Tarhearted.

UPDATE: RON PRENTICE IS STILL A PIG FART.

Look at him smiling.

If he were standing in front of me I would punch him in his greasy face.

I'm hard pressed to think of a human being I dislike more than Ron Prentice, the uber bigot who founded Protect Marriage dot com and acted as pied piper to the homophobic rats of California. He is a cruel, truly tar hearted, grinch of a man who cares nothing for California families and wouldn't know Christ if he took a dump on his lawn.

Okay, breathe. Simmer down, Josh.

Now I like him even less.

After prop 8 I used to write him letters and then post them on this blog. It was meant to be my own individual protest. I stopped doing it after a while because it hurt so much. It hurt really badly to dwell in the discrimination against me and my family in the country that I love. I'd like to think that most of the people who vote against equality, in California or elsewhere, do so out of ignorance. After all, it's hard to vote against equal rights for people that you actually know.

But then again, I have very intimate friends and even family that seem to blithely ignore that The Boyfriend and I face hideous bigotry on a near daily basis. Maybe that's because we don't openly communicate with our loved ones when something is hurtful? I honestly don't think that most straight people understand that I never, not once, felt safe as a child- that even in my own home I felt like I was in danger. I get really, really angry sometimes when my very close straight friends and family won't join me in marches or other activism. But then they'll invite me to their wedding. What do we have to do to make them understand? How much longer do we have to beg, not only for simple equality issues like marriage, but for the simplest things they take for granted, like safety?

Ron Prentice is beyond understanding. I'm an atheist, but he and his cronies are the closest things I can imagine to true evil.

Note to the fancy gays who think we ought to wait politely until 2012 before fighting this: NO.

FIGHT. NOW.

GLAMOROUS IOWA.

Iowa's Supreme Court struck down a ban on gay marriage today, ruling it unconstitutional. Richard Bey would have put an "a-duh" sound effect right there. This is wonderful news! I further appreciate the ruling for recognizing that there is no secular reason to deny gays and lesbians the right to marry and that banning it to begin with is 1) religious bigotry and 2) a violation of the separation between church and state.

Thanks for not being dicks, Iowa Justices!

Right wing crazies to go bananas in 3. 2. 1...

RON PRENTICE IS UNSEXY.

Pig fart Ron Prentice, of Protect Marriage dot com, has been named one of the unsexiest men by The Phoenix!

He's in the thirties, so he could have been a little higher, but I'll take it. I like that bologna face Rush Limbaugh is number one.  Also, good call on Kelsey Grammar!

Fifteen-year-old me is sad that Robert Smith of The Cure made the list, but I recognize that a middle-aged Smith does resemble the elderly Liz Taylor.

We're all getting older.

CHRISTMAS WITH RON PRENTICE AND THE GAYS.

I was really nervous to read my new ten-minute play at the Youngblood meeting last night. It was my first time sharing with the group, so I didn't know what to expect. Also, I'm a little sensitive about the subject matter, so I was afraid reading it aloud would send me over the edge and I would have to have an ugly cry in front of everybody. Luckily, everybody liked it and gave me incredibly useful feedback. I love Youngblood!

A Super Shiny Precious Thing is about a poor, gay Brooklyn couple on Christmas morning exchanging presents (they've set a ten dollar maximum). Just when Noel thinks they've exchanged the last gift and it's time to prepare the Christmas beans and rice, his boyfriend presents him with an extraordinary gift that calls into question their relationship and their future together.

I wrote it, in part, for Ronnie Bear. I'll be sending him a copy today, complete with a disclaimer written on gorgeous stationary, obviously. I sent him the copy I wrote notes on last night. I just thought it was more personal that way.

You can read the note and the play (though not quite a finished draft) here:

Download Letter11.20.08

A Super Shiny Precious Thing will be performed at Youngblood's December Brunch.

Details to come.

I also saw a staged reading of fellow Youngblood writer Emily Chadick Weiss's Nodding Off, which was so lovely. Note to theaters: PRODUCE IT.

LETTER TO RONNIE BEAR: JESUS CUTS STAFF.

Even though Ron Prentice and I are super close now, it never occurred to me to look him up on youtube. What a dummy I am! Watching this video of Ronnie being interviewed really endeared him even closer to my tar heart. Look at those rosy cheeks! Those twinkling eyes! Ron Prentice is adorable! Why, he's like a little teddy bear!

I henceforth dub him Ronnie Bear!

Watch this:

I'm going to send it to Cute Overload!

