Some of the Out 100...

[fajrdrako]

This listing of the significant 'out' people of 2008 is worth looking at for this picture of Barrowman alone. Good work, Greg Lotus! I like the watch, though it isn't quite as snazzy as a Time Agent's wristband. The item calls Anything Goes "frank and unvarnished", which I wouldn't quite agree with: the autobiography is totally honest, but selective. I love it that they casually call Scott his 'husband' rather than his 'partner'.

Very nice picture of Ian McKellen, who seems to always photograph well. It has info about McKellen I didn't know:

The son of pacifists, and a lifelong atheist, he has been out since 1988—the year in which the British government enacted a controversial act, popularly known as Clause 28, forbidding the "promotion" of homosexuality "as a pretended family relationship" in schools. That same year McKellen met with British Secretary for the Environment Michael Howard, hoping to enlist his opposition. Howard refused, but asked for McKellen's autograph. The actor gallantly pulled out a pen, before writing: "Fuck off, I'm gay."

I want to read McKellen's autobiography. He hasn't written one, has he? I wish he would.

Most of the people here, I've never heard of. Shows my ignorance, I suppose, of sports and American culture. I find this photo of Diana Nyad interestingly androgynous. I have heard of Luke McFarlane, but did know - or remember - that he's Canadian.

Where is the rest of the list? I have no time to browse right now... maybe later.

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[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oh. See, didn't recall the name - haven't had time to properly read any of it yet. That's what comes when you try to read fast at work.