters his way out of an elevator.
road.jpg Jude Law in drag: Supermodel, work.
road.jpg Roger Federer weeps after loss to Nadal in Australian Open final.
road.jpg RNC Chair Michael Steele: GOP should reach out to gays, pro-choice voters.
road.jpg SKIN: Morrissey's 7-inches, British rugby's Care Bear, Danny Care.
road.jpg CEO of Chicago Public Schools Ron Huberman: I'm gay.
road.jpg ESPN produces homophobic Shaq "fist kiss" ad; pulls it after uproar.
road.jpg Mormon Church waits till last minute to disclose $190,000 in non-monetary Prop 8 spending.
road.jpg Lesbian Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir takes helm in Iceland.
road.jpg Obama: More "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" studies needed. SLDN: No more studies!
road.jpg Models Kerry Degman and Parker Gregory daytrip for Armani Exchange.
road.jpg Simon Cowell and Kelly Clarkson are not gay but NKOTB's Jonathan Knight is.
road.jpg Tammy Baldwin asks for State Dept. fixes as Hillary sworn in.
road.jpg Towleroad interviews Barney Frank on the inauguration, economy, and LGBT issues.

road.jpg THE TUBE: Iraq soldiers, Annie Lennox, Dentist, Blagojevich, Recession, Snowball, Leather.

road.jpg Long Island LGBT Youth Center hit by vandals in hate crime.
road.jpg Flight 1549: Plane transported, pilot speaks, Steve Martin jokes, audio tapes -LISTEN.
road.jpg Car trouble: Tom Daschle pulls out as HHS nominee. Obama: "I made a mistake."
road.jpg UTAH: Equality Utah launches ads; conservatives launch hate over gay rights.
road.jpg Oscar Wilde Bookshop, nation's oldest gay bookstore, to close.
road.jpg Ted Haggard's new accuser Grant Haas tells of drugs and Ted's dildo.
road.jpg Portland: Sam Adams investigated, Beau Breedlove speaks.
road.jpg Congressman Gary Ackerman puts the members of the SEC over his knee, spanks them.
road.jpg Obama rallies House Democrats on stimulus bill in Williamsburg - VIDEO.
road.jpg MARRIAGE: New Hampshire, New Mexico, Vermont, Courage Campaign's great new video.
road.jpg Boston cop under fire for providing gay porn strippers police escort to club.
road.jpg Hot T-shirts for God-fearing fashionistas.
road.jpg Knoxville church shooter who hated liberals, gays to plead guilty, die in prison.
road.jpg Paul Lynde was Sean Penn's first gay.
road.jpg 50 Cent to offer butch line of cosmetics for men.
road.jpg Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has surgery for pancreatic cancer.
road.jpg PLUS: Jennifer Hudson, Matthew Mitcham, I LEGO NY, Sue Simmons, Milo Ventimiglia, Joe Cole, dolphin rescue, Guy Ritchie.

January 31, 2009

Rearview Mirror: Last Week on Towleroad

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road.jpg Wheel of Fortune spins forward: Gay man introduces his fiancé.
road.jpg Treasure trail: Matthew Mitcham medals with The Advocate.
road.jpg Australian media eyes relationship of Ian Thorpe and his "mate." Thorpe: I'm not gay.
road.jpg Daniel Radcliffe: Yes, I am a fag hag.
road.jpg Joey Fatone to James Franco: was it hard to play...a homosexual?
road.jpg Grant Haas, New Life Church volunteer, launches sex, meth claims at Ted Haggard.
road.jpg Ted Haggard escort Mike Jones fumes in video; Haggard just keeps talking and talking.
road.jpg Haggard explanation: "I am a heterosexual with issues."
road.jpg Marriage 'Equality Summit' held in L.A.; INTERVIEW with NCLR's Kate Kendell.
road.jpg COURT: 'Yes on 8' donors must remain public.
road.jpg GLAAD announces nominees for 20th annual awards; President Neil Giuliano resigns.
road.jpg Sly Stallone: Shirtless and ripped at 62.
road.jpg You want a piece of me: David Beckham's ass is a good luck charm.
road.jpg No common ground in Utah as first of five gay rights bills killed.
road.jpg Is this the ultimate British male?
road.jpg VIDEO: Cupcake dog, Streisand, Matt Alber, Huckabee, Ashton Kutcher, Segway fail.
road.jpg Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and his throne of naked men.
road.jpg Portland Mayor Sam Adams to return to work; won't resign.
road.jpg Stunning panoramic photo of Obama's inauguration.
road.jpg Pope embraces anti-gay Holocaust denier, launches YouTube channel.
road.jpg Grace Jones: My portraits watch me from the walls.
road.jpg Soulforce founder Mel White and son to compete in The Amazing Race.
road.jpg White House: Dybul out as AIDS coordinator, Rufus Gifford, Andy Tobias accept roles.
road.jpg Who outed Jason Wu? Perhaps RuPaul?
road.jpg Diesel Fashion: Tony Ward's fist and Bulge TV.
road.jpg Gay bar ad: AFA steps up calls for boycott of Pepsi.
road.jpg MUSIC: Coachella, Pet Shop Boys, Kelly Clarkson, Franz Ferdinand.
road.jpg Ricky Martin and his twins walkin in a winter wonderland.
road.jpg VEGGIE PORN: Whoopi Goldberg mocks banned PETA ad, demonstrates sex with broccoli.
road.jpg Don't look now but it's the goatee saver!
road.jpg State Department employees send letter to Hillary Clinton asking for equality.
road.jpg Government tells Iraqis who erected statue to shoe thrown at Bush to take it down.
road.jpg Oh, deer: Caribou frozen solid and Google Street view accident.
road.jpg PLUS: Tennis players French kiss, Brandon Flowers, ZEN video games, Goya no more, Saddlebacking, confused Cardinal.

