Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (March 7, 2008)

Did you mean to say his man?The Ameera story is painfully awful. The portrayal of the DHS is knee-slappingly bad. I can't wait for Nuke to start a new story arc.

Thanks.

Love your column. But you are seriously coming off as whiny and annoying when it comes to Simon on AI. Grow a thicker skin, and get over it. Jeez. This is also not the first time where you come off as being over sensitive which causes you to over react. Yes, he gay baits Ryan (which usually Ryan starts, btw, for the most part), and it gets cringe worthy and head ache inducing. But besides that, did you not notice that Simon is also the most well spoken, lucid, and have actual constructive criticism as opposed to the two clowns to his right?

If anything, you should be taking offense to Paula's incoherent ramblings that take up precious screen time. So, bottom line, grow a thicker skin, don't take offense to things while there isn't any offense to take, and stop being a cry baby and attacking people when it's not really warranted.

1. "Michael" - franz ferdinand
2. "Take Your Mama' - scissor sisters
3. "Everything Possible" - the flirtations
4. "For Today i Am A Boy," 5. "Frankenstein - antony and the johnsons
6. "Only One Life" - michael feinstein
7. "My Mother Had A Brother" - george michael......
8. "One Man Guy," 9. "Gay Messiah," - rufus wainwright
10. "The Man I Love" - ivri lider
11. "Man Outta Me" - levi kreis
12. "Billy Brown" - mika
13. Strange" - the feeling
14. "Origin of Love (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) - john cameron mitchell

incidentaly.. only the group franz ferdinand is straight... all songs mentioned are about gays and are sung by out gay men (except for mika... who's in the glass closet)... and it's nice to see antony and the johnsons singing about pre-op transexuals with their songs "For Today I Am A Boy" and "Frankenstein" and with mika's song "Billy Brown" dealing with bisexuality...... so LGBT is fully represented (i'm sure there are lesbian songs by indigo girls but i did not include it here... maybe afterellen can have their own compilation).... two songs i don't know if they are explicitly about homosexuality- "Strange" by The feeling and "Only One Life' by michael feinstein.

afhickman

"It takes a village (to make Village People)"

"10,000 BC" looks like a string of cliches to me. From "You have a great destiny" to the sabre-tooth lion cum Alien heavy-breathing on our hero. As for House and Wilson, I saw it coming from episode 1. At first I thought Wilson was House's Poe-like alter ego, because he never seemed to appear in scenes with other cast members. But I think that love was always waiting in the wings. A number of videos on youtube have been exploring this theme for ages. As for gay songs (who comes up with this stuff?), at least four MIAs: Mabel Mercer's "Ballad of the Sad Young Men," Dusty Springfield's "Closet Man," David Bowie's "All the Young Dudes," and Magnetic Fields' "Papa Was a Rodeo." Of course, I've been writing them myself for years, but don't get me started....

Ben Ferguson came across as such an idiot in that interview. Spouting off about how a gay kiss from NUKE "pushes an agenda", as if simply featuring the storyline doesn't push said "agenda". It's a gay storyline. Period. There are gay couples, Ben. Slice of life. It doesn't have to be "pushing" anything, just showing it like it is.

As for "raiden251", you are way off-base about the Simon/Idol thing. Simon has repeatedly shown his negative attitude toward guys who came across as effeminate, even going so far as to tell auditioning guys they should have performed their song "in a dress" + making other snide comments. He's done it w/ contestants like AJ Tabaldo (who sang the hell out of "Feelin' Good" in season 6) and others.

It's possible to be over-sensitive, granted, but it's also possible to let people get away w/ too much.

As far as I'm aware, the lead singer of Franz Ferdinand is gay. Apparently he's pretty much known in the music industry as the gay indie from Scotland lol.

So House and Wilson might be in love? I don't watch the show, mainly because I assumed there was nothing gay in it lol. Maybe I shall start watching now ;).

I'm surprised at Simon Cowell though...he doesn't come across at all as homophobic when he's in the UK doing The X Factor.

is me! Thank you, Michael, for including my suggestion in your article. Thanks, markie27 and afhickman, for your lists; I can't wait to check those out! I could only think of one other song this morning: "When My Boy Walks Down the Street" by the Magnetic Fields. Although, I sometimes pretend "I'm Waiting for My Man" by the Velvet Underground isn't about what it's about and is, well, more gay (and "Here Comes Your Man" by the Pixies for that matter), but that's a lot less satisfying than a full-on gay love song.

I wonder how long noah has to stay married to ameera?

...from watching other soaps before, I hope it is not too long because, er....she could start developing real feelings for him and try and tear them apart. I doubt they'll do that, but at this point, who the hell knows? EH

Granted, not exactly multi-platinum, but still some affirming music. The song titles are a bit intense, like the lyrics, so in the interest of decency, I'll list them spelled the way iTunes does:

• "A Fem in a Black Leather Jacket"
• "Anthem"
• "I'm gonna Be a S**t"
• "Horny in the Morning"
• "Dick of Death"
• "Bad Boyfriend"
• "James Bondage"
• "Vanilla"
• "Alpine Skiing"
• "Groovy Underwear"
• "No protection"
• "Political A*****e"
• "The C********r Club"
• "Homo Christmas"
• "He whipped my a** in Tennis"

Oddly, I'd been listening to "The Essential Pansy Division" for the first time in months yesterday, feeling the need for something more fun that the usual jazz. There may be gayer songs out there in the world, but I'm not sure how...

