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March 19, 2019
Presidential Primary Debate Just On LGBT Issues; Calvin Klein's Ex Boy Toy Nick Gruber Arrested; Kendle's Fire by Ryan Field
Presidential Primary Debate Just On LGBT Issues
A lot of the details about this are still sketchy, but it looks as though there will be some kind of LGBT forum where the Democratic candidates will appear. The focus will be on LGBT issues.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) will be hosting a presidential forum on October 10, 2019, at UCLA. That is, just before National Coming Out Day.
Here's the link. I'll post more as I see it made public. Apparently, the HRC did a forum in 2004, but I don't rememb...
A lot of the details about this are still sketchy, but it looks as though there will be some kind of LGBT forum where the Democratic candidates will appear. The focus will be on LGBT issues.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) will be hosting a presidential forum on October 10, 2019, at UCLA. That is, just before National Coming Out Day.
Here's the link. I'll post more as I see it made public. Apparently, the HRC did a forum in 2004, but I don't rememb...
March 17, 2019
A Gay Film Critic Gets It All Wrong; On Men Wearing Gowns; Lesbians Being Killed In Chechnya; 'Kendle's Fire': A Novel Examining Masculinity
A Gay Film Critic Gets It All Wrong
I'm not going into a long explanation with this one. The only reason I'm linking to it is to show how wrong critics can be sometimes. He skims over several classic gay films that he thinks make us cringe now. But nothing could be further from the truth. And you don't need me to dispute this. All you have to do is read the comments at the end of the article to see what readers have to say.
One reader said this:
You shouldn’t be damning these films. They show wh...
I'm not going into a long explanation with this one. The only reason I'm linking to it is to show how wrong critics can be sometimes. He skims over several classic gay films that he thinks make us cringe now. But nothing could be further from the truth. And you don't need me to dispute this. All you have to do is read the comments at the end of the article to see what readers have to say.
One reader said this:
You shouldn’t be damning these films. They show wh...
No More PrEP For THIS Gay Man; Russia Cancels Youth Festival Over LGBT Rights; Catholic Priest Force-Kissed Andrew Rannells; Sleepless In San Francisco by Ryan Field
No More PrEP For THIS Gay Man
Here's a story about a guy who was taking truvada, but then decided to stop for his own personal, subjective reasons. It's an opinion piece, not anything based on science or fact.
January 10, 2019. The day I quit. No more Truvada, no more little blue pills. Now, a few weeks later, I begin to understand why I did something none of us is supposed to do. Go off my prevention meds. We were going to put the whole world on Truvada, right?
Here's the rest. It's a long...
Here's a story about a guy who was taking truvada, but then decided to stop for his own personal, subjective reasons. It's an opinion piece, not anything based on science or fact.
January 10, 2019. The day I quit. No more Truvada, no more little blue pills. Now, a few weeks later, I begin to understand why I did something none of us is supposed to do. Go off my prevention meds. We were going to put the whole world on Truvada, right?
Here's the rest. It's a long...
March 16, 2019
Hiring LGBT Employees and Discrimination In Virginia; Openly Gay Pete Buttigieg Presidential Candidate; Tumblr Traffic Tumbles; Uncertainty by Ryan Field
Hiring LGBT Employees and Discrimination In Virginia
An investigation done by a civil rights organization in Virginia discovered high levels of discrimination when hiring LGBT people. They released a report based on civil rights testing that compares the experiences of straight applicants to gay and lesbian applicants.
As part of its testing regimen, the ERC conducted 10 matched-pair tests at companies in Virginia, where a straight applicant and a gay or lesbian applicant with identical o...
An investigation done by a civil rights organization in Virginia discovered high levels of discrimination when hiring LGBT people. They released a report based on civil rights testing that compares the experiences of straight applicants to gay and lesbian applicants.
As part of its testing regimen, the ERC conducted 10 matched-pair tests at companies in Virginia, where a straight applicant and a gay or lesbian applicant with identical o...
March 15, 2019
New Monthly Injection To Treat HIV; FREE Gay Fiction Excerpt; Brand New Release: "The Rescuer" by Ryan Field
New Monthly Injection To Treat HIV
For anyone over the age of 35, to see something like this is mind blowing. Back in the 90s when HIV drugs were just starting to surface, and HIV as an infectious disease was transitioning from being considered a death sentence to a chronic illness, I never dreamed that one day there would be a monthly injection.
The news came at an HIV research conference in Seattle in early March. ViiV Healthcare announced that an extended release injection wor...
For anyone over the age of 35, to see something like this is mind blowing. Back in the 90s when HIV drugs were just starting to surface, and HIV as an infectious disease was transitioning from being considered a death sentence to a chronic illness, I never dreamed that one day there would be a monthly injection.
The news came at an HIV research conference in Seattle in early March. ViiV Healthcare announced that an extended release injection wor...
