Reminding Us Leaving Project Runway Doesn't Mean His 15-Minutes Are O-V-E-R Quite Y-E-T

Saw this on one of my fave blogs, Towleroad.com, today.

Jack Mackenroth, following his unfortunate medical issue-induced departure from Project Runway last night, makes a YouTube video - and gays everywhere are screaming "Gay!."

It took a while for this video to load for me, but I couldn't stop watching it. Enjoy!

Gay Subtext

Watching this will help grow your appreciation of subtitles.

Two Words: Penn Badgely

I couldn't find a picture or a video clip that truly shows his hotness. There's just something about the way he talks. His slightly imperfect teeth. He sexy jaw line. Oh, and how he mentioned in some interview that he'd be interested to see his character go gay down the line...

If you aren't watching Gossip Girl, you should be.

It's on The CW and if you don't know what that is, you shouldn't be reading this blog. I'm just saying.

Jakey's New Movie, Rendition, Is Dramatic. His Today Show Interview Is Funny.

Top Bottom Gays: A Response to Out's Power 50

The gay internets are buzzing today about the cover of the new Out magazine featuring the "Power 50" list of Gay Men and Women and a cover story called "The Glass Closet" featuring cover subjects Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper. You can read the top 50 names. The list includes people I have never heard of, people who aren't publicly out of the closet, and people who I would never have put on a list ever...except maybe one list...

Where's the bottom of this list of gays? Where are the "gays" that don't deserve to be anywhere near the top of a power list? In coming up with a few names, I kept thinking of people that actually made the Power 50 in Out, so I haven't included them here, but here are some people that could certainly do a lot better using their gay (or gay-like) power to do good instead of evil.

Nick'd Top 2 Bottom Gays are tied for worst bad gay:

Ted Haggard - bad reverend

Mark Foley - bad politician

Other names that came up in the bottom brainstorm I had with Bryan include Richard Hatch - bad tax evasion, Jim McGreevey - bad shady, flip-flopper, Sean Hayes - bad gay but plays good one in TV reruns, and Clay Aiken - um, just bad. I was originally going to have a Top 10 Bottom Gays list, but I couldn't even add other people to my Top 2 Bottoms, Ted and Mark, they stuck out as so blatantly being in a despicable, self-hating league of their own.

Am I missing anyone?

‘Ma, I need to talk to you about something, I’m gay.’

The New York Times ran a piece on Sunday, April 1 in their Parenting section called "Accepting Gay Identity, and Gaining Strength." It tells the story of a young teenage boy who was struggling with self-esteem issues and a general uncomfortableness in his own body, his own life. Coming out to himself, to his friends and his family, as the article shares, was the beginning of change and growth for this young man.

Being able to settle into who you are is a challenge that faces a lot of people, especially during the awkward phase of being a teenager. We are fortunate to be living in a time when this story can not only happen, but can be told in such a public forum. Yes, he still was called faggot by some of his schoolmates, but read the article to see the action he takes against one boy.

There is still a lot that needs to happen politically to create a world where it is easier for young homosexual people to feel comfortable that their community and country will accept them for who they are, but the improving social aspects that are allowing kids these opportunities to grow at a consistent pace with their peers...and parents who say things like: “Coming out was the best thing for him. We ask him, ‘Why didn’t you come out in fifth grade?’ ” means that a greater political shift has to come, and maybe it will with an upcoming generation of politicians.

The article is a quick read. I recommend it, obviously.