This creeps me out, makes me sad and scratches my rubbernecking itch all at once. Beyond that, words fail me.Michael Jackson-in case you hadn't heard-accidentally got super destitute because he spent all of his money on flying carpets and gold-plated robot butlers, so he decided to auction off all his shit to raise a bunch of millions of dollars. (Or something. Please do not quote me on the details.) Except then he changed his mind and asked for the stuff back, so now there's NOT going to be an auction (boooo!), but that's not really important. What's important is that I still got to go and LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF.
Touring the Michael Jackson auction collection is exactly like touring the inside of MJ's baroque, gold-plated crazybrain. Turns out, the inside of MJ's baroque, gold-plated crazybrain is the most fun and wondrous place you've ever been. It's also suuuper depressing!
It's the kind of place where it's impossible to decide what to take a picture of. IMPOSSIBLE! Everything is fucked up AND totally fucked. The weirdest revelation of the day was MJ's apparent obsession with lifesize wax figures of elderly white people in folksy poses and varying bonnets. The Creepiest Piece of Furniture Award goes to "child-size chaise lounge" (for child-size reclining nude?). But the overall Best Shit Ever is CLEARLY the vast collection of MJ-themed art, for which words do not suffice.
A video tour here. A few more pics after the fold, but click on the 1st link for lots more by Lindy West.
"New Yorkers don't look at me and my partner and say, 'They are different. They deserve less.' New York is a state that was built and blazed on the idea that people should have equality and be treated the same...So that minority of people that have become too vocal and too listened to, look me in the eye and tell me that I deserve less. Look me in the eye and tell me that Kim and I aren't a family, that we don't struggle every day, that we don't pay taxes, that we don't work every day in this city. No one can look me or her in the eye and tell us that, because it is not true."
I love, love LOVE this story. And apparently I'm not alone.
Over 21 million page views: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
WOW. (And NO, it cannot be embedded and YES, her incredible voice and performance is very worth clicking on the link)
Just goes to show "that you should never judge a book by its cover".
"Britain's' Got Talent" judges Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden have apologized to singing sensation Susan Boyle.In an appearance on CBS's "Early Show" on Friday morning, the two expressed their remorse for prejudging the 47-year-old before she wowed them and the world with her rendition of "I Dreamed A Dream," from the musical "Les Miserables," on the UK talent competition program.
,b."The minute she walked onstage we all, and the audience, completely judged her on her appearance,/b. and everything else. And I hate saying that," Amanda, a television star in the UK, said. "We judged a book by its cover, unfortunately, and we're all very cynical."
Piers, a former British tabloid editor, took the opportunity to express his regret about how they treated Susan.
"I would just like to apolog apologize to Susan Boyle because I think it's long overdue," he told "Early Show" host Julie Chen. "I think we owe her on apology because it was an amazing performance. We were all laughing at her when she started, and by the end the last laugh was on us."
Piers said their fellow judge, Simon Cowell, was also humbled by Susan's performance.
"It took two seconds for Simon and I to feel very stupid."
Good for you, Susan. Good indeed.
The lawsuit was brought forward by the Transgender Law Center on behalf of Gigi Marie Somers, a 67-year-old Kansas resident seeking to change her documentation. Read the full story at the Advocate’s web site, or read the court’s decision.
Birth certificates are often relied upon as a primary documentation resource, used by employers, creditors and the government to verify individuals’ identities. Without the ability to change their birth certificate, many transpeople are left in legal limbo, and are frequently outed by their documentation, which may not maion, which may not match their gender presentation.
Birth certificate change procedures vary from state to state, and some states don't allow any alteration to the sex listed on this critical document. This increased ease in changing birth certificate will benefit California-born transpeople across the country. Congratulations to the Transgender Law Center on this fantastic victory!
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