About michael
Co-founder, Webmaster michael@thenewgay.net
Hi. Here’s some stuff about me: I am over-educated and under-paid. I was usually picked last in gym class. I used to want to be a rock star, then I settled for wanting to sleep one. Finally, I settled on wanting to sleep with guys who wanted to be rock stars. I came out at the age of 21, but I didn’t get introduced to gay culture until I was 27. I’m still asking myself, “So, that’s it?” I’m an ENTJ, and born on the Leo/Virgo cusp, the same day as River Phoenix. I define The New Gay thus… Email me at michael@thenewgay.net Contact me at Michael@Thenewgay.net
Recent Posts by michael:
Chatterbox »
Brian from ranker.com let us know about this important milestone in comic books:
“This Wednesday was a really important moment in Gay comics history. Two gay superheroes, Rictor and Shatterstar from X-Factor, finally kissed (after years of having only an implied relationship) and rocked the comic book world. In honor of homosexuality becoming more commonplace in the comic book medium, here are the 10 most important LGBT moments in comic book history. “
Activism, Civil Rights »
“Moments before the first marriage applicants walked out of the courthouse, the Fred Phelps gang of loonies were spreading their hate. Remember, friends, despite our slowly unfolding successes, there are many challenges ahead.”
Civil Rights, Friday Staff Survey »
The Friday Staff Survey has been on hiatus for a while, but it’s back with a special DC Gay Marriage Wednesday Edition. This week, we asked TNG contributors the following question:
As federal tacit approval of DC’s marriage equality bill is pending, what’s your opinion on marriage? Hackneyed institution? Civil right? Something else?
Feel free to leave your perspectives in the comments.
Chatterbox »
Gay Marriage Makes Gain in Maryland, NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/us/25marriage.html
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Legendary gay activist Larry Kramer will be on the Joy Behar show tonight at 9 PM, discussing our current president and a potentially gay and closeted one. (And not …
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Introducing AntiTwink.com. A message from the site’s founder:
We are an online nightlife magazine for NYC (and spreading to other cities this year) that lists gay events, bar nights, shows etc. …
Commentary »
When I helped start this website, I had a general notion that people outside of the gay mainstream are everywhere. It was a general notion, only because I haven’t been everywhere myself to note and document the atypical queers throughout the country or the world. This past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit two cities and meet members of our community face to face.
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Brian from Ranker.com suggested we check out the following:
Here’s a list by a straight guy, edited by our resident gay columnist, giving straight men 9 good reasons to give switching teams a try. It’s light-hearted and was written in response to “10 Reasons Gays Shouldn’t Be in the Military”-type lists that came out after Obama’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell announcement. If there’s a little gay in all of us, here’s what the right-wing should consider…
Local, Washington DC »
Thanks to Bradley over at BYT for coming to Homo/Sonic last weekend and taking a bunch of really great snapshots of our party-goers. Check out the full set over at BrightestYoungThings.com!
Ideas, It's Easy Being Green »
Technically, I’m on vacation, so this might end up being short. However, since I forgot to tell our managing editor that I wasn’t going to have anything for noon today, well, here I am putting something together at the last minute.
I wanted to spend another minute discussing the realms of responsibility for environmentalism. I mentioned earlier that corporate America could be doing more to help in the cause. A recent article in the NY Times that I can’t seem to find any longer also lamented the lack of environmental leadership from our corporate and industrial higher-ups, and even went to far as to say that the small things that people do every day to green their lives puts up a facade of progress that might actually prevent real progress from occurring.
