February 2012
10 posts
Illinois lawmakers introduce marriage equality... →
gaywrites:
What a week it’s been for marriage equality - California, Washington and now Illinois?
The state’s three openly gay representatives yesterday introduced the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, which would give same-sex couples equal marriage rights. This comes about a year after Illinois started offering gay couples civil unions, but it’s become clear yet again that separate...
gaywrites:
Need more proof that Ellen DeGeneres is a total badass? She used time on her show to call out the people who want her fired as JC Penney’s spokesperson because she’s a lesbian. “My haters are my motivators.” More.
I don’t want this to turn into ALEX GAY BLOG OF HAPPY GAY THINGS…but I’m very gay and very happy right now.
And you know what? It worked. JC Penny,...
Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the...
– The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Prop 8 is unconstitutional. YES. (via gaywrites)
One doubts that unknown parties breaking into the Montgomery bus depot at...
– Watts Martin (via merlin)
January 2012
42 posts
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (via gaywrites)
MISSION STATEMENT
andfortytwo:
We want to make things that will delight people.
I have a production company. Sort of. Not really. But it’s the “sort of” that’s important.
lensflarepodcast:
I don’t really understand this. I just know that it is made of an amazing amount of awesome.
Seriously. What was that?
The Wes Anderson ones are my favorite.
I lied. The porn one was probably my favorite. Look at ‘em go!
No. NO NO NO NO NO.
I love Dr. Seuss. These people do not get to ruin him.
So, as I watched it…
No.
The Lens Flare Podcast: Alex's Top Ten Films of... →
lensflarepodcast:
1. Weekend: “I don’t want to watch another gay movie.” I’m pretty sure that was the first thing I said as soon as I was told to watch Weekend. Typically the films by LGBTQ filmmakers that end up on Netflix Instant aren’t exactly masterpieces, let alone anything more than soft core porn. Weekend, however, is my favorite film of 2011 by far. Quiet, deeply intimate, and almost...
I love making the stuff, that’s sort of the core of it. I love creating the...
– Louis C.K., found via jimray. The sentiment makes me want to rewatch Ryan Sims’ talk on practicing from Build 2009. (via viafrank)
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at...
– Steve Jobs (via eddplant)