A strange thing happened while we were watching LOGO staple, “Adam and Steve.” We call it a staple, because “Adam & Steve” is a gay rom-com that is actually good. Parker Posey co-stars, and that’s partially why it’s good, but more on that later. During one of many commercial breaks, we spotted Mario Diaz in the “What’s Your Excuse” ad campaign for Las Vegas. Who is Mario Diaz, you ask? Well, when he’s not starring in TV commercials, he makes up a third of our favorite West Coast electroclash threesome, Dirty Sanchez! Full Disclosure: Every time we hear “Dirty Sanchez” at a bar or club, we do a little dance.
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A very timely thing happened to Nima last weekend. He’s on vacation in Vegas. It’s late. He’s walking back to his hotel. And right then and there–on the neon-lit drag of the self-proclaimed “Entertainment Capital of the World,” Sin City, Glitter Gulch–he gets gay bashed. He doesn’t fight back, but the funny thing is, this same weekend; the whole country is obsessing over brutal killing of a 15-year-old hate crime victim. Yet on that night—only a few hours away from Oxnard, CA—25-year-old Nima is experiencing the same kind of hate speech that precedes a Larry King type of murder. And I’m not convinced that a celebrity filled Logo PSA is the solution.
