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"Who Cares" Is Now A Code Word for "I Hate Gay People," Ryan Field Gay Romance

 "Who Cares" Is Now A Code Word For "I Hate Gay People"

Supposedly, this has something to do with homophobic Facebook users keeping gay athletes in the closet. "Who cares" and "I don't care" is now a code for the hateful homophobes to let us know how they feel, without getting kicked off social media. 

We at Outsports have noticed a flood of “who cares” and “no one cares” responses to our stories, particularly on Facebook. And when I say “flood” I mean literally hundreds of these same exact messag...

A Gay Male Author Thinks It's Fine For Women Writers to Dominate the Gay Romance Genre and The Problem with White Authors Writing Black Stories

A Gay Male Author Thinks It's Fine For Women Writers to Dominate the Gay Romance Genre, and The Problem with White Authors Writing Black Stories

First, I want to make a point that this has nothing to do with readers. Readers can, and should, read whatever they want and whatever they find interesting. I love reading black stories. And I know a lot of straight people who love reading gay stories. There's nothing wrong with that. This is about writers and cultural appropriation, and it's NOT about r...

Do White Gay Men Even Know About Cultural Appropriation? Ryan Field Books

 Do White Gay Men Even Know About Cultural Appropriation? 

In a world where straight actors think nothing of playing gay characters, straight women authors think nothing of writing gay romance novels, and almost everyone in publishing and Hollywood doing gay content for profit seems to be straight, it makes me wonder what gay men are thinking. Why isn't there more outrage? Why isn't there more support for openly gay actors and writers? 

Well, this article focuses on the cultural appropriation of g...

What It's Like For Some Gay Men to Come Out As Republican, Ryan Field Gay Fiction

 What It's Like For Some Gay Men To Come Out As Republican

I never thought I would see the day where gay men who have struggled and fought off demons all their lives would have to come out twice. Once as gay, and another time as Republican. In fact, many of the gay Republican men I do know are quiet and never admit it in public. So they remain closeted, sometimes forever. 

I've always leaned to the left so I've always been Democrat, but over the years I've also leaned toward the center on certain ...

Transgender Woman and Army Vet Allegedly Rejected From Multiple Elder Homes, Ryan Field Books

 Transgender Woman and Army Very Allegedly Rejected From Multiple Elder Homes,

Here's an in-depth story about one transwoman's fight to get into Elder care. But I think it goes deeper and it's something we all have to worry about. One thing I have seen first hand with older gay friends who've gone into assisted living or "elder care." It's such a painfully straight environment they wind up going right back into the closet. 

Lisa Oakley loved living in Craig, Colorado. Deer roamed the backyard, and...

Druid Heights was NOT America's Only LGBTQ Historic District, Misleading Article Puts a Spin on Gay History, Ryan Field Books

Druid Heights was NOT America's Only LGBTQ Historic District, Misleading Article Puts a Spin on Gay History

There are a few important historic districts in the US for LGBTQ people, which is why this article really bothers me. It's the worst clickbait I have ever seen. They are claiming that a place in California's Marin County called Druid Heights is America's only LGBTQ historic district and that it is falling apart. And that simply is not true. Fire Island is filled with LGBTQ history, and so i...

Ireland Removes Homophobic Teaching Material, Ryan Field Books

 Ireland Removes Homophobic Teaching Material

It's really kind of surprising that this kind of thing has been being taught in a place like Ireland. They've been removing teaching material that's about as homophobic as it can get. 

Irish education officials have removed teaching material that asked teenage students to discuss inflammatory, false statements such as “all gays molest children,” “girls who don’t wear make-up are lesbian” and “all gays are HIV positive.”

Here's more. It's interesting to ...

Italian Populist Politician Vincenzo Spadafora Comes Out as Gay, Ryan Field Books

 

Italian Politician Vincenzo Spadafora Comes Out as Gay
Here is another great coming out story. This time it’s a politician in Italy. You don’t hear this sort of thing often with politicians. 
“And I did it for myself too, because I learned perhaps too late that it is important to love and respect each other.”
Here’s the rest. No one that I’ve ever known has ever regretted coming out. 

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Suicide Risk Disparities with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual People, Ryan Field Books

Suicide Risk Disparities with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual People

Why they didn't do this study with LGBTQ people makes me wonder. It was only done with gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. The focus is on how suicide risk varies with regard to several different social identity factors that include age and race. I hate to say sexual identity because I don't think LTBTQ people are all about sex. Yet, the so-called professionals always do this. And I think that's because these studies are done mostly b...

Australian Footballer Is Terrified to Play In One of Those Horrible Hateful Homophobic Countries like Qatar, Ryan Field Books

Australian Footballer Is Terrified to Play in One of Those Horrible Hateful Homophobic Countries Like Qatar

I see no point in being kind or careful when it comes to things like this. Countries like Qatar where "homosexuality" is a crime, need to be called out for being the homophobic #$itholes they really are. I think if the rest of the world did this things might change a little faster. There's no reason why any gay person should feel this way. 

"I read something along the lines of that [they] gi...