January 24, 2009

Rearview Mirror: Looking Back at the Week on Towleroad

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road.jpg Barack Obama sworn in as 44th U.S. President — watch SPEECH. Sat. photo of mall.
road.jpg Bishop Gene Robinson's invocation
scrubbed from HBO broadcast. Obama team blames HBO.
road.jpg Watch Robinson Prayer VIDEO. Maddow on Robinson flap.
road.jpg Washington D.C. Gay Men's Chorus performs at Lincoln Memorial concert.
road.jpg Rex Wockner asks Gay VIPS their thoughts about Obama.
road.jpg Oath of office administered second time because of language flub.
road.jpg REPORT: Opening Ceremonies.
road.jpg INTERVIEW: Gay freshman Congressman Jared Polis.
road.jpg INTERVIEW: Members of the Lesbian and Gay Band Association who marched in parade.
road.jpg INTERVIEW: New Pres. of the State Democratic Chairs, gay NH Dem Party Chair Ray Buckley.
road.jpg INTERVIEW: Musician and singer Rufus Wainwright.
road.jpg INTERVIEW: New York Rep. and Uniting American Family's Act author Jerrold Nadler.
road.jpg PHOTOS: Inauguration gallery, and nightlife.
road.jpg White House site updated with lengthy list of commitments to LGBT rights.
road.jpg OVATION: Hillary Clinton receives hero's welcome at State Department.
road.jpg New York Governor appoints Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to Clinton Senate Seat - VIDEO.
road.jpg L.A.'s KABC refuses to air gay family ad during inauguration.
road.jpg Pastor Rick Warren protested at MLK Day service at Ebenezer Baptist in Atlanta.
road.jpg NYC baker sells racist "drunken negro face" cookies in "honor" of Obama.
road.jpg THE TUBE: Bush flubs, Aretha sings, Fisting, Caroline Kennedy, spying.
road.jpg Portland's Sam Adams admits lying about relationship during campaign.
road.jpg Portland TV on Adams controversy.
road.jpg Portland police ask attorney general for investigation. City rallies.
road.jpg Milk gets eight nods as Academy Award nominations handed out in Hollywood.
road.jpg Behind-the-scenes with Madonna and Marc Jacobs.
road.jpg Eric Dane breaks his penis, inspires nationwide rush to Google.
road.jpg MUSIC: Take That, U2, Kelly Clarkson, Real McCoy, The Saturdays, Antony And The Johnsons
road.jpg Jim Carrey talks about his internalized homophobia and kiss with Ewan McGregor.
road.jpg Focus on the Family launches anti-gay phone bank attack on Wyoming constiution.
road.jpg "No on Prop 8" committee members made public. Matt Foreman pens Op-Ed.

Thanks for being with us for our inauguration coverage. Keep looking out for an interview with Congressman Barney Frank we have yet to post!

January 10, 2009

Rearview Mirror: Looking Back at the Week on Towleroad

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road.jpg Eleven gay bars in Seattle threatened by Ricin terrorist; used Doty poem in letter.
road.jpg Chris Evans on his shirtless photo ban, and his gay brother.
road.jpg Dirty trick.
road.jpg Al Franken certified winner in MN Senate race, declares victory; Solid Gold flashback...
road.jpg Catholic Church in SF hit by vandals; SF Supervisor Dufty condemns.
road.jpg Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to succeed Howard Dean as DNC chair.
road.jpg NYT censors "gay" from its mobile service, fixes it.
road.jpg The truth about Rick Warren and AIDS in Africa; Melissa Etheridge defends pastor.
road.jpg Mariela Castro on same-sex marriage, HIV/AIDS, gay rights in Cuba.
road.jpg Twitter hacker outs Bill O'Reilly, hacks Britney Spears, Rick Sanchez, others...
road.jpg THE TUBE: Jeb, Richard Simmons, Sanjay Gupta, Blair House.
road.jpg Gays in the White House: Brad Kiley, Brian Bond, Fred Hochberg.
road.jpg Josh Brolin shares kisses with Sean Penn and Jeffrey Wright.
road.jpg Prop 8: Flurry of new briefs filed; 'Yes on 8' wants donor names blocked.
road.jpg New type of pink iguana identified living on lone Galapagos volcano.
road.jpg Take Action: Gay man's killer in South Carolina could be out of jail next month.
road.jpg Author John Irving is Edmund White's #1 fan.
road.jpg Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich impeached; Senate pick Burris rejected on D.C. arrival.
road.jpg Animal rights activist attacked in brutal anti-gay assault in Ohio.
road.jpg Video reveals chaotic arrest of Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright in Shreveport.
road.jpg Cow gives birth to skinny dude.
road.jpg NY marriage equality future unclear as Malcolm Smith is made majority leader.
road.jpg Presidents Bush I, Bush II, Carter, Clinton, President-elect Obama meet at White House.
road.jpg New Zealand Museum performs open-air autopsy on Great White Shark.
road.jpg Nine men jailed for eight years for homosexuality in Senegal.
road.jpg BART horror: Police officer shoots, kills man on subway platform.
road.jpg Regent Media merges with PlanetOut, assumes majority interest.
road.jpg Gay man is cover artist for Barack Obama's Spider-Man debut.
road.jpg Man's death in gay Pittsburgh sauna puts focus on mayor, owners.
road.jpg PLUS: Tyrannosaurus Prick, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, American Gladiator Nitro, Madonna, Brody Jenner, Brad Pitt, Tintin, Channing Tatum, Anne Hathaway, Cristiano Ronaldo, underwear jocks, Ian McKellen.