You Gotta See This: May 2010
Classiest flash mob ever
Filed by Bil Browning | May 31, 2010 | 7:00 AM |This has to be the classiest flash mob ever. Check out what happens when the Opera Company of Philadelphia takes over the Reading Terminal Market....Read More
Remember the Venga Boys?
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 30, 2010 | 7:00 AM |I don't know if anyone in this group is particularly LGB, or if thew were more "I spent the 90's fucking anything that walked." Here's "Boom Boom Boom Boom" from the Venga Boys, which contains some same-sex action....Read More
The creepiest mascots ever
Filed by Bil Browning | May 29, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Have you seen the new mascots for the London Olympics? Wenlock and Mandeville are the creepiest mascots I've ever seen. Is it just me or do they seem to get more asinine as the years go by?...Read More
Liza Does Donna Summer!
Filed by D Gregory Smith | May 28, 2010 | 7:00 AM |In anticipation (or comparison) of/to Ms Minnelli's Sex and the City 2's "Single Ladies"- a 1980 clip of La Liza in the prime of camp.......Read More
French gay McDonalds TV ad
Filed by Bil Browning | May 27, 2010 | 7:00 AM |McDonalds has started airing this commercial in France. The rough translation: BOY: Hello. Yeah, I was thinking of you, too - I'm looking at our class picture. I miss you. Have to go, my father's here. Love you. FATHER:...Read More
Dan Choi Responds to DADT "Compromise"
Filed by Joe Mirabella | May 26, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Lt. Dan Choi responds to the proposed Don't Ask Don't Tell compromise....Read More
Why can't men express themselves like women?
Filed by Bil Browning | May 25, 2010 | 7:00 AM |I'm going to skip right over the whole sexist expectations of specific gender roles and go straight to, "What the hell were they thinking?" Is this commercial meant to convince men to get a prostate exam or that getting...Read More
Pelosi: DADT will be gone by Christmas
Filed by Ed Team | May 24, 2010 | 7:00 AM |This video may seem familiar, but it's actually from the Equality California fundraiser this weekend....Read More
Alan Grayson wants to give you money
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 23, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Not particularly LGBT, but I found this interesting. People who are single, have no kids, and earn over $35,000 would get $4931 back using 2009 tax brackets. If Democrats want job security, they should learn how to talk like...Read More
Bebe Zahara Benet's "I'm the Sh*t"
Filed by Ed Team | May 22, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Remember the winner of the first season of Rupaul's Drag Race? She has a music video now....Read More
NYCLU video on UAFA
Filed by Ed Team | May 21, 2010 | 7:00 AM |The NYCLU made a video on same-sex partner sponsorship....Read More
The Golden Girls on marriage equality
Filed by Bil Browning | May 20, 2010 | 7:00 AM |What else does anyone need to understand marriage equality than some friendly advice from Estelle Getty? Do you remember this episode where Blanche was upset that her gay brother was marrying another man?...Read More
National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Filed by Bil Browning | May 19, 2010 | 7:00 AM |1 in 3 Asians & Pacific Islanders living with HIV don't know it. Over two-thirds of Asians and over half of Pacific Islanders have never been tested for HIV. Between 2001 and 2004, Asian and Pacific Islander men had...Read More
Daniel Radcliffe for the Trevor Project
Filed by Ed Team | May 18, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Daniel Radcliffe records a PSA for the Trevor Project....Read More
Freddie Mercury speed painting
Filed by Bil Browning | May 17, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Williams Shamir posted this recent time lapse video of himself painting Freddie Mercury's portrait....Read More
John McCain: Elena Kagan broke the law
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 16, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Why do Republicans do this? Why do they make up such silly attacks on their own small victories? Oh, yeah, because never being satisfied means they'll get more of what they want....Read More
F--k you, AIDS!
Filed by Bil Browning | May 15, 2010 | 7:00 AM |This Spanish PSA from Coordinadora Gai Lesbiana de Catalunya comes to us courtesy of Blabbeando. He translates the video for us as, "To you, who has fucked us during so many years, who CRUSH us all, young people, older...Read More
Jane Lynch on breeders
Filed by Bil Browning | May 14, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Glee star Jane Lynch has a message for you about breeders....Read More
Laura Bush Supports Marriage Equality
Filed by Joe Mirabella | May 13, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Better late than never, Laura Bush supports marriage equality...Read More
Michelle Bachmann on homosexuals
Filed by Ed Team | May 12, 2010 | 7:00 AM |A YouTube impersonator goes crazy....Read More
Liza Minnelli sings at Straight for Equality Gala
Filed by Bil Browning | May 11, 2010 | 7:00 AM |PFLAG hosted the second annual Straight for Equality Gala in New York City earlier this month. Among the honorees were Liza Minnelli (Straight for Equality in Entertainment award), Scott Fujita (Straight for Equality in Sports award), and Sodexo (Straight...Read More
New Dance: D--k Slang
Filed by Bil Browning | May 10, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Oh yeah. Everyone's doing the new d--k slang dance... Mental note: If I ever decide to flop my junk around and call it a dance, remind me not to do it in a dark room while wearing dark shorts....Read More
The Power of T
Filed by Ed Team | May 09, 2010 | 7:00 AM |What does testosterone do? Find out here....Read More
Gender and Sexuality
Filed by Bil Browning | May 08, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Sent in by Projector Tim, this is "a powerful video made by a genderqueer youngster that gets to the heart of the transgender vs. gay schism." Thanks Tim!...Read More
The Demon Sheep of Economic Inequality
Filed by Ed Team | May 07, 2010 | 7:30 AM |The DSCC released this hilarious ad against Carly Fiorina. When did Democrats learn to talk about economics?...Read More
Chely Wright talks about coming out
Filed by Ed Team | May 06, 2010 | 7:30 AM |Chely Wright talks about coming out on the Today Show....Read More
Ellen's sorry?
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 05, 2010 | 7:30 AM |The Advocate says that Ellen apologized to Apple on her show Monday for this sketch. I suppose if corporations have the same political rights as humans now they also deserve to get apologies when insulted, just like real people....Read More
Britney Spears version of Gaga's Telephone?
Filed by Bil Browning | May 04, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Lady Gaga originally wrote Telephone for Britney Spears and now iLeaks has released what they say is Spear's demo of the song before she turned it down....Read More
Howard Dean at DADT rally
Filed by Ed Team | May 03, 2010 | 7:30 AM |Howard Dean speaks at DADT rally in DC....Read More
Poem of the day: "Hir"
Filed by Austen Crowder | May 02, 2010 | 7:00 AM |I saw this getting passed around tumblr and wanted to share it here. I've always had a soft spot for slam poetry. The performance is fantastic!...Read More