Allies are great, so long as they don't try to get out in front of the people they're supposed to be supporting, and I don't think that pointing out when it happens is petty infighting.

Excellent piece Barry. Although, I'd like to offer my thoughts on a particular line: Coming out is now a stage-managed media event, scripted and choreographed in a way that ensures America receives only the most telegenic version of what at bottom is still a deeply personal act.

Well here in the Year of Our Lord 2014, we still have elected officials demonizing Youth Pride as "encouraging teenage homosexuality" in their campaign ads. We still have politicians fighting explicitly against equal civil rights for gay people. So yeah. It matters. Any time a stereotype can be upended, it matters.…

Vikings were, like many pagan cultures, surprisingly tolerant of homosexuality. Men had sex with men, and it wasn't a big deal. Now, the guy "receiving" would be subject to some derision, but "giving" was perfectly acceptable. The only issue was that because it was an agrarian society, reproduction was important, so…

They're "Vikings" who ride dragons, so I don't think historical accuracy to Viking groups is a leg they can stand on.

My older brother is gay. School was always a torment. He had to switch schools in 5th grade in an attempt to get him away from his tormentors. I have always had immense empathy for him in that regard, kids were so awful that harassing him wasn't enough, those jerks also brought it to me whenever he wasn't nearby.…

Yeah, people also need to realize that Sailor Moon even WITH the cuts still caused a huge shit-storm. For what it was, it was pretty damned progressive. I was absolutely obsessed with it as a child — it was the first kind of show that was about girls of different types, where you could find a strong female character…

Please, they were lesbians on the old dub.

Exactly. If a white guy identifies as a black man, the first thing he does is starts taking black people hormones and then...

I'm a Columbia alum. My mother is a Columbia alum. My family has donated to the school consistently for the past thirty years.

I find it quite telling that Solange and Jay Z got into fisticuffs, and yet all the stories seem to somehow revolve around Beyoncé.

How dare you make me agree with you!

God, this article is such an incredible fucking bummer, because it is SUCH a missed opportunity.

Here's what I heard is gonna happen.

YES! And practically off-screen! Cyclops deserves more. James Marsden deserves more.

***Spoilers for X-Men: The Last Stand***

DAMNNNNNNNN. That's some serious lovely color-blending.

Gee, thanks for letting the women know ! I guess they were wrong about this the whole time.

I forget where I even found this.