Entertainment: November 2009
The things one finds on eBay: CBT for sale
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 30, 2009 | 11:30 AM |Seems the softening in the economy has forced an unknown UK sex-toy vendor into bankruptcy -- prompting a wholesale liquidator to snap up a lot of chastity devices. Hard times call for desperate measures. Male Chastity Device Heavy Chrome From...Read More
The New Lady Gaga?!!!
Filed by Michael Buckley | November 30, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Please check out the very talented people featured in this episode of Buck Factor. If you like them, please subscribe to them! They deserve it! Thank you for supporting them! The Shures (watch their new Gaga video)! TheOriginalTyler JumokeTV...Read More
Conservative Rapper's Delight
Filed by Terrance Heath | November 29, 2009 | 5:30 PM |I now extend my request for Levi Johnston to these guys. The Christian side hug, for the unaware, is the Christian version of the standard "full frontal hug," which is a sinful abonimation and should be avoided until marriage (I...Read More
The Cleveland Show goes transphobic: GLAAD goes silent
Filed by Bil Browning | November 29, 2009 | 1:00 PM |I realize the Thanksgiving holiday was last week, but surely the folks at GLAAD didn't take the entire week off work. After all, they had plenty of time to critique Good Morning America's decision to dump Adam Lambert after his...Read More
Campy Theater Lobby Card: Swamp Woman
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 29, 2009 | 10:00 AM |Proving once and for all that even when you live in a swamp, ladies always wear heels....Read More
Campy Theater Lobby Card: Swamp Woman
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 29, 2009 | 10:00 AM |Proving once and for all that even when you live in a swamp, ladies always wear heels....Read More
Book Review: Transmigration
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | November 28, 2009 | 12:00 PM |Poet Joy Ladin's new collection, Transmigration, will soon be out from Sheep Meadow Press. This is from her poem Secrets: You discover them every day, Leaning toward you, trying not to laugh. As guilty Of the truth you never told...Read More
Camp Theater Lobby Card: The Girl Who Had Everything
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 28, 2009 | 10:00 AM |Everything but a restraining order....Read More
Camp Theater Lobby Card: The Girl Who Had Everything
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 28, 2009 | 10:00 AM |Everything but a restraining order....Read More
Queer music Friday - Jean Guidoni
Filed by Alex Blaze | November 27, 2009 | 5:00 PM |Paul Guidoni is a gay, French singer who's been in the singing business since the 70's. Here's him doing "Marseille" for television back in 1990. More after the jump....Read More
Hockey Dad, Gay Son
Filed by Dana Rudolph | November 27, 2009 | 12:00 PM |This ESPN story is breaking all over the sporting news. Brian Burke, president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, "a most public example of hockey machismo," has a gay son, and accepts him. Not only that, but the...Read More
Camp Lobby Card: The Fallguy
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 27, 2009 | 11:30 AM |Studying this earnestly I realize I'd be pissed too if my husband and his lover walked in just as me and my girlfriend were getting down to business....Read More
Camp Lobby Card: The Fallguy
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 27, 2009 | 11:30 AM |Studying this earnestly I realize I'd be pissed too if my husband and his lover walked in just as me and my girlfriend were getting down to business....Read More
On Giving Thanks The European Way, Or, Freedom: It's The New Black!
Filed by Don Davis | November 25, 2009 | 6:30 PM |I have a Thanksgiving story for your consumption that has nothing to do with turkeys or pumpkin pie or crazy uncles. Instead, in an effort to remind you what this holiday can really stand for, we'll meet some people who...Read More
Queering Obama's first state dinner
Filed by Diane Silver | November 25, 2009 | 4:30 PM |On this Thanksgiving Day's Eve, it's delightful to note that at least one openly lesbian couple and one openly gay couple attended President Obama's state dinner for the prime minister of India last night. What's even more fun is the...Read More
The Diamond Queen: Camp Lobby Card
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 25, 2009 | 4:00 PM |No one expects the Spanish Inquisition....Read More
The Diamond Queen: Camp Lobby Card
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 25, 2009 | 4:00 PM |No one expects the Spanish Inquisition....Read More
Who is better for the movement: Adam Lambert or Will Truman?
Filed by Alex Blaze | November 25, 2009 | 3:00 PM |I posted the other day that Adam Lambert's performance was actually kind of boring, nothing new, not really shocking. Of course, I'm not a Real American. Not only that, I'm constantly being crushed under my own massive ennui. So it...Read More
Post-modern feminist peeing: Go Girl!
