Here we are again, fellow Glee geeks (Gleeks?). Another Tuesday gone, another schizophrenic episode to pick apart. Let’s have at it! Last week I complained about Glee‘s whiplash-inducing tonal shifts. Those were very present in “Home,” tonight’s ep, but they weren’t as distracting as the show’s other big problem: too many characters with too many […]
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Betty or Veronica: Who Will Be His BFF?
Kevin Keller: Best Hair in Riverdale Big dishy scoop in Riverdale: There’s a gay in town. From the press release: Kevin will appear in September’s Veronica #202, in a story called “Isn’t it Bromantic?” Kevin Keller is the new hunk in town and Veronica just has to have him. After Kevin defeats Jughead in a […]
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Something’s Coming, Something Good…
Via Gawker and Queerty: Finally we turn our eyes to a stunning mystery. Supposedly there is going to be a big celebrity coming-out on May 5th. Naturally it will take place on the cover of People magazine, America’s top choice for coming out location after your mom’s car while she’s driving you to the airport […]
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Gleegasm: Madge of Approval
Since he’s busy talking about smoke monsters Steve’s passed Glee duties along to me for the rest of the season. I’ll try to match his fanboydom note for high-register note. Let me start the discussion by saying, was this episode weird or what? I love the idea of a Madonna-centric episode as much as anyone […]
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Obama to Protesters: “I Don’t Know Why You’re Hollering”
“Because, Mr President, it is not enough to be ‘supportive’ of ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ When you have the presidency and your party controls both Houses of Congress, it’s a matter of having the political will to end it. Not all gay people are HRC-fundraisers. Some are even risking their lives every day for […]
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President Orders U.S. Hospitals to Recognize Gay Relationships
Didn’t know he could, extremely pleased he did: President Obama mandated Thursday that hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and allow same-sex couples to share medical power of attorney, perhaps the most significant step so far in his efforts to expand the rights of gay Americans. The president directed […]
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Blaming the Media Didn’t Do It, Blaming the Jews Didn’t Do It…
…maybe blaming the gays—again—will “defuse the sex scandal” rocking the Catholic Church: It is homosexuality, not celibacy, that is linked to pedophilia, the Vatican’s Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said on Monday, seeking to defuse the sex scandal that has battered the Roman Catholic Church…. “Many psychologists and psychiatrists have shown that there is […]
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R.I.P Gayborhoods
It’s official. A writer for Obit Magazine has delcared the death of the gayborhood. Portland isn’t the only city where “Vaseline Alley” has dissolved as LGBT has gone mainstream. Reporter Matt Katz writes of the dissolution of gayborhoods in San Francisco, Philly and DC: These rainbows should be flying at half mast. As the gayborhood […]
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Best Summary of the Constance McMillen Prom Controversy
Assholes: Here’s the news, from a source I view as extremely reliable. The prom the school district promised at the country club in Fulton was a ruse. Only seven kids, Constance, and her date showed, and at the same time, everyone else held a “real” prom at a secret location out in the county. This […]
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Required Reading: New York Times Magazine On Whether Animals—Besides Humans—Can Be Gay
Same-sex behavior has long been observed in other animal species. But scientists, steeped in cultural prejudices against homosexuality, refused to acknowledge what they were seeing. Sometimes the results were comic: Various forms of same-sex sexual activity have been recorded in more than 450 different species of animals by now, from flamingos to bison to beetles […]
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Christian Bigots: Barack Obama Our “First Gay President”
Tom McClusky of the Family Research Council: “It was argued during his two terms in office that Bill Clinton was ‘our first black President’ because of his supposed liberal policies that would benefit African-Americans … shouldn’t Barack Obama already be our ‘first gay President’ due to his liberal policies pushing the homosexual agenda?” Um… really? […]