AfterElton Briefs: Guess which out "American Idol" contestant is getting hitched?

I have no idea why, but today's "Brief's" seem extra-gay to me!!!

Kitty

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"Infuriating" falls short, quite short. How long till it is enough?

needs to be introduced to Andre Kelley -  one of the out comedians profiled in "Laughing Matters... The Men." He's terrific, and has been working the U.S. comedy club circuit for years.

Stephen K. Amos is gay???

I went to one of his shows before, how can I miss that?

While decreased FoF resources are a good thing, I also have sympathy for the jobless.  Even homophobes oughtn't be unemployed in this economy.  Hopefully they'll find new, less evil work.

 

 is hardly even appropriate. there needs to be a stronger word for the absolute disgust I feel when reading crap like that....... abhorrent, mind-numbing rage is more like it. If these were straight kids in college being hazed the whole effin world would be up in arms....

 

O Liberté, que de crimes on commet en ton nom!

 

TO:Jim Verraros and His Hubby.(they such a cute couple.)

HAPPY ALWAYS!!!!!!!

Jim Verraros and Bill Brennan's wedding plans have made me so eager to have my partner and my wedding get here! October 10 can only come so fast though. I will tell you that there is nothing more fun than doing this together. Wedding gifts have already starting coming in (UPS is annoying and the Postal Service is better suprisingly) and my partner's work had a bridal shower for him this week. Our engagement photos are coming along today we think. If you haven't thought about it, do it! Go as whole hog as you can, make the day your own and just be a bride and gush about it all year long until the big day comes!

...and thanks for humoring me... ;-)

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"Being a bitch doesn't necessarily mean you're a bad person."

I hope they have a long and wonderful life together.

 

Click here to read a interview with Jim about the upcoming event.

"It's hard to be 'straight-acting' when you're kissing other boys."

After Elton should really do a wedding special.

I bet there's some wonderful gay celebrity wedding stories and photos.

That would be a great feature.

It's wonderful that Jim and Bill are also going to Iowa to get legally married.  Does anyone know if Illinois recognizes same-sex marriages from other states? 

 

It's just five hours west of Chicago. It has the largest operational historic windmill in North America. I drove through last weekend and toured it; they take you up through the inside and then to the outside balcony to the sails of the windmill and show you how they anchor the very top of the building which rotates since the top of the windmill can be turned 360 degrees to turn the spinning sails (which are each 82 feet long) into the wind from any direction. The top half of the windmill was constructed in the Netherlands and then transported to Pella and reassembled by the original craftspeople. The windmill is part of a historic town within the town that you can explore. And the bakeries along the main square are to-die-for. The town celebrates its Dutch (Netherlands) heritage; the Netherlands was the first country to provide marriage equality to gay couples. And since it's Iowa Jim and Bill can get married in Pella. Every year Pella plants one hundred thousand tulip bulbs (new bulbs every year) which makes their tulip festival stunning; it reminds you of the fields that are part of the massive flower markets around Amsterdam.

It was interesting to contrast that windwill with the gigantic modern windmills/wind turbines manufactured in Iowa with 150 foot long blades and generating power across Iowa (which ranks in the top 3 states for windpower); it makes that scene from the new Star Trek where starships are being built outside in Iowa not seem too far off since Iowa is the most college educated state in the USA. 

If you love Scandinavia/Northern Europe, you'll like Iowa since many Iowans are of Scandinavian/Northern Europe descent and celebrate our heritage with festivals across our state. Some must-see Scandinavian/Northern European places in Iowa include Amana Colonies (German), Pella and Orange City (Dutch), Elkhorn (Danish), and Decorah (Norwegian).

For people outside the USA, Iowa landscape - rolling hills and fields, forests, lakes, rivers, bluffs - most resembles the temperate multi-seasonal country of Uruguay.

I am currently an Active Duty military member in the Navy. It's not like that across the board. Trust me alot/most of my shipmates are very accepting. There's plenty of straight sailors who support and defend our gay/lesbian shipmates in and out of uniform. Please don't let this smear the image of our honorable sailors who defend everyone's freedom in our country.