Morning Meme: Sweaty Cheyenne, Sigourney the Vamp, plus our GLAAD Media Awards Vlog

Glee gets honored, South Park's back, plus Lee Daniels casts Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and talking to Tyra Sanchez.

First things first: there’s a blogswarm today with The Bilerico Project, Pam’s House Blend, AMERICAblog, Joe.My.God, David Mixner, Dan Savage and a host of others. The goal is to bring pressure on Speaker Pelosi for a vote on the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). At 9:30am EDT go to The Bilerico Project for details on how you can be part of this big push for equality. ENDA affects GLBT person who works. An ENDA vote by the end of March was promised to the GLBT community by Rep. Jared Polis, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, and Rep. Andre Carson.

Now on to other important things, like Smurfs. Word is that Gargamel, the bumbling sorcerer, is going to be animated, and voiced by Hank Azaria of The Simpsons fame. This works for me.

Southland’s ratings are in, and well, it’s not pretty. I love the show, but I have to admit, it’s a bit grim even for me.

The TV Academy Honors selections have been announced, and most notable is that the Glee episode “Wheels” is being honored. What’s unusual is that though this episode tackled Artie’s (Kevin McHale) feelings of life in a wheelchair, and Kurt’s (Chris Colfer) desire to sing a traditionally female song, it was still a fun and lighthearted episode. None of the other seven nominees could be described that way.

The Marijuana Policy Project is proposing a boycott of WalMart because the retail giant has fired an employee for testing positive for THC. The trick here is the man has a terminal brain tumor, and a legal prescription for medicinal marijuana. This is evidently legal, but it could just be that WalMart is a d**k.

Vamps is still being described as “Clueless with vampires” and not just because Alicia Silverstone is starring with Krysten Ritter. Now comes news their vampire maker is none other than GLAAD honoree Sigourney Weaver.

A Scottish man was sitting at home getting totally blitzed on what I have to assume was whiskey when his girlfriend thought he’d gone too far and called police. They found him in his underwear, which he then removed and attempted to thrust his junk at an officer’s face who took evasive action in order to avoid being struck. In Scotland, this would evidently be assault with a weapon, legally. You should read the uncensored version.

The Bilerico Project invades our space a little with their interview of RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Tyra Sanchez. I’ve got my eye on you, Bil…

The recession continues to impact those least able to survive it. Budget issues meant California and South Carolina had to slash their AIDS Drug Assistance Programs that provide HIV+ persons with life saving drugs. The gay and African-American communities are particularly hard hit. 

The NFL is proposing changes to their overtime rules that are more confusing than how Americans find soccer.

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone sat down with the New York Times prior to last night’s Season 14 premiere. They took on their detractors, and even discussed last year’s kerfuffle with GLAAD. I still maintain that it’s always fun when a couple of rich white guys decide to tell a minority how to feel about oppression, but I don’t think they meant to offend. I do think they mistake society’s progress.

Out super producer/writer/director Greg Berlanti was previewing his film Life As We Know It at ShoWest while on a break from shooting Green Lantern. There he revealed that before he directs The Flash he’s going to make a “hip period feature” version of 77 Sunset Strip. Much like Neil Patrick Harris, he survives on 37 seconds of sleep a day. 

Lee Daniels has cast David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma. He’ll star opposite Hugh Jackman as the racist sheriff who opposed the march.

Local crush Cheyenne Jackson has left New York City for sunny Los Angeles to shoot a pilot called It Takes A Village that could beam him into our living rooms every week. He and his nearly-as-delicious (need more evidence) onscreen boyfriend Christopher Sieber joined him for a sweaty, shirtless canyon hike.

I'm hoping for lots of this in the series.

But if you're like me, your morning is more like this.

Stop whatever you're doing (even reading this blog) and click over to see these seven portraits of America's endangered species. Takes your breath away. Then come back here, because I'm not done.

California Condor/Photo: Joel Sartore, National Geographic

For reasons unknown on Wednesday, but I saw at least a ten photos of ticked-off seagulls.

There's a new cartoon premiering on on Cartoon Network, and it's kind of whimsical, while at the same time looking a bit dark and twisted. These are the credits for Adventure Time, which isn't on Adult Swim.

You know the problem with heroes in comic books? They never actually take out the bad guy, so the bad guy just keeps coming back. I have no idea how the economy of Metropolis survives. But the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have finally figured out how to solve the problem.

And finally, we have a great little vlog from the GLAAD Media Awards that I'm sure you'll want to watch. You'll probably recognize some people. I can't help but notice there's not a winged simian to be seen. Whatupwittat?