Entertainment: August 2011
'Gaypon': The LGBT-friendly Groupon
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 31, 2011 | 4:00 PM |A new website is looking to offer deals-of-the-day that support LGBT-friendly businesses and whose proceeds benefit LGBT advocacy organizations. Read More
Baseball's a Drag: Vintage Crossdressing Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 31, 2011 | 2:00 PM |I'm assuming this was for a gag though some of the guys look way more comfortable than others, don't you think?Read More
Foo Fighters Take a Truckstop Shower Together [NSFW]
Filed by Bil Browning | August 31, 2011 | 12:00 PM |I'm not sure if this is really not safe for work, but if your boss is a prude it'd be best to skip this video.Read More
LA Porn Industry Stops Filming After Performer Tests HIV+
Filed by Karen Ocamb | August 31, 2011 | 8:00 AM |A porn industry group alerted LA-based studios on Monday that a performer had tested positive for HIV. As a result, the studios temporarily shut down production while testing is conducted on actors known that performed with the potentially infected star.Read More
Chaz Bono to Appear on 'Dancing with the Stars'
Filed by Karen Ocamb | August 30, 2011 | 6:00 PM |Entertainment Weekly reports that Chaz Bono will be in the new cast of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, a popular reality show that return for its 13th season on Sept. 19. Read More
Having a Ball: Vintage Drag Party
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 30, 2011 | 4:00 PM |No idea where or when this was taken, sadly, but I'm guessing this festive event took place in the late 1940s or early 1950s going by the clothes. Any fashion mavens think they can pin the date down?Read More
Taking a Closer Look at VMA Winner Tyler the Creator
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 30, 2011 | 8:00 AM |Much of the public was first introduced to Tyler the Creator during Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards, after the young rapper won an award for Best New Artist. He also writes some of the most violently anti-gay and misogynistic music currently enjoying mainstream recognition.Read More
Amy Winehouse Died Clean?
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 29, 2011 | 3:00 PM |Amy Winehouse's system may have been clean when she died, but that doesn't mean the drugs and/or alcohol didn't kill her.Read More
Scarlet Betch: Hurricane Edition
Filed by Jason Tseng | August 29, 2011 | 1:30 PM |Hurricanes can't get a comic nerd down! Anthony and I battle the odds and the elements to bring you this special hurricane edition of Scarlet Betch!Read More
Drag Queen Risks Fabulous Outfit to Unleash Sexual Revolution
Filed by Ed Kennedy | August 29, 2011 | 9:00 AM |Coming out can often feel like jumping from the high dive for the first time, but it always easier with a fairy godmother.Read More
Legendary Paris Dupree Has Passed On
Filed by Viktor Kerney | August 26, 2011 | 6:15 PM |This week, the Grand Dame of the NYC Ballroom scene, Paris Dupree passed on. Paris was one of the powerful House mothers in New York and one of the stars of the legendary documentary, Paris Is Burning.Read More
My First Gay Role Model
Filed by Viktor Kerney | August 26, 2011 | 1:30 PM |When I was younger, I wasn't even sure if gay people really existed - until I saw The Revenge of the Nerds on HBO. That's when I was introduced to Lamar, my first gay role model.Read More
Scarlet Betch: Sexy Furries!
Filed by Jason Tseng | August 25, 2011 | 3:30 PM |We're back this week discussing the latest and greatest in gay comic book news. We get down and dirty with all the sexy furries out in the nerdverse recently.Read More
Two Evil Mints in One: lesbian pulp fiction
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 25, 2011 | 11:00 AM |They're pagans! And they're lesbians! Two things that frighten fundies all rolled up in one! Yum. Read More
Don Lemon Foiled Again by the Transgender Thing
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 25, 2011 | 10:00 AM |The media must move beyond questions about surgery and facial hair, and ask how trans people are navigating in the world. Read More
'Circumstance' Film Explores Lesbian Love And Protest In Iran
Filed by Kyle Bella | August 25, 2011 | 9:00 AM |Maryam Keshavarz's dramatic and award-winning film, Circumstance, opens tomorrow. Must see. Read More
Beginners: Growing Up in Dad's Closet
Filed by Paige Schilt | August 23, 2011 | 5:00 PM |It's not surprising that stories of fathers coming out late in life remain largely in the shadows. Ours are not the affirming, heart-warming "I love my gay dads" stories of the gayby boom.Read More
Hard & Harder: Vintage Gay Pulp
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 23, 2011 | 4:30 PM |A classic cover with all of the exaggerations in the right places, it got the motor running before you even looked inside. Read More
Real Presidents Don't Read Novels?
