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An 81 Year Old Man Claims He was Jailed For Having Gay Sex, Ryan Field Books

An 81 Year Old Man Claims He was Jailed For Having Gay Sex

This story is about an older gay man being singled out because he's gay and because he had gay sex in a straight retirement facility. I have seen it first hand. Those straight retirement facilities are the kiss of death for older gay people. It's a gay person's worst nightmare. They live their entire lives as gay and then suddenly they are thrown into this heteronormative environment that's filled with nothing but straight privilege. And ...

Benedict Cumberbatch Plays Gay for Pay In "The Power of the Dog" on Netflix, Ryan Field Books

Benedict Cumberbatch Plays Gay for Pay In "The Power of the Dog" on Netflix

First, I'm referring to the character Cumberbatch plays as gay because there was no other name for us during the time period in which this film is set. Second, Netflix really dropped the ball with this one because they don't even mention gay content in the movie description. I almost passed on it. They basically say that it's a movie about a woman who marries a man and the man's brother torments the woman and her son. And...

Chile Legalizes Same Sex Marriage, Ryan Field Gay Author

 Chile Legalized Same-Sex Marriage

Same-sex marriage seems so commonplace here in the US that we often forget there are still many parts of the world where it's still illegal. But even that seems to be changing. 

By overwhelming majorities in both chambers, lawmakers put the unions of same-sex couples on par with others, making Chile the 31st nation to allow gay marriage and taking a significant step toward consolidating it as the norm in Latin America.

Here's more. The article goes on to mention t...

Netflix's New Gay Rom-Com Is Gay Crap, Ryan Field Books

 Netflix's New Gay Rom-Com Is Gay Crap

One of the things about all of these romance movies...gay or straight...that gets under my skin a little is the insincerity. It seems like the stars of these films are just grasping for any kind of attention they can get, and if they can't get any they will create their own attention. It's really a little unsettling to see just how much insincerity there is out there, and how good, innocent people believe it. There's one who seems to be trying to become the ...

MP Chris Bryant Feels Less Safe as a Gay Man, Ryan Field Books

 MP Chris Bryant Feels Less Safe as a Gay Man

This is unusual. A senior labor MP from the UK claims he feels less safe now than he did 30 years ago. He talks about culture wars and societal issues that frankly I think sound a bit contrived. 

Mr Bryant, who chairs the Commons standards committee, said he had discussed his concerns about culture wars - ideological battles about personal and societal issues - with "people who work in Downing Street".

Here's more. He talks about homophobic abuse and no...

Gay Auto Racer Dustin Sprouse Bucks Gay Stereotypes, Ryan Field Books

 Gay Auto Racer Dustin Sprouse Bucks Gay Stereotypes

Dustin Sprouse is an openly gay auto racer who has found peace and comfort in his community. He might be the only out gay dirt racer in the country right now. He's from what most would consider a very conservative area and yet he's found acceptance. And he doesn't want to promote any of the gay stereotypes. In other words, like most gay men he is NOT Will or his Grace. 

“I don’t flaunt it in people’s faces,” Sprouse told SI. “When I’m at the rac...

Kavanaugh Cites Landmark Gay Rights Cases To Argue About Abortion Restrictions, Ryan Field Books

 Kavanaugh Cites Landmark Gay Rights Cases To Argue About Abortion Restrictions

I have heard gay rights being compared to abortion all my life and it sickens me. I do not see how abortion is in any way related to my life as a gay man. I think it's insulting, presumptuous, and so typical of straight white privilege. Gay rights and gaining rights is a celebration of freedom. An abortion is usually something that's taken very seriously and it's not usually celebrated. The two issues are nothing alik...

TV Actor Was Given Training to "De-Gay" His Voice, Ryan Field Books

TV Actor Was Given Training to "De-Gay" His Voice

Some gay men, though not all, speak with what's been referred to as "gay voice." It's nothing harmful and I've heard it all my life. But there are certain people out there who don't like "gay voice" and they want everyone to sound the same. This article goes a lot deeper and it talks about what it's really like to be gay and work in TV from many different POVs. He is right about the conversion therapy part. 

Until recently, it’s been about hiding t...

Book club that started the gay rights movement, Ryan Field Books

 Book club that started gay rights movement 

This is a part of gay culture and gay history that I didn’t know. There was actually a book club that started the gay rights movement. It’s a fascinating story and I wish that the mainstream would focus more on these stories than on gay Santa kissing a man. 

“The Cory Book Service was crucial to the founding of the gay movement,” Johnson said. “If you were a gay person in 1955 founding a gay organization, where do you go? That’s where you go.”

Here’s mor...

Gay men who came out later in life, Ryan Field Books

 Gay men who came out later in life

Many gay men and women come out late in life so this is nothing shocking. In fact, it’s actually always interesting to listen to their stories. 

Kal's journey to living openly got me thinking of all the other queer men who came out at an older age and how we don't hear enough of their stories.

Here’s more. I think you’ll enjoy these stories. I would say at least half the gay people I know came out later. There’s no rule book. 

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