Suji Allen Hamburger Mary Against Hate Here’s an interesting detail I picked up while reporting on the assault of two gay men and resulting 4,000-person rally on the Hawthorne Bridge last week: reports of hate crimes in Portland are way down. That’s weird, because the police, attorney general, and LGBT-advocacy groups have been pushing people […]
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A Pro-Choice Lesbian
A lesbian challenges the premise of my “Choicer Challenge”: I’m sure you know this, but for plenty of homos, queers, etc. there really is a choice to be made. Gay men tend to think that biology determined everything right from the very first cell division—before you were even a person—but that overlooks a lot of […]
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Miley Cyrus Tweets Out for Gay Marriage
Now I may or may not have said some disproportionately awful things about Miley Cyrus in the past. Frankly, I don’t remember. HOWEVER! Today she made a significant leap on my respect-o-meter today when she did some heavy duty tweeting for gay rights and marriage, slamming Santorum-supporting Urban Outfitters as well as a gay-hating hillbilly. […]
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BREAKING: Anti-Gay Hate Crime Reported on Hawthorne Bridge
Ugh. This is terrible. Portland Police have just announced that two men reported being assaulted near the Hawthorne Bridge on Sunday, a crowd of guys beating them because they were gay. Here’s the full description from police: On Sunday May 22, 2011 at 8:30 p.m. 23 year-old Brad Forkner and 25 year-old Christopher Rosevear were […]
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Rapturous
I’ve heard that the religious nutters who believe that the Rapture is going down—and believers are going up—this Saturday at 6 PM are “blaming” the gays. Um… nutters? Isn’t the Rapture supposed to be a good thing? For believers, I mean. And aren’t you guys looking forward to it? So shouldn’t we be getting the […]
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Newt Gingrich Brutalized in Glitter Attack
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista were hit with glittery confetti by a protester Tuesday during the couple’s appearance at a book-signing. The man approached the Gingriches during the signing at a downtown Minneapolis hotel, dumped a cracker box full of colorful confetti on the pair and said, “Feel […]
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Anna Wintour Comes out to Support Gay Marriage
You see, she’s not so bad (she’s just busy, and has no time for bullshit):I don’t know that it needed much clarification, but it’s nice to have the official figurehead of the American fashion industry included in this series of PSAs in support of gay marriage rights. A longtime fundraiser for AIDS causes and an […]
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Son of Prominent Rightwing Bigot Finds Out About “It Gets Better” Project
This makes me happier than the news that the SF Giants are joining the “It Gets Better” Project: the president of the officially-designated hate group Concerned Women for America was watching American Idol when Google Chrome/It Gets Better ad aired. Penny Nance scolded Fox on her blog: Thank you for cleaning up the Viagra commercials […]
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Ambiguously Gay Duo—FOR REALZ!
In this weekend’s SNL, Robert Smigel’s classic toon The Ambiguously Gay Duo got a real life makeover, thanks to guest stars Jon Hamm, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrell—and a snake. That looks like a penis. For some reason.
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New Derogatory Term for Gay People: Sweet Smellin’ Jockstraps!
This news story depicts Judge Phillip Kirk of Waupaca, Wisconsin giving a school bus driver the verbal smackdown for sexually abusing some kids—WHILE trying out his his new comedy act! Apparently he’s one of those people who think that child molesters are also automatically homosexual… or as he puts it, “Gayer than a sweet smellin’ […]
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The Daily Show Takes a Google Break
“Jon Stewart told everyone to Google ‘Santorum’ on his show tonight during a segment on the Republican debates, and waited while people did so,” writes hot tipper Mary B. “And then Keira Knightley came on and had just done so—the word ‘frothy’ came up. It was great!” A Daily Show correspondent show also payed a […]
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Google Chrome: It Gets Better
So good*: * Not just the commercial, but the whole, huge, amazing thing. Way to go Dan and Terry.