I know I’ve been a bit lax lately, I won’t give you any excuses, though I have plenty of valid ones…But I know your thirst for gay news is great, so here’s a little Associated Press video action about that semi-skeevy yet kind of normal ex-gov of my birth state New Jersey, Jim McGreevey. Oh drama! […]
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So, no longer innocent li’l Brit is all over the news yet again this today with the bizarre news that she shaved her head (to match her shorn locks below perhaps?). And really, any gay gossip blog co… […]
V Day finally came last Wednesday and I was too busy to notice it right away, but it seems the Willy also did a most eligible spread in honor of the day of love. Even if my head was in the clouds, however, it did not go without notice. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a catfight but Just Out did seem to feel the need to say "We had that idea first." I have a feeling it has more to do with publishing schedule. (Who knows who really liked The Shins way before they were popular first?) And actually, I thought their choice of DJ Puppet as bachelor was a good one and would have been a much better queer choice for Just Out. As far as reader suggestions I only got two, but they were pretty good. One was cheery faced Commissioner Sam Adams, who had crossed my mind, although I always assumed was taken. I have absolutely no verification of this so I really don’t know why I took that for granted. The other was bad boy (grown) filmmaker Gus Van Sant. I don’t know his status either, or if he would be looking but a profile seems appropriate nonetheless, even if the fella is unattainable. […]
Although, my ranting brings up the "prove it" point. I can think of oh so many delectable desirables but I really can’t be sure any of them are single…and plenty I know not to be. Is a town this rampant with homosexuality, polyamoury and hotness in general really devoid of single gay royalty? I really must, besides brainstorming, get a little closer the gossip machine to determine who really is eligible before I post some of my opinions on top V-Day worthy bachelors, but in the meantime, who do you think is most eligible? Please do let me know by commenting or emailing (it’s that little "contact" link near the top left of this post) and maybe we can get you in touch with your single heartthrob… […] There was much shouting at the television last night as a gaggle of us gathered around the anticipated premiere. Through the chatter and the 2 glasses of wine, however, I was able to actually catch some of the show so here are the highlights and lowlights of Season 4 Episode 1. The most noticeable aspect, however, wasn’t part of the plot at all but the rampant product placement and website plugging. I’ve seen it plenty before. Macintosh computers are always used in the show and indeed seem to be a large part of any gay show. (The gays love the Macs. That’s why I find it particularly ironic and frustrating that none of Logo’s online multimedia content will play on a Mac. Go ahead and try Mac fans. Do you know your audience MTV CEOs?) But they must have made a deal with MySpace because they wouldn’t shut up about it. They also seem to be launching their own social networking site, Our Chart, which was not up as of last night, but sneaky little devils must have updated it and launched this morning (Hey where’s my email notification?). The show made it seem like it was just the same kind of hookup web that the Alice character created, only for real people. Thankfully, it seems a much more full-bodied site including news, blogs etc. But that web of connections aspect is still there, and boy does that sound like a bad idea. The cliffhanger from last season of Bette kidnapping her daughter was so easily wrapped up I forgot it was even a plot element. Tina’s wailing about her baby was only cumbersome and totally boring. I care even less about her now as a whiny straight white blonde than she when she was a whiny lesbian blonde. The only saving grace here was the lawyer’s cheeky reaction to the situation. I love the hysterical Jane Lynch. She never ceases to be hilarious. The other biggie that was carried over from last season is Shane’s fall from grace. And boy has she fallen. As she emerged from the wreckage of the vehicle she commandeered, walking with a slow staccato gait and holding her crooked, bloody arm, my friend remarked that she looked like a zombie and expected the good guys to come and blow her head off with a shotgun at any moment. Carmen is officially off the show as well and I am disappointed once again with taking yet another of the best characters off the show. They did reintroduce Marina to the mix, which was surprising and gives me hope for bringing back characters they just dumped. Unfortunately, there’s still no hope for Dana…
But the most bizarre part of the show was Kit’s trip to the pseudo-abortion clinic. I could understand how a young girl could be fooled into thinking a Christian “pregnancy advise center” might be a Planned Parenthood but how 45 year old Kit was makes little sense. Besides, I was really looking forward to her manny (man-nanny) being a daddy. Oh well, always disappointments with this show. I forgive it for its only because it provides prurient chest shots and for its ability to shock if not surprise. It did end with a rather funny plot twist wherein Shane might just be a foster daddy. That should wake her up from zombiedom real fast. […] I don’t know much about The Eagle’s current owner or the situation of the club’s loss of its lease in downtown’s gay (male) triangle. That’s why I read WW’s Byron Beck. What I do know, however, is that Pat Lanagan, the one mentioned in the article as snapping up the "Eagle" name seems shady in so many ways. And, no, I don’t consider it wrong to judge him partially by his turning a mongrel queer club into a circuit party in the heart of my own hood. Shame on you Pat for antagonizing all kinds of members of your queer community. I can’t be too torn up over the vandalism at your establishment… […] I rarely pick up either of this country’s two most mainstream lesbian magazines. Their glossy pages are occasionally alluring but there relevance to my life as a queer person in the NW seems quite limited. Nevertheless, I had several reasons to snatch this month’s Curve from Powell’s gay gay shelf.
