Gay

Gay men and women have built digital community since dial-up BBS and AOL-style online services. These days, gay users spend significantly more time with blogs and social networks than the average user, and are twice as likely to respond to the ads. There's a lot more to the gay community online than chats, dates, and what puppets say the Internet is for.

With Internet access, gay kids can find support and coming out resources, anonymously even, which alone is likely to reduce the teen suicide rate. And, similar resources are now available for just about any life event a gay person might face from conception to wedding planning to remembering those who have been lost and everything in between: how gay people meet, parent, protest, collaborate, travel, and learn.

"Gay" remains the top tag decades after "disco" and "decadence" disappeared, through "diseased" and "pariah", though seems to be settling into a more bourgeois connotation set: "moisturizing," "classic-modern," "rainbows." Attempts to substitute inclusive/ironic "queer" stalled in San Francisco and with academics while at the other end of the rainbow "discreet" "bi" guys say they're "str8" or "downlow" that's just so much lipstick on the same old closet.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Gay”

• Times: Editorial: Values cannot be taken for granted

  
  Dr In?. Patrick Attard: Library of Articles on Gay-Rights in Malta and Beyond — Authority: 134
  http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091114/opinion/values-cannot-be-taken-for-granted Saturday, 14th November 2009 From time to time, the University carries out surveys among students in an attempt to try and give an indication of their views on faith and morals. Despite Maltas strong Catholic cultural ...
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• Times: Editorial: Values cannot be taken for granted

  
  Dr In?. Patrick Attard: Library of Articles on Gay-Rights in Malta and Beyond — Authority: 134
  http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091114/opinion/values-cannot-be-taken-for-granted Saturday, 14th November 2009 From time to time, the University carries out surveys among students in an attempt to try and give an indication of their views on faith and morals. Despite Maltas strong Catholic cultural ...
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• john hoeffel, latimes: AMA jumps into medical cannabis fray (2058)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 129
  Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group The American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and development of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods. By John Hoeffel November 11, 2009 The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal ...
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• Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  
  The QuOD - The Queer Online Database — Authority: 143
  Known as : American actor. Known for : - His roles on TV ( The Class , Modern Family ) and Broadway ( The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ). Know more : - Wikipedia page - Internet Movie Database page - Internet Broadway Database page - Official Twitter page
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• Gay Porn News Links (November 15, 2009)

  
  QUEER ME NOW : The Hardcore Gay Porn Blog — Authority: 428
  + This is a scene I’ve been waiting for, best buddies / roommates Tommy D and Nash Lawler FUCK! [Photo Gallery / Video Preview]+ Falcon’s latest movies: Roughin’ It, Darkroom, Roman’s Holiday 2 and Road Trip Vol. 12 – Lake Shasta are available to watch online at FALCON XXX+ Must Read: MOC Blog’s in-depth ...
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• Gay = flamboyant?

  
  Teen Forums — Authority: 176
  So this has been bugging me for a while now... Im bi/gay, still figuring that out but... Ive only came out to one person because people automatically think all gays are premiscuous and flamboyant. Its kind of annoying, and I cant come out to any of my friends or family because they have an odd conception of gay ...
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• Roo redux

  
  Stig In The Mud — Authority:
  Whats in your underwear drawer? Underwear, surprisingly. Ginch Gonch, Andrew Christian, quite a few pants from H&M - No Assiebum yet though, which is unfortunate. Do you have a chatup line? If so, what? 206 bones in your body... Fancy another? Or, if you are what you eat, I could be you by ...
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• Should i wonder?

