Malaysia cuts short mic ft after Brish band slams anti-gay laws, sger kiss male bandmate - The Washgton Post

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• MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
• WHAT IS "POST GAY" AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?
• OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• IT'S A POST-GAY WORLD! AND "HAWAII 5-0" PROV !{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MICHAEL JENSENAUGT 5, 2011/11:04 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENAUGT 5, 2011 / 11:04 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IT'S A POST-GAY WORLD! AND \"HAWAII 5-0\" PROV !","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-08-05T15:04:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-08-05T15:04:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IS AFTERELTON POST-GAY? AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WEDNDAY WE POSTED AN ARTICLE, WHEN IT COM TO TEEN SEX, MTV'S AWKWARD IS ANYTHG BUT, ABOUT THE PROGRSIVE WAY THE SHOW IS ALG WH TEEN SEXUALY. IN THE MENTS, A NUMBER OF FOLKS ASKED WHY WE HAD WRTEN AN ARTICLE ABOUT A SHOW THAT (CURRENTLY) HAS NO GAY OVERT NTENT. AT THE SAME TIME, OVER ON OUR REP OF PRETTY LTLE LIARS (ANOTHER SHOW WH NO GAY OR BI CHARACTERS, JT LBIAN ON), SOME REARS WONRED WHETHER WE'RE BEG LS SPECIFILLY "GAY" AND ASKED JT WHAT'S GOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE'VE ALWAYS VERED SOME THGS THAT AREN'T SPECIFILLY GAY, 'S TE THAT LATELY WE'VE BEEN DOG MORE OF THAT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS DRIVG THAT CISN, AND I THOUGHT I'D TAKE A MUTE TO EXPLA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT STARTED LAST YEAR WHEN I KEPT GETTG EMAILS AND SEEG MENTS OM FOLKS SAYG THAT THEY WISHED WE WERE VERG HAWAII 5-0, WHICH ISN'T "GAY," BUT HAS A HIGH "BROMANCE" FACTOR (NOT TO MENTN HOT MEN). I HADN'T PAID THE SHOW ANY ATTENTN UP UNTIL THEN, BUT FALLY DID, AND WHEN I POSTED A REP, WOUND UP BEG REALLY POPULAR WH REARS. (I ALSO HEARD THE SAME QUTNS A LOT ABOUT THE VAMPIRE DIARI.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT GOT ME THKG ABOUT JT WHAT WE VER, AND WHY. WHENEVER I E TO THE TCA PRS TOUR LOS ANGEL (WHERE I AM NOW), I ALWAYS PASS UP ON DOG A WHOLE HOST OF TERVIEWS BEE AN ACTOR OR SHOW ISN'T SPECIFILLY "GAY." AND THE REACTN TO HAWAII 5-0 GOT ME WONRG IF MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T BE VERG MORE NTENT THAT WASN'T SPECIFILLY GAY. AFTER ALL, MOST GAY FOLKS ARE TERTED ALL KDS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE THIS FOR STANCE...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER SHOW THAT SEEMED TO HAVE A GAY MALE FOLLOWG WAS, FACT, PRETTY LTLE LIARS. SCE AFTERELLEN WAS GOG TO REP THE SHOW ANYWAY, WE CID TO POST THEIR REPS OVER HERE SO OUR REARS WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO DISCS THE SHOW. (IN THE SAME WAY, AFTERELLEN POSTS OUR TE BLOOD AND TORCHWOOD REPS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PLL REPS HAVE PROVEN POPULAR, JT LIKE HAWAII 5-0. YOU MAY HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WE'VE STARTED REVIEWG BIG BUDGET HOLLYWOOD MOVI, EVEN THOSE WHOUT ANY GAY ANGLE AT ALL, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY POPULAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUR STATISTICS SHOW THAT THIS IS CLEARLY SOMETHG A LOT OF OUR REARS WANT. IS THIS A POST-GAY PERSPECTIVE, ONE THAT SAYS "Y, I'M GAY, BUT I'M TERTED LOTS OF DIFFERENT THGS AND BEG GAY ISN'T THE CENTRAL FG FACTOR MY LIFE"?