Combined Gay News Headlines (T5T-1)

You Can Put Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal In Anything

In our review of the best of the gay (and gay-interest) films at the Sundance Film Festival, we might have left out one film worth checking out. It's Rudo y Cursi, a Spanish-language flick that pits Y Tu Mama Tambien hotties Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal together again, playing two nobodies who become Mexican [...]

Real World's Scott Herman Is a Heart Breaker

Listen, we're gonna be honest: We're absolutely in love with Scott Herman, the straight jock with the amazing abs on The Real World: Brooklyn. Yes, we love J.D. (gay) and Katelynn (transgender) and Sarah (gay-turned-straight) and Chet ("straight" Mormon). But Scott, with his sweetheart appeal and aww-chucks attitude, is absolutely adorable. So we feel for [...]

At Long Last, We Know Who Was on the No on 8 Executive Committee

You'd think that in their bid to remain viable members of the next generation of California marriage quality advocates, the members of the Executive Committee for the failed No on 8 campaign would demonstrate some transparency, but it took a public records request filing with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen by SF-activist Michael Petrelis [...]

“Milk” sweeps 8 Academy Award Nominations

The Academy nominated “Milk” for 8 Oscar nominations yesterday January 21st, 2009.  Among the nominations, “Milk” sweap across the board some of the most distinguished honors the Academy rewards which include: * Best Picture * Actor: Sean Penn * Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin * Director: Gus Van Sant * Original Screen Play: Dustin Lance Black * Original Score: Danny Elfman * Costume * Film [...]

Integration at Samba in Tower Tonight, 18+.

18+ tonight at Samba in Tower.  Starts at 7 hope to see you there.       

Some thoughts on the Neighborhood Ball

I’ll admit I was kind of switching between the San Francisco AmericaAmerican Idol auditions and the coverage of the inauguration but I still managed to catch quite a bit. Warning…inanity ensues. 1. The DJ for the evening, Nick Cannon…really?! They should have just gone with a host  instead of having him stand there in front of vinyl [...]

Elaine Donnelly's Worried Obama Doesn't "Understand The Consequences" Of Repealing DADT

In a recent OneNewsNow piece, "reporter" Chad Groening wrote about Press Secretary Robert Gibbs's "startling pronouncement" regarding whether the Obama Administration plans on seeing Don't Ask, Don't Tell  (DADT) repealed. Gibbs responded with a one-word answer: "Yes." (PHB diary here.) The OneNewsNow piece, entitled Obama et al. essentially mum on military ban, extensively quoted Elaine Donnelly:

...While Donnelly acknowledges that Obama could get rid of "don't ask, don't tell" with the simple stroke of a pen, she believes that he really wants to get rid of the actual law which strictly prohibits homosexuals from military service. An obstacle, however, stands in the way.

"That can only be done by Congress," Donnelly explains. "And the members of Congress, when they approved that law [in 1993], did so with overwhelming bi-partisan, veto-proof majorities -- and the law has been upheld by the courts several times.

"You don't just take a perfectly sound and valuable law like that and just repeal it," she adds.

Donnelly maintains Gibbs and the Obama administration do not understand the consequences of such an action.

Oh yes. We remember Donnelly's recent warnings about the consequences of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people were allowed to serve openly in the military services:

Donnelly treated the panel to an extraordinary exhibition of rage. She warned of "transgenders in the military." She warned that lesbians would take pictures of people in the shower. She spoke ominously of gays spreading "HIV positivity" through the ranks.

"We're talking about real consequences for real people," Donnelly proclaimed. Her written statement added warnings about "inappropriate passive/aggressive actions common in the homosexual community," the prospects of "forcible sodomy" and "exotic forms of sexual expression," and the case of "a group of black lesbians who decided to gang-assault" a fellow soldier.

I believe President Obama is aware that the consequences of repealing DADT aren't going to be what Donnelly believes the consequences will be.

So, Donnelly's head didn't explode as I expected it would over the Gibbs video, but she definitely responded to the video relatively quickly.

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Related:
* Pam's House Blend tag: Elaine Donnelly

Benefit for Q Center Will Take Place January 31, 2009

Statement on Mayor Adams’ Disclosure

We have been hearing from many of you since the news broke that Portland Mayor Sam Adams lied about his relationship with a young man he claimed to have mentored. It is clear that emotions are running very high and here at BRO, we feel the need to take a deep breath and [...]

What Are Your Inauguration Plans?

The Roseland Theatre, Basic Rights Oregon staffers Juan Martinez and Andrew Hogan, and a cadre of exciting musicians are celebrating the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama tonight at the Roseland Theatre! The door’s open at 6:00pm, the show starts at 7:00pm, and there’s a $5 suggested donation to BRO at the door. What better [...]

Same-Sex Partners of New Orleans City Employees Upheld Again

(New Orleans, LA) â€" The Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth District, has upheld a Lambda Legal victory in lower court that the city of New Orleans was within its authority when it granted health benefits to domestic partners of city employees and established a domestic partner registry for city residents. The January 15 decision came [...]

The Gay Family TV Ad That’s Too Hot for LA Affiliate KABC-TV

Los Angeles Affiliate KABC-TV Refused to Air Ad With Gay Families During Inauguration: ‘Too Controversial, Families Will Be Watching.’ — Video Included in this post: LOS ANGELES, Calif. (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — Non-profit organization GetToKnowUsoKnowUsFirst.org produced five 30-second commercials featuring gay and lesbian families, with the message “Marriage promotes families. Support marriage equality.” The ads, while not tied [...]