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Monday, May 12
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Source: Guardian , Southern Voice American rap music is an industry ruled by machismo. It is a place where reputations are made by shady pasts, the aura of violence and ultra-masculinity. But now an explosive new book is lifting the lid on one of hip hop's most unexpected secrets: that many people in the business are gay. Terrance Dean, a former executive at music channel MTV, has penned a memoir of his life and times in the hip hop industry as a gay man. It called an "explosive exposé" by a Guardian reviewer who has read a pre-release copy. It exposes a thriving gay subculture in...
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Tuesday, April 22
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Source: E! Online E!'s Marc Malkin interviewed Janet Jackson as she made initial preparations for her Saturday appearance at the latest iteration of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's (GLAAD) 19th Annual Media Awards. The ceremony this Saturday will be held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles where emcee Ellen DeGeneres will present Jackson with GLAAD's Vanguard Award. The gay media group's award gives Malkin a great chance to ask Jackson some juicy (in celeb-interview terms, anyway) questions on gay issues, like why rumors about her own sexual orientation have...
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Tuesday, March 18
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Source: Reuters , Hollywood Reporter , Advocate , Playbill NEW YORK -- Rufus Wainwright, MTV Networks president Brian Graden and the CBS soap opera "As The World Turns" were among the big winners Monday at the 19th annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards (GLAAD). Television journalist Barbara Walters was honored for her reporting on transgender children and she said the award was among the most important she had even received. "You can forget all the Emmys," Walters said in accepting the award for television newsmagazine journalism at the ceremony in...
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Monday, March 17
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Source: Glasgow Daily Record , PinkNews Dan Gillespie Sells of The Feeling photo: Virgin Media Out gay Brit pop singer Dan Gillespie Sells has called on gay musicians to come out of the closet. The Feeling frontman, who came out publicly in 2006, is urging other stars to follow in his footsteps and stop "living a lie". He said, "The world would be a healthier place if people were more honest about their sexuality and the entertainment industry would be healthier if people were more honest. "The more of us who come out, the easier it is for others. My advice for anyone considering...
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Friday, November 30
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Source: Bay Area Reporter by David Lamble In his evocative new film Kurt Cobain About a Son, A.J. Schnack strips away the spin, the buzz and the dead skin of tabloid TV, and essentially reintroduces us to a guy who for an all-too-brief moment allowed some of us to fall back in love with rock n roll. The core of the film consists of audio chats between the singer/songwriter and Rolling Stone editor Michael Azerrad, illustrated with a soundtrack of the bands that make up Cobain's musical roots, illustrated with a Koyaanisqatsi -like montage of everyday moments gathered in the three cities (Aberdeen...
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Sunday, November 04
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Source: Baltimore Sun In Baltimore and elsewhere, hip-hop has found an unlikely ally in the gay community. The support is shocking because homosexuality completely challenges almost every rule that governs the testosterone-driven rap industry, which is hip-hop culture's crown jewel. Not only are there are no successful mainstream gay rappers, but gay slurs also are frequently tossed into rap lyrics. The support is also surprising given the troubled year rap music has had. Critics have attacked the misogynistic and violent lyrics that dominate hit rap singles. The strange love relationship between...
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