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US Navy Finally Launches Ship Christened After Gay Right's Leader Harvey Milk, Ryan Field Books

 US Navy Finally Launches Ship Christened After Gay Right's Leader Harvey Milk

Well, it's about time. It took almost 70 years for the US Navy to give Havey Milk the appreciation he deserves. In fact, few straight people even know that Milk was in the Navy and that he was discharged after being interrogated about his sexuality. 

In the 1950s being "Gay" didn't even exist. Among many pejoratives, you were considered "homosexual." The term "Gay" came into existence sometime in the late 1960s. 

"Leader...

What Happens When Clueless Straight People Write LGBTQ Stories and Appropriate Gay Culture?

What Happens When Clueless Straight People Write LGBTQ Stories and Appropriate Gay Culture?

First of all, this does not include readers. I believe readers should read anything they want and there shouldn't be limits. I love reading black authors like Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou. But I would NEVER, EVER write a book or story with the main focus on the black experience. That wouldn't just be wrong of me, it would make me a clueless white privileged idiot. But just because I don't write in that g...

Rapper Boosie Badazz Uses an Awful Homophobic Slur Because He's Homophobic, Ryan Field Books

Boosie Badazz Uses and Awful Homophobic Slur Because He's Homophobic

People who use homophobic slurs like this are homophobes. It's a simple deduction. These are not words that decent people use. Especially in the rap world where there are openly gay rappers. This Boosie Badazz wanted to get his point across to openly gay Lil Nas X and he wasn't playing around.

Some think the whole thing is staged. But why should that matter? Boosie is still homophobic and he should be canceled. Canceled completel...

Angelina Jolie Responds to Countries Banning "Eternals" For Gay Kissing Scene, Ryan Field Books

Angelina Jolie Responds to Countries Banning "Eternals" For Gay Kissing Scene

It's nice to see some strong support from a celebrity for once. They usually disappear when it comes to anything significant. And this is not just the superficial crap we get from the Will and his Grace crowd. That's always so insincere. 

I do believe Jolie is genuine with this one. Certain countries across the Gulf region have banned Eternals because there's a gay kissing scene and Jolie has come out with a statement. A...

School Field Trip to Popular Gay Owned Restaurant in Wilton Manors Causes Problems, Ryan Field Books

School Field Trip to Popular Gay Owned Restaurant In Wilton Manors Causes Problems

This happened in Wilton Manors, Florida, one of the gayest places in the world. Tony and I know quite a few LGBTQ people from New Hope and New Jersey who moved down there full time just because it's so gay. And it's been that way for a while. We never considered it because of the hot humid climate and the dense population. Palm Springs has a much more comfortable climate and it's not nearly as densely populated as ...

The Deep Divide on Gay Rights and Homophobic Conservatives in Europe, Ryan Field Books

The Deep Divide on Gay Rights and Homophobic Conservatives in Europe

This article begins with an assault on a gay couple in Italy. Italy lacks a hate crime law, which I never knew. We here in the US always think of Europe as being so progressive. In any event, someone proposed a hate crime law for Italy, and just like in the US the far right-wing in Italy wants no part of a hate crime law for LGBTQ people. They get into "homosexual propaganda," and the Vatican even got involved. 

Ultimately, the I...

South Asians Reacting As Kal Penn Comes Out As Gay, Ryan Field Books

 South Asians Reacting As Kal Penn Comes Out As Gay

Here's another coming-out story this week, and I love it. There's nothing disingenuous about it. Kal Penn's particular coming-out story is interesting. 

He also has a long list of credits and I did not know that he worked for President Obama in the White House Office of Public Engagement. 

He's talking about gay marriage here. 

"In the case of the White House," he said, "your role as an aide is to abide by the oath you took (to protect and defend t...

Gay People Who Come Out Later In Life, Ryan Field Books

Gay People Who Come Out Later In Life
If you think all gay people come out in their 20s and 30s, then you probably don't see anything wrong with straight actors playing gayface in gay for pay movies. In other words, you know nothing about gay people. 
With that said, here's a piece that discusses a few of the obstacles that gay people who come out later in life face. This one is about a couple who married years ago...man and woman...and remained married and in the closet the entire time. They did ...

Going Gay For Pay Playing Gayface: Should Gay Roles Be reserved for Gay Actors, Ryan Field Books

Going Gay For Pay Playing Gayface: Should Gay Roles Be reserved for Gay Actors

Time and again I see this argument pop up and time and again I see the same old lame replies. "It's only acting." "Anyone should be able to act any part they want." "If straight actors can't play gay roles than gay actors can't play straight roles." 

None of it holds up. It's simply a form of white privilege that cannot see the reality. First, if it were only acting Meryl Streep would be allowed to play Rosa Parks. I'm ...

Playing Gay for Pay: Two Straight Male Actors Are Playing GayFace Again and one of Them Is Josh O'Connor, Ryan Field Books

Playing Gay for Pay: Two Straight Male Actors Are Playing Gayface Again and Josh O'Connor Is One of Them

It's never fails. As if it wasn't bad enough that Josh O'Connor already played gayface in a movie called God's Own Country,  he's at it again with a new gay film titled, The History of Sound. And he'll be starring with another non-gay actor who will be playing gayface. Yes, while millions of openly or closeted real gay actors struggle to find work in films and TV, these two privileged straight...