Entertainment: August 2009
Miley Cyrus Gave Me Herpes!!! - "Party in the U-STD"
Filed by Michael Buckley | August 31, 2009 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. How old are you? 2.What is your favorite Whitney Houston song of all time? 3. What celebrity do you search for most online?...Read More
Queer music Friday - Bush Tetras
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 28, 2009 5:00 PM |Here's Bush Tetras from the 80's. Check out that awesomely distorted guitar. That in itself is well worth the listen on this track, "Too Many Creeps." And the Lower East Side of NYC, where Bush Tetras came from, keeps on...Read More
Vogue is back
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 28, 2009 2:30 PM |It's moments like these when I wish I could watch American TV. America's Best Dance Crew has a troop that's made up of four out gay men and one out transwoman, and they, as their name suggests, vogue. Here's a...Read More
The New Gay presents Homo/Sonic tonight at the Black Cat
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 28, 2009 9:30 AM |Here's a message from our friend the fabulous Zack Rosen, co-founder of The New Gay: It's time for Homo/Sonic, The New Gay 's flagship alternative queer dance party. The great folks at the Black Cat have given us Friday, August...Read More
The New Gay presents Homo/Sonic tonight at the Black Cat
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 28, 2009 9:30 AM |Here's a message from our friend the fabulous Zack Rosen, co-founder of The New Gay: It's time for Homo/Sonic, The New Gay 's flagship alternative queer dance party. The great folks at the Black Cat have given us Friday, August...Read More
The Week of Bi-Bi's: Biracial & Bisexual Identity in New Movies and TV
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 27, 2009 9:30 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Amy Andre, MA, MBA, is a writer, lecturer, and the co-author of Bisexual Health, a book published by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. A biracial, bisexual, African American Jew, she lives in San Francisco...Read More
X-Factor Danyl Is Amazing! Heidi Montag Lipstinks Miss Universe
Filed by Michael Buckley | August 26, 2009 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. Are you watching X-Factor? Watch it on YouTube! What do you think of Danyl, Stephanie- Who else is good? 2. Did you watch Miss Universe? Thoughts on it and Heidi Montag's "performance"? 3....Read More
Black Female Athletes: An Ongoing Meme of Ignorance
Filed by Monica Roberts | August 25, 2009 3:00 PM |One of the depressingly tired memes of elite level athletic competition is that almost every time a Black woman rises to become the best at her sport, she is either dissed, suspected of cheating or has her gender identity questioned....Read More
Did you know we live in a "post-AIDS" world?
Filed by Dustin Kight | August 25, 2009 11:00 AM |Apparently the Beverly Hills: 90210 revival is going well. What else can explain its sister revival of Melrose Place? The CW is bringing Melrose Place, 90210's sleezy, later-night sibling, back to television on Tuesday, September 8th. Gay fans of the...Read More
How Legitimate is the "Gender Complaint" Against Caster Semenya?
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | August 24, 2009 6:00 PM |As an Outsports.com writer who has been covering gender testing in sports, I'm tracking the controversy over South African teen track star Caster Semenya and whether she should compete as a woman. The complaint against tall, muscular Semenya has been...Read More
Transgender "Comics": "Ouran High School Host Club"
Filed by Austen Crowder | August 24, 2009 5:00 PM |Ed Note: Transgender Comics is a regular Monday feature on Bilerico-Indiana. We bumped this one up to the main site to give folks a flavor of the series. I debated on this one for a little while; it's not a...Read More
Caption This: The family patriarch
Filed by Bil Browning | August 24, 2009 12:00 PM |I'm really loving AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com - I've used a couple of their pics before for our "Caption This" posts, but this one really made me laugh. This one confuses me soooo much. Don't they usually sit the oldest family members in...Read More
Buck on Fall TV!! Yay! OMG! Fun! Puppies?
