How long to wait before pulling the plug?

The conservative right’s new BFF, Corporal Matt Sanchez, it turns out, was once a gay escort and gay porn star. First he takes gay men’s money for his services, now he shills for the homophobic right. What a stand up guy. His 15 minutes started when he began complaining about how he was treated as an Iraq War veteran by his fellow students at Columbia University. Once that happened, the talking heads of the right (O’Reilly, Hannity, Gingrich) have been in his grill for interviews, gladhanding and photo ops.

Then, progressive and gay bloggers discover his past as Rod Majors, escort and porn star. This guy is a major douche. He defends Ann Coulter’s f-bomb even though he made his living off those f-bombs.

Check out this breakdown of the whole thing

An open letter Matt Sanchez wrote

An interview from gay blogger Joe. My. God. in which Sanchez “answers” the tough questions

They are categorized as lesbian, gay, trans, and “just generally queer.” Each one has a plot description and a screen cap.

Here is the video.

Remember that scene in Pulp Fiction in which Jules confronts Brett about stealing from Marcellus Wallace?

Someone wonderful has taken that audio and re-done the scene completely in typography.

Look at it here and turn your sound up.

If you’re the kind of person who misses the lively entertainment and tomfoolery of the Jim Crow era, you would have loved to see Shirley Q. Liquor’s February 23 performance at popular Hartford gay club, Chez Est.

Unfortunately for those of you who enjoy a good shuck and jive, a group of young LGBT activists headed by Kamora Herrington and Gannon whose last name I don’t know, organized to have the show cancelled. And cancelled it was.

Then Liquor’s performance in New Orleans, scheduled for February 17, was cancelled.

Call it a series of victories in the war on blackface minstrelsy and racism.

Point is, the Wikipedia entry on Shirley Q. Liquor now mentions the Ban Shirley Q. Crew, the loose coalition of young, anti-racist mostly LGBT people from the Hartford area.

So, Charles Knipp, your days of making a livelihood by mocking black women is pretty close to being over. Heard you weren’t booking any more shows in the near future. Too bad. Aren’t their any Klan bar mitzvahs you can play at?

Retired Miami Heat star Tim Hardaway, when interviewed on the radio about John Amaechi’s coming out, let the world know he’s not going to be putting the ol’ Straight But Not Narrow bumper sticker on his car anytime soon. When the host said “You know that what you’re saying there, Timmy, it’s flatly homophobic. It’s bigotry.” Hardaway responded “You know, I hate gay people.” Also, he said he wouldn’t talk to a family member he knew was gay.

Amazing video here

Link via Jasmyne Cannick

I am swamped with real life stuff, so, instead of refreshing the page to see if I have added more to the Public Figures Making Racist Comments series, start reading up on white drag queen, Shirley Q. Liquor, who performs in blackface. She is scheduled to perform at the Chez Est, a popular Hartford gay club, on February 23. A bunch of community members including

True Colors, Inc.
The Connecticut State Conference of NAACP
Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund
PFLAG Hartford
The Hartford Commission on LGBT Issues
Queers Without Borders
People of Faith CT
City of Hartford Councilperson Elizabeth Horton Sheff
Professor Lucy Anne Hurston
Progressive Action Committee (UCONN School of Social Work)
PRIDE (UCONN School of Social Work)
Women’s Caucus (UCONN School of Social Work)

have endorsed this effort.

To be appalled by her persona and lyrics, visit myspace.com/shirleyqliquor.
To learn more abotu what people are doing to cancel her show and to show support, visit myspace.com/banshirleyqnow.

Here is the website of a kickass woman who has gotten her shows cancelled in the past.

Also, there will be an alternative event the night of Shirley Q. Liquor’s performance. The event is called “Laugh Him Out of Hartford.” It is the community’s response to an act of racism in one of the few LGBTQ safe spaces. African American lesbian comedian, Karen Wiliams, will be performing for free (!) at Bulkley High School in Hartford. Please either come or donate some $$ to our effort. For any more info on any of this, visit the Ban Shirley Q myspace page.