Monday, February 23, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

Kate Winslet and Angelina Jolie blew the doors off the Oscars. Brad Pitt's a lucky bastard. Eden Riegel's Bianca and Tamara Braun's Reese continued to do battle after their lesbian wedding was ruined by an icky girl / boy kiss on All my Children. Law and Order: SVU breaks out the real-life lesbians to tell a transgender story and Sara Ramirez and Jessica Capshaw continue with frustrating foreplay on Grey's Anatomy.

About the third hour into the Academy Awards on Sunday evening, I began forming an extraction team to save 'Sexiest Man Alive', Hugh Jackman. We were unsuccessful as security was tighter than Goldie Hawn’s face.

SheWired.com Senior Editor Tracy E. Gilchrist and Advocate.com Editor Ross von Metzke prove that lesbians and gay men do get along. This week, Tracy nearly burst a vein when her fave gals Kate Winslet and Penelope Cruz both pulled wins in their respective categories...however, she's still waiting for them to make out. Meanwhile, Ross is fixated on Natalie Portman's drop-dead gorgeousness, Beyonce's unfortunate gown and Sophia Loren's face. Plus..the Jennifer Aniston / Angelina Jolie / Brad Pitt conundrum.
On Saturday, the Human Rights Campaign hosted its annual Carolinas Gala Dinner in Charlotte, NC.  We were pleased to have Sen. Kay Hagan, the freshman Democratic senator who defeated Elizabeth Dole (R) in last year’s elections, give the keynote address to our attendees.  Equality North Carolina  in Raleigh, NC and Denise Palm-Beck, the current Board Chair of The [...]
…And what a powerful acceptance speech!  Watch Penn’s Oscar acceptance speech where he spoke out against Prop 8 supporters here. (GLAADblog has posted the transcript of Penn’s acceptance speech here.) Penn’s unforgettable portrayal of America’s first gay elected official Harvey Milk not only rightly earned him Hollywood’s most coveted award last night - but his capturing of Milk’s passion and dedication to advancing LGBT [...]

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