
My friend Bonnie had the "honor" of interviewing the insipid / divisive gossip blogger Perez Hilton at the premier of Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! -- in which he had a cameo appearance (see my review here). She's just posted the interview as part of her vlog -- "Getting it on With Bonnie" -- which features her interviewing various folks about sexuality-related topics. You should check it out.
While I was watching, I realized something so terribly obvious that I should have taken note of long ago: Perez Hilton is an awful sex-negative moralizing motherfucker. I mean, how could I not see it so blatantly? I read his blog all the time (can I stop, please God?), scrolling through pictures of scantily clad women with cum graffiti'd on their face and the word "slut" emblazoned below it.
I've got news for all his readers out there: Perez Hilton is a force for conservative sex politics. When it comes to sex, he might as well be a badly disguised James Dobson, subtly arguing for Americans to keep chaste and warmly clothed. We can add him to the list of a long line of famous anti-sex, moralizing gay men: Dan Savage, Michelangelo Signorile, and Larry Kramer, to name just a few. Does any famous gay actually support / encourage / celebrate gay men's penchant for pushing our culture's boundaries around sex?