You guys remember our call for your baby pictures? Well gay director Jason Bolicki went above and beyond in submitting the video, "Twenty Gay Stereotypes Confirmed". In said video, twenty gay men (including such illustrious celebrities as, Dan Savage and Big Brother's Marcellas Reynolds) introduce some popular queer cliches. Bolicki then uses some childhood video to, well, confirm them as fact. It's nine minutes and 18 seconds of pure brilliance.

Oh, as for stereotype number one, ignore it - think about us, instead.

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On Saturday, Dan Savage took to the New York Times' Op-Ed page and penned one of those columns where you can't help but uttering "Yeah!" and "That's exactly what I was thinking" throughout. Dan, who has an 8-year-old son with his boyfriend, argues that the recent gay marriage court losses may actually be signs of progress. That both New York and Washington's courts ruled against gay marriage shows "a heartless lack of concern for the rights of the hundreds of thousands of children being raised by same-sex couples." So what if heterosexual sex is the only way to further the human race? Since when did the right to marry have anything to do with children, anyhow? Straight couples have been having kids without marriage since time immemorial. Writes Savage (emphasis ours):

Even if you believe that marriage plays a special role in the lives of heterosexuals with children (another point I’m happy to concede), can it not play a similar role in the lives of homosexual couples, whether they’re parents or not? Marriage, after all, is not reserved for couples with children. (Perhaps it will be soon, if courts keep heading in this direction.)

When my widowed grandfather remarried in his 60’s, he wasn’t seeking to further the well-being of his children, who were grown and out of the house. He was seeking the security, companionship and legal rights that marriage provides. The survival of humankind was the furthest thing from his mind.

These defeats have demoralized supporters of gay marriage, but I see a silver lining. If heterosexual instability and the link between heterosexual sex and human reproduction are the best arguments opponents of same-sex marriage can muster, I can’t help but feel that our side must be winning. Insulting heterosexuals and discriminating against children with same-sex parents may score the other side a few runs, but these strategies won’t win the game.

So I’m confident that one day my son will live in a country that allows his parents to marry. His parents are already married, as far as he’s concerned, as my boyfriend and I tied the knot in Canada more than a year and a half ago. We recognize, even if the courts do not, that it’s in his best interest for us to be married.

Same-Sex Marriage Wins by Losing [NYT]

The Bid 2 Beat AIDS auction has gotten off to a great start, but we still have a lot of money to raise for LIFEbeat. Today’s featured items will make great, irreverent gifts.

Do you know someone with a lame-ass voicemail message? Are you sick of listening to it? Now is your chance to give the gift that keeps on giving (every time you ring them up). Michael Musto, Jackie Beat, Dan Savage, and a few other offbeat, oddball personalities have agreed to write and record a custom voicemail message for the winner of these ridiculous auctions.

And because Queerty has such a devoted following Bradford has also agreed to offer up his squealing, gay voice. Yes our resident wannabe-somebody editor can be the voice of yours or somebody you love’s outgoing message. This is a fundraiser for a good cause. So get to bidding queens. We don’t want to be outdone by "The Dell Dude".