Malcolm X was bisexual. Get over it.
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Thanks to Peter Tatchell in The Guardian for this information.
Lindsay Lohan denies heterosexual rumor
Posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago at 7:17 am. 0 comments
Actress/Singer Lindsay Lohan has replied to speculation that she was “all over” actor/singer/trustfundbaby Baltahzar Getty during a recent encounter at Hollywood club Voyeur. Gossip Cop caught up with Lohan in New York and elicited the denial from Lohan, who said the rumor is “not true” though she did talk to Getty that night when they “met for the first time.”
In conclusion, Lohan pointed out the obvious: “You think I would do that to Sam [DJ Samantha Ronson]? I love her.”
Chitra Ganesh at P.S.1
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P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center, in Long Island City, is presenting a large-scale wall installation by Brooklyn-based queer artist Chitra Ganesh. Ganesh’s new wall piece, The Silhouette Returns (2009), is on view in the P.S.1 lobby from October 1, 2009 through April 5, 2010. Read More.
Hillary Unveils Statue of Gay US Poet in Moscow
Posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago at 8:52 am. 0 comments
With Moscow’s homophobic mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, standing by in a beret, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov unveiled a statue of gay US poet Walt Whitman at Moscow State University today. The homosexual content of Whitman’s life and work was confined to the closet for the occcasion.
Luzhkov is notorious for his verbal attacks and actions against gays and lesbians during his tenure as mayor of Moscow. He’s used his authority to ban gay pride parades and events. In 2007 he made the news worldwide with his statement, “Last year, Moscow came under unprecedented pressure to sanction the gay parade, which cannot be called anything other than satanic. [...] We did not let the parade take place then, and we are not going to allow it in the future.” He blames Western advocacy groups for promoting homosexuality in Mother Russia: “We think that destructive sects and propaganda of same-sex love are inadmissible.”
With his presence at today’s unveiling, Luzhkov has unwittingly made a major contribution to those “propaganda” efforts.
Walt Whitman is regarded as one of the greatest poets, and a particularly American one. Some of his work is overtly homoerotic. When Whitman published the first edition of his book of poems, Leaves of Grass, it was widely condemned as obscene. Secretary of the Interior James Harlan, calling the collection “very offensive,” had Whitman terminated from his government job. The Boston D.A. issued his opinion that the work was “obscene litertature,” and a number of bookstores refused to carry it. Early critic Rufus Griswold used a Latin phrase to accuse Whitman of being homosexual.
Since the second half of the nineteenth century, gay men around the world have found special inspiration in Whitman’s work. Many identify strongly with the passions Whitman expressed about his admiration of the male form and personality. They also could relate to the feelings of alienation from society he sometimes expressed.
In 1884 Whitman met 12-year-old Bill Duckett, and they lived together from 1885-1886.
Whitman long claimed to have a black female paramour in New Orleans, and six illegitimate children. This story about the mistress in New Orleans has led historians on many a wild goose chase. Whitman’s Louisiana lover was in fact a man named Jean Granouille, the son of a Huguenot preacher and a slave, 26 years old when he met Whitman.
When he died, the author of Leaves of Grass left his prized silver watch “with my love” to his former lover, trolley-car conductor Peter Doyle. Interviewed in 1895, Doyle said, “We were familiar at once—I put my hand on his knee—we understood. He did not get out at the end of the trip—in fact he went all the way back with me.
At today’s unveiling, no mention was made of the fact that Whitman is a gay icon.
Photo by Associated Press
Fingerprint discovery reveals portrait by Leonardo
Posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago at 2:12 pm. 0 comments
A fingerprint has been discovered in the upper left corner of a drawing previously attributed to an anonymous German of the early 19th century “based on paintings by Leonardo da Vinci.” The fingerprint matches one found on an authentic Leonardo, and leading experts now believe the ink and chalk on vellum portrait was actually created by the gay Florentine. The painting, which sold for $19,000 in 1998, is now valued at over $150 million. Read More.
Cherry Jones and Sarah Paulson Split
Posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago at 9:29 am. 0 comments
Broadway and TV star Cherry Jones (24, The Heiress, Doubt) has told Us Magazine that she and longtime partner Sarah Paulson have amicably split up. “It’s the happiest break up that’s ever been. We grew so much together and now we can send each other off with a kiss and great love.” Read More.
Gay Neighbors’ Feud Includes Attempted Poisoning and Three-Legged Cat Kidnap
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Gary Stewart, 37, has been charged with attempting to poison his lesbian neighbors in Denton, Manchester, England. They allege he stole their three-legged cat and dumped her in another village. The cat has been rescued after a successful poster campaign. Investigators are examining the death of Stewart’s partner, Paul Kleiser, 43, last summer after he became “seriously ill.” Read more.
Stephen Gateley dead at 33
Posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago at 12:17 am. 1 comment
Singer Stephen Gateley has died while on vacation in Majorca with his partner Andrew Coles. No further details about his death are available at this time.
Gateley was one fifth of boyband Boyzone, who scored six number one singles and four number one albums in the U.K. between 1994 and 2000. In 1999, he learned that one of his former security guards might be preparing to sell him out to the tabloids. Rather than trying to suppress the story, Gateley beat him to it, dominating the June 16, 1999 issue of The Sun with the headline “Boyzone Stephen: I’m Gay and in Love.” The man he was in love with was Eloy de Jong (b. 1971) of the Dutch boyband Caught in the Act.
Coming out was a very brave move for a young man whose career depended on the support of hordes of star-struck teenaged girls. He’s continued to enjoy success as a solo artist, as well as in musicals on tour and in the West End. In 2008 he joined the re-formed Boyzone for a tour.
In 2006, Gateley entered into a civil partnership with Internet entrepeneur Andrew Cowles. They had first been introduced three years earlier by Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish.
Everything You Need to Know About the National Equality March
Posted 10 months, 4 weeks ago at 7:35 am. 0 comments
Besides the fact that Lady Gaga will be there, Sunday October 11 in Washington DC: Read More from David Mixner
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