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Now that the Super Bowl’s over, let’s revisit that steamy gay football romance from “Queer as Folk”
It was not very good, but it was all we had in the early '00s.
How Trump’s Racist Attack On A Federal Judge Echoes Right-Wing Attack On Vaughn Walker
By now, pretty much everyone know about Donald Trump‘s specious argument that Gonzalo Curiel, a federal judge overseeing a suit for fraud against Trump University, is automatically biased simpl...
Amazing Things You’d Never Know That Got Us To Marriage Equality
Oh, sure, we just won marriage equality. But how? Who’s responsible? And why did it happen now, at this particular moment in history? As it turns out, the march to marriage has taken many long ...
This Is What The End Of The Marriage Fight Looks Like
Only a few isolated locations in the country remain where same-sex couples can’t get married. Those opposed to equality are getting increasingly desperate, with stall tactics and long-shot lega...
Sean Hayes To Wed Longtime Partner Scott Icenogle After Seven Years Together
Former Will & Grace star Sean Hayes is engaged to music producer and composer Scott Icenogle. RumorFix reports that Hayes’s ring finger was sporting a new piece of jewelry when the Emmy winner ...
Five Reasons Gavin Newsom Deserves More Credit For Marriage Equality Than He Is Getting
As the country races to the inevitable day when marriage equality is the law of the land, most of the focus has been on the plaintiffs and celebrity lawyers who have led the legal challenge to ma...
HBO Documentary Offers An Inside Look At The Fight To Overturn Prop 8. Maybe Just A Bit Too Inside.
It’s one thing to read about history. It’s entirely different to watch it unfold. That’s the advantage of The Case Against 8, a new documentary currently playing in select theaters and deb...
Author Of Controversial Book About Marriage Equality Remembers Pivotal Moments In Prop 8 Court Battle
Jo Becker’s new book, Forcing the Spring, tells the story of AFER’s role in overturning Prop 8. Like the subjects of the book, there’s been a lot of conversation and controversy about it ...
The Battle For Marriage Equality Is Explored In New Documentary
It’s a story we’ve all followed closely, but every new angle we see of 2013’s battle to take down California’s Prop 8 sheds new and fascinating light on the impact of the fight for marri...
Gay Judge In Prop 8 Case Once Underwent Conversion Therapy
Among the tidbits that coming out from Jo Becker’s new book on marriage equality, “Forcing the Spring,” is this one: the federal judge who struck down California’s Proposition 8 as uncons...
Lawyer Who Defended Prop 8 Now Helping His Daughter Plan Her Same-Sex Wedding
According to a new book chronicling the battle over marriage equality, the lead lawyer defending California’s Proposition 8 before the Supreme Court discovered his daughter was engaged to a wom...
Mozilla CEO Just One Of Many To Face Backlash Over Prop 8 Support
So long, Brendan Eich. He was momentarily CEO at Mozilla, until his anti-marriage equality donation (and refusal to discuss it) left him unable to manage a diverse company with a diverse audience...
Everyone At Mozilla Supports Marriage Equality Except This One Guy
You’ve probably heard that the new CEO at Mozilla, Brendan Eich, made a donation in support of Prop 8 a few years ago. Nerds and gays have been pretty upset about it lately, and since Queerty�...
Firefox CEO Responds To Antigay Past, Impresses Nobody
It was kind of a big deal when Mozilla, maker of Firefox, named Brendan Eich its new CEO this week. Eich may have the technical chops for the job — he did invent JavaScript and help form Mozil...
Firefox CEO’s Antigay Donation Leads To Boycott
Isn’t it weird that Prop 8 boycotts are still happening? As we approach the six year anniversary (!) of the law’s passage, its supporters continue to earn scorn from those around them. The l...
WATCH: Could Prop. 8 Come Back From the Dead In New Mexico?
We’re still basking in the glow of victory, following the sudden marriage equality wins in Utah and New Mexico. But maybe we shouldn’t be celebrating — our opponents aren’t out of tricks ...
WATCH: 2013 Was A Record Year For Marriage Equality
Well, 2013 certainly has been one for the record books. We’ve won marriage equality in so many states now we’ve almost lost count. It’s 16 now, right? Or 17? Maybe we’ll add an surprise 1...
Broadway’s Rory O’Malley Loves Playing Gay Characters & Advocating For Gay Marriage
Rory O’Malley (The Book of Mormon), who is currently starring in the off-Broadway run of William Finn and James Lapine’s Little Miss Sunshine musical (buy discount tickets here), is not y...
My Big Fag Freak Wedding
“Are you brothers?” We hear this a ton. Two guys, one 30 and one 40, with nearly-matching glasses and an affectionate public demeanor. His family came on the Mayflower and mine fled the shtet...
NOM Ran A $1 Million Deficit Last Year, But Maggie Gallagher Still Got A Raise
Here’s news to cheer your day: the National Organization for Marriage not only burned a giant pile of cash last year in its unsuccessful attempt to stop marriage equality at the ballot, but it ...
