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Queerty, Posted: 3/5/2010, 2:26 PM
QUICK LOOK:You've seen it on every morning show, Twitter feed, and culture blog. ChatRoulette is the opportunity to meet strangers' penises — and, as any experience will prove, one in 10 strangers are displaying their penises — over the Internet in a game of cam-to-cam gunplay. It's a "craze" (or not). It's addictive (it is). It's perverse (totally!). It's also where we log on to find a few of our favorite types of homosexuals. Rather than worry about the five people we'll meet in heaven, we wanted to know about the five types of gays we'll meet on ChatRoulette. Because we live in The Now. So just who are these queers pointing their cameras at their faces and genitals as they interface with people they've never met, and will probably never see again? 1. Sexually confused older gentlemen with a tendency to look for love in all the wrong places. 2. Stuffy, ambitious types whose days are filled with long work hours and few escapes. 3. Budding porn stars. 4. Frantic lesbian moms. 5. Exhibitionist queens who crave attention. |
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ABC News, Posted: 5/21/2010, 1:43 PM
QUICK LOOK:On ABC News' latest What Would You Do?, John Quiñones presented customers at a Bronx diner with the situation of a waiter serving up some intolerance to families with gay parents. |
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My Fabulous Disease, Posted: 4/7/2010, 5:08 PM
QUICK LOOK:Among the many online condolences to the family of Chad Noel (”Jim and Bonnie, so sorry to hear of the loss of your son…”) are glimpses of the boy this young man was, while growing up in the ironic hometown of Laramie, Wyoming (where Matthew Shepard lived and perished). Noel, 25, died last month, reportedly of AIDS-related complications. “I remember him playing with me in my pretend kitchen and being one of the only boys to not pick on me,” writes Kendra of her gay adolescent friend on the Laramie Boomerang’s online obituary page. “Chad was my Senior Prom date, it was truly one of the funnest nights of my life,” adds Rebecca. Reminiscences of his smile and humor abound in posted comments under his one-sentence death notice. Little did Rebecca know that her date would quickly become gay porn actor Donny Price (why is everyone who does a porn film a STAR?). Very quickly, in fact. He was only 18 years old when he made his first video for a studio specializing in scenes of unprotected sex (known as barebacking). And now, seven years later, the young man is dead of AIDS. How very 1985. |
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Washington Post, Posted: 4/28/2010, 8:42 PM
QUICK LOOK:BY ELTON JOHN: Twenty years ago this month, you died of AIDS. I would gladly give my fame and fortune if only I could have one more conversation with you, the friend who changed my life as well as the lives of millions living with HIV. Instead, I have written you this letter. Dear Ryan, I remember so well when we first met. A young boy with a terrible disease, you were the epitome of grace. You never blamed anyone for the illness that ravaged your body or the torment and stigma you endured. When students, parents and teachers in your community shunned you, threatened you and expelled you from school, you responded not with words of hate but with understanding beyond your years. You said they were simply afraid of what they did not know. When the media heralded you as an "innocent victim" because you had contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion, you rejected that label and stood in solidarity with thousands of HIV-positive women and men. You reminded America that all victims of AIDS are innocent. When you became a celebrity, you embraced the opportunity to educate the nation about the AIDS epidemic, even though your only wish was to live an ordinary life. |
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Washington Post, Posted: 6/8/2010, 5:16 PM
QUICK LOOK:BY JOHN PODESTA and ROBERT LEVY: Nearly a century after the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that "marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man.' " That 1967 case, Loving v. Virginia, ended bans on interracial marriage in the 16 states that still had such laws. Now, 43 years after Loving, the courts are once again grappling with denial of equal marriage rights -- this time to gay couples. We believe that a society respectful of individual liberty must end this unequal treatment under the law. Toward that goal, we have agreed to co-chair the advisory board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights. The foundation helped launch the case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which is currently before a federal district court in California but is likely to be appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Perry case -- scheduled for closing arguments next Wednesday -- was brought by two couples whose relationships are marked by the sort of love, commitment and respect that leads naturally to marriage. Kris Perry and Sandy Stier and their four children, and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, ask for no more, and deserve no less, than the equal rights accorded to every other American family. But they are blocked from obtaining marriage licenses under California's Proposition 8. |
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Our Big Gayborhood, Posted: 7/19/2010, 10:41 AM
