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October 29, 2016
The Will and Grace Revival; Farewell To Vine Stars; 18 Gay Magazine Covers Over the Years
The Will and Grace Revival
I have seen this Will and Grace revival thing in so many places lately I figured I'd post about it...once. This article questions whether or not we need a Will and Grace Revival.
But, yeesh, let’s take a minute and think here. When you watch an episode of the show, it really does not feel contemporary, and not just because it’s shot at 1.33:1. You forget how far this country has come until you see the issues queers were dealing with in 1999. Coming...
I have seen this Will and Grace revival thing in so many places lately I figured I'd post about it...once. This article questions whether or not we need a Will and Grace Revival.
But, yeesh, let’s take a minute and think here. When you watch an episode of the show, it really does not feel contemporary, and not just because it’s shot at 1.33:1. You forget how far this country has come until you see the issues queers were dealing with in 1999. Coming...
October 28, 2016
The Gay History of Halloween; Gay Teen Who Was Thrown Out By His Parents; Becoming A Gay Porn Star Later In Life
The Gay History of Halloween
Every year at this time I come across a story like this, but they're always slightly different.
Gay cultural influence on Halloween became an unstoppable phenomenon here and abroad.
So much so that anthropologist Jerry Kugelmass of University of Florida published a book in 1994 on the new trend, titled Masked Culture. He described Halloween as an emerging gay ‘high holiday’.
CNN contributor David Frum wrote last year the ‘Halloween craze started in gay culture’:
There'...
Every year at this time I come across a story like this, but they're always slightly different.
Gay cultural influence on Halloween became an unstoppable phenomenon here and abroad.
So much so that anthropologist Jerry Kugelmass of University of Florida published a book in 1994 on the new trend, titled Masked Culture. He described Halloween as an emerging gay ‘high holiday’.
CNN contributor David Frum wrote last year the ‘Halloween craze started in gay culture’:
There'...
Halloween Sale!! "Fangsters" by Ryan Field; Riverdale Ave. Books
Halloween Sale Today - "Fangsters" by Ryan Field; Riverdale Ave. Books
They're having a huge Halloween sale over at Riverdale Ave. Books this weekend, and today one of my books is featured...
Fangsters - Book One
Here are the details to the entire sale.
And here's the link to where you can get Fangsters on sale today.
In case you don't feel like clicking...here's more.
Riverdale Avenue Books Celebrates Halloween with 14 Days of 50% Off on AllRomanceEbooks and RAB WebsiteA-Book-a-Day-DealsStarting...
They're having a huge Halloween sale over at Riverdale Ave. Books this weekend, and today one of my books is featured...
Fangsters - Book One
Here are the details to the entire sale.And here's the link to where you can get Fangsters on sale today.
In case you don't feel like clicking...here's more.
Riverdale Avenue Books Celebrates Halloween with 14 Days of 50% Off on AllRomanceEbooks and RAB WebsiteA-Book-a-Day-DealsStarting...
October 27, 2016
AIDS: The Myth of Patient Zero, Gaétan Dugas; A Creepy Andy Cohen Story; Speedos Disappearing In Europe
AIDS: The Myth of Patient Zero
I've posted about Patient Zero before on the blog, and I think this article I'm linking to right now might clear things up once and for all.
For years people claimed that a guy named Gaétan Dugas was responsible for bringing AIDS to the US. However, now they are claiming it was all myth.
“The new analysis shows that Mr. Dugas’s blood, sampled in 1983, contained a viral strain already infecting men in New York before he began visiting gay bars here after being hired...
I've posted about Patient Zero before on the blog, and I think this article I'm linking to right now might clear things up once and for all.
For years people claimed that a guy named Gaétan Dugas was responsible for bringing AIDS to the US. However, now they are claiming it was all myth.
“The new analysis shows that Mr. Dugas’s blood, sampled in 1983, contained a viral strain already infecting men in New York before he began visiting gay bars here after being hired...
October 26, 2016
Mormon Church Leader Reaches Out To Gays; Gibraltar Passes Same Sex Marriage; Sexually Fluid Nico Tortorella on Dating Men and Women
Mormon Church Leader Reaches Out To Gays
I don't know much about the Mormon Church, but Tony's brother lives in Utah and from what I hear it's gay friendly...at least in the urban areas like Salt Lake City. But I've never actually been there...yet. I've also linked to a few LGBT publications out there in the past that I've found reliable and well executed.
A member of the Mormon Church’s leadership is saying in a new video the words that many gays have long wanted to hear: you are welcome.
‘We...
I don't know much about the Mormon Church, but Tony's brother lives in Utah and from what I hear it's gay friendly...at least in the urban areas like Salt Lake City. But I've never actually been there...yet. I've also linked to a few LGBT publications out there in the past that I've found reliable and well executed.
A member of the Mormon Church’s leadership is saying in a new video the words that many gays have long wanted to hear: you are welcome.
‘We...
October 25, 2016
Grindr Date, Murder, and Cannibalism; James Franco and Christian Slater Gay Baiting, Again; "Moonlight" A Beautiful, Rare Gay Movie
Grindr Date, Murder, and Cannibalism
This is probably one of the worst Grindr related stories I've seen so far.