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 25, 2009 | 11:30 AM |If you must know more, visit go-girl.com. via Yahoo news...Read More
Precious: A Must See
Filed by Michelle Marzullo | November 25, 2009 | 9:30 AM |"Those people talk like TV channels I don't watch." This was by far my favorite line in the movie Precious produced by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry. Here I will join the flocks of the converted and preach to you...Read More
Adam Lambert Kisses A Boy & Jennifer Lopez Falls! - American Music Awards 2009
Filed by Michael Buckley | November 25, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. What did you think of Adam Lambert's performance? Were you offended by the sexual nature of it? 2. What did you think of the other performances? Lady Gaga (my fave), Rihanna, Keith Urban,...Read More
Campy Theater Lobby Card: Queen of Outer Space
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 24, 2009 | 5:00 PM |Before there was GaGa there was Zsa Zsa!...Read More
FOUND: Strangest beauty contest ever
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 24, 2009 | 12:30 PM |"Miss KKK 1945?" WTF? Your captions welcome....Read More
One Queer Man and One Straight Woman on a Big Gay Bus
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | November 24, 2009 | 9:30 AM |Bilerico guest blogger Louise Larsen, who also writes at Louise on the Left, joined me this past Sunday for a ride on a big gay bus. You see, Out & About Tours recently launched Los Angeles' first and only gay...Read More
One Queer Man and One Straight Woman on a Big Gay Bus
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | November 24, 2009 | 9:30 AM |Bilerico guest blogger Louise Larsen, who also writes at Louise on the Left, joined me this past Sunday for a ride on a big gay bus. You see, Out & About Tours recently launched Los Angeles' first and only gay...Read More
Adam Lambert kissed a man on TV
Filed by Alex Blaze | November 23, 2009 | 4:30 PM |In case you haven't seen, Adam Lambert kissed a boy on TV last night at the American Music Awards. Wasn't his performance dangerous and edgy? Haha, just kidding. It's a definite improvement over the last time I saw a TV...Read More
Camp Lobby Card: Private Property
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 23, 2009 | 12:30 PM |I'm addicted to vintage theater lobby cards, especially the campy/cheesy ones. Since I can't buy them all (or at least that's what my partners tell me), I have to get my fix by blogging them. "Private Property" is a sound...Read More
On Murdoch And Google, Or, Hey, Rupert, Where's My Check?
Filed by Don Davis | November 22, 2009 | 4:00 PM |Our favorite irascible media tyrant is in the news once again, and once again it's time for me to bring you a story of doing one thing while wishing for another. In a November 6th interview, Sky News Australia's David...Read More
Queer music Friday - Placebo
Filed by Alex Blaze | November 20, 2009 | 5:00 PM |Brian Molko of alternative rock band Placebo announced a long time ago that he was bisexual, but now he regrets it. More on that after the jump. But here's "Happy You're Gone," from their newest album....Read More
Irene Vilar's Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict
Filed by Paige Schilt | November 20, 2009 | 4:00 PM |The title of Irene Vilar's new memoir, Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict, is a bit misleading. Although Vilar chronicles 15 abortions over 15 years, "addiction" as a diagnostic category is only hastily grafted onto her tale of existential...Read More
SEXXX Tapes for Jesus!!! Carrie Prejean Interview
Filed by Michael Buckley | November 20, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoy my interview with Carrie Prejean. Thoughts on Miss Prejean? LOL Anyone.....anyone? TV Guide says this week, "15 Minutes has never felt so long."...Read More
Colbert & San Fran's Rep Jackie Speier
Filed by Bil Browning | November 18, 2009 | 1:30 PM |Representative Jackie Speier of California's 12th District sat down with Steven Colbert for his "Better Know a District" segment. The two talk about marriage equality and whether or not sexual orientation is genetic. She's a really good sport about it....Read More
Stephen Colbert on DC Gay Marriage
Filed by Michael Crawford | November 18, 2009 | 10:43 AM |Stephen Colbert takes on the DC marriage equality issue in the way only he can. The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Word - Skeletons in the Closetwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorU.S. Speedskating...Read More
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: "Jess, Bend, Oregon, 2009"
Filed by Jeff Sheng | November 17, 2009 | 7:30 PM |WWII memorabilia: WAC gives a leg up on hygiene
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 17, 2009 | 12:30 PM |A fine sentiment for all occasions....Read More
Found: Righteously rubbery book cover
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 16, 2009 | 11:30 AM |With a title like this, the book would tell a different story today. via flickr...Read More
I'm not a slut! I'm creative and hot!!
