Lisa Derrick

Bettie Page, the enigmatic brunette pin-up girl whose poses for soft core, nude and B&D postcard and magazines helped launch the sexual revolution–and a spawned a generation of look-alikes–has died.  She was 85. After moving from to New York from Nashville, Page was promoted by cheesecake and bondage purveyor Irving Klaw whose mail order business [...]

New Jersey governor Jon Corzine pledged Thursday to sign a gay marriage bill if it reaches his desk, and urged the Legislature to "seriously review" a report released by the New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission which underscored that civil unions have failed to grant full rights to same-sex couples. In statement, the governor said: [...]

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Golden Globe nominees this morning, and I’m just gonna touch on the politically/socially themed nominees, though I freaking loved In Brughes and think it’s the best comedy since Rosemary’s Baby. Milk didn’t shake up the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The biopic which swept the New York Critics’ Awards–Best Picture, [...]

Shame on Urban Oufitters! The oh so hip, youth-culture megamart which hawks edgy printed tees and trendy clothes,  groovy furnishing and just about anything with the style lifespan of a gadfly has removed tee shirt screened with the long-lasting sentiment "I Support Same Sex Marriage." The shirt’s designer Tara Littman asked the pertinent question: With [...]

Nancy Sutley The rainbow ceiling has shattered: President-elect Barack Obama has selected Nancy Sutley to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Sutley–a prominent member of the gay and lesbian community, deputy mayor for energy and environment in Los Angeles and the mayor’s representative on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Water District [...]

Look out Kennedy dynasty! Actress/ women’s health advocate Fran Drescher has thrown her hat into the  ring as a contender to replace Hillary Clinton as U.S. senator for New York. It’s up to the Democratic NY Governor David Paterson, to appoint someone for the position. Drescher, who survived uterine cancer, earlier this year was appointed to a [...]

Today is National Day Without a Gay, in which LGBT and their allies will be out with the lavender flu. In support of that effort, I’ll be posting about the LGBT community to make this Gay News Day. Barack Obama’s Presidential Inaugural Committee has chosen the Lesbian and Gay Band Association, with members from across [...]

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The list reads like a playlist at a hard rock radio station:  Queen. Nine Inch Nails. Rage Against the Machine. Dr. Dre. Pantera. Eninem. AC/DC. But these bands–along with tunes from Sesame Street and ones sung by Barney the purple dinosaur–have been blasted at high volume for up to twenty hours a day to torment [...]

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett is eying the governor’s mansion for the 2010 race, and he’s busy makig allies on far right. Among his backroom buddies: Steve Kern, pastor of the Olivet Baptist Church and husband of State representative Sally Kern. According to Gossipboy.com, in a bid to court conservatives, the duo seem to be [...]