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I'm Tired of the Straight Woman Married to a Closeted Gay Man Playing the Victim, Ryan Field Books

 I'm Tired of the Straight Woman Married to a Closeted Gay Man Playing the Victim

I've seen this sort of thing happen all my life, and I never really thought much about it. But lately I've been seeing more and more about the poor helpless straight woman who married a closeted gay man. 

Let's get one thing clear here. Even though women deal with oppression and discrimination all the time, they still have more freedom and privilege than a closeted gay man. In fact, straight white women are coming fr...

Florida: DeSantis Appointee to Disney Allegedly Suggests Tap Water Turns People Gay, Ryan Field Books

Florida: DeSantis Appointee to Disney Allegedly Suggests Tap Water Turns People Gay

Just when you think it can't get any worse in Florida, you read something like this. 

DeSantis has appointed someone to the new Disney Over Sight Board and this appointee allegedly claims that being gay is not only evil but that tap water can turn people gay. 

Ron Peri is one of those Christian pastors and the CEO of The Gathering. The Gathering is a Christian outreach group for men. I can only imagine what goes on ...

Homophobic Uganda Passes Anti-Gay Bill, Ryan Field Books

 Homophobic Uganda Passes Anti-Gay Bill

Aside from Muslim countries, some of the worst places for human rights are in Africa. Places like Uganda continue to pass anti-gay laws that make it worse for anyone living there who is LGBTQ. 

This new bill is one of the worst ever. They have taken their hate to the limit. 

It states that anyone who has same sex relations with someone who has HIV, will be punished with the death penalty. 

Just being gay is already illegal in this country. But this law is diff...

Robert Patrick an Early and Highly Prolific Playwright is Dead, Ryan Field Books

 Robert Patrick an Early and Highly Prolific Playwright is Dead

Patrick was well known for his wit, his passion, and his ability to write about gay and straight topics. I've talked about this before. We...gay men...know what it's like to be straight for a good part of our lives. Patrick's play, The Haunted Host, became what is referred to as a "touchstone" for early gay theater. 

You have to remember that prior to this, there was no gay theater and any gay topics were treated with the utmost discr...

Robert Patrick Was an Early and Highly Prolific Playwright is Dead, Ryan Field Books

 Robert Patrick Was an Early and Highly Prolific Playwright is Dead

Patrick was well known for his wit, his passion, and his ability to write about gay and straight topics. I've talked about this before. We...gay men...know what it's like to be straight for a good part of our lives. Patrick's play, The Haunted Host, became what is referred to as a "touchstone" for early gay theater. 

You have to remember that prior to this, there was no gay theater and any gay topics were treated with the utmost d...

Gay Adult Bookstore Attacked By Guy with a Hammer, Ryan Field Books

 Gay Adult Bookstore Attacked By Guy with a Hammer

This all happened in the UK, but it could have happened anywhere in the US, too. I have seen these things all my life and many times they aren't even reported. There used to be a gay club in New Hope, PA, where I would go and I never parked up front near the road. Straight guys would drive by throwing rocks and screaming pejoratives and I never wanted to experience that. 

In any event, a gay adult book shop that also sells novelties was attacked b...

Texas Gay Rodeo Still Around, Ryan Field Books

 Texas Gay Rodeo Still Around

I think this would be another good example of gay culture and gay history. The Texas Gay Rodeo dates back to the the early days of the "Gay Liberation" movement. This is back when events like this were the only places gay people could gather together safely. And all these years later they are still happening today. 

They have events like wild drag races, which is long before the Christian right decided to turn drag culture into something else...when drag was just plai...

Canadian Parents Push Back on Pride Flag in Catholic School, Ryan Field Books

 Canadian Parents Push Back on Pride Flag in Catholic School

One thing I have learned on social media is that not all Canadians are liberal. Just like here in the US, there are Canadian conservatives.

And this time they are going after the Pride Flag in a Catholic School. Whoever wrote the article got it wrong again. It's not the Gay Pride Flag. It's just the Pride Flag. It's kind of ironic they are talking about a flag they don't even fully understand. 

Apparently, the police were even called to t...

A Gay Bar In Dunedin Made Business Spectacular; Ryan Field Books

 A Gay Bar In Dunedin Made Business Spectacular

I'm always posting about the death the the gay bar here in the US and the UK and how the Internet ruined the gay bar. And it's all true. In most places the gay bar has been disappearing. However, I guess there is always the exception to the rule. 

First, Dunedin is a small town on Florida that at one time was vast eyesore. It's on Florida's West Coast just above Clearwater. Then, according to this article, a gay bar opened and the entire downtown are...

Hey Blue Check People On Twitter: the Difference Between Drag Queens and Transgender People; Ryan Field Books

 Hey Blue Check People On Twitter: the Difference Between Drag Queens and Transgender People

I don't know who has been following the blue check nonsense on Twitter, but essentially it's become something of a label...as in The Scarlet Letter. I've been on Twitter since it began, but frankly I'm not sure how long I'm going to last. 

Up until recently people who had blue checks next to their names on Twitter were celebrities and those who used their own names on Twitter. I use my own names and identi...