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GAC TV Network Wants to Make Christmas Great Again but Is This a Dangerous Message? Do Anti-Bully Campaigns Ever Work? Why Gay Film Stars Remain Locked in the Disingenuous Closet, Ryan Field Books

 GAC TV Network Wants to Make Christmas Great Again but Is This a Dangerous Message?

The new GAC TV Network is run by a man named Bill Abbott and he's the guy who pulled the lesbian wedding ad on the Hallmark channel a few years ago. He has spent a good deal of his life doing "family" content for TV. After a good deal of backlash about the Lesbian ad, Hallmark and Bill Abbott parted ways. GAC now stands for Great American Channels. It used to stand for Great American Country. 

 I really don't like...

Bullying Vanishes as Gay Teens Get Older, Bullying Is Exaggerated Says Childhood Expert, Ryan Field Books

 Bullying Vanishes as Gay Teens Get Older

I often wonder if bullying isn't something contrived and exaggerated for a small few rather than the mainstream. In other words, I know that some people are bullied and it's wrong. But I was never bullied and I always wonder if most people were bullied. And if most people weren't bullied, are we, as a society, putting fear into the minds of young people who don't need that fear. 

Is the Emporer wearing new clothes again? It's an old fable. 

With that said, ...

Bullying and The Tyler Clemente Foundation, "Don't Say Gay" Bill Is Nothing New To Conservatives, Including Ronald Reagan, Disney Employees Walk Out Because of the "Don't Say Gay" Bill, Ryan Field Books

Bullying and The Tyler Clemente Foundation

Although bullying isn't exclusive to the LGBTQIA community, this is always my focus and I stick to one thing. The straights can handle their own issues because it's usually a straight kid bullying a gay kid. 

In any event, here is a link to the Tyler Clemente foundation with a few statistics to look over. In some cases it's staggering. But even if only one LGBTQIA kid gets bullied, that's one too many for me. 

Bullying is an intricate issue and I'm no expe...

Kim Davis Violated Gay Couples Rights by Refusing Marriage Licenses According to Judge, Ryan Field Books

Kim Davis Violated Gay Couples Rights by Refusing Marriage Licenses According to Judge

If you recall, Kim Davis was the anti-gay marriage lady from back when legalized gay marriage was still fairly new. She made headlines all over.  Gay marriage is still  new now, but I think it’s become more accepted in the mainstream. 

Kim Davis — the former clerk in Kentucky whose refusal to sign marriage certificates for same-sex couples grabbed national headlines in 2015 — violated their constitutional rights...

Biden Administration Supports LGBTQ Youth in Don't Say Gay Florida, Ryan Field Books

Biden Administration Supports LGBTQ Youth in Don't Say Gay Florida

For anyone who doesn't know, there's a bill being pushed through in Florida by conservatives that's being referred to as the "don't say gay bill." It's actually called The Parental Rights in Education Act. It's like anything that's "Family-Friendly." The term Family-Friendly has become a code word for homophobic and anti-LGBTQ. 

The conservatives claim they don't want small children learning about sex and sexuality. They say leave ...

Sen. Ileana Garcia (R-FL) Issues Apology for Saying Gay Isn't Permanent, Ryan Field Books

Sen. Ileana Garcia (R-FL) Issues Apology for Saying Gay Isn't Permanent

And here is more idiocy coming out of Florida. This really is about as stupid and clueless as anyone can get. 

Sen. Ileana Garcia (R-FL) made the truly ridiculous comment in supporting Florida's don't say gay bill. According to this article, here's what the idiot said...

“Gay is not a permanent thing, LGBT is not a permanent thing,” Garcia said.

Someone should tell her. 

Here's more. Well, Miss Straight Privilege should know that...

And Now Bradley Cooper Plays Gayface and writes Gay Content, Ryan Field Books

And Now Bradley Cooper Plays Gayface and writes Gay Content

I am so sick of seeing this kind of thing I could gag. Now it's Bradley Cooper who's going gay for pay, and he wrote the screenplay, too. 

So now Cooper can play gay for pay and talk about how the gay kissing scenes were so awkward for him. I'd like to know one thing. When are we, as gay men, going to wake up and get tired of this kind of appropriation. The straights control Hollywood and real gay men are terrified to come out for fear th...

A Lesbian Mom Objects to Florida's Don't Say Gay Bill, What Do the Letters in LGBTQIA Mean? Ryan Field Books

 A Lesbian Mom Objects to Florida's Don't Say Gay Bill

Whenever I post about Florida's don't say gay bill I'm careful to state that this isn't about sex or sexuality. The conservatives are making it sound that way, but that's not what being LGBTQIA is all about. Most of us live very G-rated simple lives like anyone else in the mainstream. But more than that, last I heard the mainstream straight community isn't exactly sexless. 

With that said, I don't want to veer off-topic because I'm linking to ...

Ding Dong Bill Maher Thinks Don't Say Gay Is All About Sex, 95 Photos of Hot Guys with Birds and Other Animals by Walter Jenkel, Ryan Field Books

 Ding Dong Bill Maher Thinks Don't Say Gay Is All About Sex

This kind of thinking is really typical of so many straight people. And it can be conservative or liberal. Sometimes it doesn't really matter. When we think about heterosexual people we don't zoom right in on their sex lives. We think of families, of moms and dads, and the mainstream. However, when people mention gay or "homosexual" it is automatically associated with sex, sexuality, and a term I've come to despise..." sexual orientation...

Gay Culture and Creativity: Underwater Photos of Hot Men by Dr. Lucas Murnagham, Ryan Field Books

 Gay Culture and Creativity: Underwater Photos of Hot Men by Dr. Lucas Murnagham

This is something that straight people either don't care about or totally ignore. However, this kind of creativity and appreciation of men, in general, is a huge part of gay culture. And, it always has been. And this is truly unique. I've never seen it done before. It's a photoshoot of gorgeous men underwater. It's by Lucas Murnaghan, who was not only a photographer but also a doctor and a small business owner. Sadly...