Filed by Bil Browning | August 23, 2011 | 1:00 PM |This year, Obama brought three books with him to Martha's Vineyard and then stopped by a local shop to pick up five more. So what's Obama reading?Read More
Bikinis & Kisses: '70s Lesbian Porn
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 22, 2011 | 6:00 PM |Apparently a lot of people killed Cock Robin, but this is the only cock who did her. Sadly, can't find anything about it but I think they deserve an award for the title.Read More
Comment of the Week: Luminum on Glee, The Movie
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 21, 2011 | 7:00 PM |So what if they left us out of the movie. They love us, don't they? Don't they?Read More
Scarlet Betch 56: Spectacles Edition!
Filed by Jason Tseng | August 20, 2011 | 12:00 PM |We're back discussing the latest and greatest in gay comic book news. Anthony and Jason decide to rock out with the spectacles out and expose you all to the lovely glare of our computer screens.Read More
Oh Hugh Beast: Vintage Celeb Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 19, 2011 | 10:00 AM |1950s movie star Hugh O'Brien, a body-builder who frequently posed nude and semi-nude, takes a fun stroll with his pup, dressed for success. Read More
'Glee' Movie Continues LGBT Exclusion in 'Born This Way'
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 18, 2011 | 1:00 PM |In May, we saw the specific references to the LGBT community cut out of performances of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." The Glee concert and movie version of the song are also missing the LGBT references. Why?Read More
His & His Alone: Vintage Gay Erotica
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 18, 2011 | 12:00 PM |Here's a fascinating vintage publication from 1969. Wish I knew the artists who contributed to this and whether the series continued. If you know more about it, fill us in!Read More
Upcoming Film 'Gay Dude' Looks to Be Gay 'American Pie'
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 17, 2011 | 1:00 PM |LionsGate Films has begun casting actors - including Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman - for its upcoming film about two best friends (one gay, one straight) who make a pact to lose their virginity before their high school prom.Read More
Adam Levine's Big, Gay Interview with 'Out'
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 17, 2011 | 10:00 AM |In a new cover story with Out magazine, Maroon 5 frontman and The Voice judge Adam Levine talks about his gay brother, suggestions that he's gay himself, and the subtle (or blatant) homophobia on American Idol.Read More
Scarlet Betch: It Gets Really, Really Worse (For Mutants)
Filed by Jason Tseng | August 17, 2011 | 9:00 AM |We're back this week discussing the latest and greatest in gay comic book news.Read More
GLAAD Condemns Adam Carolla's Anti-LGBT Podcast
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 15, 2011 | 5:45 PM |Last week, Adam Carolla blasted the LGBT community in his podcast, saying "please shut up - you're ruining my life" and taking particular issue with the existence of transgender people. Today, GLAAD spoke out about his offensive comments.Read More
A Crash Course in Gay History
Filed by Bil Browning | August 15, 2011 | 5:00 PM |After California passed the FAIR Education Act mandating that LGBT history be taught in schools, the religious right erupted into spasms of batshittery. Stephen Colbert teaches us everything we need to know about our tribe's past.Read More
Hunks in Trunks: Vintage Bodybuilders
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 15, 2011 | 3:00 PM |I wanted to call them "hulks" but "hulks in trulks" didn't quite work. Fabulous vintage photo of three beautiful big men, probably ca. 1960s.Read More
Ricky Martin Gets 'Behind the Music' Treatment
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 15, 2011 | 11:00 AM |VH1's Behind the Music takes a look at Ricky Martin and how, in the past year since he's come out, he's been using his fame as a platform to speak out about equality and LGBT rights. Read More
Bert & Ernie's Big Love
Filed by Jessica Max Stein | August 12, 2011 | 5:00 PM |Why do we speculate on the love lives of puppets? Because it tells us so much about ourselves. Read More
Don't Ask Me: Bizarre Phallic Art [NSFW]
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 12, 2011 | 8:00 AM |Suffice to say that the next time you go dancing, watch out for the flying penii. And if you're a clown, keep your legs closed.Read More
Cornography: Colbert Debuts Second Iowa Ad
Filed by Bil Browning | August 11, 2011 | 3:30 PM |In an e-mail to supporters of Stephen Colbert's SuperPAC, the comedian announced he'll be airing a second television ad touting his fake candidate, "Rick Parry," starting tonight.Read More
Quacks on Bisexuals
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 11, 2011 | 12:00 PM |Some books piss me off at first glance. The only really interesting aspect is that they group our alphabet soups (LGBTQ/BDSM) together. I'm all about making common cause but hell if I accept this author's definitions.Read More
A 'Bewitched' Series Reboot is Coming to CBS
Filed by Viktor Kerney | August 10, 2011 | 3:30 PM |CBS and Sony are working on a script for the remake of the comedy series. They have tapped Marc Lawrence to be the scribe and executive producer of the show. Read More
Change.org Pressures Ernie and Bert to Marry
Filed by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer | August 10, 2011 | 2:30 PM |A new Change.org petition is pressuring Ernie and Bert to get married. Because apparently the only legitimate domestic relationship, even for puppets, is marriage. Read More
10 Things Logo TV Can Do to Be a Better LGBT Network
Filed by Viktor Kerney | August 10, 2011 | 12:30 PM |I remember seeing LOGO's crew promoting the upcoming channel back in 2005. I was excited for our first network showcasing the LGBT community. But, six years later - let's just say, I'm not really pleased. Read More
Luke Evans: Is the Hollywood Closet Back?