Filed by Michael Buckley | November 16, 2009 | 8:00 AM |I asked what you thought of Katie Price. This video is what you said! I laughed so hard watching your videos! Comment questions of the day: 1. What do you think of Katie? 2. Do you love this video?...Read More
Vintage Chorus Line of Female Impersonators
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 15, 2009 | 5:30 PM |Another wonderful find about which I know absolutely nothing at all. I so love finding mysterious old photographs, and wondering how they came to be made, and what stories these people could have told. This chorus line of female impersonators...Read More
A "Str8" Cologne? Smells like homophobia to me...
Filed by Waymon Hudson | November 14, 2009 | 2:00 PM |From our friends across the pond at Queeried Magazine, we get "Str8" Cologne, or what they are calling "The Most Homophobic Piece Of Advertising Ever": Get it? There's only one way and it's to be straight. Brilliant advertising, morons... I...Read More
Preacher's Sons: Two Dads, Five Sons, Four Cities
Filed by Dana Rudolph | November 14, 2009 | 10:00 AM |President Barack Obama, in his proclamation of November as National Adoption Month, said: "By continually opening up the doors to adoption, and supporting full equality in adoption laws for all American families [my emphasis], we allow more children to find...Read More
Queer music Friday - Kim Petras
Filed by Alex Blaze | November 13, 2009 | 5:00 PM |Here's German trans pop singer Kim Petras. If you really like Europop ballads, well, she's about as Europoppy as you can get. Here's "Die for you." And the really taboidy Insider segment on Kim is after the jump....Read More
Vintage vaudeville with an equalitarian twist
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 13, 2009 | 12:30 PM |Guessing it's from a 1920s-1930s vaudeville act but gee, what cool clip art for marriage equality....Read More
Vintage "Boy Dance"
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 12, 2009 | 4:00 PM |I'm guessing that this image was captured in the late 19th/early 20th century. Also guessing this may have been a mining or logging camp where the hordes of bachelors had to make do. If any readers know more, your information...Read More
Historic photo: Ella Wesner, 1880
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 12, 2009 | 12:30 PM |Photographer: Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896) Title: Ella Wesner, male impersonator Date: ca. 1880 Medium: albumen print via Flicker Commons...Read More
Recent Racist Italian Laundry Ads
Filed by Bil Browning | November 11, 2009 | 4:00 PM |Check out this 2006 television ad for the Italian laundry product Coloreria Italiana. Nothing like reinforcing the stereotype of the black man as the virile, better lover, eh? Of course, while we're using stereotypes to hawk Coloreria Italiana, we might...Read More
Zenyatta: Why Should We Care About a Horse?
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | November 10, 2009 | 4:00 PM |Whenever the U.S. economy is down and out, horse racing always manages to come up with a "feel good" champion that captures the public imagination. During the Great Depression, it was a homely little bay stallion from California named Seabiscuit....Read More
1903 Muscle Mag: VIM
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 10, 2009 | 12:30 PM |Talk about rare! A wonderful relic from the Victorian age, when men were put on pedestals. So to speak....Read More
On Snow And Cameras, Or, Health Care Gets A Day Off
Filed by Don Davis | November 09, 2009 | 4:00 PM |Whether you are deliriously happy, incredibly sad, or still uncertain about how you feel about what has emerged from the House this weekend, it's probably safe to say that one thing everyone is... is sick of the whole thing. Of...Read More
Muscles for a rainy day: Brian Moss
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 09, 2009 | 11:30 AM |Sweet shot by photographer Brian Moss....Read More
Shane Dawson Orgasms For Degrassi!!!!
Filed by Michael Buckley | November 09, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. Don't you think next time Take 180 should let me sing?? Go tell them! 4 realz! 2. Are you watching Degrassi??? What do you think of season 9 so far!! Mia a model?...Read More
Fellatio in fruit bats
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 08, 2009 | 11:30 AM |My buddy Mike finds the most interesting things. For example, this article about a study of the blowjob habits of the fruit bat. It raises numerous sexological questions. Do they like it here or there? Do they like it anywhere?...Read More
Sunday Funnies: Maine, Mormons, Guy Fawkers, & Glenn Beck
Filed by Waymon Hudson | November 08, 2009 | 10:00 AM |It was a week of big losses and big victories for the LGBT movement. But one big winner? Biting satire calling out the ridiculousness of the anti-equality forces. First up is the Daily Show's take on the Maine Marriage Vote:...Read More
Sunday Funnies: Maine, Mormons, Guy Fawkers, & Glenn Beck
Filed by Waymon Hudson | November 08, 2009 | 10:00 AM |It was a week of big losses and big victories for the LGBT movement. But one big winner? Biting satire calling out the ridiculousness of the anti-equality forces. First up is the Daily Show's take on the Maine Marriage Vote:...Read More
Pure Kitsch: vintage sexual humor postcards
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 07, 2009 | 2:00 PM |I've been on a bit of a kitsch jag, and collected images of many a tragically ridiculous and astonishing postcard. These are all ca. 1940s-50s....Read More
Architreks - My First 2009 Christmas Shopping Recommendation
Filed by Father Tony | November 07, 2009 | 10:00 AM |Have you ever wondered why architectural photography books make such delicious gifts even in a Google Earthy world in which every building on the planet may be zoomed at your desk. I'll try not to get overly Susan Sontagular in...Read More
Queer music Friday - Aiden James
Filed by Alex Blaze | November 06, 2009 | 5:00 PM |TBP reader Scott sent in this video for gay pop/rock singer Aiden James' video for "On the run." Scott says: "A good song, even after the election results." And the video's cute....Read More
Happy Birthday Sesame Street!
