mitt romney

mormons

society + culture

Newsweek Celebrates “The Mormon Moment,” Clearly Still Hates Gay People

Successful Mormons have to hide their true identity! They’ve been persecuted for their marriage practices! They’re marginalized and misunderstood! Now they’re winning! You know, just like they won Prop 8.

Riese —

Jun 17, 2011

Daily Fix

GLAAD

pop culture fix

Kristin Chenoweth Wins GLAAD Vanguard Award for Newsweek Response Piece

Kristin Chenoweth is winning a GLAAD Vanguard Award for her Newsweek response letter and Autostraddle is a part of it.

Jess —

Feb 10, 2011

Daily Fix

newsweek hates gay people

pop culture fix

Gay Ex-Newsweek Writer Finds a Third Way to Make a Bad Point About Gay Actors

Ramin Setoodeh returns to his exalted position as Worst Person of the (Gay) (News)Week.

Riese —

Jan 4, 2011

canada

college

school

Gay-Friendly Universities That Are Actually Friendly to Lesbians

We think that list of gay-friendly colleges is a little heavy on the bromance and a little light on the lezbromance so we’re going to fix that for you.

Rachel —

Oct 5, 2010

Adam Lambert

Glee

gender

Let Us Now Praise Effeminate Men

Alan Cumming’s latest blog post sums up the week perfectly, and addresses perhaps Newsweekgate’s most underasked question: “What is wrong with being effeminate, anyway?” It’s Friday, y’all. Let us praise…

Riese —

May 14, 2010

Daily Fix

GLAAD

society + culture

GLAAD Asks Newsweek for Apology (Though This Isn’t Its First Anti-Gay Offense)

GLAAD asks Newsweek for apology over Seetodeh’s gays-can’t-play-straight piece! Why do we still care? Because, believe it or not, this isn’t even the worst thing he’s written about gay people…

Riese —

May 12, 2010

broadway

Daily Fix

pop culture fix

Kristin Chenoweth Stands Up for Gay Actors, Calls Out Homophobic Newsweek Article

Remember that Newsweek article from last week, when Ramin Setoodeh declared ‘gay actors can’t play straight’? Well, Kristin Chenoweth, currently starring on Broadway in “Promises, Promises” with Sean Hayes, has…

Sarah —

May 7, 2010

Daily Fix

Glee

pop culture fix

Gay Newsweek Writer Says Gay Men Can’t Play Straight, Other Offensive Things

Newsweek’s out gay writer Ramin Setoodeh is at it again with another totally offensive article about gay people — this time it’s about how gay men can’t convincingly play straight…

Jess —

Apr 29, 2010