Entertainment: July 2009
Queer music Friday - Patrick Wolf
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 31, 2009 | 5:00 PM |Here's Patrick Wolf's new video, "Hard Times": A great acoustic performance of "The Magic Position" is after the jump....Read More
Zack and the Black Cat
Filed by John Shields | July 31, 2009 | 2:30 PM |Want a queer way to make your way into the dog days of August? It is July 31st after all... If so, then head to the Black Cat tonight, as Zack is a spinning Transformer. And he promises to pump...Read More
Zack and the Black Cat
Filed by John Shields | July 31, 2009 | 2:30 PM |Want a queer way to make your way into the dog days of August? It is July 31st after all... If so, then head to the Black Cat tonight, as Zack is a spinning Transformer. And he promises to pump...Read More
Shane Dawson - Mr Gay YouTube???
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 31, 2009 | 8:30 AM |Today's video is a promo for my new Minisode Maniac featuring Christmas in July! I talk about popular videos on YouTube and Shane Dawson shows up and demands the results of Mr. YouTube!! I decide to interview him and...Read More
Love (Kisses) and Basketball
Filed by Dana Rudolph | July 30, 2009 | 12:00 PM |Ever watch an NBA game? In many arenas, there's a "KissCam" that puts images of couples in the audience on the overhead Jumbotron screen, so the rest of the audience can encourage them to kiss. It's silly but harmless. Go...Read More
Anti-Gay Bombing at World Outgames
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | July 29, 2009 | 6:30 PM |Outsports.com and other media sources report a serious, and not unexpected, incident of anti-gay violence during the the World Outgames in Copenhagen. On July 28, according to Jim Buzinski of Outsports, "A member of the Seattle Frontrunners was injured from...Read More
Red Without Blue: Identical twins and gender identity
Filed by Bil Browning | July 29, 2009 | 2:00 PM |Thanks to Projector Sky for sending in the link to the documentary Red Without Blue. I haven't made it all the way through the movie yet (it's still playing on my computer) but I knew it was an automatic "OMG...Read More
William Shatner: Palin's resignation speech as poetry
Filed by Bil Browning | July 28, 2009 | 3:30 PM |This is too rich. The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien invited William Shatner on his show to give Sarah Palin's resignation speech the literary treatment it deserves. Shatner reads it as poetry. I love it. What do you think of...Read More
What the GLAAD Network Report Means
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 28, 2009 | 1:30 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Phil Reese began his career of LGBT advocacy in central Michigan and now resides in Champaign, IL where he teaches Middle School and attends graduate school at the University of Illinois. Phil is passionate about news,...Read More
Kristen Stewart - Drugs FAIL @ComicCon?! - Jonas Brothers Drumstick FAIL! - # FAILFUNERAL
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 28, 2009 | 8:00 AM |In this video I talk about the Twilight Panel at ComicCon, Jon and Kate Plus Eight, Nadya whatshername, and Joe attacking Nick on stage and stay tuned for the return of Miles to Go- the Miley Cyrus Bookclub! Yay!...Read More
Mental: Prime time goes trans-friendly
Filed by Bil Browning | July 27, 2009 | 4:30 PM |A few days ago, Waymon blogged about an episode of The Listener that featured a young trans guy as the main plotline. Today, Projector Boi Polloi sends in this episode of Mental (or as he calls it, "the psychiatric version...Read More
Kathy Griffin: Comedian and Activist
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 26, 2009 | 4:00 PM |[Editor's Note: Louise Larsen is an actress currently on hiatus as a blogger at Louise On The Left where she writes about politics, pop culture as well as everyday tales as a liberal mother of two in Orange County, California....Read More
Kathy Griffin: Comedian and Activist
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 26, 2009 | 4:00 PM |[Editor's Note: Louise Larsen is an actress currently on hiatus as a blogger at Louise On The Left where she writes about politics, pop culture as well as everyday tales as a liberal mother of two in Orange County, California....Read More
Nurse Jackie
Filed by Dana Rudolph | July 26, 2009 | 2:30 PM |Showtime's Nurse Jackie could be the gayest thing on TV right now. No, star Edie Falco (Carmela on The Sopranos) is not lesbian, although her new haircut is. With two out lesbian executive producers, Liz Brixius and Linda Wallem,...Read More
Novelist E. Lynn Harris dead at 54
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | July 25, 2009 | 2:00 PM |As an author, I'm always shocked to read about another author's death -- especially when that author was nearly 20 years my junior. E. Lynn Harris had been on tour with his new book, Basketball Jones, and fell ill while...Read More
Pride House Planned for 2010 Olympics in Vancouver
