The GAY thread

[PeterG]

Stunning images of the gay rights movement’s biggest moments through the years http://huff.to/13aDBUq Now in @Huffington

Wow, it's stunning how little lesbians have done for the community..............WTF???

P.S. I am editing this post right now because I put an H where the T should be in "stunning". What an appropriate error!

 

[dardar1126]

Wow, it's stunning how little lesbians have done for the community..............WTF???

P.S. I am editing this post right now because I put an H where the T should be in "stunning". What an appropriate error!

Yeah, unfortunately, gender bias ain't just a straight thang.

And if one watches da gayz portrayed on television, one would think the only gays are buff**, white men.

http://www.glaad.org/publications/whereweareontv12

As far as we've come, there's still a looooooooooooooooooooong way to go.

**Except for Cam on Modern Family...not so buff.

 

[dardar1126]

The NYC Pride parade stepped off at noon!

Edie Windsor (who brought the DOMA case) is their Pride Marshal...LOVE HER:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBN4KKCcAAoSsb.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBhAt8CUAAc6ea.jpg

Broadway Impact marchers:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBOHJvCYAAlBqC.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBT22OCYAAdcgX.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBhYWoCEAI2IYG.jpg

Misc. pix:

NYPD and the Gay Officers Action League

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBcjyaCUAAgBEz.jpg

A mom shows support for her lesbian daughters

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBtZUlCEAA5Sby.jpg

Mayoral candidate Chris Quinn (the red-head in the foreground)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBdHBvCMAAGeFq.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOB2naICQAAVdXA.jpg

She put a ring on it!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBrWKSCUAAZNp0.jpg

Gays WIN, Haters LOSE!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBqse5CMAARrb1.jpg

What's a parade without a marching band!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBpJy4CQAAOz2Q.jpg

The Stonewall Inn

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOB17n2CMAEdFRU.jpg

Lambda Legal folks

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBzDduCUAAxA5G.jpg

California REPRESENTS in NYC!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBwn_LCIAAtlsY.jpg

Save a horse, ride a COWBOY!

http://instagram.com/p/bMcKplxCsl/

From Minnesota Pride: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOBw-OgCUAAtkw0.jpg

San Francisco Pride:

Grand Marshal stage/screen/recording artist Cheyenne Jackson (in NY cap) w/MSNBC's Thomas Roberts

http://instagram.com/p/bMS1uEBFeP/

AFER crew - Dustin Lance Black, writer of MILK, is in the white T-shirt

http://instagram.com/p/bMUEK6J1i6/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOCFwqeCcAA7hiK.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOB0yIfCYAAr5hj.jpg

And from Toronto, Ontario, CANADA:

The Globe and Mail ‏@globeandmail 17m
In pictures: Ontario politicians take part in Toronto's annual Pride weekend http://bit.ly/1cErG0Z

 

[dots]

Fantastic to see all the pride events and people coming out and being themselves! You can feel the change in the air!!!

For some reason I feel nostalgic(probably all the wine I've been drinking since the morning ) I'm so in love with life that I can burst!!!!



I love being GAY GAY GAY!!!!!!!!


I love Mi Vie en Rose too! I'm going to watch it with Big Eden(I just looked up and looks very promising). Thanks for the reccomendation guys/girls.

PS: I agree PeterG. lesbians are a majorly underappreciated in the LGBT movement.

 

[dardar1126]

Twitter:

Dan Savage ‏@fakedansavage 4m
On a pride day like no other... I remember the courage of those who came out four, five and six decades ago, when things we so much bleaker.

Dan Savage ‏@fakedansavage 8m
Mattachine Society members, Daughters of Bilitis, Stonewall vets, ACT-UPers, Queer Nation ass-kickers: thank you. You changed the world.

More from Pride Weekend via Twitter:

lambda legal at #nycpride
http://instagram.com/p/bMok1bHF58/

Happy #Pride #NYC from Team @lambdalegal !!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOCEpcOCEAAbVVm.jpg

Edith Windsor on Christopher Street as THUNDEROUS chants of "EDIE! EDIE!" echo down the blocks! #NYCPride #HERO
https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=H...s=2JVb1RIcxQPFqpRowoy9uaJ6rLfdjSXM6pgQccT7Z0o

#Mariners make history, becoming first major professional team to fly Pride flag, today at Safeco Field:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOCTngrCMAIcoM5.jpg

Happy #Pride from #Chicago!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...74767054666.121068.107948549666&type=1&ref=nf

15 pics of p-Op culture: Gay pride
By Jonathan Capehart, Published: June 28, 2013 at 7:00 am

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/06/28/15-pics-of-p-op-culture-gay-pride/

 

[dardar1126]

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/...in-wash-raises-equality-flag-on-space-needle/

First gay couple married in Wash. raises equality flag on Space Needle

ELAINE M. THOMPSON | Associated Press
Sunday, June 30, 2013

SEATTLE — The two women who were the first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license in Washington State were grand marshals for the annual Seattle Pride Parade on Sunday.

