Before you get too excited, be clear that The Advocate’s Anderson Cooper cover story is not a coming out story. Sad, yes, but what can you do? Rather, the fag-rag’s dedicated it feature article on the always attractive silver fox.
Oh, lord! The American “Family” Association refuses to give up their “good” fight against McDonald’s.
The anti-gay non-profit began ramping up efforts last May, when they blasted the fast food chain’s commitment to queer causes, like their sponsorship of pride parades. Not ones to be bullied, McDonald’s executives refuses to back down, which has since spurred the AFA to up the ante a bit.
Realizing that their members aren’t the most intellectually evolved, the AFA has spelled out their beef with the beloved American restaurant:
So, remember Heinz’s “gay” commercial that caused that big stink, nearly gave Bill O’Reilly a coronary and ended up getting yanked? If not, we’ve included it above.
Anyway, Britain’s advertising authority announced today that they will not be investigating complaints:
Gossip boy Chace Crawford’s recent mouthing off about the television show that made him isn’t exactly on par with the lashing Katherine Heigl gave Grey’s Anatomy’s writers and producers, but he’s made clear he’s sees himself as a big enough star not to follow strict orders. He tells OK!: “There was an episode where we were crashed out on the sofa after a big night out and they wanted me to wake up in my boxers, so I argued with them about it. I mean, first of all, who gets wasted with their buddy, and smokes weed and then strips down to their boxers before they pass out on the couch?! No one does that. Why am I naked on my buddy’s couch? It was weird so I fought it.” Um, asked and answered?
Because there’s no such thing as too much pride - except for hubris - here are some shots from yesterday’s march here in New York City. We’re absolutely in love with the snap of Mayor Michael Bloomberg waving his rainbow flag. So cute!
Pete Wentz may have knocked up Ashlee Simpson, but he still gets shit for being a homo. The Fall Out Singer tells Out that he regularly gets called out on the street - and he’s all right with that. In fact, he’s basically embraced the abuse:
Somehow we’re completely ready to trust the gaydar of New York online editor Chris Rovzar’s gaydar regarding Gossip Girl “roommates” Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick, who calls B.S. on rumors they’re dating. Also, we’re completely despaired. And not actually ready to trust anything. [NYM]
Just a day after the Internet was abuzz with rumors — equally plausible and impossible — that Gossip Girl co-stars and roommates Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick are lovers, weren’t afraid to hide it, and were spotted open-mouth kissing in Crawford’s trailer, Westick’s rep calls the report “absolutely untrue.”
Proverbial reverend Al Sharpton insists he did not out Anderson Cooper.
Sharpton appeared on Cooper’s CNN show Wednesday to discuss James Dobson’s attack on Barack Obama, who Dobson claims is “distorting” the bible. Arguing against Dobson, Sharpton said, “I may have some very conservative personal feelings, but I feel you have the right to live your life differently. I may think that what you do Anderson is gonna put you in Hell, but I’m gonna defend your right to get there.” Loads of people took this to be an unintentional “outing.”
Sharpton, however, claims he’s clueless to Cooper’s carnality.
They’re here! And definitely queer. That’s right, ladies and gents, it’s time once again for non-profit Commercial Closet’s Image in Advertising Awards, which celebrate positively homo inclusion in marketing and commercial ventures.
The campaign against Human Rights Campaign continues.
HRC came under fire last year after flip-flopping on an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. After vowing to fight for trans rights, the non-profit did an about face and began pushing for a gays-only version of the legislation.
Now, months later, the after shocks are being felt in San Francisco, where two of the city’s gay politicos have vowed to boycott HRC’s annual dinner next month:
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper found himself the center of attention on his eponymous show last night.