Palm Springs Theater Owner Exposed For Making Major Donations To Anti-Gay Politicians, Prop 8
Tucked away in Palm Springs is a movie theater complex called Camelot that shows mostly quirky indie films, hosts the local gay and lesbian film fest, and takes money from gay people to give to h...
Court Kills Last-Gasp Effort To Stop California Marriage Equality
The last, desperate effort to stop marriage equality in California has finally come to an end. The California Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from religious conservatives who argue that Pr...
Dustin Lance Black Writing TV Miniseries Based On His Life And Activism
Dustin Lance Black has had success bringing gay activism to the big screen (he won an Academy Award for writing the 2008 biopic Milk) and to the stage (8, his play about the Prop. 8 trials, recei...
San Diego County Clerk Who Wants To Halt Marriages Shows Up At Press Conference Protesting Him
You have to hand it to Ernest J. Dronenburg. The San Diego County clerk, who filed a petition with the California State Supreme Court asking it to halt same-sex marriages, can’t keep himself ou...
San Diego County Clerk Files Petition To Halt Same-Sex Marriages In California
In the weeks following the Supreme Court’s decision on Prop 8, San Diego County clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg has filed a petition to halt the same-sex weddings now taking place in the state until...
WATCH: Backstreet Boys Release Pro-Gay Music Video
The Backstreet Boys have, um, quit playing games and released a socially-conscious music video for their new single “In a World Like This” which offers a pro-gay marriage. Toward the end of t...
Bill O’Reilly Outraged Over Prop 8, “Not Buying” Gays Having The Right To Marry
I would like the states to decide what kind of society they want…I was outraged that the people of California vote for traditional marriage and then the Supreme Court finds a loophole to overtu...
Anti-Marriage Activists Fail Again To Stop Marriages In California Courts
How many times do anti-marriage advocates have to lose before they get the message? The California Supreme Court has rejected a move by opponents of marriage equality to block same-sex weddings i...
Bryan Fischer Thinks DOMA And Prop. 8 Rulings More Tragic Than Trayvon Martin
Even by his own vile standards, American Family Association spokesperson and conservative talk radio host Bryan Fischer has sunk to perhaps an all-time low with his latest tweet. Just days after ...
WATCH: Inside Look At AFER’s Prop 8 Victory And The First Weddings
It’s the next best thing to being right there in the room: AFER just released a backstage video that reveals the beautiful personal moments during the Prop 8 decision and resumption of marriage...
HBO Profiling Prop 8 Plaintiffs In Behind-The-Scenes Documentary
HBO announced yesterday that it will begin production on a behind-the-scenes documentary film about the landmark Prop 8 decision, which will include exclusive footage of the legal team led by Ted...
INTERVIEW: Margaret Cho Talks Gay Marriage And Deems Herself “Prime Minister of the Gays”
Queerty had an opportunity to chat with comedienne and gay icon Margaret Cho because she has a new web series, In Transition. So we grabbed it, chatting up about the Supreme Court rulings on Pr...
Gay Mayor Of Palm Springs Marries His Old Pals, A Couple Together For 43 Years
Jim Eastin, 74, and Allan Murdock, 83, have been together for 43 years but on Monday they got a slip of paper that legally conferred upon them the status of “newlyweds.” There to officiate wa...
Paula Deen Is Trying To Use Prop 8 To Justify Racism, Ya’ll!
America’s current racist sweetheart, part-time homophobe, and disturbingly unhealthy food enthusiast Paula Deen apparently won’t be satisfied until she’s alienated everyone. On Monday, Deen...
WATCH: Has Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love” Become The Official Marriage Equality Anthem?
It looks as if we finally have an official anthem for the post-SCOTUS ruling on LGBT equality. “Same Love,” a searing ballad by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring additional vocals by Mary ...
Same-Sex Weddings Can Resume Immediately In California; Prop. 8 Plaintiffs Getting Married Today
The wait is officially over — expect invitations to same-sex weddings any minute. The L.A. Times reports the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for gay marriages to resume i...
WATCH: All The Best News Coverage Of The Prop 8 Victory
We’re still all aglow from the thrill of the last few days. Rallies! Proposals! A call from the President! What a week. Now it’s time to take a deep breath, hug everyone, and relax for a few ...
INTERVIEW: Judy Shepard Calls George W. Bush “Antigay” And Antonin Scalia “Clueless”
Queerty recently had an opportunity to talk with Matthew Shepard’s mother, Judy, about the Supreme Court’s rulings on Prop 8 and DOMA, and the discussions she and her 21-year-old son had abou...
News Brief: Wednesday’s 10 Biggest Winners & Losers
Wednesday was a busy day for news. Not only did the Supreme Court rule on pivotal gay rights cases, but everything from murder to Paula Deen went down today. Here’s a quick round up of everythi...
A One-Page Screenplay Depicting The Life Inside The Supreme Court Breakroom
Internet superstar, Bobby Finger, has been writing one-page screenplays depicting the work life of SCOTUS from inside the breakroom where the Justices face off against each in very Office/Parks A...