I open this week’s Savage Lovecast by heaping praise on the big queer demonstration outside the Stonewall Inn in New York this weekend. The New Yorker also wrote it up. On the Lovecast I ranked the demo at the Stonewall Inn above Kristen Stewart coming out as gay on SNL and Lady Ga Ga’s performance […]
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UPDATED: Here’s a Leaked Copy of Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ Executive Order
Windover Way Photography / Shutterstock.com Updated: There is some question as to whether the documents are real. The Nation updated its post explaining: “A White House official, speaking with ABC News, did not dispute the authenticity of the draft religious freedom executive order, but officials said it is one of hundreds circulating, some drafted by […]
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Oh, Look. There’s a Dumb Gay Person On the Top of the NYT Homepage
Sigh. Mr. Trump’s new immigration policy may be setting off protests around the country and raising eyebrows and objections among allies abroad. But at home, a large portion of the electorate is behind the president. Mr. Trump’s supporters say that the promise of tougher immigration policies is one of the main reasons they voted for […]
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Free Self-Defense Classes at Bridgetown Aikido
Free self-defense classes for teens and adults
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Of Course James Franco Is in King Cobra
Despite being a true story of jealousy and murder in the world of gay porn, King Cobra is neither thoughtful enough to find meaning in it, nor seedy enough to turn it into trashy fun. Instead, it’s a blandly watchable, ultimately pointless melodrama aimed at titillating gay audiences without actually satisfying them. Garrett Clayton, a […]
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Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight Is True Art
Moonlight is a movie about what it’s like to grow up male in America. Moonlight is also a movie about what it’s like to grow up gay in America. And Moonlight is, in addition, a movie about what it’s like to grow up black in America. That inevitably makes Barry Jenkins’ justly acclaimed film sound […]
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Do You Like Sexy French Dramas? Do You Like Charming Documentaries? Good News!
The 20th Portland Queer Film Festival has a lot of those things! Now in its 20th year, the Portland Queer Film Festival—formerly known as the Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival—has a goal that’s at once clear and sprawling: to showcase “feature, documentary, and short films from all over the world that are made by, […]
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RuPaul Wins First Emmy
ENews: In July, the RuPaul’s Drag Race host received his first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program, and on Sunday, he won that award, beating American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest, Dancing With the Stars’ Tom Bergeron, Hollywood Game Night’s Jane Lynch, Little Big Shots’ Steve Harvey and Project Runway’s Heidi Klum […]
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A Feel Bad Story in Disguise: Two Florida Hospitals Won’t Bill Orlando Pulse Shooting Victims
From the Seattle vigil for victims of the Orlando shooting. Kelly O Orlando Sentinel: Orlando Health and Florida Hospital will not bill survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre for out-of-pocket medical expenses, officials announced Wednesday. Instead, the hospitals will write off an estimated $5.5 million or more in care. “The pulse shooting was a horrendous […]
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Get High for a Good Cause
Facebook It’s fun to eat cannabis infused edibles. It’s even more fun when the edibles you’re scarfing benefit a worthy cause. Periodic Edibles, a Portland producer of cannabis caramels, has started a great new program in which a limited run of 1,000 Sea Salt Caramels with 15mg of THC are available at select dispensaries. The […]
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Much Beloved Drag Queen Darcelle Achieves Guinness World Record
Andrew Tonry Another awesome thing about Portland? Our strong and vibrant drag community. And the most beloved leader of that community is undoubtedly Darcelle (AKA Walter Cole)—owner and grand maven of Darcelle XV Showplace, America’s longest running drag show. But that’s not all she’s accomplished! Check out this announcement from the Guinness Book of World […]
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After a Deluge of Angry Tweets, The Daily Beast Takes Down Story on Gay Olympians
lazyllama / Shutterstock Yesterday, Nico Hines, a reporter for The Daily Beast, published a dangerous “exposé,” which outed a number of gay Olympic athletes, many of who live in countries with repressive anti-gay laws. Hines—who is straight, married, and has a child—used gay hookup app, Grindr, to bait male athletes. As was to be expected, […]