Gay News Roundup: Darling, It’s 2013, Darling!
Congress is Back in Session! (Sorry) Long story short, America has some spending cuts to make, but we are never too broke to drop the gay marriage fight. Millions funding the legal defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) will continue, and Hurricane Sandy Relief funding will stop, as will the now discontinued Violence...
Gay in Illinois, The 10th Marriage State
Chicago at this time of year gets a magnificent soft winter sunlight. “New York in your pocket” is how I think of my home city with its snow-salted skyline. For people who presently live there, I’m sure my carrying on is a little silly, possibly even enraging, since you are most definitely in the grip...
NOM is a Classless Piece of Shit 3: Revenge of the Snits
It’s been one week since the election, and boy, the Internet has been a tree of delicious, ripe fruit for gay-friendly people! The whirlwind re-election of Barack Obama, the hobbling of the Tea Party, the self-destruction of poisonous GOP puppet master Karl Rove, the clean sweep of gay marriage initiatives… Let me just say that...
4 Non-Money Things (and 1 Money Thing) You Can Do for Marriage Equality!
The most important thing in this election is THE FOUR. TheFour2012.com is a website that brings you messages of love and support from people of all kinds, from committed gay couples, to grandparents, to religious leaders, to public figures like Jay-Z, Bruce Springsteen, and sports figures like Brendan Ayanbadejo of the Baltimore Ravens and...
The Best Anti-Gay Attack Ads of 2012, Part 2
Word on the street is that American media doesn’t hold a monopoly on outlandish political ads with unintentional comedy that borders on artistic decision. Australia is just as flagrant. And, oh, what a flagrant! Like the Anti-Mark Grisanti porn bomb ad from last week, the Katter spot uses an image of gay people that is...
The Best Anti-Gay Attack Ads of 2012, Part 1
We’re less than two months from the election that you may or may not have heard of. The topic on everybody’s lips is jobs. The word “jobs” has been said so many times in the past four years, that I’ve begun hating the sound of it and am think-tanking an alternative. In the meantime, I...
NOM is a Classless Piece of Shit 2: None of Your Gay Business
I’m often misunderstood as a politics man. I have a mild understanding of it, and an even milder passion for it, and this very website covers gay politics. So why do I not consider myself a politics man? Because I detest it. Like Eddie Valiant in Roger Rabbit, I unfortunately have to work in the...
A North Carolina Father Experiences a Crisis of Faith
Thank the Lord, this fine state passed Amendment One. Gays never could get married here anyway, but… I just wanted to make extra sure they couldn’t, y’know? My marriage is finally safe from this marauding band of gay bandits! I’m a little worried about Seth lately. Sure, he’s only seven, but he likes putting on...
Queer History vs. Black History
“I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.” — Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington was a black civil rights pioneer, but I’m going to talk about LGBT civil rights. Is it appropriate to compare gay civil rights to black civil rights? No. Is it natural to compare them?...
Mitt Romney’s Father Was Better Than His Son
Stumbled across an interesting artifact the other day concerning George Romney, father of the not-official-yet-but-who-are-we-kidding Republican nominee Mitt Romney. George Romney has come up a couple of times in this campaign, mostly when Mitt was stumping in his home state of Michigan. What I saw was a letter sent to George (in 1964, when he...
Keep It Sassy, Keep It Classy, Keep It Gay
It’s a slow day for news. You can always tell so when news orgs are running stories on which mini celebrity said what bad thing about gay people. For example, Manny Pacquiao, a boxer or a wrestler or whatever, said he doesn’t support gay marriage. ”Whoopdie-shit,” says I. This isn’t news. I can’t believe you...
¡Amigos Ultimos!
Last week, I experienced a rush of shameful joy in the prison sentencing of two former New York senators. These guys are two of the few Democrats who “voted their conscience” to block gay marriage rights in 2009. In fact, they voted their consciences on this so hard that they had virtually no conscience left...
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