This Guy’s Blowing Everyone (Away) In The Army

Something we saw this weekend almost made us want to enlist in the army — and it’s not all the beautiful flower arrangements on the graves of our glorious departed servicemen. Nope, it’s the video for “Blowing Boogie Bugle Man From Company G,” a brilliantly bawdy send up of the classic World War 2 anthem “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” by the Andrews Sisters made famous again in the ’70s by Bette Midler. This time it’s the gloriously talented Allison Page who borrowed the tune and the military theme but tweaked the lyrics into something deliciously naughty and inspired (“he can’t blow a thing if Judy Garland ain’t playing in the background”). Naturally, her video follows the story depicted in the lyrics of a young man who just wants to be of service to his country during WW2 the best way he knows how, which is blowing everyone his bugle.

Lane, a New York-based singer actress (check out See You Next Tuesday, her YouTube channel for more of her 0ff-color hilarity), tells Queerty that she got inspired while performing a rendition of the Andrews Sisters classic at Manhattan’s Rainbow Room.

“Since I am a crass gal at heart, I kept thinking that the ‘blowing’ lyrics had alternate potential,” she reveals. “I began writing and the parody lyrics just sort of ejaculated out of me… so to speak!”

Did we mention we love this lady? When she began to think about the video, Lane decided to recreate the authentic look of her favorite classic MGM musicals.

“Films like On The Town were an inspiration to me, especially for the sausage-fest sequence,” she recalls. “I think, for me, the best part of the process was getting my amazing cast on board and watching them bring the parody to life. I can definitely say that my cast blew me away.”

The game cast she mentions includes hot young actor-model Matthew Ludwinski, filmmaker Casper Andreas and there’s even a cameo from beloved journalist and New York nightlife chronicler Michael Musto.

Enjoy the rowdy Reveille below.

Jeremy Kinser

feedproxy.google.com/~r/queerty2/~3/bE4l18fYD9w/this-guys-blowing-everyone-away-in-the-army-20150522

Ashers Bakery Google Profile Displays Image Reading 'Keep Calm And Kill Faggots"

Charles Pulliam-Moore

www.towleroad.com/2015/05/ashers-bakery-google-profile-displays-image-reading-keep-calm-and-kill-faggots.html

12 Gloriously Honest Cards Your Crappy Ex Deserves
If there’s one life experience Hallmark isn’t likely to write about any time soon, it’s the period after a breakup when you’re dying to tell an ex how you really feel.

Luckily, the folks at Someecards have that covered. Below, we’ve rounded up 12 snarky e-cards you’ll wish you could send your ex.

Keep in touch! Check out HuffPost Divorce on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for our newsletter here.

— This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/22/cards-for-your-crappy-ex-_n_7424348.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

Guess Which World Famous Celeb Gay YouTuber Tyler Oakley Helped Come Out?

“Back in 2008 I made a video about the importance of being authentic to yourself and about coming out and how you should wait till you’re ready,” YouTuber Tyler Oakley told Ellen Degeneres on a recent episode of her show. “A few years later I got a tweet one morning on National Coming Out Day and it was from Ricky Martin and he said that video was part of the reason he felt ready to share his story. It was like ‘Oh my god. I used to watch TRL and have a crush on him.’”

Here’s the video from a babyfaced and seemingly over caffeinated Oakley that apparently gave Ricky the nudge he needed:

And here he is telling Ellen all about it:

Dan Tracer

feedproxy.google.com/~r/queerty2/~3/Kw9eoGvqgec/guess-which-world-famous-celeb-gay-youtuber-tyler-oakley-helped-come-out-20150522

New Orleans Mayor Counters Jindal's Order With One of Acceptance for All

Mayor Mitch Landrieu says his famously tolerant city will continue to welcome everyone, including LGBT people, despite Gov. Bobby Jindal’s antigay ‘conscience protection’ order.

read more

Trudy Ring

www.advocate.com/politics/2015/05/22/new-orleans-mayor-counters-jindals-order-one-acceptance-all

Conservative Leaders Slam Boy Scouts Official's Call To End Ban On Gay Adult Members
LGBT advocacy groups have been quick to praise Boy Scouts National President Robert Gates, who called for an end to his organization’s ban on gay adult participants earlier this week. But Gates’ remarks have drawn their fair share of conservative criticism, too.

Gates raised the possibility of revising the Boy Scouts’ policy May 21 at the BSA’s national annual meeting in Atlanta, saying that the current “membership standards cannot be sustained,” referencing a number of Scout councils that have defied the ban.

Franklin Graham, son of evangelical leader Billy Graham, was quick to slam Gates’ remarks in a lengthy Facebook post, arguing that any forthcoming revision to the policy would “put young, innocent boys at risk.”

He wrote:

Echoing those sentiments was Bryan Fischer, who previously served as director of issue analysis for the American Family Association and who is no stranger to anti-LGBT remarks. He tweeted:

A word to fathers: if you care about the sexual integrity of your sons, GET THEM OUT OF THE BOY SCOUTS NOW.

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) May 22, 2015

Meanwhile, Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council, a conservative lobbying organization, blasted both the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts, the latter of which reiterated its transgender-inclusive policy this week after the American Family Association launched a petition against the organization because of that stance.

As Right Wing Watch first reported, Perkins argued that allowing openly gay adults to participate in the Boy Scouts would be another example of “the emasculation of our culture” and ultimately would make boys “soft” in a “Washington Watch” interview this week.

“You cannot survive as a culture,” he said in the broadcast, which can be heard below. “You have to have warriors, you have to have a subculture that’s a warrior culture, that’s just a reality, and that’s being dismantled, one organization, one piece at a time.”

The Boy Scouts last revised their policy in May 2013, when the organization ruled to accept openly gay youths starting on Jan. 1, 2014. Since that time, the ban on openly gay adults has remained in place.

— This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/22/boy-scouts-gay-adult-ban-_n_7423826.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

This Hot YouTube Fave Came Out So Gracefully, No One Seemed To Notice

In a day and age when some antigay leaders still need to be dragged out of the closet, it’s always great to see young people doing it right.

When it comes to coming out, Joey Graceffa knows the cover of People doesn’t quite cut it anymore. Today’s cultural climate calls for something far grabbier––say, a glossy four-and-a-half minute music video complete with enchanted forests, serious swordplay, magical amulets, evil ogres, and the occasional sorceress–all culminating in a fantastically gay fairy-tale kiss with a princely cohort.

Related Post: YouTuber Connor Franta Comes Out To His 3.8 Million Subscribers

That’s exactly what the Amazing Race alum and YouTube personality unleashed to a (relatively) unsuspecting public this week. The video’s release coincides with Graceffa’s 24th birthday and helps push his brand new memoir, In Real Life: My Journey to a Pixelated World. The book candidly discusses his experiences being bullied as a child, dealing with an alcoholic mother, growing up with an autistic brother, and slowly coming to accept his own sexuality.

Never ones to be stingy when it comes to some well-deserved publicity, we thought we’d celebrate the occasion by compiling a handful of particularly enticing Graceffa snaps, highlighting his off-the-charts charisma and disarming handsomeness.

Beau in a bowtie.

No sleeves attached.

Four eyes, no shirt.

Just desserts.

Babe with the bathwater.

Rare candid shot.

Jail bait.

Doggy style.

Smoke and mirrors.

Telling a touseled tale.

Related Post: Millions Of People Follow This Homophobic Teen Dweeb On Vine

Chris Bull

feedproxy.google.com/~r/queerty2/~3/OgwbKc2z8z4/this-hot-youtube-fave-came-out-so-gracefully-no-one-seemed-to-notice-20150522

Duggar Show Pulled From TLC Schedule, Could Be Canceled

TLC weighs the future of 19 Kids and Counting following a molestation scandal involving its stars.

read more

Neal Broverman

www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/television/2015/05/22/duggar-show-pulled-tlc-schedule-could-be-canceled