Gay Life Now
Last week’s issue of New York magazine is all about gay life now.1 The articles aren’t really New York-focused, though, so you may find them interesting wherever you are. I had no idea that the New York Times’ Adam Nagourney, Frank Bruni, and Richard Berke were gay. And I’m not at all surprised about Nathan Lane, although I can’t believe I hadn’t realized it sooner. It’s weird how, like most people, I assume an actor is straight until he or she says otherwise. (Then again, 95 percent of the world is straight.) I really need to work on that gaydar thing.
It’s also good to see Andrew Sullivan knocked down a peg. Some things Sullivan writes, such as this, are pretty ridiculous, and the guy is just way too pompous. I saw him speak at UVA a couple of years ago; a friend of mine gave him a pretty harsh review.
Yet sometimes I find myself agreeing with what Sullivan has to say, and even when I don’t, I’m glad he’s around. Annoying as he is, he makes me reconsider many of my existing assumptions about modern gay life and gay politics. Even when the man’s wrong, he has some value. Of course, you can judge for yourself.
1 Just realized that RJ blogged about this a little bit last week. As for me, I found the issue at my parents’ house yesterday. Hmm…