Tag Archives: LGBT culture

In The Life looks into the state of being old and gay in modern America. Where do you see yourself spending your golden years? According to The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, over 3 million LBGT people are over age 65. While seniors are protected against age-based discrimination by The Older Americans Act, the lack of LGBT specific protections …

Yet another LGBT print publication has bitten the dust. The Chicago Free Press, once one of the largest GLBT newspapers in the U.S. has gone under. The paper had been on the “death watch” list since the editor in chief, art director, graphic designer, senior writer and most of the writers walked out in late December because the company had …

Mithly, a groundbreaking magazine for gay Arabs, has launched in Morocco. Although an online magazine for gay Arabs launched out of Lebanon in 2007, Mithly is first such print title. Mithly means “the same as me” in Arabic; it is also a respectful way to refer to homosexuals. It is a word that the people behind Mithly magazine would like …

Long-running gay travel title, Guide Magazine, announced today that after 30 years in business, their final print edition will be published in July as the company migrates to a web-only presence. Via press release: Pink Triangle Press (PTP) today announced plans to migrate the international gay travel publication Guide magazine from a print publication to an internet-based publishing operation. A …

The New York Times visits a NYC meeting of gay guys who like to dress up as superheroes. This is Skin Tight U.S.A., the occasional costume-fetish party held at the Stonewall Inn in the West Village, which draws a regular group of men (and their admirers) who enjoy a special kind of dress-up. Some wear heroic outfits; some, wrestling gear. …

Out Magazine has just published their annual Power 50 list of the most prominent gays in the country. Out, the world’s leading gay fashion and lifestyle brand, presents the fourth annual Power 50, a veritable who’s who of prominent gay men and women representing all walks of life. From entertainers to politicians, writers, and cultural icons, the Power 50 honors …

Ugh. Another gay trend piece, this one from the New York Observer. Apparently, some people don’t know when somebody is gay! And some gay guys deliberately dress butch! Fascinating! In his own job as a bartender at Lavish Lounge, a gay bar in Queens, Tom Karl, 25, routinely gets mistaken as straight even though he could not be more entrenched …

From Second City Television, a take on the sassy gay friend.

JMG reader Adam tips us to the news that San Francisco’s Dolores Park, favorite sunning place for the city’s gay boys, will close for up to two years for a massive $12M renovation. The project scope will include the repair and/or renovation of the courts, field, and clubhouse; restoration of existing roads and pathways; upgrades to subsurface infrastructure, irrigation and …

The publicists of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras sent us this promo clip this morning. Sigh. One of these days, one of the days.

Following up on Joy Behar’s widely reported comment about gay relationships and monogamy, today the New York Times published word of a new study which claims that 50% of gay relationships are non-monogamous. A study to be released next month is offering a rare glimpse inside gay relationships and reveals that monogamy is not a central feature for many. Some …

The spiraling down of the formerly fast glittering gay life in South Beach has been discussed on this blog many times over the years. This week the Miami News Times published a lengthy feature on the issue, citing not only the greatly diminished gay nightlife there, but a parallel and frightening spike in the number of violent hate crimes. In …

A documentary examining masculinity and gay men titled The Butch Factor is scheduled to be released on DVD in December after having toured gay film festivals in recent months. One review from the film’s site: The 87-minute feature explores gay men’s complicated relationship with masculinity. The core segments of the film, and the freshest material here, are profiles of several …

According to the latest survey by GLAAD, the new season for network television features a slight increase in the number of prominent LGBT characters, who are being represented more realistically. The report shows that 18 LGBT characters will account for 3% of scripted series regulars in the 2009-2010 broadcast television schedule, up from 1.3% in 2006, 1.1% in 2007, and …

Fire Island’s famous Cherry Grove Hotel, home to the Ice Palace nightclub, was severely damaged in a fire last night. The blaze broke out inside a housekeeping shed along the north side of the two story Grove Hotel around 2 a.m. Firefighters from Cherry Grove, the Fire Island Pines, Point O’ Woods, Ocean Bay Park, Ocean Beach, Saltaire and Sayville …

Gentle readers, I’m rerunning my annual Pride rant for the fifth year. I wrote this post in 2005 a couple of days after attending Pride here in NYC. In the following years I’ve reposted it in advance of the day in the hope of encouraging you to attend. My apologies to those that have read it before. Have a wonderful …

UPDATE: Well…shit. That was disappointing. Tonight’s American Idol final isn’t slated to end until about 10:15pm EST, so no update here until at least 1:15am Gotham time. Even if you have no interest in the competition, you must allow that the pitting of a devout Christian folk singer against a glam, guylinered and GAY rocker is a fascinating window onto …

One of the nation’s most popular and longest-running series of circuit party events, One Mighty Weekend, will not take place on Disney World property during Gay Days this year in a financial dispute between events producer Johnny Chisolm and the theme park giant. But the details of the dispute are, uh, disputed by two warring circuit party websites. Via South …

Yesterday the Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence celebrated 30 years of service to the LGBT community with their annual Easter party in San Francisco’s Dolores Park. Here’s a great look at the Sisters’ history from In The Life.

About 6am at the Black Party, my buddy Nick and I noticed a young man lying on a bag of trash just off the dance floor. We watched him for a few seconds and when it appeared that nobody was looking after him, we went over and got him to his wobbly feet. “Are you OK?” Yes, yes. “You sure? …