Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 18 February 2013
Tags: penny, mint, lincoln, 2.4 cents, obama, money, deficit, budget, the week  Is Presidents' Day really the time to start talking about killing Lincoln again? Poor Abe. But it's a slooooww holiday Monday (for many) and a back-to-the-grind-as-usual day for us, so we ponder the important stuff.
And since we do, we thought we'd look at the debate over the penny because it looks like the penny may actually be on its way out of circulation once and for all because President Obama thinks it's a good idea.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 21 December 2012
Tags: peppermint, drag queens, new york city, azealia banks, 212, mayans, doomsday, december, 21, gaylebrities, humor, pop culture
Infamous New York City queen Peppermint names off all the things we'll miss about life (Grindr, Real Housewives reunion specials) in a spot-on doomsday cover of Azealia Banks' "212." Check out 21/12 after the jump!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Tags: sen. jim demint, homophobic, anti-semitism, anti-gay, political ad, south carolina, republican
What do you think about this recently pulled ad opposing homophobic Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)?
The question it seemingly intends to raise is: "Why is Senator DeMint's anti-gay sentiment acceptable?"
He's advocating that gay individuals should not be allowed to be teachers.
The ad raises this question by drawing a parallel between anti-gay sentiment and rhetoric versus anti-Semitic sentiment and rhetoric.
Watch after the jump. FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 16 July 2012
Tags: dave franco, christopher mintz plasse, you're so hot, part deux, funny or die, hotties, gay, sex, talk, videos, humor
One of our favorite viral videos from 2011 has recurred and there isn't any seven day antibiotic strong enough to ward off its dirtiness. Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse ended their gay dirty talking duel in a tie last time around, but with "You're So Hot Part Deux," it's the audience who are the true winners.
Check out the most anticipated Hollywood sequel of the summer after the jump! (Warning NSFW language.)
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Tags: family research council, tony perkins, dbags, girl scouts, cookies, thin mints, boycott, trans, lgbt, anti-gay, launch
We rarely find ourselves rushing to the defense of carbs and confectionery sugars (especially in this fragile period of time when our New Years resolutions are barely clinging to life), but hate group the Family Research Council's battle waged against Thin Mints has brought us to this point.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Tags: new york, nyc, mayor bloomberg, wedding, gay, same sex, officiate, perform, july 24, marriage equality, jonathan mintz, john feinblatt, cnn, video, interview
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is set to officiate the wedding of John Feinblatt, his chief policy advisor, and Jonathan Mintz, the city's consumer affairs commissioner, on Sunday, July 24. Watch the couple interviewed by CNN on Monday night about the momentous occasion, after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 14 December 2009
Tags: senator jim demint, homophobia, politics, republican, gop, gay president, huffington post
A burgeoning star of the Republican party has issued preemptive bigotry against a hypothetical openly gay president, possibly in light of the GLBT community's victory in Houston's mayoral race.
The Huffington Post reports:
"It would be bothersome to me just personally because I consider it immoral," DeMint said in a fairly provocative interview.
The South Carolina Republican, who has become the face of the Republican purity movement, expressed other socially conservative stances during his interview, including his staunch opposition to state-permitted gay marriage.
"Marriage is a religious institution. The federal government has no business redefining what it is," he said. "Governments should not be in the business of promoting... FULL STORY
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