Mike Tidmus

“Let me be clear: I don’t want the GOP to pick up gay votes and I have no intention of voting Republican myself. Ever, ever, ever. But if Dems are worried about gay and lesbian progressives sitting out this election and the GOP managing to pick up the votes gay conservatives idiots, well, here’s how [...]

Aug. 26: Is fomenting hate a Republicans election strategy? Author Dan Savage discusses (video: Countdown with Keith Olbermann) No surprises here. Islamic jihad is the greatest anti-gay force in the world? Really? Don’t think so. Come on. Don’t make me state the obvious. I’ll be willing to forgive Ken Mehlman when the Jews get around [...]

“Two thoughts. “First: Fuck you, [Arizona Governor] Jan Brewer. “Second: “Inherent inequality,” “back of the bus,” “distinct class,” “green eyes or red hair.” Civil rights rhetoric, gays and lesbians being recognized as a distinct class, a matter-of-fact acknowledgement that gay and lesbians are born that way. “We are winning.” — Dan Savage, activist, writer and [...]

O lookie! Here’s self-proclaimed heterosexual Porno Pete LaBarbera, the big cheese over at Americans for Truthiness about the ‘Mos, ‘Jesusing down’ President Obama’s Father’s Day proclamation because it happened to mention the reality that some kids have two dads. LaBarbera: Obama ‘Gays Down’ Fatherhood with Pro-Homosexual Father’s Day Proclamation www.christiannewswire.com Americans For Truth About Homosexuality [...]

Anti-gay hatred evident in DADT repeal opposition (video: Countdown with Keith Olbermann) MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann and activist and author Dan Savage dissect the disgusting load of dung the Christian reich has pulled out of its collective ass and thrown at gay Americans in their futile attempt to defeat the repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask, [...]

This is rich coming from the same dude who in earlier columns slimed editor, blogger, author Dan Savage by lumping him in with right-wing hate mongers Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and then accusing the three of “undermining the principles of civil discourse,” and who claimed genuine gay hero Lt Dan Choi was more like [...]

Tim Minchin – Pope Song (Warning – Offense Possible) (video: fraserdldavidson at YouTube lyrics at the link) Unsafe is right, and a few naughty words never hurt nobody. What’s unsafe would be the intrinsically disordered dudes in red frocks and pointy hats who like to hang out with their bros in the Holy Crap See. [...]

Here, via Seattle’s Stranger, is an interesting tidbit from author, sex columnist and activist Dan Savage: “Police said Anthony, who is married and has two children, served as the girl’s “spiritual teacher, counselor and confidant.” The girl, who was 15 when the sex began, and Anthony told police they had sex too many times to [...]

South Park gets death threats (video: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) Comedy Central has drawn some flak for censoring an episode of South Park in reaction to a murderous threat by an IslamoFascist gang of thugs in, of all places, New York City. As Jon Stewart points out: “These numbnuts get to enjoy it. [...]

Miss Beverly Hills (not!): Gays should be killed (video: Countdown with Keith Olbermann) Christianist skank, advocate of murdering the gays, pathological liar and social climbing attention whore, Lauren Ashley, gets her (all too mild) comeuppance from MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann and Dan Savage.

Don’t be stoopid; be a smarty. Come on down to CPAC’s party … (video: Countdown with Keith Olbermann) MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann spotlights the craptastic cavalcade of kookiness that is the American Conservative Union’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The highlight of this little exercise in public chest beating had to be conserva-bot Ryan Sorba’s bit [...]

Dan Savage and Keith Olbermann comment on Brit Hume’s suggestion that Tiger Woods take advantage of Christianity’s Get of Adultery Free card (video: Countdown with Keith Olbermann) From the transcript: OLBERMANN: Wow. When the brakes of political correctness are applied on you by Don Imus, you’re in trouble. But let me start with the premise. [...]

In other gay news: straight Americans are comfortable with gay and lesbian elected officials writing the law, voting on the law, and enforcing the law. They just don’t think gay and lesbian Americans should be equal under the law. Not yet anyway. Check back in a few decades. — Dan Savage, veteran journalist, activist, author [...]

Dan Savage on Obama’s Record with LGBT Issues (video: Dan Savage at YouTube) Be aware that this video was made shortly before the National Equality March and President Obama’s eloquent speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s dinner in Washington DC. (tip: John Aravosis, AMERICAblog Gay)

Agence France-Presse, via The Raw Story, is reporting a “sharp increase in anti-gay hate crimes.” Around 17 percent of hate crime victims were attacked because of their sexual orientation, the overwhelming majority, 96 percent, because they were gay or lesbian. That’s nearly an 11% increase. The FBI report indicates that hate crimes against those poor [...]