Gay Icons and History: July 2012
The Wrap: Outfest History [Photos, Videos & Other Notes]
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 29, 2012 2:30 PM |At the height of the AIDS epidemic gay films, the very act of producing and showing them, seemed like a middle finger to the horrific, inculcated homophobia pervading society and infecting our collective unconsciousness.Read More
Lesbians In Space
Filed by Davina Kotulski | July 27, 2012 11:00 AM |Call me a buzz kill, however I think it's really a shame that Sally Ride was ashamed of being out about being a woman who was in a committed relationship. It's scarier to come out of the closet than it is to fly into space on a space shuttle?Read More
Did Astronaut Sally Ride Come Out Too Late?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 25, 2012 6:30 PM |There's been some minor controversy lately after astronaut Sally Ride came out in her obituary. While out to family and friends, she never came out publicly while she was alive. But did she have a responsibility to do it?Read More
Batman: When the Dark Knight Was Gay
Filed by Tyrion Lannister | July 23, 2012 12:00 PM |One of the most important episodes in Batman's metamorphosis centered around the startling accusation that Batman and Robin were gay and might seed impressionable youths with homosexual fantasies.Read More
Openly Gay NAACP Civil Rights Pioneer Willis Edwards Dead at 66
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 15, 2012 1:00 PM |Willis Edwards, the openly gay, openly HIV-positive longtime president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP, has died. He was 66. The cause of the death was not immediately released.Read More
Asteroid Named After Frank Kameny
Filed by Bil Browning | July 11, 2012 12:30 PM |In a fitting tribute to a former government astrologer turned gay rights pioneer, an amateur astronomer has named an asteroid he discovered "Frankkameny."Read More
Auf Wiedersehen Little Hero
Filed by Leslie Robinson | July 02, 2012 10:00 AM |Consider Gad Beck's attempt to rescue his Jewish boyfriend during World War II. He donned a Hitler Youth uniform and entered a deportation center to free Manfred Lewin. Thereby setting a ridiculously high bar for standing by your manRead More
