Author List | All Tags
Recent Tags
Popular Tags
Homophobia (80)
Election 2008 (72)
Politics (48)
Community (46)
Gay Marriage (44)
Film (42)
TV (42)
SXSW (40)
GP Recommends (39)
Music (37)
Style & Fashion (36)
Television (27)
Personality Profiles (23)
Event (21)
Travel (19)
Art (17)
Drag (16)
Political (15)
Media (15)
Blogs (15)
Election 2008 (72)
Politics (48)
Community (46)
Gay Marriage (44)
Film (42)
TV (42)
SXSW (40)
GP Recommends (39)
Music (37)
Style & Fashion (36)
Television (27)
Personality Profiles (23)
Event (21)
Travel (19)
Art (17)
Drag (16)
Political (15)
Media (15)
Blogs (15)

All Chronicle blogs, all the time
Politics, opinion, and other news staples
The scene turned inside art
Getting in bed with books
Come on in the kitchen
Sizing up screens big and small
Get the wax out
Your base on balls
Elements of style
Steer here, queers...
Dear Philip Huang, I Love You
Andy Campbell
Fri Feb 5, 9:54am
Tags: Politics
I mean, I'm just speechless.
Tim Miller Preaches to the Choir
Steven Cheslik-deMeyer
Thu Feb 4, 11:56pm
I went to see Tim Miller's Lay of the Land at the Vortex on Sunday night. Since the late Eighties, Tim's work has represented the intersection of queer theatre and politics. For the religious fanatics who revile him, and for the artists and activists who revere him, he has been the quintessential queer performance artist for some 25 years. Tim is an icon.
Restart Your Engines...
Andy Campbell
Tue Feb 2, 4:20pm
Tags: Drag Race
Last night was the premiere of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race – a cross between America's Next Top Model and Project Runway – a formula that targets to gays and 14 year old girls. There were nine of us packed in my tiny apartment living room, sharing wine, cookies, stories, and of course a love for reality drag competition.
Redefining Marriage
Steven Cheslik-deMeyer
Fri Jan 29, 12:19pm
Tags: Gay Marriage
I’ve always found the gay marriage movement’s rhetoric – their claim that they’re not trying to "change the definition of marriage," they only want equal access to an institution that heterosexuals enjoy – to be disingenuous.
Your Queer Schedule
Andy Campbell
Fri Jan 29, 12:03pm
Now that the new issue of the Chronicle featuring Paul Soileau has hit Austin, the children are GAGGING in the streets. It's uh-maze-eeng. Want to see what everyone's talking about? You can.
Don't Ask/Don't Tell/Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Ass on Your Way Out
Steven Cheslik-deMeyer
Fri Jan 29, 9:07am
Tags: DADT
Apparently, it was more than just words. Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic blogs:
Joy Behar Opens a Can of Worms on 'The View'
Steven Cheslik-deMeyer
Fri Jan 29, 8:19am
Tags: Gay History
I guess I'm old enough to find it amazing – breathtaking, really – that the differences between homo and hetero relationships are being discussed morning TV, with the assumption not that hetero is right and homo is wrong, but that they are just two types of relationships which in some ways may or may not be the same or different. Wow.
Two Sexes Only, Please!
Steven Cheslik-deMeyer
Tue Jan 26, 11:22am
Tags: Sports
It is mind-boggling the knots people will tie themselves into in order not to face something staring them in the face. How long will it be until we grow out of the notion that anyone whose particular biology does not clearly put them in the category of "male" or "female" is a freak with a condition that must be corrected?
How to Keep Up With the Prop 8 Trial
Andy Campbell
Tue Jan 26, 10:41am
If you're interested in the Perry V. Schwarzenegger case (and if you're not WHY AREN'T YOU?) there's one place to go to get a play by play of the trial: The Prop 8 Trial Tracker!
We Forgive You, Notre Dame. Just Don't Do It Again.
Steven Cheslik-deMeyer
Tue Jan 26, 9:21am
I'm sure you've heard the big stink about that cartoon in the student paper at Notre Dame last week. Really, really ugly – you've probably seen it; the queer blogosphere has been all over it, so I won't make you look at it again – but here's the story in case you missed it.
Tim Miller Has a 'Lay of the Land'
Andy Campbell
Tue Jan 26, 7:53am
As one of the infamous NEA 4, Tim Miller entered the queer (and non-queer) consciousness of the United States. Known for monologue-ish performance art pieces, Miller is always fresh, engaging, and politically savvy.
