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by Dyana Bagby
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June 14, 2011 16:43 |
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Good evening. My name is Dyana Bagby. I am a real lesbian and I write under my real name.
I just wanted to make this clear in case some of you had any doubts. And in light of an internet scandal that has rocked the gay — well, specifically, the lesbian — blogging world, those doubts would be understandable.
That "A Gay Girl in Damascus" blog you may have vested your time and emotions in, worrying about Amina Arraf as she wrote about participating in protests in the war-torn Syria, about surviving as a lesbian in such an oppressive regime, about how government officials apparently kidnapped her? Yeah, she's not real. "She" is a straight guy, Tom MacMaster, 40, married, from Stone Mountain, Ga. He fessed up after some in-depth reporting by the Washington Post after it and other news outlets became fascinated and concerned about this lesbian in Damascus facing possible violence because of who she is.
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by Bo Shell
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June 10, 2011 14:55 |
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Must. Read. This.
The story popped on my Twitter feed this morning and it's absolutely consumed me since. Paul Aguirre-Livingston writes of the "Dawn of a new gay," for The Grid, a weekly "city magazine" in Toronto, giving presumably straight readers an insider's view from the cutting edge of gay life: "post-mos."
He writes:
"Post-mos don’t hang rainbow flags in their windows or plaster them on their bumpers. We don’t march in Pride and we probably never will. (After-parties only, please.) We don’t torture ourselves to fit in with other gays. In fact, most of us have come to resent the stereotypes and the ideals associated with preceding gay generations. It’s not that we hate gay culture; we just don’t have that much in common with it anymore. To be a twentysomething gay man in Toronto in 2011 is to be free from persecution and social pressures to conform. It’s also, in most ways, not about being gay at all."
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by Staff
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June 09, 2011 10:46 |
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 GA Voice editor Laura Douglas-Brown was featured on AM 1690 | The Voice of the Arts this morning as part of a continuing bi-weekly interview segment highlighting upcoming LGBT arts and entertainment events featured in our latest print issue.
In this week's segment, Laura discusses the upcoming events surrounding Atlanta's Stonewall Week and previews some of the arts and entertainment content in this week's paper.
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by Ryan Watkins
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June 01, 2011 14:46 |
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Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants have put together the first video from a professional sports team for the “It Gets Better” project. Released today, the video features the team's Barry Zito, Matt Cain, Sergio Romo and Andres Torres acknowledging the struggle many LGBT youth face because of their sexuality.
The video went up earlier this afternoon, but already has several hundred views and dozens of comments.
“It Gets Better” aims to offer hope to LGBT youth who often feel isolated and alone in coming to terms with their sexuality. Formed by radio personality and author Dan Savage, the project has compiled thousands of videos featuring celebrities, politicians and every day people who understand the personal struggle in the wake of a series of high-profile LGBT youth suicides.
The Giants' video will encourage Sam Maden, a 12-year-old Boston Red Sox fan who is asking people to sign a petition to encourage his team to also make an "It Gets Better" video for the campaign.
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by Ryan Watkins
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May 26, 2011 09:58 |
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GA Voice editor Laura Douglas-Brown was featured on AM 1690 | The Voice of the Arts this morning as part of a continuing bi-weekly interview segment highlighting upcoming LGBT arts and entertainment events featured in our latest print issue.
In this week's segment, Laura discusses the impact of 30 years of HIV/AIDS, previews our interview with CNN news anchor Don Lemon and highlights upcoming Memorial Day Weekend events in the LGBT community.
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