Daily Dyke Digest

OurChart THE place to be…
OurChart is the leading lesbian online community. I admit that I have a profile on OurChart, but I haven’t gotten the OC addiction like other women have.

To watch or not watch Hairspray
…that’s the question. Ok, how far do we go to prove a point? Is a movie still just entertainment if one of the actors is a Scientologist? Should we stop watching any movies or shows that have Catholics or Baptist actors?

Not all celebrities who are rumored to be gay pull a wild and crazy Tom Cruise…
Russell Simmons did an interview with the Dallas Voice where he doesn’t flip out he’s actually quite cool about it. My only issue: who says being gay is a burden?

Does canoodling get you tossed from public transport?
Two teen-aged girls got kicked off a bus for a same-sex kiss. They were 14, how low can you go kicking two young girls off a bus?!?!?!? There was a non-discrimination bill passed and signed by the gov but it doesn’t take effect until next year. Their parents are considering a lawsuit and are totally behind their daughters. Amen!

Hey kids, there’s a new lesbian chef in town…
Sandee Birdsong is the newest contestant on Bravo’s Top Chef and boy is she cute. I can’t wait to see what she does with her… chopping knife, yeah. We’ll be doing an interview with her on the Diana Cage Show, but you can find out more about her at Bravo.

Paris Hilton spends three days in jail and then gets to go home with a new bracelet.
Woa is Paris. Several days in the slammer was enough to get her a medical excuse to go home. Though it wasn’t specific what medical issue she had, we can all insert our jokes here. Maybe she did chip her teeth on the jail bars?!?!?!? I think all criminals should ask for the Paris treatment, or would that piss off officers too much?

Princess Paris says this:

“I want to thank the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and staff of the Century Regional Detention Center for treating me fairly and professionally. I am going to serve the remaining 40 days of my sentence. I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes.”

High-brow celebrities and their snubbing ways…
Sophia Loren was asked about gay marriage and totally dismissed the question at the Italian Australian Film Festival. Apparently she’s above answering questions about equality. She’d prefer to talking about movies and entertainment. She’s also above fart questions. She was also asked whether or not she farts…. the journalist was kicked out of the press conference. Though I am curious as to how she’s answer that, I assure you the journalist wasn’t me.

Remember when Tom Cruise went apeshit?
No, not the jumping on the couch time. The time when he flipped out that some random guy made accusations that he was gay. He sued because he was so aghast that someone would think of him being gay. Like being gay is that bad… Consider Matt Leinart, a QB for the AZ Cardinals, who showed his gay-friendly side in ESPN magazine. Yes, a jock who’s gay-friendly. It happens and Leinart is living proof.

We may not have seen the end of Rosie…
Not only will she be on a few of the tour dates of the True Colors tour, she may be hooking up with NBC for another shot on the tele.

Did you see the video of Enrique Iglesias serenading a gay man on stage? I’d like to be serenaded by Sarah McLachlin…. or Johnette Napolitano.

Ok, on to some stuff of substance…
Jesus says trans people are A-OK! For those that needed to hear a religious confirmation for being themselves, Joanne Herman gives it to them in The Advocate. What a radical thought that Jesus was open-minded and loved everyone! Read and be blessed.

In and out and in again…
Jason Knight was out of the Navy after being out, then got recalled, then got kicked out and is now on-call. That’s tougher than doing the hokey pokey! No matter whether he serves or not, Knight is willing and able to protect the country. And that’s the bottom line.

Romney grins and bears criticism from a lesbian…
Conservative and anti-gay marriage Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney got stopped on his tour by a lesbian who asked him point blank to explain why she’s less than everyone else. Romney put on his shiniest tap-dancing shoes and tapped away.

Size zero a gay induced problem…
The Gossip’s lead singer, Beth Ditto, blames gay men for the trend that women need to be skinny minnies to fit in designer clothes. According to her, women are dolls to gay men who work in the fashion industry. And that’s why I shop in the men’s section… mostly.

Speaking of gay men and women…
A woman having a drink with her father in a Canadian bar got the boot. We love the women who love the gays, except when we don’t.

A lesbian DJ making the rounds with Hollywood celebs…
DJ Samantha Ronson was rumored to be a fling thing with Lindsay Lohan. Now she’s rumored to have moved on to Nicole Richie. It is a rumor so who knows what celeb the DJ is spinning. Maybe she should get her own reality show.

