The Gay Thread

[Alex]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, and despite Alex's handy dictionary definition of hypocrisy, I contend any self-loathing gay is guilty of it.

Well, I'm going to contend he's guilty of clipper ship since apparently what words mean isn't relevant and so we can just pick the ones we like.

As for Shirvell in particular, it doesn't matter if he's a homo-hater not having gay sex - - he IS acting on his homosexuality via his obsession with Armstrong.

And you know this how? If he isn't gay he's doing the exact same thing but apparently being gay is not his motivation for it. Whatever that motivation is would, I presume, be a motivation a gay man can have as well.

If you want to find the technical term for that psychosis, I'll be happy to consider ceding hypocrisy.

A policy of using whatever word happens to be at hand when you don't know the right word for what you're talking about is going to cause pointless debate. I know it is a weird foible, but a lot of people start on the assumption that when someone uses a word they mean the word they say.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

It looks like our good buddy Andrew Shirvell had been previously warned about using state resources to harass The Gays prior to being fired.

[Chernabog]

Wow I came back to this thread to post a really good must-see Rachel Maddow clip on the right-wing media and now I gotta play catch up After I have some coffee.

PS Gn2Dlnd, your boyfriend John Hodgman is in that clip.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I considered posting this in the WTF Thread.
Gay Coffins

[Betty]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I considered posting this in the WTF Thread.
Gay Coffins

" bidding for the pink pound " made me giggle. Never heard it put that way before.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Lover by Tom Goss

"Lover" tells a story very rarely told: of the loss endured by partners of gay servicemembers who are killed in battle.

The video features Goss as the bereaved partner of an army soldier (DC actor Ben Horen) killed while on duty in Afghanistan. Among those playing medics who come to the aid of the wounded soldier are several former servicemembers who were discharged under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy: Mike Almy, David Hall, and Danny Hernandez, all of whom are active members of SLDN. Keith Bryant stars as a fellow soldier.

[innerSpaceman]

Gay heartthrob Ryan Kwanten of True Blood fame (make that heartthrob of gays and others) is interviewed in The Advocate on a bunch of gay-related topics. He has a gay brother, Lloyd, who's a doctor down under. Ryan himself nicely sidesteps the issue of whether he himself is gay.

Perhaps my favorite exchange:

Originally Posted by The Advocate

Your True Blood costar Stephen Moyer recently auctioned off his “modesty sock” for charity. Would you auction off your penis pouch for a gay charity like The Trevor Project?
Well, I’ve gone through more than one, so there might be a couple out there. I’ll have to speak to Audrey, our wardrobe designer, and see if she can track one down. There’s quite a collection, actually—one for every mood.

Oh, and re-quoting the Maniac, because everyone should watch the beautiful video he linked to a few posts up.

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

Lover by Tom Goss

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Sit down.
Fasten your seat belt.
Prepare to have your mind BLOWN.

Below is the most shocking coming out ever in the history of the multiverse.

Spoiler:

Figure skater Johnny Weir is gay!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Born This Way
"A photo/essay project for gay viewers (male and female) to submit pictures from their childhood (roughly ages 4 to 14), with snapshots that capture them, innocently, showing the beginnings of their innate gay selves."

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Zeb Atlas (yes, that one) sings Love Hangover 95% work safe