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The Gays

  1. When Comedians Come OutWelcome to the latest installment of Tragedy Plus Time. Each segment will focus on a particular ‘life crisis’ — sometimes globally […]
  2. A Utah NBC Affiliate Won’t Run ‘The New Normal’ Because Gay PeopleUtah, bastion of Mormonism and tolerance, is home to KSL, the single NBC affiliate refusing to air upcoming comedy The New Normal. The show […]
  3. ‘After Hours’ and the Rarity of a Comedy That’s Not Afraid Someone Might […]Whenever I go to the theater to see a mainstream Hollywood comedy or cue one up on Netflix streaming — and even with some indie comedies […]
  4. comic books
    DC Reveals Green Lantern Is Its Gay SuperheroMazel tov.
  5. The State of Gays in ComedyToday over at Blackbook, Tyler Coates has an excellent look at the state of gay comedians. He talked to folks such as James Adomian, Gabe […]
  6. clickables
    Watch ‘Sh-t Gay Guys Say,’ the Latest in the Spoken Sh-t Series“Julia Sugarbaker.”
  7. ‘Mom And Dad, I’m Gay And Also Stronger Than Both Of You, So Don’t Try Any […]The Onion is perfect: “Look, I’m not naïve. I know how you feel about homosexuality, because you’ve been very clear on that subject in the […]
  8. Rebecca Drysdale’s ‘It Gets Better’ Music Video Takes the Campaign to the […] The It Gets Better campaign has been amazing, with thousands of LBGT adults from all walks of life making videos assuring teenagers going […]
  9. The Office’s Gay CaricatureThe office on The Office is a fairly inclusive place – African-American, Indian-American, alcoholic, or evangelist, all may work together more […]
  10. The Onion Nails the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was just repealed (huzzah!), and The Onion was ready for it with this classic masterwork: “Repeal Of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t […]
  11. How ‘Roseanne’ Helped Make It OK to Be Gay on TVBefore there was Kurt Hummel, before there was Mitchell and Cameron, before there was Oscar Martinez, before there was Tara and Willow, before […]
  12. ‘I’m sure I can figure out how a little bit of child abuse is all part of […]One of my favorite sections of The Onion is American Voices, and today’s is especially great. The subject: “According to a study from the UCLA, […]
  13. Ron Howard’s Weasely Defense of The Dilemma’s Gay JokeAfter a bit of an outcry in response to a gay joke in the trailer to Ron Howard’s upcoming The Dilemma, the joke was cut from the trailer. It’s […]
  14. Alec Baldwin Wants to Marry Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson Heterosexuality be damned, Alec Baldwin wants to marry Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and he doesn’t want anyone standing in his way. So he made this […]
  15. Vince Vaughn Defends Controversial Gay Joke From The DilemmaVince Vaughn has spoken out about the gay joke that was cut from the trailer for The Dilemma if not from the entire movie. Here’s his […]
  16. It Gets Better, From the UCB TheatreYou may be familiar with Dan Savage’s It Gets Better project at this point, but if not, you should check it out. In it, hundreds of LBGT adults […]
  17. Are Gay Jokes Ever Acceptable?Since last week, when Universal bowed to pressure from Anderson Cooper and cut a gay joke from its trailer for The Dilemma, there’s been a lot […]
  18. Why Are Comedies Still Using Gay Jokes?I noted back when I first posted the trailer to Ron Howard’s upcoming Vince Vaughn/Kevin James vehicle The Dilemma that it opened with a pretty […]
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    Will the Gays Love ‘Bionic Woman’?Can prospective gay fans overlook Isaiah Washington?