The New Who's Who of Philly's Gay Communy - Page 8 of 9 - Philalphia Magaze

Contents:

• ATTENTN 80S GAYS: FALN CRT STREAMS ON FREEVEE
• PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS
• MICHAEL MTO JUDG MR. GAY
• ‘GOSSIP GAY’ UNWELED PHILLY MUNY
• WHY AREN’T THERE MORE GAY FAC ON PHILLY TV NEWS?
• THE NEW WHO’S WHO OF PHILLY’S GAY COMMUNY
• GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®

ATTENTN 80S GAYS: FALN CRT STREAMS ON FREEVEE

He’s notorly spoofed Madonna, been a fixture on the New York nightlife scene long before club kid Michael Alig hammered himself to the pokey, and he’s practilly the poster boy for gay gossip everywhere.

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PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS

What’s your imprsn of the gay scene here?

I really like the gay scene. Gay USA? I’m not lookg for someone generic or your typil n-of-the-l mcle gay.

MICHAEL MTO JUDG MR. GAY

The hot topic recently has been anti-gay bullyg, which when I was growg up, would have been nice for someone to e to my support. And people who I never thought were iends of the gay muny are g out to talk about – like Barbara Bh?

‘GOSSIP GAY’ UNWELED PHILLY MUNY

A lot of the muny have been plag that shows gays beg superficial and mdls, but most of the people who are plag are pretty superficial themselv.

HomeFeatur‘Gossip Gay’ unweled Philly muny.

WHY AREN’T THERE MORE GAY FAC ON PHILLY TV NEWS?

But took me by surprise when I one day stumbled upon a relatively new Philalphia blog start-up, “Gossip Gay, ” which sentially enpass and reli on judgments of the cy’s most popular–or at least that’s how they’re amed–gays around town. Gossip Gay tak everythg that was satirilly entertag about “Mean Girls” and turns to somethg downright appallg–and not a good way. The se pots the nversatn of Philalphia’s gay scene a directn that likens the muny to an ongog soap opera.

One mt remd the elive ntent creator of Gossip Gay that page views do not equate to page qualy. Any queen wh a puter and a Blogger acunt n make a ddy blog dissg their fellow gays, but what long-term benefs are to be had om mentg on the relatnship stat of “Jonathan P” or whether “Andrew S” actually has a sugar daddy? And, om this lumnist’s pot of view, anyone who do needs to hop on the Perez Hilton Exprs to California and get out of my otherwise betiful cy of “gaydom.

THE NEW WHO’S WHO OF PHILLY’S GAY COMMUNY

How about we prove to the world that gay men are fact pable of raisg children by first provg that we n treat our own muny members wh the same valu of rpect we’d hope to still our offsprg? Call me old-fashned or pdish if you’d like, but this guy isn’t diggg the tawdry filth Gossip Gay is tryg to mask as journalism.

But here’s what never gets churned: reports of zy drks among the cy’s gay TV a cy that ma natnal headl for s gay tourism mpaign, lol TV news remas one of the last closets. To w: I was gog to approach a hunky lol weatherman about possibly hostg a public gay event I was anizg, only to have a mutual iend—one who has socialized wh said weatherman and his boyiend—retort, “Have you pletely lost your md?

GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®

At least three members of Fox News belong to the natnal gay journalists’ associatn (as do Deborah Wooll of the Daily News, AP’s Philly-based assistant East edor Jeff McMillan, and yours tly). ”Nothg, unters one gay former TV reporter who says he was never prsured by statn brass to hi his orientatn. He also never his the fact that he’s gay.

Today, the “Cy of Brotherly Love” is home to a vibrant gay muny and welg statn for LGBT travelers. The birthplace of liberty and the pursu of happs, Philly’s LGBT culture n be traced back to the early 20th century, when gay works would meet privately at unrground hoe parti and other private venu wh Center Cy. Wh a reputatn of beg one of the natn’s highly tolerant ci, Philly was the se of some of the first gay right pickets.