A group of Boy Scouts carrying American flags were the first marchers in the parade, attracting cheers and sustained applause. One of the adults marching with about a dozen scouts, David O. McGrath of Ammon, Idaho, said they decided to participate after being told by their scouting council they were not allowed to march.

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Seattle-Pride-1.jpg
Jane Abbott Lighty, left, and her wife Pete-e Petersen turn toward photographers and supporters as they take a turn raising a giant marriage equality flag atop the Space Needle Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle. The two, who are the first same sex couple to be granted a wedding license in Washington State, were marshals in the annual Seattle Pride Parade later Sunday.

About 200 groups, ranging from “Dykes on Bikes” to a Seattle Police Department car with “just married” painted on the rear window, participated in the parade, with thousands lining the parade route on a warm, sunny Seattle day.

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Seattle-Pride-2-410x288.jpg
A giant marriage equality flag, with an “equal” symbol inside an outline of Washington state, flutters atop the Space Needle Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle.

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Seattle-Pride-4-410x273.jpg
Seattle interim Police Chief Jim Pugel, right, wears a rainbow umbrella hat as he stands with Assistant Chief Dick Reed before beginning to march with other police officers in the Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle.

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Seattle-Pride-3-410x294.jpg
Bryan Fabert drums as he marches in the annual Gay Pride parade Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Seattle.

Seattle Police Officer Bob Peth was driving and his husband, Aaron Fletcher, was in the passenger seat. They were married Dec. 9, the first day of legal gay weddings in Washington State.

There were many references to gay marriage, including several couples in tuxes or wedding gowns, along with a woman who was parading inside a giant, hoop-style wedding gown float, which was at least 15-feet high. Shaun Knittle and Yee-Shin Huang, wearing “Just Married” T-shirts, kissed as they walked down the middle of the street.

West Seattle couple Jane Abbot Lighty and Pete-e Petersen helped lead the parade and also stood on the Space Needle on Sunday morning to raise a giant marriage equality flag above the Seattle icon.

The flag featuring a red equal sign made its first appearance atop the Space Needle.

Lighty and Petersen threw kisses to the crowd from the red convertible they rode in.

Veterans for Peace carried signs saying “Free Bradley Manning.” Librarians performed a synchronized routine with book carts.

Employee organizations from a variety of corporations participated, including Starbucks, Google, Alaska Airlines, Microsoft, Group Health, Fred Meyer, Macy’s, Verizon and Delta Airlines

Across town, the Seattle Mariners flew the rainbow flag during their game Sunday against the Chicago Cubs.

A group called Seattle Out & Proud says the Mariners will be the first Major League Baseball team to publicly fly the gay pride flag. But Mariners spokeswoman Rebecca Hale says she cannot confirm that Seattle is first.

 

[milanessa]

The photos are blocked.

 

[dardar1126]

The photos are blocked.

All or just certain ones? Are you using a filtered computer?

All show up for me in Google CHROME.

Anyone else having any problems?

 

[milanessa]

All or just certain ones? Are you using a filtered computer?

All of them and my computer is not filtered. I don't use Google Chrome.

This is the message I get:

The owner of this website (www.lgbtqnation.com) does not allow hotlinking to that resource (/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Seattle-Pride-3-410x294.jpg). (Ref. 1011)

 

[dardar1126]

We'll wait and see if anyone else has a problem; I can access them without difficulty. I'm not a techie, so I have no idea why there's a problem; sorry.

 

[VGThuy]

It works on firefox but not on safari.

 

[oleada]

I cannot see them either. I'm on Chrome.

 

[milanessa]

It works on firefox but not on safari.

I cannot see them either. I'm on Chrome.

I'm on Firefox.

 

[dardar1126]

OK, now the internet is just effing with us!

Explorer, anyone got Explorer?

EDIT: I'll just DESCRIBE the pictures...

#1 The married couple are two older ladies...I'd guess late 60s/early 70s...both have big, happy smiles...one is wearing a rainbow-striped shirt or jacket...there are also two men on the platform, one taking a cellphone photo.

#2 Close-up of the top of the Space Needle flying the equality flag.

#3 As described in the caption, two police officers at pride march, one in regular police hat, one wearing a rainbow-striped umbrella hat.

#4 Smiling, bearded, bare-chested man wearing a brightly-colored fedora, plastic leis and a cape is playing a small snare drum.

