Tag: gay

"I'll go for the fairy!": the gay actor in a post-Paul Lynde society

Listening to an episode of Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast today, I was surprised when something philosophical came out of the mouth of a man who was once called “America’s Creepy Uncle”: “Remember when actors like Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly were just considered ‘eccentric’ and no one made any fuss about them being... Read more »
By baritoneblogman,
March 22, 2017 at 10:00 am
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Stop using gay and retarded as slurs - NOW!

Stop using gay and retarded as slurs - NOW!
At a convention a few weeks ago, I heard one of the attendees use both “gay” and “retarded” as slurs. Mind you, this was attending a philosophy convention, populated with people who hold individual rights as inviolate and are, at the core, rational people. I was so stunned that, quite unlike my usual habits, I... Read more »
By baritoneblogman,
December 7, 2016 at 6:00 am
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A "gay" Indiana man is forbidden to sing at his grandma's funeral and here's why I'm vexed about it

A "gay" Indiana man is forbidden to sing at his grandma's funeral and here's why I'm vexed about it
For those of you that are faithful readers, you know that I don’t get angry arbitrarily. When I go into a rage, I like to think that it’s, in the very least, somewhat justified. When I was browsing Facebook last night, a story popped up that made my blood boil than Donald Trump at Alec... Read more »
By baritoneblogman,
December 6, 2016 at 6:00 am
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