I Didn't Say It ...

Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS journalist , taking on her MAGA editor, Bari Weiss, after Weiss canceled a 60 Minutes story that was damning for the Cankles regime:

“I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now—after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes ‘the government must agree to be interviewed,’ then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that ‘low point.’ By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘Gold Standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight.”

The Cankles Regime’s CECOT deportations are a crime against humanity on the level of the Abu Ghraib torture scandal or the Bush administration’s crimes in Guantanamo Bay; the public MUST be made aware of just what Cankles and Pee Wee German did to those poor men and be held accountable for their actions.

Search for the story; you can find it. In Canada, where Free Speech is still valued, the story aired but in America where a fascist rules, speech is denied.

Resist!

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George Takei, actor and activist, on people who say he should “stick to acting”:

“It’s a taunt I often have hurled at me. I am a gay man in America whose marriage is under threat. The last time [Cankles] was in office, hate crimes against AAPIs [Asian American and Pacific Islanders] skyrocketed. I care deeply about this country and the future of our democracy [so] I’ll stick to activism.”

If anyone in this country deserves to speak up, it’s Takei, openly gay, married to a man, subjected to hate speech and having lived in a American Internment Concentration Camp during WW II.

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Jesse Thorn, content creator and father to a trans daughter, posted a  defense of trans kids during which he posed a question for all the cisgender haters:

“I have this memory of my wife handing me a printout of the book [she wrote, Feels Good to Be Yourself] and I read it, and I was just pouring tears. You’d think that would be because, like, this is a beautiful story of a trans kid, and it’s our kid. But actually, no. Actually, it was because it was about all of us. I’m cisgender. Everybody always assumed I was a man, and I actually am a man. And until my daughter came out, I never really had to think about my gender identity or even about anyone else’s. It was like transparent to me. I never consciously checked in with myself. People just assumed something, and it happened that they were right, so it just sort of ‘was'. And so when my kid came out, I had to really stretch my mind to imagine her experience. It was so different from my experience. I never chose my identity, and so my daughter must be choosing hers, and she must be rejecting my way of being in the world, is how it felt. [Those who hate trans people are] sort of caught on their back foot like, ‘Wait, I didn’t choose anything. These trans people must be choosing. I’m neutral. They’re different. They are rejecting me,’ and then people are taking that uncomfortable feeling and getting really nasty. In my wife’s book, there is no, ‘This way is normal. This way is different.’ There is the expectation that we each will engage with our own identities, think about who we are, and we might come up with different answers. Trans people had to look inward. Everybody was wrong about them. They had to figure themselves out. For cis people, we just never even tried. [My wife’s book] puts trans kids and cis kids on the same level. It’s because it asks cis people to think about themselves. It’s scary. What if we ask ourselves about ourselves, and we don’t like the answer?”

Thorn suggests that if you fear trans people “is it because they’re weird, or because you are being forced to deal with you?”

And that’s the answer. Pretty simple, eh?

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I Didn't Say It ...

Annette Bening, speaking in defense of transgender youth outside the Supreme Court:

“I have four beautiful children—and I’m allowed to brag about my children because they’re mine—and my eldest is a remarkable trans man, an extraordinary human being. As a well-meaning parent, I didn’t always know how to support my teenager—my vulnerable teenager who was just trying to live his truth—but you know what? I learned. I learned that what these kids and families need is judicious counseling, sound medical advice, and an atmosphere of calm and love and acceptance. Trans folks are everywhere. They’re your doctors in your emergency rooms. They’re your firefighters. They’re your teachers, your librarians, the store clerks, the clerks in the bookstores. Everywhere in this world trans folks exist and it is our responsibility to support and love them. There’s nothing to be frightened of. Everyone just wants to live in freedom, safety and dignity."

Dignity; we’re heading toward banning dignity and safety because of ignorance and fear.

Ain’t that America.

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George Takei, on moronic Democrats:

“To the ‘High Road’ Democratic leaders who say Biden should pardon [The Convicted Felon], knock it off. What the hell kind of message do you think that would send? We need to fight autocracy, not flirt with it.”

The Democrats, at least these kinds of Democrats, are going to destroy democracy all by themselves.