Filed by Bil Browning | November 06, 2009 | 3:00 PM |Today is Sesame Street's 40th birthday! Google has a special front page image for the show and I automatically thought back to my dad's favorite story about me as a kid. We'd gone to visit my sister who lived in...Read More
Erotic Gay Comics - Superman Never Looked This Good!
Filed by Father Tony | November 04, 2009 | 5:00 PM |Strange wedding rituals of the heterosexuals: cake topper
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 04, 2009 | 11:30 AM |Ah yes, another tribute to the so-called sanctity of straight marriage. I've had nightmares like this....Read More
Miley Cyrus kills lesbian cats!
Filed by Michael Buckley | November 04, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of The Day: 1. What do you think of this kitty website? Is it scary or funny? Should Miley tweet to save Fuzzy? 2. Do you believe John Gosslein really does not want fame? What is next...Read More
Glee star Corey Monteith gets naked
Filed by Bil Browning | November 03, 2009 | 1:00 PM |The blood feud between Glee star Corey Monteith and out actor Neil Patrick Harris over control of my heart just got even more heated. This morning, an alert reader sent me these screen grabs from Bloody Mary, a 2006 horror...Read More
The Leather 70s: vintage gay erotica
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 03, 2009 | 12:30 PM |From a rare French photoset...Read More
Gay Erotic Shower Curtain
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 02, 2009 | 11:30 AM |Kitsch or cute? You decide. All I know is I wouldn't mind walking into his arms every morning. You can find more hand-painted erotic curtains @ the artist's ebay auctions...Read More
Lady Gaga is a boy?!
Filed by Michael Buckley | November 02, 2009 | 8:00 AM |YouTuber's Featured in this video: Please subscribe to these talented people! 5 Awesome Optimists Slyth66 Geekella TheFineBros...Read More
Call The Transgender Language Police!
Filed by Father Tony | November 01, 2009 | 5:30 PM |Although Wilton Manors (Fort Lauderdale) is a diverse community any day of the year, on Halloween, even fluid identities get delightfully scrambled. Yesterday, at the annual Wicked Manors festival, the emcee, local drag queen Misty Eyez, had a tough time...Read More
One Human Family - It Works In Key West
Filed by Father Tony | November 01, 2009 | 2:30 PM |The "Official Philosophy" of Key West is written in tile near the Aids Memorial on the beach at the end of Duval Street. Among the locals ("conchs"), this way of life is more than just a marketing effort. Having lived...Read More
Drag Memorabilia: Club 82
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | November 01, 2009 | 1:00 PM |Bilerico readers are the best! I posted a vintage shot of Finocchio's recently and was delighted by all the background history you provided. I do exhaustive image searches for everything and anything related to sexual history but don't have the...Read More
Sunday Funnies: InfoMania's 'Conversion'
Filed by Waymon Hudson | November 01, 2009 | 11:30 AM |The brilliant and irreverent satirist Bryan Safi, from my favorite nerdy show on my favorite nerdy channel - InfoMania, is back exploring more LGBT issues and stereotypes as they are portrayed by the clueless media and pop culture. This clip...Read More
Sunday Funnies: InfoMania's 'Conversion'
Filed by Waymon Hudson | November 01, 2009 | 11:30 AM |The brilliant and irreverent satirist Bryan Safi, from my favorite nerdy show on my favorite nerdy channel - InfoMania, is back exploring more LGBT issues and stereotypes as they are portrayed by the clueless media and pop culture. This clip...Read More
Lindsay Lohan Makeup Tutorial
Filed by Michael Buckley | November 01, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment question of the Day: 1. What is your favorite costume of all time?...Read More