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'D LIKE TO THK SO. THAT MEANS THAT AT THIS TCA, I CID TO TERVIEW FOLKS LIKE MEHD BROOKS (WHO WAS EGGS ON TE BLOOD, AN AE FAVE), JOHNNY IUZZI (TOP CHEF: JT DSERTS), MARTHA PLIMPTON (RAISG HOPE), WILL ART (UP ALL NIGHT), AND A HOST OF OTHER FOLKS. WE'VE ALSO WRTEN ABOUT OR WILL WRE ABOUT SHOWS LIKE THE SECRET CIRCLE, TERRA NOVA, PAN AM, CHARLIE'S ANGL AND SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANYWAY, BY VERG THOSE THGS HERE ON AE, WE HOPE TO PROVI A PLACE WHERE GAY AND BI FOLKS N DISCS THE SHOWS AND MOVI OM A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLEARLY, GIVEN THE MENTS, NOT EVERYONE FEELS THAT WAY. AND THAT IS A PERFECTLY VALID POT-OF-VIEW. A NUMBER OF FOLKS FEEL AFTERELTON SHOULD BE SOLELY ABOUT GAY POP CULTURE AND GAY POP CULTURE ONLY. AFTER ALL, IF WE'RE VERG MORE "MASTREAM" STUFF, DON'T THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE VERG LS OF THE MORE OBSCURE OR "GE" GAY STUFF?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM TIME TO TIME, THAT MAY BE TE, AT LEAST WHEN TO GE GAY STUFF WE DON'T LIKE OR SHOWS WH BARELY THERE GAY CHARACTERS WHO GET SO LTLE SCREENTIME AS TO BE MEANGLS. (OH, LOOK, THERE'S MELROSE PLACE! AND PRIVILEGED! AND LIPSTICK JUNGLE!) THEN AGA, WE'RE JT GOG WHERE OUR REARS, AND OUR TRAFFIC STATISTICS, ARE POTG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IS TERT THIS "MASTREAM" NTENT THE RULT OF A GENERATN GAP? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT. BUT I DO SPECT MANY YOUNGER FOLKS DO SEE THEMSELV MORE OF A POST-GAY WORLD AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE HAPPY TO SEE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASILLY, THEY'D RATHER READ ABOUT OR WATCH A GOOD "MASTREAM" PROJECT, EVEN IF 'S NOT SPECIFILLY GAY, THAN A HORRIBLE GAY "GE" ONE. AND THEY'D LIKE THAT VERAGE TO HAVE OUR GAY PERSPECTIVE AND TO BE ABLE TO DISCS WH OTHER GAY AND GAY-IENDLY FOLKS A SAFE SPACE. (TST ME, NOT EVERY TV SHOW BOARD WANTS TO HEAR WHAT WE THK ABOUT A PROGRAM'S "BROMANCE."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER FACTOR IS SIMPLY OUR NEEDG TO NTUE TO GROW. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR FIVE+ YEARS NOW, AND WHILE WE'VE GROWN DRAMATILLY, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP GROWG. I DON'T NEED TO REMD FOLKS THAT THIS SE IS AD-DRIVEN (AND PLETELY EE TO OUR REARS). THAT MEANS WE NEED TO BE GENERATG ENOUGH REVENUE DIFFERENT WAYS TO KEEP PAYG THE BILLS. IF WE DON'T DO THAT, ONE DAY THERE WON'T BE ANY AFTERELTON AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIVEN THE SUCCS WE'VE HAD WH SOME OF THE NON-GAY SHOWS MENTNED ABOVE, THIS STRATEGY SEEMS THE BT WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP GROWG AND THAT, WELL, WE'RE ABLE TO PAY THOSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE RERD, I DON'T SEE THIS A HUGE CHANGE. AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'VE ALWAYS VERED SOME STUFF THAT ISN'T GAY OR BISEXUAL, AND BROANG OUR SPE DON'T MEAN WE'RE GOG TO STOP VERG GAY AND BISEXUAL NTENT. THAT WOULD BE WHY I GOT J.J. ABRAMS ON THE RERD TALKG ABOUT STAR TREK. THAT'S WHY I JT TERVIEWED DREW GSBERG, THE GAY GUY ON BRAVO'S NEW REALY SHOW DALLAS: MOST ELIGIBLE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'LL BE FOLLOWG ALL SORTS OF FALL SHOWS WH GAY CHARACTERS LIKE MORN FAY, THE PLAYBOY CLUB, HAPPY ENDGS, GLEE AND SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE THK WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GREAT SE HERE, AND REALLY GREAT REARS. AND I PROMISE WE'LL DO EVERYTHG WE N TO KEEP ALL OF YOU AS HAPPY, ER, AS GAY, AS POSSIBLE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE

Homosexual acts are illegal Malaysia and punishable by f and up to 20 years prison.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s ernment Saturday cut short a mic ftival after the lead sger of Brish band The 1975 slammed the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate durg their performance.

