Category Archives: Your Gay is Showing

Jan 8 2010

Phelps and the Gays call a Truce!

Megan Phelps, apparent heir to the hate-mongering throne of her grandfather, Pastor Fred Phelps, shows off these signs she planned on hoisting last night in front of the Fox Theatre. Obviously in need of a GaGa makeover. Honey, even Wal~Mart sells better clothes than what you are wearing. Does God approve of that tight shirt? I know he must hate that haircut, because I sure do.

Lady Gaga was in concert last night at the Fox here in St. Louis.  Fred Phelps and his clan from Oklahoma had planned to protest outside the Fox.  In retaliation, gay groups were going to be there in defense of Gaga to protest Phelps. Rumors were that Perez Hilton and MTV would be here too to catch it all on camera.

Then, God sent the snow and Phelps listened.  He and is inbred clan members backed down and decided not to come.

And the gays went to a bar and had a cocktail and put their nails away, so sayeth the Queen.

Read the full story at RFT.

Remember Phelps?  He and his crazies protest the funerals of marines.  Oh, and they also showed up at Matthew Shepard’s funeral with hate signs. They live in a big commune in Oklahoma with an upside down American flag waving overhead.

I wish they’d all get on a cropduster and crash it into a silo in the name of their God because this country sure would be a better place without them.

Jesus loves you, Fred, it’s the rest of us that know you are an asshole.

But St. Louis thinks you for keeping your hate out last night!  God bless you!

Nov 23 2009

He Kissed a Boy and He Liked It

Why do we care that Adam Lambert kissed a boy last night on the AMA’s?  And why the heck was it censored for the west coast feed?  Hello?!?  California is as gay as it gets, people. Here’s a bit of the gossip from OMG!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Even before Adam Lambert‘s show-stopping performance at the 2009 American Music Awards was edited for the west coast feed of the awards show, the singer told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson that he felt censoring his performance would be wrong.

“You know honestly, if I offended some people… it’s apples and oranges. I’m not an artist that does things for every single person,” Adam told Access’ Shaun backstage following his racy performance of “For Your Entertainment,” where he kissed male keyboardist Tommy Ratliff, who is straight.

“I believe in artistic freedom and expression, I believe in honoring the lyrics of a song, and those lyrics aren’t really for everybody either,” he continued.

And before his performance was edited, he told Access the thought of changing what happened on stage for the other half of the country would be a double standard.

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“If it’s edited, that’s discrimination,” Adam said. “I will be a little disappointed because there is a little bit of discrimination going in this country. There’s a big double standard, female pop artists have been doing things provocative like that for years, and the fact that I’m a male, and I’ll be edited and discriminated against could be a problem.”

The singer did admit that an edited down performance would not shock him.

“I’m not going to be surprised that they edit it,” he continued. “People are scared and it’s really sad, I just wish people could open their minds up and enjoy things, it’s all for a laugh, it’s really not that big of a deal.”

What freaking century are we in? Men kiss all the time in soap operas and on sitcoms!  Get over it.  While I didn’t care much for the performance myself, it’s not because I was offended.  But get real….this would be like censoring Tammy Faye in the Bible belt because your religion doesn’t allow you to wear make-up!

One step forward for another performer for pushing the boundaries…

One step backward for Americans and their TV sets.

Jun 14 2009

It’s Complex

After J’s birthday, we planned to take the friends to The Complex Night Club.  We were warned it was under new management, but we didn’t listen.  We arrived there around 10pm and the parking lot was empty.  But it was pretty early for a Friday night, so we decided to go in anyway.  And it was no cover charge before 11, so that rocked.  The place did eventually begin to fill up, but with kids ranging from 18 to 20.  Suddently, we were singled out at the bar like 8th grade chaperones at an 80s school dance.  Club kids, clad in fingerless gloves, glitter, fauxhawks, polos and neck ties, Underroos, and knee high socks crowded around the dance floor with their glow sticks and bottles of water to watch the drag show.

The show was hosted by Siren.  Click on her name to watch a video of her.  She wasn’t too bad.  But her cast mates were a Marilyn Manson wannabe named Nick October, some over make-up’ed queen whose name I can’t remember, and a short drag king named Ryan.  Nick October had short hair, no boobs, and wore one piece pant suits low cut to show off his chest tattoos.  He was quite scary.  Like I said, Siren was okay, but my favorite had to be Ryan.  He (she) was a stout little performer with a garage band attitude.  In one of his numbers, he wore a Chinese/Russianesqe black and red uniform and danced around with a red paper umbrella.  However, I couldn’t help but wonder if this is what drag shows have come to!

Back when I was in my late teens and early twenties and flaunting around in my cuffed jeans with my bottle of water and glow necklace, drag queens had big boobs, big hair, and big camp.  They weren’t these skinny, boobless, short hair, dominatrix-like kids. Don’t believe me?  Here’s my old friend Allysun Wonderland from Memphis, Tennessee.

And here she is with another of my ole favs, Miss Beverly Hills…

Jun 8 2009

The Tony Awards 2009

I watched the Tony Awards last night.  It’s the first time I’ve watched them in forever. It was great to see Elton John and Liza Minelli both preform.  They were both in the opening number briefly.  Liza actually won another Tony for Liza’s At the Palace. She still looks great!

Elton didn’t win for Billy Elliot’s music, but Billy Elliot did win for Best Actor in a Musical and Best Musical.  The lead in Billy Elliot is played by three boys, so they made history by all winning for Best Actor.

