In his new memoir, "Party of One," former MTV VJ Dave Holm chronicl his life lovg mic and growg up gay.
Contents:
- THE MEN WHO TURNED DAVE HOLM GAY
- NO SHA, BUT THERE’S A WRONG WAY TO MAKE A GAY ANTHEM
- TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN' VIO IS STRANGELY BOTH GAY AND SEXLS
- DAVE HOLM'S PARTY OF ONE IS THE LATT GREAT GAY AMERIN BOOK
- ‘HANDSOME DEVIL’ IS THE KD OF MOVIE JOHN HUGH WOULD’VE MA IF HE WERE IRISH, GAY, AND VERY INTO RUGBY
- DAVID H. HOLM REF THE CLICHé GAY BT FRIEND TROPE IN "HIGH FILY"
THE MEN WHO TURNED DAVE HOLM GAY
In the months sce g out, the Brothers Osborne star is rvg out a trail for gay men a way the genre hasn’t seen before. * dave holmes gay *
I'm not sayg the guys ma me gay, though they probably did; what I am sayg is that they st a shadow that stretched all the way to my adulthood.
He is jt a grown man wh a thick outgrowth of cht hair a sensible pair of boxers Ameri's gay-iendlit cy. He has a goofy bt iend who wears equally mall-punky cloth, and their relatnship is eher kd of homoerotic or I jt remember that way bee I wanted to see them kiss.
NO SHA, BUT THERE’S A WRONG WAY TO MAKE A GAY ANTHEM
Attemptg to wre a gay anthem 2019 reeks of sweat and substandard self-awarens. Here's why artists like Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and others need some lsons on the right way to wre a song celebratg the LGBTQ muny. * dave holmes gay *
Everyone the Volleyball Scene Top GunI mean, Top Gun is eply homoerotic, full stop; 's Tom Cise the Navy, for Pete's sake. Gayns had on target Ryan Sixteen CandlHere's how hot Jake Ryan Sixteen Candl is: all we know about him is that he ss idly by while his girliend throws a party that stroys his parents' hoe; he's a ltle b racist to Long D Dong (which, fairns, so is John Hugh); and he sends his blackout-dnk girliend home wh a boy who don't have a driver's license, wh the clear unrstandg that this boy is gog to at least try to have sexual terurse wh her. “I told [wrer Sam Lansky], ‘Beg gay is a very small part of who I am.
TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN' VIO IS STRANGELY BOTH GAY AND SEXLS
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” A lot of say that when we’re g out, whether out of ternalized homophobia or some vague sense of obligatn to straight people.
DAVE HOLM'S PARTY OF ONE IS THE LATT GREAT GAY AMERIN BOOK
Although Taylor Swift's 'You Need to Calm Down' vio livers the celebry meos, om Ellen DeGener and Laverne Cox to Jse Tyler Fergon and all five Queer Eye guys, #YNTCD is strangely sanizg gay culture. Here's why we're glad Taylor Swift is g her platform, but not the bt way for the LGBTQ muny. * dave holmes gay *
Osborne, lead sger of Brothers Osborne, the band he started wh his big brother John, is the first current, male, mastream untry artist to be openly gay. Osborne is somethg even rarer and more signifint than an out, gay, male, mastream untry artist; he’s a public figure who’s explorg those qutns of inty, real time, right out loud. " Marvel, a untry songwrg veteran, is the proud dad of a gay son himself.
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‘HANDSOME DEVIL’ IS THE KD OF MOVIE JOHN HUGH WOULD’VE MA IF HE WERE IRISH, GAY, AND VERY INTO RUGBY
Last year, thor Garth Greenwell suggted that Hanya Yanagihara’s A Ltle Life uld be the great gay novel that ntemporary culture was wag for. A few months later, Greenwell produced his own ntenr for that tle when his acclaimed What Belongs To Us was released. Around the same time, Alexanr Chee’s novel Queen of the Night was released. Thatt’s another beloved book that’s wily regard to be gay—if not subject matter, then sensibily. * dave holmes gay *
"And I want to see gay fans feelg good and wele and fortable those crowds.
DAVID H. HOLM REF THE CLICHé GAY BT FRIEND TROPE IN "HIGH FILY"
“I didn’t thk I’d want to talk about beg gay this much. Last night, Taylor Swift gave a gift to her queer fan base the form of a summertime gay anthem lled “You Need To Calm Down, ” and on behalf of a grateful muny, I mt say: thank you, Taylor! But attemptg to wre a gay anthem 2019 reeks of sweat and substandard self-awarens.
The classics of the past— your “I Will Survive, ” your “It’s Rag Men, ” your “Pull Up To The Bumper”— they gave our gayns directly. The days, LGBTQ wokens is a box to check off a marketg plan, and when there are perfectly pable queer artists out there, stg down as a straight person and settg out to wre a gay anthem is very much like tryg to give yourself a nickname.
Exhib A: eight summers ago, Lady Gaga exprsed herself wh the gay-power sgle “Born This Way, ” wh s rctn of queerns to a geic ndn and s shudrgly tone-af mandment “Don’t be a drag, jt be a queen. You’re the age of most pop mic nsumers, which is young, and beg openly gay n get you bullied or kicked out of your hoe?