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Cynthia Erivo, Elphaba, the Wicked Witch in Wicked, on why the song ‘Defying Gravity’ resonates with queer audiences:

“I didn’t know that was happening. That's really powerful … It’s really important for her in that moment to not allow the things that have hurt her, that have stripped her of her humanity to keep her down, that she does defy gravity, that the possibilities for her at that point, that she decides that they are endless, that it is within her power to change things, that she chooses flight as opposed to staying tethered to the ground. That’s something that we can all learn, that we don't have to be tethered, that we can actually fly, that we can change things, that we can allow the things that make us special to really make us elevate. It's hard to talk about Elphaba as an ‘other’ without having it intrinsically linked to being a woman who walks through the world as a queer Black woman. Immediately I understood what it meant for people to look at you and see you as not beautiful, not acceptable, not any of those things, because I walked through the world like this. And having to find a way to not necessarily be OK with it but be OK with yourself enough so that when other people put that on you, you can still move through it.”

We all have our crosses to bear and sometimes other people put those on us and sometimes we put them on ourselves. We all need to learn that no matter how different we all may seem we are more alike than we can imagine.

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Chris Appleton, out celebrity hairstylist, on how his coming-out journey started after being in a long-term relationship with a woman that included having two children:

"Everybody else also thought I had it figured out. So when you're all of a sudden then changing the record, people are like: 'Well, you must have always known,' and I didn't realize I did. I never was too focused on sexuality, but people at school always mentioned it, and, as a kid, you just don't ever want to be different—I already felt different because I was dyslexic. The difficult thing is, then you're hurting people around you that you've committed to, and you feel that. It sounds cheesy, but there's honestly so much power in living authentically and being authentically yourself. I think once I let go of all the guilt and shame of it all, my whole life changed. I moved to America; it was amazing how much grew and changed."

Every person’s coming out story is their own; they choose when and where and how and we all just need to say, Welcome.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph, Emmy winner and Broadway legend, receiving The Advocate of the Year award at the Out100 event and speaking of being inspired by the LGBTQ+ community:

“To be named Advocate of the Year is an honor I carry on behalf of every individual who has fought for love, for identity, for visibility, and for freedom. Advocacy is not a solo journey—it is a collective movement. It is the bravery of those who came before us, the courage of those who stand with us, and the hope of those who will follow. I have been inspired over the years by so many in this community—by those who refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice, by those who live their truth unapologetically, and by those who show us that joy is also an act of resistance. I am a believer in the power of unity. The world may try to divide us, but our strength has always been in our ability to stand together, to lift one another, and to remind each other that love—at its core—is unstoppable.”

Unstoppable; we’ve done it once before and we will continue to do it.

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Tuesday Thought #1

 

I Didn't Say It ...

Jeb Bush, blaming President Obama for the anti-everyone GOP:

"As much as I reject Donald Trump as our party leader, he did not create the political culture of the United States on his own. Eight years of the divisive tactics of President Obama and his allies have undermined Americans’ faith in politics and government to accomplish anything constructive. The president has wielded his power — while often exceeding his authority — to punish his opponents, legislate from the White House and turn agency rulemaking into a weapon for liberal dogma. In turn, a few in the Republican Party responded by trying to out-polarize the president, making us seem anti-immigrant, anti-women, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker and anti-common-sense. Unfortunately, the understandable anger and fear haven’t given rise to a resurgence of purpose in politics or renewed a debate in our party about how Republicans win back the White House with the power of our ideas."

Wait, so because Obama tried to get something done, and the GOP, in its racist attempts to thwart him at every turn, is now responsible for their hatred?

Oh, Jeb, you should’a listened to your Mama when she told you not to run … your mouth.

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Alexander Skarsgård, on embracing gay sex scenes as an actor:

“They’re incredible scenes. … I remember Theo, who played the Greek lover of Russell Edgington, and that was the first gay sex scene I had on ‘True Blood.’ … He was nervous; he had never kissed a guy before. I just said, ‘Look at the scene. It’s this nemesis and he comes in and then it gets seductive and you think they’re gonna make love and it gets into that and then suddenly my character stabs him in the back and he explodes. In two minutes, look at this emotional rollercoaster we’re taking the audience on. If we commit to this, it’s going to be an amazing scene and we’re going to be very happy with it forever. If we hold back, that’s when it gets awkward.’ Same thing shooting the other scene with Ryan — we knew that it was coming because we shot a scene the previous year where I hypnotize him and say, like, ‘When you dream, dream sweet dreams of me.’ Because we did it in a very seductive way, when they said ‘wrap’ and I turned around and I saw the writers, I could just see in their eyes that they were like, ‘We’re definitely gonna see this dream later on in the show.’ We knew it was coming. You have to think of the scene and how it fits in and hopefully be excited about the scene. Then, just dive in.”