Didn't you get that Alex's father is living with another man called "Uncle Tommy" -- and he's played by DP Chris Doyle? That plus the casting of Mike Nivens -- pure, unadulterated eye-candy. PLUS there's Gus regular Seth Green who lures Alex to the railroad yard where the fateful event occurs. IT BE GAY, DUDE!

As for House, gay subtext (or even main text) would be no problem for Hugh Laurie whose best pal and frequent collaborator is the Unspeakably Fabulous Stephen Fry. Not sure House would make such great boyfriend material, however. We've all dumped guys exactly like him.

American Idol? Is there anybody straight on that show? It's a cheap insult any way you look at it. And it's in a race to the bottom with Big Brother for "Most Loathesome Show on Television."

YUCK!

Great show, but I hate Reubens and his character. Make him go away asap and please don't let him be the gay character. It will ruin my favorite show on television! I'm cringing at the thought of it.

If they bring Reubens back next season I'll have to fast forward through his scenes... and unfortunately once I start fast forwarding through scenes of a show I usually just stop recording it and move on.

And yes, I want them to do more with Olive and Alfredo.

This show is so inventive. I hope it doesn't self destruct.

I really enjoy this band, and 'Michael' is one of my favorite songs! I just love the fact that it's a male singer, asking 'Michael' to dance with him, etc... I'm going to listen to it right now :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OH7NhwZlj4 

Just off the top of my head:

Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other) - Willie Nelson

I Like Mike - Jay Spears

Two Guys Kissin' Ruined My Life - Tom Smith

and possibly Deeper Into You by Johnny Hazzard, just because it's sung by a gay porn star.

Just Some Guy by Anthony Rapp 

Of course there are others on the CD, but that one's the sweetest.

Don't trouble yourself Doctor -- I'm a celebrity, I'll write my own prescription.

I've been watching House pretty much from the beginning and there have been lots of gayish remarks made by House toward Wilson. It was always done sort of tongue in cheek but with no punch line, like House referring to eating lunch with Wilson as "a date". Kind of "ha ha" and then "well, maybe". And Wilson has always seemed kind of gay. Like he actually might be in love with House but is too intellectually astute to get mixed up with a head case like House. Just a feeling I've always had.

 

 

I say we take the warning labels off everything and let nature take it's course.

The comments about gay Disney characters made me want to post this link. David Kawena has a gallery of art he's done reimagining Disney heroes as pin-up boys. Not quite germane to the topic, but surprisingly hot for cartoons.

Raiden251 above is more concerned with Paula's rambling than wih Simon Cowell telling America that it's OK to hate anything and anyone gay. Sad. That "grow a thick skin" bullshit don't play, baby. What if blacks had just shrugged off every instance of a TV show host dehumanizing them without saying anything? We HAVE thick goddamned skins. We NEED to stand up for ourselves more often and not let dehumanizing comments on TV just slide by uncontested.

Hmm... right now, I'm with you about Oscar. (I would think it's Alfredo if he weren't so strung up on Olive, but...) And he's going to be on another episode, says IMDB (as I'm sure you saw), but we've only seen him on... one, right? Yeah, the smelly one.

Anyway. House/Wilson is so canon it's insane. The latest episode just cemented it for me.

I'm pretty sure Raúl Esparza (Alfredo) has been on the show twice now.  

And didn't the funeral director die? I know he had a twin, but I thought he died too -- I mean, they both died.

If it wasn't for the "not a regular" part, I would say Swoosie Kurtz's Aunt Lily.

And what about Molly Shannon's character, the daffy taffy lady? I read somewhere that she would be back (maybe even a regular).

Or even Manuel, the hunky night janitor seen in the famous "Hopelessly Devoted to You" number:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QSuDlYylW74

Oh, the possibilities.

- Kirby, moviedearest.blogspot.com

 

I can't stand her. I hope she is out of there ASAP. I can't believe that Noah finally tells Luke he loves him and it's after he decides to marry some B he doesn't even know. I did like how Luke got teary-eyed when he asked Noah if he loved him. If it was me I would have let them ship her back.I hope your sources are right about the story. BB9 is unwatchable but then I never liked it. Last but not least I think Simon needs to drop the homophobic comments and he and Ryan need to stop the little snide comments to each other. It has gotten so tedious. Simon is usually right on with his critiques but he is such a jerk about it. I really think Simon needs to go. He looks like he is constipated and doesn't want to be there. He could just keep producing and counting his money. After the show is over Paula really needs to go into rehab.

I have it on good authority from a family member in the industry who is close friends with Simon Cowell that he is as queer as they come. Just to inform.

afhickman

"It takes a village (to make Village People)"

Hugh Laurie thinks he's being snubbed in Britain. Here's part of an interview which appears on http://www.bbc.co.uk/ : "The award-winning star told the Radio Times the hours on the show are 'relentless' and he has not been offered any work in his home country. 'The door slammed behind me, and that's it. There's a notion that I've sold out,' said the performer. Laurie added that he would 'love to do anything' with Stephen Fry again, his former Jeeves and Wooster co-star."