Team Dresch will forever live as not only my favorite band musically and politically but appearing during a huge turning point in my life. I had resigned myself to the occasional reunion show and furtively listening to Personal Best and remembering my youth forever more. I got a hint this summer with their mini-tour that they might be consistently playing music together again. I really couldn’t have asked for more, and yet, all of us obsessive fans are getting it, as Curve’s interview confirms that they’re actually working on brand new music! Who gets this great opportunity to get their favorite band back again? It must be something cosmic, however, like there’s only space for one extremely influential queer/lady band, as we seemed to have to loose Sleater-Kinney in order to get this. The "Year in Dyke Music" goes on to profile the departed SK, as well as smartypants hip hoppers Northern State (I hadn’t heard anything from them since my college radio days, but hey, if they’re up-and-coming I’m all for it) and Canadian heartthrobs The Organ. The other thing that caught my eye about this article was the writer. We’ve seen Mary Christmas before in our own hometown, when she wrote a small feature in The Willy Week about dyke central club nights. Is Mary Christmas really Mary McAllister, aka DJ Hotpants, and loving cohabitant to the famed Dr. Dresch? Or is she another of the queer music and club gaggle that adorn the PDX scene throwing us off with her clever pseudonym? I’m not sure why this mystery of Christmas has caught my attention except maybe that, as a queer media pusher, I always like to know who my peers in this town are. But perhaps I am also keen to know just because it warms my heart to see a Portlander is writing for Curve (apparently there are more. I’ll get to that later). Curve has a love for Portland that betrays their hometown, and was evident when they chose to host their New Years here. So if you love us so much move your a**es up here and truly discover the melting pot that is Portland’s gender fluid queerfest!
[…] We all know that the Northwest has a plethora of both gay people and tree-huggers. Occasionally they overlap. But apparently this might not just be a coincidence (or as I like to call it, a nice place or live…) but an effect of the homo-inducing soybean. I really can’t tell if this deadpan delivery is really a humor site, but either way I’m not altogether disappointed that soybeans and gayness may be linked. Just as the sailor with unnaturally bulbous forearms (he was probably gay too) tells you to eat your spinach, so Captain QPDX encourages you to swallow the soy… […] Oh this is rich, really fantastic. We’ve seen a lot of Republican and religious hypocrisy lately from Mark Foley to Ted Haggard. Now, Mary Cheney, daughter of Vice Prez Shoot-’em-in-the-face Dick, is preggers. And while I congratulate her on her and her partner’s forthcoming bundle of joy I can’t help but shake my head that the Cheney family supports shooting themselves in the foot. (Perhaps shooting runs in the family.) And while I do not think anyone in the Cheney family has responded directly, there has got to be some anger with Focus on the Family, a Christian group that has provided crucial political support to President Bush, who released a statement saying gay folks shouldn’t raise children, even if they are white, wealthy and Conservative:
Sorry, Mary, you don’t get a pass! The devil on the left shoulder is almost happy that Cheney’s home state of Virginia has absolutely no laws protecting children of same-sex couples, or the parents for that matter so that she may get a taste of the injustice she has helped create and supports. Nevertheless, while Focus on the Family may be hard on her Miss Mary, because of her wealth and connections, will indeed have an easier time than most middle and working class gay Virginian parents. (OMG, Cheney’s partner, far right, is totally touching her butt in that picture!) […] |
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For those of you with cubicle monkey type jobs, this is the perfect way to while away your desk jockey day. Our favorite MTV owned gay station had got a whole mess of 
As per my post 
Just Out recently published a 
There is no way I would lay out my sexual jaunts for the world to see. Can you imagine, not just the teasing, but the amount of drama that would ensue when rumors become truth, or more likely, even bigger rumors? I recommend you stay far far away…But onto the meat of the show…
As much as I appreciate the introduction of a trans character last season Max was really starting to get on my nerves. And yet, I could never really save any sympathy for Jenny because she was just as easy to despise. The L Word seemed egalitarian only in that I could never take sides with anyone on the show because I hated them all. And yet, this episode inserted a small but important scene. After serving himself up some trouble for trying to pass and live as a straight man, Max goes to a transman support group. They marvel at his ability to keep any friends with the amount of testosterone he’d been taking and explained all the emotional turmoil that comes with not only fundamentally changing your life but using a brain-altering chemical as part of that process. It finally made Max’s transition have a little humanity.
My first motivator was a special dyke music section. And I would love to 
Best known for their appearance on The L Word, The Organ are definitely intense, throaty rock that I quite enjoy and I’m glad they’re finally getting some traction in the states. But the lead singer, Katie Sketch, while hot, is so skinny she looks like an addict. I can’t help but think of the Ally Sheedy character in 
Yet another surprise I encountered that related to Curve magazine was an email from a mentor of a Queer Youth Group I attended in high school. Turns out she has ceased direct social work in favor of freelance gay writing. Much of it is print but she also maintains 2 blogs, 
"Mary Cheney’s pregnancy raises the question of what’s best for children," said Carrie Gordon Earll, the group’s director of issues analysis. "Just because it’s possible to conceive a child outside of the relationship of a married mother and father doesn’t mean it’s the best for the child."