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 25, 2009 | 12:00 PM |Look out! I'm moving it! Pride House, the first Olympic house devoted to gay and lesbian athletes, their family, and friends, is making its debut in 2010 at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The house is designed to be an "inclusive...Read More
Queer music Friday - Blue
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 24, 2009 | 5:00 PM |Hey, Duncan James of the British boy band Blue just came out as bi last week! I had never heard of them, but they're covering Next's "Too Close," so at least someone knows what they're doing when it comes to...Read More
Natural Harvest: Semen-based recipes
Filed by Bil Browning | July 24, 2009 | 4:00 PM |Tired of annoying dinner guests? Got relatives who conveniently drop by unannounced just as you're setting the table? Just leave this book out on the coffee table or kitchen counter: Natural Harvest: A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes. No kidding -...Read More
A "New Era" for the White Attire Affair
Filed by Dan O'Neill | July 24, 2009 | 12:30 PM |What a night to remember! Decked out from head-to-toe in full white regalia, I ventured to the Southeast on Saturday evening to attend the 10th Annual White Attire Affair, produced by the newly formed non-profit, the Al Sura Foundation. Of...Read More
Barbara Walters on "Bruno": "I Don't Like Seeing Closeups of Anal Sex"
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | July 23, 2009 | 12:30 PM |In the comments section of my hotly debated post on Bruno and Sacha Baron Cohen, I briefly touched on a couple things that I didn't expand on because I didn't have any anecdotal evidence to back them up. I mentioned...Read More
The New Miley Cyrus Brainwashed!
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 22, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1.Thoughts on The New Miley- Bridgit Mendler? 2. Are you watching Big Brother? Who is your favorite/least favorite? Is that Ronnie gay or what? Please discuss- I need to catch up! 3. Do you...Read More
A morning musical interlude
Filed by Bil Browning | July 21, 2009 | 9:30 AM |I found these yesterday afternoon when I was searching for MIKA's new single "We Are Golden." Download three remixes of We Are Golden: MIKA: "We Are Golden" (Don Diablo Remix) MIKA: "We Are Golden" (Don Diablo Dub) MIKA: "We Are...Read More
Transgender "comics" -- Zerophilia
Filed by Austen Crowder | July 20, 2009 | 1:00 PM |I have bad news: I spent my normal comic-review time reading Misfile. However, I have good news: I watched an indie movie with a transgender theme. Glorious! Without further ado: Zerophilia. Its a simple recipe for success. Take a good...Read More
Twibbon? What's a Twibbon?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 20, 2009 | 9:30 AM |Techno-savvy queers, take note! Twibbon.com is the newest way to promote causes on Twitter. A "twibbon" is a way to promote your cause by adding a small graphic banner to the lower right hand corner of your twitter pic. Here's...Read More
Gay Penguins Break Up Plus Emmy Nominations!
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 20, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1.Why are penguins so gay? 2.What Emmy nominations were you most psyched for? Who are you pissed was snubbed? List of nominees can be found here. 3.Who will win the Emmy: Hannah Montana, Wizards...Read More
Granny never got along with the family
Filed by Bil Browning | July 19, 2009 | 11:30 AM |Here's a fun "Caption This" for a Sunday morning... Give me the best you've got, Projectors. (Hat tip to awkwardfamilyphotos.com)...Read More
Church Chat, Beltway Style - Sports Edition
Filed by John Shields | July 19, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Here's what's coming up for the major network morning news shows today. In chronological order - broadcast channel-wise, in D.C. - that means 4, 5, 7 and 9. That would be NBC, FOX, ABC and CBS. Check channels and air...Read More
Queer music Friday - Alicia Bridges
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 17, 2009 | 5:00 PM |Every now and then I randomly search a musician who appears on my playlist to see if they're LGBT in any way and can be put up here. This is what doing this feature for over two years does to...Read More
Al Franken's first confirmation hearing
Filed by Jerame Davis | July 17, 2009 | 1:00 PM |How fitting that Al Franken's debut as a US Senator came during the Supreme Court nomination hearing of Sonia Sotomayor. During his stint on Saturday Night Live, Franken played a Senator in a skit parodying the Clarence Thomas hearings. I...Read More
Albus Dumbledore: The G Quotient
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 17, 2009 | 12:00 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Justin Nelson is the Co-Founder and President of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). He has used his background in small business and issues advocacy to develop the NGLCC into the business advocate...Read More
Where's My Gay Tennis Player?