QUICK LOOK:I recently took a job as the head of IT for a well, let’s call it a “film production and online content provider” here in San Francisco. My mother calls it “that porno place” and my partner calls it “paradise.” It’s a typical office in most respects. There are computers, printers, a shipping warehouse, regular meetings, and the banal politics that you would find in any other small company. Alas, there are no porn stars running around my desk wearing nothing but a slight dusting of high grade cocaine. Those were apparently the “good old days.” What is incredibly unusual about the job is that roughly 90% of the conversations and tasks I perform on a daily basis would get me fired in any other workplace. Recently, I threatened to make a drinking game out the number of times the words “big c*ck” were spoken during a manager’s meeting. To say that I am learning a lot would be an understatement. So with that introduction, I now present: Things I’ve Learned From Working in Porn * No one really looks like that. It takes a team of Photoshop experts to build the perfect six pack. * Apparently more people are into watersports than I previously wanted to believe. I don’t mean jet-skis and snorkeling. |
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Towleroad, Posted: 1/11/2010, 12:13 PM
QUICK LOOK:Bradley Cooper says that he thought rumors that he was in a relationship with actor Victor Garber were "fantastic." Said Cooper: "People thought we were dating. It was all over the internet. It was the first time I read a rumour like that about me, and I just thought it was fantastic." Movieline dug up an old segment from Cooper's gig on a Discovery Channel show called Globe Trekkers on which he pays a visit to a nudist beach in Croatia, and declares, "I'm never gonna wear clothes again." Watch that bit here. BTW, the screen-cap above is not from Cooper's nudist beach visit, which you can watch below. It's from the new A-Team trailer, which you can also watch below... |
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New York Times, Posted: 1/17/2010, 6:44 PM
QUICK LOOK:It has been quite a journey for Ted Olson. He’s gone from being the conservative lawyer who helped crown W. by winning the Bush v. Gore case before the Supreme Court, to being a lesbian. “Maureen,” he told me in his gravelly voice, “one of the biggest lesbian groups in this country told me I’m already an honorary lesbian.” Did it make you feel different, I wondered. “I still like women very much,” he wryly replied, as his biking pal, liberal adversary and now co-counsel David Boies laughed, snacking on a crust of sourdough bread in their temporary office on Mission Street. In 2000, Olson and Boies sparred with each other in Washington over which candidate would marry the country. Now they have joined forces here to spar with Prop 8 defenders over who can marry. |
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My Fabulous Disease, Posted: 4/14/2010, 10:54 PM
QUICK LOOK:WATCH: In 1987, when nurses would still flip coins to see which would enter the room of an AIDS patient and politicians debated sending those with HIV to an isolated island, something truly remarkable happened. And the passing Friday of the great Dixie Carter, 70, is a fine opportunity to revisit the courage and integrity displayed during those dark times. A television sitcom in 1987 (!) had the guts to confront the topic of AIDS, gay men, hatred, ignorance and compassion. Very little was left unsaid when “Designing Women” aired an episode in which the girls plan a memorial for a gay friend. Dixie Carter’s character Julia is allowed her moment of righteous indignation and no one does it better (her “Designing Women” clip of “the night the lights went out in Georgia” is a classic for the ages). But Carter’s involvement with what may be the first time a sitcom mentioned AIDS is something about which she was very proud. |
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Pink News (U.K.), Posted: 3/15/2010, 2:20 PM
QUICK LOOK:Petty Officer Second Class Lewis Breland is waiting to be discharged from the US military after an investigation into his sexuality forced him to come out last year. He confessed his sexual orientation to civilian investigators after rumours began flying around his unit about an alleged sexual partner. BY LEWIS BRELAND: There is no clearer indication that the United States military is behind in the times, clinging desperately to religious and reactionary nonsense, than in the way we treat our homosexual service members as so much military trash. I've been in the Navy since 2005. In that time, I've been advanced up to Petty Officer Second Class and my record is, to say the least, outstanding. My command is unhappy with having to discharge me, to lose a sailor, and having to tell a hard-working shipmate that they must quit the pursuit of their goals for relentless excellence in the Navy. While deployed on shore last year, an investigation into my sexuality was launched after rumours began going around my unit. When the civilian investigators asked my sexual orientation (which they can do since they are not military members), I was honest. One would imagine that honesty is something the military would value. As a matter of fact, the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, made it clear that honesty is what is really at stake by asking service members to lie about their sexuality. |
