Keith Olbermann, who redeemed himself a few days ago when he gave his moving "Special Comment" on gay marriage, has been summed up in one short minute by 23/6.

Ashton Kutcher shows some ass-crack at LAX yesterday. I wouldn't mind if this picture were about 50% sexier.

Kanye West, who has been a supporter of gay rights, has been arrested for hitting a paparazzo.

Melissa Etheridge on Oprah today to discuss Prop 8. Mama Oprah is getting involved!

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Candlelight vigil outside of "Milk" premiere, with interviews with the stars. This really is the right movie at the right time.

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"Milk" writer Dustin Lance Black has written a gay call to action with Cleve Jones. They are calling for seven weeks of nationwide civil disobedience: "We call on all supporters of equality to sustain and intensify the nationwide campaign of mass protests and non-violent civil disobedience, for seven weeks, starting on November 27, 2008, the thirtieth anniversary of the assassination of Harvey Milk, and to then gather together in mass, from all corners of our country, in Washington, DC on the morning of Tuesday, January 20, 2009, to honor the inauguration of our President, Barack Obama."

This is amazing. Amazing amazing. A call to action that unites us. Read the written statement below. And when you've finished reading it, go to
Seven Weeks To Equality and sign the petition.

On November 27, 1978, gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk was assassinated in San Francisco City Hall. Thirty years later, his struggle continues.

On November 4, 2008, millions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans of all races proudly cast their ballots for Barack Obama, helping to elect the first African-American President of the United States.

On that same day voters in Arizona, Arkansas, California and Florida approved initiatives denying basic civil rights to GLBT citizens.

Like other Americans who voted for Barack Obama, gay people of all backgrounds supported our President-elect because we share his vision of a united America and want to move forward to address the critical challenges facing our country and our planet.

We have always been willing to serve our country: in our armed forces, even as we were threatened with courts-martial and dishonor; as teachers, even as we were slandered and libeled; as parents and foster parents struggling to support our children; as doctors and nurses caring for patients in a broken health care system; as artists, writers and musicians; as workers in factories and hotels, on farms and in office buildings; we have always served and loved our country.

Continued after the jump.

We have loved our country even as we have been subjected to discrimination, harassment and violence at the hands of our countrymen. We have loved God, even as we were rejected and abandoned by religious leaders, our churches, synagogues and mosques. We have loved democracy, even as we witnessed the ballot box used to deny us our rights.

We have always kept faith with the American people, our neighbors, co-workers, friends and families. But today that faith is tested and we find ourselves at a crossroad in history.

Like Barack Obama, we never abandoned hope in the American dream of equality and freedom. We never stopped believing that the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights included us.

We have always kept faith with the American people, our neighbors, co-workers, friends and families. But today that faith is tested and we find ourselves at a crossroad in history.

Will we move forward together? Will we affirm that the American dream is alive and real? Will we finally guarantee full equality under the law for all Americans? Or will we surrender to the worst, most divisive appeals to bigotry, ignorance and fear?

It has been thirty years since Harvey Milk gave his life in our struggle for equality. We will not wait thirty years more. We demand that the Federal Government act immediately, decisively and unequivocally to ensure equal protection under law throughout the United States of America.

We can accept no compromise.

We call on President-Elect Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to draft and submit to the Congress comprehensive legislation protecting the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens in all areas including civil marriage, military service, adoption, social security, taxation, immigration, employment, housing and access to health care, social services and education.

We can wait no longer.

We call on President-Elect Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to speak out against the escalating campaign of harassment, violence and murder directed against our communities and pass legislation extending hate-crime protections to GLBT citizens.

Now is the time.

We call on President-Elect Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to take personal responsibility for involving our nation’s religious leaders and the GLBT community in a national dialogue to encourage understanding and reconciliation.

We also call on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people to heed the call of Harvey Milk, when he spoke thirty years ago on the steps of San Francisco City Hall: “You must come out, my brothers and sisters, you must come out!”

We call on gay people everywhere to seize this moment, to understand that freedom will not come until we are willing to commit the full strength of our own voices, minds and bodies to the struggle. We must personally introduce ourselves to those who would discriminate against us. We must make ourselves visible.

