Will Young at the Jingle Bell Ball in London (Getty)
Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.
- Out cutie Will Young attended Capitol Radio's "Jingle Bell Ball" in London last night. The 2002 Pop Idol winner released his fourth album Let It Go in September.
- The New York Times profiles YouTube phenom Michael Buckley, who's managed to become rich by saying snarky things about celebrities (hmm...). The article also offhandedly mentions his husband, and the fact that it's said in passing is kinda great.
- Yesterday we blogged about Natalie Portman and her adoration for Sean Penn's Golden Globe nominated performance in Milk. Now Jane Fonda has jumped on the Penn bandwagon and is heaping praise on the portrayal. She talks about him "channeling" Harvey Milk, and since she campaigned with the man thirty years ago, she knows whereof she speaks.
- Above you can see the trailer for Real World: Brooklyn, which premieres on MTV on January 7th. This looks to be one of the more disturbing seasons, with gay cast member J.D. and transgender cast member Katelynn enduring the typical screaming and fights, plus lots of tears, breaking of furniture and ... mice in the bed?
- Finally, in disappointing but not unexpected news, yesterday's "Day Without A Gay" protest fizzled, at least in San Francisco (how did it go where you are?)
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on Thu, 2008-12-11 19:48.
Wow
haha
i got an aircraft 'commercial' and thought it was part of the show. i thought "oh this looks interesting..."
...anyways, i don't watch 'the real world' or anything on MTV. I don't know how anyone can. nothing but rich, spoiled brats who get paid for being exactly that. PFT
Not a one
Nobody at work that I knew of as "eligable" called in as gay. I can't say I'm disappointed, it was an ill conceived idea. It sounded like something cooked up by a bunch of 19 year old sales clerks. Leaving coworkers in a lurch is not going to impress anybody (it's certainly not going to help fight the stereotype of gays being flighty.) Go to work, be the best person at work and be out. That's a formula for changing minds.
I was debating gay marriage with a Sarah Palin wannabe coworker and stopped in the middle to say "before we go any futher, I want you to know that I'm gay. I want you to know now so you don't say anthing you'll feel bad about later." It blew her mind (the woman had zero gaydar) and she started asking me questions, some stupid, some good. About two weeks later, she was discussing me with her brother and because she was so positive about the experience he came out to her (once again blowing her mind.) She's still very right wing (don't get her started on global warming) but supports her brother and was against prop 8.
Those aren't the kind of results you get by not showing up.
Teriffic story CthulhuKid
That's gay actiism like Momma used to make!
"Day Without Gay" was poorly planned and barely thought out at all. You can't just announce somethign and expect the whole gay world to get in line. What this needed was a lengthy peiod of discussions -- public forums -- held all over the place. I would venture to say tons of LBGT people neevr heard of it if they hadn't chanced across an internet item.
Day Without Me
I told a coworker about the whole day without gay concept on Monday, but told her I had no plans to participate. Then on Wendesday I actually was sick and did not go into work. On Thursday I could not for the life of me convince her I took a day off because I was sick rather than in protest. It was quite hilarious.
The whole idea seemed pretty silly. If you worked at a place that protects gay people from discrimination, as I do, then why punish your employers by taking the day off? If you work at a place that could fire you for being gay, why risk punishing yourself? It all seemed very poorly thought out. At least it continues to show people are engaged and ready to do something. If we can continue this energy through the next few years, we can see some actual legislative gains.
Hmm...
Why single out the gay kid?
Day without...excuses
Like a lot of folks my staying home would have left my team mates in a bind during a real rough patch. So instead it became a "teachable" moment. I explained what the idea of the day was, that though I thought the idea was dumb, that the protest was legitimate. Most of my coworkers get it anyway.
Nous Sommes Tous Sauvages.