Our sisters over at AfterEllen.com posted an intriguing entry about songs written or performed by straight artists about lesbians. Let's take a look at the flip side: Ten songs written or performed by straight artists about gay (or, in one case, transgender) men. (In no particular order except #1.)

10. Rod Stewart: "The Killing of Georgie Part 1 & 2"

In 1976, Rod Stewart wrote and recorded this song about a gay boy named Georgie, who moved to New York City and met an untimely end.

Sample Lyric

In these days of changing ways, so called liberated days, a story comes to mind of a friend of mine. Georgie boy was gay I guess, nothin' more or nothin' less, the kindest guy I ever knew. His mother's tears fell in vain the afternoon George tried to explain that he needed love like all the rest. Pa said there must be a mistake how can my son not be straight, after all I've said and done for him.

9. The Kinks: "Lola"

1970's "Lola" was one of the biggest hits for The Kinks, and was about a naive young man who falls in love with a girl with "something extra". The matter of fact way it was treated was quite daring for the time, and according to Ray Davies, was based on a true story.

Sample Lyric

I met her in a club down in old Soho where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Cherry Cola C-O-L-A Cola. She walked up to me and she asked me to dance. I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola" L-O-L-A Lola, lo lo lo Lola Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy, but when she squeesed me tight she nearly broke my spine

Kinks - Lola (Top Of The Pops 1970)
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Eight more straight songs about gay men after the break!

In our latest Two Gay Guys vlog, Brent and I examine what happens when we criticize those writers, directors, actors and others who don't get gay representation quite the way we think they should. We look at what happened recently with As the World Turns -- and twenty years ago with Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia. How much criticism is warranted and what are the downsides. It's a complicated issue with no easy answers. Well, at least we got a nice afternoon at the zoo out of it!

I admit it: I’m addicted to movie lists. Everything from the AFI’s list to "The 50 Best Date Movies Ever" gets my attention, and the more random, the better ("Greatest Pizza Moments on Film", anyone?). I can’t get enough of ‘em.

This is exactly why visiting Entertainment Weekly’s online division never fails to make me ridiculously happy: there’s always some new list to peruse and debate over. Their latest, "The 50 Best Movie Tearjerkers Ever" (see the top 25 HERE), is pure genius. Filled with loads of great movies, the list provides the reasoning behind each film’s inclusion and even pinpoints each film’s "Kleenex Moment"; the scene guaranteed to reduce the viewer to a sobbing, blubbery mess. Best of all, the list includes several notable gay titles.

Philadelphia (at a respectable 35th place) is the first to make the cut. Says EW.com:

It's rare that a movie with all-male headliners is a weeper. But when there's a fatal illness involved, the crying's anyone's game. Tom Hanks plays Andrew Beckett, an attorney wrongfully canned by his firm for having AIDS, and Denzel Washington is the attorney who fights for his rights. Hanks' Oscar-winning portrayal of a dying man is second to none; overacting would have killed the otherwise thin role, but his quiet, heroic demeanor is perfect.

See the gays films that made the top 25, after the break.