Notable homosexual, friend of Shirley and Out columnist Josh Kilmer-Purcell released his debut novel today. And, in honor of the title - Candy Everybody Wants - he gathered a motley crew to perform "the first-ever dramatic reading of this very important piece of un-televised television history…"

Said piece goes by the name of Dallasty and includes Charlene Tilton, references many of you probably won't get and general gay insanity.

Talk about beauty and the beast!

Out journo Josh Kilmer-Purcell recently launched Phags for Phelps, a group who believe "the homophobic Westboro Baptist Church's gospel actually helps the GLBT cause". Kilmer-Purcell's initiative may be one of the most clever queer developments in recent memory: keep the crazy Phelps clan funded and let America ridicule their backward propaganda.

Australia-based Same Same caught wind of Kilmer-Purcell's mission and organized an email conversation between Kilmer-Purcell and Westboro's lady leader, Shirley Phelps-Roper. We've included the entire transcript after the jump with minimal edits.

Our favorite part: when they discuss Phelps-Roper's gay icon status and Kilmer-Purcell suggest a new musical: "Shirley You Jest!"

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We all know GLAAD's not down with defamation, but does their zealousness hinder individuality? Yes, say's Out's Josh Kilmer-Purcell. In a piece entitled "Standing Up For Tranny", the journo takes on GLAAD's taking on of the word "tranny".

In the days leading up to "transgendered" Alexis Arquette's documentary, Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother, the gay watchdogs sent out a media release insisting the media refer to Arquette as transgender, not a tranny, chick with a dick or any of those other "defamatory" tags.

According to the press release, transgender's defined as "an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth." Kilmer-Purcell, however, ain't having it.

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