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They Both Reached For The Gun
"At Mr. Bush's sedated show there were no raised voices, not a single query about homeland security or Osama bin Laden. As Billy Flynn says, one idea at a time is enough for the journalistic pack — in this case the administration's idée fixe of Iraq. And like their 'Chicago' counterparts, the Washington press corps were more than willing to buy fictions if instructed to do so by the puppeteer." 
Character Issues
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Incidentally Gay
Ten years ago, when it seemed as if every gay character in the movies was skinning people alive, activists marched on the Academy Awards demanding more balanced representations. The response was chilly. "I don't think they should be strident about it," complained Sally Field, best known for playing a woman who led the most cinematic strike in movie history. Added July 6/03
The "Gannon" Affair
Bush press pal quits over gay prostie link
A conservative ringer who was given a press pass to the White House and lobbed softball questions at President Bush quit yesterday after left-leaning Internet bloggers discovered possible ties to gay prostitution. Added February 12/05
Giving "Gannon" a pass
Before abruptly quitting his post this week as White House correspondent for the GOP-friendly group Talon News, Jeff Gannon enjoyed unfettered access to White House briefings. He gained that access not by going through the normal full background check most journalists face when obtaining a "hard pass," the ultimate White House credential, but rather by getting day passes, which require only an abbreviated background check. Added February 12/05
Democrats Want Investigation of Reporter Using Fake Name
Two Democrats in Congress are pressing for investigations into how a Washington reporter who used a pseudonym managed to gain access to the White House and had access to classified documents that named Valerie Plame as a C.I.A. operative. Added February 12/05
DL Dish: Atten-tion!
Well, we asked for second helpings, and we got them. Added February 19/05
Gannon in White House Briefing Room Before Talon News Existed
Well well well. Look at that, it's "Jeff"!
So then, what an interesting question we have, huh? "Jeff Gannon" is sitting in the White House briefing room with absolutely no media organization affiliation. (But some live and active escort sites!) Just how does that happen?
Added February 19/05
Bush's Barberini Faun
I am very impressed with James Guckert, a k a Jeff Gannon.
How often does an enterprising young man, heralded in press reports as both a reporter and a contributor to such sites as Hotmilitarystud.com, Workingboys.net, Militaryescorts.com, MilitaryescortsM4M.com and Meetlocalmen.com, get to question the president of the United States?
Added February 19/05
Jeff Gannon Admits Past 'Mistakes', Berates Critics
Jeff Gannon, the former White House reporter whose naked pictures have appeared on a number of gay escort sites, says that he has "regrets" about his past but that White House officials knew nothing about his salacious activities. Added February 20/05
The Face of AIDS
The Plague We Can't Escape
"Why does no one have the courage to say loudly and unequivocally that 50 million people around the world are going to die in a matter of days or months or at the most a few years unless they are treated immediately with the life-saving drugs that are now available?"
HIV Rates 10 Times Higher in Prisons
"A federal government report shows HIV and hepatitis C
infection rates in federal prisons are rising and are now at least 10
times higher than in the general population."
Cowboys, Just Like in the Movie
Among the secrets is the existence of gay cowboys, a term that might have struck some as an oxymoron before Ang Lee's new film, "Brokeback Mountain," which opened earlier this month to sold-out houses in New York and Los Angeles, seven Golden Globe nominations and almost universally rave reviews. By the standards of the rhapsodically spare film and the bleak Annie Proulx story on which it is based, gay cowboys are so anomalous as to be characters out of myth. Added December 20/05
Canadian Supreme Court OK's same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court of Canada says the federal government can change the definition of marriage, giving gays and lesbians the legal right to marry.
In a non-binding opinion released Thursday morning, the court reaffirmed religious freedoms under the Charter, saying religious officials opposed to same-sex marriages do not have to perform them.
Added December 9/04
Liberals to introduce same-sex marriage bill in January
The Liberal government will introduce legislation to legalize same-sex marriage when Parliament resumes sitting in January, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday.
In an opinion released earlier in the day, nine Supreme Court judges asked to review draft legislation extending marriage rights to gays and lesbians said such a move would be constitutional.
Added December 9/04
Indepth: Same-sex Rights
Almost record time. Barely two months after hearing three days of arguments for and against legalizing same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Ottawa does have the exclusive jurisdiction to decide who has the right to get married in the country - but that religious groups are not obliged to perform unions against their beliefs. Added December 9/04
Judge's Ruling Opens Window for Gay Marriage in New York City
A New York State judge in Manhattan ruled yesterday that a state law that effectively denied gay couples the right to marry violated the state Constitution, a decision that raised the possibility that the city would begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as soon as next month. Added February 5/05
How a Republican state legislator decided to come out
“I started to explain to him about the bill, what the intent was,” he continues. “He proceeded to tell me, under your bill, if I said I had some pictures of you at Bang, a gay bar… would that be illegal?” Added April 16/05
Toronto Unveils Statue To Gay Colonial Settler
A bronze statue honoring what is believed to be the first openly gay man in Canada was unveiled Saturday in Toronto's gay village. Added May 29/05
