Tag Archives: gay writers

Andrew Sullivan On “Homosexual”

“I like the term ‘homo’! I use it all the time – about myself and others, although I also often use ‘fag’ as well. The gay thought-police would be aghast, but the intent is what matters. Mine is mostly benign. Mostly. But mainly, one great legacy of the gay community has been our love of freedom, especially of speech. For …

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LGBT Journos Visit The White House

That’s me in the front row center in the red coat.

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Tweet Of The Day – Sally Kohn

Kohn was a Fox News contributor until last fall. Now she’s at CNN. Her Wikipedia page currently includes this bizarre hack: “She is the oldest sister of progressive commentator Bill O’Reilly.”

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LZ Granderson Destroys The Cooch

Mediaite recaps the mayhem: Crossfire got really heated up Tuesday over the Arizona bill that would allow businesses to refuse service to LGBT individuals. Van Jones posed a provocative question to former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: “What is the difference between a business owner saying no blacks are allowed here versus no gays are allowed here?” Cuccinelli dismissed the …

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LGBT Journos To Meet In DC

This weekend I’ll be in DC where the National Gay & Lesbian Journalists Association will host the 2014 meeting of LGBT media folks. The event is sponsored by the Haas Jr. Fund, a social welfare group founded 51 years ago by the then-chairman of Levi Strauss and his wife. This is the fifth annual Haas event for LGBT media, which …

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Josh Barro To Join New York Times

Yesterday openly gay commentator and business journalist Josh Barro announced that he was leaving Business Insider after nine months of writing (mostly) about economic issues.  Politico knows where Barro is landing: Josh Barro, the outgoing Business Insider political editor, is joining The New York Times to take part in David Leonhardt’s new policy venture, sources familiar with his plans told …

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HomoQuotable – Glenn Greenwald

“I absolutely refuse to be exiled from my own country for the crime of doing journalism, and I’m gonna force the issue just on principle, and I think coming back for a ceremony like the Polk Award or other forms of journalistic awards would be a really good symbolic test to put the government in the position of having to …

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BOOK TRAILER: Sean Strub’s Body Count

The book went on sale yesterday at Amazon.

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The Man Who Invented San Francisco

The Days Of Anna Madrigal, the ninth and final installment of Armistead Maupin’s legendary Tales Of The City series, will be published later this month. Yesterday the Guardian heaped praise upon Maupin. An excerpt: Quentin Crisp once introduced him with the boast: “This is Mr Maupin. He invented San Francisco.” More importantly, Maupin virtually invented the mainstreaming of gay life …

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Blind Link Of The Day

Just go read this.

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HomoQuotable – Andrew Sullivan

“I loved New York City with a passion until I tried to live here. It’s been over a year and I am horribly home-sick. So we’re going to move back to DC next month. I miss my DC apartment (1500 square feet of a school classroom I got for a steal in 1991); I miss my friends, many of whom …

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Gay Journalist Doug Ireland Dies At 67

Paul Schindler reports at Gay City News: Doug Ireland, a journalist and activist who came of age in the New Left politics of the 1960s and whose interests and professional pursuits ranged from foreign and domestic politics to literature and philosophy, died in his East Village home on October 26. He was 67 years old, and, according to his longtime …

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City Of Night Turns 50

John Rechy’s landmark novel, City Of Night, was published 50 years ago this week.  From the Los Angeles Times: The book is a landmark not only of gay literature — it tells the story of a street hustler as he moves through the shadow world of the 1950s — but also of American literature. “City of Night” was not the …

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Dallas Voice Editor Fired

“In my opinion, the new owners of the [Dallas] Voice are interested in nothing but profit. They don’t seem to care about the LGBT community or their employees, and they certainly don’t care about doing good journalism. They want an editor who will write puff pieces about their advertisers instead of reporting the facts, and I refused to be that …

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Christopher Rice – The Heavens Rise

Here’s the trailer for the coming novel by Christopher Rice, the openly gay son of Anne Rice. “In a city fighting for its future, a dark truth will be revealed and a power will be unleashed…” This suspenseful and cinematic trailer gives you a peek inside THE HEAVENS RISE, the first supernatural thriller from CHRISTOPHER RICE, author of multiple New …

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REPORT: Partner Of Glenn Greenwald Was Carrying 58,000 “Sensitive” Documents

Politico reports: David Miranda, the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, was carrying 58,000 classified intelligence documents when he was detained by British authorities earlier this month, according to a new UK national security report. Miranda was detained for nine hours at London’s Heathrow airport, a move that Greenwald called “a profound attack on press freedoms and the news gathering process.” …

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Tweet Of The Day – Stephen Fry

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Homocon Reporter Jamie Kirchick Kicked Off Russian Network After Denouncing “Homosexual Propaganda” Ban

I’ve been rather harsh about Kirchick over the years, but this is damn fantastic. Via the Washington Free Beacon: Reporter James Kirchick was kicked off the air of Russian TV Wednesday after he refused to talk about Bradley Manning and instead spoke about the Russian government’s anti-gay laws. “Being here on a Kremlin-funded propaganda network, I’m going to wear my …

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TRAILER: C.O.G.

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Andrew Sullivan Calls On Activists To Force Their Arrests At The Sochi Olympics

“I’m not generally in favor of boycotts, but I am in favor of civil disobedience. What we have is an invitation to legitimate protest in Sochi. Unpack your rainbow flags! Get ready to be arrested! Expose the neo-fascist regime’s classic tactics to maintain popular support by demonizing an already despised and marginalized minority. Putin wants the attention of the world …

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