Thursday, February 28, 2013
All That Jaziri
Op-ed: Seth MacFarlane Isn't the Problem
White House to Urge SCOTUS to End California Gay Marriage Ban
I love my president:
The New York Times reports:
The Obama administration will throw its support behind a broad claim for marriage equality, urging the Supreme Court to rule that voters in California were not entitled to ban same-sex marriage there, according to an administration official.The federal government is not a party to the case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, No. 12-144, and was not required to take a position in it. But the lawyers who filed the challenge, Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, along with gay rights groups, lobbied hard for the brief, saying the administration could not stay silent on the issue.The administration is expected to file the brief Thursday.Read HERE.
Song of the Day: 'Constancia' by the Arctic Wife
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 10:00 AM 1 comments
Labels:
Song of the Day,
The Arctic Wife
Links to this post
Morning Wood
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 6:00 AM 5 comments
Labels:
Ben Pamies,
morning wood
Links to this post
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Not Playing Coy
Wednesday Ad Watch
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 5:40 PM 1 comments
Labels:
ad watch,
C-IN2,
underwear
Links to this post
Who Shot JR's Wad?
OK, this might end up being like that moment when I first realized my brother Bill was kind of a "Junior" -- my dad is named Bill, too, but I only made the connection a couple years ago(!). (In my defense, we didn't grow up with Dad, and he technically didn't have a middle name, whereas my brother did.) But I heard Jordana Brewster on "Chelsea Lately" last night promoting the "Dallas" reboot, and in the course of the interview they discussed how the LGBT scene in Dallas is huge -- and that they even have gay bars named after J.R. and Sue Ellen. Really???????
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 2:17 PM 6 comments
Labels:
lgbt,
personal,
Washington
Links to this post
Deen's List
NYT Obit Notes Pianist Van Cliburn's 'Live-In Friend' (UPDATED)
Noted pianist Van Cliburn died this morning in Fort Worth, Texas, and my friend Jim has already performed an autopsy on his NYT obit:
The New York Times doesn't seem to know what to do with pianist Van Cliburn's live-in friend, Thomas Smith. Van Cliburn died today at 78, and the NYT's obituary says in the second paragraph: "His publicist, Mary Lou Falcone, confirmed the death, saying that Mr. Cliburn had been treated for bone cancer and that he died at his home, which he shared with Thomas L. Smith, who survives him."
Smith is never mentioned again in the entire obit. A Google search finds other obituaries describing Smith as Van Cliburn's long-time "companion" or "friend." Was the pianist gay? In Wikipedia, his personal life section says only: "In 1998, Cliburn was named in a lawsuit by his alleged domestic partner of seventeen years, mortician Thomas Zaremba."The obit does later mention the palimony suit and references his homosexuality -- from discreet to less so. But it NEVER mentions Smith again. I'd have thought after the whole Susan Sontag incident -- and in the midst of the marriage equality revolution -- the New York Times would have gotten this right. Were we expecting too much? I'm pretty sure the Gray Lady generally doesn't list "friends" as survivors.
UPDATE: Not sure why I have gotten flak about why I -- or Jim, really -- questioned this at all. (It was always about the paper, not about Cliburn.) Equality is equality, so we just thought it was odd how the Times seemed to be struggling with how to identify Cliburn's partner. Perhaps Smith DID want to be called a "home sharer"(!), but somehow I doubt it. Whatever the case, the Times HAS rewritten the obituary to make it more in line with how other survivors of the deceased are noted -- moving Smith to the end of the obituary instead of at the top -- which leads me to believe we were on to something. The third-to-last graf now reads:
He is survived by Thomas L. Smith, with whom he shared his home for many years.The part about "sharing his home" still strikes me as odd -- don't all couples tend to "share homes"? -- and Smith is still only mentioned the once. But I do think it's an improvement.
Comma Chameleon
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 1:04 PM 1 comments
Labels:
Bill Walsh,
books,
language
Links to this post
Mug Shot Wednesday
What Brings Out the Bachelor's Beast?
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 10:55 AM 0 comments
Labels:
Sean Lowe,
The Bachelor
Links to this post
Fisher Out of Water
Song of the Day: 'Obscurity Knocks' by The Trash Can Sinatras
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 10:00 AM 4 comments
Labels:
aztec camera,
roddy frame,
Song of the Day,
Trash Can Sinatras
Links to this post
Here Come the Grooms
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 9:30 AM 0 comments
Labels:
Brad Hoylman,
David Sigal,
Florent
Links to this post
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Drag Queen's Little Edie Is Big!
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 5:55 PM 2 comments
Labels:
Grey Gardens,
Little Edie
Links to this post
James Deen Does 'Community' Service
James Deen, star of films like "James Deen Does Them All" and "Joanna Angel's European Vacation," will return to Pasadena City College on Wednesday to speak in Hugo Schwyzer's "Navigating Pornography" class -- and the professor sounds like he couldn't be more excited.
"I think we ought to be proud of him as a successful alumnus and I'm welcoming him back partially on those terms," Schwyzer said. "I think he is one of our best-known famous alumni, more of my students know who he is than they do Jackie Robinson."
Keep it in your pants, teach!
Not surprisingly, Pasadena Star News reports that a school spokesman said he was unaware Schwyzer's class - Humanities 3 - dealt with pornography ...
Read HERE.
Do the Rite Thing
Mug Shot Tuesday
Pisses Me Off
Going to a Go-Go
Visit the oficial "Go Doc Project" site HERE.
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 11:00 AM 3 comments
Labels:
films,
kickstarter,
lgbt,
movies,
The Go-Doc Project
Links to this post
Prominent Republicans Sign Brief in Support of Marriage Equality
Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 10:45 AM 0 comments
Labels:
marriage equality,
politics,
Republicans
Links to this post