Posts tagged “lgbt”

Picked up a movie meme baton and ran with it. Recent highlights: *The Jacket* and *Summer Storm* (gay German rowing teams, what could go wrong?). Five formative films range from *And The Band Played On* to *Gattaca*. Passing it on to Dan and Dom.

Too busy to write a full post, so here's a half-formed thought: "gay" is a hard-won identity, not just a sexual behavior. The NHS distinction between identity and practice is actually meaningful, and collapsing them risks erasing what generations fought to define.

A chat log exchange with Chez about rugby players, revealing my apparent failure as a gay man for not knowing who Jonny Wilkinson is. We disagree on what constitutes an attractive man. I maintain my Orlando Bloom standards; she vows to convert me to rugby.

Moz plugged Gay Geeks, so I'm returning the favor by pointing to his new site, Meaningless Artichoke. Also: Congress renamed french fries "freedom fries," which is either hilarious or terrifying. At least we haven't declared actual war on France. Yet.

This blog is turning into a superset of my other two. Highlights: a Hand Puppet Movie Theatre parody of Lord of the Rings where everyone's gay, and BBC Radio 1 Xtra broadcasting from Trinidad Carnival, so I can stream it and not totally miss out this year.