”Healey ed profany his speech cricizg the ernment’s stance agast homosexualy, before kissg bass player Ross MacDonald.

Homosexualy is a crime the untry that is punishable by up to 20 years prison and agency charge of approvg performanc by foreign artists said was disappoted wh the band’s nduct, llg “an sult and disrpectg the laws of the untry.

US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT

” It said the group will be blacklisted om performg wasn’t the first time that Healy ed the stage to fend lbian and gay rights.

In 2019, he kissed a male fan durg a ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also outlaws homosexual acts, acrdg to media reports. Kev Maxen, an assistant ach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, ma sports history after publicly g out as gay. Maxen’s disclosure is a historic one, makg him the first openly gay ach of a U.

Maxen’s announcement two years after NFL star Carl Nassib beme the league’s first active openly gay player.

WHAT IS "POST GAY" AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?

“I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” the former Las Vegas Rairs player, 30, revealed a June 2021 Instagram vio. Image source, North Country Off Grid/Youtube/via RtersImage ptn, Photos shared on social at the time allegedly showed dozens of the hate group's members beg arrted near the pri eventFive members of a whe supremacist hate group nvicted of plottg to rt at a gay pri event will spend three days jail, a urt has men and dozens other members of the Patrt Front group were arrted last June after a rint spotted them wh masks and shields gettg to a were lled and found rt gear and a smoke grena the lorry was stopped near where the North Idaho Pri Alliance was holdg an event the cy of Cor d'Alene.

The views exprsed here are the thor's Councilman John Duran seems to hab a "post gay" world that no one else I know is privy to.

I fer om his "post gay" rant that he means there is no longer any need to take a stand for the rights and eedoms of the LGBT muny bee said rights & eedoms are sudnly a fa acpli. I wouldn't try to nvce 22 year old Victor Diego of that, who was beaten up & nearly killed on Hollywood Boulevard last July what police termed a gay hate crime.

OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN

Told a lol news terviewer that homosexualy should be a felony punishable by ath.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

I n't tell if he liv Duran's "post gay" era or not. I gus that would make them "pre gay" era. Tennsee state senator Stacey Campbell recently sponsored a bill lled "Don't Say Gay", that would make illegal to mentn same genr preference the classroom & require teachers to rm parents of stunts they spect of exhibg gay behavr.

