Yes, I’ll be on vacation next week, but I plan to blog at least once. I figure that if I can blog leisurely from a less headline-dependent vantage point, you’ll get content and I’ll be able to relax. But until then, headlines!
OK, I saw a noticable blip in my referrals from Kinja and I got my copy of Time magazine yesterday, too, so I know a bunch of you Time magazine readers found me after reading the blog article. Welcome. Please bookmark me, RSS me, or Kinja me, but do return if you enjoy the content. I, for one, am glad that Time mentioned sex blogs. In the early days of blogging — long before the word blogosphere became a colloquialism — I was pretty much the lone blogger writing about sex. And it was all very hush-hush. Nobody wanted to acknowledge the sex fiend sitting over there in the corner. So yeah, I’m glad things have changed and you, dear readers, have so much more to choose from even within the blog category of sex.
I’ve meant to comment on the apparent schism between D.C’s Republican gay leadership and the D.C. Republican Party. On the surface, it really looks like the party singled out councilman David Catania because he won’t play by the rules 100%. One can’t say it’s a total party cleansing because other gay representatives were certified as delegates, even though it was brewing long before Salon got hold of the story. But one can say it will have a chilling affect on the Republican Party’s ability to keep the Log Cabin vote in their corner. After all, turn away one of the most visible local, minority leader, toss in other exclusionary actions, then watch the Bush administration is pretty much telling GLBT employees/appointees to stay in the closet, and don’t be surprised if the Log Cabin contingent goes elsewhere.
Let’s face it, the minute Bush called for a constitutional DOMA, he pretty much made the GLBT Republicans the party’s sacrificial lambs. I predict it’s gonna get even uglier when Republican Convention gets underway. (A return to 1992, anyone?) The only good news? That new and unexpected alliances might come from all this turmoil, namely the Stonewall Democrats welcoming the Log Cabin Republicans onto their turf.
Therefore, in my best subversive vein, let me say: Best Headline Ever. Take that, delegates!
