Comments on: The NBA “Gets Better”

By: Désirée

Désirée — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:52:28 +0000

TAR is the only reality show I watch, but this season was weak. You didn’t miss anything Tim

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:39:19 +0000

oh pooh, did I miss an entire season of Amazing Race?

My stupid DVR recognizes each season as though it is an entirely new television show and I just don’t watch enough network TV to keep up on which shows are upcoming. I had a vague sense that there was a ‘reunion’ series upcoming…. but I missed it. Pooh!!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 10 May 2011 05:05:18 +0000

Yeah, but which one is “basketball” again?

By: Désirée

Désirée — Tue, 10 May 2011 04:55:49 +0000

The Amazing Race is incredibly gay friendly (although they have been generally lacking in lesbians and trans people are nowhere to be seen), but this seasons only gay people were father-son duo Mike & Mel (unless Kynt has finally come out as well)

By: PC

PC — Tue, 10 May 2011 01:12:16 +0000

I saw it at the end of “The Amazing Race” as well – which is another very gay friendly show (they always have gay racers – the current season had at least 3 or 4 gay individuals racing).

By: Christopher Eberz

Christopher Eberz — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:22:57 +0000

“Actually, it looks like I may have given the LGBT community too much credit for having a sense of humor”

This.

By: Amicus

Amicus — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:17:57 +0000

oh, you bitch.

On the other hand, face it, NBA is invisible because it’s just not possible to be fashion forward on the court (Dennis Rodman aside, perhaps).

Meanwhile, lycra has … oh, nevermind.

By: enough already

enough already — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:30:37 +0000

Leonard, that “no, thank you! wasn’t clear – I do thank you for your kind words.

By: enough already

enough already — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:01:56 +0000

Leonard,
No, thank you.
I usually get nailed, immediately, with “wrong! we are making wonderful, fantastic, incredible progress!”
Now, I understand the value of agit-prop and I understand the American tendency (without sharing it) to apply hurrah-hurrah, we’re the best! BS to every action.

That said – let’s be honest here.

The sole values of our current civil unions, domestic partnerships and marriages in the few states which grant them is:
a) The minor protections they sort of grant.
b) The agit-prop effect of making it harder for courts to say “no”.

But that’s it. Everything, every single solitary thing depends on whether the Supreme Court finds against us or not.

Right now, we have four Justices who would rather spit in our faces than talk to us.
One conservative, Kennedy, who may or may not decide for right above religion.

And four non-conservatives, at least one of whom is not certain to be on our side.

Kennedy wants to retire. Badly. He is only hanging on until a Republican is back in office.

By sitting on our hands in 2010 – or, worse, by actually voting Teapublican or “one’s conscience”, as 1/3 of us gays and transgender did we opened the way for the hateful ones to attack us.
If Obama loses in 2012 – and I am not optimistic, the polls show most people have already forgotten who caused this mess (hint: I wasn’t a Democrat), then the game is up. Kennedy will step down, at least one if not two of the conservatives and one of our liberals, sadly, well almost certainly not be around until 2018 and the Republican president will install a six or seven vote extreme-religious-right conservative court.
The next months count more than ever before. We are that close to loosing everything in the US for decades to come.

By: Leonard Drake

Leonard Drake — Sun, 08 May 2011 18:00:39 +0000

enough already wrote, in part: “When, however, the PC-Police and the how-many-angels-can-sit-on-a-pin crowd had the upper hand, we were in trouble.

There’s way too much wheel spinning and not enough winning in our American gay and transgender rights movement. … ”

Precisely the point I was trying to make in my earlier post, only MUCH better stated. Thank you!