Cheyenne Jackson's Newest Music Video

Check out Cheyenne Jackson's newest music video for his song "Don't Wanna Know":


He's not the most well-known artist, but he does have a strong fanbase and he seems to be moving into more into the mainstream light. Let's hope this video does some good to increase normal depictions of relationships among people, including LGBTQ, etc.

First Bisexual In Congress

Congrats to Kyrsten Sinema, newly elected representative to the U.S. Congress from Arizona; she is also the first bisexual person to be elected to Congress.

Sinema's election comes as part of a major victory for LGBTQ, etc. rights. The November 2012 election saw three states legalize same-sex marriage, one state put a stop to a marriage amendment, the election of the first LGBTQ, etc. person (lesbian Tammy Baldwin) to the Senate, five openly gay people elected to the House of Representatives, and the first openly transgendered person elected to the New Hampshire state assembly.

Cheers!

Olympians

The 2012 Olympic Games in London are finally here! There is so much to celebrate, and one of them is the small, but increasing number of resilient athletes who are remaining true to themselves and saying they are part of the LGBTQ, etc. community.

This article and slideshow presents these 22 athletes, a majority of them women. This number is up from the 10 in 2008 in Beijing and 11 in 2004 in Athens.

Cheers!

Stories Of Faith & Identity

Here's a couple of more thought-provoking articles for the day; they deal with LGBTQ, etc. identity and matters of faith and religion.

First up is an article from back in February from the Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards, a minister in Presbyterian Church USA.  She confronts five questions about her sexual orientation and identity:

1. Aren't you really a lesbian who can't admit it?
2. How can you claim to be Christian who believes in the Bible when you live a promiscuous lifestyle?
3. How can your husband stand for your confession that you are bisexual? (has my favorite answer)
4. If you're married to a man, why does talking about being bisexual matter? Aren't you just seeking attention?
5. How can you, as a bisexual minister, be a teacher and model of morality, especially sexual morality, to the young people in the church?

Her honesty about her bisexuality and faith is refreshing on many levels.

Finally, here is a story about a Southern Baptist father and his family's struggle with the realization of their son/brother admitting he's gay, the son/brother becoming a victim of AIDS in the 1990s, and what this all meant for the father's faith and participation in the church.  Quality feature writing and virtually no bias in this article.

Cheers!

Call Me Maybe Not

Sorry Carly Rae, sometimes us guys just like what we like, and it may be not you.


Cheers!

X-Men Gay Marriage

I've never been a comic book geek, but I've always enjoyed the film adaptations and thumbing through copies while at a bookstore.  For a long-time, X-Men has always been my favorite comic book superhero series; I didn't know why for a long time, but I think my bisexuality and general nerdiness/social awkwardness played a major part.

Now X-Men is helping take comics to a new level by having two of their characters, who happen to be gay, marry.

I am very glad to see this.  Marvel Comics have always seemed to be rather progressive in the superhero comic world, and to the people in this interview via the Huffington Post, a gay marriage in the X-Men storyline just seems logical.  An interesting note: this marriage is made up of one X-Men (a.k.a. a superhero mutant) and a "normal" civilian human (a.k.a. boring and has no awesome powers).  Of course, it's not all fairytale, with some characters even boycotting the wedding.  We'll see what happens!

Cheers!