(GIVEAWAY) Deadline to Enter is Friday!

 

It is confirmed that MK Scott and OUTview are returning to Hollywood from February 23rd to March 3rd to cover all the Pre-OSCAR festivities, and in order to achieve this, we are seeking Donations to raffle off some DVDs to make our Goal of covering the costs totaling $1,000.

The min. Ticket is $5 and all Tickets must be sold by Fri, February 21st. Many Thanks and Good Luck!

Click the Below Button to enter!

(OUTVIEW @ 3) OUTview Turns 3 TODAY!

MK, Taylor and Wang in 2011

Dear Fans!

Today MARKS OUTview's 3rd Anniversary and 2012 is shaping to be the Best of the Best and Big changes ahead!

Adams in 2009

OUTview began in 2009 on Q-Radio and my first Podcast was on the exploding Sex Scandal surrounding Portland Mayor, Sam Adams and then an equal mix of politics and Entertainment and branched out on its own by Late 2009 and has created one of the very few Multi-media Outlets to focus offering a broad range of information on politics, pop culture, gay culture, media, entertainment, issues, Soaps, Funny, Health, Fashion, and Business.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from OUTview Online!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING from OUTview!

HAPPY PRIDE from OUTview!

The Sun is shining in Seattle as morning begins. This will be quite a day for OUTview Online as we are a Media sponsor of the Seattle Pride Parade! We are #45 in the line up and will be joined by MK and his 2 contributors, Lincoln Rose and Ethan McMahon. 

WATCH the Parade LIVE, right here from 10:30a to 2:30p PT!

Later OUTview can be found at the Blue Sky Cleaners booth. MK and Lincoln will be on hand. You never know who will show up? Last year it was Eric Alva and Julie Goldman!

Hope to see ya!

Ryan's EXCLUSIVE: Twisting arms to get marriage equality passed in Washington State!

WA's Gay Congress
(Murray, Pederson, Liias, Moeller,
McDermott)

by Ryan Burr
OUTview Staff Writer

Companion bills affording full marriage rights to same-sex couples were introduced this year in the Washington state House and Senate, but neither were voted on in committee, let alone the full floor of either legislative body. A key leader of this effort, Sen. Ed Murray, says in addition to the task of pinning down more support among his colleagues, a more herculean chore looms: winning at the ballot box.

“We are completely unprepared for a referendum campaign,” said Murray, who represents the 43rd District. “I think Oregon has developed an organizational model we should develop. Outside of Seattle we are so, very, very, far behind in developing a legislative and ballot strategy. The last election is a good example, LGBT financial contributions were fairly marginal.”

Plus, Murray, who introduced the first marriage bill in any state Legislature in the country in 1997, insists some Republicans will need to vote “yes,” as well, which was the case with the LGBT Civil Rights Bill of 2005.

Like other states that have taken legislative votes on full marriage rights for same-sex couples, Murray expects Washington will not “have a lock” on Democrats voting in favor of it.

This WEEK in Prop 8: Anti-Gays Using Race as a Wedge!

OUTview warmly welcomes Blogger, Matt Baume's series, 'This Week in Prop. 8"

Finger-pointing in Maryland, along with some disturbing new racial rhetoric. Meanwhile, pressure to repeal DOMA heats up in Congress and in the courts.

OUTview Contributor, Jallen Rix is a Finalist at the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards!

OUTview Cutie, Ryan Burr with Finalist, Jallen Rix!

Congrats to OUTview's very own, Jallen Rix who's book, 'Ex Gay, NoWay" has been named a finalist for the Non-Fiction Category at the Lambda Literary Awards. With all the publicity, OUTview did, WE should be nominated!  But, Jallen totally deserves the Honor!

Others in his Category include:
Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community, by Noach Dzmura, North Atlantic Books
Inseparable, by Emma Donoghue, Alfred A. Knopf
King Kong Theory, by Virginia Despentes, The Feminist Press
The Right To Be Out, by Stuart Biegel, University of Minnesota Press

Also Congrats to OUTview Fan and MK's Favorite Author, Michael Thomas Ford in the Gay Romance category!

IRS changes tax rules for domestic partners in Washington State!

