595 posts categorized "GAY MARRIAGE"

Sep 29 2023
Dianne Feinstein, California's Long-Serving Democratic Senator, Has Died @ 90 Comments (0)

FEINSTEIN-boycultureWho not this woman? (Images via Time & New York)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) died at her home Thursday evening, her office reports. She was 90.

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It was she who, as president of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, informed a stunned city and nation that Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk had been assassinated by the cowardly Dan White. She told agog media:

As President of the Board of Supervisors, it is my duty to announce that both Mayor [George] Moscone and Supervisor [Harvey] Milk have been shot and killed. The suspect is Supervisor Dan White.

Feinstein became interim mayor and won re-election, serving three terms, the beginning of a long winning streak — one that lasted even beyond, arguably, her ability to do her job with her characteristic mental acuity. (It should be noted that at least one reason Feinstein stayed in the Senate so long is the fact that the GOP has made clear another Dem would not replace her in a timely manner on the Senate Judiciary Committee.)

Among the highlights of her legacy, Feinstein, considered a moderate Democrat, authored the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban and chaired both the Senate Rules Committee and Senate Intelligence Committee.

She was seen as pro-gay early on, but did veto domestic partner legislation in San Francisco in 1982. In context, she was still one of the most pro-gay (now pro-LGBTQ) public officials of her era. In 1971, she addressed a gay group of 600, speaking widely on topics including pornography (she was against it), whether gay groups should be allowed to rent public spaces (she apologized for having previously been against it) and whether she would support a gay person for public office (she said she would.) Vector reported extensively on the meeting.

Choice quotes:

On porn:

The gay community has provided a tremendous richness for the city and county of San Francisco. In the sciences, in the arts, in the professions, the city is richer and healthier because of the particular sensitivity and talents that you have brought. And I believe that pornography mocks this community and it mocks the legitimate aim of people who want to be creative, allowed to live their own life style, not derided, not made fun of, but respected as a constructive part of the community, which I happen to think you are.

On support a gay person for San Francisco Supervisor:

I wouldn't support him just because he was a homosexual. I think that the thing we are talking about is qualifications. If I thought he was qualified, I would support him.

On support for a gay person for public office:

A qualified candidate, of course. A known homosexual, of course. I think the problems only lie with the unknown — when put under pressure, this person becomes subject to blackmail ... Many people in public life have been blackmailed because of past inclinations or activities, and I think that as a known homosexual, you avoid this problem if you are honest with yourself and with the community. I have no hesitation in supporting a known homosexual.

On why so many politicians turned their backs on gays:

Poor judgment!

General support:

I want to see the gay community come more into the mainstream of the community.

 

 
Sep 15 2023
Danny Nucci's Tushy + Gay Art, Gay History + Lauren Boebert DID Vape + Lost Silent Film (Partially) Found + Hunter Biden Indicted For Something Nobody's Indicted + MORE! — 12-PACK Comments (0)

ABOVE: Danny Nucci forever!

BELOW: Keep reading for gay art, Boebert doesn't wait to exhale, silent no more and more ...

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Sep 14 2023
Kim Davis Will Pay + Black LGBTQ Lawmakers Protest Nigerian Gay Arrests + Pelosi Shames McCarthy + Mel Odom's Well-Hung + BRADY BUNCH Shots Fired + MORE! — 12-PACK Comments (0)

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ABOVE: Boy Culture: Generation X star Jason Caceres is a cover boy just in time! The series is everywhere in 2 months.

FOLLOW JASON HERE!

BELOW: Kim Davis will pay, Mel Odom's well-hung, Cindy Brady is worse than Cousin Oliver and more ...

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Sep 10 2023
Omar Ayuso Bares His Butt In ON THE GO + RIP Ken Keechl + Florida's Gay-Hatin' Roots + Robin Roberts & Amber Laign Got Hitched + MORE! — 6-PACK Comments (0)

ABOVE: I'm loyal to Colin Firth for Apartment Zero and A Single Man.

BELOW: Keep reading for Omar Ayuso's butt, Florida's anti-gay past (and present) and more  ...

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Sep 05 2023
Karma Is A Switch + Gay Cowboys — Yee-Haw! + Meet Mr. Gay World + Musk vs. All Jews + Art You Can't Afford + MORE! — 6-PACK Comments (0)

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ABOVE: Have we all discovered Kody Karma, the guy who has figured out a way to post the dirtiest possible clean images to Instagram?!

BELOW: Keep reading for gay cowboys, Mr. Gay World, art you can't afford and more ...

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Mar 20 2023
LGBTQ Equality: He Wrote The Book On It Comments (0)

Kevin-naff-book-boycultureKevin Naff's been the EIC of The Washington Blade since the original run of Will & Grace. He has been head honcho at the venerable, indispensable publication for many major events in LGBTQ history, not least of which the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell and the SCOTUS decision granting same-sex marriage nationwide. Now, he has written the book How We Won the War for LGBTQ Equality, and before you get too comfy, it's subtitled And How Our Enemies Could Take It All Away.

All.

Not just drag rights, not just trans rights, all LGBTQ rights. There is a path for them to do that, and there is a path for us to resist. I have yet to read Kevin's book, but I know his institution's work, and I have faith he will have valuable insights.

The book is out March 23.

In the meantime, check out Kevin's appearance on Rated LGBT Radio.

P.S. One way I can tell you they'll win is if we continue, as a community, to reject that we are a community. This includes gay men shrugging off trans people, it includes trans people calling people with questions transphobes (to be fair, some are, and some of those questions aren't fair questions!), it includes LGB and other separatism, and it for damn sure includes this revolting trend I've seen on social media of drag queens and femme-presenting gay men deciding they agree with the right that drag is too racy for kids, unwittingly helping to brand gay as inherently (1) sexual and (2) perverse. Choose a goddamn side already.

 
Mar 19 2023
Naked Crushes + Pence Whiffs On Trump Arrest + Lukas Gage Dropped For Label Aversion + The Future Of PrEP + MORE! — 12-PACK Comments (0)

ABOVE: Interesting day for celebrity b'days — Bruce, Ursula Andress, Rerun!

BELOW: Keep reading for crushes, male nudity and — oh, yeah! — a former POTUS on the verge of a nervous breakdown ...

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Mar 04 2023
Gay Men Killed After Clubbing In NYC: It Was Murder + Conways Divorcing + Andrew Tate Cancer Rumors + Julie Brown Brings Back Medusa + MORE! — 6-PACK Comments (0)

ABOVE: I'm a li'l late, but better late than horny.

IMG_3726 EDITSqueezed this last bonus image in for ya, but it didn't QUITE fit. (Image by Matthew Rettenmund)

BELOW: Keep reading for movement on those gay-bar robberies-turned-deaths, Conways divorcing, Julie Brown revives Medusa ...

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