I can always envision a gay sex scene with Alexander Skarsgard … though usually I am cast in the scene with him.

Just sayin’.

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George Takei, Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek, on the idea of Sulu in the reboot being gay:

“I told [writers] Simon Pegg and Justin Lin], ‘Be imaginative and create a character who has a history of being gay, rather than Sulu, who had been straight all this time, suddenly being revealed as being closeted.”

I get that Takei wanted to keep the character as Gene Roddenberry created him, but I think Star Trek needed a gay character we already knew, not someone who’s cast just to be the “gay” one.

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Steve King, Iowa’s Republican Congressman, a homophobe, and now clearly an uneducated racist … though I assume most racists are idiots:

“This ‘old white people’ business does get a little tired. … I’d ask you to go back through history and figure out, where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you’re talking about, where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization?”

Yup; not one single thing have people of color done for the world.

Asshat.

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Facebook Post of the Week: George Takei

So, a homophobe, or a troll, or a closeted gay boy, decided to go after George Takei on Facebook using his very best skills at wordplay ...

Sadly, again, this was George Takei he went after ...

Advantage Takei, because after he posted this the homophobic closeted troll apologized.

A Day Later: I Didn't Say It ...

George Takei, actor and LGBT activist, on Kim Davis: 

"Well this is a bit of a circus. So let us be clear: This woman is no hero to be celebrated. She broke her oath to uphold the Constitution and defied a court order so she could deny government services to couples who are legally entitled to be married. She is entitled to hold her religious beliefs, but not to impose those beliefs on others. If she had denied marriage certificates to an interracial couple, would people cheer her? Would presidential candidates flock to her side? In our society, we obey civil laws, not religious ones. To suggest otherwise is, simply put, entirely un-American."

Leave it to Takei to make it perfectly queer!

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Sarah Palin, on what immigrants should do if they wish to stay here:

"I think we can send a message and say, 'You want to be in America, (A), you'd better be here legally or you're out of here. (B), when you're here, let's speak American."

I suggest the Mama Grizzly Bore™ start speakin’ English and then maybe, in a few years, when she’s a wee bit smarter, she can offer advice.

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Ellen Page, on the process of coming out: 

“I remember thinking, Ellen, how in God’s name could you make this film [Freeheld] and not be out? What’s interesting to me is how long it took to make the movie — for it to finally come together — and how my internal progression toward coming out was naturally in line with it. Stacie and Laurel’s story is incredibly inspiring and did take a lot of courage, particularly in a time of such unimaginable difficulty. It really did make me go, Dude, just tell people you’re gay. Just get over yourself, honestly, and support those who are not as privileged. It’s like, You have f**king privilege, so do something with it.”

Good for her, for realizing that she was getting nothing out of life, and putting nothing into it, by staying closeted.

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Julianne Moore, co-starring as Ellen Page’s lover in “Freeheld”, on not knowing what it means to be closeted:

“It was interesting for me, because Ellen had just so recently come out … And this is going to sound silly, and hopefully not hurtful on my part, but I don’t think I was aware of how painful it is to be closeted. I have the advantage of being a person who’s never had to hide my sexuality, so I asked her a lot of questions — frank questions — about what that feels like. She said she felt discomfort simply wearing all these dresses, and it was all very eye-opening for me. She was so unprotective [of herself] — I was very touched by that.”

If you have ever had to hide who you are, whatever that may be, you know what it’s like to be closeted; a secret kept is a lock on the door.

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Jon Davidson, of Lambda Legal, on Kim Davis:

"I have to wonder: just how many of those supporting Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’s refusal to issue marriage licenses based on her religious objection to same-sex couples marrying would support a Quaker government official who refused to issue them gun permits based on a religious commitment to pacifism?"

Oh hell no. They’re not coming for our guns!

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I Didn't Say It ...

George Takei, on Donald [t]Rump's announcement that he supports traditional marriage:

“I think Donald’s Trump interpretation of marriage is something he doesn’t really believe in….I think he’s a business man. He will go with the wind. He’s saying [that he believes in traditional marriage] because he’s got to win the Republican primary and his base is really the far right wing…I think he’s capable of saying anything that will be good business.”