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Citizen Crain, Posted: 2/23/2010, 4:09 PM
QUICK LOOK:*VIDEO after the jump*: There are three openly gay contestants in the Big Brother Brazil house this season: a 20-year-old boy, a drag queen, and a lesbian. I did not necessarily expect any of them to be the favorites to win the R$ 1.5 million prize, but what I also did not expect is the fact that the only homophobe in the house is current favorite to win the big prize, perhaps a sign that the majority of viewers across the country are not ready for all the gay exposure on the show. Over the course of the last 50 days, Marcelo Dourado, a castaway from season 3 of Big Brother Brazil who was brought back to the show this season, has made sure to let Brazilian viewers know that he is not only homophobic, but also ignorant, and misogynistic. Earlier in the season he caught the media attention by saying that heterosexual men could not contract the HIV virus even by having sex with HIV positive women because AIDS only affected gay men. |
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Outsports, Posted: 6/8/2010, 7:03 PM
QUICK LOOK:If you’ve been to a pro basketball game, you know the “kiss cam” is a popular feature. It’s rare, and in some places forbidden, that you’ll see the cam focus on a gay or lesbian couple. Even at WNBA games, they often shy away from it. So when the kiss cam at Game 1 of the NBA Finals focused on two men sitting together, it got some attention, particularly because it was actors Jason Bateman and Dustin Hoffman, who didn’t disappoint the crowd. I wonder if they’d do the same with Neil Patrick Harris and his beau, or Cynthia Nixon and her fiancee. My money is on the negative. |
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Posted: 3/24/2010, 11:04 AM
QUICK LOOK:Openly gay actress Jane Lynch, who plays cheerleading coach cum evening news commentator Sue Sylvester on "Glee," wants the gays to "swish it up" a bit so she knows who to judge. Don't worry, Adam Lambert, you're close to making the mark. Surely Sue is satisfied with Johnny "Rock the Tassle" Weir...? The promotional video reminds us that "Glee" returns on April 3. |
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New York Times, Posted: 6/14/2010, 5:09 PM
QUICK LOOK:BY FRANK RICH: Those of us left off the guest list could only fantasize about Rush Limbaugh’s nuptials last weekend. Now cruising into marriage No. 4 — an impressive total for a guy not quite 60 — Rush staged a lavish luau at the Breakers in Palm Beach. The revelers included what some might regard as the Rat Pack from hell — Sean Hannity, Rudy Giuliani, James Carville and Clarence Thomas. The scriptural readings remain a mystery. But we did learn the identity of the pop deity anointed as the wedding singer. That would be Elton John, whose last, albeit second-class, wedding was a civil union with David Furnish in 2005. Why would America’s right-wing radio king hire an openly gay entertainer to star at his wedding? And why would one of the world’s foremost AIDS activists sing “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” for a gay-baiting provocateur who has trivialized AIDS and speculated that same-sex marriage could lead people to marry dogs? Sir Elton’s fee was reported to be a cool $1 million. Which goes to show that pop music and cash have the power to make even stranger bedfellows than politics. June is America’s month for weddings, and were we so inclined, we could bemoan Limbaugh, an idol to the family-values crowd, for marrying a woman barely half his age. Alternatively, we could lament Al and Tipper Gore’s divorce, which has produced so many cries of shock you’d think they were the toy bride and groom atop a wedding cake rather than actual flesh-and-blood people capable of free will. |
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Towleroad, Posted: 12/30/2009, 9:10 AM
QUICK LOOK:Megan Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church apparently has her moves down for the church's big face-off with Lady Gaga and her fans on Jan. 7 in St. Louis. Writes the church of gay-loving Gaga in its press release: "As much as she'd like to pretend otherwise, there's nothing new or different about this particular hussy's pretentious prancing. Does the simple slut truly think that she can change God's standards by seducing a generation of rebels into joining her in fist-raised, stiff-necked, hard-hearted rebellion against Him?" From the looks of it, the Phelps clan better worry about rebels in their midst. |
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Washington Post, Posted: 5/11/2010, 6:46 PM
QUICK LOOK:Sunday’s ombudsman column sparked a healthy discussion about whether The Post should loosen its policies governing when to disclose a person’s sexual orientation. The column dealt with last month’s tragic murder of D.C. middle school principal Brian Betts and The Post’s decision not to reveal he was gay, despite the fact he was “out” to friends and coworkers and although police said publicly that he was homosexual. The Post held firm, even after police subsequently revealed that Betts had met at least one person charged in his murder through a phone-sex chat service. Since the column appeared, a handful of gay and straight Post journalists, including two supervising editors, have contacted me to say they believe there should be a review of the policy governing when to reveal sexual orientation. It’s a good discussion to have. Post policy says: “A person's sexual orientation should not be mentioned unless relevant to the story... When identifying an individual as gay or homosexual, be cautious about invading the privacy of someone who may not wish his or her sexual orientation known.” Defining “relevant” is the challenge. It can be relevant if a closeted gay lawmaker promotes anti-gay legislation. And I felt it was relevant to disclose that Betts was gay, especially because the circumstances of his murder were similar to others locally and nationally. |
