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Why Would Gay Men Care About Adele Pole Dancing? Ryan Field Books

 Why Would Gay Men Care About Adele Pole Dancing? 

Apparently, Adele went to a gay club in London and did some kind of pole dancing routine. But I'm not sure I understand this. I love to watch naked men do pole dancing. Hot, sweaty, hairy naked men. I love to watch them in their underwear. But I couldn't care any less than I do right now about a woman pole dancing. Maybe it's just me. 

So I'm genuinely wondering why gay men would care about this. And why would they start OMG-ing all over the place...

The Positive Aspects of Vast Ages Differences with Gay Men, Ryan Field Gay Romance

The Positive Aspects of Vast Age Differences Between Gay Men

Tony and I have always had older gay friends...gay men and gay women. We've loved them dearly, we've learned from them, and we've helped them through illnesses and death. But mostly, we learned. We learned about what life was like before AIDS, what it was like in the 1950s, and they also taught us about the more refined things in life. The first time we met our friends Steve and Charles they made it clear they would NEVER use paper napk...

HIV Now Infects More Straight People Than Gay or Bisexual, Ryan Field Gay Romance

 HIV Now Infects More Straight People Than Gay or Bisexual

I never thought I would see the day this would happen. Straight people are now getting infected with HIV more than gay or bisexual people. 

The figures on late diagnoses are particularly sobering: 51% of women, 55% of heterosexual men and 66% of those aged 65 and over were diagnosed at a late stage, which is after damage to the immune system has begun. This compares with just 29% among gay and bisexual men.

Here's more. I hope all these peo...

The White House Says It Will Not Support Homophobic Florida's Don't Say Gay Bill, Ryan Field Gay Romance

 The White House Says It Will Not Support Homophobic Florida's Don't Say Gay Bill

I'm finally starting to see this don't say gay bill hit the mainstream media. I've posted about it before recently, but it's basically a bill that doesn't want anything gay-related spoken aloud. They want to keep our lives and our culture and our history quiet. And even sadder is that there are so many conservatives who think it's all about sex and sexuality. They don't even understand people like Michelangelo, Walt...

I Just Celebrated 15 Years On LiveJournal, Ryan Field Gay Romance

 I Just Celebrated 15 Years On Live Journal

For me, it's hard to believe that 15 years have passed so quickly. Right around the time that I signed up for LiveJournal Tony and I were only living in our home in New Hope for about 5 years. Everything was still so new and fresh. We'd only been together as a couple for about 15 years and Tony had just been released from the hospital after a 3-month stay. I've posted about that here. And in several other places. 

Even though I didn't last in LiveJournal...

Arizona is Protecting Gay Rights

 Arizona is Protecting Gay Rights

Unlike Florida with that awful don’t say gay bill, Arizona is doing something to protect gay people and religion. It’s the result of a bipartisan group coming together, which is something that doesn’t happen very often. 

This is not about special treatment; it’s about equal treatment and opportunity for all. Nobody should live in fear ... simply for who they are or who they love,” said state Rep. Amish Shah, a Democrat who is the bill’s lead sponsor, during Monday...

LGBTQ Advocates Are Against "Don't Say Gay" Bill In Florida, Ryan Field Gay Romance

 LGBTQ Advocates Are Against "Don't Say Gay" Bill In Florida

This story has been highly visible all month, and I'm glad it has been. A bill was passed in Florida recently that might wind up silencing anything related to LGBTQ topics. It's a lot like the gay propaganda laws in Russia that we all know about. And LGBTQ advocates worry it will be harmful to LGBTQ kids in schools. 

“The legislation that is being proposed, the ones that we are here to fight tonight, are rolling back the clock,” Galvin s...

Gay Activist Pioneer Arnie Kantrowitz Dies, For Clueless Straight People: HIV is Not a Death Sentence Anymore, Ryan Field Books

 Gay Activist Pioneer Arnie Kantrowitz Dies

I remember reading about Arnie Kantrowitz in the old-fashioned made of paper gay newspapers. There was a time in the 90s, before everything went digital, that I would stop in at gay bars just to pick up a gay publication. Philadelphia Gay News (PGN) was a big one for me. You couldn't get them anywhere else. Your local gay newsstand or newspaper store did not carry any gay content...unless it was covered in a wrapper and hidden in the back.  

But I digres...

That Time Good Old Barbra Streisand Allegedly Found Gay Sex Scenes Distasteful, Ryan Field Books

That Time Good Old Barbra Streisand Allegedly Found Gay Sex Scenes Distasteful

One of the reasons why I never cared much for Barbra Streisand was that I was following the story behind The Normal Heart and Larry Kramer. I can't make any comments of my own but I tend to believe everything Kramer said. I also use the word allegedly because I'm only linking to all this. I know nothing about it first hand. However, personally, I do think Babs sings like a wounded raccoon and that her films are contriv...

An LGBTQ Party Charged Straight White Men More Than Twice as Much to Get Inside, Ryan Field Gay Romance

 An LGBTQ Party Charged Straight White Men More Than Twice as Much to Get Inside

This story is about a party in the UK that was geared toward LGBTQ people, but they charged a group of straight white men extra to gain entrance. The entrance fees ranged from $23 for LGBTQ+ people of color to $152 for straight white men. That's quite a difference. They try to justify why they did this, but not everyone is happy about it. 

The party organizers, Pxssy Palace, said on their website that the pricing scal...