‘Gossip Gay’ unweled Philly muny - The Temple News

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. Gay USA to this list as he mak his way to town to judge the natnal petn at Voyr on Saturday, November 13 (8 p. What’s your imprsn of the gay scene here?

PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS

I really like the gay scene.

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

MICHAEL MTO JUDG MR. GAY

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.

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.

‘GOSSIP GAY’ UNWELED PHILLY MUNY

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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

Today, the “Cy of Brotherly Love” is home to a vibrant gay muny and welg statn for LGBT travelers.

GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®

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. It was also the first cy that had an anti-gay discrimatn law 1982.

Wh a history so rich the gay rights movement and civil right measur, gay Philalphia has now a dynamic and diverse gay muny, which is active and highly visible. As a rult, Philalphia is filled wh gay-iendly tablishments or gay hangouts for everyone’s taste. From clubs, bars, and loung to rtrants and hotels tered the gay muny, gay Philly is a great place to live or to vis.

Philly’s gayborhood is mostly loted om Chtnut to Pe Street, but there are other gay-iendly venu all around the cy, cludg outsi Center Cy. If you don’t know where to head, what to do, or where to stay, eat and have a nice time, check out Gayborhood’s list of gay iendly or owned bs.