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Certainly a great deal of drama. It happens periodically and will happen again....nothing really changes (unfortunately).

He was around 21, a little scruff, 5'8 with maybe a 28" waist. Very nice little ass that was well defined under tight denim. I'm going back to see what happens.

http://jezebel.com/gay-of-thrones-is-as-good-as-game-of-thrones-or-is-it-479962025

I see that I can stream it from Amazon for a reasonable price so I plan on watching it today or tomorrow. Thanks for the interesting review.

Joan Collins and Linda Evans from their Dynasty days.

One of my favorites. Thx for the excellent review.

Amen

Milk is a "gay hero", Madonna is a "gay icon."

I see Gotti's point: that "icon" is not the same as "role model" or "hero to the community." Rather "icon" here partakes of at least something of its original religious-symbol sense -- or at least the modern "public imago" version of it. Both have their valid functions in the public imagination, seems to me.

Madonna is a gay activist but this has nothing to do with her being a gay icon. She is an icon because besides being beautiful she is the ultimate slut, the one every queen worth their salt would like to be able to get away with it. Milk is certainly a remarkable guy, but does he knows how to express himself with his eyebrows the same way Crowford does? Is he able to carry himself in a Halston outfit with the same aplomb as Diana? Does his use of mascara is particularly inspiring to you? If the answer to these questions is no, he still might be an untouchable gay hero but not an icon. Got it?

I have to agree, knowing why I should give a shit about those people would be a great addition to the list. Did Judy Garland do something revolutionary back in the day, or is she so beloved simply because she sang show-tunes especially well?? I'm not too into GaGa, but she's had lyrics and accomplished activism quite meaningful to the gay youth of today. While both Madonna and Cher have had at least some recent activism, I don't remember anything on topic from them when I was a young fan...? Liz Taylor is an icon who actually spoke out for us at a time few others were, and isn't even mentioned.

Really predictable to pose as a victim and sell a book claiming she was in hiding because was forced by others and ten years into her career still claiming she was living with her (male) manager. Not even Jodie Foster went that far. Apparently she and the record execs were 100% right. In her first decade her audience was almost totally male, as is the case with all hard-rock acts, lesbians didn't care for her (they listen to folk/singer-songwriter stuff). As soon as became known about her sexuality the straight males abandoned her. I have a straight male friend that always loved her and he told me when he went to see her live in the NY area years ago he was one of the half-dozen males or so among 2000 cheering lesbians that probably jumped in cause she is one of them and they didn't have anyone else to hang to since The Indigo Girls faded 2 decades ago.

Sorry, but there are several corrections needed: Gloria Gaynor did not write "It's Raining Men", it was written by Paul Jebara and Paul Shaffer (of David Letterman fame) and recorded in the early eighties by the Weather Girs (previously known as "Two Tuns of Fun"). Of the two writers Mr Jebara had a way more colorful persona (gaywise) than Mr Shaffer. He produced many artists (including The Weather Girls), wrote several disco hits (including Donna Summer's "Last Dance"), worked as character actor in several movies ("Light Sleeper" with Susan Sarandon is one of them). He was part of the Warhol crowd in the late seventies / Studio 54 era, and at the time was Joe D'Allessandro sugar-daddy. He died of AIDS in 1992, a couple weeks before "Light Sleeper" opened in theaters (highly recommended). Also I think the list mixes people gays admire and people gays would like to emulate and gays tend to have as icons the ones they would like to emulate as is the case with most females listed (Ms Aguillera is kind of a stretch). Gays admire Elton because he was one of the first to come out and get married, but he did not have a primarily gay audience in his many years as a rock star. Joan Jett is certainly a lesbian icon, but if she was rejected by record companies was not because of her sexuality. Until the early nineties she pretended she was straight, her manager being her boyfriend. One gigantic omission: Diana Ross, and on a more sophisticated basis Maria Callas. Runner up: Patty Labelle

Well, if we're going to include men...

One who, if not, ought to be: the inimitable Édith Piaf. "La Vie en rose" ... what more to say? Here a late film of her doing her marvelous "Padam Padam"... The 2007 biographical film La Vie en rose is well worth looking up.

I love that photo of Joan.