NBC News Promotes DL Favorite Queer Smarty Poster Boy Eric Cervini

Any nudes?

He’s so exhausting.

[quote]“Not all of queer history ends with a cowboy or a politician or a scientist dying,” Cervini said. “A lot of it involves stories of liberation and joy and family and humor and comedy and camp.”

Cervini is absolutely correct. Gay men need to look beyond gay martyr narratives.

The "cowboy" comment is as applicable to BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN as it is POWER OF THE DOG. I think POTD has even less cultural influence than BBM, frankly. A lot of people saw it, and discussed it, and it will be utterly forgotten this time next year.

He's truly insufferable, but I would fuck him and his boyfriend nevertheless. *shrug*

"Everything I am is everything I need to be."

I can't believe Miss Thing has that as his Instagram header. That's a bitchslap right there. Did he get bum fucked by Oprah?

He is stunning looking in that pic. No idea who he is.

R4 More Queers in Speedos to add to that thread. BTW it made me declare my age before it would let me see that picture, that never happened to me on IG before. Is that something EC put on the picture?

"Queer"

Cringe. Just say "I am desperate for attention" and be done with it.

[quote]Not all of queer history ends with a cowboy or a politician or a scientist dying,

OP, this "swipe" could just as easily have been at Brokeback Mountain. However, neither Power of the Dog or Brokeback M. are history.

Based on R4’s Instagram pic, the self-labeled Dr. Eric Cervini really should loose a few pounds and tone up before sporting that royal blue speedo.

^ lose, fuck

Start at 34:34 to listen to the Erics discussing whether Marsha and Sylvia really threw the first brick.

Listen to what, R12? There's nothing at that link.

I'm sorry, r13. It's one of ten conversations Eric Cervini had with other gay writers and book people when his book was released in 2020. In this one, he speaks with Eric Marcus, author of Making Gay History.

I signed up for these conversations at that time, and I guess that's why I can still access them. In it, the Erics come to the conclusion that it doesn't really matter that Marsha was not at Stonewall, but rather "uptown until around 2 am," or that Sylvia was "in Bryant Park all night." As long as we *believe* they threw the first two bricks, that's what matters.

It's amusing that NBC draped Cervini in the official trans colors of powder pink and baby blue (see OP).

So he’s hosting, or trying on some level, to lend his historian’s credibility to this terrible looking show called The Book of Queer that looks like a cross between Drunk History and a high Camp SNL skit. He looks somewhat professorial here, but on his TikTok page he was wearing outrageous outfits and swishing it up with the rest of the cast. This is why they hate us.

It's QUEER QUEER QUEER 24/7. TQ has hitched itself onto gays like some kind of filthy, disease-carrying tick.

The shoes/socks at R4's link are a crime against humanity.

That's what it is, r17. That stupid feet outfit he's wearing. I couldn't figure out why he wasn't cute anymore. You caught it. It's the feet.

I know Eric and he is certainly not "stunning looking." He is attractive (his boyfriend who's a drag queen is more so) and what's refreshing about him is that he doesn't take his writing career seriously, he's very funny about it. In fact, he has a great sense of humor.

What's not refreshing about him is his constant self-promotion. But maybe that's the only way someone can make a mark these days

[Quote] But even as a lifelong history buff and then a history major at Harvard University, the Texas native had never heard of Harvey Milk.

I'm sorry, if you're gay and seriously interested in history, you surely heard about Harvey Milk before getting to college. I knew about him when I was a teenager in the 80s. This and his comment about believing the myth of Stonewall rather than defending the truth of it make me doubt his seriousness as a historian.

Awfully full of herself, no? Like so many loud and mouthy "Queer" types who insist on speaking for the larger group, so full of their own certainty and righteousness!

Straight media types are drawn to these manqués like Eric Cervini...or rather DOCTOR Eric Cervini! That is why we get doused with them.

Hey, if you're a "historian" shouldn't you do research and you know, get the history part right?

The observation about Bury Your Gays vs. liberation, joy, etc. is so prosaic and nothing any serious individual critiquing media portrayal of gays hasn't been saying for at least 20 years.

Why is this person and their bland observations supposed to be important? Oh, because he went to Harvard like Elise Stefanik and is conventionally attractive. Okay.

[quote] the Erics come to the conclusion that it [bold]doesn't really matter that Marsha was not[/bold] at Stonewall, but rather "uptown until around 2 am," or that Sylvia was "in Bryant Park all night." [bold]As long as we *believe*[/bold] they threw the first two bricks, [bold]that's what matters[/bold]. It's amusing that NBC draped Cervini in the official trans colors of powder pink and baby blue (see OP).

r14 Just like it doesn't matter that Malcolm himself talked about himself as a gay man who also did drag; what matters is that LGBTQ+ and allies must unconditionally believe that that was a trailblazing trans woman of colour (or black trans woman or BIPOC trans woman or just a woman) to whom we gays all owe. Well, fitting for NBC, the most trans propaganda channel there is.