He's pandering, that's for sure, and it's something they all do, but if he cannot stand up for his own beliefs--if he does in fact believe in marriage equality--then why elect such a man to public office.

Plus he's a racist f**k-monkey.

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Todd Starnes, posting to Facebook, on the recent rains in Washington and blaming, wait for it, The Gays and Obama:

"Record-breaking floods have inundated Washington, D.C. just days after the Supreme Court decided they knew better than God. I seem to remember another time in history when there was a record-breaking flood. God painted the sky with rainbow colors after that flood. This go-around - Obama painted the White House with rainbow colors. Anybody got an ark?"

I'd build one, Todd, if you'd sail away, never to be heard from again.

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Jeremy Renner, on the "gay" rumors:

“When you Google yourself and the first thing that comes up is ‘Jeremy Renner gay,’ it’s like, ‘Oh, now you’ve arrived. You’re now a giant movie star.’ I don’t care, ultimately, if that’s what people want to think, read and care about. F**king say whatever the hell you want about me. Look at where we’re at socially — leaps and bounds ahead of where we started. That’s an amazing thing. To suggest that it’s negative, that being gay is a terrible thing, a perversion or whatever — I just don’t get it. Don’t you wish we were in a world where we’re not shaming, judging and boxing people in?”

It does get tiring, that thought process that calling a male celebrity 'gay' is  a bad thing.

I mean, Renner's a terrible actor; that should be enough, right?

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Ben Carson, on right wing radio, saying that, as president ... excuse me for giggling ... he'd "certainly get involved" in overturning Obergefell:

"I hope it will be revisited because the reason that we have separation of powers is to prevent runaway courts, runaway executive branch, runaway legislative branch. The laws are made by the legislative branch. And, you know, you can make a law to negate virtually anything, you just have to be creative in the way that you do it. So no, I don’t think it’s over by any stretch of the imagination."

Yeah Ben, get yourself elected and ignore every single other thing that's going on in this country and around the world, so you can craft some creative legislation to deny The Gays the right to marry.

And then, if that should ... again, giggling ... explain to all The Gays who now cannot get married how its fair that some did, and are, and some can't.

Asshat. You'd think a neurosurgeon would have access to a functioning brain.

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Mike Huckabee, using the Civil Rights movement to say The Gays don’t deserve marriage equality because we haven’t been physically abused enough yet:

“If you equate same-sex marriage to a civil right … First of all, what an insult to African-Americans, who were hosed in the street, who were beaten, who were truly discriminated against with separate restrooms, separate drinking fountains, separate entrances. That was true discrimination and it was horrible. It’s hard to say that the redefinition of marriage is on the same basis as was racial discrimination throughout our history.”

Well, Mike, since you wanna be president, though you never will, maybe you need to be educated to the fact that marriage is a civil right, as stated by the US Supreme Court fourteen different times before last week's same-sex marriage ruling. 

Second, to say that The Gays haven’t been discriminated against because we haven't been beaten is offensive at best and a lie at worst. Just ask any victim of a gay bashing, the ones who lived of course.

And maybe we never had separate bathrooms and water fountains and restaurants, but as you yourself said, in 1992, people with HIV/AIDS to be quarantined. Not a separate water fountain; a separate place to live.

We have been beaten enough, Mike, it’s just that, for most of us, the bruises and welts are on the inside.

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Reverend William Barber, because I want to end with someone other than that vile human being, on moving on from the shootings in Charleston:

"I believe, in light of this, that real healing would be writing an omnibus bill in the name of the nine Emanuel martyrs. This bill would implement Medicaid expansion, raise public education funding, pass a living wage requirement, pass new gun control laws, and remove the Confederate flag from the state house. And this omnibus bill would be supported and passed by Republicans and Democrats. Further, the very seat Reverend Pinckney held is in jeopardy as long as Section 5 of the Voting Right Act has been gutted. The current bill in the U.S. House, even if passed, would leave out Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee from coverage. If we want closure, let us name a Voting Rights Act restoration bill after the Emanuel Nine."

What a brilliant idea.

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I Didn't Say It ...

George Takei, actor, activist, on Indiana Governor Mike pence signing an anti-gay "religious freedom" bill into law:

"I am outraged that Gov. Pence would sign such a divisive measure into law. He has made it clear that LGBT couples, like Brad and me, are now unwelcome in his state. The notion that this bill was not driven by animus against our community is belied by the record and frankly insulting. I will join many in demanding that socially responsible companies withdraw their business, conferences and support from his state and that LGBTs and our friends and supporters refuse to visit or do business with Indiana. It is a sad day for the Hoosier state, and indeed for the many good people of Indiana, for whom this law now stands as a terrible blight upon that state's reputation."