  
  Teen Forums — Authority: 176
  So In the past few years Ive been messing around with these two straight twins. Well "straight". The first twin didnt want to do it a second time because he felt uncomfortable. But other other twin continued messing around with me for 3 years. He still claims hes straight. What should I think of this?
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• GBLT - FOD on Crown Princess

  
  Cruise Critic Message Boards — Authority: 169
  I noticed a few roll calls on the Crown Princess for different dates, was wondering if anyone has recently been on the Crown Princess and was the GBLT/FOD meetings well attended.
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• Sweet

  
  unrepentant old hippie — Authority: 504
  Enough of Carrie “Pleasuring Myself for Jesus” Prejean.  Stand back, because here comes a story that’s so sweet and heartening, it might even make your day like it did mine. Will Phillips is a 10-year-old Arkansas elementary school student who decided that he could no longer in good conscience stand to pledge ...
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• Too Many Hoops to Jump Through: Pre-Marital Counseling, Ellen, and Gay Dudes

  
  Shaun In The City — Authority: 419
  (My thoughts below are a work in progress and I am hoping they will spark a warm, tough, loving conversation.) I love Courageous Church .  The people I pastor are a total mess . I mean that in a loving way :-) I need them.  They need me.  We need each other.  In so many ways this is just the church that I ...
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• Who is this beautiful woman?

  
  Tabloid Prodigy — Authority: 142
  Who enjoyed his early years as a tranny/goth Boy-George-like creature before realizing he was a hottie with a big peepee who should become a famous porn star? Answer after the jump! It’s porn star turned musician Aiden Shaw. More on his goth queen past and some hot nudie shots over at The Sword (NSFW) .
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• Not-exactly-timely Carrie Prejean post

  
  Cubik's Rube — Authority: 125
  So, Carrie Prejean’s been in the news again lately. I’m not desperately interested in why, but having reminded myself of why I’ve heard of her in the first place, I wanted to try articulating some thoughts. I wrote something in my other blog yesterday about this, which might be funny, but it was a bit rushed, ...
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• Brian Epstein

  
  The QuOD - The Queer Online Database — Authority: 143
  Known as : English music manager. Known for : - Original manager and the mastermind behind the success of The Beatles; often referred to as "the fifth Beatle". Know more : - Wikipedia page - Internet Movie Database page - GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry
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• Vivid Entertainment Has The Carrie Prejean Sex Tape

  
  Tony Batman.com — Authority: 141
    Los Angeles, CA – Vivid Entertainment Group, , the world’s leading adult film studio, has obtained a copy of the notorious sex tape made by Carrie Prejean and is ready to make a deal with the former Miss California. “We’ve now seen the footage that has been so much in the news lately, we’ve reviewed ...
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• Connecticut celebrates first anniversary of gay marriage

  
  MileHighGayGuy — Authority: 145
  One year into the enactment of marriage equality, 2,291 gay nuptials have been celebrated in Connecticut . State Sen. Andrew J. McDonald, whose Judiciary Committee worked on the states marriage-equality law, said, "The most remarkable aspect about the anniversary is how little has changed in the lives of ordinary ...
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• Thanksgiving open house at the Pikes Peak Gay and Lesbian Community Center

  
  MileHighGayGuy — Authority: 145
  The Pikes Peak Gay and Lesbian Center in Colorado Springs invites you to share Thanksgiving evening with family and friends. Enjoy a delicious pot-luck dinner, games and fellowship in a fun, warm, and welcoming atmosphere. Kids are welcome! E-mail David@YourPrideCenter.org or call 471-4429 if you want to bring ...
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• Voting underway for 5th annual US Mr. Gay

  
  MileHighGayGuy — Authority: 145
  This years 5th Anniversary US Mr. Gay Competition features the largest group of men ever - 27 handsome and charismatic leaders from cities across the land - including Denver! The winner will be announced on November 29 so vote for your favorite today.
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• Balloon Boy, Christian Porn & The 2012 Apocolypse: The Best Hoaxes of 2009

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 559
  Award for Worst Parents of the Year: Ma and Pa Heene. You may know them better as the parents of Balloon Boy. The Colorado couple that led authorities to believe their six year old boy was off floating thousands of feet in the air in a sort of homemade UFO. They had their boys involved in the publicity scheme and ...
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• Anglican’s Communion’s Tangled Connections To Uganda’s Anti-Gay Pogrom

  
  Box Turtle Bulletin — Authority: 677
  There has been considerable consternation over the worldwide Anglican Communion’s silence on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that is now before Uganda’s Parliament. That bill would reaffirm a penalty of life imprisonment for anyone convicted of being gay and impose the death penalty under certain ...
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