 

[Aussie Willy]

I liked God's page on Facebook.

 

[dardar1126]

Twitter:

huffpostgay ‏@huffpostgay 8m
Gay marriage victories draw BIG crowds for Pride celebrations http://huff.to/1cHUghT

BEN PATRICK JOHNSON ‏@benpatrick90069 11m
One more big hurrah for @paulkatami and Jeff Zarrillo, heroes in the fight, and now MARRIED MEN. Love you guys both. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOGEJAbCQAIyaYx.jpg

EDIT: And this just in from the Land of OZ...

Chloe Angyal ‏@ChloeAngyal 6m
Oh yeah, the leader of the Australian senate is an out queer feminist Malaysian woman. Your move, America. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-27/penny-wong-talks-about-decision-to-back-kevin-rudd/4784280 …

EDIT2:

Cartoon: Triumph of the Homosexual Agenda

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/1006252_10151680384569255_927643191_n.jpg



EDIT3:

John Fugelsang ‏@JohnFugelsang 19s
If Gay Pride Parades make you angry I recommend launching your own Straight Shame Parade.

EDIT4:

ThinkProgress ‏@thinkprogress 17m
Out pro soccer player pens heartbreaking letter to his 14-year-old self: "You don't have to feel like you are alone" http://thkpr.gs/12zmMkd

EDIT5:

OMG, the homophobes were right...it IS a slippery slope!

https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=H...s=gYx2C9sC1No3eG5Bds4YEE3BFddBnpMk7lMLthOusL0

 

[Dr.Siouxs]

OMG, the homophobes were right...it IS a slippery slope!

https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=H... left making out with a giant mantis??? :eek:

 

[dardar1126]

Is the dude on the bottom left making out with a giant mantis???

I think it's a grasshopper.

 

[kylet3]

I hope everyone's having a GAY-tastic pride weekend. Sadly it ends tomorrow at midnight, so do go out and celebrate!!!!

Us Californians can finally wed! YEAH!!!

Funny story, an old lady actually came to picket my house. lol Poor thing I had to call her daughter to come and pick her up.

Farfaraway, well this is your party too. Isn't June pride month around the world? This weekend is your holiday too! Let's drink to us brother!





Ok that has to be the gayest video ever and yet it's really HOT

Tonight I'm having a gay-film marathon night, and I'm going to star with Latter Days ( super corny but oh so gratifying)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZfdNyJObk

Anyone knows of a good gay themed movie?

Gay Themed Movies - Have you seen the Eating Out Series? The first two were good but then the final three to this point have kinda gone downhill but they're good for a cheap laugh if nothing else!

 

[dardar1126]

Twitter:

BuzzFeed ‏@BuzzFeed 27m
The 27 Best Signs From The New York City Gay Pride Parade http://bzfd.it/1b0ROoF

 

[JeffClair1979]

I hope everyone's having a GAY-tastic pride weekend. Sadly it ends tomorrow at midnight, so do go out and celebrate!!!!

Us Californians can finally wed! YEAH!!!

Funny story, an old lady actually came to picket my house. lol Poor thing I had to call her daughter to come and pick her up.

Farfaraway, well this is your party too. Isn't June pride month around the world? This weekend is your holiday too! Let's drink to us brother!





Ok that has to be the gayest video ever and yet it's really HOT

Tonight I'm having a gay-film marathon night, and I'm going to star with Latter Days ( super corny but oh so gratifying)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZfdNyJObk

Anyone knows of a good gay themed movie?

I love The Broken Hearts Club, A Home at the End of the World, and Big Gay Musical. Oh, and naturally, Sordid Lives: both the movie and the series. Hilarious!!!

 

[dardar1126]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23159390#TWEET810824

Jack Baker and Michael McConnell: Gay Americans who married in 1971
By Claire Bowes
BBC World Service

Last week the US Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. But same-sex marriage has been possible in some states since 2004 - and one gay couple even craftily obtained a marriage licence more than 40 years ago.

 

[dots]

Poor PeterG... still waiting for pride weekend to arrive? You poor thing...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23159390#TWEET810824

Jack Baker and Michael McConnell: Gay Americans who married in 1971
By Claire Bowes
BBC World Service

Inspiring indeed. And till this day that marriage is valid? I mean 1971 was a whole different world regarding gay rights. My hat goes to them and Roger Lynn. Three inspiring people that deserve to have their stories heard. Actually they are somewhat forgotten by the LGBT movement and they shouldn't be!

Quote from the article:

"It goes to the core of discrimination, you cannot let non-gay people treat you differently…you have to say
'I pay taxes to support this government and it is going to recognize me as an equal citizen or by God I'm going to disrupt that government.'"

We have come a long way Jack Baker. We really have...

