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Showing posts with label Gay Icon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gay Icon. Show all posts
Friday, March 6, 2015

Give Alabama the Finger...The Wedding Finger #LuvUAlabama

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"Star Trek" icon George Takei is lending a hand -- or, rather, a finger -- to the battle for marriage equality in Alabama...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Dear Reg...

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In 2009, a gaggle of notable personalities were asked to contribute to a book entitled Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old ...
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Congratulations to Lily and Jane!

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Lily Tomlin and longtime girlfriend Jane Wagner married on New Year's Eve after 43 years together.   News that the 74-year-old ac...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Bayard Rustin Will Posthumously Be Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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The trailblazing strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington will this year be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom...
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Friday, July 26, 2013

Remembering Rock

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On July 25, 1985, HIV/AIDS was given a global spotlight when it was announced that screen icon Rock Hudson was suffering from the dis...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Alan Turing: 100 Years After His Birth

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Instead of my usual "Moment of Zen" this Saturday, I am going to honor Alan Turing, who was born 100 years ago today. As a gay ma...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Diva Worship

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A gay icon is a public figure (historical or current) who is embraced by many within lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) co...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Exciting News: Jim Parsons Comes Out!

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Jim Parsons in his dressing room.  He stars in the play “Harvey,” which opens on June 14. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Y...
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Friday, May 18, 2012

Last Dance: Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63

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By MESFIN FEKADU, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of m...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Matthew Mitcham

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Aussie Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham says he's comfortable being seen as an icon for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender comm...
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Mimosas and Mame

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Yesterday, I had a nice relaxing day. Something I have needed for weeks. I am visiting a friend of mine, and we went to brunch after we go...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas

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Oscar and Bosie, as his friends called Lord Alfred Douglas, met in Chelsea when Bosie was 22 and Wilde 15 years his elder. Oscar immediatel...
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Monday, February 27, 2012

James Baldwin

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February is Black History Month, and I can't believe that I have not blogged at all about gay black men. I hope that this post will ma...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Compton’s Cafeteria Riot

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The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot occurred in August 1966 in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. This incident was the first recorded trans...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Bob Smith

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The church says we should get down on our knees and repent. Well, excuse me, but didn't being on my knees cause most of my sins? -- Bob ...
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