Ricky Martin Joins The NASCAR Set

When we think “Ricky Martin”, we think many things: music, dancing, gay dad, bedroom eyes. Now we can add “NASCAR sponsor” to that list, because Martin — or rather, the Ricky Martin Foundation — recently brought his message of child welfare to auto racing fans via a partnership with fellow Puerto Rican native Victor Gonzales Jr. According to reports, Martin was directly involved in getting Gonzales onboard with the foundation: [...]

A Brief Time-Out For Celebration

California might not be full-on pink like some other places on the big map of StatesThatAllowGayMarriage.com, but it’s definitely rosier than it was yesterday. Of course, as a community, we’ve still got a very long row to hoe before we reach anything approximating “equality”, but U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s ruling yesterday came as very welcome news. Given the massive uncertainty surrounding the much-needed repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — not to mention the passage of ENDA — Walker’s lengthy and thoroughly decisive opinion has given us a welcome boost. It’s also dabbed a bit of salve on the heartbreak that millions experienced in November 2008, when, at the exact moment many Americans felt their country moving forward, the passage of Proposition 8 provided a bitter reminder that progress is never a straight line. (Double-entendre intended.) [...]