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Barnes and Noble Is Accused of Literary Blackface; Sean Hayes Plays a Cisgender Woman; Ryan Field Books

Barnes and Noble Is Accused of Literary Blackface 

Barnes and Noble replaced classic white characters on book covers with images of people of color, and there's been backlash. Some are calling it literary blackface and others fake-diversity. All I know is I wouldn't have done it. 

Barnes & Noble, America’s largest bookseller, has withdrawn a new series of “diverse” classic book covers following a backlash from writers who say it does nothing to address the publishing industry’s...

Passive Aggressive Homophobia and Cultural Appropriation, Man Lured Gay Men To Hotel Rooms and Robbed Them, Ryan Field Books

Passive Aggressive Homophobia and Cultural Appropriation

Yesterday I got into a slightly heated discussion with a couple of authors who weren't gay males, and it was about homophobia. It doesn't matter what the details are because it didn't go far, and I decided to delete my comments and block those authors. It wasn't worth my time and I don't want to be associated with people like that. I've reached that point in my life. 

But I do see this kind of homophobia happening all the time so I...

Pete Buttigieg Declared Victory In Iowa, Anti-Gay Leader From Africa Banned From US, Ryan Field Books

Pete Buttigieg Moves Forward with Positive Words of Victory

As of this moment, no one knows anything about the results in Iowa, so I'm sure Buttigieg was simply hoping for the best when he made his statements last night. But it is interesting how many straight liberals coming from places of straight privilege have been slamming him with homophobic Tweets, because they want their straight white candidates to win. 

“What a night,” the 2020 hopeful told supporters in Des Moines, Iowa. “...

Beware of Watching Adult Videos On Your TV, Mayor Pete Has Challenged and Changed America, Ryan Field Books

Beware of Watching Adult Videos On Your TV

Here's a Reddit story about a guy who wanted to watch pornhub on a larger screen so he watched on the family TV. Unfortunately, he never thought about the consequences. 

“Don’t cast Pornhub to your TV if your family [is] using Android devices!” the Redditor warned in a recent thread, explaining that his mom just asked him if he was watching Pornhub the night before.

Here's the link for more. First, if I were the mother I wouldn't have said a...

Does LGBTQ Media Have a Future?; NFL Star Ryan O'Callaghan On Coming Out; Ryan Field Books;

Does LGBTQ Media Have a Future?

This is an interesting question. Over the years I have seen times when the gay presses seemed to thrive, and then times when they seemed to struggle. Right now I think many are struggling. We lost Gay Star News last year and it was one of my favorite online news outlets. I think one of the issues is that gay presses tend to slant the news and they usually put a spin on every story that's published. I don't mind that and I understand why they do this, however,...

Man Who Injected His Penis With Viagra; 10 Gay Men Arrested In Nouakchott, Mauritania; Ryan Field Books

Man Who Injected His Penis with Viagra

A guy in Berlin named Danny Polaris injected Viagra into his penis last summer and he wound up with a 3 week erection and ultimately in the hospital. It's a decision he regrets, and he wrote about it for Vice recently.

“I should have gone to hospital after four hours of my erection not going down,” he recalls. “I really should have gone to hospital after eight hours of my erection not going down. Instead, I waited over 30 hours, due to a mixture...

Madonna Thinks Penis Size Matters, Gay Men Risk Health For Perfect Body, Ryan Field Books

Madonna Thinks Penis Size Matters

Madonna is on tour again, and this week in London she made some interesting comments on penis size. Apparently, she's not shy about this at all. And she has a right to her opinion. 

“What do you call a man with a small penis?” the singer asked the audience. “The answer is, I wouldn’t f**king know. I’ve never been with a guy with a small d**k. You know size matters, don’t pretend that it doesn’t!”

Here's a link to read more. The show itself seems...

Reality Star Is OUTED On Live TV, Lesbians More Accepted Than Gay Men, Ryan Field Books

Reality Star Is OUTED On Live TV

I really hate to see anyone outed, especially in this kind of public way.

This happened to a woman who's part of a reality show called Vanderpump Rules. A male cast mate outed her on live TV, and she responded this week.

“I thought it was really gross,” she said. “And I also thought it didn’t make any sense on any level.”

I'm not familiar with the show, but there's more to read here.  I just don't think anyone has the right to out any LGBTQ person....

Reader Review: The Way We Almost Were by Ryan Field, Did Adam Driver Help Cut a Transphobic Skit On SNL? Ryan Field Books

Reader Review: The Way We Almost Were by Ryan Field

I don't post reviews often, but when I do it's usually because there was something different about it. I've always believed that reader reviews are sacred and whether they're good or bad it's none of my business. And I'm always grateful for every review I get...good or bad. With that said, I don't always see every single reader review that comes out for my books. In this case, it took me a while to actually read it.

This is only part of the...

Queer Guy Gets Revenge By Having Sex With Bully's Dad, Body Image Issues In the Gay Community, Ryan Field Books

Queer Guy Gets Revenge By Having Sex With Bully's Dad

Now this is how you do revenge. Unfortunately, it's not real. It's part of an act by an unheard of  new performer named Nathan Pearson.

In the routine, he plays the role of ‘David’: someone who comes across an old high school bully in the home of one of his sexual conquests. It turns out he’s just had sex with the father of his old tormentor.

You can read more, and watch the video, here. This routine seems to have sparked a discussion...