Slog - Comments on So Typical http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical It doesn't matter how deadly serious the story—say, a government capitulating to religious bigots and perpetuating an injustice against thousands of its citizens—if the story is about the gays and workplace protections or marriage rights or our families, you can count on the straight media to illustrate the story with a photo of shirtless men or drag queens or both cavorting at pride parade. Take this story from the Associated Foreign Press. The Australian Capitol Territory—think their District of Columbia—made some noise about legalizing same-sex marriage. The Australian Prime Minister intervened, pledging to block the legislation lest gay unions "too... Copyright 2008 Mon, 05 May 2008 10:39:19 -0800 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:43:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Clearlyhere If the gay people looked like everybody else, the picture wouldn't be very illustrative now would it? Two guys in shirts in and ties just doesn't scream gay.

]]> Clearlyhere http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013702 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 10:45:29 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Two guys in shirts and ties who are married to each other screams gay louder than Paul Lynde fisting Liberace.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013706 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 10:49:29 -0800 Comment by elswinger They could have just as easily used a picture from Seattle's Gay Pride parade. What stock photo would you have used?

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013711 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 10:53:09 -0800 Comment by sara I was gonna say, "But you people are so colorful!" but someone beat me to it.

Why should I have to explain, "Um, most actual gay people don't 'scream gay'"?

If the picture was of everyday gay people (i.e., not all gussied up in bizarre outfits), it would indeed be "very illustrative" ... of everyday gay people!

OK, that was a waste of time, wasn't it. I'm gonna go now.

]]> sara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013716 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 10:56:31 -0800 Comment by freshnycman wait a minute...there are times when gay people aren't in drag and/or shirtless? I'm confused...

]]> freshnycman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013728 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013728 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 11:02:04 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The SGN strikes again.

Sadly, most Americans do, in fact, believe that "gay marriage" means they will be forced to clap out a samba beat while shirtless dudes waving feather boas sashay down the aisle of their Baptist church.

I'm really disappointed to see Rudd taking this position. Australia is ready for a clean sweep after the brain-dead Howard administration. But he's caved. Ugh.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013734 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013734 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 11:05:11 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways U-R-GAY

Best Country Name, EVER!

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013735 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 11:05:30 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I can't stand faggots.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013773 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 11:17:11 -0800 Comment by reverend dr dj riz fnarf
well.. my boyfriend and i are gettin married next june 2009 ( thank you.. thank you very murch)and frak a samba, we're gettin a mariachi band and as soon as we find a baptist church that'll have us i promise you there's gonna be some serious sashayin goin on.
chan`te chan`te chan`te

]]> reverend dr dj riz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013780 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013780 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 11:19:00 -0800 Comment by Lordsman fnarf - you are so, so not gay -

and so 1960's when the movement wanted suits and ties on picket lines

by the way pride samba is always in good taste, anytime, fnarf, for TRUE fags. ask around

]]> Lordsman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013897 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 11:35:17 -0800 Comment by Essex Poe, you are the biggest fag on SLOG, suck it up

Fag Pride Everywhere, all the time

]]> Essex http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013909 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 11:38:11 -0800 Comment by teh internet http://ohmygodseattle.blogspot.com/2008/04/gay-cliche.html

]]> teh internet http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013942 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1013942 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 11:45:58 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty OK, now's the time for someone to post that photo of Dan doing his Carmen Miranda impersonation.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014006 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014006 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 11:59:23 -0800 Comment by cen If teh gays don't want big, flaming pictures of gay pride parades used to illustrate gay issues, then...I don't know...don't have big, flaming gay pride parades to promote gay issues.

]]> cen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014021 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:00:53 -0800 Comment by chillpill Dan,
If you think Uraguay having gay marriage is DEADLY SERIOUS and not cause for celebration, you need to loosen the fuck up.

]]> chillpill http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014047 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014047 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:05:59 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage The post was written with my tongue in my cheek, chillpill. Gay papers are usually the venues where people freak out about serious stories being illo'd with pictures of shirtless dudes and drag queens at pride parades....

