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Gay Teacher Forced to Quit After Being Outed and Blackmailed on Facebook, Ryan Field Books

 Gay Teacher Forced to Quit After Being Outed and Blackmailed on Facebook

This is why I have no patience for other marginalized groups that try to tell me how bad they have it. This, right here, is as bad as it gets. When you can't even work in your chosen field anymore because you're gay that is sad. 

With that said, this is about a gay music teacher who worked for a Lutheran school and he was upfront and honest about being gay when they hired him. However, when they hired him they made it clear ...

The Fascinating Plot to "Out" Ronald Reagan, Ryan Field Books

 The Fascinating Plot to "Out" Ronald Reagan 

This excerpt from the book that I posted about previously, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington, by James Kirchick, is surprising given the fact that Ronald Reagan was so notorious for absolutely ignoring the AIDS crisis during his presidency. At the time, people were begging for his help and he went dead silent on AIDS and gay men. And to this day gay men and their allies have never forgiven Reagan for that dead silence. 

And now, after a...

A 25 Year Old Stopped At a NYC Gay Bar and Was Dead an Hour Later, Monkeypox and Gay Men: You Can't Separate Stigma from Health Advice, Ryan Field Books

 A 25 Year Old Stopped At a NYC Gay Bar and Was Dead an Hour Later

This is an odd story. A 25-year-old social worker, Julio Ramirez, went to a gay bar in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan and everything seemed fine. Surveillance footage shows Ramirez leaving the bar with 3 guys a little after 3 in the morning. This is where it gets weird. 

The four men then entered a nearby taxi, a police source said, but Ramirez was alone in the backseat at 4:10 a.m. when the taxi driver approached a p...

Monkeypox and Gay Stigmatization, UCLA Brings Indoor Masking Back Thanks to More COVID, Ryan Field Books

 Monkeypox and Gay Stigmatization 

I've already posted about Monkeypox and gay men a few times. And even though it's been made clear that everyone can get Monkeypox and that it's not a sexually transmitted disease, some are worried that gay men will become stigmatized all over again. 

The singling out has sparked fears that gay and bisexual men, who appear to account for the majority of Europe’s monkeypox cases so far, are once again in danger of being stigmatized as carriers of an exotic and frig...

Monkeypox Is Spreading with Gay Men Worldwide, South Florida's Concerns About Pride Events and Monkeypox, North Carolina's Don't Say Gay Bill, Ryan Field Books

 Monkeypox Is Spreading with Gay Men Worldwide

Even though it seems as if more gay men are getting Monkeypox, the officials are hard-pressed to also mention that anyone can get monkeypox. It's not just a "gay" disease. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) has now confirmed nearly 100 cases of monkeypox in over a dozen countries, with the largest number in the UK. While most cases so far are among gay and bisexual men, health officials emphasize that anyone can contract the virus through close pers...

The Interesting Case of the "LGB" Group on Twitter. Pride Flags Stolen and "Groomer" Written In Lancaster City, Ryan Field Books

 The Interesting Case of the LGB Group On Twitter

I normally don't post about people like this because I don't like to call attention to them and I don't like to be associated with them. However, in this case I'm making an exception. 

First, they call themselves "The LGB Group" without using any real identities or real photos. I despise that about Twitter. Have the courage to stand behind your names. Groups like this should be forced into full disclosure. 

Second, they basically want to distance th...

You Couldn't be Gay In Washington, D.C., Ryan Field Books

You Couldn't Be Gay In Washington, DC 
In the not-so-distant past, the worst and most unforgiving thing in Washington, DC was to be Gay. If anyone found out you were gay your life was basically over. You would disappear and never be seen again. In those days, you could be Black, Asian, a Woman, or any other marginalized group. But you could not be gay. 
But there were many gay people in Washington. John F. Kennedy's lifelong best friend, Lem Billings, was gay but never actually came out. He spent ...

Monkeypox Outbreak Related to Gay Sauna and Festivals, Florida High School Senior Avoids Saying Gay in Graduation Speech, Ryan Field Books

Monkeypox Outbreak Related to Gay Sauna and Festivals

If COVID proved one thing to the world it's that you simply cannot keep some people home. And I'm worried now that Monkeypox will be the next COVID...and COVID isn't even over yet.

There were 23 new cases of Monkeypox this weekend in Spain that have been linked to a gay sauna and gay pride events in the Canary Islands. 

"The Public Health Department will carry out an even more detailed analysis... to control contagion, cut the chains of transmis...

Why I'm Loving All Gay Written and Performed Billy Eichner's New "Bros" Trailer, Ryan Field Books

Why I'm loving All Gay Written and Performed Billy Eichner's New "Bros" Trailer

This is about a new rom-com film that's dropping with gay content that openly gay Billy Eichner wrote and is starring in. Pay attention. It sounds as though everyone connected with this film is openly LGBTQ. This time a straight white woman didn't write the content. That's big. 

The film does it all for me and I haven't even seen it yet.

 

It’s not just that it’s raunchy and frank about what gay dating life is like for a...

The Uk Is Warning Gay and Bisexual Men about the Monkeypox Outbreak, Ryan Field Books

The Uk Is Warning Gay and Bisexual Men About the Monkeypox Outbreak

This news is a bit unusual because they are singling out gay and bisexual men, and not straights.  Plus, Monkeypox is not considered a sexually transmitted disease. You can get it through sex, but there are a variety of other ways to get it, too. So why would they single out gay and bisexual men? 

The United Kingdom Health Security Agency has warned 'men who are gay and bisexual' to be aware of unusual rashes or lesions and contac...