Filed by Sean Bugg | July 17, 2009 | 9:30 AM |As a young kid playing tennis on the cracked and ill-kept public courts of rural Western Kentucky, I had my idols who inspired both how and why I played. I loved Bjorn Borg, despite my great aunt's admonishment to "always...Read More
Harry Potter vs Twilight
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 17, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. Which do you prefer Harry Potter or Twilight? 2. Have you seen the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince?! Give me your review! Bonus: Guess the week one box office gross...Read More
Bruno banned in Ukraine, but does Transformers sound steamier?
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 16, 2009 | 6:00 PM |As usual, liberals discuss, complain, and raise rancor on something they don't like, while conservatives just go ahead and ban it: Bruno has fallen foul of the censors in Ukraine, who claim Sacha Baron Cohen`s raucous new comedy could "damage...Read More
"Bobbi with a I" and I
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 16, 2009 | 1:30 PM |Editors' note: Guest blogger Lena Dahlstrom is a crossdresser from the San Francisco Bay Area who also performs as a drag queen under the stage name "Joie de Vivre." I'd run across "Bobbi with an I" by country singer Phil...Read More
Bruno: the Herald of the Gayby Boom?
Filed by Dana Rudolph | July 16, 2009 | 12:30 PM |Johann Hari at HuffPo reports that--shock--we're in the middle of a gayby boom, and Bruno is spreading the word. He writes, "This quiet trend has finally poked its way to public attention with the sight of Bruno - the crazed...Read More
Transgender Comics: Misfile
Filed by Austen Crowder | July 16, 2009 | 12:00 PM |I assure you, my two-week hiatus from posting transgender comics was, erm, disciplined properly. As punishment, Bil forced me to sit through a twenty-four hour marathon of Bleach whilst he made bleating, fanboyish comments about Cowboy Bebop. The Horror! The...Read More
White Attire Affair Fundraiser Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Filed by John Shields | July 16, 2009 | 9:30 AM |Looking for something to do this Saturday night that will help an under-served part of the LGBTQ community, and also be part of an experience that you won't soon forget? Then listen up, as Al Sura has just the *fun*draiser...Read More
A Fine Bromance
Filed by Kate Clinton | July 16, 2009 | 9:30 AM |Bruno did not open as well at the box office as Borat. Despite a studio publicity blitz, including a faux fight with Eminem at the Grammies and his own best worst efforts, Sacha Barren Cohen did not take into account...Read More
Six Underwear Models and a Camera; Plus, "Gay" Underwear Becomes Mainstream
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | July 15, 2009 | 5:00 PM |You know that your reputation precedes you when PR companies start sending you links to videos that feature models stripping down to their underwear. That's not a complaint, by the way. That's a request for it to never ever stop....Read More
The Politics of Comedy: What's Off Limits?; Plus, "The Goods" Wants You to Laugh at a Hate Crime
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | July 15, 2009 | 11:30 AM |My recent post about how funny I thought Bruno is sparked some lively and (sometimes fierce) debate. The core issue is whether Sacha Baron Cohen's obnoxious, gay fashionista reinforces hurtful stereotypes and harms the gay community or whether he satirizes...Read More
Michael Jackson was murdered?! The NEW Susan Boyle, Green Lantern & "Their!"
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 14, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. Do you think Michael Jackson was murdered? Circle yes or no and send the clues to Detective Latoya! 2. What do you think of America's Got Talent and the "new" Boyles? 3. Are...Read More
NBC's The Listener: Taking on Trans Youth
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 13, 2009 | 2:30 PM |I've been watching a show on NBC that I haven't heard too much buzz about. The Listener is about a paramedic who can read people's thoughts and uses it to help others. Think "Heroes" without the giant cast and a...Read More
Fig Trees, Transliminal Criminals, and Other Plural Nouns: Dispatch from Outfest 2009
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | July 12, 2009 | 5:30 PM |So, you know, there's a bo-ring school of thought about how political art is didactic, great art can't be explicitly political, and bla bla bla silliness that shores up existing power structures and of course anyone who's outside or critical...Read More
Love It or Hate It, "Bruno" Will Probably Be the Highest-Grossing "Gay" Movie of All Time; Plus, What Do YOU Think of "Bruno"?
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | July 12, 2009 | 2:30 PM |Perhaps you've read some of the wildly mixed reviews for Bruno, but I assure you that a comedy like this one cannot be considered objectively. I understand that many people may not find Sacha Baron Cohen's super obnoxious and super...Read More
Art and Stereotypes: What is a Gay Character?
