After nearly 50 years, New Orleans issued a formal apology for s rponse to an arson at the popular gay bar UpStairs Lounge and renews the search for the remas of four victims.
Contents:
- GAY
- GAYS ON TV
- THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS
- GAY MARRIAGE
- A ‘FOTTEN TRAGEDY’ AT A NEW ORLEANS GAY BAR AND A NEW EFFORT TO HONOR VICTIMS’ REMAS
GAY
A day after Massachetts' hight urt l agast the ban on same-sex marriag, Terence Smh exam the proliferatn -- and populary -- of gay and lbian-oriented televisn shows, and what this new trend Amerin televisn suggts about public attus toward homosexualy. * pbs newshour gay *
Ireland beme the first untry the world to legalize gay marriage by popular vote on Saturday a landmark victory for the gay-rights movement.
A short film pictg two parents’ g to terms wh their son’s homosexualy has gone viral Cha, garnerg over 100 ln views on QQ, a popular vio streamg se Cha.
GAYS ON TV
Once classified as a “mental illns”, homosexualy has….
For gays livg Uganda, jt walkg outsi of their hom n be dangero. And today, long-standg prejudice has been stutnalized to law wh the untry’s “Anti-Homosexualy Act, ” which lls for harsh sentenc for gay acts. The pope's remarks on gay Catholics may suggt a shift acceptance, but not a change church policy or teachg.
THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS
Last month, a law me to force that rtricts the pictn of homosexualy and sex reassignment to children schools. A day after Massachetts' hight urt l agast the ban on same-sex marriag, Terence Smh exam the proliferatn -- and populary -- of gay and lbian-oriented televisn shows, and what this new trend Amerin televisn suggts about public attus toward homosexualy.
GAY MARRIAGE
Now shootg s fourth season, the provotive seri about gay and lbian characters als wh sensive issu such as AIDS, promiscuo sex and dg this scene, muny members discs a rash of gay, "Queer as Folk": Who do you thk will e nng?
A ‘FOTTEN TRAGEDY’ AT A NEW ORLEANS GAY BAR AND A NEW EFFORT TO HONOR VICTIMS’ REMAS
What "Queer as Folk" did was change the perceptn of not only gay people, but gay characters on televisn. It had never been done before, a drama about gay people, and I thk we were very … I thk we were very sred at the begng. Prevly there had been gay characters who were always supportg characters — you know, the bt iend, the neighbor, whatever.
They sort of played to the stereotyp of what people perceived gay people as.
"Queer as Folk, " which is set Ptsburgh, but shot on lotn here Toronto, is a breakthrough broadst two rpects: It's attracted a large crossover dience that clus many straight young women; and picts s gay and lbian characters as livg full liv, profsnally and, "Queer as Folk": Don't expect too much. The broadst is a forenner one of the more dramatic new trends Amerin televisn: An explosn of programs on work and ble that featur gay and lbian characters and them. This season there are some 20 seri, dramas or realy shows, that feature gay and lbian ble work Bravo ma a splash recently wh s realy show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, " which a team of gay men mak over athetilly challenged straight KRESSLEY, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy": You only have two pairs of pants your whole closet!