This week I was really psyched to pick up the new issue of HomoCats, a zine by Brooklyn-based artist J. Morrison. True to its title, the issue combines queer slogans with pictures of adorable cats pulled from the internet. Printed on brightly-colored xerox paper, each […]
Tag: equal rights
Yesterday Was Pretty Gay: DOMA Down And Prop 8 Dismissed
For those of you of the ‘mo persuasion who live in a cave in Xtul, Mexico, the Supreme Court of the United States (aka SCOTUS) did the right thing yesterday and did away with DOMA (aka the Defense of Marriage Act) AND California’s Proposition 8. […]
We’ve Been Battling For Marriage Equality For A Long, Long Time
“This is definitely the marriage bureau. But it’s been taken over by the Gay Activist Alliance.” And so begins the followng vid from 1971 that Queerty posted today. It depicts the GAA (a gay rights activist group that formed after Stonewall) and their takeover of […]
No Such Thing As Beyond Help: A Guest Post By Dolan Wolf
Yesterday I saw Rupert Everett in the role of Oscar Wilde in The Judas Kiss, a play that focuses on the pivotal decisions Wilde made, first in 1895, not to flee England and avoid trial for gross indecency (aka loving men) and second in 1897 […]
Rhode Island Passed Their Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Rhode Island is very underrated. Everyone’s always like “Rhode Island?” “Where’s that?””Isn’t that the postage stamp state?” Yes, it is. But they have Newport, a way better Gay Pride parade then Boston (it’s at night so it’s much more of a party atmosphere), and the […]
Chris Kluwe Is Awesome
I’ve got a nomination for Dewitt’s hottest American football player search. Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is the guy who took on a homophobic Maryland politician in a hilarious and very well-written open letter that brought the concept of “straight but not narrow” to a […]
Washington Legalizes Marriage Equality
Marriage equality has been legalized in Washington! This occurred a day after Prop 8 was kicked in the nuts in California. Huzzah! Washington is the 7th state to get a clue. We still have far to go in our fight for equal rights, but does […]
Laying The Smackdown On NOM
There’s a reason we omitted the National Organization for Marriage from our Top Ten Ridiculous Grudges list. For starters, any grudge we have against them would be entirely justified, given their general stance towards our community and equal rights. And on top of that? They […]
Lessons We Learned From Zack Rosen
Zack Rosen is the editor-in-chief of The New Gay, an internet space you may have visited once or twice. In his time there, he’s probably written a handful of thought-provoking entries, but there’s one extremely important lesson that he just taught us–you can win things […]
Nine Year-Old Boy Organizes Gay Marriage Rally
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