…I’m really not comfortable with this. Even if that eight-year-old kid wanted to do it, even if confronting Michele Bachmann was the kid’s idea, even if the kid was excited about being in a YouTube video… this just isn’t cool. The enemies of LGBT equality use small children as props in their misleading commercials and […]
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R.I.P. Laugh-In‘s Alan Sues
Apologies for missing this on Friday, but classic TV clown Alan Sues has passed away, presumably of a heart attack at age 85. Sues was best remembered for his wildly flamboyant roles on the late ’60s comedy sketch show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, playing such characters as “Uncle Al, the Kiddies Pal” and uber-gay sportscaster […]
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School Removes “Gay” From “Deck the Halls”
Someone had to straighten out that carol—can’t have children donning gay apparel. Says hot tipper Nicole: Cherry Knoll Elementary School, of which I am an alumna, is removing the word ‘gay’ from Deck The Halls at the children’s Christmas concert. Please bring some attention to this issue! As far as I can find there has […]
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Comic: Everybody Wants That Gay Toast
I attended a Gay & Grey diversity training last week for my other job. The one that pays me money, unlike this job. Anyway, I made a comic about it! Suzette Smith Coming Soon: Everybody Wants That Gay Toast t-shirts!
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Not All Opponents of Gay Marriage Are Haters and Bigots
Some are liars and fools. But my primary reaction to Maggie’s video tips for bigots at Thanksgiving was… …look what happens when you’re so bigoted that gay people won’t do your hair anymore. Just look. Don’t let that haircut happen to you. Support marriage equality. (Via Good As You.)
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Walk On By Salvation Army Bell Ringers
Bil Browning: As the holidays approach, the Salvation Army bell ringers are out in front of stores dunning shoppers for donations. If you care about gay rights, you’ll skip their bucket in favor of a charity that doesn’t actively discriminate against the LGBT community…. On its webpage, the group claims that “the services of The […]
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Outing the Bullies
Running out the door, tossing this up quickly, but this is amazing and awesome and amazingly awesomely amazing: The Chillicothe Gazette and Columbus Dispatch report that 15-year-old Zach Huston was getting bullied at Unioto High School in Ohio for being openly gay. When he reported this to school authorities, they refused to help, saying he […]
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On Glitter, Transphobia, and Hate Speech
So my gay ass—already pretty sparkly—got glitterbombed at the University of California at Irvine last Monday. This went up on Bilerico yesterday: According to my source at the event, Savage was in the middle of answering a question from a student who was wondering if her boyfriend was a freak because he watched porn featuring […]
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A Gay In the Life
A gay college professor documents a gay day in his gay life in an effort to demystify the gay lifestyle: 7:00 a.m. I wake up, and just as I have done every morning since puberty, I choose to be gay today. This will come as a great relief to my gay, homosexual, male lover who […]
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Is Conan “Pushing” Gay Marriage “Envelope”? 100% of Media Say “Yes!”
As you may have heard, Conan O’Brien is about to “push the late-night envelope” by officiating a gay marriage onstage during one of this week’s New York-based episodes. (Pro tip: The couple are getting hitched in NYC because California still hates gay people.) Anyway here is a heeeelarious Conan clip featuring a supercut of the […]
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Lesbian Couple Crowned Homecoming King & Queen at High School in California
Very sweet: Two California high school students became one of the first lesbian couples crowned homecoming king and queen in the nation this weekend. Rebeca Arellano, a senior at Patrick Henry High School, was made the school’s first female homecoming king when her name was announced Friday at a pep rally. “They were chanting my […]