Filed by Ed Kennedy | August 09, 2011 | 8:00 AM |Is the Hollywood Closet back? Is America truly not ready for a gay action hero?Read More
Lady Gaga Does Drag for New Single
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 07, 2011 | 12:00 PM |The cover art for the pop singer's new single, "You & I," features Gaga's male alter ego, "Jo Calderone."Read More
Harmony Santana Triumphs In Gun Hill Road
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 06, 2011 | 12:00 PM |Harmony Santana delivers a complex performance portraying the realities of early transition and familial gender politics with an insight rarely achieved in film.Read More
Elton John Cruises Neil Patrick Harris
Filed by Bil Browning | August 05, 2011 | 4:00 PM |It's bad enough I have to share my he-just-doesn't-know-it-husband with Burtka. But I'm putting my foot down on bringing Sir Elton into our treasured relationship.Read More
MTV's New 'Video with a Message' VMA Category
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 05, 2011 | 11:30 AM |The MTV Video Music Awards are honoring the "Best Video with a Message," in a new category. Five of the six nominees are anti-bullying messages, and three of the six feature specific LGBT-related messaging. Read More
J. Edgar Hoover Biopic Gets Oscar-Ready Release Date
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 04, 2011 | 6:00 PM |The new biopic about the most-likely-gay director of the FBI - written by Dustin Ian Black and directed by Clint Eastwood - will be released on November 9, just in time for Academy Awards buzz. Read More
12 Year Old Covers Lady Gaga Song
Filed by Bil Browning | August 04, 2011 | 10:00 AM |When I was in middle school I won first place in a couple of statewide singing competitions. As soon as I hit puberty my singing career went down in flames. Let's hope the same thing doesn't happen to this kid.Read More
Tori Spelling Is a Hoarder
Filed by Bil Browning | August 03, 2011 | 5:00 PM |Have you seen Funny or Die's Hoarders spoof starring Tori Spelling? She collects gays.Read More
You Can Lead an Addict to Rehab, But...
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 03, 2011 | 3:00 PM |In light of Amy Winehouse's death, we must reflect: Addiction takes the place of coping. That's why it's never enough to just stop. That's why I think most recovery programs are basically about addicts learning how to cope without drugs and alcohol.Read More
Inside GLAAD's 5th Annual Network Responsibility Index
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 03, 2011 | 12:00 PM |GLAAD's annual report analyzing the amount of LGBT representation in TV programming was released today. It demonstrates great LGBT success for youth-oriented networks, but across-the-board struggles for trans representation. Read More
70s Bondage: Vintage Leather Hunks [NSFW]
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 02, 2011 | 2:00 PM |I've been doing a bunch of bondage research and came upon this vintage delight. "Ramsey Reese, Top Man," was published in Canada in the 1970s, but it still looks hot and fresh today!Read More
Three Gay Men and a Baby?
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 02, 2011 | 9:30 AM |Adam Sandler may be producing a remake of Three Men and a Baby that reimagines the lead characters as three gay men in a committed relationship. The three men would be played by Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade. Read More
Outdoor Bondage: Vintage Magazine Photos
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 01, 2011 | 6:30 PM |It's almost surprising to see a guy with an average nice body. The muscle crazy is OK, but when it comes down to getting down, real bodies are still sexiest for me. Read More
'Leatherman of the Century' Tells His Tale
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | August 01, 2011 | 2:00 PM |Leather folk worldwide know Chuck Renslow as the owner of the legendary Gold Coast, Chicago's first leather bar; owner of the Chicago Eagle and Man's Country; founder of the annual International Mr. Leather contest; and a founder of the Leather Archives & Museum.Read More
Adam Lambert: Behind the Music
Filed by Bil Browning | August 01, 2011 | 1:30 PM |Adam Lambert has a "Behind the Music" special coming up on VH1. The American Idol contestant talks about coming out and being in the closet for the television show. Read More
