Senator McCain The Sky Didn't Fall

Remember how Senator John McCain fought long and hard (ummm .... not that way boys and girls) to keep Don't Ask Don't Tell from being repealed.

Well of course you do, if not you haven't been watching any TV and reading articles as we have now celebrated the one year anniversary of the repeal of DADT.

McCain all but said the sky would fall in, implied showers and dropping bars of soap would constitute new pay grades for hazardous duty and soldiers and sailors alike would have to barricade their bunks.

Perish the thought what might happen on submarines.

Then of course there were those dastardly lezzies to have to worry about.

Foxholes would be renamed manholes, sorties would mean unwanted schlepping up the boo-de-aye and on and on. Of course the wicked bisexuals would fuck the shit out of everyone.

A video reminder from our beloved Rachel Maddow in which she slam dunks old Ironside.

Pink Paper Ends Its 25 Year Run

It's always a disappointment when yet again another form of media decides to fold its tent whether print or digital.

So it is that the website and former print paper, Pink Paper (not to be confused with the website Pink News) announced on Tuesday it was ending its 25 year run of providing LGBT news.

Media director Kim Watson of Pink Paper publishers MPL commented: “With a hardening economy, diminished job advertising and increasing global online news services covering similar stories, it has become harder to justify continuance of this award-winning website as part of our publishing portfolio.

“We have chosen instead to focus our energies on our main print and digital brands GT (Gay Times) and DIVA. We thank the community, staff, advertisers  and especially our readers for their support over the years and hope they will find the same valuable support and information from GT and DIVA in future.”

The paper was started in 1987 as a weekly newspaper, then in 2009 switched to an on-line only format to continue delivering the news to the LGBT community in the UK and around the globe.

It's The Full Monty SportsCenter

Okay so why wasn't there this stuff to cover when I was a sports broadcaster ?

I reported on more mundane things like Paul Newman racing at Lime Rock (and going for a ride with him once in his racing car ... NOTE .. if you ever do that make sure you take a motion sickness pill).

The only time I got to see naked guys was in the locker room but out on the playing field ... in public .. be still my quivering heart.

So it is that OutSports has an article about the Nude Blacks rugby team who play in the buff in New Zealand.

And the Otago Daily Times has ... well ... let's go to the video tape.

Da da da ... Da da da.

Host Sean Savoy Talks To FOTR

Tonight I'll be talking with Sean Savoy whose 30 minute program House of Savoy was booted from Reno, NV radio station KKFT-FM on August 12.

Sean will be given the opportunity to tell the whole story about the show being removed by station owner Jerry Evans (no relation) after Savoy did one program on LGBT issues with activist Will Kolb.

Savoy has returned to Reno's air-waves with his House of Savoy show now heard on KJFK-AM.

Our show tonight can be heard LIVE at 9:30 PM (PT) and at 12:30 AM early Wednesday morning in the Eastern Time Zone.

You'll also be able to hear a replay anytime after the show has aired.

Was the show dropped because KKFT-FM is a conservative talker or was this a clear case of homophobia at work in making programming decisions on what can and cannot be heard on a local radio station ?

Station owner Evans when discussing the "hate email" he had received after the show was dropped and GLAAD got involved was quoted the following in a September 10 article at the Reno Gazette Journal, "these people - these precious people - think that it's an affront to their something or another. They seem to think they are deserving of this. The show was on for a year and the few times I heard it I thought "well this is weird".

UPDATE - 9/19/12

Here's the link to the show so you can listen to the replay.

Read an extended article about the interview at Focus On The Rainbow - WordPress.