2006: Was It Good For You Too?

January 04, 2007

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I’d like to take this opportunity to big a fond farewell to 2006. To me, 2006 was the year that the jig was up. From George W. Bush to Star Jones to Ted Haggart to Mark Foley to Mel Gibson to O.J. to the Republicans in Congress, if you were full of shit, you went down … big time.

To me, two of the big heroes of the year were Mike Jones and Lane Hudson, the conscientious techno-savvy gays who blew the whistle on Ted Haggard and Mark Foley respectively.

I was happy to see these guys featured in The Advocate under the headline “The Whistleblowers” but I would have liked it more if they were on the cover, perhaps recreating the Barbra Streisand / Donna Summer pose from “Enough is Enough”. These guys didn’t just expose a pair of dangerous hypocrites but they allowed those of us who were so inclined, to enjoy a little vengeance. Like many GLBT people, they had had it with being demonized by the powers that be and they weren’t going to take it any more.

Some gay organizations seem reluctant to claim them as heroes — Hudson lost his job at the HRC for conducting Foley related business on a company computer. I say we give them a parade. I want there to be Mike and Lane postage stamps that when you lick them, they taste like karma. I want to see them at the GLAAD Awards flanking some hot gay-friendly starlet like Jessica Alba while presenting an award to Judith Light or someone. Maybe they could get their own show on Logo called “Blow My Whistle”, sort of like “Simon and Simon” but gay. Who knows? Maybe they could be the new “Nemesis Rising”.

Here’s some other stuff about ’06 I want to chime in on:

DANCING WITH THE STARS
At first I was inconsolable that Mario Lopez didn’t walk off with the big prize but then I remember he gets to go home every night with Mario Lopez and that’s prize prize enough.

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