By Wayne Besen, columnist, 365gay.com 09.03.2008 9:14am EDTIn 1992, the gay and lesbian community galvanized around Bill Clinton in what is now seen as the first "national gay vote." The stark contrast between Clinton and the rabidly homophobic GOP, which declared a culture war at its Houston convention, was the reason for this unified support.This year offers a similar disparity between the parties. The Democrats proved at their Denver convention to be GLBT supportive while the GOP in Minneapolis will most likely rail against equality for gays in their effort to bring home their socially conservative base.Sure why not, ...

Back in the day before queer blogs pervaded the Net, Rachel Maddow popped up daily on basic cable TV, and gays hit the lips of popular presidential candidates, there was a scrappy little magazine that fought for more and greater LGBT inclusion in the mainstream media fold. It was called Outweek. Featuring a stable of editor and columnists who are still active in today's "culture war," Outweek magazine managed to shake up the entirety of the queer media world in a relatively short period of time. Produced out of NYC, it ran for only two years (1989-1991). However, ...