SOME HALLMARK STORES NOT GOING TO BE CARRYING "GAY CARDS"

Certain Hallmark shops are simply not going to be carrying "Gay" cards because.. well they are gay!!

A manager says seven Hallmark greeting card stores in the Treasure Valley will not carry the company's new same-sex marriage cards.

Cassi Jacobsen, an assistant manager for the Jordan's Hallmark store in Nampa's Karcher Mall, says the family that owns the seven area stores has decided against carrying the new line of greeting cards. She said the owners were out of town and not immediately available for comment.

Reaction to the cards has been mixed.

Idaho Family Values Alliance Executive Director Bryan Fischer sent out a press release Thursday calling for local-area Hallmark stores not to carry the cards.

But Delmar Stone of Nampa, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers Idaho Chapter, called the cards "wonderful." [SOURCE]

Well obviously these stores are promoting homophobia. I am not sure how long this will last. If Hallmark wants their stores to sell them then would it not be mandatory for them to be in all stores? I Guess we will have to wait and see.

NBC SENDS OUT HOMOPHOBIC VIEWS ON OUT OLYMPIC WINNER MATTHEW MITCHAM

Wow. Looks like we have a Homophobic Network Station on our hands. After winning his gold medal, Matthew Mitcham had an interview with him thanking his mum and partner. NBC had a clip of him winning and showed him in an interview on TV but decided to remove any mention of his partner or show the pic of him hugging his mum and bf. How Rude eh? Here is the story:

After pulling off a last minute victory against the Chinese in the 10m dive, Mr Mitcham, while hugging his mother and his partner, he told reporters: "I want to thank absolutely everyone who helped; my partner Lachlan and my mum [Vivienne] here to support me and watch me get gold, because it was so important to have those two people here with me.

"I did not think I had a chance to get the gold and to actually get that was mind-blowing! I was crying thinking I had silver. And to get gold! I was a blubbering mess."

Despite intensive coverage by NBC of other Olympic athletes' families, Mr Mitcham's partner received virtually no attention during the network's coverage.

Cyd Zeigler of Outssports said: "It's a big story. The only openly gay male athlete in Beijing pulled off one of the great upsets at the Olympics in a spectacular fashion.

"If he had had cancer, or if his parents had been killed in a car crash when he was 2, or if he had just proposed to his girlfriend, they would have mentioned it. But they never showed him hugging his boyfriend, never mentioned it. They referred to 'personal problems,' but I'm afraid they decided Matthew’s sexuality was off limits. A real shame."

The following interview with Mr Mitcham in which he appears with his mother and partner, did not feature on NBC's Olympic coverage of his historic win. [SOURCE]

HOTTIE OF THE DAY!

Its The End of a Monday.. Surprisingly Pretty Busy. BAH!

Hey at least in today's Post we got two Hotties. Here is today's Hottie of the Day.

Meet Fabio Luiz.

Love the little hair on his chest in the pic above.

Sexy!!

CANADA'S CAPITAL SHOWS ITS PRIDE!!

"O Canada!" 35000 people came out to celebrate Pride in Canada's Capital Ottawa this past weekend. Woot Woot!!

Rainbow flags of all shapes and sizes wound their way through Ottawa with the 35,000 people who turned out for Ottawa's 19th annual gay pride parade Sunday afternoon.

Thousands of spectators gathered to watch around 1,200 members of the city's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community and their supporters, some elaborately costumed and others scantily clad, march along Wellington Street to city hall as part of the final day of Capital Pride, their week-long annual community festival.

Julien Lavoie, a spokesman for Capital Pride, said the parade, which paused at the Supreme Court and the Parliament Buildings, was partly intended to send a political message.

He said those Ottawa buildings are the sites of major battles for gay and lesbian rights.

"So it's important for us to keep remembering that and celebrating those victories," he said.

"And then it also has kind of a looking-forward message, saying maybe this is not enough and maybe there's still some inequalities that gays and lesbians face."

Capital Pride closed Sunday night after a day of concerts at the Festival Plaza. [SOURCE]

Thats Brilliant. So Excited to see that many come out. I know Ottawa is not so populated as Montreal or Toronto but hey.. at least they had a good showing!!

