I’m going on vacation so that “week of hotties” we just ran will have to satiate you for a while.
In the meantime, keep letting us know what content you’d like to see and keep spreading the word! We’ve had exactly one-quarter of a million unique visitors since January - no small piece!
- “Cairo Freeze!”
- “Cairo Freeze!”
- “Cairo Freeze!”
- “Cairo Freeze!”
I recently came across “Cairo Freeze!” by T. Shahin, an Egyptian freelance editorial cartoonist. His cartoons are often connected to human rights in the region, including the status of GLBT individuals.
Over the next couple of weeks I will run a few of his cartoons and - ongoing - keep an eye open for anything GLBT-related. Enjoy!
John and I have been doing this blog since the end of January, and we’ve been on literally hundreds of gay-themed blogs, news sources, etc. This why I was quite surprised when - five minutes ago - I came across an English site for Iranian gays called “Homan.”
As you will see, the site is targeting gays who have left Iran and settled in the Los Angeles area, home to a tremendous Persian community. It excites me that the site seems to have similar goals to ours, i.e., community-building, human rights awareness, and GLBT culture, all aimed at this very specific community.
Okay, I know there’s probably more than a few of you who think all I post about are human rights and activism and homophobia. Well, you’re kind of right if you think this, because from my point of view, the world doesn’t need another X-rated gay website.
So next time you see an entry of mine you’d like to take a pass on, I have a satisfying alternative: check out “Fake Gay News” to feel like you’re still part of the world at large but not hovering over its sad, much-abused surface.
Fake Gay News. Because real gay news is too damn depressing.
FRIDAY, JUNE 8 FROM 12:00. (The march is usually around 1ish. But come and hang out until time to walk!) Meet at Gan HaIr and march down Arlozorov Street to a party at Gordon Beach.
See you there!
According to the Jerusalem Post and contacts in the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, neither organization had anything to do with the recent uproar regarding an ad campaign designed to encourage gay travelers to visit the Holy Land.
The Tourism Ministry released a statement Tuesday announcing that Israel isn’t seeking out gay travelers over other potential visitors - not, of course, that there’s anything wrong with that.
“The Tourism Ministry regards all segments of the population as equals, and therefore each group… receives the same treatment,” the press release said.
The release followed the publication Tuesday of a nearly two-page spread in Yediot Aharonot outlining efforts by the ministry to promote gay and lesbian tourism to Israel - a spread promoted on the newspaper’s front page with a large color photo and a magenta headline about the government’s campaign for a “Pink Jerusalem.”
The photos accompanying the spread are all a year and a half old, the ministry’s statement noted, and were taken as part of a previous campaign co-funded and initiated by the Tel Aviv Hotel Association. The ministry has “no connection” to the campaign described in the article, officials said, noting that none of the articles quoted a ministry representative.
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