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Christian Wedding Photographer Who Refused Gay Couples Loses Big Time, Ryan Field Books

Christian Wedding Photographer Who Refused Gay Couples Loses Big Time
I have no problem with freedom of religion or anything to do with the right to practice any religion. We owned two small businesses and we never refused anyone service. In fact, we wouldn't refuse anyone service. But I do have a problem with discrimination, especially when the excuse is based on "religious reasons." Ever since gay marriage has been legalized certain Christian business owners have been refusing gay couples servi...

FREE Gay Fiction Excerpt: Part Two of my book "Altered Parts," Is Coming Out Soon, Ryan Field Books

Part Two of my book "Altered Parts," Is Coming Out Soon

I haven't had a new release in a while and there's a reason for that. I've been busy with life...with moving cross country, with family, with a few health issues. But the book is finished and I'm just going over the final edits that my editor returned to me. 

It's another book in the Altered Parts series that brings us into the future. We get to see Joe Buddy and Clay's great-grandsons...twins... who are still living and thriving up on Buddy'...

Anne Rice's Homoerotic Vampires and Gay Culture, Ryan Field Books

 Anne Rice's Homoerotic Vampires and Gay Culture

One thing Anne Rice never did was appropriate gay men or gay culture. She wrote characters with a homoerotic twist that didn't always cross the line...but were close to crossing the line. I remember the first time I read her book, Interview with the Vampire, I was shocked at the homoerotic characters because I'd never seen anything like that before in mainstream fiction. I couldn't put the book down. And I know I'm not the only one. I've had many d...

Ex-Convict Lori Loughlin Returns to TV in a Sweet Tender Christmas Movie, Ryan Field Books

Ex-Convict Lori Loughlin Returns to TV in a Sweet Tender Christmas Movie

I have to wonder WTF the people at GAC are thinking. It's a new cable channel that stands for "Great American County". It's clearly a channel that's geared toward a more conservative group, without mentioning politics. But I highly doubt most of their viewers were pro-same-sex marriage. I'm also so far apart from things like this with what I do in publishing with gay erotic romances that they probably think of me as a heathe...

Straight White Privileged JK Rowling Attacks Transgender Women Again with Her Vicious Mouth, Ryan Field Books

Straight White Privileged JK Rowling Attacks Transgender Women Again with Her Vicious Mouth

I can't even tell you how many vituperative exchanges I've had on Twitter this week thanks to that foul-mouthed vicious JK Rowling.  She went after Trans women again with a really nasty Tweet and set off a huge shitstorm. Of course, I support all trans people and I couldn't just sit back quietly while all those transphobic supporters of Rowling came out of the crack. Most of them don't even have real names...

Hallmark Holiday Gay Quiz, Ryan Field Books

 Hallmark Holiday Movie Gay Quiz 

I love Hallmark Christmas movies and I know so many others who love them. So this link is something I love. I’m also friends with longtime Hallmark star Trevor Donovan. Just the sweetest man. 

It’s actually a fun quiz that is gay I think you’ll love.

Yes, I could have used existing Hallmark Christmas movies for this personality quiz, but what fun is that — especially when there still aren’t enough queer and lesbian ones out there! 

Here’s the rest. 

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Gay man beaten with metal pole, Ryan Field Books

 Gay man beaten with metal pole 

Here’s another sad story. It’s about a gay man being beaten with a metal pole. The poor guy needs a walker to get around and no one bothered to help him. 

The New York Police Department announced that it has arrested a suspect in the vicious attack of a man with a metal pole on Coney Island in early November.

Here’s more. The suspect was arrested.   

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RIP Anne Rice Dead At 80 Years Old, Ryan Field Books

 RIP Anne Rice Dead At 80 Years Old

I was stunned yesterday when I read that Anne Rice passed away suddenly from a stroke. I don't think of 80 as being that old nowadays.

Anne Rice was pivotal with her gothic stories, but she was also one of the first mainstream authors I ever read who incorporated the concept of "gay" into her characters. She didn't write gay stories and she didn't write about gay men. She wrote slightly homoerotic content and she never once appropriated gay men. She also was kno...

Jussie Smollett Verdict Has Nothing to do with Real Anti-Gay Violent Crimes That Happen All the Time, Ryan Field Books

Jussie Smollett Verdict Has Nothing to do with Real Anti-Gay Violent Crimes That Happen All the Time

When I first heard the story about Jussie Smollett I believed him. And I believed him because I know that anti-gay hate crimes are real and they happen all the time. I even believed him a little longer than most people because I've seen how real these crimes truly are. Unfortunately, Jussie turned out to be a huge disappointment. 

And I think this needs to be said. It's a piece written by Michael C...

Peloton Goes After the Awful "Sex in the City Reboot" with a Brilliant Reply, Ryan Field Books

Peloton Goes After the Awful "Sex in the City Reboot" with a Brilliant Reply

I know this article isn't gay news or book news, but it is pop culture, and I have always despised the way this TV show treated gay men. Like pet poodles. It's so heteronormative and so filled with straight white privilege I could gag. So I'm no fan, and never was a fan. 

With that said, the new reboot actually killed off a well-known character from the show and it has something to do with Peloton. This is where I should ...