FRIDAY'S DELAYED HOTTIE OF THE DAY!

Here is Friday's Delayed Hottie of the Day!

Meet Terron Wood,

who is with Major Model Management in New York. Wicked Body!!

ED WESTWICK SPEAKS OUT ABOUT GAY RUMOURS WITH CHASE

Looks like Ed Westwick is speaking out about those pesty rumours about him and Chase. I mean if they are not true then I can understand the frustration regarding the issue, however if it is true then.. well.. it's just plain hot!!

Ed sits down with weekend's edition of high brow Page Six Magazine:

"People think Chace is gay, and thought I was gay, that we were humping. It’s not true, but hilarious. People project their fantasies onto people. I’ve never been someone who makes it my objective to go out and pick up chicks. But I’ve met some fantastic ladies here. You know those amazing conversations where you find yourself in a café talking until 2 a.m. and never see them again." [SOURCE]

CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS REACT TO GAY MEDIA

Conservative activists are reacting all over the US in regards to Hallmark's "Gay" cards and Ellen's Cover on People Magazine. Groups such as Focus on the Family and American Family Association are beginning their protests. Oh My.. Watch Out Everyone (Insert Sarcasm). Jeff Bercovici from Portfolio.com discusses the following:

I was certain there would be some sort of aggressive response from the usual religious/"traditional values" groups, such as Focus on the Family and the American Family Association, to the issue, which features the marriage of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DiRossi on the cover. Just this week, after all, AFA exhorted its members to protest Hallmark's decision to start selling same-sex wedding cards. (Some 3.4 million people supposedly receive AFA's action alerts.) And People isn't exactly an obscure target -- it's the biggest media company in the world's most profitable title.

But so far, nothing. I've contacted spokespersons for Focus, AFA and the Catholic League just to make sure I'm not missing something, but none had any comment. A People spokeswoman says there hasn't been any negative reaction so far from readers or advertisers -- although that could change, since the magazine is only now going on sale in many parts of the country.

LESBIAN/BI WOMEN SHOWING OFF THEIR OLYMPIC WINNINGS!

On the topic of the Olympics, the Lesbians are doing quite well themselves. Six of the 13 out lesbian and bisexual women competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ended up winning gold, silver, or bronze medals. Not too bad eh?

Its great to see the LGBTQ do well in the Olympics. Like Matthew, it gives us visibility and to show the world we are meant to be on this planet too.

OUT GAY SWIMMER WINS OLYMPIC GOLD!

Openly Gay Australian Swimmer Matthew Mitcham had a near-perfect dive to win Olympic gold on Saturday in front of a crowd that included his partner Lachlan Fletcher, he made history. Mitcham will go down as the most significant out male Olympic athlete ever.

In a Post-Dive Interview:

“I want to thank absolutely everyone who helped; my partner Lachlan and my mom [Vivienne] here to support me and watch me get gold, because it was so important to have those two people here with me,” Mitcham said in a post-dive interview. “I didn’t think I had a chance to get the gold and to actually get that was mind-blowing. I was crying thinking I had silver and to get gold, I was a blubbering mess.” [SOURCE]

Good for him. Proud to say there is an openly gay athlete in the Olympics. To be gay is one thing but to show the world you're out and proud is another. Matthew is an inspiration for all athletes, in/out of the closet.

LANCE BASS IS GOING TO BE DANCING!!

For awhile now, there have been rumours about Mr. Bass being on Dancing With The Stars. It was never confirmed until Today. Seems like the Out Singer will be dancing one the show this fall. Will he be dancing with a male?? Not from the look of things. He has been paired up with Lacey Schwimmer from So You Think You Can Dance fame.

Here is the full list of contestants:

Lance Bass

Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito

Team USA beach volleyball player Misty May-TreanorFormer

"World's Fastest Man" Maurice Greene

Grammy-winning recording artist Toni Braxton

Kim Kardashian

Hannah Montana's Cody Linley

Oscar/Emmy winner Cloris Leachman

TV vet Ted McGinley Brooke Burke (Wild On, Rock Star)

Comedian Jeff Ross

Recently retired Super Bowl champion Warren Sapp

All My Children Emmy winner Susan Lucci

There are 13 contestants and 7 of them are men. This season also features the oldest competitor ever (Cloris Leachman) and the youngest ever (Cody Linley). Crazyness. I have to say I wanna see Susan Lucci do her thing. Love that woman!