A cop hooked up with someone he'd met on Grindr and wound up dead. And they way the victim's body was disposed of is beyond horrific.
He also claims that he disposed of some body parts by biking them over to a quiet spot beside the River Themes.
Brizzi said there was still a foot, hand, and leg at the apartment “which I tried to roast as well.”
While being interrogated, Brizzi, who’s HIV...
This is probably one of the worst Grindr related stories I've seen so far.
A cop hooked up with someone he'd met on Grindr and wound up dead. And they way the victim's body was disposed of is beyond horrific.
He also claims that he disposed of some body parts by biking them over to a quiet spot beside the River Themes.
Brizzi said there was still a foot, hand, and leg at the apartment “which I tried to roast as well.”
While being interrogated, Brizzi, who’s HIV...
October 24, 2016
Another Broken Penis; Art: Subverting the Erect Penis; What Do Penis Pumps Do?
Another Broken Penis
There hasn't been much penis news lately, but this sounds pretty serious. And it's being reported in a lot of places.
Steven Horden, 37, from Gillingham, Kent, was having sex with girlfriend Kiera Diss, 38, when his penis ‘snapped in half’.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/23/mans-penis-snapped-during-vigorous-sex-6209602/#ixzz4O3A4yMWE
The poor guy had a four day hospital stay as a result.
Art: Subverting the Erect Penis
This isn't your average penis news, and I'm not go...
There hasn't been much penis news lately, but this sounds pretty serious. And it's being reported in a lot of places.
Steven Horden, 37, from Gillingham, Kent, was having sex with girlfriend Kiera Diss, 38, when his penis ‘snapped in half’.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/23/mans-penis-snapped-during-vigorous-sex-6209602/#ixzz4O3A4yMWE
The poor guy had a four day hospital stay as a result.
Art: Subverting the Erect Penis
This isn't your average penis news, and I'm not go...
October 23, 2016
Turing Law In UK, The Imitation Game, and Sam Gyimah; Another D-lister With A Video Leak; Being A Gay Frat Boy
Turing Law In UK, The Imitation Game, and Sam Gyimah
Last week I posted about The Turing Law in the UK that would have pardoned thousands of gay men from the crime of just being gay. Unfortunately, Sam Gyimah shot it down through a filibuster and ultimately stopped the bill from becoming law. Gyimah's reasoning, allegedly, was to prevent pardoning pedophiles and rapists, too, which doesn't seem to make sense, for this reason...
Labour MP Chris Bryant, who is gay, spoke in favour of the bill, co...
Last week I posted about The Turing Law in the UK that would have pardoned thousands of gay men from the crime of just being gay. Unfortunately, Sam Gyimah shot it down through a filibuster and ultimately stopped the bill from becoming law. Gyimah's reasoning, allegedly, was to prevent pardoning pedophiles and rapists, too, which doesn't seem to make sense, for this reason...
Labour MP Chris Bryant, who is gay, spoke in favour of the bill, co...
October 22, 2016
Are Some TV Shows and Films Bad For Gays?; Gay Couple Trump Supporters Receiving Death Threats; How To Tell A Gay Top From A Bottom
Are Some TV Shows and Films Bad For Gays?
There's been a discussion on Reddit about whether or not some TV shows and films give gay men a bad name. And there are a lot of opinions, too.
Here's one:
“Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson do a great job playing Cam and Mitchell on Modern Family,” says libitum, “but the gay stereotyping is always an underlying irritation for me. It’s not that there aren’t gay men like that (there are) but why does a TV gay couple have to be like this....
There's been a discussion on Reddit about whether or not some TV shows and films give gay men a bad name. And there are a lot of opinions, too.
Here's one:
“Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson do a great job playing Cam and Mitchell on Modern Family,” says libitum, “but the gay stereotyping is always an underlying irritation for me. It’s not that there aren’t gay men like that (there are) but why does a TV gay couple have to be like this....
October 21, 2016
Designer Richard Nicoll Dies Suddenly; MPs Shout "Shame" Over Turing Bill; Stuffing James Franco's Speedo
Designer Richard Nicoll Dies Suddenly
This was shocking.
Fashion designer Richard Nicoll has died in Sydney at the age of 39.
It is suspected that he suffered a heart attack.
Actor Charles Condou took to Twitter to say he was ‘devastated to hear’ and wrote: ‘He was my first real love; a beautiful man both inside and out. I’ll miss him terribly.’
You can read more here. I always liked his work, and I think he was highly underestimated.
MPs Shout "Shame" Over Turing Bill
I just posted about this bill...
This was shocking.
Fashion designer Richard Nicoll has died in Sydney at the age of 39.
It is suspected that he suffered a heart attack.
Actor Charles Condou took to Twitter to say he was ‘devastated to hear’ and wrote: ‘He was my first real love; a beautiful man both inside and out. I’ll miss him terribly.’
You can read more here. I always liked his work, and I think he was highly underestimated.
MPs Shout "Shame" Over Turing Bill
I just posted about this bill...
