Blog Profile / Queerty
| URL : | http://www.queerty.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | LGBT / Gay | |
| Posts on Regator: | 28666 | |
| Posts / Week: | 118.2 | |
| Archived Since: | September 29, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Baltimore Mayor To Preside Over Mass Same-Sex Wedding Ceremony At Pride Festivities
With all the new states that have passed marriage equality legislation since last summer, what on Earth are they going to do with their Pride celebrations? A happy Pride is an equal Pride, and Maryland is the first to announce a mass wedding to mark the occasion and celebrate their hard work this year. Baltimore [...]
PHOTOS: Ellen Degeneres And Portia de Rossi Snag $26.5M Mansion In Santa Barbara
Thanks, One Million Moms, for giving Ellen Degeneres so much attention. Along with her wildly hilarious daytime talk show, your contribution has helped her to move into a $26.5M mansion in Santa Barbara with her wife, Portia de Rossi. So cute! TMZ is reporting that Ellen and Portia snagged this 10,522 square foot home (their [...]
ExxonMobil Accused Of Discriminatory Hiring Practices
So a giant oil firm with the initials ExxonMobil gets two resumes for the same job. One is of a qualified candidate with a 3.98 GPA whose experience shows she volunteered at an LGBT organization. The other has lower grades but nothing to indicate that she’s not 100% heterosexual. Who gets called in for the [...]
It’s Slutty Clothes Season In The City
The weather is warming up and Memorial weekend is upon us and that only means one thing: Slutty clothes! That’s right, it’s time to shed the chunky sweaters, those skinny jeans, and any unnecessary outerwear now that summer is here. Just follow the example set by these boys of Boston, who seem to have the [...]
Transgendered Miss Universe Contestant Jenna Talackova To Star In New Reality Show
Jenna Talackova, the Canadian transgendered woman Donald Trump ejected from the Miss Universe pageant last year, is making headlines again—only this time, everything seems to be going her way. Since her famous snub made headlines around...Show More Summary
Watch: Gays Reenact Harvey Milk’s Famous “Hope” Speech
On what would have been Harvey Milk’s 83rd birthday, gays around the nation remember how politician gave them hope. Earlier in the week, San Francisco city officials organized a reenactment of his famous “You’ve Got To Have Hope” speech. Originally recited on June 24, 1977 to kick-off his third bid for supervisor, the speech is a [...]
Why Pat Robertson Is A Dinosaur
Pat Robertson is always good as an internet punchline, as his recent comments about the Oklahoma tornadoes and male infidelity have shown. But what the jokes at his expense highlight is that Robertson is now famous for being nutty, not for being influential. At some point, the 83-year-old televangelist moved from being at the center [...]
WATCH: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Is A Hunk Is New Trailer For “Don Jon”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to make is writing and directorial debut with Don Jon, hitting theaters in October. In the film, Gordon-Levitt portrays a modern day Don Juan who objectifies women, that is until he meets Scarlett Johansson. But objectifying Gordon-Levitt is the most important thing. The film is giving fans a new Gordon-Levitt to fawn [...]
Fighter Nate Diaz Feels No Remorse For Using Gay Slur Against Opponent
Even after he was fined $20, 000 and received a 90 days suspension from the Ultimate Fighting Championship for sending a tweet using the f-word to describe a competitor, lightweight Nate Diaz contends he’s done nothing wrong. On May 16, Diaz expressed sympathy for a fellow fighter who lost out on $130,000 in bonus money after testing positive [...]
WATCH: Adam Levine Wants Love While Shirtless And Drenched In Paint
Happy Hump Day! Maroon 5?s frontman Adam Levine stars in the bands’ new music video for “Love Somebody” covered all over (sort of) in body paint. Starting in a white background, he wipes parts of his shirtless body to reveal himself covered in dripping paint. After showing off most of himself, he starts to reveal [...]
Shirtless Navy Freshmen Climb A Pole, The World’s Most Powerful Women & More!
- Good thing the government repealed “Dont’ Ask, Don’t Tell,” ’cause we’re running and telling everyone about this. Thank god the homoeroticism of the Naval Academy’s Herndon Climb remains in tact. - And just ’cause there’s no such thing as too many shirtless Navy freshmen: - Emma Roberts is joining the stellar cast of American [...]
PHOTOS: Is SF’s Bay To Breakers Gay Pride For Straight Guys?
By donning bright colors and showing off toned torsos and outrageous costumes, “straight” men have made the the annual Bay to Breakers race their own ode to drunken revelry (alone with plenty of LGBTers thrown in for good measure). This year’s event was no exception with nearly 50,000 people participating in the 102nd 7-mile crawl [...]
ABC’s “Bachelorette” Thinks The World Is Ready For A Gay “Bachelor” Series
Desiree Hartsock stopped into HuffPost headquarters this week to chat live with fans about life as a reality television star and her latest role on “The Bachelorette”, ABC’s primetime show that exploits polyamorous relationships and promotes rushed marriage between strangers. Of course, the burning question on everyone’s mind during that interview was “When will ABC [...]
Donald Rumsfeld Equates Marriage Equality With Polygamy
Going by what he thinks about gay rights, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld mustn’t spend a lot of time hanging around fellow Bush alum Dick Cheney’s household. At least that’s what became clear for an interview that Rumsfeld did with Larry King. (As an aside, the combined ages of the two looks a lot like Apple’s [...]
The 14 Countries Where You Can Now (Or Soon) Get Hitched
With the American marriage equality train kicking into hyperdrive, it’s worth remembering that the nation still lags behind much of the modern world when it comes to nuptial fairness. Like Mexico, the U.S. now allows same-sex marriage in some states. But unlike 14 countries across the planet, marriage is not yet a federal right. (Brazil [...]
WATCH: Plaintiff In Landmark Boy Scouts Supreme Court Case Speaks Out Against Gay Ban
When he came out in 2000 at age 19, James Dale was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America, prompting him to challenge the BSA’s exclusionary policies. After 10 years, Dale’s case went all the way to the Supreme Court, but he lost by one vote. “But I think that I pretty much continue [...]
French Historian Commits Suicide Over Gay Marriage Legalization
Dominique Venner, 78, walked into Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris at 4pm on Tuesday and shot himself through the mouth after posting a rant against France’s recent legalization of gay marriage, which he called vile. Venner, a far right activist and historian, left a letter before committing suicide, but its contents and his motives are [...]
Giving Them Hope: Harvey Milk’s Top 7 Quotes
Happy Harvey Milk Day everyone! Harvey Bernard Milk was born 83 years ago today and he made history in 1978 when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Not only was he the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, but also the first non-incumbent openly gay man to win [...]
UK Marriage Equality Vote Has A High Political Cost For Prime Minister
The UK House of Commons has voted in favor of marriage equality, but the vote may prove to have severe political ramifications for the measure’s main supporter, Prime Minister David Cameron. The measure, which would make the UK the tenth European nation to approve marriage equality, easily passed the House 366-161. The problem for Cameron [...]
Senate Hangs Same-Sex Bi-National Couples Out To Dry
After a week of broad hints, Senate Democrats have made it official: they aren’t going to introduce an amendment to include same-sex bi-national couples in immigration reform. Sen. Patrick Leahy had promised to introduce the measure, but during a session of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday night, he turned to his fellow Democrats to find [...]