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Cultural Institution Sir Ian McKellen In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual 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.
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And today's Briefs are brought to you by... Submitted by on Wed, 2008-04-09 15:57. AfterElton Briefs: Christian hits "Supermodel", W.H. Auden's surprisingly dirty lost poem, and more!
In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual 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.
And today's Briefs are brought to you by... Submitted by on Wed, 2008-03-19 18:02. To Make a Long Story Short ... Savage checks in, Rosie checks out, and more!
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Submitted by on Thu, 2007-11-08 12:58. To Make a Long Story Short ... Viggo's big scene, Jordin's big single, and more
Preview MP3 of Jordin Sparks new single, "Tattoo": Submitted by on Wed, 2007-09-26 09:57. Dan Savage on CNN discussing Larry CraigOne of the most welcome changes wrought by the gay movement is that these days we at least have some gay voices that can reach a mainstream audience and put forth a gay point of view. Case in point is author and gay activist Dan Savage who is a fantastic voice for our community. He recently appeared on CNN putting in context a large part of this story that has gone unreported — namely, why this behavior exists and who engages in it. His is also one of the few voices I've heard expressing the fact that most gay folks are as put off by this behavior as are straight people. When you've got ABC News writing articles with headline such as "Secret Signals: How Gay Men Cruise For Sex" the value of a voice like Dan's can't be underestimated. Here is the clip. Submitted by on Fri, 2007-08-31 13:11. Garrison Keillor's bad example
Yeah, that's right, Garrison wasn't really serious when he said:
It was all tongue-in cheek, you see. Dan Savage over at the SLOG has Garrison's whole "I'm sorry if you're feelings got hurt" apology. Nice example Keillor's setting for Maia, his daughter by his third wife (that's a little something Keillor forgot to mention in his column). Dan does a great job of blowing apart how lame Keillor's Bush-ian apology is, but what got me were the comments posted by Dan's readers. A shocking number of them tell Dan to just get over it and it's not that big of a deal anyway, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Poppycock. Dan Savage has done as much to combat homophobia as almost anyone else out there. He's earned the right to criticize pretty much whomever he wants and if he thinks something is worth criticizing, you can pretty much bet he's right. And he's completely on target to call Keillor out for his bigoted comments. As for those who think 300 and Keillor's homophobia don't matter or aren't enough to worry about, the only reason society has changed as drastically as it has is because of people like Dan being willing to step forward and speak up. And not just in comments. Thanks to Wayman for the head's up on the apology! Submitted by on Mon, 2007-03-19 17:31. |
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