Trump: "..Iran will take over Iraq"

Donald Trump was on David Letterman last night were he talked about the Ground Zero Mosque, Iraq and a few other subject. On the mosque, Trump thinks the developer would earn a great deal of "good will" if the location was voluntarily moved. On Iraq: "We should have never been in Iraq in the first place." Check out the entire interview here.

Dismissal of linguists in Iraq cost lives

The latest ad from Servicemembers United as part of its Military Readiness campaign features a Marine discussing the need for Arabic linguists. Of course, linguists such as Dan Choi have been dismissed under DADT. The marine in the piece: says "...it cost lives." Check it out.

Philly nominated as Best (gay) U.S. Destination

Philadelphia is nominated in the second annual TripOutGayTravel competition for best gay destinations on the planet. Philadelphia got the nod for Best U.S. Destination along with Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Provincetown and San Francisco.

According to Morgan Greco from Logo (who puts it all together): "The nominees were chosen by 20 of the hardest-working, busiest travel journalists cover the LGBT planet. They write for your local paper, gay magazines, travel blogs, mainstream travel publications and queer rags from Baltimore to Bali, so they know their stuff."

To see the full list and vote - click here.

Photo by R. Kennedy for GPTMC

Fidel Castro blames self for persecution of Cuban gays

With his health failing, Fidel Castro told a Mexican newspaper (La Jornada) that he is ultimately responsible for the persecution suffered by homosexuals in Cuba after the revolution of 1959.

"If someone is responsible, it's me," he said. "At the time we were being sabotaged systematically, there were armed attacks against us, we had too many problems," said the 84-year-old Communist leader.

"Keeping one step ahead of the CIA, which was paying so many traitors, was not easy."

In 1979, homosexuality was decriminalised and, more recently, there have been efforts to legalise same-sex unions.

PA's Robert Wagner and Co. sprew hate in the name of God

I am now official embarrassed to live in Pennsylvania!

Robert Wagner, from Coudersport, PA ,held a presentation to criticize a recent screening of OUT IN THE SILENCE, an award-winning PBS documentary about the lives of LGBT people in small towns. Instead it turned into a verbal gay bashing including an explicit threat of violence against transgender individuals. American Family Association of PA President Diane Gramley, a minor character in the documentary who has complained about being treated "unfairly" by the filmmakers, sat by calmly as Wagner spewed such hate as:

"I'm gonna put a ball bat in my car, and if I ever see a guy (transgender individual) coming out of a bathroom that my granddaughter's in, I'm gonna use the ball bat on him."
"In the good old days, before 'she-males' existed, they just called such people perverts."

Please speak out against anti-LGBT violence and support equality and justice for all, especially in (PA)small towns and rural communities where people like Wagner and Gramley still have a loud voice.

Congratulations T. Dibbs on with a pair of Southwest tickets!

Clooney: People Will See Prop 8 as Product of 'Archaic' Time. 8

George Clooney was asked at the Emmy's what he thought about Prop. 8 being lifted in California. Clooney's response: "People will look back at this period of time in history and think of it as an archaic time." Check it out.

Pink Pub Crawl to announce route September 15th

Photos: Scissor Sisters

The Scissor Sisters tour stopped in Philadelphia on Friday night for a crowd pleasing concert. Here are a few photos of the event.

Philly's Restaurant Week is back this September

Click here for participating restaurants.