Stars premieres on ABC September 22nd.

Happy Monday Everyone!

Well its Monday and I am well rested and full of energy from my relaxing weekend. I have to say i didn't do much at all except on an impulse with my boyfriend, we went out and picked up the new iPhone. He got the black and I got the white (see above - minus the half naked man.. ha ha ha)

I think mine is nicer but he likes the black cause its more sleek.. Hmmm.. I dunno what do you guys think?

Anyways, its Great.. I can chat on msn, facebook all the time.. Don't need WiFi for everything. I love it.

So today I will be posting quite a bit since Friday was a no show. Again so sorry. These allergies are killing me. One day I am perfect and the next I am half dead. So I will post two Hotties today.. Keep coming back during the day to get ur updates!

HOTTIE OF THE DAY!

Alright Everyone, Again i am super sorry for no postings the last 2 days. Please forgive. Been sick!!

Hope today made up for it. Some Juicy stuff like I promised. I wanted to continue to blog but I gotta get going.

I will be leaving you with HOTTIE

Danish Model Christian Jørgensen, who I came across on Queerity.com.

Definitely a HOTTIE!!

NYC HOMOPHOBIC BEATER ARRESTED

A Victim of a hate crime that took place on July 29th is hoping to see justice to the man who beat him with an unidentified object.

“We don’t like faggots on Barker Street,” the man is alleged to have told the victim, according to court documents filed by prosecutors.

The man suffered bruises and cuts to his face and head, back and stomach.

Police arrested James Champagne, 24, earlier this week night, police said.

He is charged with third-degree assault as a hate crime, a felony, and second-degree aggravated harassment, a misdemeanor.

If convicted, Champagne could face up to four years in prison. Without the hate charge, a conviction would bring as little as a slap on the wrist.

Neighbors of the victim expressed shock at the attack.

The Rev. Terry Troia, executive director of Project Hospitality and a member of the borough president’s Anti-Bias Task Force, told The Staten Island Advance that anti-gay crimes often go unreported.

“This is really a crime against all of us,” she told the paper. [SOURCE]

How bad is that? lets hope this man is charged with a Hate Crime. I mean if i was the poor victim and saw this disgusting excuse for a human being get released with a slap on the wrist, I would be LIVID..

BLACK EYED PEAS MEMBER DROPS THE G-BOMB

When TMZ Camera's asked apl.de.ap from the Black Eyed Peas what he thought about Ricky Martin and Clay Aiken becoming fathers, the Politically Incorrect Singer replied:

"That's Gay"

According to TMZ:

...literally seconds after he dropped the statement, the furious backtracking began! His assistant wanted us to "edit that part out." We didn't. [SOURCE]

Damn.. this is probably not gonna be good PR for this individual and for the group. I wonder how he will reply to this backlash? Maybe use the same line Brian McFadden used?? "I Know Someone Who Is Gay"...

GAY CARDS MADE BY HALLMARK

Awww. You probably understand sometimes the frustration when you go looking for a card for your loved one, especially if they are gay. I have gone several times to look for an anniversary card and they always have a man and woman on the cover or something of the sort about a man and a woman. Not really fair if you're gay right? Nope!

Anyways, Hallmark has decided to make some profit in this field. Good Idea!!

Hallmark has joined California and Massachusetts in recognising gay partnerships.

The popular greeting card company has been rolling out same-sex wedding cards featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside.

"Two hearts. One promise," one says.

The language inside the cards is neutral, with no mention of wedding or marriage, making them also suitable for a commitment ceremony.

Hallmark says the move is a response to consumer demand, not any political pressure.

"It's our goal to be as relevant as possible to as many people as we can," Hallmark spokeswoman Sarah Gronberg Kolell said. [SOURCE]


I think this is bloody brilliant. I can't wait for them to cross the border up to Canada. Next anniversary I will so get one. I love the one above, "Heterosexuals are so last year". MUHAHAHAHA.. BRILLIANT!!