• Some queer Star Trek super fans are looking to recreate a gay episode barred by producers. They’re so deep in this shit, they even got the original writer to direct their younger, twinkier remake. Wow. [AfterElton]
• The death of a local fag rag: Sonoma’s We The People shutters after 18 years. [The Bay Area Reporter]
• One a related note: Turkish fag-rag editor Umut Guner has been acquitted on charges of “peddling pornography”. His fag-rag? Totally deemed obscene. Sentence: delivery in brown envelope. Tough break. [Pink News UK]
• Is this video of Nina Simone‘s “My Baby Just Cares For Me” racist? We can’t tell. [YouTube]
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• Christ-loving Pepperdine University won’t recognize a gay club. Now the club’s being forced to associate with those heathens at Malibu chapter. Jesus just rolled over in his grave. [The Graphic]
&bull: Here’s another question: will the CIA let Warner Brothers make a movie about former CIA operative Valerie Plame and former ambassador hubby, Joseph Wilson? Our answer: only if it’s fiction. [Eat The Press]
danifesto
Re:Nina Simone- cute video. I can’t see how this would be racist… The black and white keys of the piano? They are claymation cats for Pete’s Sake!
mattymatt
That’s lovely news re: gays on Star Trek. I hope Queerty’ll keep an eye on that and let us know when the episode’s available.
Giovanni
Um… what would make it racist?
Marc
I love that uniform. Does it come with a nappie and diaper?