The Coming Republican Anti-Gay S**t-fest

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Thursday November 20, 2008 · 11:52 AM PST

2008/11/20 · 11:52

You heard it here first: Despite what the pundits on the left and right are saying, the Republican Party will not moderate their stand on gay issues. On the contrary, opposition same-sex marriage and other gay issues will come to define the Republican Party in the decade ahead, the way the "pro-life" abortion issue has defined them since the 1980s. They will employ a cynical new "Southern Strategy," a Gay Strategy, continuing to demonize gays while ramping way up rhetoric on the issues of same-sex marriage and adoption, in order to split liberal constituencies and drive social conservatives toward Republican candidates.

Cross-posted at AfterElton.com

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 8:21 PM PDT

2008/08/01 · 20:21

Begin with the McCain quote from May, where he says he won't take the low road that it's not necessary, etc. etc.

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Wednesday June 21, 2006 · 12:33 PM PDT

2006/06/21 · 12:33

Every now and then a media meme comes along that is so stupid that I can only roll my eyes in disgust. Unfortunately, these same memes are often too ubiquitous to ignore.

--Is a straight woman over forty more likely to get killed by a terrorist than to marry?
--Are the ex-cast members of Seinfeld "cursed"?
--Is Superman gay?

No, yes, and who the #%*& cares!

The gay newsmagazine the Advocate started the "Is Superman Gay?" madness with a May cover story that, for the record, never actually suggested that Superman was gay, just that he had a gay "sensibility." Read More

Very Cool Gay Teen Protest! The Day of Silence

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Monday April 24, 2006 · 12:13 PM PDT

2006/04/24 · 12:13

This Wednesday is the National Day of Silence.

What's that? You don't know what the National Day of Silence is? Why, it's just the coolest civil rights protest ever imagined!

Read all about it in an essay I wrote in today's newspaper:

Gay Teens Break Their Silence

People joke these days that the Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name has become The Love That Won't Shut Up. Gay and lesbian Americans and their allies are finally making themselves heard. Even in some high schools.

It wasn't always this way. I first joined the gay youth movement back in 1989, when I helped establish Oasis, a Tacoma [Washington] support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered youths. Only one of our 150 members was "out" at school, and he was receiving death threats.

I knew of no openly gay teachers or administrators. But even then, the teenagers I worked with yearned to be open and honest about who they were. Heterosexuals often ask me why gay teenagers would want to talk about their sexuality in the first place. "Their wanting to talk about sex is just another form of rebellion, right?" Read More

OK to Restrict Gay Books?

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Friday March 17, 2006 · 10:26 AM PST

2006/03/17 · 10:26

I honestly can't think of a better example of the cultural divide that is currently splitting this country than this debate raging in Oklahoma. That said, I'm not sure there's any way to compromise with people who openly advocate censorship of books like mine and the suppression of ideas. I do know that if this country is to survive, these people must be stopped. Read More

Wow, Cal Thomas is a PRICK!

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Thursday March 09, 2006 · 1:50 PM PST

2006/03/09 · 13:50

My GOD, the right-wing LIES about gay people! USA Today has a "debate" today on the topic of same-sex adoption, and they've picked Cal Thomas, the newspaper "columnist" who is a former spokesman for the Christian Coalition, to argue the anti-gay side. And he spouts just one blatant lie after another! I'm actually annoyed with USA Today for printing his bullsh#%. Read More

Someone Push Bill O'Reilly Off Brokeback Mountain

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Wednesday February 22, 2006 · 2:19 PM PST

2006/02/22 · 14:19

Bill O'Reilly is an entertaining clown. He used to know it, but I think that, starting in about 2003, Al Franken's attacks really got to him, and his mind has since snapped. I think he now believes his shtick.

Anyway, he's written about Brokeback Mountain. There's really no point in responding to his specific ideas, because, well, they're so stupid. For example:

According to friends of mine who have seen "Brokeback," the key scene takes place in a pup tent. Apparently, two shepherds "bond" in said tent. If I do see the movie, I know what will run through my mind during that scene: What would Clint and Lee and Eli [from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly] have done, had they stumbled upon the tent? I believe gunfire might have been involved.