Judi O'Kelley of Lambda Legal, Seattle

By Jackson Holtz
OUTview Special

The IRS has changed the rules for how registered domestic partners in Washington need to file taxes.

Domestic partners now are required to split their income on federal tax returns beginning in 2010.

The change has created confusion among many domestic partners who are trying to complete income taxes by the April 18 deadline. Several tax accountants don’t understand the complexity of the change either.

“It’s a real problem, we need to get the word out,” said Judi O’Kelley of Lambda Legal in Seattle. Lambda Legal has been on the front lines working with the IRS in Washington, California and Nevada, the three states where community property rights have been extended to registered domestic partners (and same sex married couples in California).

More than 8,500 domestic couples are registered with Washington state, said Brian Zylstra of the Secretary of State’s office.

Happy St Patrick's Day from OUTview Online!

Have a 'Very' Irish/Gay Day!

OUTview wishes a Happy 2nd Anniversary to Greg In Hollywood!

OUTview celebrated its 2nd Anniversary last month and today I salute my Friend and Mentor, Greg Hernandez's Site, Greg in Hollywood as they celebrate thier 2nd Anniversary this week. I met Greg in 2005 at the NLGJA convention in Chicago. Greg knows everybody and has interviewed 1,000s of Celebs. Greg In Hollywood faves included Wanda Sykes, Lily Tomlin, Nate Berkus, Christopher Gorham, Josh Cooke, Johnny Weir, Bryan Batt, Eric Mabius, Harvey Levin, Matthew Bomer, Sara Rue, Madison Hildebrand, Mike “The Situation,” Ryan Murphy, Dave Koz, Eve Plumb, Ryan Murphy, Chaz Bono, Melissa Leo, Billy Campbell, Steven Weber, Peter Paige, Wendie Malick, Bryce Johnson, Brandon Beemer, Michael Muhney, BeekmanBoys Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Chelsea Handler, Chita Rivera, Tuc Watkins, Chris Colfer, Wilson Cruz, Candis Cayne, Dustin Lance Black, Chad Allen, Brandon Beemer, Elaine Stritch, Mitzi Gaynor, Robert Gant, Grant Show, Matthew Modine, Jason Ritter, Eric McCormack, Alex O’Loughlin, Jon Foster, David Moretti, Tom Lowe, Laura Linney and many others!

Greg In Hollywood is the successor to Out In Hollywood, the blog Greg founded at the Los Angeles Daily News in June 2006 and authored until February 2009.  According to Greg, he felt it was important to not only cover the entertainment industry, but to focus on the LGBT aspects of it all.

Best Wishes, Greg!

OUTview's 2nd Anniversary brings Well Wishes!

Yesterday was OUTview's 2nd anniversary and we got many Well wishes, but the following is just a sample.

Congratulations and wishing you more success! -Arnaldo!


Happy Anniversary!!! -Marc Harshbarger, Deep Dish

I follow it and everyone should; a great place to get news with a different take. It's AWESOME!--
-J. C. Knudson, (Author of Living the Difference)

 

(MK 20) OUTview Debuts with a Scandal!

By MK Scott
OUTview Publisher

I am not just celebrating my 20th Anniversary this month, but also OUTview's 2nd. On January 31, 2009 the OUTview Brand made a smashing debut on the (Now Defunct) Q-Radio with a Special report on a Hot news item regarding Portland's newly sworn in Gay Mayor, Sam Adams.

If you have been out of touch with your TV, Internet, Facebook friends, Newspapers, then you haven’t heard about the explosion that hit Portland, OR before the day of the inauguration of our first black president. The first gay mayor of a major US City, Sam Adams (No, NOT the beer) was forced to admit publicly that he lied when asked during, campaigning for Mayor in 2007, if he had an improper sexual relationship with an 18 yr old Legislative intern (Beau Breedlove) in 2005. This prompted a firestorm of negative press and a combination of both gays and straights expressing there fear and hate toward Adams. The storm raged on and hit its boiling point when Portland’s only Gay publication, Just Out, requested that Adams should resign immediately. A majority of the GLBT community protested Just Out was not their voice and it isn’t what the whole community believes. Elliot Young (pictured), a Professor at Portland’s Lewis and Clark College, was one of the first to start the ‘Support Sam’ campaign, which in 4 Days had over 3,400 supporters. Young had been on a media tour and had given numerous interviews all over town in 4 days. I was lucky to get him, even on a Sunday!

