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French Europe Minister Comes Out As Gay and Plans to Visit "LGBT-Free" Zone, Ryan Field Books

French Europe Minister Comes Out As Gay and Plans to Visit "LGBT-Free" Zone

Here's more on the global front. I didn't even know there was such a thing as an "LGBT-Free" zone. And wait until you hear what it's all about. This is a statement from the French Minister for European Affairs Clément Beaune who recently gave a public interview about being gay. 

I am gay, and I have no problem saying it, he told the magazine, prompted by a question on lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and...

Deb Price Who Wrote on Gay Rights Dies at 62, Ryan Field Books

Deb Price Who Wrote on Gay Rights Dies at 62

At the time, I never actually read anything from Deb Price, but I'm sorry I didn't get that chance. She wrote the first column for mainstream newspapers with a gay POV. She started in 1992 when the world was a very different place than it is now for gay people. I didn't even know she was writing a column. My gay world was so limited and isolated I didn't have access to things like this. I was still in college and I met Tony that year. The only...

1st Openly Gay Supreme Court Justice Martin Jenkins, Ryan Field Books

1st Openly Gay Supreme Court Justice Martin Jenkins

We've been part-time California residents and there's a strong possibility that we will be full-time permanent residents in the near future, so I follow things like this on purpose. I also love to see these things happening in a general sense. It's so different from when I was growing up and gay wasn't even mentioned aloud in most places. And I grew up in Northern NJ not far from NYC. It wasn't as if I was sheltered in a small rural area. The...

What Women Want: Male/Male Romance Documentary and Should White Authors Write Black Stories? Ryan Field Books

What Women Want: Male/Male Romance Documentary and Should White Authors Write Black Stories? 

Let me just start out by saying that I have been writing gay fiction since I was in college in the 90s...mostly gay romance stories and books with or without erotica, and I'm an openly gay man. When I started out writing these gay romance stories I was submitting them to gay and lesbian publishers like Alyson Books, Cleis Press, and Starbooks Press. I have always written and published openly as a...

Retired Doctor Tries To End Singapore's Gay Ban, Ryan Field Books

 Retired Doctor Tries To End Singapore's Gay Ban

Here's something new on the global front from Singapore. LGBT Rights in Singapore are atrocious. Sex between men is illegal even if it's consensual, same-sex relationships aren't recognized, and same sex couples adopting children is outright illegal. It's a complete anti-gay mess. 

But someone is trying to make this a little better there. 

A retired doctor has filed a fresh legal challenge to force the Singaporean government to...

Pat Patterson First Openly Gay Wrestling Star Dead At 79, Ryan Field Books

Pat Patterson First Openly Gay Wrestling Star Dead At 79

I don't really know much about Pat Patterson because I don't follow wrestling, however, he certainly sounds as if he was a trailblazer. And it's getting huge coverage all over the Internet. 

Pro wrestling icon Pat Patterson, the industry's first openly gay star and a long-time lieutenant of promoter Vince McMahon, has died, officials said Wednesday.

Here's more. There are so many wonderful, inspiring comments of love and devotion. 

  Don't Be ...

A Member of Hungary's Anti-Gay Regime Caught In A Gay Orgy and Violating COVID Rules, Ryan Field Books

A Member of Hungary's Anti-Gay Regime Caught In A Gay Orgy and Violating COVID Rules

You can't make this stuff up fast enough lately. 

A member of Hungary’s anti-gay government regime has resigned after being caught at an orgy in the basement of a Belgian gay bar, held in violation of coronavirus precautions.

Here's the rest.  He made a statement with the usual canned apologetic nonsense. But what also worries me about this story is WTF are some gay men thinking? You can't go without gay orgy sex f...

Elliot Page Formerly Known as Ellen Page Announces He is Transgender; Ryan Field Books

Elliot Page Formerly Known as Ellen Page Announces He is Transgender

All of the headlines are ignoring the fact that Oscar-winning actor, Elliot Page, was formerly known as Ellen Page, and I believe it's important to make that distinction right now. Mainly because this move to come out as transgender will undoubtedly help many, many other closeted transgender people to come out. I think it's inspirational.  

In his own words, this is part of his statement:

“Hi friends, I want to share with you that...

Paul Bettany Plays Gay Face in Movie "Uncle Frank", Ryan Field Books

Paul Bettany Plays Gay Face in Movie "Uncle Frank"

I've said it before and I'm saying it again. Just because someone can do something well doesn't mean they should be doing it. And that's my problem with the gay film, Uncle Frank. Paul Bettany is straight in real life and he's playing a gay character in Uncle Frank. And he's very good at playing gay. But I'm sure an actress like Meryl Streep would play Rosa Parks wonderfully, too. But Streep would never do something as awful as black face. That w...

Pay Attention Call Me By Your Name: This Is Hallmark's First Gay Romance Movie, A Real Gay Romance Movie, Ryan Field Books

Pay Attention Call Me By Your Name: This Is Hallmark's First Gay Romance Movie, A REAL Gay Romance Movie

Apparently, this is really big doings over at Hallmark because I have been seeing promos for this movie everywhere. And it really is a milestone to see a gay romance movie on Hallmark. It's also a first for anyone as far as I know. And this is a real gay romance, not the fake kind of gay romance they were pushing with Call Me By Your Name. 

“The Christmas House” chronicles Brandon (played by Jo...