Don’t forget the 18th annual NewFest kicks off tomorrow with a gala screening of Amy Sedaris’ new movie Strangers With Candy, though it looks like those $50 tickets are already gone (at least online). Might as well watch it when it hits theaters on June 28 and save your money for some of the movies […]

The New York State Court of Appeals heard arguments this afternoon in four same-sex marriage lawsuits that could determine whether wedding bells will be ringing soon for gay couples in New York. Don’t get too excited: It’ll probably take them months to come up with a ruling. Just for comparison, New Jersey’s been waiting since […]

Remember the New Jersey minister who was removed from his post at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary after he performed a commitment ceremony for his daughter and her girlfriend? Well, the daughter, Ann Kansfield, is currently acting as a pastor at the Greenpoint Reformed Church in Brooklyn. The Times is on the very low-key story.
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An FOH reminded us that Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will be playing shows in both Park Slope and Williamsburg next week when they blow through New York, so get your tickets right now. They’ve got shows at the Bowery Ballroom (on 6/5) and CBGB (6/7), and they’ll be at Southpaw on Tuesday, June 6, […]

DC Comics is looking to diversify their superhero ranks, so in that spirit, they’re reintroducing the Batwoman character as…a red-and-black latex clad “wealthy, buxom lipstick lesbian.” She’ll appear in the July issue of “52.”
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On his weekly radio address Sunday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg kicked off Gay Pride month by lambasting the federal anti-gay marriage amendment and insisting that he’s ready and willing to start issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. This comes as lawyers are preparing for opening arguments Wednesday in a gay marriage lawsuit before the state’s Court […]

This time, the lesbian actually got to wear her tux. Taleisha Badgett escorted her girlfriend to the senior dance in Gary, Indiana (check out their awesome couple photo here), and later stood up to defend the rights of fellow student Kevin Logan, who tried to wear women’s clothes, but was denied entry. Badgett told the […]

First Cambodia wanted her, and now it seems Namibia is trying to lay claim. The west African nation where the Jolie-Pitts have been staying has been laying down the law with international paparazzi, informing them that unless they get written permission from Angelina herself, they won’t get a visa. This comes on the heels of […]

Hothouse has fond memories of rugby players in college—the lady ones of course. So while we were thrilled to hear about the gay rugby players descending on Randall’s Island this weekend for the 2006 Bingham Cup (named in honor of Mark Bingham, a gay rugby player who died on Flight 93), we were wondering where, […]

Want to see an ex-gay “therapist” cradle his wannabe former-homo “patient” like a mewling kitten in order to recreate the father-son bond that never was that naturally led to the man’s homo-ness? Yes? If you’re patient and watch closely, other cure-alls include beating a pillow with a tennis racket while screaming your mother’s name. Works […]