Filed by Michael Buckley | August 24, 2009 8:00 AM |Comment Question of the Day: What fall shows are you most looking foward to? 1. What New Shows? 2. What Returning Shows?...Read More
The Gender Police Strike Again
Filed by Brynn Craffey | August 23, 2009 2:30 PM |A South African runner, Caster Semenya, 18, is being forced to prove that she is, indeed, a young woman and not "a man," as her detractors allege. Semenya, whose athletic performance recently improved greatly and who, it seems, was a...Read More
Sunday Funnies: InfoMania's 'Lady Kisses'
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 23, 2009 11:30 AM |He's back! Brian Safi, the brilliant and irreverent satirist from my favorite nerdy show on my favorite nerdy channel - InfoMania on Current TV , is back exploring LGBT issues and stereotypes as they are portrayed by the clueless media....Read More
Sunday Funnies: InfoMania's 'Lady Kisses'
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 23, 2009 11:30 AM |He's back! Brian Safi, the brilliant and irreverent satirist from my favorite nerdy show on my favorite nerdy channel - InfoMania on Current TV , is back exploring LGBT issues and stereotypes as they are portrayed by the clueless media....Read More
Saturday Morning Cartoons: An Interview with aGLIFF's Jake Gonzales
Filed by Paige Schilt | August 22, 2009 4:00 PM |One Saturday morning, my son was sitting in the living room, watching an animated video about numerals. "Mom!" In keeping with his TV-watching custom, he was shouting, even though I was only a few feet away. "Mom, Mom!" he persisted,...Read More
5 must read DC blogs
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 22, 2009 2:09 PM |The New Gay Famous DC Anti-Real World Blog...Read More
Disqualifying the Gender Binary in IAAF Track & Field
Filed by Keri Renault | August 22, 2009 10:00 AM |Can victory in the woman's 800 meters by an obscure teenager from a small South African village signal defeat of the big, bad gender binary at the IAAF World Championships? Probably not, but it's nice to dream. Amidst allegations that...Read More
Queer Music Friday - Guest DJ Captain John
Filed by John Shields | August 21, 2009 5:00 PM |Since Alex is biking the Rhine and on vacation, you're stuck with me. As I love DJing, but have a bit of trouble picking my favorites (so many songs, so little time...), here are a few. First off, since it...Read More
Michael Moore: Capitalism
Filed by Bil Browning | August 21, 2009 4:00 PM |I'll admit that I'm a huge fan of Michael Moore's movies, but I really want to see his newest flick that comes out in early October. I honestly have no clue about the stimulus package and how all of this...Read More
Lets Be YouTube Friends!
Filed by Michael Buckley | August 21, 2009 8:00 AM |My name is Michael! Nice to meet you! 1. What's your first name? 2. Where are you from? Where do you live? 3. How old are you? 4. Whats your favorite color? 5. Do you have any pets? Tell...Read More
Awesome Website of the Week: 'God Hates Shrimp'
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 20, 2009 2:00 PM |Sometimes you just have to smile at the snarky, fun skewering of the anti-LGBT right. Activists Joe Decker and Ryland Sanders have created my new favorite parody site called "God Hates Shrimp", a smart poke at people like Fred Phelps,...Read More
I want to hear a song that makes me believe there's something to believe in
Filed by Sean Bugg | August 20, 2009 12:30 PM |There was a point in my life when I thought nothing could have more meaning than music. This point, of course, was during my teenage years in high school and college. At 16, even a Motley Crue song can carry...Read More
No Wonder Letterman is Beating Conan in the Ratings
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 19, 2009 3:00 PM |Self-promoting king, Donald Trump, appeared on Letterman last night to talk about the Miss Universe contest. Not surprisingly, Carrie Prejean came up, with Trump touting her "great beauty" as reason for caring about her opinions... Gotta love some late night...Read More
Vogue Evolution Takes ABDC By Storm
Filed by Jason Tseng | August 19, 2009 2:00 PM |America's Best Dance Crew, which is broadcast Sunday nights at 9pm on MTV, is in its fourth season. Many of these dance shows that are popping up all over the tube (Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can...Read More
Vogue Evolution Takes ABDC By Storm
Filed by Jason Tseng | August 19, 2009 2:00 PM |America's Best Dance Crew, which is broadcast Sunday nights at 9pm on MTV, is in its fourth season. Many of these dance shows that are popping up all over the tube (Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can...Read More
The Revolution of Desire
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 19, 2009 11:00 AM |In 1971, a handful of feminists and gay militants shouting "family is pollution" demonstrated for revolutionary sexual liberation. 35 years after, what remains of these ideals and struggles? That's the opening of The Revolution of Desire, a 2007 documentary about...Read More
Jared Polis on Stephen Colbert
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 18, 2009 2:30 PM |The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cEven Better-er Know a District - Colorado's 2nd - Jared Poliswww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Protests...Read More
What Color are Those Toes?
