Source: Ventura County Star King shooting The defense lawyer representing 14-year-old Brandon McInerney was given records Thursday that could shed light on the behavior of the 15-year-old classmate that McInerney is accused of killing, Ventura County Star reports. Larry King, an eighth-grader, was killed in a classroom shooting at E.O. Green School on Feb. 12. McInerney, who has pleaded not-guilty, faces a sentence of 51 years to life if convicted on murder and hate crime charges in the shooting of King, who dressed in a feminine manner and told friends he was gay. The records are expected to disclose...(read ...

On Friday August 29, Gay Softball takes over the entire street next to R Place. Featuring performances by The Retros, DJ Mayhem and Purty Mouth. The street party starts at 4pm and goes until Midnight.R Place, 619 E Pine St. Cost is $10 or $5 for players with dog tags. ...

Source: Ventura County Star , Bay Area Reporter , KFSN   CA Prop. 8 The campaign for and against Proposition 8 -- a measure that aims to constitutionally ban gay and lesbian couples from marrying in California -- is just beginning to segue from quiet, behind-the-scenes fundraising to the turn-up-the-volume work of swaying voters. The shift was evident last night in the Central Valley city of Fresno where a crowd of several hundred Prop. 8 supporters cheered speakers who railed against the California Supreme Court and government officials. A Fresno pastor asserted at the meeting that support...(read more) ...

Tabathas Salon TakeoverIs a HIT with me! It was a reality TV last night for me--so thank god for the DVR!....I needed to get some stuff off the Que so we can keep recording...Some highlights....So I turned away from the Olympics for one night and first got caught up on some Big Brother- Goodbye April! It was nice knowing ya...Go DAN!!! Go REMY!!!! I am enjoying BB10 and though I am not usually a fan I am hooked this season...Then I got to watching Tabathas Salon Takeover which I enjoyed alot! I am going to like this ...

One minute, I'm laying hereand Matt is watching - CNNAndI fall asleepbecause - after a few minuteswatching the newsbores me.Then...I'm outside and I see - Barry Zitoand Andrea Minguzziwalking downmy street andand they're tossing a football with two other guys.Only Minguzzi's got his fly undone,and he's strutting down my street with his hard cock poking out of his jeans - [True Religion?]Sweet Jesus!I wake up too soon and I've got this tremendoushard on.My body, may have aged to DILFbut - my mind has stayed thatof a fifteen year old boy.'Cause...I dreamdirty. ...

Source: Johnson City Press Johnson City, Tenn. -- Three men were assaulted Wednesday night outside a Johnson City gay bar by assailants who, according to a police report "began shouting homosexual slurs at all the patrons that were present and attacked the three victims." Two of the men who were attacked took their story to the local paper, saying they are stepping forward to try and stop what they see as a worsening anti-gay climate in the area. "I used to be able to walk to work or back and forth to the store and nobody would pass and yell ...

Remember when I saidguys who drive beat up pickup trucksreally have a way ofgetting to me?They do.Doug postedthis today - And yeah...Watching it gave methis totally raging hard on.I admit it.Video Via - Unnatural Devotions ...

Source: Hunt sville Times , WAAY TV , WHNT TV   Huntsville, Ala. -- Police here spent a week cruising at a what they call "one of the community's most scenic sites" in a press release. They ended the week-long undercover investigation by arresting two people and issuing warrants for 22 more in connection with what the police claimed was "homosexual activity" at the Governors Drive Scenic Overlook, Huntsville Times and local TV stations report. Although many of the men have not yet been charged and there have been no trials in the cases, police provided names, ages,...(read more) ...

Source: Eugene Register Guard , Oregonian COOS BAY, Ore. -- They met in high school in Edmonds, Wash. when Kitzen Doyle was 14 and Jeni Branting was two years older. Jeni is the only person...(read more) ...

Source: Eugene Register Guard , Oregonian COOS BAY, Ore. -- They met in high school in Edmonds, Wash. when Kitzen Doyle was 14 and Jeni Branting was two years older. Jeni is the only person Kitzen has ever dated. They were engaged in 2001, and Doyle legally changed her last name to Branting in 2005. Someday, even if it wasn't recognized by the state or the federal government, the two had planned to marry. Now, thanks to a historic decision by the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Evergreen State College graduates will wed next May and their status as a married ...

Source: Gay Financial Network , Associated Press The nation's largest publisher of greeting cards now offers cards tailored to gay unions, Associated Press reports. Hallmark started offering the cards after California joined Massachusetts as the only US states in which gay or lesbian couples can be legally married, but because the cards don't use the terms "wedding" or "marriage", they're also appropriate for the more limited same-sex ceremonies available to couples in several other states. But even if the cards are subtle in their wording, the images on the outside...(read more) ...

