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Del Martin, lesbian activist who became symbol in gay marriage movement, dies at 87 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
SAN FRANCISCO - Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her longtime partner in June on the first day that California's same-sex couples gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87.

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Mourns Loss of Pioneering LGBT Activist Del Martin (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
In response to the loss of heroic and pioneering LGBT activist Del Martin, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Chief Executive Officer Lorri L. Jean issued the following statement:

South Florida's Cutting-Edge Gay and Lesbian Newspaper Renamed: "South Florida Blade" is Unveiled (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----South Florida’s only GLBT newspaper has re-launched as the South Florida Blade — with unprecedented response from the GLBT community and its advertisers. The new name, vibrant and redesigned publication is the result of extensive market research that called for an innovative way to present the news to the most affluent, fastest-growing target population in the region. -->

Surfing pals find much more than good waves in "Shelter" Shelter is a film that follows the story of two Southern California gay guys who fall for each other while doing what they love most: surfing. Naturally, Jonah Markowitz, the film's director, knows what's going to happen next. "Dante's Cove" Where gothic meets gay Caution to all 19th-century warlocks seeking vengeance on a coven of rogue witches: When executing a plot to marry one of said witches, thus gaining access to the coven's most guarded secrets, be very, very sure that the bride-to-be doesn't catch you sleeping with the butler. Gay Sex in the 70s Former ABC producer/director Joseph Lovett attempts to direct and document the New York gay scene in the aftermath of the 1969 Stonewall riots to the first cases of AIDS in 1981. Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds Eating Out is a soft-core sex comedy that keeps throwing out comic variations on the idea of the line between gay and straight sexuality. In this cheerful but one-note low-budget farce, gay men pretend to be straight, straight or bisexual men pretend to be gay, lesbians pretend to be bigoted heterosexuals, and a homophobic ex-gay support group proves to be full of backsliders and hypocrites who keep getting caught out of the closet. This sequel revolves around the further exploits of Kyle, a gay character from Eating Out masquerading as a heterosexual. The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green quickly brings anyone not familiar with the gay comic strip of the same name up to speed: “Ethan is a man unlucky in love,” states the intro. “Don’t feel sorry for him. It’s his own damn fault. Really.” Book Explores Being Gay & Turning Thirty While developing ideas for the sequel to his critically acclaimed debut novel, A Time Before Me, author Michael Holloway Perronne went through what is often a traumatic experience for many gay men living in a youth obsessed culture. He turned thirty. The turning of thirty, which many in the gay community consider "middle-aged", led not only to the author's self reexamination of his life but to the plot of his follow-up book, Falling Into Me. "This Film is Not Yet Rated" Explores Anti-Gay Bias of MPAA Ratings System The film is an unprecedented investigation into the Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system and its profound influence on American culture — including its impact on representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in film. "Poster Boy" Away at college and reveling in his sexual liberty, the gay son of a conservative U.S. senator becomes potential fodder for a gay activist.

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