We call on all supporters of equality to sustain and intensify the nationwide campaign of mass protests and non-violent civil disobedience, for seven weeks, starting on November 27, 2008, the thirtieth anniversary of the assassination of Harvey Milk, and to then gather together in mass, from all corners of our country, in Washington, DC on the morning of Tuesday, January 20, 2009, to honor the inauguration of our President, Barack Obama.

We call on all our people and all our allies to carry this message of hope and equality to every corner of our nation, to every place of worship, to every school and factory and shopping center, every city, suburb and farming town. We call on you to march together, demonstrate together, pray together and dream together of a future America where, finally, all are free.


There are rare moments in human history when, suddenly and unexpectedly, the opportunity for great change and progress becomes possible. Barack Obama has shown us the power of hope and the urgency of seizing that moment. Harvey Milk has shown us the power we possess when we make our voices heard.

We can accept no compromise.
We can wait no longer.
Now is the time.
We are equal.

Go to
Seven Weeks To Equality and sign the petition.

In an interview with MTV, James Franco talks Prop 8. The "Milk" actor says about playing a gay man in a relationship, "It's just a relationship." He goes on to show his support for gay marriage.

You know, there is something beautifully haunting about the release of "Milk" (it opens in two weeks) during this protest moment. Defamer had a post last week that asks: "Could an earlier Milk release date have changed anything?" It might have, but I think if we need a movie to rally around, we probably need a leader even more. It's almost like we've gotten used to having Hollywood fight for us. I think we're learning that we're strong enough to fight for ourselves.

Here's a list of the the Top 10 searches on Google for today. What's up with the ACT results? Did the results just get released today?

1. act scores

2. act student

3. actstudent.org

4. act.org

5. act login

6. flu tracker

7. golden jubilee canada

8. eppicard

9. rev. jim jones

10. act test

And here's something crazy. With all these top 10ers being about ACT scores, I thought I'd see why Rev. Jim Jones was getting so much Google attention. (I know there was a special the other night on MSNBC on the Jonestown Massacre for the 30th anniversary of the tragedy, but that's about it.) So I Googled Rev. Jim Jones, and I got taken to the Wikipedia entry. In that entry I came across this:

Harvey Milk, who spoke at political rallies at the Temple, and wrote to Jones after a visit to the Temple: "Rev Jim, It may take me many a day to come back down from the high that I reach today. I found something dear today. I found a sense of being that makes up for all the hours and energy placed in a fight. I found what you wanted me to find. I shall be back. For I can never leave."

Harvey Milk? At the Peoples Temple? Whoa.

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Daily Song:
Adele
"Make You Feel My Love"


Television:
"The Cho Show"
Margaret Cho goes back to SF and finds it's the straightest place on earth. (5:31)


Politics:
Ben Affleck does a terrible impersonation of Keith Olbermann, but chances are, right? (8:49)

Movies:
With an election season that owes so much to the fight for civil rights, I thought it'd do us gays some good to look at how far we've come -- with the preview for Milk. (2:29)

Music Video:
David Craig
"Insomnia"
Because ain't no one sleeping well until after tomorrow night. (3:26)

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Daily Song:

Adele "Make You Feel My Love"

Television:

"The Cho Show"
Margaret Cho goes back to SF and finds it's the straightest place on earth.

Politics:

Ben Affleck does a terrible impersonation of Keith Olbermann, but chances are, right?

Movies:

With an election season that owes so much to the fight for civil rights, I thought it'd do us gays some good to look at how far we've come -- with the preview for Milk.

Music Video:

David Craig
"Insomnia"
Because ain't no one sleeping well until after tomorrow night.

Via the AP:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It was only fitting that "Milk," the film about Harvey Milk's life and death, premiere Tuesday night in the Castro.

Milk, San Francisco's first openly gay leader who was slain 30 years ago, used to call himself "the Mayor of Castro Street," referring to the main drag through the neighborhood he represented on the Board of Supervisors and the center of the city's gay and lesbian community.

The world premiere of his biopic brought considerable star power to Milk's beloved Castro Theatre, including director Gus Van Sant and stars Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and Diego Luna. The film follows Milk's rise to office and his and Mayor George Moscone's assassination at City Hall by fellow Supervisor Dan White in 1978.

Van Sant said he had been talking about making this film for 18 years."He's an American hero," Van Sant said. "He's a great example of a man representing his community and his city."

Earlier in the day, Milk also had a streetcar used in the film dedicated to him as well. Watch a video of the premiere.

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