Wednesday, June 30, 2010

What Makes People Gay?

With crystal-blue eyes, wavy hair, and freshly scrubbed faces, the boys look as though they stepped out of a Pottery Barn Kids catalog. Queer As Folk DVD They are 7-year-old twins. I'll call them Thomas and Patrick; their parents agreed to let me meet the boys as long as I didn't use their real names.
Spend five seconds with them, and there can be no doubt that they are identical twins - so identical even they can't tell each other apart in photographs. Spend five minutes with them, and their profound differences begin to emerge.
Patrick Queer As Folk DVD is social, thoughtful, attentive. He repeatedly addresses me by name. Thomas is physical, spontaneous, a bit distracted. Just minutes after meeting me outside a coffee shop, he punches me in the upper arm, yells, "Gray punch buggy!" and then points to a Volkswagen Beetle cruising past us. It's a hard punch. They horse around like typical brothers, but Patrick's punches are less forceful and his voice is higher. Thomas charges at his brother, arms flexed in front of him like a mini-bodybuilder. The differences are subtle - they're 7-year-old boys, after all - but they are there.Queer As Folk DVD set
When the twins were 2, Patrick found his mother's shoes. He liked wearing them. Thomas tried on his father's once but didn't see the point.
When they were 3, Thomas blurted out that toy guns were his favorite things. Patrick piped up that his were the Barbie dolls he discovered at day care.
When the twins were 5, Thomas announced he was going to be a monster for Halloween. Queer As Folk DVD set Patrick said he was going to be a princess. Thomas said he couldn't do that, because other kids would laugh at him. Patrick seemed puzzled. "Then I'll be Batman," he said.
Their mother - intelligent, warm, and open-minded - found herself conflicted. She wanted Patrick - whose playmates have always been girls, never boys - to be himself, but she worried his feminine behavior would expose him to ridicule and pain. She decided to allow him free expression at home while setting some limits in public.
That worked until last year, when a school official called to say Patrick was making his classmates uncomfortable.Queer As Folk DVD boxset He kept insisting that he was a girl.
Patrick exhibits behavior called childhood gender nonconformity, or CGN. This doesn't describe a boy who has a doll somewhere in his toy collection or tried on his sister's Snow White outfit once, but rather one who consistently exhibits a host of strongly feminine traits and interests while avoiding boy-typical behavior like rough-and-tumble play. There's been considerable research into this phenomenon, particularly in males, including a study that followed boys from an early age into early adulthood. The data suggest there is a very good chance Patrick will grow up to be homosexual. Not all homosexual men show this extremely feminine behavior as young boys. But the research indicates that, of the boys who do exhibit CGN, about 75 percent of them - perhaps more - turn out to be gay or bisexual.Queer As Folk DVD boxset
What makes the case of Patrick and Thomas so fascinating is that it calls into question both of the dominant theories in the long-running debate over what makes people gay: nature or nurture, genes or learned behavior. As identical twins, Patrick and Thomas began as genetic clones. From the moment they came out of their mother's womb, their environment was about as close to identical as possible - being fed, changed, and plopped into their car seats the same way, having similar relationships with the same nurturing father and mother. Yet before either boy could talk, one showed highly feminine traits while the other appeared to be "all boy," as the moms at the playgrounds say with apologetic shrugs.Queer As Folk DVD
"That my sons were different the second they were born, there is no question about it," says the twins' mother.
So what happened between their identical genetic starting point and their births? They spent nine months in utero. In the hunt for what causes people to be gay or straight, that's now the most interesting and potentially enlightening frontier.
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Is Bill Gay? ---Jokes on the gay


Al Gore comes home from work one day and says to Tipper. Did you know that Bill is gay? Queer As Folk DVD
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Al says, “I was in the White House urinal today standing next to him and he was jerking off.”
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There are these two gay guys Queer As Folk DVD set and they really want to have a baby together, so they go out looking and finally find a woman to bear their child for them… well after the baby’s born they go to the nursery where they keep the newborns and all the babies are screaming!! …but then they see one little boy off to the side and he’s really calm. Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset
They say, “Well that must be ours, he’s just so precious!”they then asked the nurse and she said, “Yeah, that one is yours.” They asked the nurse why all the other babies were crying, she said, “Well if we took the pacifier out of his ass he would start crying too.”


are you gay? ---Jokes on the gay


An employee for USAir, who happened to have the last name of Gay Queer As Folk DVD, got on a plane recently using one of his company’s “Free Flight” programs. However, when Mr. Gay tried to take his seat, he found it being occupied by a paying passenger. So, not to make a fuss, he simply chose another seat.
Unknown to Mr. Gay, another USAir flight at the airport experienced mechanical problems. The passengers of this other flight were being rerouted to various airplanes. A few were put on Mr. Gay’s flight and anyone who was holding a “free” ticket was being “bumped”.
Airline officials, armed with a list of these “freebie” ticket holders boarded the plane to remove the free ticket holders. Of course, our Mr. Gay Queer As Folk DVD was not sitting in his assigned seat as you may remember.
So when the Ticket Agent approached the seat where Mr. Gay Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset was supposed to be sitting, she asked a startled customer, “Are you Gay?” The man, shyly nodded that he was, at which point she demanded: “Then you have to get off the plane.”
Our Mr. Gay, overhearing what the Ticket Agent had said, tried to clear up the situation: “You’ve got the wrong man. I’m Gay!”. This caused an angry third passenger to yell “Hell, I’m gay too! They can’t kick us all off for it!” Confusion reined as more and more passengers began yelling that USAir had no right to remove gays Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset from their flights.

gay news---How Chicago Corporations support Gay Pride?


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news on the gay---San Francisco Shooting Mars Gay Pride Celebration


As revelers celebrated gay pride Queer As Folk DVD weekend with parades across the country, festivities in San Francisco were marred after a 19-year-old man was killed and two others were shot during a street party in the Castro district.
Police said Stephen Powell, 19, was fatally shot in the torso at 11:30 p.m. Saturday night during a personal dispute with another 19-year-old man, who was arrested as a suspect, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. A 19-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were both shot in the leg at the "Pink Saturday" celebration and were expected to recover from their injuries. Queer As Folk DVD
"This was definitely not a hate crime," Officer Phil Gordon told the Chronicle. "We think they (the shooter and at least one victim) knew each other."
Though temporarily disrupted by the shooting, San Francisco's celebration of its 40th Lesbian, Gay, Queer As Folk DVD boxset Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade and Celebration continued today with hundreds of thousands of gay pride supporters marching and cheering along Market Street. The Backstreet Boys were slated to perform and city native, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, was scheduled to deliver a video message.
Rainbow flags flew in cities across the country this weekend, including Atlanta, Chicago and New York, where more than 350 groups and 500,000 people, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. David Paterson, paraded down Fifth Avenue.
One group of parishioners from St. Francis Xavier who also belong to LGBT Ministries marched without its usual identifying banner at the request of New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan.
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Constance McMillen, the 18-year-old high school senior from Mississippi whose prom was canceled after she asked officials if she could bring her girlfriend as her date, served as a grand marshal of the New York parade. Her co-marshals were Judy Shepard, the mother of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, who was killed in a hate crime in 1998, and Lt. Dan Choi, the West Point graduate who served in Iraq but left the military over its policy towards gays.Queer As Folk DVD
"I am absolutely proud to violate 'don't ask, don't tell' all the way down this street today," Choi told New York's WNBC-TV.
In Chicago, a Cubs float made its first-ever debut and the Stanley Cup won by the city's Blackhawks hockey team appeared for the first time at a gay pride event. The trophy was flown from Los Angeles back to Chicago especially for the parade, according to WLS-TV.
"We are thrilled that it worked out as it's important for the city and important for the franchise," Blackhawks spokesman Adam Rogowin told The Associated Press.

gay news---Supreme Court rules against UC student group that excluded gays


A University of California law school's refusal to give official student group status to a Christian society that excluded gays was a reasonable application of the school's nondiscrimination policy, the Supreme Court said Monday in a 5-4 ruling.The Christian Legal Society chapter had sued UC Hastings College of the Law, arguing that denial of school recognition and of access to state funding and facilities violated the group's 1st and 14th Amendment rights to free speech, expressive association and the free exercise of religion.The society chapter, formed at the San Francisco law school in 2004, required members to forswear "unrepentant participation in or advocacy of a sexually immoral lifestyle," which it defined as sex outside of heterosexual marriage.Queer As Folk DVDThe court's opinion, written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said the law school's decision was reasonable in that the state-funded university requires all groups wearing its endorsement to be nondiscriminatory."Hastings, through its [Registered Student Organization] program Queer As Folk DVD, is dangling the carrot of subsidy, not wielding the stick of prohibition," Ginsburg wrote in the opinion, joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, Anthony M. Kennedy, Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor.The majority noted that the court was ruling only on the constitutionality of the school's requirement that groups accept "all comers," not on broader challenges to the nondiscrimination tenets.Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote in dissent that the majority ruling amounted to "no freedom for expression that offends prevailing standards of political correctness in our country's institutions of higher learning."Alito, joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, noted that Hastings has more than 60 registered student groups and that in its entire history has denied registration to "exactly one: Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset the Christian Legal Society." Alito said the majority gave public educational institutions "a handy weapon for suppressing the speech of unpopular groups."Hastings Dean Leo Martinez, who was the defendant in the case, cheered the high court's decision."The college's intent has always been to ensure the leadership, Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset educational and social opportunities afforded by officially recognized student organizations are available to all students attending public institutions," Martinez said. "The court's ruling validates our policy, which is rooted in equity and fairness."The Anti-Defamation League hailed the decision as "a ringing affirmation that public universities have the right to implement and enforce policies that reject discrimination by school clubs." Queer As Folk DVD boxsetA lawyer for the Christian group, however, noted that the Supreme Court ruling was focused on the narrow question of Hastings' all-comers policy, while at least two broader challenges are still making their way through the courts."The court did not adjudicate whether the application of nondiscrimination policies to a religious student group is constitutional," said Gregory S. Baylor, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization.Baylor said cases from the University of Montana and San Diego State University had been on hold pending the Hastings decision.


Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Lessons from Michael Scott, Mr. Burns and 8 Other TV Bosses

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Sam Witwer Signs Up For 'Being Human'

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1 Indian village wins freedom with job program

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Until, one day, with the help of the world's largest social welfare program, they did.

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Showtime Loses Programming Chief, Brings on Nevins

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Al Gore Sex Scandal: Police Special Report, Gore Used Mr. Stone Alias?

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Apparently, the woman was put off by Al Gore’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD set addition to her massage therapy routine.

There’s more in the Alias DVD boxset print edition, cover date July 6, 2010.

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According to a comment from An Arrested Development DVD boxset Truth on our earlier story:

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We have no way of confirming this, however.

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Ali was demonstrably seething, and she stormed over to the guys' suite for an immediate Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD boxset. They all gathered remarkably easily — no one was out getting tattoos or hobbling up hills to see Ali at the moment, a Alias Seasons 1-5 DVD boxset in this shenanigan-filled season — so she could lay into Justin. ''It's been quite the road in getting here so far,'' she began. ''You know, Justin, I think it's been Arrested Development Seasons 1-3 DVD boxset difficult for you because you probably really miss your girlfriend in Canada.'' Nice use of a benign Bachelorette As Time Goes By Seasons 1-9 DVD boxset to lead up to the big-revelation dismount, delivered with a nice faux concern and a twist of sarcasm. I give it a 9.5. She kept going: ''You sat here and cried to me about your Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1-4 DVD boxset and respecting women, and you think this is the way to respect women?'' But Justin simply got up and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1-7 DVD boxset. ''I'd rather not say anything,'' he muttered before walking. And walking. And walking.

DVDs: Choosing Discs

The goal for DVD reliability and compatibility is clear. " Queer As Folk DVD Consumers should expect the same level of compatibility as they get with recordable VHS tapes, i.e. 100%," says Subutai Ahmad, of OSTA and YesVideo. "There is no technical reason why this cannot be achieved."The DVD industry works through associations such as the DVD Forum and the DVD+RW Alliance (to establish operating parameters and provide verification labs for media manufacturers. Queer As Folk DVD For example, Kerwyn Ballinger of Hewlett-Packard, speaking for the DVD+RW Alliance, says "the alliance members work with disc manufactures to ensure media production meets or exceeds specifications. Strict operating parameters and standards must be met prior to a media manufacture being allowed to use the DVD+R/RW license/logo and considered a qualified manufacture of media."Yet both consumer experience and the testing results reported at the DVD 2003 Conference show that the DVD industry is still maturing, and that there is, in fact, significant variability in the quality of discs from different manufacturers. Queer As Folk DVD"This is a really important issue for YesVideo," says Ahmad. "We put our media through a rigorous test process. We have sourced and tested media from over 10 sources. Before we purchase, we visit the company's manufacturing facilities, verify their QA process, do in-house proprietary physical testing, and compatibility testing with a large set of DVD players.Queer As Folk DVD boxset We also sample discs from every batch shipped to us and return the batch if the discs don't meet our standards."As a result, for the best chance of good reliability and compatibility, it's best to stick with name-brand products from reputable manufacturers. While consumers seem to understand the risk of using cheaper and possibly off-brand media from gray-market resellers, the allure of a bargain can be very tempting. Warns Andy Parsons of Pioneer, "Don't succumb to the temptation to save a few dollars by buying very cheap product from an unknown supplier. The old adage "you get what you pay for" is true with most any product, and recordable DVD is no exception." Queer As Folk DVD boxset And once you buy your discs, treat them with a little care, as described in the NIST Guide.Queer As Folk DVD boxset Avoiding extremes in temperature and humidity, as well as exposure to direct sunlight. Store discs upright to avoid bending, and take care in removing them from carriers to avoid scratches and fingerprints. Clean them carefully, by wiping with a clean cotton fabric in a straight line from the center of the disc toward the outer edge (not with a circular motion).With continued pressure from educated consumers, and independent testing from the likes of LaBarge and NIST, we should be able to expect that DVDs Queer As Folk DVD set can achieve the reliability and compatibility we have come to expect from CD discs.

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DVDs: Care and Handling

The range of these kinds of handling issues that can effect DVD playability Queer As Folk DVD is described by Andy Parsons, Senior Vice President, Product Development and Technical Support, Pioneer Electronics "If a customer claims that they have a non-playable disc that "used to work fine", we typically ask many questions. First, what is the condition of the disc in question? Any fingerprints or obvious contamination on the surface? Any scratches (particularly tangential ones)? Has the disc been left in a player with the power on for days or weeks at a time (flatness is important for reliable playback)? Queer As Folk DVD set How about the environment where the disc is stored? Has it been left out in the open where dust can collect on the playable surface? How about the player? How old is it? How many hours has it been used? Is there a layer of dust all over the player? What is the temperature where the player is operating? And so on. In my experience (since 1980), one of these questions almost always reveals something that helps explain the change in performance."Consumers have gotten used to handling CDs, and do seem to realize that DVDs Queer As Folk DVD should be treated with some care. For example, a recent study by 321 Studios (supporting the use of its products to back up commercial DVDs) listed consumer-reported causes of damage to commercial DVDs, including accidents (21%), normal wear and tear (10%), loss (10%), and extreme weather conditions (2%), in addition to "DVD rot" (8%). Queer As Folk DVDOne source for educating consumers is the "Care and Handling Guide for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs" Queer As Folk DVD boxset published by NIST, along with an accompanying "Quick One-Page Reference" . These guidelines stress the importance of handling and storing discs with care, avoiding warping and adhesive labels, and not exposing discs to extremes of temperature and humidity.But the bottom line is still that we should be able to expect commercial DVDs to be long-lasting. According to Parsons, well-made DVDs Queer As Folk DVD boxset should last "for many, many decades as long as they have been stored in a hospitable environment and handled with care."And we should be able to expect that such discs are well-made. Adds Parsons, "DVD's are a well-known product, and making them is not a mystery to a competent replicator. Any company that knows what it's doing with respect to raw material procurement and process control can make high quality product." Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset
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Gay news: Wolfe vedio company celebrates its 25th birthday

Sitting in her cozy office in New Almaden, the rural Shangri-La near South San Jose, where quicksilver was once mined in the hills and where American flags line the sleepy streets, Kathy Wolfe explains how she came to be CEO of the largest exclusive distributor of lesbian and gay films Queer As Folk DVD in North America. Her company turns 25 years old this week, and, yes, it's based right in New Almaden, where Wolfe is one of the judges of the annual September community parade. Because, yes, she is a good citizen. And, yes, she is accepted by her neighbors in this close-knit bastion of small-town American values. "And it's funny when we get visits from folks in Hollywood," she says. "They see where we are, that we all walk to work and live in this quiet little paradise, and they can't believe it. They go, 'Nooooo!' " And now, for the back story: Wolfe, 62, reminisces about how, in 1993, when Wolfe Vedio, had a workforce of two, comedian Lily Tomlin decided to pump some fresh blood into the marketing of her video catalog. From out of the blue, Tomlin agreed to an exclusive distribution deal for that catalog with this fledgling company she'd heard about, Wolfe Vedio "It launched us," Kathy Wolfe says. "It was monumental." And now here she is, celebrating a quarter-century in the business and running a victory lap around the country. This month and next, lesbian and gay film festivals Queer As Folk DVD boxset in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York and San Francisco— where the Frameline international festival opens Thursday — are handing out awards to Wolfe and her little company, 11 employees strong, in honor of its big impact. The consensus is that Wolfe Video almost single-handedly has brought gay, and lesbian films — we're talking comedies, dramas and documentaries, not porn — into the American mainstream. "And I wouldn't even call myself any kind of a movie freak," Wolfe points out. "More than anything, movies are a way to an end. When I started, the whole point was to make the lesbian and gay, lifestyle more visible — and not only for the world, but for gays and lesbians to feel good about themselves, to live a true life." From its beginnings in the basement of Wolfe's home, her company has grown to be a patient advocate for what some would call radical change: building a go-to source of entertainment for lesbian and gay audiences,Queer As Folk DVD while slowly folding knowledge of gay lifestyles Queer As Folk DVD into the wider American consciousness. "Kathy's contributions are almost impossible to fully quantify," says Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which last month gave Wolfe its Outstanding Community Partner Award. "Early on, and single-handedly, Kathy set about making real who we are — creating a vehicle for telling our stories to ourselves and to the broader culture." Wolfe Video has ridden successive technology waves, striking distribution deals for videos and DVDs and now for video-on-demand streaming. With an active retail website and a mailing list of 175,000, the company has annual revenues of about $4 million. Wolfe likes to say to her customer base, "Don't just be gay, buy gay." Queer As Folk DVDBeginning in the late '90s, Wolfe Video collaborated with national retail chains — Virgin Megastore, Hollywood Video, the Wherehouse and others — to put gay and lesbian entertainment sections in their stores. It has since worked with Amazon and Netflix to establish "virtual" gay, and lesbian sections in their online stores. The company partners with theaters and studios, too: Wolfe Video worked with the Showtime channel to market "Queer As Folk " the popular 2000-05 series about gay relationships. It sold the DVD, to "Back to Eden" — the first-ever PG gay film, about a young man struggling with his orientation, but finding acceptance in his small town — on its own Wolfe label. "We did pretty well with it, sold about 85,000 copies," says Wolfe, who describes that 2000 release as a game-changer for many gay people. "You could show this movie to a friend or your family or your mother, and they'd get it. They'd still love you. It's the kind of movie that really helped a lot of people. And it was on our label." Wolfe tears up: "I don't have to look outside this office for meaning in my life," she says. Wolfe grew up in Menlo Park, attended Woodside High School and says, "I think I've always been a lesbian." Her father worked for the water company and would take his daughter on house calls around the region, which is how she learned that New Almaden existed — and, in a way, why she moved there 36 years ago. She and her partner of 18 years, Barbara Verhage, a home-school teacher in Boulder Creek, share a home just doors away from the old adobe in which Wolfe Video is headquartered. Queer As Folk DVD setWolfe's grandfather was an accountant and an artist, who loved woodworking, and Kathy grew up building toys and go-carts. She majored in art at San Jose State University, from which she graduated with a master's degree in 1972, and where she taught glassblowing for a while. In order to finish putting herself through graduate school, she and a friend named Bill Plate, a business major, founded a graphics business: Arrow Graphics. It took over her life. By the early '80s, it had 150 employees in 13 offices in five states. Wolfe was making a lot of money. But she didn't have a mission. On a hunch, she began hanging out at De Anza College's new public access television studio in Cupertino. "I worked on the crew for the 'Video Vet' show," she remembers, laughing, "then on a series called 'Fix it Now,' about women contractors." Briefly, she also began making her own documentaries — "West Coast Crones" was an early title — and around 1985 found herself applying for a business license and being asked for the name of her business. "Um, Wolfe Vedio" she blurted out. The rest is history. So what is a lesbian or gay films Queer As Folk DVD set? It's hard to pin down, Wolfe says. "Brokeback Mountain" fits the bill, with its story of a gay love affair Queer As Folk DVD set between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. So does "Precious," which isn't specifically about lesbians and gays, but has a lesbian hero. Wolfe Vedio, is a distributor of both, and also of "The L Word," the Showtime series about lesbian and bisexual friends and lovers. Sex scenes in "The L Word" are about as explicit as in R-rated movies. And Wolfe says they're about as far as the company goes in terms of distributing films and TV shows, with explicit sex. Pornography, she says, is off-limits: "Porn doesn't interest me at all. It's a business decision. It's a political decision. It's an emotional decision. Our goals are more associated with people feeling good about who they are, and I think we can do that without going into the porn realm. We distribute lots of titles to libraries. We couldn't do that if we were a porn company." (By the way, "Pornography: The Thriller," which Wolfe will release on DVD Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset in July, isn't porn. It's a thriller about the disappearance of a porn star.) Right now, Wolfe is also excited about snaring exclusive North American distribution rights for "Undertow," about a male love affair in a Peruvian fishing village. It is Frameline's centerpiece presentation this year, showing at 7 p.m. June 22 at San Francisco's Castro Theatre. (Before the show, Wolfe and Maria Lynn, Wolfe Video's president, will accept the festival's Frameline award.) Flying around the country and getting feted isn't all that Wolfe is about these days. She is looking to exercise political muscle through the DVD Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset rollout of "8: The Mormon Proposition," a documentary indicting the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the 2008 ballot reversal of gay marriage in California. And she hopes to ride "the next technological wave" by making the company's entire catalog available for streaming to millions of home computers. "We do feel powerful, and we have great outreach," she says. "And I'd like to work less hours, but I don't see myself retiring, because we're having so much fun, and we're actually accomplishing what we set out to do. We're seeing the fruits of our labors."
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Gay news: Flashback---Queer As Folk


In 1999 all the changed when Queer As Folk blasted on British screens via Channel Four. It was a drama that primarily revolved around three gay men Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset; Vince (Craig Kelly), Nathan (Charlie Hunnam) and Stuart (Aidan Gillen) in Manchester’s gay district. The series followed the love lives and sex lives Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset of the three in explicit detail - explicit gay sex scenes on British television, a first. The series, of course, was hugely controversial with widespread pieces on the press attacking it but it was also a ratings success; not just with gay audiences but also heterosexual women. The series brook a lot of taboos and paved the way for future dramas and soaps to cover gay storylines/gay characters - such as Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset in The Bill, Casualty, Holby City and Hollyoaks. A sequel was commissioned and a spin-off planned but the spin-off never made it passed the storyline stage - Channel Four pulled the plug. But the success of the British series did lead to something else - a remake in America. Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman adapted the series for America/Canada for the cable channel Showtime. The basic format of the series remained the same in fact it revolved primarily around three gay men Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset however, some of the details were changed. For example in the British series Nathan is just 15 but in the American version Justin (Randy Harrison) is 17 while Michael (Hal Sparks) is a comic book fan rather than a Doctor Who fan, as in the case of Venice in the British series Queer As Folk DVD . Other changes to the series included the more prominent inclusion of a lesbian couple Mel (Michelle Clunie) and Lindsay (Thea Gill). While the British series had featured a Lesbian couple there were secondary characters rather than central to many of the plots as they were in the American series - and as such had their own storylines. The first four episodes of the American version closely resemble that of the original series but after that it began to develop its own identity while still drawing inspiration from the original. The biggest change to come at this point is in the form of Ted (Scott Lowell) who takes drugs and nearly dies as a result. In the original series Phil (Jason Merrells) does die as a result of a drugs overdose. The fact that the storylines changed at this point marks the first big break between the two shows as the American series changed direction and headed off on its own path. As stated it still was inspired by the British series and the romance between Michael and David (Chris Potter) is similar to the one featured in the original series Queer As Folk DVD . Especially as Michael isn’t out at work and a female colleague fancies him until he is forcibly outted by Brian (Gale Harold) at a birthday party. The relationship between Michael and David is also strained by the constant presence of Briana and Michael’s unresolved feelings for him. The relationship between Brian and Justin also develops differently from the British series - it is made quite clear during the course of the first season that Brian does have feelings for Justin even if he is reluctant to show them. This theme of Brian’s incapability of showing his feelings for Justin is a recurring theme over the five years of the show which is revisited at several points with significant importance. Other major characters to feature in Queer As Folk include Michael’s overbearing but loving mother Debbie (Sharon Gless), her brother Vic (Jack Wetherall), Justin’s friend Daphne (Makyla Smith) and Justin’s mother Jennifer (Sherry Miller) all of whom have their own individual storylines. Debbie especially becomes an important character being a surrogate mother to all the boys including Justin who she takers under her wing. When Justin moves out of his home because of his father’s homophobic attack on Brian he moves in with Debbie. When his parents marriage finally breaks down his mother Jennifer becomes more accepting of her son’s sexuality and while initially un-approving of Brian she begins to accept him and even turns to him for support at several points. The first season of Queer As Folk lasted for 22 episodes and by the end of the season Brian and Justin were a couple in all but name while Michael was prepared to move away with David. The events of the season finale though have a devastating affect on both relationships; Justin is viciously queer bashed by fellow student Chris Hobbs while Michael’s relationship with David breaks down completely. The second series saw Justin attempt to recover from the vicious attack while the perpetrator, Chris, is given a light sentence much to the anger of Justin’s friends. Justin channels his frustration at his slow recovery into developing a new comic book with Michael focusing on two gay superheroes. A new boyfriend for Michael was introduced in the form of HIV Positive Ben (Robert Gant) while a boyfriend for Debbie was also introduced Carl Hovarth (Peter MacNeill) who is assigned to a murder investigation case when a dead body is found. Also introduced during the second season was Ethan (Fabrizio Flippo) an music student at the same college as Justin. The two have an affair as Justin becomes increasingly frustrated at Brian’s life style and lack of commitment towards him. His relationship with Brian briefly ends when he leaves to be with Ethan but quickly regrets his actions when he discovers Ethan cheating on him. While the British series had to deal with a negative backlash the American version Queer As Folk DVD was lucky enough to escape this perhaps because it was on Showtime - a per to view channel. However, the series was criticised by some within the gay community who felt it played to stereotypes and portrayed gay men as sex obsessed. This criticism was referred to within the show itself and sent up when a bland soap “gay as Blazes” is watched by some of characters but criticised by Brian for having no sex. The series also received criticisms from British fans who felt the remake lost the edge of its counter-part and was “glossy” and “soapy” rather than “gritty”. It was also criticised on using sex scenes to pad out episodes. These criticisms though were minor compared to what they could have been and the producers of the series stated the drama was never meant to be an accurate reflection of the gay community but a celebration of it. While it may have been more soapy and glossy in its approach it never-the-less tackled a wide range of important subjects. From the homophobia experience by Justin (and other characters such as Mel, Ted and Emmett) to gay marriages, adoption, HIV/AIDS Queer As Folk DVD and cancer. The queer bashing of Justin in the first season is a truly shocking moment and the consequences of it are re-explored throughout the series. The homophobia in wider society, such as by politicians and police, is also touched upon especially in the third season. In the fifth season the issue once again it dealt with when a bomb goes off in the gay club Babylon killing several people. The fourth season introduces a HIV gay-teen Hunter (Harris Allan) who caught the disease because he was forced to work as a rent-boy. While Hunter is adopted by Ben and Michael the fact he has HIVS and people’s misconceptions and ignorance regarding it are explored in some detail. The series was set in Pittsburgh on Liberty Avenue, the gay district there, but was actually filmed in Toronto, Canada. In the final episode of the series the characters of Mel and Lindsay decide to leave Pittsburgh and move to Canada which is considered more tolerant - a reference to the series being produced there. The first three seasons featured the song “Spunk” as the show’s opening theme but this was dropped for the last two seasons. Instead “Cue the Pulse to Begin” by the Burnside Project was used. The title sequence was also revamped for the final two seasons with the main characters from the series featuring within them. There was some speculation that a sixth season of the drama would be produced due to its success but actor Randy Harrison indicated he wouldn’t have returned for the series. The possibility of an additional year was just that and wasn’t developed any further because most of those working on Queer As Folk felt the series had reached its natural conclusion. Fans have held out hope though of a reunion movie or a big-screen film Queer As Folk DVD ala Sex and the City but the changes are slim.In the UK Season One was broadcast on BBC Choice before it was re-branded as BBC Three. The BBC did hold the rights to the second series but following the re-branding of BBC Choice and its change in remit and target audience the corporation decided not to air the series. Seasons Three and Four were shown on E4 in an advertised late night slot. The fifth season also has not been shown on UK television. However, all five seasons of Queer As Folk have now been released on DVD Queer As Folk DVD boxset with the boxsets for One and Two being exclusively released through high-street retailer HMV. All the boxsets are still widely available to buy online Queer As Folk DVD boxset or on the high-street.


DVD Longevity and Reliability


What is going on with DVDs? The industry states that discs should last 50 to 100 years, but on-line reports claim significant problems with both pressed and recordable discs. Can movie discs wear out and fail from " DVD rot?" Is recordable DVD a trustworthy archival media, or is there evidence that discs can wear out from extended play? And what is the situation with the compatibility of recordable media? Is there a way to guarantee reasonable compatibility, some magic combination of formats and brands, software and burners, content and players? DVD was supposed to be the answer: reliable and compatible, from movies on the set-top to digital video on the desktop. Instead, it just seems to get more confusing and frustrating.Longevity and compatibility were among the issues explored at the DVD 2003 International Conference, held in June in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This is the annual conference of the DVD Association, an independent organization of DVD professionals, and co-sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology , an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce involved in developing and promote technology, measurement, and standards, from atomic clocks and automated teller machines to mammograms and semiconductors.The conference included sessions on "Preserving Digital Assets on DVD" and "DVD Quality, Longevity, and Compatibility," and did promise some answers from independent testing of DVD characteristics.you may be intrested in Queer As Folk DVD, Queer As Folk DVD set,Queer As Folk DVD boxset,andQueer As Folk DVD Seasons 1-5 DVD.
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Queer As Folkcelebrates the love and friendships of a group of gay men and lesbians living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Focusing on the lives of five gay men in Pittsburgh--Michael, an insecure 29 year-old; Brian, an ad executive who isn't into relationships; Justin, a wide-eyed and innocent 17 year-old; Emmett, a flamboyant jack-of-all-trades; and Ben, an HIV-positive college professor--and their circle of friends, the series has earned both critical praise and scorn for its unflinching look at gay life, love, and sex...Queer As Folk DVDjust go for it!
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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Julia Stiles officially joins 'Dexter.' Please don't make her Lila 2.0

ShowtimeAs EW’s Michael Ausiello first reported in late May and confirmed last week,

1-3 DVD boxsetThe Bourne Identity‘s Julia Stiles has signed on for a major role in the next

season of Dexter. Yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter revealed some more details

about Stiles’ character, “a mysterious young woman who forms a unique relationship with Dexter

(Michael C. Hall) in the wake of the death of his wife.”

As someone who is still dealing with the miserable, buzz-killing hangover brought upon by the

sheer presence of Dex’s much-hated lover Lila (Jaime Murray) during season 2, this sentence

about Stiles’ character

gives me pause. Because even though Rita’s bathing in a pool of blood, I don’t like to

even consider the possibility that Dexter can forge a relationship with anyone other than his

sister and late wife. (And that lady he likes to feed key lime pie to.) Luckily, sources told

Ausiello that it’s unlikely Stiles will play a love interest (phew). So I’m going to jump on

board with the rumored idea of Stiles playing Dex’s grief counselor. Either way, it would be a

crime if Stiles didn’t have more than a few scenes with fellow strong lady Deb (Jennifer

Carpenter). They’re kind of two peas in a pod, right?

If you ask me, Stiles has

chosen the perfect project to make the leap from film to television. As we’ve seen with her

previous work, Stiles excels when playing dark (The Bourne Identity, and, yes, 10 Things I Hate

About You)
DVD boxset versus peppy (The Prince & Me, A Guy Thing).

And based on the final scene of last season’s Dexter, I’d bet things are going to get pretty

dark on the Showtime series.

At least she doesn’t have an annoying British accent, right? Stupid Lila.

'Dexter' showrunner gets deal

Clyde Phillips is ready to get back in the development fray. The former "Dexter" exec producer/showrunner has inked a two-year production and development deal with Lionsgate Television.
Phillips said he's eager to field new projects after devoting the past four seasons to shepherding "Dexter," the moody serial killer drama starring Michael C. Hall.

He opted to bow out of "Dexter" to return to development after the series completed its fourth season on Showtime in December.

Phillips came on to the series
just after the pilot was produced, and he's since guided it to become the highest-rated skein in Showtime's history -- not to mention earning a Peabody kudo and back-to-back Emmy noms for best
drama series in 2008 and 2009.

Phillips is considering comedy and drama projects for broadcast nets as well as basic and pay cable. The scribe-producer has moved back and forth between half-hours and hours throughout his career. His resume
includes serving as creator/exec producer of such series as Fox's high school sitcom "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," NBC's Brooke Shields starrer "Suddenly Susan" and Fox's family dramedy "Get Real."

"I've got some very specific ideas of shows I want to do," Phillips said. "I tend to think in spans of 12 episodes
now instead of 22, so I'll have to retrain my brain if I sell something to a (broadcast) network."

Phillips has been sought after as a showrunner and by other studios for development deals. But the Lionsgate TV team headed by prexy Kevin Beggs and chief operating officer Sandra Stern felt like the best fit, Phillips said.

"I was gratified by a number of generous offers that came my way, but Lionsgate was the place I wanted to be," he said. "We have a shared enthusiasm for television that will lead to interesting work. ?They've been very DVD boxsetgracious in their courtship and gracious in the negotiations."

Beggs called Phillips "a master storyteller with a distinguished career in both comedy and drama" in announcing the deal. "We're looking forward to making great television together," he said.

Phillips is repped by CAA.

Saturn Awards 2010: Exclusive – James Remar on ‘Dexter' Season 5

James Remar's face has been familiar to
Dexter Seasons 1-3 DVD boxset fans ever since he portrayed rebel badass Ajax in Walter Hill's cult fave The Warriors. But Remar's best known performance may well be his latest – as America's favorite serial killer's dad Harry in the smash Showtime series Dexter. I caught up with Remar at this week's Saturn Awards, and I asked him what he'd like to learn about the Dexter DVD (presumably!) departed Harry as Dexter enters its fifth season. Read what Remar had to tell me after the jump.

On whether there's are levels to Harry that we've not yet seen…

Hopefully, yeah. I'm interested in playing as many levels as they care to write for. I believe that father/son relationships can be very complex and subtle. They're not black and white, and as they go on, even after the death of a parent or a separation, what you learn or what you experience from a son or a father continues, excuse the cliché, like ripples in a pond. It continues throughout your entire experience. I'm hoping we'll see a lot more of the effects, and conspiratorial aspects of their relationship.Dexter DVD set They have been adversarial quite a bit and they've come full circle with that. Now I believe we're going to see more companionship. It would just be neat if more was revealed about the guy's life with Dexter when he were in his 20's and stuff. I mean Dexter DVD boxset I enjoyed playing those scenes with Michael. I think it was in the first season we did a couple, and the second season where he played himself as a twenty-year old. And really unravel the mystery of Harry's death. Is Harry really dead? That would certainly be easier for me! To enter the [present realm of the show]. That would be great. And that's just my imagination, nobody's written it or hinted at it. I would love to go that way. Sure, that's something I'd love to do.

On whether or not he's surprised by the show's success…

No, it's a great show, and Michael is a great actor. He embodies Dexter so completely, it's difficult to imagine anyone else playing him. That's when you've really created an iconic character, when it's difficult to imagine anyone else playing that part. The show being liked and
DVD boxset being successful doesn't surprise me at all. I'm glad it's attracted viewers. I'm always surprised when I'm in anything that lots and lots of people see. It's kind of a surreal experience. But am I surprised that it's enjoyed by many? No. Because it's intelligent and it's also sort of satisfying on a creepy level. It satisfies on many levels.