A public response to recent news of the imminent demise of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, by SeattleGayScene.com’s Creative Director Les Sterling. SEATTLE, Wash. — When I was a kid, I believed in the boogey man (not bogey man, as many will insist that he’s called – mine had a sinus condition.) I believed…
Apparently, one of the reasons Stranger by the Lake has been of such interest to film writers and culture bloggers is the sex. Alain Guiraudie’s extremely French sex thriller is being listed along with Blue Is the Warmest Color and Interior. Leather Bar as part of an art film trend of explicit and not always…
Iconic pop legend Googoosh (aka Faegheh Atashin) has released a new, pro-gay song and video entitled Behesht (Heaven) that has earned her a new generation of fans as well howls of protest. Behesht portrays a lesbian couple in a relationship banned by both society and by their families. According to England’s The Guardian, which first…
For Michael Sam fans worried about the effects of him being openly gay in a major league sport, a recent survey by ESPN, and published by Sports Illustrated, should prove heartening. Of the 55 players surveyed, almost an entire team’s roster, an overwhelming majority (86 percent) said they would have no problem with a gay…
http://youtu.be/l79j_7gYKtk While we don’t normally expect straight men in their 50s or 60s from the world of sports to become fierce advocates for gay rights, this editorial from Sportscaster Dale Hansen on WFAA-TV – Channel Eight in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area – has exploded on the Internet. Why? For that we turn it over to…
WEST HOLLYWOOD ― Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) premiered the long anticipated SHE4ME viral video PSA on YouTube today,Valentine’s Day. The project, SHE4MarriageEquality (SHE4ME), is a five+ minute video directed by award winning writer/director The video features several other cameos by actresses who have portrayed seminal lesbian roles and introduces two new young talents, dancer Jolie…
“In a nutshell, it’s a harsh world out there for trans public figures and Janet Mock is likely going to experience that harsh world first hand,” I wrote back in the spring of 2011 in one of two open letters to Janet Mock on her publicly coming out as a woman of transsexual history. I…
A prosecutor is seeking a 7-year 8-month prison term for a La Mesa man who was convicted of practicing medicine without a license and treating people with HIV/AIDS and cancer with expensive and useless treatments. Keith Allen Barton, 52, appeared Monday before San Diego Superior Court Judge Amalia Meza who re-scheduled his sentencing for March…
If you’re like most people, when choosing your Oscar pool picks, you guess on a bunch of them, and definitely for the winners of the three short film awards. For many years, the short films were nearly impossible to see; the compilations of all of the nominees often didn’t show up at theaters until after…
As Gloria in Gloria, Paulina García has such a gravitational effect on your eyes, ears and empathy that it’s nearly impossible not to be enrapt with her, as an actress and as a middle-aged Chilean divorcée coping with both loneliness and with falling in love again. Unfortunately, Gloria was not nominated for the Best Foreign…
