WITH QUEERS LIKE US WHO NEEDS ENEMIES

Frankly, I am shocked by the the emerging furor in the gay community over Adam Lambert's now famous (or infamous) nationally televised kiss.  Sure, his was not the first gay kiss on national television--but his was the first real one, between two real gay men.

In fact, too real.

CBS censored the kiss even though they have often shown the kiss between Madonna and Britney Spears.  CBS defended this act of censorship based on two notions: the first is that the "gay" kiss between Madge and Brit was not "real" and second, the FCC may still fine ABC for allowing two real gay men to actually kiss during Prime Time.  All parties concerned insist no homophobia is at play.  And all parties have gay "experts" to support this argument.

Let me start by stating clearly and plainly that as far as I'm concerned Mr. Lambert is the only high profile gay activist in America today.  He is what Joe Solmonese should be.  And he is being betrayed by too many voices in the gay community as "too gay".  Lambert is everything we should all be: true to himself, unashamed of his passions and proud of his talents.

By now you've surely read the endless chatter about America's double standard.  MTV, ABC, CBS and NBC will happily broadcast Hip Hop artists feigning anal sex with their bitches.  Everyone from Black Eyed Peas to Beyonce to Justin Timberlake will air fuck and parade around in extreme S&M gear, rappers will sing tributes to rape and not a word is uttered, but a gay man plants a kiss on another man and all hell breaks loose.  It's predictable. It's ridiculous. It's hypocrisy.  It's the truth about how breeder America--even the so-called liberal gay friendly media--really sees our lives, not natural but deviant.

But when gay pundits attack Adam as too gay? Houston, we have a problem.

In fact, the Adam Lambert saga has surfaced an epidemic of queer Uncle Toms, wallowing in their own homophobia and afraid of their own sissy and bull dyke shadows.

Jennifer Vanasco, editor in chief of website 365gay.com, says Adam Lambert's performance hurt the cause of gay marriage in the eyes of mainstream Americans "who think gay life is exactly what (he) portrayed on the American Music Awards."

ABC, defending its censorship of Lambert over a musical performance significantly more tame than dozens of others by straight artists, justifies it's position by pointing to the many gay bloggers and gay pundits who are angry at Lambert for feeding the fears of a homophobic nation, jeopardizing the cause of gay rights.

Are you fucking kidding me?

If after all this "visibility" and "progress"  of the past few years, we still tremble in our boots when one of our kind dares to be himself publicly then what exactly have we achieved?  Lambert did not get sexy on Sesame Street, he did it in the context of musical performances highlighting rape, fucking and near naked women.

What meaning can we find in the murders of our sissy brethren from the decapitated kid in Puerto Rico to shot in the head 15-year-old Lawrence King in California if we ourselves take the "being too gay is asking for it" approach?

Shame on every gay man and woman who challenges Adam Lambert's honesty as too gay.  Let us rather challenge Ellen Degeneres, Anderson Cooper and Joe Solmonese for being too fucking straight.

Comments

[Alex from germany]

First, ABC should make 24h GAAYYYEYY-KISS-Around-the-clock.

Second, i ask my self what we expect from TV?
Our first demand towards it is entertainment. We have a second (minor) demand for news, that interests us.
TV station found out, that if you add a gay/hispanic/black character/theme/news to your soap opera or news broadcast, it helps broaden your audience.

Somehow over time we must have got the impression, that the networks have seen the light and added gays to give us a fair share of life. that may be wrong.
the impulse to diversify is limited at the point where it collides with a bigger group taht may turn off the tube.

If gay kissing is leads to more people changing the channel than gay and gayphil to turn in, it will be ousted.
I fear, that it is not the active protest of religious right causing it it. "Concerened mother" on the other hand may have watched just to log all this unchristian filth. And nothing tells the kids more to tune in, than the fierce opposition of there parents.
No, it could be a silent heterosexual majority that wants tits if they turn on Baywatch and not Andy and Mikes struggle for love.

We are a minority and as much as we wish we be the leading roles in prime time, this is commercially limited. the sentiment of private networks has a limit there.

[Alan down in Florida]

It's all b.s. - pure unfettered discrimination. Scratch the surface of tolerance and you find how shallow it is.

[Scot]

Clearly the two words you have forgotten to touch on in your post are GAME SHOW. Alot of people don't like lambert because he may be honest about being gay, but not so much when it comes to talent. Amature hour talent usually doesn't hold up to ridicule. Game show talent isn't the stuff that endures. You yourself have posted many times about how american idol is another money making scheme of rupert murdock's.
I don't like lambert partly because of american idol and mostly because I don't see any real talent there. That's just the first step in a slippery slope of being critical of everything he does.
Thast may seem harsh but lets be honest. When someone you don't like succeeds, it's easy to find fault in EVERYTHING he does.

[Andrew]

Right on.

It's incredible how 2-faced the cable networks are.

[Dave]

I, too, am one that doesn't think Lambert has talent. All that screeching and screaming that people call "singing" literally makes my ears hurt. I think he looks like a clown with all the makeup & shit. Back in the 80's i also thought Boy George looked like a clown, but i sure spent plenty a dollar on Culture Club cd's cause i loved the way he sang & thought he did have talent....that's the difference to me. I see Adam Lambert as more forced-gimmick than honest expression. Of course that's just my opinion & like they say, opinion are like assholes....everybody has one & alot of them stink.

It's hard though to not resent being called a gay "Uncle Tom" just because you don't like the guy. You make it sound like we're supposed to like the guy just because he's gay...period.

You talk of how we're supposed to LOVE him for his honesty.....yet when we express our "honesty" of not liking him we're put into the same category of the person who killed Larry King??

That sounds like hypocrisy to me.