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A Gay Author and Activist writes about his life, being gay, gay activism, and gay images in the media, as well as issues of concern to Jews, people over forty, and writers.
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Playing Gay
A while ago I wrote about the gay characters on the CBS soap As The World Turns. While there are lesbian couples on two other soap operas, this was the only show to have a gay male couple, although there are rumors that The Young and the Restless, th...
TWO'S BRAVE BATTLE
TWO [Truth Wins Out] executive Director Wayne Besen has issued the following press release:"I am proud to announce that Truth Wins Out has finally moved into its new Manhattan office! For the past three years, I had run the organization out of a smal...
Rum Dump at the Stonewall Inn
I've reported in the past how utterly disappointed I was in the "new" Stonewall Inn -- to put it mildly -- the historic bar where began the modern-day Gay Rights movement. (There was a movement even before the Stonewall rebellion, let's make that cle...
The hate ... The hate...
Why on earth is it that if you happen to disagree with someone or with some group, you're immediately told that you're full of hate. I can certainly disagree -- vehemently disagree with someone -- without "hating" them (although it doesn't seem to wo...
Movie: "The Gay Marriage Thing"
The Gay Marriage Thing. A film by Stephanie Higgins.The debate over gay marriage and how it affects the gay community receives a warm, humorous and sympathetic treatment in The Gay Marriage Thing, an excellent new documentary directed by Stephanie Hi...
Mixed Emotions
I have very mixed emotions, as many gays do, with the results of the recent elections.One one hand, the democrats won, which is good, to say the least. We have the first Africa-American president -- also very good. And he is at least gay-friendly, al...
The "He Was Gay" Defense
There's something disturbing (on many different levels) going on in recent high-profile murder cases.You could call it the "he was gay" defense.That is, the defense team for an accused murderer (or murderess) suggests that the victim was gay, a close...
So What If Somebody's Gay?
I don't know if actor Tyrone Power (pictured) was gay, but I remember all the controversy that happened when Hector Arce came out with a biography that claimed he was either gay or bi. As I've said on previous posts, an author had better have some so...
Doo Wop at the Stonewall -- or Not
OR HOW THE GAY COMMUNITY WAS HOOD-WINKED BY THE STRAIGHT OWNERS OF THE STONEWALL So exactly how gay-owned is the new Stonewall Inn anyway? While reviewing and updating my piece about being pounded on by an inebriated, supremely hideous straight guy a...
Cruise Mind-Control
I DON'T KNOW IF TOM CRUISE IS GAY BUT HE SURE IS NUTS!I don't know anything about Tom Cruise's sexual orientation, and I couldn't care less. I've met more than one person who claims they saw him at the hustler bar Rounds in his pre-stardom days, but ...
Who's Gay, Who's Not, and Who Cares?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING GAY ANYWAY?Imagine this; a fairly common situation. You're sitting around with some friends, maybe all gay, maybe mixed gay and straight, and somebody wonders -- in a perfectly nice way -- if somebody you all know might possib...
Gay-Bashed at the Stonewall Inn
I've gone to the new "gay-owned" Stonewall Inn almost every week on one night or another since it opened in early 2007. I was very excited when it opened and made sure to be there on the very first day (I wanted to be the first customer but got there...
To Straight Men Who Want to Work in Gay Bars
I try, but it's usually impossible for me to write a short post. Of course, I always meant this blog to be a collection of "think pieces," longer articles that take some time to read and which will, hopefully, provoke some thought and comment. I rece...
You Can Be "Straight" But You Can't Be "Old"
GOTHAM KNIGHTSMy buddy Jack came over the other day and told me he was thinking of joining the Gotham Knights."The what?" I said. It rang a small bell but I didn't know what it was."It's a gay rugby team," Jack told me. "Well, predominantly gay.""'P...
Oy vey -- just want we need -- NOT!
Okay, Carson Kressley, or whatever his name is, one of the campy, bitchy "fab four" of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy -- which finally ceased production, although undoubtedly it will live forever in reruns -- has a new show out in which he will undo...
Of fruit flies and Law and Order
On the blog Buff's Tuff Talk I came across this article about how scientists were able to change the sexual orientation of fruit flies. The article wondered if ultimately people would be able to make a switch-over, and even switch back, if they wante...
A Shot of Sheer Stupidity
MTV, the network that's brought us such intellectual programs as The Real World and Jackass, has now come out with another "gem," A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. The modestly-attractive Tila [photo on left] is a reality show participant who's bent ...
The Malevolent Munchkin of Christopher Street
OR SAD TALES OF AN OBNOXIOUS BARTENDERIn a bar in the West Village which has been around so long it’s practically an institution, but which has frankly seen better days, there is a diminutive bartender that lately I’ve been calling the "Miserable...
The Serious Issue of Straight Male Hairdressers
In the magazine business we have what are known as "fake issue" pieces. This is when a writer or editor creates a story about a supposed issue or trend that needs to be addressed, but the trend or issue doesn’t really exist: the magazine is only tr...
Larry Craig in the Men's Room
The incident with Republican homophobe and hypocrite Larry Craig being arrested in an airport men's room for trying to play hanky panky with an undercover cop brings forth a whole slew of sub-issues.1,) This is yet another Republican who excoriates g...
The F*G jokes go on
Talking about the recent lesbian spring event, Jay Leno quipped that they held “a wet lumberjack shirt contest” (as opposed to a feminine wet T-shirt contest, ha ha!) as his pet band leader dutifully guffawed. Then Leno mimicked someone writing a...