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014108 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014108 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:22:10 -0800 Comment by Fnarf @10 -- yes, I know. But, oddly enough, I'm a better advocate for gay marriage than most people, even gay people.

Riz: congratulations, and I hope you have a wonderful party.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014114 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:22:44 -0800 Comment by Make my day "Dorothy Screws "witnessed her only son, U.S. Army Pvt. Tommie Edward Jones, commit suicide right before her eyes six weeks ago in Colorado.

One thing Screws and her family did not know until after her son’s death — which occurred March 25 at Fort Carson, Colo. — was that Jones, 27, had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from when he fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007"

But war is good for children. Dan Savage told us that in his pro-war October 2002 article which I can't name here because the SLOG spam filter will block this post. Funny huh? SLOG uses a spam filter to block references to a pro-war article by Dan Savage.

]]> Make my day http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014148 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014148 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:32:09 -0800 Comment by Daphne AFP is Agence France-Presse, Not Associated Foreign Press. Sorry I'm such a geek....

]]> Daphne http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014162 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:34:47 -0800 Comment by Bob Just like how certain members of the gay media always describe moms and dads as passed out drunk child abusers, eh?

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014205 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:44:50 -0800 Comment by ellarosa i'm thinking suits, ties (skirts, pumps and makeup for the dyke ladies) would be a great idea for the next gay-themed parade. just to fuck with us all...mix it up. and bring the kids.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014219 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:46:02 -0800 Comment by FartingDW

Dan Savage 10-2002

“War may be bad for children and other living things, but there are times when peace is worse for children and other living things, and this is one of those times.”

“In the meantime, invading and rebuilding Iraq will not only free the Iraqi people, it will also make the Saudis aware of the consequences they face if they continue to oppress their own people while exporting terrorism and terrorists. The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize… or we’re going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves."

]]> FartingDW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014221 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:46:14 -0800 Comment by John I think you should start using photos of snake-handlers to illustrate every story about Chrsitianity or Christians!

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014234 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014234 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:49:51 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It would be kind of hard for Sydney to be in the A.C.T., since that is virtually the exact same thing as the city of Canberra ....

But they do have nice parrots in Sydney, and some cool dive bars.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014253 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014253 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 12:56:27 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways oh for crying out loud; will someone light a fire under someone's ass at the Justice Department to get Dan's War Crimes Trial moved up!!! Maybe that way, "make my day" will finally shut the fuck up...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014359 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 13:38:17 -0800 Comment by Miss Stereo Dude, MSM wants itself some cock. End of story.

]]> Miss Stereo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014625 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 15:35:29 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV It's a good thing Dan's Stranger editorials supporting Gen. Pinochet are on microfilm instead of computer--otherwise he'd never hear the end of it!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014690 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:14 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The "parrots" of Sydney are not parrots but cockatoos. And they are major pests -- but, ironically, protected, as they are endangered in their natural habitat, which has been mostly destroyed, causing them to seek refuge in cities (and on cropland).

Far from being "nice", they are aggressive birds and can literally tear people's houses apart board by board.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014706 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 16:14:00 -0800 Comment by banjoboy Cockatoos are in fact a type of parrot, and while numerous (and yes, destructive), are certainly not the only parrots found in Sydney.

http://www.australiazoo.com.au/our-animals/amazing-animals/birds/?bird=native_parrots

]]> banjoboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014855 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 17:36:16 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Yes, but they're not what people mean when they say "parrot"; they say "cockatoo". They're not true parrots. And they're by far the most likely, in fact the ONLY likely, parrot seen in the city by tourists. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that what Will saw.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014906 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1014906 Homo Mon, 05 May 2008 18:22:28 -0800 Comment by Jim Dan, if you are ever going to hit that 20% mark you are going to have to seriously step up the recruitment efforts.

I mean, sure, I get cruised sometimes, but I don't think I have even heard from my official recruiter. That's just weak. When I was in high school, the Army recruiter called like once a day. You gays are totally falling down on the job.

]]> Jim http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1015171 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/typical#c1015171 Homo Tue, 06 May 2008 00:43:29 -0800