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Happy Friday!

Friday, May 13th, 2011

If you’re not scared of Friday the 13th, you should be scared of the word used to describe those who are: friggatriskaidekaphobics. (An alternative, though just as tongue-twisty, word for the fear is “paraskevidekatriaphobia.”)
For a superstition, the fear of Friday the 13th seems fairly new, dating back to the late 1800s. Friday has long been […]

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On This Day in Gay Politics

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Rudy cuts a rug.

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On this day in gay comedy history…

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

It was on this day in 1154 when the first evening of drag comedy was held at St. Christopher’s Ale House in Sussex, England as the pub was overtaken by a number of wandering minstrels who were dressed in women’s garb, sang show tunes and heckled the audience. While it seemed to deeply offend the […]

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