Let me make this queer: if a governor wishes to sign a law stating that business can deny me service simply because I’m gay, then I, and I hope most of the LGBT community and our allies, will decide not to visit those states.
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Tim Cook, Apple CEO, on those Religious Freedom Restoration Acts:

"Men and women have fought and died fighting to protect our country’s founding principles of freedom and equality. We owe it to them, to each other and to our future to continue to fight with our words and our actions to make sure we protect those ideals. The days of segregation and discrimination marked by 'Whites Only' signs on shop doors, water fountains and restrooms must remain deep in our past. We must never return to any semblance of that time. America must be a land of opportunity for everyone. This isn’t a political issue. It isn’t a religious issue. This is about how we treat each other as human beings. Opposing discrimination takes courage. With the lives and dignity of so many people at stake, it’s time for all of us to be courageous."

I’d like to see Tim Cook stage an Apple boycott of Indiana. His words have power, his deed could be mighty.
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Rand Paul, speaking to a group of religious leaders at a private prayer breakfast about marriage equality:

"Don’t always look to Washington to solve anything. In fact, the moral crisis we have in our country, there is a role for us trying to figure out things like marriage, there’s also a moral crisis that allows people to think that there would be some sort of other marriage." 

Here’s the moral crisis, Rand: it’s that most people in this country are finally becoming aware that marriage equality is right and fair and doesn’t affect them at all. And you bigots and rightwingnuts and Teabaggers and Republicans are now realizing that your special brand of divisive politics needs a new scapegoat.

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Josh Earnest, White House press secretary, talking to reporters about Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act:

“I have seen that there are a number of private businesses and nonprofit organizations that have said that the signing of this law prompts them to reconsider doing business in the state of Indiana. All those business and some of those who are considering having conventions in Indiana have raised concerns about whether all of their employees can count on being treated fairly in Indiana. I think that is a testament to the kind of reaction I think a lot of people all across the country had, which is that the signing of the bill doesn’t seem like it’s a step in the direction of equality and justice and liberty for all Americans. Again, that’s not just the view of the administration, I know that’s the view of the Republican mayor of Indianapolis and a whole host of nonprofit and private sector companies who have legitimate concerns about the impact of this legislation.”

From the top: discrimination, for any reason, is wrong.

And, in  the interests of being transparent: I have a wee crush on Josh.

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Martha Stewart, ex-con and lifestyle expert, taking on Ludacris, while pimping out her linens, at the Justin Bieber roast:

“I know you’re all wondering why I’m here tonight, It’s because Martha Stewart Changes peoples’ lives for the better. I believe the bedroom is the most important room in the house but I don’t have to tell you that, Ludacris. You have three kids with three different women. May I suggest pulling out some time and finishing on some fine, highly-absorbent Martha Stewart bed linens?”

Martha plays blue! And I love it!

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I Didn't Say It ...

George Takei, Star Trek legend and LGBT rights activist, upon receiving the Vito Russo Award at GLAAD's New York media awards:

"[As] a closeted kid growing up in Los Angeles…all I saw of gays and lesbians in movies and television or heard on radio were caricatures of people who were mocked and laughed at, or pitied, or hated. The media stripped us of all humanity and made us into pathetic stereotypes. The media then was a soul-crushing monster. GLAAD took on this formidable beast with its media savvy, political acumen and the power of its advocacy and transformed the media into a powerful force for change. GLAAD inspired and galvanized others into action to join with in the great 21st century civil rights movement. … But as long as LGBT people can be fired from their job for simply being who they are, our work isn’t done yet. As long as young people are kicked out of their families just for being who they are, our work is not done yet. As long as people are be bullied into feeling that their lives are so hopeless that they are driven to self-destructive acts, our work is not done."

I remember those stereotypes, too, and we’ve come a long way since then, though there is still much to do, on TV and in ‘real’ life.

Bishop Gene Robinson, on his divorce from his husband, and partner, of twenty five years:

“My belief in marriage is undiminished by the reality of divorcing someone I have loved for a very long time, and will continue to love even as we separate. Love can endure, even if a marriage cannot.”

Sad news, indeed, but once again Bishop Robinson is an example, for every couple, gay and straight, that goes through a breakup.

