Today is the 20th anniversary of the 1993 March on Washington in D.C. I took the bus down alone, reading an uncorrected galley of the Randy Shilts book Conduct Unbecoming, which I'd gotten from my co-worker Michael Denneny. Denneny is in the news lately for confessing that "Patient Zero" was a made up ploy for publicity for Shilts's And the Band Played On.

Once there, I recall meeting up with friends and being awed by the sheer numbers. I made sure to get a numbered wristband: Mine was #669! I guess I was early.

I remember this image was everywhere:

I've never felt so blown away by being a part of the gay community, not before, not since. 

QUESTION: Who'da thunk it that just 20 years later, gays in the military would be a moot point and we'd be pushing rapidly toward full marriage equality? ANSWER: We thunk it. We did. That day, everything seemed possible. And you know what? It was.

Does Gwneth fill the Bill?

People calls Gwyneth Paltrow the "World's Most Beautiful Woman."

Darren Criss announces summer tour.

Bill Clinton introduces gay documentary at TriBeCa.

The gay puppet movie you've longed for is here.

Thor: The Dark World trailer.

Ex-gay poster boy finally calls it a day.

Rhode Island is the tenth state to pass marriage equality...

...but Colombia resoundingly defeats it.

Did former GOP Rep. Allen West (R-Florida) make an online threat?

Average Walmart employer would work 785 years to equal CEO's pay.

Climate activist's first interview after 21 months in jail.

French Minister of Justice speaks following marriage vote. Le wow.

It's the Night of 1,000 Midlers.

Can food make you angry (as well as driving you mad)?

For lovers of shameless muscle. (Work Unfriendly)

Woo-hoo! Iranian prez contender is a Holocaust denial denier.

Screamer painfully tries to equate homosexuality with adultery:

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Globe (April 22, 2013) claims that Bill Clinton had an affair with an African woman who later died of AIDS. I guess that would bolster the magazine's not infrequent claims that Bill is all but dead if they could cook up a story that he's been battling HIV without even know it, even though I have no doubt he's been tested at every physical for the past 30 years.

McMillian with one of his political role models; Barack Obama was another

Marco McMillian, the (first-ever) out mayoral candidate from Mississippi, may have been the victim of an anti-gay hate crime. His family released a statement saying:

"We know that Marco was brutally murdered. His body was found on Wednesday, February 26, 2013, beaten, dragged and burned (set afire). This was reported in our meeting with the local coroner on two occasions. We were informed that the official autopsy could take two to four weeks to complete. We feel that this was not a random act of violence based on the condition of the body when it was found. Marco, nor anyone, should have their lives end in this manner."

McMillian had apparently communicated ot his family that he feared for his well-being before his murder. Lawrence Reed, 22, is in custody for the murder. A gay-panic defense may be employed by Reed when he sees his day in court.

Globe (January 21, 2013) really finds the sore spot in the Hillary Clinton story. Classy.

Janis Ian: Glad she didn't marry young and then retire...

Whenever I'm about to speak with a woman for this blog, I always have a minor panic attack wondering if I should assert that even though it's called "Boy Culture" I love women, too.

I definitely felt that way in light of this next interview subject, a woman of many accomplishments!

In honor of Janis Ian's nomination for a Grammy in the Best Spoken Word Album category—alongside fellow out lesbians Rachel Maddow and Ellen DeGeneres, not to mention Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama—I was lucky enough to get to interview the music legend whose 1975 single "At Seventeen" is still the ultimate coming-of-age song.

Boy Culture: Congratulations on your ninth Grammy nomination, this time for the audio version of your memoir Society's Child. Is it especially meaningful to be recognized for reading your book and to be in such esteemed company in the category?

Janis Ian: It's meaningful to be recognized for anything, all the more because I've been in the music industry since I was 12 or 13! The company for this nomination is astonishing, though. I keep thinking there's a joke in there somewhere—an ex-president, the First Lady and three lesbians walk into a bar...

Here come the brides

West Point chapel's first same-sex wedding.

Boy Culture's new Facebook page.

Sir Ian McKellen for New Zealand marriage equality.

Frank Bruni to Bill Clinton: Apologize.

Murderer Johnny Lewis wasn't drugged.

Tyson Beckford's manscaping pic.

21 years' worth of World of Wonder.

Sexy, gay romp in Australia? I'm in.

He Wears It Well: According to Ricky Martin, "Every Day is World AIDS Day."

Red carpet for a Walgreens opening???

Miss Nadya Ginsburg meets Mr./Miss Jimmy James. (Pictured, bottom right.)

Jack Mackenroth = Athlete of the year.

Adam Lambert = Glitter hornet.

Will Swenson (below) for NOH8.

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Nobody named "Papa" could secretly be gay, right?

Lane Garrison: I lived with Papa Joe—he can't be gay!

Recent GOP prez candidate Michele Bachmann...an independent???

FOX fucks up: Bloomberg backs...Romney???

The Economist backs Obama again.

Romney lands a HUGE endorsement, too!

Nutty Romney supporters attempt to explain.

Jodie Foster getting Cecil B. DeMille.

Miley Cyrus does dubstep.

Chrysler Group VP for Product Design tweets Trump: "you are full of shit!"

Bill Clinton doing more campaigning than Mitt Romney.

Bristol Palin knows how to use the Craigslist!

Michelangelo Signorile is one in a hundred!

You can tell gay guys by their pronounced lists

A Chris before dying

New trailer for Chris Colfer's Struck By Lightning.

Al Gore on Sandy: "Toldja!"

President Obama: "Streamlined"assistance to Sandy victims.

Mitt Romney not a fan of flood prep.

Romney surrogate lies: Roe v. Wade would be safe under Romney.

Bill Clinton gives out lesbian Tammy Baldwin an assist in her Senate race.

Poll guru Nate Silver mocked, called "effeminate."

Polling may be affected by Sandy; just vote in a week.

Clueless Stacey Dash still LOVES Romney/Ryan.

Britney Spears fans—sticklers for keepin' it real—hated Lucky's fakey cover.

Damiana & Barbara are a fright.

Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show canceled.

Madonna teases on Gaga.

Jeff Stryker's penis does Vaudeville (Work Unfriendly) in Florida.

Can I have its autograph?