“They call me the Pinko Communist Fag from Berkeley. I’m used to it. I can take it all.”
Usually, professional athletes wait until they retire until they do this, read the touching, honest interview with Scott Fujita about being adopted, gay marriage, and homophobia in the locker room here.
*Michael Muhney
No he dint! Amidst all the celebration of queerness going on at the set of the Young and the Restless comes a blatant act of homophobia. Actor Chris Egen has officially quit his part as Adam Newman after storylines called for him to kiss gay character Rafe! Less than a day after quitting actor Newman has now been recast with Michael Muhney of Veronica Mars fame! At least we have some open minded hotness to look forward to with Michael Muhney and Rafe! How unfortunate it is that hot actor Chris Egen’s homophobic tendencies have come to light. I wish him no luck in his future endeavors.
–Colossus Matos
*Sorry I Had A Perez Moment
Reported via the Reader’s Crickets, there are more than a few hip hop blogs talking about the song “Georgie Porgie,” the original version of what is now known as Tribe Called Quest’s “Show Business” from the record Low End Theory (1991). My favoritely titled blog, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold This Sac, says “For real, they are pretty much gay bashing all over this one (pause, no homo).”
Needless to say, if this had been released, Tribe might not be known as “Without question the most intelligent, artistic rap group during the 1990s…” from (allmusic.com).
If you want to listen, here it is:
Georgie Porgie
* T-Shirt available at gayshirt
When I saw that last weeks blog caused such a stir I couldn’t help but giggle to myself when I stumbled upon this bit of news first reported by the Associated Press.
An out lesbian in Richmond, Virginia was asked to cover up her lesbian pride t-shirt by a teacher at her high school (it depicted two interlocking women’s symbols). The seventeen-year-old high school student was first asked to cover her shirt, and complied. When she wore the shirt again the same teacher sent her to the principal’s office where they also told her to cover the shirt or be suspended.
The ACLU has gotten involved in the case, arguing that the school has violated the student’s rights to freedom of speech. They want all documentation of the incident removed from her records, and to clearly state that students are allowed to wear “political” items of clothing. According to the Associated Press, the school’s current dress code states that students are not permitted to wear shirts with”bawdy, salacious or sexually suggestive messages.” The teacher involved said that the shirt’s presence in her classroom interfered with her ability to teach.
While wearing an article of clothing that proclaims ones queerness may seem like something minor, but I was honestly shocked to see this report. As a senior in my violently homophobic high school I wore dyke pride shirts nearly every day (I had been kicked out of home earlier in the year, and ran the semi-rural school’s first GSA). Even in that environment I was never asked to remove my shirt, which could be why this case took me by surprise. The idea that youth are being disciplined in the school setting for saying proudly who they are is deplorable.
–Sassafras Lowrey
