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Meme: Blake McIver Bemoans the Life of a Pocket Gay, Keith Olbermann Destroys Tony Dungy, Atari Bets the Company On Gays and Gamblers

New York Giants hire former NOM spokesman, PrEP more effective than originally thought, Florida Rep. Dave Jolly comes out for marriage equality

Blake McIverBlake McIver thinks life is tough enough without being labeled a Pocket Gay. He gets elbowed in the face in bars, and once someone even picked him up and moved him out of the way. He wants to be handsome and rugged, not cute and adorable. It's quite a little rant. I would of course argue that as a Tall Gay, I have to hit my head on things and have a hell of a time putting on muscle mass, which he seems to crow about doing so easily. We all have out crosses to bear.

A federal judge has announced that he plans to strike down Colorado's ban on marriage equality today, but that he hasn't decided if he will stay the order. The Colorado Attorney General wants a stay while the appeals process takes place, but the plaintiffs obviously want an immediate order. With three Colorado counties issuing questionable marriage licenses for a month now, we could see marriages start again immediately.

The New York Giants have hired anti-gay activist and former National Organization for Marriage spokesman David Tyree as Director of Player Development, meaning he'd be in charge of molding young players straight out of college. In addition to campaigning against marriage in New York, Tyree has made David Tyreesuch statements as "I don’t want my kids to think homosexuals are normal." on Fox News Business. So this isn't someone you want influencing young people.

The lawsuit against ExxonMobile for discriminatory hiring practices in Illinois will now move forward after the Illinois Human Rights Commission overturned the Illinois Department of Human Rights who had dismissed the case on lack of jurisdiction.

The World Health Organization says that if the spread of HIV is to be stopped, sex work and drug use must be decriminalized, because people can't fear that going to the doctor for a test or treatment could land them in jail.

Nathan Lane doesn't think that only gay actors should get gay roles, because then the reverse would be true. "No. We just had The Normal Heart [with] Mark Ruffalo — fantastic job. … I certainly Nathan Lanedon’t think that. That way madness lies. Only gay actors can play gay parts and straight actors can play straight — then I wouldn’t have played Nathan Detroit — one of the great joys of my life –  or Max Bialystock.”

Australia has given approval for the Starpharma VivaGel condom, with a special anti-viral gel designed to kill HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. It could be available in a matter of months.

Child Evangelism Fellowship is fanning out across the country to convert children into Christianity, and they don't need the parents' permission to do it. They're setting up in parks with picnics and reading Bible verses. "The most spiritually productive harvest field anywhere is among the children. Statistics show that the great majority of people who accept Christ do so between the ages of four and fourteen - when they are children." Uh, who preys on children?

A new study has been released on PrEP, and it shows numbers that may be more effective than the previous study. The new findings show that participants that took Truvada between 4-7 times/week had zero infections, and three times/week came up with 90% effectiveness for preventing HIV. As a bonus, the study found no “sexual risk compensation” with people abandoning condoms who previously used them.

Meanwhile, in a lab, researchers have been able to use a custom protein to delete HIV from human cells. The "guide RNA" was injected into infected cells and managed to clip out all 9,709 nucleotides of the HIV infection and emerge cleanly. There are several hurdles to using this in humans, from delivery to effectiveness on a large scale, but it's a new avenue.

I'm hoping that having Peter Dinklage in Pixels will compensate for Adam Sandler, but at least we know the filmmakers making a feature of the viral Pixelsshort of video games attacking the real world have secured the rights to a bunch of classic games from Space Invaders to Centipede. Once I saw they had my two childhood favorites, Q*bert and Frogger, I was happy.

Meanwhile, Atari is betting the future of the company on gays and gamblers. They have online gaming set to open up later this year, and of course they have Pridefest, which is drawing mixed reactions. Matt Conn, the CEO of Midboss, which puts on GamerX, doesn't care if it's just a cash grab. “Even if it’s a pure business decision, I think that it’s actually a very strong step forward. " He says it sends a message to the larger gaming community that inclusiveness is good for business. Some who have seen the shell of the game think it's a little shabby, essentially a reskin of Rollercoaster Tycoon.

China has sealed off a city of 30,000 people after one man died of bubonic plague, the Black Death that killed tens of millions of people in 14th century Europe. “The city has enough rice, flour and oil to supply all its residents for up to one month. Local residents and those in quarantine are all in stable condition.”

How Hercules has gotten less gay over the centuries.

Mario & the Brick Brothers were one of the hottest bands out there, until success tore them apart. Mario developed a drug problem, and an ego problem. He had a sex tape, and it wasn't even with Princess Peach. He got into fights with Luigi, and threatened some of his bandmates. But he kept his abs throughout.

I don't know about you, but this gaily delivered explanation of weird genitals in the animal kingdom makes me pretty happy to have nice, simple happy sticks among humans. Although I remain amazed that I've never seen a duck penis dildo.

Tony Dungy, Super Bowl winning coach, sparked outrage when he said that he wouldn't have drafted Michael Sam due to the distractions. This is a man who defended Michael Vick's return to the NFL after he was released from prison. He sparked ESPN commentators to yell at each other about who thought he was a bigger hero. Now Dungy released a statement today saying Sam absolutely had the right to play, and the comments that were published by the Tampa paper were made before the draft, when the OWN documentary was still on the table, but only published this week, which is something that happens with interviews sometimes, but is really unfortunate in this case, and something the paper should have disclosed. And to be fair, a lot of us called the OWN thing an unnecessary media distraction then.  Keith Olbermann called him the Worst Person In Sports, which given some context, may not really be true, but it's always fun to watch Olbermann get something between his teeth.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger, his sister Celia, Jonathan Groff, and a host of other Broadway activists talk about what freedom means to them, and how the NYCLU fights for everyone. They get a little silly at the end, which even includes some singing from Groff.

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