IT'S A POST-GAY WORLD! AND "HAWAII 5-0" PROV !{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MICHAEL JENSENAUGT 5, 2011/11:04 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENAUGT 5, 2011 / 11:04 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IT'S A POST-GAY WORLD! AND \"HAWAII 5-0\" PROV !","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-08-05T15:04:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-08-05T15:04:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IS AFTERELTON POST-GAY? AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WEDNDAY WE POSTED AN ARTICLE, WHEN IT COM TO TEEN SEX, MTV'S AWKWARD IS ANYTHG BUT, ABOUT THE PROGRSIVE WAY THE SHOW IS ALG WH TEEN SEXUALY. IN THE MENTS, A NUMBER OF FOLKS ASKED WHY WE HAD WRTEN AN ARTICLE ABOUT A SHOW THAT (CURRENTLY) HAS NO GAY OVERT NTENT. AT THE SAME TIME, OVER ON OUR REP OF PRETTY LTLE LIARS (ANOTHER SHOW WH NO GAY OR BI CHARACTERS, JT LBIAN ON), SOME REARS WONRED WHETHER WE'RE BEG LS SPECIFILLY "GAY" AND ASKED JT WHAT'S GOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE'VE ALWAYS VERED SOME THGS THAT AREN'T SPECIFILLY GAY, 'S TE THAT LATELY WE'VE BEEN DOG MORE OF THAT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS DRIVG THAT CISN, AND I THOUGHT I'D TAKE A MUTE TO EXPLA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT STARTED LAST YEAR WHEN I KEPT GETTG EMAILS AND SEEG MENTS OM FOLKS SAYG THAT THEY WISHED WE WERE VERG HAWAII 5-0, WHICH ISN'T "GAY," BUT HAS A HIGH "BROMANCE" FACTOR (NOT TO MENTN HOT MEN). I HADN'T PAID THE SHOW ANY ATTENTN UP UNTIL THEN, BUT FALLY DID, AND WHEN I POSTED A REP, WOUND UP BEG REALLY POPULAR WH REARS. (I ALSO HEARD THE SAME QUTNS A LOT ABOUT THE VAMPIRE DIARI.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT GOT ME THKG ABOUT JT WHAT WE VER, AND WHY. WHENEVER I E TO THE TCA PRS TOUR LOS ANGEL (WHERE I AM NOW), I ALWAYS PASS UP ON DOG A WHOLE HOST OF TERVIEWS BEE AN ACTOR OR SHOW ISN'T SPECIFILLY "GAY." AND THE REACTN TO HAWAII 5-0 GOT ME WONRG IF MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T BE VERG MORE NTENT THAT WASN'T SPECIFILLY GAY. AFTER ALL, MOST GAY FOLKS ARE TERTED ALL KDS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE THIS FOR STANCE...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER SHOW THAT SEEMED TO HAVE A GAY MALE FOLLOWG WAS, FACT, PRETTY LTLE LIARS. SCE AFTERELLEN WAS GOG TO REP THE SHOW ANYWAY, WE CID TO POST THEIR REPS OVER HERE SO OUR REARS WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO DISCS THE SHOW. (IN THE SAME WAY, AFTERELLEN POSTS OUR TE BLOOD AND TORCHWOOD REPS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PLL REPS HAVE PROVEN POPULAR, JT LIKE HAWAII 5-0. YOU MAY HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WE'VE STARTED REVIEWG BIG BUDGET HOLLYWOOD MOVI, EVEN THOSE WHOUT ANY GAY ANGLE AT ALL, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY POPULAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUR STATISTICS SHOW THAT THIS IS CLEARLY SOMETHG A LOT OF OUR REARS WANT. IS THIS A POST-GAY PERSPECTIVE, ONE THAT SAYS "Y, I'M GAY, BUT I'M TERTED LOTS OF DIFFERENT THGS AND BEG GAY ISN'T THE CENTRAL FG FACTOR MY LIFE"?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'D LIKE TO THK SO. THAT MEANS THAT AT THIS TCA, I CID TO TERVIEW FOLKS LIKE MEHD BROOKS (WHO WAS EGGS ON TE BLOOD, AN AE FAVE), JOHNNY IUZZI (TOP CHEF: JT DSERTS), MARTHA PLIMPTON (RAISG HOPE), WILL ART (UP ALL NIGHT), AND A HOST OF OTHER FOLKS. WE'VE ALSO WRTEN ABOUT OR WILL WRE ABOUT SHOWS LIKE THE SECRET CIRCLE, TERRA NOVA, PAN AM, CHARLIE'S ANGL AND SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANYWAY, BY VERG THOSE THGS HERE ON AE, WE HOPE TO PROVI A PLACE WHERE GAY AND BI FOLKS N DISCS THE SHOWS AND MOVI OM A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLEARLY, GIVEN THE MENTS, NOT EVERYONE FEELS THAT WAY. AND THAT IS A PERFECTLY VALID POT-OF-VIEW. A NUMBER OF FOLKS FEEL AFTERELTON SHOULD BE SOLELY ABOUT GAY POP CULTURE AND GAY POP CULTURE ONLY. AFTER ALL, IF WE'RE VERG MORE "MASTREAM" STUFF, DON'T THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE VERG LS OF THE MORE OBSCURE OR "GE" GAY STUFF?