A little heavenly help for Atlanta’s pro teams?

Those muscular NBA refs couldn’t figure it out on Saturday. But longtime fans of Atlanta’s pro sports team know what it is — the Sports Gods are smiling on us again. It’s about time.

On Saturday, the Hawks dropped Chicago in a wild ride to hit 19-10 and remain in second place in the Southeastern Division. The Falcons notched a win today, boosting their record to 11-5 and taking the fifth seed in the NFC. What a long road it’s been.

It was just last season that the Falcons finished 4-12 and were nearly laughed out of the league, what with the Michael Vick scandal and the embarrassing break up of owner Arthur Blank and coach Bobby Petrino. Now they are in the playoffs for the first time in three years.

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Creating a gay escape in Morningside

It's always fun to peek inside the home of folks who know how to decorate. That's what HGTV is all about, right?

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution took a look inside the Morningside home of designer Chip Cheatham and realtor Ken Covers, who created an escape within their 3,500-square-foot through a fusion of Asian design and natural materials.

A sense of restfulness washes through the couple’s Morningside home, starting with the neutral color scheme and clean design and flourishing in thoughtful details like the pitter-patter of a backyard waterfall and the mix of natural materials and soothing background music that suggests it’s time to exhale.

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Stonewall 2.0 claims victims in California

Marjorie Christoffersen (photo) knows the burn of a gay man scorned.

She's the manager of a once-popular gay hangout in Los Angeles. After opponents of Proposition 8, which repealed same-sex unions in that state, learned that she chipped in $100 to support the ballot measure. they turned on her and the restaurant.

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Anderson Cooper, Bill Clinton, gay TV

• Craigslist's lonely media gay revealed: NYT perfume critic.
• Rick ‘Bearing False Witness’ Warren: What he really said on gays, pedophilia, incest.
• Major win for same-sex adoptive parents.
• Support for lesbian gang rape victim pours in.
• Top 10 victories for LGBT equality in 2008.
• Keith Boykin (photo) breaks his silence on Proposition 8.
• Queerview television guide for the Holiday Season.
• Choosing Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett or Jennifer Aniston over the holiday.
• Bill Clinton's had his own Rick Warren.
• Some vintage shots of a well-known (and openly closeted) CNN anchor.    READ MORE »

Atlanta gay coalition wants Warren dropped

A coalition of black gay and lesbian activists called on officials of Ebenezer Baptist Church to rescind an invitation to a controversial pastor who will lead commemorative services for Martin Luther King, Jr. next month.

The call by the Atlanta Black LGBT Coalition, which formed last month to support social justice issues, was issued Dec. 24, just days after reports surfaced that Rick Warren, the California pastor embroiled in a controversy over his anti-gay views, would keynote the Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemorative Service at Ebenezer on Jan. 19.

The next day, Warren is expected to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, an invitation that has sparked criticism from gay and lesbians across the country.

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Rick Warren coming to Atlanta for MLK Day

Rick Warren is coming to Atlanta.

The conservative mega pastor is scheduled to keynote the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday festivities in Atlanta in January. Warren has been embroiled in a national controversy over his anti-gay views since he was selected earlier this month to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.

News of the Atlanta visit by the pastor of 22,000-member Saddleback Church in California broke on Monday, though King Center officials say they invited Warren to speak last May, well before the recent controversy erupted.

Warren’s Atlanta speech is already drawing interest from some gay activists who are considering whether to organize protests on Jan. 19, when the pastor is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at 10 a.m. during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church. His stop in Atlanta comes a day before he’s expected to deliver the invocation at Obama’s swearing-in on Jan. 20.

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Lesbianish photos, Rick Warren, ‘Star Trek’

• Vanity Fair's year in lesbianish photos. (photo)
• Elaine Donnelly unglued over possible gay pick for Secretary of the Navy.
• Gay blogger Mike Rogers makes mincemeat out of Warren defender's argument on MSNBC's "Hardball."
• Rick Warren and LGBT families: opposing views.
• Rick Warren does damage control.
• AC Milan striker Marco Borriello wonders what David Beckham's packing.
• Meet the gays of "The United States of Tara" and "Nurse Jackie."
• "Jennifer's Body" to hit boxes offices in September with lesbian make-out scenes apparently intact.
• Capt. Kirk's nephew is gay in steamy new addition to "Star Trek" cannon.
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Life U’s rugby team pitches new calendar

Who loves a winner?

The rugby team from Life University, which in June picked up the USA Rugby Men’s Division I National Championship, is now strutting its stuff on the pages of a new calendar for 2009.

Six teammates -- Nolte (January), Aaron (February), Ben (March), Nathan (July), Mark (November) and Kendrick (December) -- popped into Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse on Saturday and were good sports about pitching the "Div I National Rugby Champions" calendar. A portion of the proceeds from the calendar benefit Susan G. Komen For the Cure, which is a leader in the fight against breast cancer.

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Esera Tuaolo, Melissa Etheridge, ‘Hung’

• Melissa Etheridge meets Rick Warren.
• Turn your back on Rick Warren's invocation.
• Rick Warren attempts to scrub church's web site free of anti-gay rhetoric.
• Sour Milk: Why the film could have been better.
• New Bush regs could limit health and reproductive services for lesbians and other LGBT people.
• To eat -- or not to eat -- a fruitcake.
• HBO's 'Hung' a go.
• Esera Tuaolo (photo) jinxs Vikings again.
• French black gay activist behind United Nations declaration.
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Pride, Bucks, Obama, volleyball, Dream

Looking back at the week on Project Q Atlanta.