Anyway, if you'd like to read the letter I wrote to Ron today about the staff cuts Jesus made (Oral Roberts University now too!) then click on the link:

Download Letter.11.19.08

And if you'd also like to write to Ronnie Bear you may do so here:

California Family Council
P.O. Box 20012
Riverside, CA 92516
Attn: Ron Prentice

LOVE LETTERS TO RON PRENTICE AND MY BIG GAY WEEKEND.

The gayest weekend ever kicked off with Out Magazine's "Out 100 Party" on Friday, an event for which hilariously enormous gold invitations were given out a few weeks ago. Once I got into the super long line that snaked around the block in either direction I could tell at once that I was under dressed.

QUEEN BEHIND ME: Oh my God, I'm so glad I decided not to wear jeans. I'd be, like, the only one.

Yes, I was wearing jeans, but cute black jeans with a dress shirt, beatle boots, a vintage cardigan, and an Yves Saint Laurent blazer. I thought I represented the Williamsburg gays well, as everybody else looked kind of corporate. anyway, I waited in line for thirty minutes. Note: this is the longest I've ever voluntarily waited in a line that long. Eventually somebody I know got me a V.I.P. bracelet and I was whisked inside to the chagrin of a thousand angry queens.

The ballroom was very elegant and I've never seen so many attractive people. The were performances by Cirque du Soleil, Nikka Costa, Sam Sparro, and the reunion of LaBelle! Chelsea Handler was also on hand as a very charming announcer.

It was a lovely evening with free booze, almost no food, discomforting classism, and gift bags! Hooray! I only wish I'd eaten dinner (or that there had been food), because I threw up the next morning before the big protest! I was there in attendance with The Management, and it was such a lovely day. I loved how the double decker tour buses would pass and you could see the reactions of the people inside. Some gave a thumbs up or waved, some scowled and looked away, others took photos or footage of the gays to take back to Omaha or wherever. It was a peaceful protest, and I felt wonderful about being there while knowing my brothers and sisters were also protesting in every major city in America.

Really quickly... is anybody else noticing that the media isn't covering these protests very much and when they do they under estimate the number of protesters present? Is it just me?

Last nights I dried up and watched The Boys in the Band, the dvd of which I'd received in my gift bag at the Out 100 Party. It is the best gay movie I've ever seen, bar none. From the script to the acting to William Friedkin's direction, The Boys in the Band alternately hilarious and gut wrenching, but always true to life. The fact that it came out in 1970 is shocking to me. Hell, it would be shocking to me if it came out in 2008. We just don't make movies that honest. Also, it has awesome opening credits. I must have that 70's version of "Anything Goes". Seriously, look how hot it is:

It's like the inside of my brain.

Also, I wrote a letter to Ron Prentice today, who is being SUCH an asshole this week. You can read it, and see the glorious unicorn stationary it is written on, here:

Download letter2.pdf

If you want to write to Ron as well, you may do so here:

California Family Council
P.O. Box 20012
Riverside, CA 92516
Attn: Ron Prentice

LOVE LETTERS TO RON PRENTICE: ARKANSAS ADOPTION BAN.

Another letter to gorgeous, gorgeous Ron Prentice. It's a PDF (long story) so you have to click on the link to see it, but believe me it's worth it. Gorgeous wolf stationary alert!

Download letter.pdf

 

Also, you're all going to the nation wide protest tomorrow, right? I know you are.

P.S. I scored an invite to the Out 100 party tonight. Should be interesting...

LOVE LETTERS TO RON PRENTICE: POST MORMON TEMPLE PROTEST.

Aren't you SO glad to see this stationary again? I just can't find any as good as this. Every time I see this Native American lady she becomes more beautiful. I think she deserves a name. I think I'll call her Brandy.

 

Photo by Andres Duques and stolen from Joe My God.
 

Write to Ron Prentice here:

California Family Council
P.O. Box 20012
Riverside, CA 92516
Attn: Ron Prentice

LOVE LETTERS TO RON PRENTICE: THE MORMON PROTESTS.

My newest letter to Ron Prentice and my thoughts on today's protest at Manhattan's Mormon Protest. I'm a little bugged that I can't find any stationary as pretty as the original Native American stationary. If you see any, send it my way!

 
If you want to write to Ron Prentice, you may do so here:

California Family Council
P.O. Box 20012
Riverside, CA 92516
Attn: Ron Prentice

LOVE LETTERS TO RON PRENTICE.

I finally finished my mixed CD for Ron Prentice!

Write to Ron here:

California Family Council
P.O. Box 20012
Riverside, CA 92516
Attn: Ron Prentice

Also, Keith Olbermann gives the loveliest closing statement about marriage equality: