With the click of a mouse and boots on the street, hundreds of thousands of newly minted activists across the country last weekend declared independence from the top-down, black-tie, this-cutesy-logo-brought-to-you-by movement for gay civil rights. It took the political perfect... ...

Ugh. Just ugh: These protests are violent? No. Thousands upon thousands of people have protested, and there have been a scant number of incidents that have perhaps gone a little far. Some of these have been spun to sound and look much worse than they are. There were only 1,000 people at the NYC protest? Uhm, Bill -- estimates put the number closer to 10,000. Those two figures may only be one zero apart, but there difference is not small. Scott Eckern was "targeted"? PUH-LEEZE! As one of the first sites to bring his donation to light, we take great ...

Is newly prominent songbird Katy Perry really one of the people who, over the past 365 days, has earned iconic gay status? Should the polarizing "I kissed a girl" chanteuse grace not only this year's annual "Out 100" list, but also the cover of the related magazine? You can count Richard over at Gawker in the "HELL NO!" camp: Singer Katy Perry is at best a pretty pop princess in retro riot grrl makeup and at worst an enemy of the gay civil rights movement. Her song "I Kissed a Girl" is a paean to girls getting drunk and ...