Hair won for Best Revival of a Musical.

I thought the Shrek number was hilarious.  Very clever costumes!

And kudos to Constantine Maroulis (American Idol) for being nominated for Rock of Ages.

Neil Patrick Harris was the host.  Why?  I have no idea.  You didn’t even see him that much although he did close the show with a song.

Alice Ripley won Best Actress in a musical for Next to Normal, and it was this performance that I was most impressed with.

May 24 2009

I’m a 65% Polyester Pullover in a World of 100% Cotton Ugly Polos

So J and I attempted to go shopping for clothes yesterday.  We started off at Kohl’s.  J found a shirt he liked.  I found a button down shirt and tee combo on the Clearance rack that I liked.  J also bought a pair of sandals, and tried to buy a pair of Sketchers for me but I wouldn’t let him.  I told him I needed shirts and jeans more.  I saw two or three other things I “sorta” liked but still decided to wait on buying anything else there.polo

So, we left and went to Dillard’s at the mall down the street.  What a waste of time!  First, there was at least six feet of space between each rack of clothes.  It was obvious they had not bought as much this season, and what they had bought was UGLY.  It was a sea of solid colored cheap polos, striped ugly polos, palm tree print golfer shirts, and overpriced thin silky button downs that gay men haven’t worn since the 90s.  Oh, and let’s not forget those thin dark colored tees with shiny eagles, skulls, guitars, and filigree all over them.  Even the jeans had weird bedazzled filigree on the butt.  What straight man wears this???  What gay man wears this???

J and I were so disappointed in all the crap clothes, so we left there and went to Macy’s at a different mall.  It didn’t get much better there.  Despite the glorious fact that an associate did greet us in every department we walked through to get to the men’s department….mattresses, furniture, kitchen goods, bedding, and finally in the men’s section.  Sadly, it was even worse than Dillard’s.  Count 8 feet between the racks where they had spaced everything out to try to make the store look full.  However, the very back of the department was even closed off with curtains where they had just shut down part of the department and closed it off to save space.  One side of the department was, once again, ugly polos.  The other half all looked “hip hop” and even that stuff looked like someone was trying to dress up and be the Joker.  It was all neon green and pink and black.  And UGLY!

J and I shook our heads in disgust.  Sure, it’s the economy.  It’s bad buying decisions on the company’s part too.  Even if the economy was booming, I wouldn’t wear this sh*t though!  So, after that we went to another Kohl’s and guess what?  I found another shirt and tee combo (different than the first) on the Clearance rack that I liked.  J bought another shirt, and that was it.  I tried looking at jeans but I’m so sick of jeans that look all faded with those white stripes down the front, ones that look already worn.  But we’ll save jeans for another post!

Then, we went home.  So, I did end up with two tees and two button down shirts for less than $27.00 dollars. Oh, and we earned $30.00 in Kohl’s cash which we can go back and spend after the 26th.  I’m getting some jeans, damn it, if it kills me!

Apr 14 2009

Did Amazon Fail?

Within just a few hours, it became the top topic on Twitter.bookburning460

People wrote letters to Amazon.

Over 3,000 People joined the Facebook page in just 2 days.

And thousands of people were blogging about it.

People were even discussing it in forums on Amazon.

I’m not talking about a new Twilight book either.

For those who don’t know (Is your computer on?) Amazon has admitted that “an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error” led to the removal of tens of thousands of adult and gay and lesbian titles from its book charts. Authors and readers bombarded the Seattle-based firm with complaints over Easter weekend after books – many dealing with gay and lesbian themes, sexuality, sexual health, and erotica – disappeared from its ranking system in what appeared to be a botched attempt to make its bestseller lists more family friendly.

Amazon apologized and dismissed it as a coding glitch.

Sure. And Korea is trying to launch nuclear missiles for the heck of it.

For many of us, myself included, it was a step backward and in the wrong direction. It was a real life Fahrenheit 451. As Gore Vidal said, “Why don’t they just burn the books?”

While I haven’t heard or read anything in support of what Amazon did, I’m sure there are people out there with their own thoughts about it. So I ask you this. What if Amazon stopped selling Bibles? What if they stripped the sales rank of all books written by African Americans? What if they decided to stop selling all books about psychics, witches, wizards, vampires and the like (including Harry Potter and Twilight) ?

This isn’t about the majority of gay and lesbian titles that were affected, it’s about the fact that the largest online bookseller in the country just offended your first amendment rights. It’s blatant censorship if I’ve ever seen it.

Yeah, Amazon just happens to be the largest online bookseller in the country, but when it’s all said and done, Amazon is just a website.  They can sell what they want and discriminate all they like.  And all they’ll have to say about it?  Get over it!

I say support your local bookstore!  They need your purchases to pay their employees and stay in business.  What happens when we give all our money to Amazon, then all the brick and mortar stores shut their doors forever, then when Amazon owns 100% of the market share they start pulling this BS again?  And this time, it’s no glitch!

Think about it!

Mar 24 2009

Beau Breedlove is a sad individual.

Beau Breedlove admits that at 17 years of age he had an affair with the Portland, Oregon Mayor (42 years old) while Beau was an intern.  He says the affair was mutual but looking back, he now sees it as inappropriate.

Hmm…I wonder if Breedlove’s mother would say the same thing about his picture on the cover of Unzipped Magazine?

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