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Will & Grace star auctions his car for AIDS Charity
57 hours ago by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Actor Eric McCormack who played Will on the popular NBC television series Will & Grace is a big believer in giving back. According to a statement released recently, McCormack put his prized Porsche - the one given to him while he starred in...
Michael's Big Gay Pride and Opinions Link Contest
09/04/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
How's this for shameless self-promotion? I am hereby announcing the first-ever link contest here at Pride and Opinions! As we all know, web sites only grow when people know about them and I want this site to grow bigger, longer and harder... oh...
Introducing the Pride and Opinions Blidget!
09/03/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
I know your type. You're the early adopter, techno-geek who probably sat in line for three days to get the new iPhone 3G. Well now you've got something new to add to your web arsenal, in the form of the Pride and Opinions Blidget! What is a...
Alternative sexuality conference to be held November 8th in The Greater City of Sudbury, ON.
09/02/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sudbury, ON - September 1, 2008 - The Northern Ontario Conference of Kink (NOCK) will be held on November 8, 2008, from noon to midnight, in Chelmsford, ON, 25 minutes north east of Sudbury.NOCK is a one-day educational and...
Michael's Gayest Albums Evar - Volume 1
09/01/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
The current issue of OUT Magazine contains a cover piece touting the "100 Gayest Albums of All Time", so I thought I would take a look at some of what I consider to be the gayest of them all. 1. Faith, George Michael Now could I really...
Pride & Opinions Hurricane Party Music - Volume 1
08/31/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
You know us gays - it doesn't take much for us to have a party. In fact, sometimes we just have a party because there is nothing else to do. This time it seems as though Hurricane Gustav is going to make a mess of the Gulf Coast in the next...
Atlanta Gay Business Owner Arrested on Federal Charges
08/31/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Gay businessman Ben Elliott - who left the Atlanta area immediately after the controversial closing of popular gay bar Hoedown's last year - was arrested Wednesday on federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering. Shortly after taking...
Will Gustav Ruin Southern Decadence?
08/30/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Southern Decadence has descended upon New Orleans once again. If you have never heard of or attended this aptly named weekend of debauchery, you might not understand its popularity. This annual rite of passage that always takes place on...
Gay Pride Group Sues Birmingham Mayor
08/30/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
An Alabama gay pride organization files a federal lawsuit last week against Mayor Larry Langford of Birmingham, Alabama on the grounds of discrimination. Langford refused to allow city workers to hang banners in the city honoring Gay Pride...
Pint-sized Gay icon Leslie Jordan to Appear for Birmingham Benefit Show
08/29/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
The feisty, power-packed character actor who made Beverley Leslie one of the most beloved recurring roles on TV's Will & Grace will appear for two nights in Birmingham, Alabama next month. Leslie, whose performance as the unforgettable...
Screw the Kids! Gays Can't Adopt in Arkansas
08/26/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Michael's Note: This news appeared in my local newspaper today - one day after I wrote an article for a client on gay adoption. I wish I'd had this information when I wrote it! Little Rock, AR - A proposal created with the express...
GLBT Supporter Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones Dead at 58
08/20/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Pride and Opinions is sad to report the death of Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) today from a cerebral aneurysm she suffered while driving. Tubbs Jones was a longstanding supporter of the GLBT community, having voted just this past...
The Trevor Project Gives Hope to Suicidal LGBT Youth
08/14/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
One thing that readers of Pride and Opinions may not know about me is that I once founded and ran a nonprofit organization dedicated to teen suicide prevention. It is a subject about which I am passionate and devoted, and while I no longer work in...
A Street by Any Other Name...
08/11/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Apparently the streets are too gay in San Antonio, Texas. So says the Second Street Baptist Church, who petitioned the city council to change the name of a street that runs adjacent to the church's property. The street's name is just so...
The Leather Community Mourns the Loss of Larry Townsend
08/10/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Pride and Opinions joins with the worldwide leather community in mourning the loss of Larry Townsend, author of the groundbreaking 1970's book "The Leatherman's Handbook" and dozens of other titles. Larry Townsend...
God Hates Fags and Canada Hates Phelps
08/10/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Our old buddy Fred Phelps and his inbred Westboro Baptist Church congregation seem to be up to their old tricks again. This time the family business attempted to travel to Canada but were turned away when the pickup truck they arrived at the border...
Michael's Hot Men - Olympic Edition
08/09/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Trey Hardee is a all around athlete who originally hails from Birmingham, Alabama though he now calls Texas home. His 2008 Olympic dreams were assured when he placed as runner up in the Olympic trials for Track and Field and now that he is in...
Huntsville, AL Tranny Gets Busted
08/08/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
According to a report in the Huntsville Times, a serial transgender criminal has been found guilty of robbing a bank. It took a jury only 36 minutes to return a verdict of guilty against Jimmy Maurice Lewis II, a transgender woman who was caught...
Fabulous Friday - Annoyed at the News Edition
08/08/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
It has been a long time since I have screamed such a heartfelt and barbaric "TGIF!" as I did this morning when I sprung from the bed and reached for my first cup of coffee. It isn't that anything particularly wonderful is waiting in...
The Politics of Desperation
08/06/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
So it is that a certain presumed Republican nominee for the November Presidential race has deemed it necessary to resort to petty juvenile cracks directed at a certain presumed Democratic nominee’s celebrity status. The aforementioned...
What have you done today?
08/06/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
Pride isn’t just about the sultry summer months full of white parties and parades, it is – or at least it should be – an every day thing. Every day is Pride Day. I don’t care whether you have a gym body straight off the pages of Freshmen...
Pride and Opinions – Spreading the Love around the Web Wide World
08/04/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
It occurred to me a few days ago that this site is nowhere near where it should be. Having just taken it over a few weeks ago, the content is evolving on a daily basis and I have tons of great things in the works for the gay, lesbian,...
Instant Abs?
08/03/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
It would seem that what is good for your ass is also good for other parts of your body as well. Hemorrhoid creams have been around for years and if you ask any drag queen they will be happy to tell you about how wonderful the stuff is to do...
The Gay American Heroes Project
08/03/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
I'm not the type to live in fear - never have been. In fact, I have only one true fear in life at all. My fear is that when I die I will be forgotten as though my life did not matter in the first place. In other words, I'm scared...
Halos and Horns - Jay Bakker and the Gay Community
08/01/2008 by Michael Nolan @ prideandopinions.com
I was thumbing through the ads in the latest issue of OUT Magazine this afternoon and just after wiping away the drool after seeing the new David Beckham ad for Emporio Armani when I came across a Kenneth Cole ad featuring well-tattooed and geek...