March 14, 2019
Broadway Dancer Who Strangled His Boyfriend Is Sentenced; The First Gay Mayor of San Diego; Growlr Sold for 12 Million; Uncertainty by Ryan Field
Broadway Dancer Who Strangled His Boyfriend Is Sentenced
This is one of those terribly sad, painful stories all the way around. Former Broadway dancer, Marcus Bellamy, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for beating and strangling his boyfriend, Bernardo Almonte, while under the influence of crystal meth.
Almonte's mother made a heart-wrenching statement in court:
“No human being deserves to die the way you killed my son,” Vargas lamented. “It was inhuman. For no reason. He was taken away and I...
This is one of those terribly sad, painful stories all the way around. Former Broadway dancer, Marcus Bellamy, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for beating and strangling his boyfriend, Bernardo Almonte, while under the influence of crystal meth.
Almonte's mother made a heart-wrenching statement in court:
“No human being deserves to die the way you killed my son,” Vargas lamented. “It was inhuman. For no reason. He was taken away and I...
March 13, 2019
Asst. Principal Who Forced Trans Student To Pee Standing Up; The Brittany Spears Feminist Musical; Indiana's Gender Neutral IDs and Licenses; Uncertainty by Ryan Field
Asst. Principal Who Forced Trans Student To Pee Standing Up
Whenever I read things like this I realize that I cannot imagine what trans people must go through on a daily basis. It's not easy being gay, but at least no one ever tried to do something like this to me.
Liberty High School Assistant Principal Lee Livengood landed himself in hot water last November after he followed a transgender student, Michael Critchfield, into the men’s room. There he demanded Critchfield use a urinal to prove hi...
Whenever I read things like this I realize that I cannot imagine what trans people must go through on a daily basis. It's not easy being gay, but at least no one ever tried to do something like this to me.
Liberty High School Assistant Principal Lee Livengood landed himself in hot water last November after he followed a transgender student, Michael Critchfield, into the men’s room. There he demanded Critchfield use a urinal to prove hi...
March 12, 2019
Straight Actress Felicity Huffman Who Played Trans Role Charged In College Admissions Scheme; Should the Labels Top, Bottom, and Vers Disappear? Uncertainty by Ryan Field
Straight Actress Felicity Huffman Who Played Trans Role Charged In College Admissions Scheme
Back in the Brokeback Mountain days, when straight white authors were winning literary awards for writing gay content and gay authors were overlooked completely, long before there was even a discussion about whether or not it was appropriate for a straight actor to play gay, Felicity Huffman played a trans character in the film, Transamerica . Like many other straight actors who have played strong...
Back in the Brokeback Mountain days, when straight white authors were winning literary awards for writing gay content and gay authors were overlooked completely, long before there was even a discussion about whether or not it was appropriate for a straight actor to play gay, Felicity Huffman played a trans character in the film, Transamerica . Like many other straight actors who have played strong...
March 11, 2019
New York's Black Party: Caligula; Wife Tricked Him Into Gay Sex; Alyssa Milano's Straight White Privilege On Twitter; Amish Indiscretion by Ryan Field
New York's Black Party: Caligula
This is one thing no one in the heteronormative community has ever been able to straight wash, or spin. At least not the real thing. The concept of circuit parties dates back decades in gay culture, and this year happens to be the 40th anniversary of NY's Black Party.
The oldest circuit party in the US and one of the largest of its kind in the world, The Black Party promises a night of leather, fetish, and “strange live acts” that will endure in the me...
This is one thing no one in the heteronormative community has ever been able to straight wash, or spin. At least not the real thing. The concept of circuit parties dates back decades in gay culture, and this year happens to be the 40th anniversary of NY's Black Party.
The oldest circuit party in the US and one of the largest of its kind in the world, The Black Party promises a night of leather, fetish, and “strange live acts” that will endure in the me...
March 10, 2019
Did Lucille Ball Use Poppers?; New Gay TV Show ONLY Casts Gay Actors; Family Of Famous Drag Kid Respond To Abuse Accusations; Pretty Man by Ryan Field
Did Lucille Ball Use Poppers?
I'm more interested in the documentary about Lucille Ball than I am in this article about poppers...amyl nitrate. However, the popper thing is interesting. I've only known poppers to be good for one thing. I never knew they were actually used for medical reasons, too.
The episode posits that Ball suffered from cardiovascular disease, and used the notorious sexual enhancement amyl nitrate to numb her chest pains. That would appear to fit well with the circumsta...
I'm more interested in the documentary about Lucille Ball than I am in this article about poppers...amyl nitrate. However, the popper thing is interesting. I've only known poppers to be good for one thing. I never knew they were actually used for medical reasons, too.
The episode posits that Ball suffered from cardiovascular disease, and used the notorious sexual enhancement amyl nitrate to numb her chest pains. That would appear to fit well with the circumsta...
