The high-five is one of the most common male rituals in the world. Nothing's more macho than giving a buddy a high five after a manly conquest right? Well, it'll surprise many to learn that the man who is credited with giving the very first high five on record was gay!


Glenn Burke was a second season player for the Dodgers. One time late in the 1977 season, he was on plate in the batting order following Dusty Baker, who had just hit his 30th home run and was coming around to home plate. When Baker was passing past him, Burke lifted his hand, Baker did the same and their hands slapped. This...

I myself am straight, well... asexual, but one thing that I find to be VERY annoying and something I think is getting really old is when people use the word "gay" as an insult.

Example from me and a fellow classmate:
Classmate: "Uhg, this assignment is so gay!"
Me: "That makes no sense."
Classmate: "Huh?"
Me: "Well it's a piece of paper, an inanimate object it can't have emotions. Are you trying to call it happy?"
Classmate: "No..."
Me: "Well it doesn't have a sexuality either, are you trying to call it homosexual?"
Classmate: "No, I'm calling it gay!"
Me: "That makes no sense!"
Classmate: "I'm calling...

When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. -Epitaph of Leonard P. Matlovich, 1988 (Thanks, Marlene)

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight. -Barry Goldwater

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? -Ernest Gaines

Homosexuality is god's way of insuring that the truly gifted aren't burdened with children. -Sam Austin

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. -Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, A.D....