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Friday, November 6, 2009

Daily Roundup: Well, I'm speechless

Some days, there's just not much more I can add. For example...

-- "opposite marriage" spokesbimbo Carrie Prejean, beacon of Christian morality, getting caught out with making a sex tapeTHAT makes me believe in God.

-- the amazing US activist Pam Spaulding's video wrap-up of more testimony from the marriage equality hearings in Washington (the ones that produced this disco ditty).  I'm gonna have nightmares this weekend about the anus lady.

-- in the aftermath of gay rights voted down in Maine, we get an amusing rant from the Justice of the Peace Office, a typically solid defense from Dan Savage and this flashback from the mid-90s "Dana Carvey Show" in which he's joined by Stephen Colbert in a skit that now seems a bit too real:

-- this lengthy commercial for laundry soap in Denmark is meant as the ultimate eye candy for the ladies -- but we like it too!

-- and finally, the creators of the wondrous Planet Unicorn (heyyy!) are back with....well...you'll just have to see it for yourself:

What can I say to that other than have a great weekend?  We'll see you Monday!

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Don't be a h8er

Veteran gay journalist Rex Wockner says the weeklong protests following the vote to gay-marriage ban in California is "probably the most interesting thing I've seen on my beat as a gay-movement reporter since ACT UP." He wonders aloud if the massive protests planned this Saturday could become "Stonewall 2.0."

Why not? Gay Americans were second-class citizens in 1969 but now it's been written into state constitutions.  Act up?  It's time.  Here's the warm-up act from New York last night: 

The Mormon church is upset at being "targeted" for protest (consider it a 'gift-with-purchase' after the $22 million you spent!) but it's working -- many disgusted Mormons are now leaving their church over its bigotry:

 
Meanwhile, however, there's joy in Connecticut and it's great to see how the California decision has everyone speaking up, like actor George Clooney, sex advice columnist Dan Savage and 'Planet Unicorn' (heyyyyy!) creator Mike Rose -- or should I say, Krayon Brooks:
 


My hero.  Kind of like Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, who's producing a TV series for Showtime (home of 'Dexter' and 'The L Word') based on Perry Moore's novel "Hero," about a gay teenager with super powers. Ignore the cheerleader, save the world!

Such a series would be a nice antidote to all this ugly politicking and, ewww, the return of Mark Foley and the discovery of yet another foot in BC (SevenSeriously?), an antidote like this sappy-but-welcome video for "Better," the new single from the Irish group Boyzone. For the first time ever, gay member Stephen Gately gets a male love interest alongside the boys and their ladies. It's a controversial choice: will including a gay couple destroy the sanctity of boyband videos?

 


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