I somehow missed this awesome ad for the 2012 Queer Lisboa 16 – Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival commercial created by the agency FUEL Lisbon. It hits one of the seminal aspects of my blog, which is to destroy gay stereotypes. Enjoy!
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gay persons of color: Maryland Senate approves marriage equality bill
On Thursday, the Maryland Senate approved, by a 25-22 vote, a marriage equality bill that will now be sent to its sponsor, Governor Martin O’Malley, who has promised to sign it into law. At present in the U.S., same-sex couples can marry in six states (Massachusetts, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire,
Continue readinggay persons of color: Rick Mercer takes on Vic Toews
Gay Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger, Rick Mercer, addresses Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’s proposed Internet-surveillance legislation, Bill C-30, in a brilliant, two-minute video rant. A must watch for a quick summary of what the fuss is all about surrounding the controversial bill.
Continue readinggay persons of color: John Baird feeling the heat over privacy concerns?
During question period in the Canadian House of Commons on Friday (February 17), Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird accused the opposition National Democratic Party (NDP) of having been caught in a “dirty, sleazy Internet game,” an allegation the NDP has denied. What Baird was referring to was an anonymous
Continue readinggay persons of color: Kath & Kim’s Magda Szubanski (Sharon) comes out
British-born Australian actress Magda Szubanski, well known for her portrayal as Sharon on the international hit, Kath & Kim, on Tuesday (Valentine’s Day) came out publicly as gay on the Australian news and talk show, The Project. From the Sydney Morning Herald: The 50-year-old comic actor said her family, friends and
Continue readinggay persons of color: Washington Governor Signs Marriage Equality Into Law
On Monday, Washington became the 7th U.S. state (and eighth jurisdiction) to legally allow marriage for same-sex couples. Governor Christine Gregoire signed the marriage equality bill into law at a ceremony held in the capital, Olympia. The Washington state Senate approved the bill in early February by a 28-21 vote.
Continue readinggay persons of color: Living gay under Gaddafi in Libya
A must-read for the week is the two-part interview featured at Gay Star News of Khaleed, a 31-year-old LGBT activist in Libya who gives us some perspective on being gay in the North African country, both before and after the overthrow of Muammar el-Gadaffi. An excerpt: Kahleed says: ‘My personal
Continue readinggay persons of color: Action: Sign petition to have CNN fire Roland Martin
So, just a few days after CNN published a stellar article by Rob Smith about his observations as a gay man of color, CNN analyst Roland Martin comes out to post a tweet that appears to not only be a smoking gun for his homophobic views, but also a call
Continue readinggay persons of color: Gay writer and U.S. Army veteran offers CNN readers some perspective
It’s nice to see that a mainstream media source has published an insightful article about some of the issues that enter the minds of those of us who are both gay and of color. For CNN’s In America blog, Rob Smith, a black writer, lecturer, and openly gay U.S. Army
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video fail: Gay Chicken – SteamRoomStories.com
This video, Gay Chicken, one of the webisodes of Steam Room Stories, makes me want to put a bag over my head in shame for being of the same species as the other human beings who produced this piece of junk. Seriously. What’s the message here? Comedy? Portraying men as
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire for marriage equality
Christine Gregoire has become the first American governor to appear in a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) video endorsing marriage equality. The move comes as the Washington state Senate on Wednesday passed legislation to legalize gay marriage in a 28-21 vote (three more votes than needed for passage). The bill now
Continue readinggay persons of color: Aeroflot tells gay flight attendant to marry woman
Pure insanity from Russia. After Maxim Kupreev created an LGBT group within Aeroflot to fight for the protection of the rights of gay employees in June 2011, the airline offered him just two options. From Gaystarnews: According to internal Aeroflot sources reported by GayRussia.eu, 25-year-old flight attendant Maxim Kupreev was
Continue readinggay persons of color: Cynthia Nixon is a hero
Apparently, “Sex and the City” co-star Cynthia Nixon has sparked a backlash after telling the New York Times Magazine that for her, being gay is a choice: “I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line ‘I’ve been straight and I’ve been
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: Lost in Paradise (trailer) from Vietnam
Behold the power of art. Lost in Paradise has been making some waves in Vietnam recently, with filmgoers reportedly flocking to see the story of a doomed love affair between a gay prostitute and a book seller in Saigon. From director Ngoc Dang Vu, the film is groundbreaking within the
Continue readinggay persons of color: Microsoft endorses marriage equality
American multinational computing corporation, Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, pushed for gay marriage legislation in the state Thursday via the company’s official blog in which Brad Smith, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, writes: Today, Microsoft is joining other Northwest employers Concur, Group Health, Nike, RealNetworks
Continue readinggay persons of color: Over 70 American Mayors join in marriage equality support
What a nice idea. Mayors of more than 70 cities in the United States are joining forces to support marriage equality. From Associated Press: The mayors of Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Diego will co-chair the Mayors for the Freedom to Marry group being formally launched Friday
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: The Gay Rights Movement
A trailer to raise funds for Second Class Citizens, a documentary on the gay rights movement by Ryan James Yezak, this short video is a powerful historical document in itself, with film footage containing words, attitudes, actions, and events that have shaped the collective psyche of gay people across the
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: Love Wars (Star Wars style)
Check out this short film (in Spanish with English subtitles) that offers a clever critique of a society forcing gay individuals to live in the closet, Star Wars style! Written by Fiana Marin and Vicente Bonet, Love Wars stars Jordi Sanchez, Ivan Jara, and Pepe Torres.
Continue readinggay persons of color: Album Review: The Search by Mike Acerbo
Openly gay musical artists are still a rarity these days. Yes, in an ideal place and time in the future, perhaps it won’t matter whether or not a performer is gay, but we’re not there yet. That said, one of the few out artists of today is Mike Acerbo, an
Continue readinggay persons of color: Rick Santorum on hypothetical gay son
“I would love him as much as I did the second before he said it, and I would try to do everything I can to be as good a father to him as possible.” That is Rick Santorum’s response to Andy Hiller’s question, “What if you had a son who
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