A Tumblr user posted these images from a recent LGBT rights march in Angouleme, France — home of Europe’s biggest international comics festival, which explains why these comics and cartoon characters are gay-married and eating each others’ animated faces. You betta work, Smurfette and Smurfette’s brunette female companion!
Do you watch FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell? Yeah, us neither. So you probably missed NYC drag diva Sherry Vine channeling the Spirit of Stonewall with a big brick of liberty. It’s brief, sassy, and visually stimulating — the perfect lesson for baby gays who didn’t know what the f*ck Obama was talking about when he refered to Stonewall in his inauguration speech.
Gastemaker | FX, LOL, Sherry Vine, Stonewall, W. Kamau Bell, comedy, drag queens, gay, gay pride, history lesson, queer, video 
Not to be confused with American Horror Story: Asylum, Alexander Kargaltsev’s bold photography project, Asylum, explores the lives of gay men — pictured naked to show their vulnerability, pride, and courage — who fled Russia for the U.S. due to the antigay hatred and violence they endured in their homeland.
Asylum opens Oct. 26 at NYC’s 287 Spring. Check out the event’s Facebook page here.
Remember when Minnesota Vikings punter and hilariously outspoken LGBT ally Chris Kluwe wrote an open letter criticizing antigay politician Emmett C. Burns Jr.? Taken from his original letter and its PG-rated version, two of the letter’s catchiest catch phrases, “lustful cockmonster” and “beautifully unique sparklepony,” are now on official T-shirts available at chriskluwetshirt.com.
Gastemaker | Chris Kluwe, Halloween, T-shirt, costumes, football, gay, gay pride, marriage equality, sports 
“Ain’t nothin’ wrong with bein’ a little gay,” said Honey Boo Boo in defense of her gay uncle “Poodle” in the recent season finale of TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. “Everybody’s a little gay.” But a reality show aphorism ain’t nothin’ until it’s been Autotuned into a dance remix. Thanks, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Gastemaker | Honey Boo Boo, Jimmy Kimmel, TLC, autotune, gay, gay pride, reality TV 