 

[dardar1126]

Gay country singer releases song All American Boy on Facebook, goes viral
Steve Grand's ballad depicts unrequited love
04 JULY 2013 | BY GREG HERNANDEZ

There has never been an openly gay male country music star but Steve Grand hopes to change that.

The singer released his song, All-American Boy, on Facebook this week and the song has quickly caught on with more than 75,000 views in less than two days.

He wrote on his Facebook page: 'This is my story, my song, my dream.’

The song is about a gay man (Grand) who bonds over drinking with one of his buddies. They laugh, they touch, they skinny dip.

But when the gay man goes in for the kiss, things become more clear.

Check it out for yourself:

- See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/...acebook-goes-viral040713#sthash.PBEIEpww.dpuf

 

[dots]

This is a nice refuge from that "other" (very toxic imo) thread.

Let's post something gay positive:

Just A Question of Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j9wSFUHNTQ

Anyone seen it? it's such a great movie.

 

[dardar1126]

Haven't seen it, will have to check it out.

But speaking of gay+:

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/07/0...y-gay-contestant-ever-in-miss-america-system/

US: Miss South Carolina pageant features first openly gay contestant ever in Miss America system
by Joseph Patrick McCormick
5 July 2013, 5:37pm

The Miss South Carolina Pageant in the US state of South Carolina, this year features its first openly gay contestant, who tackled potential criticisms from onlookers by simply saying “this is me”.

Ana Louisa Valencia has attracted international media attention by being the first openly gay contestant in the competition which has run since 1937. She is also the first binational contestant, and has been hailed as the “new face of the South” by some.

http://www.towleroad.com/2013/07/fi...ete-in-miss-south-carolina-pageant-video.html

7/05/2013
First Out Gay Contestant to Compete in Miss South Carolina Pageant: VIDEO

Good luck, Ana Louisa!

And for the jocks (or just the guys who love them ):

Billy Bean retired early from pro baseball because he was gay - he would not do so today
'There was no avenue for me. Nobody was even on the Internet yet'
05 JULY 2013 | BY GREG HERNANDEZ

In recent months, pro soccer's Robbie Rogers and pro basketball's Jason Collins came out publicly as gay man and are contining with their playing careers.

For retired baseball pro Billy Bean, that would have been unthinkable.

'There was no avenue for me. Nobody was even on the Internet yet,' Bean tells The Advocate in a story posted today (5 July). 'It’s mind-boggling to see the resources that are available to LGBT youth today, and it’s great to see how much more confident they are because of it.'

- See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/...ld-not-do-so-today050713#sthash.fPYQ691d.dpuf

 

[dots]

But speaking of gay+:

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/07/0...y-gay-contestant-ever-in-miss-america-system/

US: Miss South Carolina pageant features first openly gay contestant ever in Miss America system
by Joseph Patrick McCormick
5 July 2013, 5:37pm

Get that crown girl!!

And for the jocks (or just the guys who love them ):

Billy Bean retired early from pro baseball because he was gay - he would not do so today
'There was no avenue for me. Nobody was even on the Internet yet'
05 JULY 2013 | BY GREG HERNANDEZ

That Billy bean was always such a stud. Actually there is this really good book by Peter Lefcourt "The Dreyfus Affair" about a homosexual baseball player that I always thought was modeled after him. When you read Billy's bio and then read the book there are many similarities. Of course it could be just me seeing things.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Dreyfus-Affair-Love-Story/dp/0060975598

One of my favorite gay books.

 

[dardar1126]

That Billy bean was always such a stud. Actually there is this really good book by Peter Lefcourt "The Dreyfus Affair" about a homosexual baseball player that I always thought was modeled after him. When you read Billy's bio and then read the book there are many similarities. Of course it could be just me seeing things.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Dreyfus-Affair-Love-Story/dp/0060975598

One of my favorite gay books.

He is very studly still...even at age 49. I'm sure that there were some who knew that he was gay back in the day, so maybe the book was based on him.

 

[VGThuy]

I wish I could be happier about the first openly gay beauty pageant contestant...but it's still a beauty pageant. Blergh.

 

[dardar1126]

I wish I could be happier about the first openly gay beauty pageant contestant...but it's still a beauty pageant. Blergh.

Well, there is that.

Here's something a bit more butch...

Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/....html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Gay Voices

Jodie Foster Skateboard Photo: Oscar Winner Was One Gnarly 15-Year-Old (PHOTO)

Photo: http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1224034/thumbs/o-JODIE-FOSTER-570.jpg?6

EDIT: Gotta share this...this granny and grandson are just too cute!

My Grandma on Why Being Gay Doesn't Matter #ProudToLove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYT4yuxwv88