Just before the interview, Young learned that Adams had decided because of the Support Campaign(s) that he would not resign.

I had invited Portland activist, Stephen Cassell (Creator of the "I am with Sam" Facebook page, but he declined). Later in the week, KOIN TV had posted a news Item that Breedlove was a convicted Felon, I posted this item on My Personal Facebook page. Cassell sent a public letter to his group calling me a "Tabloid" Journalist. The next day, Erika Hedrick of the 'In defense of Sam' forward Cassell's letter to her group!

I sent the following rebuttal:
When I heard of the Breaking News story of Beau Breedlove was a convicted felon, which came from a reputable news source (KOIN 6). The only reaction was from Stephen Cassell, (whom with a knee-jerk reaction), proceeded to write an open letter to me and send it to the members of his FB group page ‘I am with Sam’. The next day, Erika Hedrick of ‘in defense of Sam’ placed the letter on her page. From that I got a ‘very’ long e-mail from a friend of Beau’s responding to a letter that shouldn’t have been written in the first place.


Later that night, I saw both KOIN and KATU news where the lead story should have been about communications director, Wade Nkrumah, resignation. That should have been the big story on KOIN 6’s website, not the story about Beau’s past.


But you should know that being in the news media and if there is a big story (e.g. sex scandal) the media in all spectrum will delve in the past of everybody involved. This is the essence of the Media to be fair and in partial, but also ratings come to play.

The next night, KATU interviewed Beau Breedlove’s dad, where he practically called Sam ‘a Pedophile’. I won’t even touch that, because I think that KATU story was much worse. I’m shocked that no one has even reacted to that story.

It turns out I was right, a fews months later, Breedlove posed nude for Unzipped Magazine and the Oregon Attorney General dropped all charges against Adams, due to Breedlove's  incredibility with the Unzipped appearance AND the Criminal record. Since then, 2 recall campaigns failed, Adams is still in office, and Cassell never apologized.

I spoke with Elliot Young last week about what has happened in the Past 2 Years: "Well two years later, and two failed recall efforts later, it reminds me that the recall effort was a huge waste of time and effort. Sam is mayor, and whether you like what he has done as mayor or not, none of that has anything to do with who he may have kissed in a bathroom stall. I'm just glad that there were so few people obsessed with Sam's private life in Portland that they couldn't even manage to get enough signatures for a recall. Portland rules."
 
Thank You Adams and Young for making the Launch of OUTview a smashing success!  

HAPPY 2nd Anniversary, OUTview!

Two years ago today the OUTview Brand made it's debut as a Podcast radio show on Q-Radio. The show was in response to the Political Sex scandal that was brewing in Portland at the time. Look for a reflection of that story later today.  OUTview Online (This site) was created in April of that year. We honor the accomplishments we have made the exciting expansion ahead.  

OUTview Online: BEST of 2010; Person of the Year goes to.........

Unlike compared to the other Best of 2010 series of where it was determined by pageviews. This was based on How many stories were posted of each Person. 

#1-Gaga-23 Stories

#2-Adam-14 Stories

#3-Ricky Martin-7 Stories

#4-Elton John-6 Stories

#5-Johnny Weir-5 Stories

Happy NEW Year from ALL of Us at OUTview Online!

MK Toasts for Prosperity!

Ryan Toasts to Good HEALTH!

OUTview Online: Top ISSUES of 2010!

As we say goodbye to 2010. The following are the TOP stories in ISSUES based on the amount of pageviews from our readers, some may SHOCK you. I had to change the list a little based on recent developments!