Filed by Father Tony | August 17, 2009 9:30 AM |OK. It has come to my attention that at least two (men!) of you have interesting colors painted on your toenails. (Long have I felt that the time has come for men - cis-men, to be specific - to start...Read More
Judge Rules that Gay Accusations are not Libel: Gays and Lesbians "Not Contemptible"
Filed by Jason Tseng | August 16, 2009 4:00 PM |Reuters reports that US Circuit Judge Denny Chin has ruled that Howard Stern can sue Anna Nicole Smith biographer Rita Crosby for defamation, but not over claims that Stern was gay or engaged in gay sex acts because homosexuality is...Read More
Sunday Funnies: 'That's Gay' Commercials
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 16, 2009 10:00 AM |My favorite nerdy show on my favorite nerdy channel, InfoMania on Current TV, has started taking on media misrepresentation of the LGBT community in a rather hilarious and irreverent way in a segment called "That's Gay.". This segment is focused...Read More
Sunday Funnies: 'That's Gay' Commercials
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 16, 2009 10:00 AM |My favorite nerdy show on my favorite nerdy channel, InfoMania on Current TV, has started taking on media misrepresentation of the LGBT community in a rather hilarious and irreverent way in a segment called "That's Gay.". This segment is focused...Read More
Gay Geek iPhone App Review: My Gay Agenda
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 15, 2009 4:00 PM |I just love cheeky gay humor. I recently got a request on twitter from a new iPhone Application called "My Gay Agenda." My curiosity was piqued by the humor of their tweets so I checked into the App and ended...Read More
Trying Hard to Be the Official Underwear of the Porn Industry?
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | August 15, 2009 2:00 PM |Remember that Adidas marketing campaign that featured a fun website that allowed you to click on athletes and make them swap shirts right before your very eyes? Well, /baskit/, the men's underwear company that recently circulated a relatively tame but...Read More
Queer music Friday - Jay Brennan
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 14, 2009 5:00 PM |Here's Jay Brennan performing "Half Boyfriend" live....Read More
Brokeback Mountain cowboy shirts installed at Autry National Center of the American West
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | August 13, 2009 3:00 PM |Now and then, amid all the religious-right efforts to hurt LGBT people, a moment comes when that I see the America that I love and fight for -- the one that would rather heal than hurt. The other day, August...Read More
Summer Fashions for City Guys and Gals
Filed by Father Tony | August 12, 2009 6:00 PM |In case you were wondering what they're wearing in New York City in the heat of the summer, I kept the camera in hand this weekend. As everyone already knows, this is the year of the jaunty and lightly woven...Read More
Marriage changes us more than we change marriage
Filed by Cathy Renna | August 12, 2009 3:00 PM |A new book by M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics, director of the Center of Public Policy And Administration at Amherst and research director of the Williams Institute on Public Policy at UCLA School of Law (phew, her business card...Read More
Caption This: Whaddaya mean we're wearing funny hats?
Filed by Bil Browning | August 12, 2009 11:00 AM |What's your best caption for this photo, Projectors? I really struggled to come up with something even though the pic is hilarious. Let's see what y'all come up with instead of my lame-o caption....Read More
Terry Wolverton Interviews Cheryl Klein about Lilac Mines
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 12, 2009 9:30 AM |[Editor's Note: Terry Wolverton is author of seven books, including The Labrys Reunion, a novel; Embers, a novel-in-poems;and Insurgent Muse: life and art at the Woman's Building, a memoir. She is the founder of Writers At Work, a creative writing...Read More
Yay! New XXS Gay Clothes! Thanks American Apparel!
Filed by Michael Buckley | August 12, 2009 8:00 AM |Thank you, American Apparel, for sending me all these clothes!! Party! I love all of them. I'll wear some of them!...Read More
"Two Hot Transsexuals Finally Give You Some ANSWERS!"
