As of today, gay marriage has been legal in Washington state for exactly one year. Has Seattle morphed into an Orwellian dystopia where weeping heterosexual couples are broken up and reassigned to same-sex partners? Are weddings now an underground affair, conducted under the cover of darkness? Let's check in.
The new issue of Vanity Fair features a story called "The Secret Gay Life of the Vatican: Inside a Hidden Netherworld of the Catholic Church." While the full piece is not online, there's an excerpt on the VF website with two really great quotes.
Since its debut earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, Abdellatif Kechiche's eventual Palm d'or-winning Blue Is the Warmest Color has been one of the most discussed movies of the year. The three-hour French-language film features about 10 minutes of explicit lesbian sex over three scenes (including one that…
This morning on Today, Johnny Weir announced that he has officially retired from competitive skating and will not participate in a third Olympic Games. "I get old," he offered up as an explaination. Weir had an additional announcement: He will be joining NBC as an "expert figure skating analyst" — doing commentary on the…
In the September issue of Vanity Fair, the venerable Andre Leon Talley, former editor at Vogue, former judge on America's Next Top Model and current editor-at-large for Numéro Russia, tells writer Vanessa Grigoriadis that he rejects the label "gay."
"They’ll go to those parties—have the lights down low—only those parties where women can go." This piece about lesbians in 1920s Harlem is a great read.
The Pew Research Center just released the results of a new survey detailing the acceptance of homosexuality around the globe. The numbers you see above represent the percent of people who believe in acceptance — as polled in 39 countries among 37,653 respondents from March 2 to May 1, 2013.
Has the New York Times' "Modern Love" column taken a turn for the tolerable? First there was the thought-provoking Jessica Bennett essay about the meaning of marriage, then there that story of the old couple who were each widowed and found each other late in life that made me cry, and now it's novelist Augusten…
Last year, we heard that Jennifer Lopez was producing a scripted pilot about a multi-ethnic family with two moms. Now, that pilot is a full-fledged ABC Family TV show, The Fosters. (Watch a
Last night at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, celebrities donned their gay apparel in order to celebrate outstanding images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in the media. This involved ensembles in blah black, weird green camouflage, and acidic citrus yellow.
The next time you see a flower growing by the curb, consider this: Paul Harfleet has planted 10,000 flowers in different cities around the world, but not because he's just into random urban beautification. Each bloom marks a homophobic attack.
Following the skyrocketing public approval rate of same-sex marriage
Openly gay people are less stressed than closeted homosexuals and usually more relaxed than straight people, according to a new study which finds that being out and proud makes a person extremely chill.
Newark, New Jersey mayor Cory Booker once saved a woman from a burning building, once lived on Food Stamps, and once was a raging homophobe.
The Crate and Barrel catalog that arrived in our mailbox last night has a gaggle of giggling gals on the glassware page, some "snowed in" hipsters in the casual dining section, and then, at the very end, two adorable dudes showcasing cookware.
For the better part of the past 48 hours, 21-year-old New York rapper Azealia Banks (best known for her 2011 viral hit "212") has been holding the attention of her Twitter followers hostage. First it was a Twitter beef with fellow 21-year-old hip-hop up-and-comer Angel Haze, which resulted in a swapping of dis tracks.…
I remember when my mother came out to me.
The Supreme Court will decide once and for all* whether gays and lesbians can get married in California and whether the federal government can effectively discriminate against same-sex couples by denying them benefits.
Founded in 1951, Jet magazine is a weekly publication marketed toward black Americans. And, according to The Advocate, the December 10 issue — which is on stands now — is special: in the Jet Love weddings section, a gay male couple is featured, a first for the magazine.
At the end of last week, when meteorologists were first dusting off their storm hysteria gear in anticipation of THE PERFECT FRANKENSANDY STORMICANE, I thought, I wonder how much time will elapse before some nut blames the storm on abortion, gays, or gaybortion? Thankfully, I didn't have to wait until the full scope of …
We've posted before about how our changing collective awareness of homosexuality in the U.S. over the last several decades often leads us to see implicit (or even explicit) gay themes in vintage ads and photos that likely wouldn't have carried those connotations at the time. My colleague Gregory R. sent in a set of ads …
In a statement released today via its Facebook page, Chick-fil-A has made it clear that while it stands behind the anti-gay statements
A global mega-company that can peer into our very souls and exploit our deepest, darkest secrets for financial gain — known to us mortals as "Google" — officially launched its "Legalize Love" campaign on Saturday, which is aimed at making it legal to be lesbian, gay, or bisexual in countries where being gay currently is…
If there was any doubt in your mind that state-level politicians had completely cannonballed of the end of a long pier and into Batshittery Bay, look no further than the Texas Republican Party's official platform. It's the sort of thing that Jon Stewart prays for. And, like many things that come out of Texas, it would…
On Monday, ex Presidential candidate Rick Santorum tantalized his Twitter followers with news that soon, he be making a "big announcement." What could it possibly be? Was Rick gay? Pregnant? About to inform America that his entire political career has been part of the most elaborate dissertation on how extremists can…
There has long been both overt and covert homophobia in hip-hop, but rapper, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Shawn Carter — aka Jay-Z — could be changing the conversation. In an interview with CNN, Jay-Z was asked about his feelings in the wake of President Obama declaring his support for gay…
