If you venture out after dark any time in June and hear a high-pitched humming, don't be alarmed. In many places it's only the harmless cicadas singing their mating song.
With only six weeks to live, the red-eyed insects take advantage of the warmer temps of spring to get busy and lay their eggs.Some cicadas are expected to be hooking up until the start of summer on June 21.
But if you're in a gayborhood and hear the same sound, take cover. You may be under attack.
Swarms of buzzing, often shrieking, bachelorette parties are known to descend in June and July. Determined to celebrate the last nights of freedom (if you're the glass-half-empty type) of their veiled leader, the groups alight in gay bars to drink, laugh, dance, flirt, whoop it up and be photographed in drunken circus contortions with male strippers.
It's all good clean fun, right? As my friend Michael J. pointed out, the women are comfortable with gay men and isn't it wonderful we all get along and hang out together?
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
POLITICS: The power of green
Green is only one of the colors in the gay rainbow flag, but it's often the most influential color for bringing about change.
Right or wrong, good or bad, green (money) talks and gets people moving.
Orbitz, the online travel company, announced on June 9 it is reviewing its policy about advertising on Fox News Channel and other networks known for anti-LGBT content. The decision comes after news that Orbitz advertised on Fox sparked a public outcry among gay rights groups.
A conversation between The Courage Campaign and Orbitz was also instrumental in the decision, according to a written statement from Brian Hoyt, an Orbitz executive.
"Orbitz has a longstanding record within the LGBT and allies community who recognize us as a company which embraces tolerance, nondiscrimination and equality not only with our words but with our actions," Hoyt said. "That is best shown by our policies and our longstanding partnerships with many national LGBT leaders."
It's a noble statement -- one I appreciate. Of course there's a financial component as well.
Right or wrong, good or bad, green (money) talks and gets people moving.
Orbitz, the online travel company, announced on June 9 it is reviewing its policy about advertising on Fox News Channel and other networks known for anti-LGBT content. The decision comes after news that Orbitz advertised on Fox sparked a public outcry among gay rights groups.
A conversation between The Courage Campaign and Orbitz was also instrumental in the decision, according to a written statement from Brian Hoyt, an Orbitz executive.
"Orbitz has a longstanding record within the LGBT and allies community who recognize us as a company which embraces tolerance, nondiscrimination and equality not only with our words but with our actions," Hoyt said. "That is best shown by our policies and our longstanding partnerships with many national LGBT leaders."
It's a noble statement -- one I appreciate. Of course there's a financial component as well.
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