Meet n' Greet!
Ricky Hill
Thu Jan 21, 4:33pm
Tags: Blogs
Oh hai, homos! Being that this is my first official entry on the illustrious Gay Place bloggity blog, I figure an introduction is in order.
Rest in Peace, Kate McGarrigle
Steven Cheslik-deMeyer
Thu Jan 21, 3:58pm
Tags: Obituaries
Allow Me to Introduce Myself
Steven Cheslik-deMeyer
Thu Jan 21, 3:40pm
Tags: Blogs
This is my very first post on the Gay Place Blog. I'm excited to be here. Allow me to introduce myself:
Worried He Might Be... Christian
Andy Campbell
Thu Jan 21, 12:42pm
Tags: Media
Who's the inside gay buried in those layers of satirical Onion?
You Down With Granny P? Yeah You Know Me!
Andy Campbell
Tue Jan 19, 11:11am
Tags: erotica
A third generation stripper Granny Panty is Austin's latest performance star. The interuptus stemming from Granny P "being a woman of a certain age" is a political body-positive hot poker in the face of anti-feminist and anti-female aesthetics. In a word, she rocks our little socks off, and now you can be a stripper too!
The Gayest Game
Andy Campbell
Thu Jan 7, 6:54pm
Tags: Video Games
Sometime this season, Namco/Bandai will release Muscle March for the Wii. For those who loved the quirky, amazeballs Katamari Damacy, this game takes it to a whole
'nother
level! Essentially you are a scantily clad body builder who must steal back his protein powder
Top/Vers/Bottom Ten (er... Nine)
Andy Campbell
Thu Jan 7, 4:36am
Tags: Top 10
Ok, so I'm late with my top ten list. Here's how I justify it:
A#1) How can you talk about 2009 like it's over if you don't have some kind of critical distance from it, post-Dec. 31?
B#2) I was too busy celebratin' and recoverin' and I didn't want to do any bloggin'.
Girl, What's That Smell? Oh... 2009
Frank J. Rivera
Thu Dec 31, 10:04am
, 2009
Tags: Top 10s
This list is varied. I wanted to include all the letters of GLBT. I also thought it important to focus on local, national, and international events. Sure, this is a list for The Austin Chronicle, but it's about the gay community. And, hon, we span borders. Hell, we break them.
2009 's Fab and Not So Fine
Lola Houston
Wed Dec 30, 1:17pm
, 2009
Tags: Top Ten
I don't know about you, but this time of year gets me all nostalgic. Thinking about the good and the bad, the lovers and the lusted after, gets me all teary. Here are the things that got me heated, happy, sappy, and feeling crappy in 2009:
Rainbow Tales
Andy Campbell
Wed Dec 23, 11:34pm
, 2009
School's out, I've graded all my students' papers, and so naturally I am looking for ways to fill the void. For the past two years I've turned to YouTube to stave off sadness. This year is no different, and I have found the perfect rabbit hole to fall down. Ladies and Gentlemen, Rainbow Tales.
The Closer Tackles Trans Issues Uncomfortably
Lola Houston
Wed Dec 23, 3:02pm
, 2009
Tags: Television
Beau Bridges was the guest star on last Monday's episode of TNT's The Closer, playing a transwoman named Georgette. He played one of the detective's former (male) partners (as in Starsky and Hutch not as in Bette and Tina). Following me so far? Good. The wrench is thrown when the LAPD must call Georgette, whom they think is still George, back to help on a case.
I Kissed a Dolphin and I Liked It
Kate X Messer
Fri Dec 18, 12:55pm
, 2009
My interspecies dalliance has me all a-dither. And, yes, he was a he. I must re-think everything. I have so much to share about how, or more precisely, when to see Texas on the cheap. Now's the time to plan your trip gifts. The price is right. Watch this space and check for updates throughout the holidays. Come along and learn how you, too, may kiss a fish.
The Impossible Dream
Andy Campbell
Fri Dec 18, 2:30am
, 2009
It's getting close to the 25th and for those of y'all still in town there is plenty to do
so I've helped you out by creating your schedule for this lovely (cold, gloomy) Friday.
TapeLenders/Skivvies
Kate X Messer
Wed Dec 16, 11:55pm
, 2009
Tags: Holiday Gifts
Don't get your manties in a wad. Buy some new ones as gifts, instead! May we suggest TapeLenders?











