Entertainment: February 2011
Scarlet Betch Episode 37
Filed by Jason Tseng | February 28, 2011 5:00 PM |Hey Betches! We're back this week bringing you the latest queer comic book news! We got inundated with X-books this week. Something like four X-titles all came out on the same day! As much as we love our muties, I...Read More
Princeton Swim Team Does Katy Perry
Filed by Bil Browning | February 28, 2011 8:30 AM |What week isn't complete without a video of cute and half-naked boys lipsynching to a Katy Perry number? Let's start this one off with the Princeton swim team and a teenage dream. There, don't you feel refreshed and ready to...Read More
Roman Polanski Gets Standing Ovation because He Raped a Girl
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 26, 2011 4:00 PM |Last night Alberto turned on the TV for the first time this year to watch the Césars (the French Oscars). I ignored it until they got to the Best Director award, which they gave to Roman Polanski. I didn't see...Read More
Queer Music Friday: Natalia Zukerman
Filed by Leone Kraus | February 25, 2011 6:00 PM |Last summer, I had the pleasure of interviewing folk singer, Natalia Zukerman on how she uses social media to stay connected with her fans while on the road. A lot has gone down since we last spoke. Earlier this year,...Read More
New Jeremy Scott SLVR X Line for Adidas Unveiled
Filed by Father Tony | February 24, 2011 8:30 AM |BASE, 939 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, is where you go either to acquire or to adorn a hip lifestyle. I joined the Friday night crowd of LGBTwinks who had assembled for the unveiling of the 2011 Jeremy Scott SLVR...Read More
Female Wrestling: 1900 v. 1950s
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 23, 2011 2:30 PM |Two photos, 50 years apart, beginning with this ca. 1900 images of the wrestling Bennett Sisters:...Read More
Lady Gaga Saves the World from Target
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 23, 2011 9:30 AM |Gag: "That discussion was one of the most intense conversations I've ever had in a business meeting," Lady Gaga said. "Part of my deal with Target is that they have to start affiliating themselves with LGBT charity groups and begin...Read More
Dancing in Panties
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 22, 2011 4:30 PM |Nothing wrong with two 1950s women dancing around in their panties, is there? Of course not. In fact, they look pretty darn cute together....Read More
Margaret Cho: Please Marry Me
Filed by Anthony Carter | February 21, 2011 6:00 PM |I have never been with a woman. It is my passionate plea that any and everyone who reads this let Margaret Cho know that I am single and available. I know what you're thinking. She's married; you're gay. Simple mistake,...Read More
Caption This: Team Jesus
Filed by Bil Browning | February 21, 2011 10:00 AM |It's Presidents' Day and while some folks might have the day off, here at Bilerico we'll be wrestling with all the day's LGBT news and opinion just like normal. Speaking of wrestling, let's kick the holiday off with some funny....Read More
How To Make A Heart With Your Hands
Filed by Michael Buckley | February 20, 2011 8:00 AM |How to make a heart with your hands! I love you for watching!!...Read More
Queer Music Friday - Black Madam
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 18, 2011 5:00 PM |Hip-hop artist Black Madam is in the news this week because she's a person of interest in the death of another woman. Here's her video for "Come on in my Kitchen." I'm not going to put up any more of...Read More
Pioneering Facts of Life Star and Disability Activist Comes Out
Filed by Jessica Max Stein | February 17, 2011 10:30 AM |Ever wish that smoldering Jo Polniaczek on 80s sitcom The Facts of Life was a dyke? Well, keep wishing. But the show's recurring guest star Geri Jewell has come out as a lesbian in her upcoming memoir, I'm Walking as...Read More
The Rosie O'Donnell Comic Book
Filed by Bil Browning | February 15, 2011 3:30 PM |Just when you think you've seen the last of Rosie O'Donnell, another pop culture reference will jump out and grab you. This time queer-owned graphic novel company Bluewater Productions, will feature O'Donnell in a 32 page comic called Female Force:...Read More
Almost Naked Cute Guys Booty Dancing
Filed by Bil Browning | February 15, 2011 8:30 AM |Let's start this morning out with a call for gender equality or something. Apparently, these two gentlemen were upset that their videos kept being removed from YouTube as too explicit, so they decided to start copying some of the videos...Read More
Stefon Returns to SNL
Filed by Bil Browning | February 14, 2011 4:00 PM |Just in time for Valentine's Day, ongoing character, Stefon, makes a comeback to Saturday Night Live. There's been some debate lately on whether or not the stereotypical portrayal of Stefon is offensive - or even whether or not the character...Read More
Podcast Interview Series: Denise and Donna, Hosts of The Lesbian Lounge
