Opinion Blogs – Page 8 – GayWebSource.com Gay Pittsburgh!

Phantoms, Cats, and Jesus, Oh My!: ‘Music of the Night’ brings Lloyd-Webber Hits Concert Style

The accolades are countless. The songs etched in our collective conscience. Whether you first made a Memory seeing Cats, discovered What’s the Buzz about Jesus Christ Superstar, or felt The Music of Night in Phantom of the Opera, the works of Andrew Ll…

The post Phantoms, Cats, and Jesus, Oh My!: ‘Music of the Night’ brings Lloyd-Webber Hits Concert Style appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Last Dance: Reflections on Fire Island After Fifty Years

By Geoff Holter
After the first tea dance, and probably too many cocktails, I wandered down the boardwalk to the famous—or infamous, if you like—hook-up space, the “meat-rack.”
The post Last Dance: Reflections on Fire Island After Fifty Years appeared…

The post Last Dance: Reflections on Fire Island After Fifty Years appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Mars & Me

By Gabe Montesanti
There was something familiar about him: his charisma and smile. I learned that he also did drag, and he handed me his phone to scroll through pictures from the night he was crowned King of Pride.
The post Mars & Me appeared firs…

The post Mars & Me appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Queers in Class

By Lori Horvitz
A handful of students claimed homosexuality was not natural; others said they’d think about killing themselves if they had the virus. At the time, I struggled to come out.
The post Queers in Class appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian…

The post Queers in Class appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Gay Pride: Body, Mind, and Spirit

By Anne Ierardi
A year later, psychologist and grandmother Buffy Dunker spoke at Gay Pride from the same stage, exhorting us to leave the moth balls behind and come out. She wowed those of us in the closet that day. If she could come out at age seventy…

The post Gay Pride: Body, Mind, and Spirit appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Pride and Acceptance in San Francisco

By Matthew Bamberg
San Francisco’s epidemic tidal wave began just a few short years before Dianne Feinstein heard gunshots in San Francisco’s City Hall, and then found Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk with a spatter of gunshot wounds tha…

The post Pride and Acceptance in San Francisco appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Teaching History and Being Part of It

By Chay Lemoine
He asked, “what’s Stonewall?” and I realized that was a teaching moment.

The post Teaching History and Being Part of It appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.The post Teaching History and Being Part of It appeared first on Gay…

Mama’s Boy: A Brief Review

By Stephen Warren
As inspiring as it is informative, Mama’s Boy, streaming now on Max, made me cry more tears—happy and sad—than any film in years.
The post <em>Mama’s Boy</em>: A Brief Review appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian R…

The post Mama’s Boy: A Brief Review appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Coming Out as a Cop

By Cory Allen
Working in such a hyper-masculine career field, for an agency where the Sheriff could fire you for any reason, added to the anxiety and fear of revealing who I was.
The post Coming Out as a Cop appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Revi…

The post Coming Out as a Cop appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Framing Agnes: A Brief Review

By Stephen Warren
The six characters and the actors who play them are humanized to some extent, but there’s too little time to get to know them. Still, if Framing Agnes weren’t so good, I would not be left wanting more.
The post <em>Framing Agnes…

The post Framing Agnes: A Brief Review appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

About Time: Coming Out As A Journalist on National TV

By Garrett Glaser
I never brought up the subject of an on-air disclosure to NBC, so station executives had nothing to prohibit. I always figured it was inappropriate for any reporter to make themself a part of the story they were covering; that’s how I…

The post About Time: Coming Out As A Journalist on National TV appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

On Making “Women’s Music” as a Non-Binary Lesbian

By Olive Klug
I love being non-binary and I love my community, but there are times when the explicit exclusion of non-binary and trans people from “women’s spaces” feels painful and outdated.
The post On Making “Women’s Music” as a No…

The post On Making “Women’s Music” as a Non-Binary Lesbian appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Dykes to Watch Out For, 40 Years Later

By Martha K. Davis
This year, the 40th anniversary of the appearance of DTWOF, another incarnation of Bechdel’s work is available on Audible: a ten-episode podcast series based on early episodes of the comic strip.
The post Dykes to Watch Out For, 40 Y…

The post Dykes to Watch Out For, 40 Years Later appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

Am I Gay?

By Melissa Giberson
But my journey to figuring out who I was, looking back from the other side of the threshold I unintentionally breached, officially began with that imposing question. I might as well have asked, “Who am I?” as if in some amnesic stat…

The post Am I Gay? appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

No Way, They Were Gay?

By Lee Wind
If the people in power can prevent people from feeling empathy for each other, they can keep everyone divided and consolidate their hold on power. By making stories of Queer lives and loves illegal, unspeakable to children, they aim to push…

The post No Way, They Were Gay? appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.

GayWebSource.com Gay Pittsburgh!

Pittsburgh's Local Gay Magazine, Gay Newspaper & Gay Social Network!

Tag: Opinion Blogs