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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyNovember 12th, 2011
TODAY’S AGENDA:
Gone: The Disappearance of Aeryn Gillern: Discovery Investigation. In 2007, Kathy Gilleran received a call from Austria reporting that her gay son, Aeryn, was missing. A retired policewoman, Kathy immediately flew overseas to aid in the search, but was shocked to learn that local police had no interest in helping. The story that Austrian detectives told Kathy was that Aeryn had been at an exclusive men’s sauna on October 29, 2007, when he suffered a sudden emotional breakdown, fled the sauna naked and then jumped to his death into the Danube Canal. They claimed that Aeryn committed “spontaneous” suicide, but to Kathy, the explanation made no sense, especially because no body was recovered. Honing her instincts as a mother and her skills as a cop, she ultimately discovers her own strength to keep fighting to learn her son’s fate — even to this day, more than four years after he went missing. Gone: The Disappearance of Aeryn Gillern debuts tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST on Investigation Discovery.
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:
Megan Mullally: 1958. “What’s this? What’s going on here? What’s happening?” Oh sure, some might have thought the sitcom Will & Grace were about the two characters, Will and Grace. But if that were true, the entire sitcom would have been largely forgettable. Another gay man and his fag hag. Yawn. So if you ask me (and I’m acutely aware that you didn’t), Megan Mullally’s portrayal of booze-guzzling, pill-popping, boob-flashing, gold-digging Karen Walker (alias, “Anastasia Beaverhausen”) is what really made the series an essential part of NBC’s Must See TV. To say that Karen was narcissistic was, well, as Karen would say, “That’s like saying Prada’s are just shoes or vodka is just a morning beverage.” Mullally started out in Chicago theater before moving to Los Angeles in 1985. She made minor guest appearances in a long, long list of sitcoms, including Seinfeld, Frasier, Wings, and Mad About You. After her eight year run on Will & Grace, she had her own short-lived talk show and has stayed busy with several guest appearances. She also returned to the stage, starring in Mel Brook’s Broadway musical adaptation of Young Frankenstein, and in a production of Adam Bart’s The Receptionist in Los Angeles.
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Mike Rogers: 1963. “The Most Feared Man On Capital Hill” is known for his ability to snoop out closeted anti-gay politicians and expose them long before the mainstream media catches on. Rogers’s targets have included Virginia Congressman Edward Schrock, Montana Idaho Senator Larry Craig, and former RNC chair Ken Mehlman. Some have criticized him for it, but he says what others call “outing” he calls “reporting.” In 2009, Rogers appeared on a local Washington, D.C. news program with host Doug McKelway, who criticized Rogers and said that he would like to “take you (Rogers) outside and punch you across the face.” Rogers demanded an apology, but never got one. Ask him what his favorite movie was, and he will tell you it is Outrage, the 2009 documentary by Kirby Dick which discusses the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who work against the gay community.
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Bernie
November 12th, 2011
Correction – Larry Craig served as Senator from Idaho, not Montana. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Craig
Paul Bain
November 12th, 2011
GOP candidates typically throw our community under the bus. Not always, but mostly. I went to restate.com recently to do some reading. I had to sign up first, you know fill out the e-mail thingy and then get your password. I thought it strange that you are forced to wait about a day before being able to have commenting privileges. I found out later why! This commenting thread over at restate.com is unbelievable! These folks are so far to the right even the Holy Trinity is suspect in those posters’ sick, nazi-like atmosphere at that commenting group. Check it out for yourselves. If anything it provides actual non-zombies the proof that the most extreme form of bigotry is still very much alive in this country. I wrote several comments regarding the rampant anti-LDS threads over there. I was attacked and called everything but “yo mama’s bitch.” Next, the fascist moderator stepped in and banned me from posting mid-sentence. Angry, but satisfied I had stood up to the bullies over there – I went my way. I suppose if you don’t espouse their extreme views — you are automatically suspected and then swarmed. Actually, if I had not been so vociferous — I could have invited friends over and started a drinking game based on how many times I got called …
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