Inside the Larry Craig Bathroom Stall w/Michelangelo Signorile

As a subscriber to Sirius satellite radio, I have made a point to listen to the Michelangelo Signorile show on Sirius OutQ channel # 109 every day on my way home from work. His show airs weekdays from 2pm - 6pm EST.

I have to admit - since I have become an avid listener, I have learned a lot more about politics and it's affects on the GLBT community. He's tuned us in during the 2008 Presidential election campaign, as well as the fallout of Proposition 8 and the various demonstrations that followed.

Michelango does capture some video clips of his radio show from time to time. You can catch them on his YouTube channel.

While perusing his latest clips, I found this very amusing video where he visits the very bathroom stall made infamous by Senator Larry "I am NOT gay" Craig. Click on the jump link to check it out - it's a hoot!

New England: The Next Battle Zone for Marriage Equality

From source Edge New England:

GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders) have published a report in the January 4th edition of The Washington Times that outlines a directive to align the remaining 4 New England states - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island - with Massachusetts and Connecticut in the goal of implementing marriage rights for all. 

Currently, Massachusetts and Connecticut are the only 2 New England states to allow gay marriage.  Vermont and New Hampshire have civil union laws already on the books.  GLAD's ultimate goal is to ensure that laws to allow gay marriage in the remaining 4 states are in place by 2012.

State representatives in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are already introducing separate bills to initiate discussion that could possibly further equal marriage rights for the GLBT communities.

For more information on the GLAD organization and it's ongoing endeavors to bring marriage equality to all, click here!

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See Ya! Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!

From TowleRoad, file this under somebody finally got a friggin' clue!

Ann Coulter, the bombastic blond beyotch that has made a very comfortable living at spewing her incendiary brand of hate speech is finally feeling the heat that she created.  Matt Drudge (from The Drudge Report) has announced that Ann has not only been dropped from a scheduled appearance on NBC's The Today Show on January 6th to promote her new book, Guilty, but it appears she has been banned from the network - for life!!!  Feeling the pressure from the Media Matters group, network insiders have noted that they will no longer allow her airtime to promote her views.

There's an ironic twist to all of this.  Replacing Ann on The Today Show - none other than Perez Hilton, who is marketing the release of his own book, Red Carpet Suicide.
What comes around...know what I mean?

The Comix Strip: Pearls Before Swine

One of the things that I've always enjoyed about reading the daily newspaper was the comic strips. The unique characters and light-hearted and humorous storylines always seemed to brighten my day!

Well - the style and content of today's daily comic strip may have changed, but yet they still have the unique power to make me laugh and feel better, regardless of the darker issues going on in the world.

Case in point - my top fave - Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pattis. His array of animal characters have wit, sarcasm, silliness and stupidity, all rolled into each and every daily strip. I will admit that his humor is very rude, crude and politically incorrect...and that's just what I love about it. Any strip that can spoof the Larry Craig bathroom stall scandal into one of it's storylines just has to be a keeper!

My goal is to try and post the latest strip every morning before work (if possible). Today's strip takes an ironic step in making fun of itself. Have fun!



Previous posts of Pearls can be viewed at comics.com

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Monday Morning Male: Hot 'N Cold

Somehow, I don't believe that this is what Katy Perry was trying to convey in her song, Hot 'N Cold.  Regardless, both pics are nice to look at in ANY temperature!

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NBTGB Video Rewind

As a standard feature here on NBTGB, I offer an opportunity for everyone to catch up on online video clips that you may have heard about, but didn't get the chance to view the first time around.

All clips posted can range from news to sports, politics to comedy (is that an oxymoron?), sci-fi to drama and everything in-between - all with a decidedly GLBT slant.

So - what's on the agenda this week?  A little queer Trek, some Gays Gone Wild and all the reasons to consider Jon Stewart as our ally. Click on the jump link below to find out!


Let's start our video rewind session with a long-awaited trip about the Starship Enterprise.

Star Trek: Phase II, a fan-based web series that picks up where the original Star Trek left off has released the highly anticipated episode, Blood and Fire. The episode was written by David Gerrold, who worked on both the original, as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation. The story was originally proposed for development during ST:TNG, but never made it due to concerns surrounding the allegory to AIDS contained within the script.

In the episode, Peter Kirk (played by Bobby Rice) is an ensign aboard his uncle's well-renowned Starfleet vessel.  However, his relationship with his uncle is not on the best of terms, as neither has seen the other for years and James is concerned about putting his nephew in harm's way.  What the captain also is not aware of is Peter's boyfriend, Lt. Alex Freeman (played by Evan Fowler) is also assigned to the Enterprise.  The interaction between the two actors is a little wooden, at best.  However, they clearly bring out the notion that these are 2 people who love each other immensely and want nothing but to spend the rest of their lives together.  Nephew and Uncle finally encounter one another, in Peter clearly sets boundaries and expectations with the Captain as to being treated no differently in his duties.  The scene also includes an "ultimatum" of sorts, in which Peter coerces his uncle into marrying he and his "husband", once the current mission is over.  The reaction by James T., in his conversation with Spock, is priceless.

Alas, no love story ever flows smoothly, as both Peter and Alex are assigned onto a perilous away mission involving a derelict Starfleet vessel that is carrying a destructive and deadly life form that can't be killed, leaving the Enterprise with the very real possibility of destroying the ship - and Captain Kirk with a decision that will either end his Starfleet career - or kill his nephew and fiance to abide by protocol.

Blood and Fire is being made available in 2 parts. Part one is available for free download at the Star Trek: New Voyages website.  Part 2 is being released in February, with Denise Crosby (formerly, Tasha Yar of ST:TNG) guest starring as a scientist who may have the answer to saving the away mission crew.

The clip below is "act one" of part one, in which we see Peter and Alex having some intimate "alone time".

Our second stop along the rewind is on modern day planet earth - Fort Lauderdale, to be precise, which is exactly where we catch up with the fabulous foursome from Another Gay Movie to it's second outing, Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!

In the second of the gay teen sex-romp series, the boys re-group during college vacation for a romp in Fort Lauderdale.  The guys will contend with a twinkish terrible threesome, known by the locals as "The Jaspers" who always win the "Gays Gone Wild" contest, which consists of various events that require various hook-ups.  As usual, the boys will find themselves challenged with dirty tricks by the Jaspers, testing the waters of "open relationships" and for Andy, he may actually find love for the first time!

In this clip, the guys have lost their swim trunks to The Jaspers during a skinny-dipping scene.  The guys try to out-run the beach police, only to wind up in a retirement villa full of Jewish grandmas.  Oy Vey!

Check it out!

And lastly, our final clip is from a recent episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. On this edition, he sits down with former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Jon decides to challenge Mike's ever so dim view of gay rights and why gays can't (or shouldn't) get married. Suffice it to say, Jon isn't taking anything Mike says at face value and calls him on every viewpoint. Jon makes it seem so effortless - but then again, this is Mike Huckabee that we're dealing with here.

Check it out!