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Wednesday February 01, 2006 · 11:25 AM PST

2006/02/01 · 11:25

Before Brokeback Mountain, there was Making Love.

The 1982 feature film was the very first studio movie to present a positive take on being gay. Starring former Charlie's Angel Kate Jackson, LA Law's Harry Hamlin, and a handsome actor named Michael Ontkean, it is the story of a young doctor finally coming to terms with his homosexuality. According to one poster for the movie:

After eight years of marriage, Claire had everything, a loving husband and an exciting career. Suddenly, Claire's whole world is threatened when she learns that her husband is involved in a love affair, but not with another woman.

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Wednesday January 18, 2006 · 10:52 AM PST

2006/01/18 · 10:52

When my very liberal friends argue that the U.S. has become a theocratic, fascist state, I secretly roll my eyes.

Then I read articles like this.

Here in Washington State where I live, the legislature is debating a gay rights bill--not gay marriage, mind you, but basic protections against discrimination. The argument being made to oppose the bill by the man appointed to represent the Republican Party?

"I just read the Bible for what it says. It basically says that homosexuality is an abomination," says Senate Republican Dan Swecker, who wants gays to know they can be saved. "Somehow that message has to get out. Because if people don't realize that it's a sin or there's not an opportunity for redemption, then we're going to lose them." Read More

More Anti-Gay Nazi-esque Hate Speech From Utah

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Monday January 16, 2006 · 12:19 PM PST

2006/01/16 · 12:19

Supposedly, it's not okay to compare right-wingers to Nazis any more--that it's understandably insensitive to Holocaust survivors, and it's not accurate anyway.

But honestly, can anyone read these anti-gay comments from Utah State Senator Chris Buttars and not see the eerie parallels between him and a Jew-hating Nazi?

We're coming after "your kids"? Check. We're "everywhere" and getting into "everything"? Check. We harbor diseases? Check. Read More

Butch Gay Guys: A New "Media Trend"?

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Monday January 09, 2006 · 11:55 AM PST

2006/01/09 · 11:55

In Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang we had a butch gay detective. With Brokeback Mountain, we have butch gay cowboys. And on Desperate Housewives, we have butch gay teenagers.

Three portrayals of butch gay guys? Yeehaw! If this was Time Magazine, that would be more than enough to declare a full-fledged media "trend!"

I have mixed feelings about media portrayals of butch gay guys. On one hand, I'm all for anything that upends the stereotypes of GLBT folks. On the other hand, the implication of the previous sentence is that there is something negative about non-butch gay guys. After all, no one cares about media stereotypes that are positive, right? I mean, Jewish people don't exactly complain to the networks when television shows have them encouraging their kids to "get an education."

On the other other hand, straight people can relate more to non-effeminate gay characters. And anything that gets them to take us and our issues more seriously is a good thing for the gay community, even for our effeminate members.

Right? Read More

Victory! The ban on my gay teen novel is reversed!

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Sunday December 18, 2005 · 3:04 PM PST

2005/12/18 · 15:04

As I posted here a few weeks ago, my gay teen novel, GEOGRAPHY CLUB, was recently banned from a school district in Washington State. Wednesday night, the school board met, I and some others spoke, and the board agreed to reverse the decision.

Mostly.

The book is being returned to the high school library, but not the junior high. Read More

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The Coming Republican Anti-Gay S**t-fest

Attack ad suggestion: go after McCain's "honor"

"Superman is Gay": A Corporate Plot!

Very Cool Gay Teen Protest! The Day of Silence

OK to Restrict Gay Books?

Wow, Cal Thomas is a PRICK!

Someone Push Bill O'Reilly Off Brokeback Mountain

Before Brokeback: An Interview with the Screenwriter of Making Love

Gays Are Sinners, Says Washington State Republican Party

More Anti-Gay Nazi-esque Hate Speech From Utah

Butch Gay Guys: A New "Media Trend"?

Victory! The ban on my gay teen novel is reversed!