Watch this inspirational HS graduation speech by an out gay student — more info on the speech here.
This is so Internetty: Man does Landslide interpretive dance in his undies at 30, just like when he was 20, and mashes it up.
The ACLU started a campaign to get Cam and Mitch hitched on Modern Fam. Nice sentiment, but here are 3 reasons why it’s misguided.
Minnesota’s I-35W bridge lit up last night in honor of the state becoming the 12th to pass marriage equality. Amazing. Full story here.
Antoine Dodson: no longer gay apparently. Read this nonsense.
The Lavender Scare is REALLY important. Watch this terrific trailer here and think about funding —> http://hypr.vc/1du1le
HyperVocal editor-in-chief Slade Sohmer joined Stand Up! with Pete Dominick on Tuesday morning to discuss Jason Collins’ coming out and what it means for LGBT equality. Sandwiched between all the serious stuff — like important allies and societal progress — Slade and Pete found time to discuss some lighthearted moments, historical matters and more.
Do you know the inventor of the high-five was a gay pro baseball player who got blackballed from the sport? Do you know how many states there are where cousins can get married but gays can’t? Do you know Pete can rub his bald head in oil and rub it on anyone he likes, straight or gay? It’s all part of this fairly serious analysis of an important sports milestone. READ MORE.
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ESPN knew all this. And yet, during the network’s ONLY show that is supposed to prioritize reporting over clucking punditry, executives threw Broussard to the wolves (and Broussard was likely more than happy to be the wolf food). Why? Because now the story *is* ESPN. Now it’s not about SI’s exclusive. Now it’s about Collins, Broussard and ESPN.
The Worldwide Leader has long subscribed to the theory that no press is bad press, and this is not bad press. And like idiots, all of us are tweeting and discussing ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN. Mission accomplished.
Watch this. But Chris Broussard is not the problem. ESPN wanting to own the story is. Read this, it’s important. Reblog if you like.
The NBA stands with Jason Collins. More here.
Collins is not on an active roster, and he’s far from an NBA star. But this opens the closet door. It may be a trickle at first, but the flood will begin soon enough. Nobody wants to be first. But nobody will want to be the last either. This is a big day for American sports, a big day for the LGBT community, and the biggest day of all-time for all those young gay athletes out there who finally have a legit role model, and who will have many more to come.
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