Filed by Gina de Vries | August 11, 2009 5:00 PM |Red and Charles, two trans artists/activists/media makers/hotties (hey, they said it -- I'm just agreeing!) answer a series of the obnoxious but unfortunately usual questions that trans folks often get from clueless non-trans people. I love how smart, funny,...Read More
Rumble for the Gay Games
Filed by Brett Abrams | August 11, 2009 3:00 PM |My home city of Washington, D.C. held a rally last night to spur interest in hosting the Gay Games of 2014! The competition with Cleveland and Boston has already motivated several newspapers and magazines in DC to cover the prospect...Read More
Reunion and Disunion: Novelist Terry Wolverton on Three Decades of Activism
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 11, 2009 9:30 AM |[Editor's Note: Cheryl Klein is the author of Lilac Mines (Manic D Press) and The Commuters (City Works Press). She works for the California office of Poets & Writers, Inc. and lives in Los Angeles. She blogs about art, life...Read More
Reunion and Disunion: Novelist Terry Wolverton on Three Decades of Activism
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 11, 2009 9:30 AM |[Editor's Note: Cheryl Klein is the author of Lilac Mines (Manic D Press) and The Commuters (City Works Press). She works for the California office of Poets & Writers, Inc. and lives in Los Angeles. She blogs about art, life...Read More
Daniel Radcliffe Teams Up with the Trevor Project to Help LGBT Youth
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 10, 2009 4:30 PM |What a magical match up! Daniel Radcliffe, the star of Harry Potter, has made a major donation to our friends at The Trevor Project, the non-profit organization that operates the only nationwide suicide-prevention helpline for LGBTQ youth. The 20-year-old actor...Read More
Senior Year Drama Queen!!! - 12th Grade School Year Vlog (Age 17-18)
Filed by Michael Buckley | August 10, 2009 8:00 AM |How was 12th Grade (age 17-18) for you? Leave a comment or better - Make a VIDEO reply! This is a great/easy way to start vlogging!...Read More
Vladimir Putin Shirtless, Again
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 08, 2009 12:00 PM |I was wondering why this post was suddenly getting so many Google search hits. Now I know....Read More
Queer music Friday - Matt Alber
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 07, 2009 5:00 PM |Thanks to the reader who sent in this video. This is Matt Alber's "End of the World."...Read More
World on the Square 2009
Filed by Donna Pandori | August 07, 2009 2:00 PM |The annual World on the Square 2009 festival is scheduled to take place in Corydon, Indiana on Saturday August 8th between 4:00 - 8:00 pm. For those you who have never heard of World on the Square, it is free...Read More
World on the Square 2009
Filed by Donna Pandori | August 07, 2009 2:00 PM |The annual World on the Square 2009 festival is scheduled to take place in Corydon, Indiana on Saturday August 8th between 4:00 - 8:00 pm. For those you who have never heard of World on the Square, it is free...Read More
Miley Cyrus Stalker Loose!!! Bring the Drama Mimi!!!
Filed by Michael Buckley | August 07, 2009 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. Have you ever stalked someone? Even innocently? 2. Will you buy something from Miley's clothing line? 3. Team Mimi or Team Eminem? (Do you think its FAKE?)...Read More
Paula Abdul Quits American Idol!! Why??
Filed by Michael Buckley | August 06, 2009 8:00 AM |Personally, I would like to say I will miss her very much and I thank her for all endless entertainment she provided! Kara better turn on the personality! I hope you enjoy the clips from the past episodes! I...Read More
This just in: transgender acceptance in its "trendy," "chic" phase
Filed by Austen Crowder | August 04, 2009 12:00 PM |That's right, folks. If we're lucky, knowing a trans person may finally edge out that tired old "I'm not bigoted because have a gay friend" excuse people sometimes march out in the name of tolerance. Chaz Bono's transition announcement tipped...Read More
Is sorry enough?
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 03, 2009 1:00 PM |Have you seen this video of University of Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin sobbing an apology for using the word "faggot" three times while talking about Notre Dame's football program? I'm surprised by this, and I'm sure McMackin is as...Read More
Write Your Own Caption #33
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 03, 2009 11:00 AM |Dylan has a case of the "scoots". So I'm home with him, and not likely to post much today. I've got a couple in the works for later. In the meantime, I thought this captioning contest from McClatchy Newspapers looked...Read More
Transgender Comics: Interview with Erin Lindsey
Filed by Austen Crowder | August 03, 2009 10:00 AM |I know I covered Venus Envy on this column before, but I wanted to let everyone know that the comic is about to start updating again. It just so happens that I recently interviewed the comic's creator, Erin Lindsey, about...Read More
iCarly Cancelled?!! Noooooooo!!!
Filed by Michael Buckley | August 03, 2009 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. What do you think of BuckNews style vids? Fast and with edits. Do you prefer this or What the Buck? I am not changing format of What the Buck. This is just for...Read More
WTF is up with "Gay Sports?"
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 01, 2009 10:00 AM |[Editor's Note: Steve Publicover is a middle-aged gay man living with his partner of nine years in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia, with three cats, four ducks and a pond. Having grown up in the suburbs of Washington,...Read More
