Five reasons for people to come out of the closet.
And after the jump, five people it would be cool to see coming out—not saying they are gay, but...
"Please don't leave meee"
According to Star (November 19, 2012), Pink played cupid between Queen Latifah and her estranged longtime partner Jeanette Jenkins—and the couple is back together now.
...to perform at her first pridefest. I hope this is a big step in the right direction of actually coming out. Cool!
From Us (January 16, 2012): The often-rumored-to-be-gay Dolly Parton is asked about her great chemisry with her even-more-often-rumored-to-be-gay Joyful Noise co-star Queen Latifah. I'm actually going to be seeing this movie soon. I'm assuming it will be the non-sexual version of Shame.
Enjoy this strip...and it is a strip
Thanks for reading Boy Culture on its sixth anniversary today if you did; it was my fifth biggest day ever!
Sparking some interest
It was just ahead of January 25 of this year, which was big due to my first post about Black Spark.
It was behind August 11, 2009, which was plentifully peopled due to two "Channing Tatum used to be a stripper" stories (here and here); September 4, 2009, with its link from Perez regarding Queen Latifah behaving like Redd Foxx with a nasty stripper; and March 3 and 4, 2011, which were both hot due to the mother of all posts, the one where I went all out by scanning an article from National Enquirer claiming that Zac Efron had been spotted holding a guy's hand.
March 3, 2011, was not only my best day ever, it had more views than my third and fourth most popular days put together. (The Zac post was widely "stolen"—if people using my scan of stolen stuff counts as stolen—by others across the Web, so my hits could have been even higher with more attributions.)
The lesson? Sex sells. Even when it's being given for free.
Prove it!
As of midnight last night, it was exactly six years since my first post. It's been a tough thing to keep up with a dayjob and outside activities, and just when I think I might walk away, a valuable connection or interesting opportunity or a kind word comes my way. Thank you all for reading me.
Of whom are you more jealous?
Here are my favorite 100+ posts out of nearly 11,000. Please take some time to read (or re-read!) a couple and tweet or Facebook any you like.
xoxo Matt
The pocket pool championships were intense this year
BOY CULTURE
FROM BOY TO MAN: BC B.C. (2007): The entire history of my novell and novel Boy Culture as well as the movie version; might be my ultimate post.
Jonathon Trent & Derek Magyar make an Allan Brocka sandwich
BOY ON FILM (2006): An account of the NYC launch party for Boy Culture as it played the TriBeCa Film Fest.
I was left "Reeling" by the experience
FRIENDS AND "FAMILY" (2006): The movie version of Boy Culture hits Chicago.
No one would've mistaken me for Taylor Lautner
RAPT PUPIL (2006): The final night of Outfest with Boy Culture; I was fat but on the other hand got to meet Bryan Singer.
MY ART
Construction worker (shot this week) vs. James Dean
GUYDAR (since at least January 17, 2008) & ENDS OF THE WORLD (since at least January 13, 2008): Attractive men of the world—I got your backs. Your fronts, too.
Unaltered iPhone image that still blows me away
"Your pictures suck" (2008): An art critic attacks me, but not without sustaining some hits in return.
DRAWN TOGETHER (2008): How my desire to draw related to my secret desire. One of my absolute favorite posts.
The shirtless one
LOST ANGELES (2009): My favorite photographic travelogue of L.A.
Even then, New Yorkers feared 9/11 was the beginning of the end
ART IMITATES LIFE (2006): My 9/11 and my distaste for grief tourism.
ME
Death of the party—Jeff in high school, already halfway through his life
BURNING MAN (2007): Tribute to my late high school friend and first romance.
Signed, sealed (eventually) delivered
LOST BOY FOUND (2011): There is a book in here somewhere.
Be Italian
CIAO HOUNDS: OUR TRIP TO ITALY (2011): Finally got José to Europe.
ILLINOIS DEATH TRIP (2007): Ruminations on death while revisiting a past home, and the past.
Life is short...and meaningful
PASSING BY (2008): Mourning the loss of a person I only met once.
Lots more...
According to National Enquirer (October 3, 2011), Queen Latifah has ended things with longtime lover Jeanette and is now hooking up with dancer Eboni Nichols:
"...the pair had already been butting heads over the Golden Globe winner's unhealthy habits—including drinking, smoking and overeating—when Eboni's friendship came between them.
"Surprisingly, Latifah and Jeanette—who once planned to start a family together—remain cordial despite the recent breakup, say sources."
According to National Enquirer (July 4, 2011), Queen Latifah and her longtime love Jeanette Jenkins are on the rocks—and QL is chatting with Jillian Michaels for advice.
This sounds like one of those stories where it's assumed all LGBT people know each other.
In Touch (February 14, 2011) profiles Queen Latifah's "Sky-High Atlanta Loft." Obvi, she'll be sharing it with her partner, but that's not fair or normal for anyone to know or talk about.
What's weird is she's so confident of the unspoken deal she has with the media she rambles on about her personal life—even referring implicitly to her lover—without any fear of follow-up questions:
"I crave variety. When we go to a restaurant, I always want to taste a little of this and a little of that, especially if it's something I've never tried before."
The 40-year-old star speaks freely of her personal life as it pertains to motherhood:
"I've always said I would love to adopt and have kids, too. Why not? I always pictured myself being a person who both gave birth to and adopted children. Hopefully, I will still be able to be that person. I think I would be a great mom. And I'm definitely planning on doing that."
