Remember the whole Welcome To The Neighborhood
reality television show debacle? Yeah, I went off about it in a pretty significant way at the time, only to learn all these months later that Stephen and John Wright and their adopted son Eli
were the winners on the cancelled series. If I'd have known that I'd have, well, nevermind. Any show where a straight, white, religious family gets to decide the fate of heavily stereotyped minorities is just a little too real world if you ask me. It does, however, turn out that ABC may have
had a motive in their cancellation - allowing the Walt Disney Company to pre-empt a show that could have interfered with a much bigger enterprise: the courting of evangelical Christian audiences for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Was the show cancelled because the gays actually won? (Thanks
Tyler)
Hi People! Many of you probably don't know that Queer Day is not my day job, but strictly a free time avocation. For the past ten years I've been gainfully employed as Director of Education and Prevention for a non-profit AIDS service organization. Earlier this month I gave notice and on January 30th, my ten year anniversary to the day, I'll be celebrating not only a decade of memories, challenges and accomplishments, I'll also be celebrating new beginnings. While I don't know exactly what is next, I do know that I'm excited. Dismantling a major area of my life and passing on a decade's worth of work and information is, at times like the present, completely monopolozing my life. Soon this transition will be over and I will be a free man.
Last week I told you 
On February 25, BBC America will premiere the third season of 
Just last week I had the displeasure of telling you that the Ocean County freeholders 
I've been following the James Maestas 
Mark Oaten, the former Liberal Democrat leadership challenger, 
Melissa Sue Robinson 
Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock in Baltimore 
A federal judge, Michael Ponsor (pictured), has ruled that Wayne Healy, a gay man who was convicted of the murder of his former brother-in-law Richard Chalue in 1980, should either be released from prison or given a new trial. Ponsor said prosecutors emphasized a (quote) "homosexual element to the murder," but suppressed evidence that there had been no sexual encounter. Healy was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Ponsor ruled that suppressing that information handicapped the defense "in an obviously devastating manner" and that doing so was "
While the BBC show 
Sam Beaumont, pictured, settled down with Earl Meadows and tended 50 head of cattle for a quarter-century on an Oklahoma ranch. He says of his real life Brokeback Mountain story, "I was raised to be independent. I didn't really care what other people thought." In 1977, Beaumont was divorced and raising three sons after a dozen years in the Air Force when Meadows walked up to him near the Arkansas River. "He came up, we got to talkin' till 2 in the morning. I don't even remember what we said." But "I knew it was something special."
New York gossip 
"Call these the gay Globes," said TV Guide's Tom O'Neil before the show started and it turned out to be just that and then some. "Brokeback Mountain" won the Best Dramatic Film award last night at the 
Lesbian gossip monger Liz Smith 
The Dupont Twins, 
Janice Dickinson, 
That '70s Show star Laura Prepon, pictured, has the lead role in the controversial new film about the life of bisexual serial killer Karla Homolka. "Karla" was actually to have made its debut last August at the Montreal World Film Festival, but was yanked at the last minute following complaints. Christal Films 
Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) 
One of my favorite 
John Waters will be Alfred Hitchcock-like hosting Court TV's first scripted series called "'Til Death Do Us Part." 
Bisexual ingenue Angelina Jolie is 
Just in case you were actually thinking about dating or doing a Log Cabin Republican, 
Remember Today show movie critic Gene Shalit's 
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force 
Gina Genovese has been elected the first openly gay mayor in New Jersey, and she scored a victory in Long Hill, an affluent and traditionally Republican suburb where she's lived for 11 years. "She is a Democrat," said Frank Reilly, local volunteer firefighter. "That surprises me more than that she is openly gay." As for Genovese, she's one of those who thinks her sexuality is "irrelevant," 
"The Book of Daniel" on NBC is a series about a priest starring Aidan Quinn and the show was singled out before its debut by wingnuts who condemned it as anti-Christian. The show has failed to attract advertising dollars as a result. One company that did advertise 
Rosie O'Donnell is returning to television, but this time she'll be behind the camera on a sketch comedy show for Logo. The show, which is apparently going to be a lot like Saturday Night Live, will feature up-and-coming comedians, political and pop culture satire, and even some musical numbers. After all, what's gay television without musical numbers. Anyway, 
Australian actor Heath Ledger has lashed out at the “immature” and “hilarious” idea of Brokeback Mountain boycotts in America over its gay content. 
Jose Tavares, 17, has been charged in the slaying of Schlomy Rejwan, a gay masseur in New York City. According to law enforcement Tavares "definitely played a role" - but the suspects family insists the killing was carried out by a mystery man and that the Manhattan Bridge High School junior went there seeking a massage having answered an advertisement in the back of an alternative newspaper and that a mystery man sexually assaulted Tavares and later killed Rejwan as the teen watched. Tavares has been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree arson. 
Utah Senator Chris Buttars wants to ban gay and lesbian support clubs from Utah high schools, which isn't what you'd expect from a man who looks so incredibly warm and open minded, right? He's also got a bill to require 'intelligent design' theory be taught along side evolution in public schools. Anyway, as for gay clubs 