10) French Soccer Team Boots Gay player!
Posted on 9/9/10

9) Fred Phelps Legacy continues!
Posts on 4/1/10,  8/29/10, 9/29/10, 10/7/10









8) Man Kills Baby Boy for "Acting Like Girl"!
Posted on 8/4/10

7) President of Duke College Republicans Forced Out After Fellow Students Discover He's Gay!
Posts on 4/19/10, 9/13/10

6) Man Brutally Murdered in Front of Gay Houston Nightclub! 
Posts on 12/13/10, 12/16/10

5) Rekers' RENT Boy!
Posts on 5/5/10, 5/7/10, 5/8/10

4) Constance McMillan FORCED to go to "Fake" Prom!
Posts on 4/6/10, 4/11/10, 4/16/10, 7/21/10, 8/30/10

3) Prop 8 Overturned?
Posts on 4/28/10, 8/4/10, 8/5/10, 8/6/10, 8/12/10, 8/16/10, 9/9/10, 12/7/10

2) The Consequences of Bullying!
Posts on 9/1/10,  9/14/10, 9/28/10, 9/29/10, 9/30/10, 9/30/10, 9/30/10, 10/1/10,  10/3/10,  10/10/10, 10/19/10, 10/22/10,  11/8/10, 11/9/10, 11/9/10

1) The REPEAL of Don't Ask, Don't Tell!
Posts on 2/3/10, 2/12/10, 3/18/10, 5/27/10, 9/10/10, 9/14/10, 11/30/10, 12/18/10, 12/22/10, 12/23/10

OUTview: Joseph Fenity's Report on the Anti-Gay attack in Austin!

Anti-gay assault in Austin by JosephFenity

OUTview Online: BEST of BEEFCAKE in 2010!

In the next 6 days we say goodbye to 2010. The following are the TOP pages seen in BEEFCAKE based on the amount of pageviews from our readers, some may SHOCK you!

10) Chord Overstreet (Glee)-TIE

Nathan Halliday (Grey's Anatomy)

9) Tim Urban (American Idol)

8) Levi Johnston (Bristol's Ex)

7) Joe Manganiello (True Blood)

6) Taylor Lautner (The Doll)

5) Ronnie Kroell (Super model)

4) Reichen Lehmkuhl,(Reality Hunk)

3) Austin Armcost ,(Reality Hunk)

2) Jake Shears (Sister)

1) Joran Van der sloot (Accused Killer of Natalee) Yes, you got that right. I was shocked that this shirtless pic of Joran was the most viewed Beefcake Photo!

There are Many Honorable mentions that should have been in the Top 10, I will post them in the coming days.

OUTview Online: BEST in POLITICS of 2010!

As we say goodbye to 2010. The following are the TOP stories in POLITICS based on the amount of pageviews from our readers, some may SHOCK you

10)  Roy Ashburn is OUTED!
Posts on 3/8/10, 5/31/10










9) Eric Massa's Groping
Posts on 3/9/10, 3/10/10, 3/12/10, 4/14/10, 4/17/10, 4/18/10

8) Iceland Legalizes Gay Marriage
Post on 6/11/10

7)  Elena Kagan is a Lesbian(?)
Posts on 4/16/10, 5/10/10, 5/11/10, 5/14/10, 6/29/10, 8/5/10






6) Portland Mayor Sam Adams Survives 2nd and FINAL Recall!
Post on 4/21/10

5) Joe Biden's F-Bomb!
Post on 3/23/10, 3/25/10, 3/26/10

4) Christine O'donnell
Posts on 9/4/10, 9/15/10, 9/17/10,  9/18/10,  9/21/10, 9/26/10, 10/5/10, 10/14/10, 10/17/10, 10/18/10, 11/1/10, 11/3/10

3) Mike Huckabee on the ATTACK!
Posts on 4/11/10, 4/15/10

2) Michael Steele's  Embarrassment!
Posts on 3/30/10, 3/31/10, 4/2/10, 4/5/10, 7/5/10, 7/8/10, 11/10/10, 12/14/10

1) Palin's Antics
Posts on 4/15/10, 4/19/10,  6/12/10, 6/18/10, 7/8/10, 7/20/10, 8/1/10, 8/21/10, 9/10/10, 9/28/10, 11/9/10,  11/13/10, 11/17/10, 11/18/10, 11/20/10, 11/21/10, 11/22/10, 11/24/10, 11/25/10, 12/1/10, 12/9/10