Monday Watercooler: Bishop Tutu defends gay
equality

• Another reason to love Bishop Desmond Tutu. If Bishop
  Desmond Tutu comes to your town, you best go see him. Hard
  not to adore a man who writes this when slamming homophobia in Africa,
  specifically the madness in Uganda.: “Gay, lesbian, bisexual and
  transgendered people are part of so many families. They are part of the
  human family. They are part of God’s family. And of course they are part
  of the African family.”

• She didn’t ask, she didn’t
  tell, but she still got booted. Thanks Rapid City police. If
  you need another reason to despise Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, then look at
  the case of former Air Force sergeant Jene
  Newsome.  The good constables of Rapid City, South Dakota
  were looking for Cheryl Hutson, who shared a home with Newsome. Hutson
  couldn’t be located so Newsome was called at work. When she got back to
  the house, Hutson was there with the police. The ex-sergeant wasn’t part
  of the complaint nor a suspect; however, the officers saw an Iowa
  marriage certificate in the kitchen and thought this was
  worth reporting to  Newsome’s bosses. You can predict the rest. “It’s an
  emotional issue and it’s unfortunate that Newsome lost her job, but I
  disagree with the notion that our department might be expected to ignore
  the license, or not document the license, or withhold it from the Air
  Force once we did know about it,”  police
  Chief Steve Allender said in a statement. “It was a part
  of the case, part of the report and the Air Force was privileged to the
  information.” “It was part of the case….” Yeah, right chief. If you
  insist.

• Stars on Ice adores Johnny Weir…as long as he not skating
  for Stars on Ice. Contradicting what  GLAAD
  reported last week, Stars
  on Ice announced they love them some Johnny Weir and all
  he has done for ice skating. However, he still isn’t going to perform in
  their show. “Please be assured that the ‘gender identity and sexual’
  orientation of cast members has never been a consideration in the
  selection of tour performers.” Do you trust Stars on Ice?

• Saturday Night Live takes on Massa. Eric Massa
  should be proud. His flame out made Saturday Night Live. Check out
  special guest  Jerry
  Seinfeld in  segment called “Really!?! With Seth and
  Jerry.”  My favorite line: ” If you are going to sexually harass people
  under  you, dude don’t trademark it.”

• March Madness is here and I’m  blue: College hoops is entering its final lap for the season. University
  of Connecticut women have stomped  every challenger. The UNC
  men, loves Carolin blue, barely made it into the NIT.
  While my Tar Heels will not be in the big dance, I’m still excited
  about the tournament. Anyone got a favorite team? Right now I’m all
  about Temple, Butler, UTEP, and Gonzaga.

• GLAAD
  Awards. This weekend GLAAD held an award show in NYC. Good
  to see the cast of Hair got honored. A few of you were nasty little prigs when the cast
  announced it was canceling a performance to attend this past October’s
  equality rally. Praise the heavens that opinion didn’t carry much
  weight.

• Wanda Sykes invites Constance McMillen to LA. Funny
  lady Sykes had Constance
  McMillen on her show this weekend. The high school senior
  got an invite from Sykes to come to LA  in April to participate in the GLAAD awards. Hopefully
  the trip will make up for all the prom drama.