Condolezza Rice does love the ladies… at the UN.
Rice and other female leaders called on the United Nations to get more ladies in power. She’s finally catching on to the notion that women in power is a good thing. Now if only she can kick George out of the White House…

And now for the deeply disturbing…
Bush nominated someone for Surgeon General and he ain’t pretty. Not in a looks kind of way, but in a he supported denying membership to a gay man to a Methodist Church kind of way. Let’s start rolling back advances in teaching safe sex.

Do you want a designer vagina?
The British Medical Journal reported that there’s an increase in women wanting to have genitoplasty to get ‘designer vaginas.’ Why, you may ask? You know, to be able to wear tight clothes and ride bikes and participate in certain sex practices. The best part is that the numbers are coming from the U.K.’s National Health Service because the government paid for surgery’s.

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell still working wonders for the war in Iraq…
You’d think that with a war going on and all the Army would need all the Arabic linguists possible. Not so! In all of their wisdom, the Army still is booting out trained specialists from the military because they’re gay. Bravo, dumb asses, bravo.

Have you been sleeping under a rock?
Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, The View’s polar opposites, had a complete melt down on Tuesday. In a nutshell, it was an argument over the war in Iraq, backing friends up and liberal vs conservative views. To see it, go here. Afterward, guest Alicia Silverstone completely ignored Elisabeth when she got on stage. And Donald Trump got into the action talking about Hasselbeck’s intelligence, or lack thereof. And of course Rosie can’t help but keep yacking about it and some pics of EH were mustachioed around the ABC studios in New York. Children, please it’s not necessary!!!

In other entertainment news…
The Scissor Sisters, though started by gay men, don’t want to sing specifically gay songs. Queerness is definitely part of their schtick, just not part of their repertoire.

Transmen not wanted…
Female-to-male transgender men are still not allowed in a Chicago BD/SM club. Why? The club requires in their policy that there be a penis attached. What, like by superglue or harness? The policy is under fire not just because it’s wrong, but because this weekend is International Mr. Leather contest and thousands of leather-clad men will be heading north to strut their stuff, studs and all. A former president of the Hellfire Club says the club isn’t anti-women. What a moron!

Can the world be more accepting to trans politicos than, say Florida?
The city of Cambridge, England has a transgender mayor and her partner, also a transwoman, assumed the title of mayoress. The city has taken it all in stride. See, Largo, Florida how citizens can be accepting??

Japan is also open to queer politicians…
Japan’s first openly gay politician will be throwing her hat into the ring for a seat in the upper house parliament. Kanako Otsuji not only is the first lesbian politician, but she was also the youngest politician to hold a seat in the Osaka prefectural assembly. Achievement at it’s finest.

Ok the biggest news is Mary Cheney’s spawn… or pawn.
However you choose to call it, the boy’s been born and grandma and grandpa already released a picture of themselves with the little one. Here are some questions to ponder – Will the media attention on Samuel David and family help LGBT family equality? Will it ease tension within the republican party around queers? Will this get more queers to vote republican? We’ll see in the months and years to come.

Speaking of kids…
Sarah Jessica Parker’s son recently asked about homosexuality because they have a lot of gay friends. And she had a hard time explaining it, or so she says. Just wait until the little tyke watches some of mommy and daddy’s old movies!

Straights hated Falwell too..
On the Bill Maher Show, Bill showed no love for the recent death of Jerry Falwell. None. Zip. Zero. And while I watched it in a sleepy stupor the first time, watching it on YouTube made me appreciate Bill so much more.

And people say Falwell didn’t have crazy followers…
One of the students of his Liberty University made some bombs for who knows what purpose. The student, Mark David Uhl, was arrested after police found bombs in the trunk of his car. It seemed he had a problem or two with the Fred Phelps clan, who picketed Falwell’s funeral. But it’s not clear whether or not he meant any harm. Read more about it here.

If you’re homeless in Chicago, it’s best not to be a lesbian…
On a cold November night, Michelle Wang needed a place to stay but was denied after a staffer at New Life Shelter told her there were no beds. The staffer had been questioning Wang about why the bed was needed and when Wang finally said she was in need because she broke up with her girlfriend and needed a place to stay, the staffer said no beds were available. No charity for the gays, I guess. The ACLU is involved and have filed a complaint on behalf of Wang.

Tired of your period? Maybe it can end…
The FDA approved a new pill that can end your periods – period – for as long as you’re on it. Though I’m not a fan of the every 28-day visitor, I’m weary to stop it with the help of a pill until there’s more information out there. But this might be a solution for some of our trans family who need to stop what they don’t need. Food for thought.