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM TIME TO TIME, THAT MAY BE TE, AT LEAST WHEN TO GE GAY STUFF WE DON'T LIKE OR SHOWS WH BARELY THERE GAY CHARACTERS WHO GET SO LTLE SCREENTIME AS TO BE MEANGLS. (OH, LOOK, THERE'S MELROSE PLACE! AND PRIVILEGED! AND LIPSTICK JUNGLE!) THEN AGA, WE'RE JT GOG WHERE OUR REARS, AND OUR TRAFFIC STATISTICS, ARE POTG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IS TERT THIS "MASTREAM" NTENT THE RULT OF A GENERATN GAP? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT. BUT I DO SPECT MANY YOUNGER FOLKS DO SEE THEMSELV MORE OF A POST-GAY WORLD AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE HAPPY TO SEE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASILLY, THEY'D RATHER READ ABOUT OR WATCH A GOOD "MASTREAM" PROJECT, EVEN IF 'S NOT SPECIFILLY GAY, THAN A HORRIBLE GAY "GE" ONE. AND THEY'D LIKE THAT VERAGE TO HAVE OUR GAY PERSPECTIVE AND TO BE ABLE TO DISCS WH OTHER GAY AND GAY-IENDLY FOLKS A SAFE SPACE. (TST ME, NOT EVERY TV SHOW BOARD WANTS TO HEAR WHAT WE THK ABOUT A PROGRAM'S "BROMANCE."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER FACTOR IS SIMPLY OUR NEEDG TO NTUE TO GROW. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR FIVE+ YEARS NOW, AND WHILE WE'VE GROWN DRAMATILLY, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP GROWG. I DON'T NEED TO REMD FOLKS THAT THIS SE IS AD-DRIVEN (AND PLETELY EE TO OUR REARS). THAT MEANS WE NEED TO BE GENERATG ENOUGH REVENUE DIFFERENT WAYS TO KEEP PAYG THE BILLS. IF WE DON'T DO THAT, ONE DAY THERE WON'T BE ANY AFTERELTON AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIVEN THE SUCCS WE'VE HAD WH SOME OF THE NON-GAY SHOWS MENTNED ABOVE, THIS STRATEGY SEEMS THE BT WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP GROWG AND THAT, WELL, WE'RE ABLE TO PAY THOSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE RERD, I DON'T SEE THIS A HUGE CHANGE. AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'VE ALWAYS VERED SOME STUFF THAT ISN'T GAY OR BISEXUAL, AND BROANG OUR SPE DON'T MEAN WE'RE GOG TO STOP VERG GAY AND BISEXUAL NTENT. THAT WOULD BE WHY I GOT J.J. ABRAMS ON THE RERD TALKG ABOUT STAR TREK. THAT'S WHY I JT TERVIEWED DREW GSBERG, THE GAY GUY ON BRAVO'S NEW REALY SHOW DALLAS: MOST ELIGIBLE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'LL BE FOLLOWG ALL SORTS OF FALL SHOWS WH GAY CHARACTERS LIKE MORN FAY, THE PLAYBOY CLUB, HAPPY ENDGS, GLEE AND SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE THK WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GREAT SE HERE, AND REALLY GREAT REARS. AND I PROMISE WE'LL DO EVERYTHG WE N TO KEEP ALL OF YOU AS HAPPY, ER, AS GAY, AS POSSIBLE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

As of March 2013, 60% of Louisiana thks beg gay should be illegal and Kentucky ntu to pave the way for almost unndnal discrimatn agast gay people. Iran seems to hang gay people on a regular basis, Senegal's penal  lls for imprisonment of gay people and Senegale police regularly target gay men for arrt and extortn, as do other sub Saharan Ain untri that enforce laws crimalizg gay relatnships.

GAY PRIS 2023 AND 2024

An Iranian Ayatollah recently referred to gays as ferr to dogs and pigs and said that AIDS did not exist before gay people. So we n have our "Go Go Boy" ft on Santa Moni Boulevard Wt Hollywood, but I wouldn't try Rsia which has enacted very new anti gay laws as of April 8, 2013, or Lhuania which forbids gay relatnships by natnal law.

They haven't entered Duran's "post gay era" yet and such an event uld brg out the worst of the "pre gay era" them. When Duran uttered those ane words, I was remd of 32 year old Mark Carson Greenwich Village who, on May 21, 2013, was shot the face by a manial acster who kept shoutg gay slurs at him.

They too still live the "pre gay era" where hatred of gay people still subjects them to harassment, dignatn and often ath.