I say Justice Kennedy will be the swinger
Shit just got real: The Supreme Court will hear cases on marriage equality and DOMA in March 2013 with possible decisions in late June 2013. So 2013 could be the year of marriage equality in the United States.
Disabled? Rebublicans couldn't care less.
Republicans thumb noses at wheelchair-bound Bob Dole.
Scorching-hot cub calendar for charity.
Hillary Clinton is totally running in '16. C'mon.
Is Kate Middleton a gay icon? C'mon.
Anderson Cooper went blind for 36 hours.
Mike Diamond sweats Ben Cohen's jock.
Handicapping Supreme Court Justice deaths.
Trade association NRECA selects homophobic head.
Even more Jayson Blair.
Dutch treat blackface as jolly Christmas tradition.
Newest Vanity Fair cover looks funny "ha-ha."
Paris Hilton's a DJ...wait, what did she used to be?
Boybands ready to scratch each other's eyes out.
Madonna's touring must-haves.
Top sugar daddy misconceptions. (Wait, aren't any of 'em bottoms?)
I wouldn't say no. I'm unemployed!
Here come the brides
West Point chapel's first same-sex wedding.
Boy Culture's new Facebook page.
Sir Ian McKellen for New Zealand marriage equality.
Frank Bruni to Bill Clinton: Apologize.
Murderer Johnny Lewis wasn't drugged.
Tyson Beckford's manscaping pic.
21 years' worth of World of Wonder.
Sexy, gay romp in Australia? I'm in.
He Wears It Well: According to Ricky Martin, "Every Day is World AIDS Day."
Red carpet for a Walgreens opening???
Miss Nadya Ginsburg meets Mr./Miss Jimmy James. (Pictured, bottom right.)
Jack Mackenroth = Athlete of the year.
Adam Lambert = Glitter hornet.
Will Swenson (below) for NOH8.
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NOH8ers!
Wet behind the light years
Water discovered on Mercury.
Director James Gunn apologizes for anti-gay, misogynist rant.
Michigan teacher suspended for playing pro-gay music video.
VOTE: Palestine state receives U.N. recognition.
Is Lindsay Lohan a Wanted woman?
Polish court okays gay inheritance.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn settles with maid.
Colin Farrell rides in on white horse.
Madonna's corset sells for over $50K.
Another DOMA case ruled unconstitutional.
Is Rep. Aaron "I'm not gay" Schock (R-Illinois) a gubernatorial maybe?
Call me "Governor," maybe?
I get lots of pitches for posts, but this one really speaks to me—a street-art campaign to end DOMA that plays on the shameful WHITES ONLY signs that used to decorate bathrooms and diners and drinking fountains in the South 50 years ago.
Artist Castroburger's boyfriend was forced to return to the UK, a catalyst for this aggressive campaign (stickers are popping up all over), which he says "has spread over the past months to Mexico, Latin America, [Texas], North Carolina, Arizona, England and Scotland."
If you're interested, check out the campaign's store and/or its Facebook—the awareness benefits us all, but all funds do go toward the artist's boyfriend's Visa fees. Need more incentive? They summarize their DOMA-affected investment in each other as follows:
"5 years, 1 month together
$11,000 on flights
143,000 miles flown
312 hours in the air
$4,000 Visa
930 missed days together"
In engaging remarks on The View, President Obama talks about his former support of civil unions, his now fully evolved marriage-equality views, his belief that DOMA is not Constitutional and his ignorance of 50 Shades of Grey.
DOMA unconstitutional, sez George W. Bush appointee. Ouch.
Prove it!
As of midnight last night, it was exactly six years since my first post. It's been a tough thing to keep up with a dayjob and outside activities, and just when I think I might walk away, a valuable connection or interesting opportunity or a kind word comes my way. Thank you all for reading me.
Of whom are you more jealous?
Here are my favorite 100+ posts out of nearly 11,000. Please take some time to read (or re-read!) a couple and tweet or Facebook any you like.
xoxo Matt
The pocket pool championships were intense this year
BOY CULTURE
FROM BOY TO MAN: BC B.C. (2007): The entire history of my novell and novel Boy Culture as well as the movie version; might be my ultimate post.
Jonathon Trent & Derek Magyar make an Allan Brocka sandwich
BOY ON FILM (2006): An account of the NYC launch party for Boy Culture as it played the TriBeCa Film Fest.
I was left "Reeling" by the experience
FRIENDS AND "FAMILY" (2006): The movie version of Boy Culture hits Chicago.
No one would've mistaken me for Taylor Lautner
RAPT PUPIL (2006): The final night of Outfest with Boy Culture; I was fat but on the other hand got to meet Bryan Singer.
MY ART
Construction worker (shot this week) vs. James Dean
GUYDAR (since at least January 17, 2008) & ENDS OF THE WORLD (since at least January 13, 2008): Attractive men of the world—I got your backs. Your fronts, too.
Unaltered iPhone image that still blows me away
"Your pictures suck" (2008): An art critic attacks me, but not without sustaining some hits in return.
DRAWN TOGETHER (2008): How my desire to draw related to my secret desire. One of my absolute favorite posts.
The shirtless one
LOST ANGELES (2009): My favorite photographic travelogue of L.A.
Even then, New Yorkers feared 9/11 was the beginning of the end
ART IMITATES LIFE (2006): My 9/11 and my distaste for grief tourism.
ME
Death of the party—Jeff in high school, already halfway through his life
BURNING MAN (2007): Tribute to my late high school friend and first romance.
Signed, sealed (eventually) delivered
LOST BOY FOUND (2011): There is a book in here somewhere.
Be Italian
CIAO HOUNDS: OUR TRIP TO ITALY (2011): Finally got José to Europe.
ILLINOIS DEATH TRIP (2007): Ruminations on death while revisiting a past home, and the past.
Life is short...and meaningful
PASSING BY (2008): Mourning the loss of a person I only met once.
Lots more...
The local coroner wouldn't release the dead body of lesbian activist Christina Santiago— killed during the Indiana disaster—to her surviving partner, citing DOMA.
Unreal.
I sincerely hope this indignity is revisited upon that coroner and anyone who supports this action—tenfold.
P.S. The story is now updated to say that her aunt was allowed to claim her body, and the coroner is calling it a "misunderstanding."