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 12, 2009 | 9:30 AM |Editor's Note: Guest blogger Robert Bettmann is the Artistic Director of Bettman Dances. His new work, 'All Good Men' premieres July 16th and 18th, 2009 in the Capital Fringe Festival. See www.dayeight.org for more info. A female friend turned to...Read More
"We Keep Marrying Other Species"
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 11, 2009 | 4:00 PM |Some things have to be seen and head to be believed. [Via Huffington Post.] I'm writing something longer that will incorporate this, but I was so blown away that I wanted to go ahead and post it now. I'll connect...Read More
The Brüno Effect
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 11, 2009 | 3:00 PM |Editor's Note: Guest blogger Randy Shulman is co-publisher and editor-in-chief of Metro Weekly, a GLBT newsmagazine based in Washington, D.C. Visit them at www.metroweekly.com. I'll admit, I laughed my ass off throughout Brüno, Sacha Baron Cohen's latest shockfest. Opening this...Read More
Incoming GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios on BRÜNO
Filed by Father Tony | July 11, 2009 | 9:00 AM |The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has issued the following statement from incoming President Jarrett Barrios in response to the film "Brüno"....Read More
Queer music Friday - Billie Holiday
Filed by Yasmin Nair | July 10, 2009 | 5:00 PM |In honour of Billie Holiday. Who was, as one website puts it: "rather openly bisexual". Here's Holiday singing "Strange Fruit":...Read More
"Fruit Fly" Buzzes and Sings [Outfest 2009]
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | July 10, 2009 | 4:00 PM |Southern California residents and visitors planning to attend screenings at Outfest 2009 - the 27th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, running July 9 to 19, 2009 - have most likely flipped through the film guide to figure out...Read More
Vote Batwoman: Because We Need a Crime-fighting Lesbian Jewish Mayor
Filed by Michael Crawford | July 10, 2009 | 2:00 PM |Today is election day in our campaign to elect Batwoman the first crime-fighting lesbian Jewish mayor of DC! Vote Batwoman for DC Mayor Voting is today until 6pm EDT. You can vote from anywhere in the world. Batwoman on why...Read More
Vote Batwoman: Because We Need a Crime-fighting Lesbian Jewish Mayor
Filed by Michael Crawford | July 10, 2009 | 2:00 PM |Today is election day in our campaign to elect Batwoman the first crime-fighting lesbian Jewish mayor of DC! Vote Batwoman for DC Mayor Voting is today until 6pm EDT. You can vote from anywhere in the world. Batwoman on why...Read More
The Questions About Michael Jackson and Lupus
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | July 10, 2009 | 9:30 AM |The news media are mentioning lupus in an update on Jackson's medical investigation. It came in connection with information from an unnamed source, that Jackson's body was found to be in poor condition -- emaciated, no hair on his scalp,...Read More
The Questions About Michael Jackson and Lupus
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | July 10, 2009 | 9:30 AM |The news media are mentioning lupus in an update on Jackson's medical investigation. It came in connection with information from an unnamed source, that Jackson's body was found to be in poor condition -- emaciated, no hair on his scalp,...Read More
Kevin Jonas is Engaged To ME!!! "This is Me"
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 10, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Question of the Day- for Kevin: Why her and not me? Everyone else just tell Danielle Deleasa - DD - to suck it! SHA!...Read More
Ice Age 3: Can a Queer Utopia Be Built on Prehistoric Gender Roles?
Filed by Paige Schilt | July 08, 2009 | 4:00 PM |Last week, Zac Hart at Bilerico-Indiana wrote about walking out of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. Zac's catalogue of summer blockbuster racism and homophobia got me thinking about the other movie at the top of the box office charts,...Read More
The Lady Bunny Gets Angry
Filed by Father Tony | July 08, 2009 | 10:30 AM |The Lady Bunny, New York's reigning drag queen, takes a moment from her otherwise filthy and endearing performance at Wilton Manors bar Georgie's Alibi on Monday July 6, 2009, to remind the crowd that there is work to be done....Read More
The Queerness of Michael Jackson
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | July 08, 2009 | 10:30 AM |At Michael Jackson's memorial service the Rev. Al Sharpton gave a rousing speech that had the congregation at the Staples Center rise to their feet at times with shouts of "Amen!" Sharpton made one particular statement in his speech to...Read More
OK, Just Please Don't Rap
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 08, 2009 | 9:30 AM |Aw, man. First K-Fed and now this? Levi Johnston is now officially an aspiring actor and model. And according to his new manager Tank Jones, he is getting closer to a clinching a deal that will help him support...Read More
Raising Money on the Backs of Crumbling Marriages: Stay Classy, John Stemberger
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 07, 2009 | 3:00 PM |He's back and ready to raise some cash to "protect marriage." John Stemberger, the raging homophobe who brought us Florida's Amendment 2 (the state's far reaching marriage equality and civil union ban) and the head of the state chapter of...Read More
Batwoman for DC's First Lesbian Mayor
Filed by Michael Crawford | July 07, 2009 | 2:00 PM |Yesterday Batwoman announced her candidacy to become the first lesbian mayor of Washington, DC. Batwoman aims to unseat current Mayor Adrian Fenty. If elected, Batwoman would not only become the first openly lesbian mayor of DC, but she would also...Read More
Batwoman for DC's First Lesbian Mayor
Filed by Michael Crawford | July 07, 2009 | 2:00 PM |Yesterday Batwoman announced her candidacy to become the first lesbian mayor of Washington, DC. Batwoman aims to unseat current Mayor Adrian Fenty. If elected, Batwoman would not only become the first openly lesbian mayor of DC, but she would also...Read More
Michael Jackson Memorial Polio!
