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GLAAD Fighting FX
The gay media watchdogs over at GLAAD have been watching an upcoming episode of FX’s 30 Days - and they don’t like what they see. A forthcoming episode of the series, which transplants people into new lives for a month, features an anti-gay woman who trade places with a child-rearing gay. Cue dramatic music… |
Tough Titties.
The New York Post speculated last week that breast cancer survivor Cynthia Nixon had a tit job. Nixon, however, says they’re stupid butt holes, but not in those words: “I was at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital for my ‘three-monthly’ checkup. I was in the Oncology Department. I guess they think that means ‘plastic surgery.’… We got a call from [the Post] asking if I’d had breast augmentation, and my publicist laughed at them and said, ‘No, of course not.’ But they printed it anyway.” [NYDN] 1 Response» |
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Looking Beyond Thomas Beatie
Thomas Beatie’s story continues to pack a punch. In fact today’s NY Times piece on the pregnant trans man provides two in one! First the smaller item: publishing house St. Martin’s Press has shelved Beatie’s planned memoir. Perhaps because of speculation that Beatie was in it for the money? Regardless of Beatie’s shrinking spotlight and gossip fodder, there’s a bigger and far more important cultural narrative at work. And one that’s almost as American as apple pie… |
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Bad Girl.
“Lesbian cop-hating former Philly anchor Alycia Lane, armed with new ammo against her old employer, is suing CBS3 for unspecified damages amidst various claims…” [Jossip] Respond» |
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“Can’t I Just Have Mayonnaise?” Whines O’Reilly Over “Gay” Commercial
One almost feels bad for Bill O’Reilly. The right wing blow hard simply can’t wrap his little head around Heinz’s new mayonnaise commercial, which features a two men kissing. In an effort to digest the mayonnaise advert, which began airing in Britain this week, O’Reilly brought it up on his eponymous show. Unfortunately for Bill O, no one else seems as offended. Watch the clip, after the jump. And, yes, we included the “scandalous” commercial above. Why? Because it’s cute and, also, because we kind of have a crush on the deli man…. |
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George Michael Lets It All Out
The redcoats are coming! Oh, wait, that’s just George Michael: the perpetually scandalized, pot loving pop star landed in the states this month for his first yank tour in seventeen years. In honor of his aural resurrection, Michael recently sat down with HX’s Brandon Voss and, like an enthusiastic trick, informed the homo-journo that he do anything. So, like an eager beaver, Brandon did: BV: How do you maintain such a good sense of humor about your mishaps? |
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Pricks!
Homo blowhard Chris Crain doesn’t approve of Real World alum Dan Renzi’s editorial appointment at Floridian fag-rag Express Gay News. And who would? Consider Renzi’s coverage of gay marriage in California: “Who wants to write a story for me about the whole gay marriage thing?” Nice. And, yes, we know Renzi once edited this very blog, but he doesn’t anymore - one guess why. In the years since he left, new folks have helped redirect this site. Crain knows that, of course, but still used his column to take a shot at us. Thanks, Crain, you dick. [Citizen Crain] 15 Responses» |
“Mental Rape.”
Here’s conservative radio host Michael Savage’s advice on explaining homosexuality to children: “You’ve got to explain to the children…why God told people this was wrong. …You have to explain this to them in this time of mental rape that’s going on. The children’s minds are being raped by the homosexual mafia, that’s my position. They’re raping our children’s minds.” [Media Matters] 30 Responses» |
Joint Effort
Super excited about gay marriage in California, the kids over at Current TV want you - yes, you! - to contribute video reports on your experience, thoughts, dreams and the such. [Current] Respond» |
R.I.P.
“Openly gay journalist and broadcaster David Self - who famously wrote the questions for ITV’s Sale of the Century and who took part in one of the country’s first civil ceremonies for gay couples- has died at his Fenland home. Mr Self, 67, had been battling liver disease and cancer for sometime: his partner Majid Jawad described it as ‘not a nice death.’” Sheesh! Doesn’t this guy know you’re supposed to sugar coat it? [Wisbech Standard] 2 Responses» |
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Biting Back.
It took nearly four years, but Australian radio host Steve Price has agreed to apologize for calling Queer Eye guy Carson Kressley a “pillow biter” and a “pompous little pansy prig.” Price’s employer, 2UE, will also make a $10,000 donation to an HIV/AIDS non-profit. [Herald Sun] 2 Responses» |
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Unbelievable.
We know the right wing’s wacky, but we have no idea how Virtue Online turned a queer-inclusive non-discrimination bill into this: “A new Colorado law is helping homosexual activists achieve their goal of forcing Christians to teach biblical condemnation of homosexuality only behind the closed doors of their sanctuaries.” [Virtue Online] 12 Responses» |
Invasion!
The right wing press certainly doesn’t approve of the recently inaugurated Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality Caucus. One site currently features an article entitled “Homosexuality takes Congress by storm,” which opens thus: “The two openly homosexual members of the U.S. House of Representatives have recruited 50 of their colleagues to officially join them in promoting the homosexual agenda in Congress.” [ONN] 5 Responses» |
“Fag Bomb” Threatens Internet, World, You!
Readers, non-readers and everyone else in between, there’s a virtual scourge threatening our internet existence - and, in fact, all existence: the fag bomb. You know, when people call other people a fag simply because they have differing opinions. It’s really quite ugly and does nothing but stunt potential conversation. Thus, in an effort to keep human discourse alive, Kirby Ferguson has disseminated this righteous video on how we can - and must - decimate the dreaded fag bomb. 13 Responses» |
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Clarification.
Remember the uproar over gay Obama staffer Steve Hildebrand’s use of the word “lifestyle” during a conference call? Well, he meant no offense, so chill. Said Hildebrand: “I certainly know that being gay is not a choice — but I am proud to be gay. I did not intend to imply anything except that it is important that we try to find common ground with those who are not supportive of LGBT rights.” [Washington Blade] 3 Responses» |