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Gay activists ambush former Ga. Attorney General Michael Bowers at luncheon, present him with Gross Hypocrisy Award. A Southern Voice reporter, who was there taking photos of the incident and talking to Bowers, was escorted out of the luncheon. SoVo: "In the 1986 U.S. Supreme Court case known as Bowers v. Hardwick, Bowers successfully defended Georgia’s anti-sodomy law against a challenge by Michael Hardwick, a gay man who was arrested inside his Atlanta apartment for engaging in consensual oral sex with another man. The 5-4 decision in Bowers v. Hardwick made it illegal to be a sexually active gay man or lesbian in Georgia, until the Georgia Supreme Court struck down the state sodomy law 12 years later."

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AfterElton talks to Oscar Nunez, focus of The Office's "Gay Witch Hunt."

The Office Gets a Raise for De-Stereotyping Gays

Folks around the gay blogosphere are applauding last night's episode of The Office — "Gay Witch Hunt" — which focused on the unintentional outing of the show's paper supply accountant, played by Oscar Nuñez. After watching the above clip and reading the reviews, I'm sorry I missed it.

A few reactions:

Viva la Graham: "I think they handled this very well. they got the most laughs by making fools of those who can only identify gay people through stereotypes, which is commendable."

Queer Beacon: "In Gay Witch Hunt, it is clear that being homophobic is idiotic and ignorant. What an unbelievable season premiere. It could not have been more positive for us gays. Oh, and in a very awkward demonstration of acceptance, both Steve Carell and Rainn Wilson (the office's eccentric brownnoser paper salesman) kiss Oscar on the lips. That's Steve's crazy way of showing he is, in the end, fine with Oscar being gay. I'll take it."

AfterElton: "Humor often allows touchy subjects to be addressed in ways that get past viewers' protective walls. Last night's episode probably did more to educate viewers on why the use of the word 'fag' is inappropriate than a year's worth of well-intentioned public service announcements could ever do. But The Office went one better. Oscar was never the butt of the show's jokes—that was usually his ignorant, homophobic co-workers who think gay people wear dresses, who giggle uncontrollably at the thought someone is gay, or gullibly believe that 'gaydar' is a product to be ordered online."

Looks like I'll have to download this one from iTunes and set my DVR for the rest of this season.