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Washington Post, Posted: 2/16/2010, 10:26 PM
QUICK LOOK:BY KATHLEEN PARKER: In a time of constant calamity and crisis fatigue, proposed legislation in Uganda to execute gays passes through the American consciousness with the impact of a weather report. Corrupt politicians count on the brevity of the American attention span, but certain items demand a tap of the pause button. How exactly does the idea of executing gays evolve in a majority-Christian nation? Interesting question. Gays in Uganda already face imprisonment for up to 14 years. Under a bill proposed last October by David Bahati, the government could execute HIV-positive men and jail people who don't report homosexual activities. We are officially appalled, of course. Even evangelical mega-pastor Rick Warren made an impassioned Christmas video plea to Ugandan pastors, declaring the measure "unjust," "extreme" and "un-Christian." Warren's message wasn't prompted by outrage at the treatment of gays, however, but by accusations that he had helped create the bill. |
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After Elton, Posted: 5/10/2010, 12:30 PM
QUICK LOOK:It takes a lot to shock me these days, but I confess, I was shocked by the insensitivity of "Quagmire's Dad," last night's episode of Family Guy. In the episode, Quagmire's friends think his dad is gay. Cue Family Guy's regular flood of penis and anal sex jokes whenever anything "gay" is mentioned. It turns out that Quagmire's dad isn't gay; he's a transgender woman. To the episode's credit, it does point out that "gay" is different than "transgender." And Ida, the transgender woman, does talk about her choice to get gender-reassignment surgery, saying, "Do I want to be happy the rest of my life, or do I want to be miserable?" But the second half of the episode is about Brian hooking up with the woman, thinking he's found his soul-mate, but not realizing she's transgender. When he's informed of this, he precedes to vomit for thirty seconds straight; in a sight gag, the whole floor of the room fills up with vomit. "I had sex with her!" Brian says, before screaming like what has transpired is the most disgusting thing imaginable. "When they move to a new place, they're supposed to notify the neighborhood!" a character says of transgender people.On top of that Peter and Lois say a whole host of shockingly insenstive things including asking what they call "it" now. Okay, fine, whatever. Family Guy tells puerile jokes that are offensive to sexual minorities, the sun rises in the east. MacFarlane's shows — Family Guy, along with American Dad and The Cleveland Show — are the "Ann Coulters" of primetime: the whole point is to be "shocking" and say outrageous things, in an attempt to draw attention to themselves (and allegedly be funny). |
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Andrew Sullivan, Posted: 8/16/2010, 10:53 AM
QUICK LOOK:It seems pretty obvious to me that the current Pope is a gay man (just as it was blindingly clear that John Paul II was straight). I am not claiming that Benedict is someone who has explored his sexuality, or has violated his own strictures on the matter. There is absolutely no evidence of that, or of hypocrisy of any sort. But that does not mean that he isn't gay. In fact, Ratzinger's command that gay priests should actively lie about their orientation makes any public statement about this on its face lacking in credibility. But when you look at the Pope's mental architecture (I've read a great deal of his writing over the last two decades) you do see that strong internal repression does make sense of his life and beliefs. At times, it seems to me, his gayness is almost wince-inducing. Toibin notes Ratzinger's extremely close relationship with Georg Ganswein, his personal secretary, referred to by some priests I know as Gay.org. |
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Washington Post, Posted: 2/11/2010, 12:53 AM
QUICK LOOK:Does it matter if the judge hearing the lawsuit challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage is gay? Would his sexual orientation interfere with his ability to render an impartial judgment in the case, or the public's confidence that he could decide the case fairly? The San Francisco Chronicle has reported that "the biggest open secret" in the challenge to Proposition 8 is that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker "is himself gay." Not surprisingly, gay rights groups say they have no qualms about Walker's ability to separate his personal life from his professional judgment. "There is nothing about Walker as a judge to indicate that his sexual orientation, other than being an interesting factor, will in any way bias his view," Kate Kendell of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, told the Chronicle. Not surprisingly, those supporting the marriage ban are muttering about Walker's alleged favoritism to the gay plaintiffs. "He's been an amazingly biased and one-sided force throughout this trial, far more akin to an activist than a neutral referee," the National Organization for Marriage said in a statement. |