[quote] TQ has hitched itself onto gays like some kind of filthy, disease-carrying tick.

r16 Sure, but has it been just TQ+ invading resisting or powerless gays? Plenty of gays like this (or bis) have been zealous TQ+ warriors themselves, along with pushing the Marsha/Stonewall/gayrights fabrications all over.

Queers are just retarded.

Who is this guy?

[quote]I signed up for these conversations at that time, and I guess that's why I can still access them. In it, the Erics come to the conclusion that it doesn't really matter that Marsha was not at Stonewall, but rather "uptown until around 2 am," or that Sylvia was "in Bryant Park all night." As long as we *believe* they threw the first two bricks, that's what matters.

This is where I lose all respect. He's sacrificing his professional integrity on the altar of dubious ideology. How am I even supposed to take him seriously as a historian after statements like this.

Professional historians research and report the facts and, if none remain due to the passing of time, they present plausible scenarios of what likely happened. They are interested in getting as close to the truth as possible, not in presenting a politically opportune version of history. Mr Cervini is not a professional historian apparently.

It does undermine any trust one has in the book. Does it mention Harry Hay and NAMBLA?

[quote] Professional historians research and report the facts

Modern-day multi-media stars only care about feelings. Not facts.

Nothing wrong with a hot stud wearing nothing but a cowboy hat and bouncing up and down on a huge cock.

When I was in grad school, a straight white woman professor made some dismissive remark about how excessively "angry" Vito Russo was in writing The Celluloid Closet.

Before I could shut myself up, I snapped "perhaps he was ANGRY because he was watching his friends die off."

The relationship between she and I soured somewhat after that. It was worth it.

[quote]The relationship between she and I soured somewhat after that.

Guessing she wasn't your English prof.

[quote] Based on [R4]’s Instagram pic, the self-labeled Dr. Eric Cervini really should loose a few pounds

We guessed you would think that, Natalia Dyer (aka Nancy from "Stranger Things").

[quote]Dr. Eric Cervini really should loose a few pounds

And you should gainn a few grammars.

Cervini is of the "Marsha and Sylvia started the Stonewall riots" school of thought. Ugh.

I want his jawline.

R14, Well, that's just stupid. We can't just pretend they were there because it looks good for history, and whose history is it supposed to look good for? Certainly not gay history, or the hard working gay activists that actually did the leg work who are now forgotten and replaced by trans who weren't actually involved in gay rights. That's insulting to the gay activists who fought for our rights.

I like Eric and I follow him on Instagram, a lot of his posts are educational, but I wish he would be a little more honest when it comes to trans involvement in gay rights, or should I say lack of. I don't think it's right to mislead the younger generation of gay people into thinking that they owe somebody else their rights.

The final product may not be as bombastic as the preview at R15 but I am glad the show is being made.

No one will watch it If it stays behind a paywall like Discovery+. I really hate that even cable channels are jumping on the streaming train.

He's from Texas. He has to do something!

Oh LORD! Mr. EC isn’t in this segment, but it’s horrendous, and if you read the comments you’ll see that This Is Why They Hate Us!

Who is this hottie?!

R41 He is a plagiarist.

I remember him from my IG days. He basically accused a bunch of historical figures of being gay. His posts were quite click-baity.

[quote] He basically accused

I hope he's not one of those idiots who accused Queen Charlotte of being such and such

r40 that was AWFUL

Book of Queer is shredded in the comments section. And not by homophobes, by actual gay people.

I would finger her hole.

What did he plagiarize, r42?

R48 This volume but he made it "transgender"

He's okay looking but I don't think he's gorgeous.

I would find him more sexworthy if he'd say "gay" instead of the Q word. I'd suck his gay dick and let him suck my gay dick. Whoever has the bigger gay dick gets to choose top or bottom.

R40 that was fucking horrendous in so many ways. The horrible production. The consistent use of black actors in all roles to suggest that Egyptians were Black African. The queer over the top acting. The anachronistic statement at the end that if Akhenaton were alive today maybe he would identify as non-binary.

They non-binaried Joan of Arc in this as well.

[quote]The consistent use of black actors in all roles to suggest that Egyptians were Black African.

This is a thing now in America and it's absolutely ridiculous.

[quote] The anachronistic statement at the end that if Akhenaton were alive today maybe he would identify as non-binary.

r52 Well, that's the most toned-down statement I've ever heard from the TQ+ crowd. For years, all I've heard is the absolute: "If _ were alive today absolutely _ would identify as trans." regarding... historical figures.

When I was a gayling in a small Southern town, I was a history buff who devoured anything he could find at the local libraries about gay men and women in the past. I was also hearing "queer" hurled as slur in school and in mass entertainment. Those gay men who flourished in the past gave me hope for the future, and inspired me to major in history when I got to college.

So I'm of two minds on this show. If it gives hope to a young person growing up in a difficult situation, that's an absolute positive thing. But must it be such a cartoonish, stereotypical, anachronistic, myth-filled presentation?

Not sure if I would watch it, but I'm not the target consumer for this: I'm an eldergay. I want my gay history reasonably accurate and maturely presented.