I swear the following was not a submission for HUMP! (but it could’ve been). Behold the Shake Weight! If you’ve been looking for a way to build up those muscles that are desperately needed in today’s competitive gay porn industry, then the Shake Weight is for you! (Actually, the only thing keeping this from being […]
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Halloween Costumes for the Effeminate Boy
How To Find A Masculine Halloween Costume For Your Effeminate Son It’s actually kind of heartbreaking, isn’t it?
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Advocates Split: Gay Equality Now… Or in 2012?
Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) is preparing for a long-haul campaign to win marriage equality for Oregon in 2012 but some frustrated local activists say that’s too long to wait for civil rights. A new group in town is leading a march downtown tomorrow to demand LGBT marriage equality now—they say BRO is moving too slowly […]
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Senate Passes LGBT Hate Crime Law!
Victory! The Senate just passed the measure expanding the definition of hate crimes to cover people who are attacked because of their gender or sexual orientation. The NYT put together a cool interactive map of the votes, allowing us to gaze in shame at Russ Feingold, the only Democrat who voted against the bill. Basic […]
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Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Apparently not: A gay man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat.
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Stuff That Makes You Gay: It’s Not Just Straight Porn Anymore
New Anti-Smoking Ads Warn Teens ‘It’s Gay To Smoke’ It’s actually true that smoking is gay…
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Facebook Now Has Gaydar
One of your most paranoid fears is coming true. Right now, MIT computer science students are running advanced algorithms to determine who on Facebook is gay. According to an article in the Boston Globe, two MIT computer whizzes wrote up “Project Gaydar,” a program that determines with alarming accuracy whether male Facebook users are gay […]
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Christians: Hoist on their Own Petard
Hey Christians! Maybe it’s time to reassess the whole “using the bible as a weapon” thing. Especially against the gays (who are generally more clever than you). Hat tips to I Am Bored.
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“Homosexual Settings” and the Mature Debate Over Health Reform In Eastern Oregon
A letter to the editor of the East Oregonian published on September 9: I was very disappointed that you printed a naked picture in an apparently homosexual setting in the Sunday, Sept. 6 East Oregonian. I immediately ushered the paper to the trash to protect my children. In the future, such things will be cause […]
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Swayze: Gorgeous, Graceful.
So many of these Patrick Swayze remembrances focus on what a complete badass the man was. It’s true. He was. Clearly. But Swayze was also incredibly graceful and completely gorgeous. I remember as theater-geek kid in BF Nowhere Colorado, I convinced my parents to sign me up for just about every dance class I could […]
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First Details on the 2009 Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.
The fest’s official site doesn’t have a full listing of this year’s films yet, but Mercury HQ just got some details about the latest incarnation of the annual Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (PLGFF). Full press release-y goodness after the jump, including dates, ticket prices, and highlights. Expect a full rundown of all of […]
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The Marky Mark Workout: It’s Porntastic! POW!!
So for lunch I ate roughly 27 slices of pizza (28 if you count the one that fell on the floor and was wrested away from Olive the office pug). And now, not only do I need a workout, I need a Marky Mark workout! One that preferably is filled with mumbling, porny overtures, and […]