Filed by Leone Kraus | February 12, 2011 2:00 PM |This is the last installment of my three-part podcast profile series. Earlier we heard from Phil Reese of Same Sex Sunday and Ben and Dave of The Six Pack. Now we're going to hear from two women who cover celebrity...Read More
Scarlet Betch Episode 36
Filed by Jason Tseng | February 12, 2011 12:00 PM |Hey, betches! We're back this week bringing you the latest queer comic book news! Given that the award season is at a fever pitch right now, we decide to give out some superlatives of our own. We chat about Wonder...Read More
Queer Music Friday - New Kids on the Block
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 11, 2011 5:00 PM |OMG, we're going straight to my childhood here. I remember how this song from the New Kids on the Block (whose member Jonathan Knight confirmed that he's out last week) was turned into some sort of anti-drug/safe schools/be good PSA...Read More
Gay Porn Site CorbinFisher.com Takes Copyright Violators to Court
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 11, 2011 1:00 PM |CorbinFisher.com, a gay porn site that specializes in white models who often pretend to be straight (Mason Wyler got his start there as a "straight" guy), is planning on taking copyright violators to court: That grace period ended on February...Read More
Lady Gaga's 'Gay Anthem' to Be Distributed by Target
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 11, 2011 9:30 AM |Bil's been writing about commercial exploitation of gay teen suicide lately, but any discussion of the recent phenomenon isn't complete without talking about the over-hyped single expected from Lady Gaga, in which she co-opts a decades-old gay phrase that's safe...Read More
Dr Phil Doesn't Want 'Confused' Boys to Play with Girls' Toys
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 10, 2011 2:00 PM |I don't particularly like Dr. Phil's brand of pop psychology, which is more focused on being normal than it is on being happy. No matter how many times he asks "How's that working for you?" it's fairly clear that he...Read More
Interview with Comedian Erin Foley: We Talk Buttered Rolls, Twitter and PR
Filed by Leone Kraus | February 10, 2011 1:00 PM |I always love meeting comedians. To me, they're like really funny public relations representatives who have to market themselves and communicate in a way that both engages and attracts an audience. This includes their skits and communications via their social...Read More
Licking Your Own Penis & Katy Perry's Huge Boobs
Filed by Michael Buckley | February 09, 2011 8:00 AM |Silly Comment Questions of the Day: (Answer any or all!) 1. Are your boobs too big, too small or just right? 2. Have you been to a gay wedding? Do you know where Bahrain is? 3. Can you lick...Read More
Lesbian Lunch: Tabatha, Take Over My Life!
Filed by Mark S. King | February 06, 2011 11:30 AM |For my final Lesbian Lunch, I'd like to admit the truth, so brace yourself. I have a total gay guy crush on Tabatha Coffey. The snow-haired vixen hosts Bravo's Tabatha's Salon Takeover with an icy stare and the confidence of...Read More
NYC's LGBT Synagogue Chorus In Concert
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | February 05, 2011 4:00 PM |Next Sunday, February 13, the Community Chorus of NYC's Congregration Beth Simchat Torah, the oldest and largest LGBT synagogue in the world, will hold its annual concert at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York City, at 3:00...Read More
Lesbian Lunch: Katy Perry 'Kisses' with Ellen
Filed by Mark S. King | February 05, 2011 12:00 PM |Two of pop culture's most likable gals sing their hearts out about kissing a girl. And liking it. And one of them really, really does. Katy Perry made an appearance on Ellen's Bathroom Concert Series a few months ago (okay,...Read More
Queer Music Friday - Kaoz
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 04, 2011 5:00 PM |Rod posted this video today of openly gay rapper Kaoz, doing some spoken word and then an interview, which gets emotional at around 8:00. I love, though, that he calls it "the gift of being gay" (around 12:00) and then...Read More
If the Religious Right Would Just Take Art Appreciation 101
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 02, 2011 3:00 PM |This is your laugh of the day. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's board of regents voted to support the museum secretary's decision to remove David Wojnarowicz's "Fire in My Belly" from an exhibition a few months back. Here's the punchline:...Read More
Darling Demoiselles: Naughty Postcards Video
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 02, 2011 2:30 PM |A new, delightfully breezy and totally retro video from my YouTube Erotogaphica collection featuring a hot selection of yummy ladies from the Roaring 20s. Models, showgirls, and women of easy virtue oh my! (Not to mention stockings, garters, chiffon, and...Read More
Where No Gays Have Gone Before
Filed by Leslie Robinson | February 01, 2011 1:30 PM |Brannon Braga, who produced many of the episodes and feature films in the Star Trek universe, told AfterElton.com that the franchise's lack of gay characters was "a shame." His new show, Terra Nova, so far also has no gay characters....Read More
