Show Your (Gay) Pride

Carson Kressley, that former fashion and style guru of the hit series “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” was recently seen having a lot of fun at the beach Down Under. Who’s he with? That’s his long time boyfriend.

Here’s Carson showing the world how happy he is! (and may I just add that Carson has one pretty good PACKAGE?)

 

 

This 23-year old charmer from High School Musical is sure to go places!

Lucas Grabeel, who I completely adored in the said musical film, is playing the role of Daniel Nicoletta in the upcoming Sean Penn-starrer “Milk.”

“Milk” is a film about California’s first openly gay elected politician, Harvey Milk, a role which will be played by Penn.

Grabeel’s role of Nicoletta is, apparently, quite a challenging one. Nicoletta was reportedly a clerk in Milk’s famed Castro Street camera store in San Francisco.

Nicoletta was Milk’s friend, employee and then eventually his City Hall Administrative Assistant.

Well, Milk was assassinated so Nicoletta and Milk’s other friends formed a group dedicated to preserving Milk’s legacy.

Truly, one exciting, historical film we should all watch out for!

Photo courtesy of JustJared

 

Heath Ledger - one of the stars of the gay cowboy movie “Brokeback Mountain” - was found dead in his New York apartment this afternoon. Prescription pills were reportedly found strewn beside his body. Police say his death is “accidental.”

I say let’s not jump into any conclusions. For now, let’s just remember Heath as someone who had the guts to play a very controversial role in a very controversial movie. Let’s remember him as someone who consistently said that “Brokeback Mountain” was a reality check - and that people shouldn’t deviate from the real core, real message of the movie. Let’s just pray that Heath rests in peace.

Adamo Ruggiero of “Degrassi: The Next Generation” fame has come out! Another cute, talented one joins the forces! Show your gay pride indeed! *hugz Adamo*

“I was growing up at the exact same time that my character was growing up. He was questioning things that I was questioning and I was just a kid and I’m completely petrified and you don’t really understand or know where you fit in or who you are, and my character’s asking these exact same questions, but he moved along a little faster than I did - for TV time’s sake…I think it really scared me. I think I suddenly had this kind of third life. There was the composed life and the TV life, and then there was my personal life in a way. So it was a little overwhelming in the sense that everything that I was feeling…”

Guess who’s doing drag now?

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Is this guy, who apparently calls himself “gay” and “Asian” (I still see don’t any hint that he is), the next William Sledd of “Ask A Gay Man” Youtube fame? What bothers me somehow is the way he drops the term “bitches” as if there’s no tomorrow. What do you think of his views?

I personally think that the year 2007 was one of the most fun-filled, dramatic, memorable, crazy years for the LGBT community. I mean, virtually every aspect that has something, anything, everything (!) to do with gays, lesbians, transgenders and bisexuals were and have been addressed or dealt with.

First off, in the pop culture department, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling “outed” well-loved Albus Dumbledore. What’s good about this is that instead of getting lukewarm (or even hateful) remarks/response, the idea of a gay Dumbledore, Hogwarts Headmaster, was well-received and even earned Rowling a round of applause. The story was a major success and it will definitely go down to history. A gay character, a key one at that, in one of the best selling book series in history. To describe this as amazing is such an understatement.

Secondly, remember the “Grey’s Anatomy” fiasco? Wherein homophobic actor Isaiah Washington used the dreaded “F” word against T.R. Knight? Well, well, well…wasn’t that a case of a homophobe getting the shitty end of the stick? I’m sure this “actor” will physically cringe whenever he hears the word “faggot.” Too bad this a**hole still has work!

Thirdly, the Fort Lauderdale saga. The toilet paper-Jim Naugle saga that will go down into the books of history. Who will ever forget his stupid proposal for a robo-john?

Fourthly, and again on the pop culture/Hollywood/gossip department, more and more celebrities are now coming out of the closet, to our utmost joy, of course! Show your gay pride indeed! There’s David Hyde Pearce of “Frasier” fame, T.R. Knight of course and the big shocker (? was it really still a shocker?) Jodie Foster who finally declared her love and fidelity to her longtime partner.

Fifthly - there’s of course the number of gay pride events this year. Most, if not all, of them were considered successful and well-attended. Naturally, Show Your Gay Pride was there to talk all about the ins, outs, events, who’s who and what’s there in the first few months of this blog. Don’t we deserve a pat on the back for that?

There are still so many LGBT/GLBT stories that happened last year — we’ll talk more about that in the next few days.

What about you? What were your favorite/top LGBT/GLBT stories of 2007?