(Matt Baume Weekend) Pee Wee's Big Holiday & Coming Out!

Opinions are split on whether the new Pee Wee movie is queer -- what do you think? Also, viewers share their earliest TV crushes and the gayest stuff they've ever seen on television. And another question for you: was there a movie or book or song or something that helped you (or someone you know) work up the courage to come out of the closet?

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(MATT BAUME WEEKEND) Favorite Theme Songs, Life Changing Games!

Last week I asked for your favorite theme songs and I got SO MANY good ones! They basically break down into six-ish groups -- did I miss any of your favorites? Also, I'm about to hit the road for a game conference in San Francisco, so my question for you this week: is there a game that made you who you are today?


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(MATT BAUME Weekend): Hamilton and Marshmallows!

Can you suggest some movies/shows with parents who stand up for their weird kids? I've had a bunch of great recommendations but I want to hear yours. ALSO what is going ON with Barbra Streisand's boiled marshmallow recipe, I'm a little concerned. And thank you to everyone who has an opinion about my beard, which seems to be all of America lately.

(MATT BAUME WEEKEND) Viewer Feedback: Kim Davis = Dolores Umbridge, and more!

Maude's vests! Lauren Bacall in a gay bar! Genitals wildly spinning out of control! Let's dive into the mailbag to check out the feedback on this week's videos.

(FIRESIDE Chat w/ Matt Baume) The Phantom Roadmap to LGBT Discrimination!

Scheming villains thirst to rollback the progress our nation has made toward full LGBT equality. But, could they actually do it? Insidious laws like Arkansas' innocent-sounding "Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act" (sb202) may provide the roadmap.

Matt Baume's latest fireside chat takes us on an unsentimental journey into the phantom menace of anti-gay legislation.

(FIRESIDE Chat w/ Matt Baume) Does Gay Marriage Lead to Polygamy?

If we let gay couples get married, won't we have to let polygamous couples get married too? It's the question that just keeps coming up, even from the Supreme Court. So let's answer it once and for all: why is gay marriage different from polygamous marriage?

(FIRESIDE CHAT w/ Matt Baume) Top Supreme Court Arguments For & Against Marriage!

What is the Supreme Court thinking about marriage? They just heard oral argument from gay couples, from the states that want to preserve their bans, and from the US Government. And we can make a couple guesses about what's going through their heads.

(FIRESIDE Chat w/ Matt Baume) Taking Down an Anti-Gay Infomercial!

The anti-gay Family Research Council has a new video out about how the gays are going to ruin everything with all their pesky marrying and doing business and existing. The video's full of crazy claims, half-truths, and homophobia, and worst of all builds to a sneaky sales pitch at the end. Let's go point by point and take it down.

(FIRESIDE Chat w/ Matt Baume) The Next President & the Future of LGBTs!

Come, let us gaze into the future to the 2016 presidential election! Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and a bunch of other folks are running for president, which could mean big gains for LGBTs or total disaster. Let's take a look at what's at stake, and what we could stand to lose if the next president doesn't support the civil rights gains of the last 8 years.

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(FIRESIDE Chat w/ Matt Baume) What's the Point of Boycotting Indiana?

Why are we boycotting Indiana, if there are 20 other states with laws that are almost exactly the same? And is a boycott going to do more harm than good? Let's discuss, with the help of our friends George Takei and Thomas.

(Fireside chat w/ Matt Baume) What Happy Pigs and Bigoted Weasels Have in Common!

Last week, Senator James Lankford (Oklahoma) and Representative Randy Forbes (Virginia) jumped on the fact that Chipotle suspended a pork supplier for failing to provide proper animal care. Then they twisted that news through a tangle of logic until it was sly justification for businesses to refuse service to LGBTs.

What do happy pigs have to do with discrimination? Not much.

But with "Religious Freedom" laws popping up all around the country, we're going to see more weasely false-equivalencies appearing in the news.

Let's unpack why a company's decision to to run its business according to a code of ethics DOES NOT mean that business owners can discriminate against anyone their religion does not approve of.

(FIRESIDE Chat w/ Matt Baume) Aaron Schock & the Closets of Downton Abbey

So long! After denying gay rumors for years, Aaron Schock's leaving Congress due to a financial scandal. But whether he's straight or gay, Schock has used the closet to further his own interests at the expense of his LGBT constituents.

(FIRESIDE chat w/ Matt Baume) St. Patrick's Day Parades March Toward Equality!

Why does it matter whether or not gays are allowed to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade? Don't they have enough parades of their own?