Dan RoachBONNEY LAKE - Republican State Representative from the 31st District (SE King County and NE Pierce County) Dan Roach, who repeatedly votes against gay rights issues, has been ordered to pay $21,504 in fines by the PDC.The issue is being called a "misunderstanding of PDC rules" and Roach called it a mistake "in letter, not spirit" of the law.Incumbent Dan Roach, son of Senator Pam Roach, garnered over 55% of the vote in his primary race on Tuesday while the incumbent Democrat Chris Hurst gained almost 59% in the race for the other 31st District Rep. ...

Equal Rights Washington is having an LGBT Family Summer Splash Event this weekend at Colman Pool in Lincoln Park. The price seems a bit high for a family park event ($8 per adult and $4 for kids over 3) but I assume it must also be a fundraiser in support for the incredible stuff that Equal Rights Washington (which will be integrating with Legal Marriage Alliance) accomplished in Olympia recently.We need more LGBT Family Events in Seattle so please try take your youngsters this Saturday August 23 from 7-9pm.You MUST prepay in advance so RSVP early. ...

Neil Patrick HarrisIs Also a Shirtless Hunk With all the hoopla with Neil about his cover shot and pictorial inside the latest issue OUT (well deserved hoopla as I personally have ALWAYS thought Doogie was a hot number) I had to include an older pic that I had posted of him last January- shirtless! BTW...The article about Manhunt was pretty interesting too. Again click it to make it GROW bigger! ...

Source: Presbyterian News Service , USA Today , Christian Post A Presbyterian minister who officiated at a lesbian wedding in 2005 is heading for church court again, two years after charges against her were dismissed on a technicality and months after the church's highest court declined to punish a California minister who performed similar ceremonies. The Rev. Janet Edwards of Pittsburgh will again face possible expulsion from the ministry if convicted by the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Pittsburgh Presbytery. Edwards will appear before the commission Oct. 1, to answer charges that...(read more) ...

It could bethat - you need to beCatholicfor this image to havemaximum impact.Or maybe not.You tell me. But it seems to methat sometimesReligion is wielded -like a weapon.Sometimes, I'm jealous of guys who grew up without religion.No catechism.No mass.No confession.No penance.There is in that,I think...a great freedom.It's a freedom I'llnever know.Catholicism had been bred into me in such a way thatI can never be free of it.I'm afraid toeven try.I confess, to Almighty God and to you my brothers and sistersThat I have sinned, through myown fault... ...

Source: Los Angeles Times , Knights of Columbus press release , Bay Area Reporter , The Tidings   CA Prop. 8 Opponents of marriage equality  have raised slightly more cash in support of Proposition 8, California's anti-equality marriage initiative, than gay marriage supporters, who have vowed to defeat the Nov. 4 ballot measure. The figures come from a database of donations maintained by Los Angeles Times . A contribution by the Connecticut-based Knights of Columbus of $1.25 million on Aug. 14 put Proposition 8 supporters within striking distance of opponents. Yesterday, another infusion...(read more) ...

I like Wine Spectator as much as the next wine lover, but I can’t help but be highly amused by this story. Robin Goldstein submitted an application for Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence using a fake restaurant and a subpar wine list. “I named the restaurant “Osteria L’Intrepido” (a play on the name of a restaurant guide series that I founded, Fearless Critic). I submitted the fee ($250), a cover letter, a copy of the restaurant’s menu (a fun amalgamation of somewhat bumbling nouvelle-Italian recipes), and a wine list. Osteria L’Intrepido won the Award of Excellence, as published in ...

Source: Staten Island Advance Staten Island, NY -- A 24 year old from the Staten Island town of Stapleton was charged yesterday with assault as a hate crime for pummeling a man because he thought his victim was gay. The unidentified victim was attacked on July 29 as the he left his home. During the attack, James Champagne, 24, allegedly warned the unidentified 27-year-old victim, "We don't like faggots on Barker Street," according to court documents. Prosecutors say sexual orientation was the motivation for the assault, Staten Island Advance reports. "That's what we're...(read more) ...

Source: Holmes County Times-Advertiser , Student Press Law Center , Associated Press FL anti-gay schools BONIFAY, Fla. -- A large crowd was on hand Tuesday night before the Holmes County School Board, with many on hand to strongly criticize the Board for transferring David Davis from principal of Ponce de Leon High School. Davis was reassigned after a federal judge ruled that he had "embarked on what can only be characterized as a witch hunt," after students at the school staged equal-rights protests in support of a fellow student who complained of anti-gay harassment. Most of those who...(read more) ...