Friday, July 02, 2010

Know Your LGBT History - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

I betcha that not too many folks are aware of the fact that A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) was filled with homoerotic undertones.

Mark Patton (who later did come out as a gay man) portrays a teenager who is trying to keep from being possessed by serial killer Freddy Krueger.

Seriously though, with a plot so simple, why would someone think that this movie was gay? Well for starters, the character portrayed by Patton isn't the most masculine fellow in the world. It goes without saying that there were some scenes in which he reminded me of Sean Hayes from Will and Grace such as this one featuring  him cleaning his room:




Then there is this scene where Freddy induces the young man to go to a club where he meets his coach (starting at 2:20):



It was the first time I discovered that white male booties can jiggle. LOL

Happy Fourth, folks

Past Know Your LGBT History postings

Know Your LGBT History - Noah's Arc

Know Your LGBT History - Ode to Billy Joe

Know Your LGBT History - Adorable Adrian Adonis

Know Your LGBT History - The Night Strangler

Know Your LGBT History - All in the Family

Know Your LGBT History - Tongues Untied

Know Your LGBT History - The Celluloid Closet

Know Your LGBT History - Querelle

Know Your LGBT History - Theatre of Blood

Know Your LGBT History - Strange Fruit

Know Your LGBT History - Designing Women

Know Your LGBT History - The Children's Hour

Know Your LGBT History - Sylvester

Know Your LGBT History - Once Bitten

Know Your LGBT History - The Boys in the Band

Know Your LGBT History - Christopher Morley, the crossdressing assassin

Know Your LGBT History - Midnight Cowboy

Know Your LGBT History - Dracula's Daughter

Know Your LGBT History - Blacula

Know Your LGBT History - 3 Strikes

Know Your LGBT History - Paris Is Burning

Know Your LGBT History - The Women

Know your LGBT History - Soul Plane

Know Your LGBT History - The Player's Club

Special Know Your LGBT History - Fame

Know Your LGBT History - Welcome Home, Bobby

Know Your LGBT History - Barney Miller

Know your lgbt history - The Jerry Springer Show

Know your lgbt history - Martin Lawrence and that 'gay guy' on his show

Know your lgbt history - The Ricki Lake Show

Know your lgbt history - Which Way Is Up

Know your lgbt history - Gays in Primetime Soaps

Know your lgbt history - Boys Beware

Know your lgbt history - The Boondocks

Know your lgbt history - Mannequin

Know your lgbt history - The Warriors

Know Your LGBT History - New York Undercover

Know Your LGBT History - Low Down Dirty Shame

Know Your LGBT History - Fortune and Men's Eyes

Know your lgbt history - California Suite

Know your lgbt history - Taxi (Elaine's Strange Triangle)

Know your lgbt history - Come Back Charleston Blue

Know your lgbt history - James Bond goes gay

Know your lgbt history - Windows

Know your lgbt history - To Wong Foo and Priscilla

Know your lgbt history - Blazing Saddles

Know your lgbt history - Sanford and Son

Know your lgbt history - In Living Color

Know your lgbt history - Cleopatra Jones and her lesbian drug lords

Know your lgbt history - Norman, Is That You?

Know your lgbt history - The 'Exotic' Adrian Street

Know your lgbt history - The Choirboys

Know your lgbt history - Eddie Murphy

Know your lgbt history - The Killing of Sister George

Know your lgbt history - Hanna-Barbera cartoons pushes the 'gay agenda

'Know your lgbt history - Cruising

Know your lgbt history - Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones

Know your lgbt history - I Got Da Hook Up

Know your lgbt history - Fright Night

Know your lgbt history - Flowers of Evil

The Jeffersons and the transgender community   
  
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FRC: Pray that God isn't mad at America because of THE GAYS, and other Friday midday news briefs

FRC's Call2Fall Hopes to Prevent God From Destroying America Due To Our "Sexual Immorality and Perversion" - Of all the nerve. The Family Research Council lies and misrepresents but yet will be praying to keep God from "destroying" America because of the supposed sins of lgbts. Pot meet kettle.

Robert George on Obama: Willfully Anti-Intellectual or Passively So?
- In light of their embarrassing associations, NOM is still channeling the "waaaaaaaah! stop calling us bigots" line. Don't drag President Obama in your mess.


Las Vegas Church Stands By Martin Ssempa - Not only are they standing by Mr. Poo Poo but are also actively pushing his misrepresentations of the Ugandan anti-gay bill.

Google to Add Pay to Cover a Tax for Same-Sex Benefits - Excellent way to end the news posts.



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Tyler Perry is ANGRY with Boondocks episode

I was wondering when it was going to happen. And boy did it ever:



Turner Broadcasting is trying to avoid a house of pain with producer Tyler Perry.

Perry, who has two shows on Turner's TBS cable channel ("House of Payne" and "Meet the Browns") was furious about a recent episode of the animated series "The Boondocks" that ran on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. Cartoon Network also is owned by Turner Broadcasting.

The episode in question -- "Pause" -- which first ran June 20, lampooned Perry, the creator of several hit movies, some of whom star him as Madea, an eccentric grandmother whose antics often land her in hot water. The show, which is executive produced by Aaron McGruder, who also created the now-defunct comic strip of the same name, featured a thinly veiled version of Perry named Winston Jerome. In the episode, Jerome is shown to be a closeted cross-dresser who uses religion to hide his lifestyle.

Soon after the episode aired, Perry got in touch with executives at Turner including entertainment chief Steve Koonin and Phil Kent, the chief executive of Turner Broadcasting. Perry complained loudly about the episode and even threatened to rethink his relationship with the company, people familiar with the situation said. A spokesman for Perry declined to comment.

Kent, who is a low-key executive but also a former talent agent, put his skills to work and acknowledged to Perry that the actor-producer should have been given a warning about the episode. The show, which has aired twice, is not scheduled to air again on Cartoon Network, although the company would not say if it has been banned from the channel.

More here

I'm not saying a word.

Okay maybe just one little thing. Welcome to fame, Tyler.


Hat tip to Rod 2.0 Beta


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Lindsey Graham - 'I ain't gay.' Alvin McEwen: 'Thank God.'

SC Senator Lindsey Graham has addressed rumors that he is gay during an interview with The New York Times:

Senator Lindsey Graham addressed rumors about being a homosexual in an interview with the New York Times.

According to the Times, Graham reportedly smirked and said: "I know it's really gonna upset a lot of gay men." "I'm sure hundreds of ‘em are gonna be jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge - but I ain't available. I ain't gay. Sorry."

I'm going to overlook that ridiculous San Francisco reference. Don't get me wrong. Rumors have been dogging Graham since before he came a senator. Being a resident of South Carolina and an out (and highly pseudo prominent member of the SC's lgbt community), I have been privy to some juicy rumors - and not just about Graham.

And if it ever turned out that Graham was gay, I would be the first to talk about it, comment on it, joke about it, exploit it for my own literary purposes, etc. 

But come on. Or better yet - and allow me to apologize for those who will get offended - eewwww.

Even if he were gay, I wouldn't date him. And I'm the one with an Evita Peron fascination.



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