• Atlanta Pride offers three picks for '09 theme.
• Gay business groups celebrate holidays.
• Q100 jock at Bert Weiss strips down for bet.
• Obama-Warren flap includes Georgia twist.
• Social Tuesdays (photo) goes casual at Lindbergh.
• Bucks swap scrums for drag in annual benefit.
• Hotlanta Volleyball readies for busy January.
• Ryan Seacrest: Wrong time for love?
• 'Gods of Football': Aussie rugby at its best.
• Atlanta Dream enjoys strong December.
• Pampering the pup with a set of stairs.
• Atlanta 'Housewives' gets second season.
• Burger King has a new 'Flame' for you.    READ MORE »

Rachel Maddow, Rick Warren, holidays

• Rachel Maddow (photo): Picking Rick Warren is a "lose-lose" move for Obama.
• How new is Obama's New Politics?
• Not another word on gay marriage until they execute an adulterer.
• HRC: Prom queen, not valedictorian.
• The voice that will erase the sad bigotry of Rick Warren.
• ESPN analysts debate best-looking QB.
• 10 tips for managing the holidays.
• Rick Warren laughs at suggestions he is anti-gay: "We served water and donuts to protesters."
• The 12 Queer Days of Christmas.
• Being an atheist in the queer community.    READ MORE »

Atlanta Dream enjoys strong December

It's been a good month for the Atlanta Dream.

The team capped it off by announcing that their second season opens June 6, one of 10 weekend home games and 17 overall home games slated for 2009. They open against Indiana. (And yes, Tennessee fans, Candace Parker returns to Philips Arena on Aug. 23.)

But let's back up a bit.

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Ryan Seacrest: Wrong time for love?

You just have to love Ryan Seacrest's mom.

She just thinks it "takes a little longer" for some, like her son, to find the right woman. Uh, right. Maybe it's time that they have that little chat when Seacrest returns to Atlanta next week for the family's holiday tradition.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution caught up with Connie Seacrest this week as her son's new show -- NBC's "Momma's Boys" -- debuted on Tuesday.

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Burger King’s got a new Flame for you

Wanna smell like a (Burger) King?

The home of the Whopper has just the thing -- a new men's body spray for $3.99 that brings you "the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat." This spray isn't for twinks.

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Q100 jock Bert Weiss strips down for bet

Bert Weiss, the Q100 jock and host of the popular morning drive-time "Bert Show," isn't shy about showing off his sculpted torso. After all, it looks pretty good.

So maybe when he bet Melissa Carter, a lesbian crew member, at the start of the college football season, he knew picking UGA to win the national championship was a losing proposition. Really, the Bulldogs as No. 1? He lost the bet and had to go topless on the show's web site this week. Richie Arpino, the gay stylist and photographer, took the photos.

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Obama-Warren flap includes Georgia twist

The fallout over President-elect Barack Obama's pick of a highly popular, yet anti-gay pastor for inauguration day includes a Georgia connection.

Harry Know, a former executive director of Georgia Equality, was included in a report about the flap Thursday on NBC's "Nightly News with Brian Williams." Knox, now director of the religion and faith program for the Human Rights Campaign, has been in Georgia recently to work on Jim Martin's failed campaign for U.S. Senate.

In his typical straight-shooting style, Knox criticized Obama's choice of evangelical megapastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation next month at his swearing-in.

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Sean Wiiliam Scott, Obama flap, Muppets

• Obama's vision: He doesn't see us.
• Obama's unity call falls on deaf ears.
• Did Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker (photo) just come out on the Muppets Christmas special?
• Trans activists pin hopes on Obama.
• Gifts for LGBT parents and our kids.
• Hilary Rosen unloads on Warren selection apologists on CNN.
• Football as a homosexual ceremony.
• Three black gay men killed in New Orleans; police hunt for suspects.
• Sean William Scott, jock-strapped and ready to serve.
• Grace Jones at 60: The ultimate hot chocolate.
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‘Gods of Football’: Aussie rugby at its best

It's that time of year when every stud with a cause poses for a new calendar. And we like that.

Add this one to the bunch: The 2009 version of "Gods of Football," which includes players from Austrailia's Rugby League and Aussie Rules Football in a benefit for a foundation that funds breast cancer nurses. Nothing like stripping down for a good cause and producing a calendar and DVD. (Thanks to the guys at Outsports for bringing this to our attention.)

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Social Tuesdays goes casual at Lindbergh

Mix a little wine, some flatbreads and refined casual dining. What you get is another fun evening of cocktails, conversation and connections otherwise known as Social Tuesdays.

The networking group, in its 11th week, stopped at Urban Flats in Lindbergh City Center on Piedmont Avenue for its Dec. 16 gathering. It's the second time Social Tuesdays camped at Lindbergh; the first came Oct. 7 when they hit Tongue & Groove.

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Bucks swap scrums for drag in annual benefit

The Atlanta Bucks Rugby Football Club dropped its uniforms for drag on Dec. 6 for a good cause.

The fourth rendition of the Miss Ruck & Maul pageant benefitted the Bucks and Jerusalem House. It was a way for the Bucks to show off their softer side, since the club finished its fall season in late November.

View the Project Q Atlanta photo album from the event. View more photos from the event. (Photos courtesy Atlanta Bucks.)

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