Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

ansley park neighborhood in atlanta - the castro, san fran of the southeast - had those also... not just in the gay bars, but outside the hair salon (learn how to be fabulous while gatting yr hair done) and in little metal boxes at the street corner like for a real newspaper (the personal ads - find yr next one night stand while you wait to cross the street). they also had an only slightly more serious newspaper called The Southern Voice - that they ripped the name from the The Village Voice should be an embarrassment to gay people everywhere... compare headlines:

Village Voice:

In (Partial) Defense of Eliot Spitzer
Pucker Up by Tristan Taormino

Lower East Side Fujianese Joints Becoming More Refined
Counter Culture by Robert Sietsema

and sure - the occasional shlock piece like...
I Don't Like Easy Pussy.
What Is Wrong With Me?
by Dan Savage


Southern Voice:

Local: Public health struggles to reach gay ‘hidden population’
Experts say CDC must look for gay men outside of bars, bathhouses
breaking news: gays outside the bathhouse? stop the presses!!


Local: Gay couples face tax time dilema
Experts offer strategies for getting the biggest refund
more money? how fabulous!!

and important national news stories like:
National: McGreevey aide says he had sexual trysts with N.J. ex-governor, wife
wtf? blech... who reads this crap?

Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

ansley park neighborhood in atlanta - the castro, san fran of the southeast - had those also... not just in the gay bars, but outside the hair salon (learn how to be fabulous while gatting yr hair done) and in little metal boxes at the street corner like for a real newspaper (the personal ads - find yr next one night stand while you wait to cross the street). they also had an only slightly more serious newspaper called The Southern Voice - that they ripped the name from the The Village Voice should be an embarrassment to gay people everywhere... compare headlines:

Village Voice:

In (Partial) Defense of Eliot Spitzer
Pucker Up by Tristan Taormino

Lower East Side Fujianese Joints Becoming More Refined
Counter Culture by Robert Sietsema

and sure - the occasional shlock piece like...
I Don't Like Easy Pussy.
What Is Wrong With Me?
by Dan Savage


Southern Voice:

Local: Public health struggles to reach gay ‘hidden population’
Experts say CDC must look for gay men outside of bars, bathhouses
breaking news: gays outside the bathhouse? stop the presses!!


Local: Gay couples face tax time dilema
Experts offer strategies for getting the biggest refund
more money? how fabulous!!

and important national news stories like:
National: McGreevey aide says he had sexual trysts with N.J. ex-governor, wife
wtf? blech... who reads this crap?

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Oh, I was being an angry commie with that one.

Zoe Williams:
She is capable of giving a brilliant account of certain aspects of the female mind, but in saying that she is also capable of writing some seriously stupid stuff, sometimes vaguely tinted by mild xenophobia.

On the subject of hypocrisy married with pornography, I always wonder about those free gay mags that you see piled up in every gay bar. The layout is generally like this:

Editorial - Where what's written is meant to illuminate your average fag about the homophobia and stereotyping that we are surrounded by.

The entertainment section - Where the most trites of things that are meant to make you look and feel like a better fag are advertised. This includes a selection of sometimes ok music coupled with a parade of atrocities.

The sex/health advice section - Where a generally well meaning doctor tells you what is the cause of your genital warts/ shyphilis, or why your otherwise faithful boyfiend is bonking your best mate.

Right in the middle of this stands the porn section. In the past this section had to place little censoring stars where the male member was shown. Now you can have graphic sex in your hands for free and every week.


Near the end you get the pics of fags having fun, generally looking like cattle ready to be shipped to Gran Canaria for more sex, cries of ''Fab!'' and general stereotypes to be spread even more.


These publications are as widespread as STI's and are meant to be a tool of education and emancipation for the gay community. Why, I have never understood.

Originally Posted by Trasher02

iprefer real sex over peojnroi anyday°

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

On the subject of hypocrisy married with pornography, I always wonder about those free gay mags that you see piled up in every gay bar. The layout is generally like this:

Editorial - Where what's written is meant to illuminate your average fag about the homophobia and stereotyping that we are surrounded by.

The entertainment section - Where the most trites of things that are meant to make you look and feel like a better fag are advertised. This includes a selection of sometimes ok music coupled with a parade of atrocities.

The sex/health advice section - Where a generally well meaning doctor tells you what is the cause of your genital warts/ shyphilis, or why your otherwise faithful boyfiend is bonking your best mate.

Right in the middle of this stands the porn section. In the past this section had to place little censoring stars where the male member was shown. Now you can have graphic sex in your hands for free and every week.


Near the end you get the pics of fags having fun, generally looking like cattle ready to be shipped to Gran Canaria for more sex, cries of ''Fab!'' and general stereotypes to be spread even more.


These publications are as widespread as STI's and are meant to be a tool of education and emancipation for the gay community. Why, I have never understood.