MetaFilter posts tagged with Gay

That's so... the children's insult of choice!

Ambrosia Voyeur — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:16:32 -0800

AS OF 10/08/2008, THERE WERE OVER 80,100 PAGES ONLINE WITH THE PHRASE "That's so gay."

Hillary Duff is here to elevate teen discourse! And here's a handy printout.
How 'gay' became children's insult of choice.

Prop. 8 is a money boon

nospecialfx — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:39:16 -0800

While millions are flowing into California on both sides of the gay marriage battle, California's anti-gay leaders are raking it in through their nonprofit orgs.

Gay Geeks

binturong — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:49:29 -0800

There are geeks and there is Gays and now there are gay geeks with their own website.

The Mutual Tattooed Penis Admiration Society

Forktine — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:33:20 -0800

The Mutual Tattooed Penis Admiration Society: Really fascinating archival footage from the 1980s of Sailor Sid, Jack Yount, and others. This is old-school tattooing and piercing, anchored in gay and S&M subcultures, just before it went mainstream. NSFW, and there are far more NSFW things a click away on these links. You will notice that tattooing on the cusp of the HIV/AIDS epidemic was sometimes done to a different standard of hygiene than is the case 25 years later. The affection and trust between the men in the videos really shines through, though. Sailor Sid's papers are now a part of the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago; Jack Yount's collection became part of the Shawn Porter Collection which sadly appears to be offline after a crash. An essay by Jim Ward about Sailor Sid can be read here. The links were posted on BME's ModBlog; they are credited to Shawn Porter at the wonderfully-named Scar Wars; see also his articles, some deeply NSFW, on BME.

Republicans just can't get away from this stuff even if they wanted to

Weebot — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:35:29 -0800

If you were asked to design the perfect weapon to exploit this vulnerability as it manifests itself in attractive, urban gay men, you’d want something that would intensify our isolation, exaggerate our propensity to objectify each other, and persuade us to objectify ourselves -- by encouraging us to believe that our purpose is to look good and have lots of sex. Manhunt would be your perfect weapon

"Has Manhunt Destroyed Gay Culture?". It's a great article, but what happened after its publication may be just as interesting. So the post-publication story goes like this: Out publishes its incisive thinkpiece about Manhunt.net [NSFW], the biggest gay hook-up site on the net, and its effects on gay culture. Some of the article devotes itself to the political leanings of the co-founders, Larry Basile and Jonathan Crutchley. Andy Towle at Towleroad takes that bit of info and reports that Crutchley has had donated $2300 to the McCain campaign. Not too many people are happy to hear that. Not his co-founder, not the McCain campaign, and certainly not the members, many of whom cancel their subscriptions. Crutchley subsequently steps down as chairman of the company, igniting another controversy over whether the actions of the gay community constitute a political witchhunt. Yeah, this is kinda two separate posts in one, but oh well.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell -- Kill

digaman — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:15:12 -0800

The Surge is working [tm] -- but for gay Iraqis who face a murderous new spate of violence by theocrats and militiamen, notsomuch. "More than 430 gay men have been murdered in Iraq since 2003... [but] many officials say they feel that in a country at war, there are more pressing concerns than gay rights."

"They'll have their diamonds, and we'll have our pearls."

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:29:59 -0800

1995 versus 2008. Thirteen years later, the media once again devours its own tail reacting to "I Kissed a Girl." Jill Sobule's hit was banned by Southern radio stations, but greatly endeared her to the gay community. Katy Perry's song and persona are a lot more problematic. As enlightening as the past couple of decades have been for the public, casual and careless gay stereotyping still commonly surfaces in pop culture. For example, this Snickers commercial in which Mr. T attacks an effeminate speedwalker, calling him "A disgrace to the man race" -- which was banned before it made the leap from British to American television.

Speaker for Himself

Artw — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:43:03 -0800

Orson Scott Card on gay marriage, which he says "marks the end of democracy in America". Not everyone is too happy about that.

Shoes by GWAR, handbag by Gorgoroth.

geos — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:36:27 -0800

Couture by Gaahl (yt, nsfw)

Dont ask, don't tell - gays in the US military

wilful — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:29:17 -0800

[G]ays do not belong in the U.S. military because American troops need to be hardened warriors. "We aren't the Brits. We're not the Europeans. We're not the Swedes," says Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter, who is the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee. The choicest quote from the 16 Dec 2007 60 Minutes investigation into gays in the military (recently updated). All the law you need to know. Some personal stories. Mild disagreement between the presidential candidates.