in recognition of his work against gay and lesbian people while living as a (semi-) out gay man in Washington.
(For those of you who don’t remember your history, or never saw Angels in America, Roy Cohn was the semi-closeted gay man who was both instrumental in putting the Rosenbergs to death and was Big Fag J. Edgar Hoover’s right-hand man at the FBI, helping to root out homosexuals and communists in the government and ruin their careers).
Mark Buse is apparently pretty out, attending gay parties in D.C. and igniting the ire of outing-happy Michael Signorile. The funniest part, besides the cute little plaque: Buse’s AIM screen names are dupontpig2008 and dccouple2play.
Michael Rogers at BlogActive asserts that John McCain’s pitbull pick for VP, Sarah Palin, would likely be the most homophobic President in U.S. history. We’ve no doubt he’s right, and frankly she scares the shit out of us, which is why we’ve invited her Folsom Street Fair this weekend to have a little fun with us. Come find her at the NakedSword/Sword tent.
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