Enraged consumers complained that a toy with a homosexual backstory would lead to other ”disgusting” dolls like “Priscilla the Prostitute” and “Danny the Dope Pusher”
Esquire awarded Gay Bob its “Dubious Achievement Award.” And anti-gay organizations across the United States blustered.
He debuted in the ’70s, to both acclaim and outrage.
Now that 2017 has come to a close, our wilting Christmas trees have moved to the curb, and everyone resolves to get into shape for the coming year (see how long that lasts), the time has come to look ahead at 2018 and all things queer in the entertainment world.
These movies and television shows stand out from the pack, some for featuring queer talent …
In 18th and early-19th-century Britain, a “molly” was a commonly used term for men who today might identify as gay, bisexual or queer. Sometimes, this was a slur; sometimes, a more generally used noun, likely coming from mollis, the Latin for soft or effeminate. A whole molly underworld found its home in London…
HRC filed a Freedom of Information Act request for records related to the Trump-Pence Administration’s directive to ban words like “transgender” and “diversity” at the CDC.
Washington, DC had never seen anything like it. Nor had the world: The National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights, held October 14, 1979, almost 40 years ago, was truly groundbreaking.
“Different from the Others” was a haunting film made 50 years before Stonewall.
In 1919 – half a century before Stonewall – the first known film that was sympathetic to gay people was produced. Different from the Others (Anders als die Andern) is a German movie about a relationship between a master violinist and his student.
Let’s skip the usual donations to big political orgs and focus on some other …
HRC filed a Freedom of Information Act request for records related to the Trump-Pence Administration’s directive to ban words like “transgender” and “diversity” at the CDC.
