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October 30, 2021
Playing Gay for Pay: Two Straight Males Actors Are Playing GayFace Again and of 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...
Many LGBTQ People think of Halloween as Gay Christmas, Ryan Field Books
Many LGBTQ People think of Halloween as Gay Christmas
Admittedly, Tony and I never thought of Halloween as "Gay Christmas." We never paid much attention to Halloween and it wasn't a huge holiday for us. We did go to Provincetown for 15 years for Halloween but that was more about the fall colors and experiencing Cape Cod in the fall. We never actually put on costumes and celebrated.
But some LGBTQ people think differently. They literally plan for this time of year. I just wish they wouldn't make ...
October 29, 2021
Most Millennials Don't Know the New Words Added to Merriam Webster Dictionary. Ryan Field Books
Most Millennials Don't Know the New Words Added to Merriam Webster Dictionary
This doesn't surprise me in the least. Most millennials don't even know how to pronounce words anymore. They call Amazon, "EEE-mah-Zahn." And there's a whole slew of other words they don't pronounce correctly. And you wonder what they have been learning in schools all this time.
Here's one of the words that tend to confuse them. I've known about this for a while. This is what social media did to Milos Yiannopoulos. Th...
October 27, 2021
Josh Cavallo Pro Footballer Comes Out as Gay, Ryan Field Books
I know I say this all the time, but this kind of news never gets tired. There are still so many closeted LGBTQ people out there it’s always wonderful to see more come out. This time it’s a well known footballer.
It’s been a journey to get to this point in my life, but I couldn’t be happier with my decision to come out,” he wrote. “I have been fighting my sexuality for over six years now, and I’m glad I can put that to rest.
Here is the rest.
According to...
October 26, 2021
Gay Characters In Eternals Might Be Censored For International Markets, Ryan Field Gay Romance Novels
Gay Characters In Eternals Might Be Censored For International Markets
It's no secret that certain global markets aren't as LGBT-friendly as the US. So there's a strong possibility that Chloe Zhao's Eternals might be censored with regard to LGBTQ characters in other parts of the world. Zhao doesn't want to see the film censored but she might not have a choice. In many places (even here in the US) anything with gay characters or gay content is considered adults only material and "they" will censo...
October 25, 2021
Ban On Gay Blood Finally Repealed in Israel, Ryan Field Books and Stories
Ban On Gay Blood Finally Repealed in Israel
This was great news. After years of antiquated thinking about gay men and AIDS, the ban on gay blood has finally been repealed in Israel. I think it also shows how Israel isn't homophobic like so much of that part of the world. In some places, in that part of the world, gay people are persecuted. However, in Israel even the health minister, Nitzan Horowitz, is openly gay. And now he cab donate blood.
"There is no difference between blood and blood," Ho...
October 24, 2021
School Play with Gay Character Shut Down In Ohio, Ryan Field Books
School Play with Gay Character Shut Down in Ohio
Gay content has always been censored. Up until recently it was even censored in publishing with regard to books and magazines. It doesn't have to be adult gay content. It could be rated G and totally safe, but if there is a gay character or gay content there will always be certain straights who will censor it. Mostly, they either find it offensive or they believe it's not safe for children. They have no idea that there are...and always have been.....
October 22, 2021
Lucie Arnaz Is An Executive Producer of the New Movie About Her Parents Titled "Being the Ricardos," Ryan Field Books
Lucie Arnaz Is An Executive Producer of the New Movie About Her Parents Titled "Being the Ricardos"
There's an upcoming movie on Amazon Prime about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz called Being the Ricardos. The exact content has been sketchy from the start, but the general theme seems to be about a crisis that happened during a week when they were filming the show. I'm wondering if maybe it was about when Lucy was accused of being a communist? I don't know, though. That's just speculation on my part....
October 21, 2021
Gay Man Attacked and Beaten by Neighbors In DC, Ryan Field Books
Gay Man Attacked and Beaten by Neighbors In DC
This one is really scary. It involves a woman, her daughter, and a straight guy who allegedly punched a gay man in the face while calling him all kinds of anti-gay slurs laced with antisemitic names. It supposedly happened where the victim lives and these were his neighbors.
And this wasn't just the first time the gay man was confronted by these homophobic neighbors. It sounds as though it's been an ongoing situation.
He said that minutes before the...
October 20, 2021
Colin Powell and Don't Ask Don't Tell, Ryan Field Books
Colin Powell and Don't Ask Don't Tell
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell recently passed away from COVID-19 (he also had cancer) and this article discusses his changing views on Don't Ask Don't Tell in the military, and same sex marriage.
In 2010, when President Barack Obama floated the idea of reviewing DADT with an eye to repeal, Powell, by then a private citizen, endorsed the plan. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman had said they supported Obama’s proposal.