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 07, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of The Day: 1. What is your favorite wacky Michael Jackson moment? What is the silliest thing you have heard a "star" say about him since he passed? (polio?) 2. Will you watch the Memorial for Michael...Read More
Same-Sex Shenanigans Performed by Nearly ALL Animals
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | July 06, 2009 | 9:30 AM |We've reported about queer behavior in the animal kingdom previously on Bilerico (gay penguins! more gay penguins! even more gay penguins! still even more gay penguins!), so I don't know how we missed this bombshell of an announcement from the...Read More
Your opinion needed on an issue of vital importance
Filed by Bil Browning | July 05, 2009 | 1:00 PM |Okay, so maybe that's being a little too... dramatic. (I know, I know. You're all stunned that I'd be overly dramatic... *grins*) After I posted about our upcoming redesign, Alex left a comment saying he hoped I'd finally change my...Read More
"Web Site Story" vs. eHarmony
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | July 05, 2009 | 11:30 AM |The folks at CollegeHumor have created a brilliantly witty and well-shot short parody of West Side Story, updated for the information age. For example, "I Feel Pretty" becomes a bouncy number about Twitter ("I'm on Twitter/I'm on Twitter"), while "Maria"...Read More
Church Chat, Beltway Style
Filed by John Shields | July 05, 2009 | 5:00 AM |Here's what's coming up for the major network morning news shows today. In chronological order - broadcast channel-wise, in D.C. - that means 4, 5, 7 and 9. That would be NBC, FOX, ABC and CBS. Check channels and air...Read More
Queer music Friday - Tribe 8
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 03, 2009 | 5:00 PM |There's been a lot of pop on the site lately, so I'm putting up a punk video from SF-based band Tribe 8. Here's "Femme Bitch Top," and a web ad musicians Lynn Breedlove and Leslie Mah put together to oppose...Read More
Demi & Selena - Lesbian Princess Protection Program!
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 03, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Dia: 1. Did you watch Princess Protection Program? What did you think? Was it just me or were they totally lesbians? 2. Can you roll your r's ??? 3. Did you like the ending? How...Read More
Transformers 2: "Homophobia in Disguise"
Filed by Zac Hart | July 02, 2009 | 5:00 PM |It's 9:00pm. It was date night for the husband and I. We had a nice dinner at Applebees before watching Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen - The IMAX Experience. The movie started a little after 7, and anyone who...Read More
Bending Towards Oblivion: my interview with historian Martin Duberman in the San Francisco Bay Guardian
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | July 02, 2009 | 1:30 PM |Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: We're approaching the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the symbolic event of early gay liberation, and I'm wondering if you think there's any of this liberationist spirit left in the gay movement. Martin Duberman: Well, I...Read More
Book Review: The Progressive Revolution
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 02, 2009 | 12:30 PM |When I was asked to review The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be by Michael Lux of Openleft.com fame, I expected another partisan rehash of "Yay Liberals! Boo Conservatives!" with little depth. Instead, what I got...Read More
Book Review: The Progressive Revolution
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 02, 2009 | 12:30 PM |When I was asked to review The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be by Michael Lux of Openleft.com fame, I expected another partisan rehash of "Yay Liberals! Boo Conservatives!" with little depth. Instead, what I got...Read More
Uncovering Feminism: Emma Bee Bernstein and a few questions about suicide
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | July 01, 2009 | 2:00 PM |Okay, so I'm looking through the Seal Press catalog for the second time, just to see if I've missed anything interesting, and what calls my attention is the bio of one of the editors of a book called Girldrive: Criss-Crossing...Read More