Dwight Bullard, Democratic Florida state Senator, on an NRA-backed bill that would grant the right to carry concealed firearms during declared states of emergency:

"For me, as laughable as the amendment might seem, it's equally laughable that people who haven't gone through the proper training, the background check, the license to carry — we're saying because of a hurricane or flooding or sinkhole, these individuals have gone from gun owners to concealed carry permit holders. I'd argue a crisis is probably the last instance in which you want someone who is not a concealed permit holder to carry a weapon."

Amazing that Flori-duh has such a senator who isn't afraid to stand up to the NRA and the gun nuts.

Tom Coburn, Republican Senator from Oklahoma, on his state’s botched execution of Clayton Lockett who was slowly tortured to death for nearly an hour before dying:

"It's an unfortunate thing, but any time you're doing something with a body, things can go wrong."

It's "unfortunate" that a man is legally tortured to death by any state in this country.

Oh yeah, Coburn is also a doctor, talking about how anything can go wrong, and it’s kinda okay because it happens and what are you gonna do about it.

Howsabout ending the death penalty so we don’t become a country that tortures convicts before we kill them?

Shepard Smith, on that Gawker story that said he was demoted by the bosses at FoxNews because he’s gay and wanted to come out:

“News team- Good morning from Los Angeles. I came to Fox News 18 years ago because they agreed to hire me. I’ve stayed with Fox News because of my relationship with Roger Ailes. He’s my boss, my friend and my steadfast supporter both professionally and personally. Things you might read today are horseshit. As phony as 24-hour breaking news on The Plane Channel. Stand down. Big love. See y'all Monday. Unless breaking news changes everything."

Gawker stands by its story and Shepard is still demoted.

And still ALLEGEDLY gay.

Jason Priestley, of 90210, on former co-star Tori Spelling:

“I happened to be at home watching the local news one night, something I rarely got to do. Tori Spelling’s yard sale made the broadcast that night. I saw my very own wedding invitation on the screen. Apparently, it had gone for five bucks, including a personal autograph by Tori. She sold my wedding invitation to a stranger.”

That’s Tori, anything and everything in her life is up for sale, even her husband’s wandering penis and their televised attempts at therapy.

Matt Bomer, my Husband-In-My-Head, on his marriage to Simon Halls and their three children:

“It wasn’t anything I really endeavored to hide. But a lot of stuff I would do would be these fashion spreads where there’s one paragraph about you at the end. I don’t care about that at all. I’m completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life. [The ceremony] was very chill. Very small — only our nearest and dearest. There’s a security, a validity of knowing that it’s legal. It’s hard to put into words. It’s just a feeling, I guess — something about saying vows in front the people around you who love and support you. I think it was good for our family.”

I love him. That’s all.

Tucker Carlson, Fox News wingnut, suggesting that sexual harassment by teachers is fine as long as it's a female teacher and a male student:

"Here’s the bottom line: A 15-year-old boy is not a 15-year-old girl, and so – I got a lot of mail about this – every man understands this. A 15-year-old boy looks at this as, like, the greatest thing that ever happened, and I think for a 15-year-old girl it would be traumatic. That’s just real. I don’t know what to say – I don’t want that to be true but it is true. I’m not saying that all teachers should do lap dances at school. I’m just saying when a teacher gets so enthusiastic she breaks out into a lap dance, don’t send her to prison. That’s all I’m saying."

Further proof, as if we needed it, that the idiots at Fox News, from the top all the way down to the dregs of that network, are completely and utterly idiotic.

Van Hansis, EastSiders and As The World Turns star, on why he only recently came out publicly:

“I guess it was a combination of a lot of things—[As The World Turns] was my first job, it was a different time back then in regards to LGBT stories being told—I mean, the Luke story was groundbreaking at the time. Now, I think every remaining soap has a gay storyline. I was completely green, fresh out of college, and honestly, I was scared. … I’ve been out since I was sixteen, but when I first came to LA my agents were a bunch of Hollywood bro guys and I was afraid they wouldn’t be able to see me in straight roles. It’s a fear I still harbor, and it’s not necessarily paranoia. I met with a manager a couple of years back who told me I was “fey” and that I would need to “work on that” to be her client. On the flip side of things, I was once fired from a movie because I wasn’t “gay enough.”

Funny that, he’s too gay and maybe too straight.

Howsabout just going on his talent?