The silver fox had invited Focus On The Family’s Tony Perkins, journo Roland Martin and Reverend Al Sharpton, whom we were surprisingly happy to see you. Well, we weren’t happy to see him, but we were tickled pink when, while discussing James Dobson’s blasting of Barack Obama, Sharpton kinda, sorta outed Cooper: “I may have some very conservative personal feelings but I feel you have the right to live your life differently. I may think that what you do Anderson is gonna put you in Hell, but I’m gonna defend your right to get there.”
Cooper blushed before thanking Sharpton for his concern and insisting that he personally is “not that concerned” about his afterlife. And, really, why would he?
Watch the video, after the jump!
Barack Obama has had some pretty gay moments over the past few years. And by that we mean he has consistently mentioned queer communities in his stump speeches. Some excited voter - or crazed fan - has collected Obama’s greatest same-sex hits into a meaty nine-minute video.
Are we really going to have to “thank” right-wing zealots like Bill O’Reilly for getting Heinz to yank a mayo ad featuring two dudes kissing? Perhaps. After just a week of airing the ad on British television, the ketchup company has removed the spot — and apologized for it. Heinz has said the ad – where a busy working father rushes his kids off to school, then kisses the (male) cook in the kitchen who prepared their lunches – which wasn’t even supposed to be gay themed; the guy making the sandwiches was supposed to represent a New York deli man, not a house-husband.
But then Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority received 200 complaints about the ad, which mostly outlined how inappropriate it was to show two fellas smooching on national TV. “It is our policy to listen to consumers,” kowtowed a Heinz UK spokesperson. “We recognise that some consumers raised concerns over the content of the ad and this prompted our decision to withdraw it.” Nevermind that the ad was already banished from children’s programming because Heinz Deli Mayo violates a “no products high in fat, salt and sugar” mandate.
And forgive us for noticing the double standard here: While an ad that benignly portrays two men kissing gets booted from the airwaves, an ad like Snickers’ spot from the 2007 Super Bowl, which adds a negative implication about two men kissing, is just fine to air. (In the U.S. at least.) Highlighting aspects of a gay household: bad. Demeaning aspects of a gay household: OK.
View the Heinz ad below. CONTINUED »
Fire Island sure ain’t what it used to be! At least three men have been arrested over two consecutive weekends for “lewd conduct” while cruising through the Meat Rack, which is exactly what it sounds like.
But, not ones to take this sort of thing lying down, some industrious citizens are preparing to fight for their right to get off.
The gay media watchdogs over at GLAAD have been watching an upcoming episode of FX’s 30 Days - and they don’t like what they see.
A forthcoming episode of the series, which transplants people into new lives for a month, features an anti-gay woman who trade places with a child-rearing lesbian. Cue dramatic music…
We have a confession to make. You know MVP, the cliché ridden Soapnet series? Well, we’re already total fans.
Yes, it’s terribly overacted, trite and a blatantly low budget imitation of Footballer’s Wives, but those faults make it all the more fun. What’s more, it’s positively brimming with attractive men. Thus, like other series before it, MVP seems poised to become a gay favorite.
This got us thinking - what are some other gay favorites that aren’t necessarily “gay shows?” Thus, we’ve wracked our television loving brains - and pink pals - for currently airing series the gays love - or could, at least. Our one rule: no major gay characters, which very nearly ruled out ABC.
Colorado Springs’ most famous stain has reappeared!
Ted Haggard spent years damning homosexuality from his pulpit at New Life Church, but found himself ousted after rent boy Mike Jones outed him as a meth-smoking homo. The disgraced Haggard soon moved to Arizona, where he and his family vowed to work through their very public problems. Well, now he’s back, but not to his old tricks.
Here’s an intriguing way to accommodate cross-dressing students:
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: California officials have officially made same-sex marriage official!
At 5:01 PM, clerks began issuing the state’s first same-sex marriage licenses. And, as a proper institution, the ladies went first. Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, who have been together 55 years, inaugurated the festivities in San Francisco, while Robin Tyler and Diane Olson did it up in Los Angeles county. The latter were the original plaintiffs in the case that led to California Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the ban on gay marriage.
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