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1. If a close friend is very interested in someone, is it OK to pursue that person yourself? 2. If a close friend is casually dating someone, it is OK to date him too? 3. If a close friend has broken up with his boyfriend, when is it OK to go after his ex? Ever? Even if your friend tells …

[UPDATE: You’ll probably want to view the below video with the sound off. My lil digicam can’t handle nightclub subwoofers. I shot the clip before much of the crowd arrived.] As I made my preparations for the Saint-At-Large’s New Year’s Eve party in Times Square late Monday night, I repeatedly reminded myself of my New Year’s resolution to banish any …

Yesterday hundreds of members of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club made their annual dip in the 42 degree surf. Over $30,000 in pledges was raised for Camp Sunshine, a camp for seriously ill children and their families in Casco, Maine. And then all the bears went to beer bust. I’ve always wanted to do the dip, but somehow I’ve …

(Since I didn’t get home from New Year’s Eve until almost 9am yesterday, I spent the entire day in a coma and missed putting up yesterday’s Swag Tuesday entry.) Courtesy of Showtime, today’s Swag Tuesday giftie is the complete fourth season DVD box set for their smash lesbionic series, The L Word, now available nationwide. THE L WORD Season 4 …

Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve, gay couples began being civil-unioned in New Hampshire, as the new state law took effect. New Hampshire’s civil unions law — enacted by the Democrat-dominated Legislature early last year and signed by Democratic Gov. John Lynch in May, gives same sex couples the same rights, responsibilities and obligations of marriage without calling the …

Dennis Kucinich is telling his supporters that if he does not make the 15% cutoff point to be considered a viable candidate in the Iowa caucuses, they are to change their support to Barack Obama. Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, one of only two candidates to support gay marriage, on Tuesday asked his supporters to make rival Barack Obama their …

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I grabbed these shots this morning on my way home from the Saint’s NYE party, which I’ll review later today once I decipher my notes. The pole behind the “2008” is the one the ball drops down, but I guess security whisks the ball away immediately after midnight, since it’s made of dilithium crystals or gold pressed latinum or whatever. …

Beloved-by-all JMG commenter and blogstress Lynette, author of Big Ass Belle, is the co-winner for 2007’s Post Of The Year for her heartwrenching AIDS memorial, Piano Music. Every week this year, a UK-based cabal of writerly bloggers selected a Post Of The Week, which Lynette won earlier this year with the above-linked entry. A short-list of the weekly winners was …

A Connecticut Anglican church congregation has decided abandon their historic building, valued at over $7M, rather than continue to be associated with recent liberal stances of their denomination, including the recent ordination of Gene Robinson, an openly gay bishop. The building is owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, not the local congregation. It was the last Sunday service at …