Society + Culture

Larry King’s Gay Christian Night: Jennifer Knapp, Clay Aiken, Ted Haggard & Pastor Bob

Larry King has booked quite a show tonight — recently out Christian singer Jennifer Knapp will appear with Clay Aiken, Ted Haggard and Pastor Bob Bostford, who recently spoke out against Knapp’s sexuality. (ETA: We’ve got VIDEO!) Also; a new That’s Gay, Pan-Am’s gay flight, America’s highest cities, documentary exposing Afghanistan’s “boy play,” Generation Y’s debt and more!

Politics + Activism

Teens Attempt Throwing Lesbian Classmate Off Cliff on Day of Silence

Some classmates tried to push their lesbian friend off a cliff because she’s gay; but police are saying this attempted murder, committed on the day of silence, could just be a “prank gone awry.” It looks like DADT won’t be repealed in 2010, and Dan Choi’s civil disobedience got little to no mainstream news coverage. Plus, it’s harder for LGBT victims of violent crimes, Jon Stewart’s Gaywatch, and the Tories in the UK are courting gay voters.

Society + Culture

Lesbian Prom Update: Constance Suing for Damages & Westboro’s Coming to Graduation

Constance McMillen is now seeking unspecified monetary damages in her case against Itawamba High School, citing public humiliation. Even worse, Westboro Baptist Church has announced they’ll be picketing her graduation to remind everyone that dykes are ‘filthy.’ Also; more on Scott Baio’s evolving lesbian rage, Gay tourism, forced gay marriage, bisexuals aren’t gay enough, Sikhism and feminism, tv bans plus size ads, and headache fun!

Geekery

Leaked iPhone 4G Lost Then Found and Hipster Time Travel

A secret version of the unannounced next-gen iPhone 4G showed up in a bar in California and someone whisked it up and unloaded the goods to Gizmodo! Also, you have to watch this weirdly artful home movie an octopus took because it’s totally amazing. And that’s not all: a hipster shows up in a photograph from 1941, Steve Jobs gets called out and more!

Politics + Activism

Conservatives Fear Gay “Amerophobe” Supreme Court Takeover, Elena Kagan

Everyone still has many feelings about Elena Kagan & Elena Kagan’s potential sexuality and we’re here to tell you about them. Also Conservatives have A LOT of feelings about radical ‘Amerophobes’ taking over SCOTUS. Also, DADT stories get shared, bigots get invited to dinner, we’re not sure how to feel about the GOP in Massachusetts, and elderly couples are cruelly separated by the courts.