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Entries Tagged as 'Culture'

300 Director Pushes Gay Panic Button

March 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Film, LGBT

I wasn’t really planning to see 300 anyway, because it just looks kind of — to use a French expression — stupid. But now I’m going to really enjoy not seeing it, thanks to the Best Gay Day Ever blog on AfterElton.com, which reports that the director of this brain-dead toga party, one Zack Snyder, […]

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Music: “True Colors,” Patti Smith, & The B-52’s

March 15th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Activism, Comedy, LGBT, Music, New Wave, News

It’s every gay boy of a certain age’s dream. The big buzz this week is the “True Colors” tour: Cyndi Lauper traveling to 15 cities this summer with Deborah Harry, Erasure, and Margaret Cho, all in support of the Human Rights Campaign. It’s like ice cream with ice cream on top. “This tour is basically […]

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Mistakes Were Made, 2007 Edition

March 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Mistakes Were Made, 2007 Edition · Comedy, Media, News, Politics

It’s starting to look like we won’t have Abu Gonzales to kick around much longer — even the Republicans are beginning to pile on. Now we’re being told that even Bush is “not happy with” Gonzales, which is a little like my foot being angry at my big toe, but there it is. This bit […]

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