Celebrity Candy: My Superhero

My favorite 'superhero' was ALWAYS Batman. Why? Because Batman was smart...he had to work for it. He was just an ordinary multi-billionaire with karate skills and a wise English butler, trying to make the world a better blace by wearing tights and using gadgets (if you got a bit of a dirty image out of that, you might see why I like him so much.

My favorite celebrity? Harder to pick, but this guy is definitely up there. Christian Bale. Hot. Hawt. HAWT. I think I just came a little, which is bad because I'm at work right now :P. But, anyway, he's also a great actor. With a great body. Great, great body. Perfect body, really.

Hmmmmmmmm.

And if that doesn't get you excited, this will. According IMDB.com, Bale is expected to perform in the movie Public Enemies, a film by Michael Mann (also directed Miami Vice) with...guess who? Johnny Depp and Channing Tatum. And, there I go again.....

Anyway, looking forward to that. It's also rumoured he's the lead role in the fourth Terminator movie. Not so sure about that, but if anyone can make me go to the theatre's to see that, he can.

Bad Boys, Bad Boys, What You Going to Do....

...what you going to do when the gay cops come for you?

This is the question that former television news anchor Alycia Lane faces. After downgrading her charge from felony to misdemeanor, a gay police officer organization has begun criticizing the judge and the court. The whole thing follows an alledged attack Lane made against an undercover cop (while uttering some choice homophobic remarks). You can read the article here, if you like.

My question is, what is this gay police officer organization and how do I sign up? I do love a man in uniform.

Fears in Fort Lauderdale

In Fort Lauderdale, police reported the beating of a gay man outside of an all-night diner last Saturday. The victim, Melbourne Brunner, was having a quick bite with his partner when a man verbally accosted the two. They tried to leave, but he followed them to the car and there phsyically assaulted Brunner. This only raises fears in Lauderdale, where barely a week ago 17-yr. old Simmie Williams, Jr. was killed in what is believed to be another hate crime.

The local gay organizations and activists are calling for increased police involvement and compassion in these crimes and is calling out the local mayor due to previous statements about the gay community. But here's my rub...these comments that Mayor Jim Naugle made (a YEAR ago, mind you) simply stated (according to this article) that he thought gays were promiscuous and unhappy. Well, I kind of have to agree with Mr. Naugle on the promiscuity note. As for unhappy, he has the right to his opinion. If that's all he said, I fail to see how that created a so-called atmosphere of gay hate. Also, remember that these coments were a year ago. I guess the perpetrators of these crimes needed twelve months to let the message sink in. I'm not trying attack the activists and concerned gay population, here. I guess I'm just saying: don't let the fear create more antagonism. Now is a time for the community to come together and stop these actions from continuing. Cooperate with the mayor instead of blaming him offhand, I suppose is what I'm trying to say.

And, of course, remember the young man whose life was lost, and the other whose life was forever changed. Mourn, and let their lives touch yours.

Sincerely,
Your Spy

Support Gay Marriage....

...by signing the HRC's Million for Marriage petition, located here

Finding Mecca

This Saturday the Anthropology Department at my university is sponsoring a field trip to Houston, TX in order to see the Lucy exhibit at the museum. For those of you who don't know, Lucy is kind of a big deal to anthropologists. She's the skeleton of an early hominid, Australopithecus afarensis, one of the earliest ancestors of Homo sapiens. What's so remarkable about Lucy is that, while only about 40% of the skeleton was recovered, that 40% encompasses all of the primary body parts (i.e. there's an arm and a leg and a foot and a skull). So, Lucy is able to tell us an extraordinary amount, like the fact that she is about as tall as a kindergartener or the fact that she was bipedal (walked on two legs...VERY important to evolutionary biology).

Whether I'm going or not is still up in the air (although it unfortunately looks like I'm going to miss out), but what's so funny is nearly ALL the anthropology students are going. Seeing Lucy is a big deal to us; it's kind of like being able to talk to Adam Smith if you're an economist or smoke crack with Freud if you're a psychologist. Lucy is one of the cornerstones of our study of prehistory. For many of the students, she's a kind of Mecca.

The hardcore anthropologists have Lucy. The gay population has San Fransisco. Catholics have Vatican City, Jews have Israel, Muslims have...Mecca. But as I sit here, typing, it occurs to me that I don't really have a Mecca. I don't have some place that's so important to me that I have to see it before I die. I'm not too terribly concerned about seeing Lucy. I've been to San Fransisco and although admittedly I wasn't out yet I still the thought the city was ok. Just ok. It didn't inspire a religious-esque awakening or anything. Neither does Lucy. Or the Vatican City, New York, Israel, London, Cancun, or the People's Republic of China. I have nowehere that I want to go.

It feels to me like I'm still trying to find my Mecca, the place I want to go to, to be in. And maybe I even know what my Mecca is: a relationship with a guy that I can say "I love you" to, a man that I could fall asleep with every night with his arm wrapped around me. Cue the corny music, I know, but it is what it is. My Mecca is a happy, fruitful relationship, and I can't find it anywhere. How long do I have to journey before I reach my destination?

Thanks for listening.

Sincerely,
Your Spy

I've Heard of Earth-Shattering Sex.....

...but this is ridiculous. This guy, Shas MK Shlomo Benizri, says that recent earthquakes in Israel are the fault of the gay population. Since laws prohibiting homosexual behavior have been a little lax, God is punishing Israel by sending earthquakes. I dunno, it's a little flattering that God pays so much attention to us, if you ask me.

Read the article here.

P.S. He's a handsome devil, too, isn't he?

R.I.P., Lawrence King

If you haven't heard or read about this yet, Lawrence King was a student in a California high school who was killed by a fellow classmate, reportedly because of his sexual orientation. Lawrence was open about his sexuality and, according to some classmates, walked into school with makeup and feminie jewelry. His family,
especially, is in my prayers, as are all of his friends and loved ones. With all the inevitable media coverage of this tragedy, I think it's easy to lose sight of the person who's life ended so abruptly. Just remember, as you read news articles about gay community's involvement or the response from the political sector, you remember Lawrence King and honor his life by observing his death. May you rest in peace, Lawrence.

With love,
Your Spy