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Florida’s Don’t Say Gay Bill’s New Amendment Would Out Students, Ryan Field Books

Florida’s Don’t Say Gay Bill’s New Amendment Would Out Students

Here’s more about the don’t say gay bill in Florida. There’s a new amendment to the bill that would force gay kids to tell their parents within a certain amount of time. Which is the same as outing them. And any gay person knows that you never out another gay person.

As written, the amendment does not specify how the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of the student would be protected, in cases where previously the proposed bi...

Chuck James an Openly Gay Agent in Hollywood Talks about How Vicious it Was, Intersectionality Within the LGBTQ+ Community At ICM, Ryan Field Gay Romance

Chuck James an Openly Gay Agent in Hollywood Talks about How Vicious it Was

Chuck James started out in Hollywood as an assistant back in the 90s. He talks about how vicious it was and how biased it was with regard to anyone who was different. I know how bad things were in the 90s with publishing, from my own first-hand experience as an openly gay man. No one in mainstream publishing wanted us, and only a handful of literary agents handled "gay-lesbian" writing. I was lucky enough to find gay publ...

Some Whacky Teen Accused of Trying to Kill Gay Neighbor, Ryan Field Books

 Some Whacky Teen Accused of Trying to Kill Gay Neighbor

According to this article, a teen in Illinois allegedly broke into his 60 year old neighbor's home and tried to kill him because he's gay. The kid actually broke into the house, someone reported a broken window, and when the police arrived they found the victim on the floor with lacerations. The victim was in bed at the time. 

The teen began hitting the victim on his face, head and body with a pipe wrench saying “you’re gay,” “you’re evil,” ...

Other Homophobic States Besides Florida Want "Don't Say Gay" Bills, Ryan Field Gay Romance

Other Homophobic States Besides Florida Want "Don't Say Gay" Bills

This is why we can never put down our guards. This is why we have to keep fighting the homophobic straights in this world. This article to which I'm linking claims there are other homophobic states that want bills like Florida's "don't say gay" bill.

Yet Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill is one part of a nationwide trend. There are 15 similar bills moving through state legislatures that restrict how textbooks and curriculums teach LGB...

Why "The Power of the Dog" Is NOT a Queer film, Recognizing Toxic Positivity

 Why "The Power of the Dog" Is NOT a Queer film

I follow NBC Out on social media and I was surprised to see that they were  sharing information about Oscar nominations for that awful movie, The Power of the Dog, and they were referring to it as a "Queer Film." 

It's only a Queer film to straight people. But most gay men should know the difference.  First, the film is a product of Jane Campion who is not a gay man. This is Campion's interpretation of gay men on a ranch. And it's not totally accurat...

Tony and I Moved Once Again, 7.1% of Americans Now Identify As LGBTQ, Ryan Field Gay Romance

 Tony and I Moved Once Again

It's hard to believe that Tony and I have moved 3 times in the last 2 years. We were always so stable and set in our ways. We lived in the house in New Hope for 18 years, we lived in our townhouse in New Hope for 3 years, and we lived in our Town House in Newtown, PA for 7 years. We are not transient people by nature.

And we would have remained at the last condo in Palm Springs called The Diplomat for a much longer time. We liked it, except for the fact that it had a p...

7.1% of Americans Now Identify As LGBTQ, Ryan Field Gay Romance

 7.1% of Americans Now Identify As LGBTQ

This is big news. According to a recent poll, 7.1% of Americans identify as LGBTQ. This means that it's doubled over the last ten years. It was only 3.5% in 2012. Why is that? I think it's because more and more people are coming out and living their authentic lives. This article, though, claims it's more about generations. 

“The increase in LGBT identification in recent years largely reflects the higher prevalence of such identities among the youngest US ad...

Parents and Students Fighting Against "Don't Say Gay" Bill, Ryan Field Gay Fiction

Parents and Students Fighting Against "Don't Say Gay" Bill

Here's a piece about the ongoing situation in Florida with this "Don't Say Gay" bill. If this becomes law it means that anything gay-related will not be allowed to be discussed in schools. LGBTQIA kids will suffer and those nasty, vicious anti-gay christian moms will have exactly what they've been wanting, which is to make anything gay-related adult material. Even the most G-rated LGBTQIA content will be considered off-limits.

However, par...

In this G-rated World, Suddenly Male Full Frontal Nudity Is All Over TV, Ryan Field Books

In this G-rated World, Suddenly Male Full Frontal Nudity Is All Over TV

It's been so long since I've posted anything about male full-frontal nudity on TV or in films I actually can't even remember the last time I did it. So when I saw this article I couldn't resist. Apparently, male full frontal is popular these days. 

Penises on TV used to be rare occurrences, like those flowers that bloom once every 12 years, but we’re living through a bountiful phallic bouquet. These sightings of the lesser-spo...

Kids Now Spend Less Time Watching TV Than Ever Before, Ryan Field Books

 Kids Now Spend Less Time Watching TV Than Ever Before

This is a pop culture piece I found interesting. TV as we once knew it is now a dying medium. Boomers are still watching but that's mainly because so many don't even know how to stream. Here's just one example. In the last 20 years, Tony and I rented out a garage apartment to college-age new adults and not one of them bothered to get cable TV. They got internet, but not TV. And from what I'm hearing younger kids don't watch much TV either. It...