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Newsweek, Posted: 1/12/2010, 1:16 AM
QUICK LOOK:*VIDEO available after jump*: Together with my good friend and occasional courtroom adversary David Boies, I am attempting to persuade a federal court to invalidate California's Proposition 8— the voter-approved measure that overturned California's constitutional right to marry a person of the same sex. My involvement in this case has generated a certain degree of consternation among conservatives. How could a politically active, lifelong Republican, a veteran of the Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush administrations, challenge the "traditional" definition of marriage and press for an "activist" interpretation of the Constitution to create another "new" constitutional right? My answer to this seeming conundrum rests on a lifetime of exposure to persons of different backgrounds, histories, viewpoints, and intrinsic characteristics, and on my rejection of what I see as superficially appealing but ultimately false perceptions about our Constitution and its protection of equality and fundamental rights. |
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New York Press, Posted: 3/2/2010, 8:56 PM
QUICK LOOK:The website OK Cupid is making the claim that men who fall at the extreme ends of the height spectrum have a higher propensity for homosexuality. And their height to queerness comparison is especially pronounced in the pocket-gay percentage of the population because “a guy in the 5th percentile by height (shorter than 5’5”) is 70% more likely to be queer than a man of average height (5”10”).” OK Cupid used a sample of over 1.5 million men for its survey with 90 percent falling between 5’5” and 6’3.” But barring any scientific seconding of OK Cupid’s study, I’m going to give a skeptic sideways glance at their findings and quote some wisdom from a former professor. “Correlation is not causation.” |
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Queerty, Posted: 2/16/2010, 9:50 AM
QUICK LOOK:The European Union reminded three countries — Turkey, Macedonia, and Croatia — that they must first support LGBT rights before they'll be considered for full membership. This entails taking "appropriate action to combat discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation" in "employment, access to goods and service, asylum and immigration." Michael Cashman, co-president of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights said that accession critera are “crystal clear”. ”Minorities must be protected from discrimination as laid out in Article 19 of the Treaty—and that includes sexual orientation,” he said. “This is not an à la carte menu: it is at the core of the European Union, and we will be rigorous in its application.” If the United States weren't separated from Europe by an ocean, it would still be disqualified. |
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The Advocate, Posted: 4/8/2010, 7:38 AM
QUICK LOOK:The Sutton family was well on its way to sweeping a category called "Something That Everybody Knows About Ellen DeGeneres" until the father, Mike Sutton, offered his answer: “She doesn’t like our country very well.” “She’s married to Portia” and “She’s a good dancer” got a much better response than Mike Sutton’s answer, which got a strike and had the talk show host perplexed when she replayed the clip. Watch it here. |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, Posted: 4/19/2010, 5:03 PM
QUICK LOOK:Justice John Paul Stevens is stepping down, and conventional wisdom is that President Obama should try to select someone Senate Republicans will not dare to filibuster - a moderate, middle-aged white man like Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit, or a thoroughly vetted appeals judge with lots of conservative friends from the University of Chicago like Judge Diane Wood. That would fit the Jimmy Carter version of Obama, which predominated until his health-care triumph shifted the comparisons over to the Lyndon Johnson column. Obama would do well to remember another of Johnson's victories - appointing famed NAACP litigator Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. Johnson himself remembered it as one of his proudest moments. He did better than he knew. Even after the great triumphs of the civil rights movement were over, Marshall "represented" the human reality of African Americans in the hallowed chambers of the Supreme Court. And he did it in the most profoundly human way: through stories. Marshall's way, which came to light only after his death, was to call up experiences from his life to drive home a point during discussions on cases. In her legendary eulogy, Republican appointee Sandra Day O'Connor told her readers of how Marshall's description of life under Jim Crow affected the courts. Marshall biographer Mark Tushnet even credits the crucial support of Justice Harry Blackmun to salvage some version of affirmative action in the landmark Bakke decision to Marshall's storytelling. It is not 1967 anymore, but there is a movement of people long marginalized and demonized in society: America's gay and lesbian men and women. |
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