Pink’s Plea to Bush

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2006 The pop star Pink stretches a bit from her standard fare with this protest song about Bush--which includes the lyrics, "How can you say no child left behind? We're not dumb and we're not blind What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away? What kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feingold Favors Legalizing Gay Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2006 Watershed moment: A credible presidential hopeful stakes out the high moral ground--and the progressive left political ground--on homosexual marriage. He calls a pending Wisconsin amendment against same-sex marriages "a mean-spirited attempt" to single out gay men and lesbians for discrimination. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Acceptance of Gay Marriage Up, Poll Finds

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 Fifty-one percent still oppose it, but that's down from 63% two years ago. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China Censors Ang Lee’s Speech

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2006 Government television cut out Lee's mention of gays and lesbians as well as his thank you to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Homophobia is alive and well in Communist China. Maybe the Christian right should move there. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conservative Jews Mull Same-Sex Unions, Gay Rabbis

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2006 A committee of Conservative Jewish legal experts will consider whether to lift a ban on gay rabbis and same-sex unions. The rabbi pictured here has written a proposal that he says would "enable gays and lesbians to have a love life sanctioned by Jewish law." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Upholds Campus Military Recruiting

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2006 Colleges and universities that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, even in the face of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay people. John Roberts wrote the 8-0 opinion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Oscars Uncovered

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 Sheerly Avni picks the brains of smart cinephiles for Truthdig's special coverage of the Academy Awards Vidal on Film Sheerly Avni-"Gore Vidal on 'Capote,' 'Brokeback Mountain' --and Why 'Match Point' Is the Best Picture of 2005" Worthy, but Not Great Sheerly Avni-Renowned film critic David Thomson speaks with Avni about this year's crop of issue-driven movies Pity the Fool Sheerly Avni -Paul Provenza, director of the gleefully obscene "The Aristocrats," explains why Hollywood doesn't get the joke. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

David Thomson on the Oscar Best-Film Candidates: Worthy, but Not Great

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Feb 28, 2006 The renowned film critic talks about this year's crop of small, issue-driven movies, and why "the liberal faction in Hollywood are much better at going to parties and raising money than actually making challenging films." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

LGBTQIA+

Down to the Wire

Larry Gross / Truthdig Feb 27, 2006 OK, the votes are in and now we all, or those of us who care, will have to wait till March 5 to find out whether the high water mark of the Year of the Queer in Hollywood will have been the nominations sweep by "Brokeback Mountain," Hoffman, Huffman, etc. In other words, did the Academy voters actually mark their ballots for this year's apparent favorites? Will the foxy stalwarts of cable talk shows be proved wrong again? When the Brokeback wave first broke over the industry the predictable consensus of the bloviators was that the "gay cowboy" film would bomb once it ventured outside the coastal enclaves into the heartland, but that it would clean up at that March madness of the lavender left known as the Oscars. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TD Original

Year of the Queer: Hollywood and Homosexuality

Larry Gross / Truthdig Feb 27, 2006 Truthdig's Larry Gross, a pioneer in the field of gay studies, argues that for all the hoopla surrounding "Brokeback Mountain" and this year's spate of gay-themed films, there is little about them that upends Hollywood conventions or challenges popular ideas about homosexuality. "Hollywood and much of the media may be awash in liberal self-congratulation," Gross writes, "but they--and we--are also soaking in the familiar hypocrisy of homophobia." Update: Down to the WireGross argues that for all the hoopla surrounding "Brokeback Mountain" and this year's spate of gay-themed films, there is little about them that upends Hollywood conventions or challenges popular ideas about homosexuality. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Gays Have to Play It Straight in Hollywood

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2006 Sir Ian McKellen says, "It is very, very, very difficult for an American [gay] actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality." | story This is exactly what Truthdig's Larry Gross was getting at in "Year of the Queer: Hollywood and Homosexuality." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

…but Gays Don’t Have To Play it Safe in ‘Warcraft’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2006 The maker of the insanely popular online game says it was wrong to threaten a user with expulsion for advertising a gay-friendly team. | story People take these online universes seriously; Warcraft has apparently seen its share of gay pride marches. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )