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Alec Baldwin's Homophobic Slurs and The Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Awards, Ryan Field Books

Alec Baldwin's Homophobic Slurs and The Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Awards

It's no secret that Alec Baldwin went on vicious, vulgar homophobic rants. It was bad. You just have to do a simple search to find the links. 

Alec Baldwin is at it again. The 30 Rock star is accused of making homophobic comments towards a former Mitt Romney aide, Garrett Jackson...

Here's more about this. 

It's not the first time either.  There's this. And Baldwin has even been fired for his homophobic rants. 

So when I ...

First Contracted NHL Player Luke Prokop Comes Out As Gay, Ryan Field Books

 First Contracted NHL Player Luke Prokop Comes Out As Gay

A pro hockey player, Luke Prokop, recently decided to come out as gay, making NHL history. Of course, it's beginning to get so commonplace with pro athletes coming out as gay most people aren't even paying attention to it. But it shouldn't be that way. It's still not easy to come out as gay in any walk of life and we still have a long way to go. 

"I believe that living my authentic life will allow me to bring my whole self to the rink and i...

Atlanta Family Is Arrested After Trimming the Word "Gay" Into a Boy's Hair, Ryan Field Books

Atlanta Family Is Arrested After Trimming the Word "Gay" In a Boy's Hair

Here is another truly disgusting story from Atlanta. This is about anti-gay, homophobic idiots who were involved in child abuse and they got caught. And what is even more interesting is that they are so stupid they actually posted a video of the abusive act on social media. 

“The video, recorded from an Instagram Live on June 17, appeared to show the young boy being struck by members of his family,” 11 Alive Atlanta writes. “...

Gay Man Found Almost Dead on Atlanta Train Tracks, Ryan Field Books

Gay Man Found Almost Dead on Atlanta Train Tracks, 

Here's yet another disturbing story about a young gay man who was found almost dead on Atlanta train tracks. From the way it sounds, it was pretty gruesome, too. 

A man out for a walk found Dowd Sunday morning on some train tracks. Local media reported the witness said there was no one near where Dowd was discovered.

Here's more.  They started a GoFundMe for him. The police are still investigating this and they don't have much information yet. I'l...

Gay Man Assaulted In Palm Springs In Possible Hate Crime, Ryan Field Books

 Gay Man Assaulted In Palm Springs In Possible Hate Crime

Here's a story that proves gay hate and hate crimes can happen anywhere. Even though Palm Springs...where Tony and I live...has such a huge gay population, we are still not safe from this kind of thing. And we know it, which is why we never let down our guards. 

A gay man from Los Angeles was visiting Palm Springs and he was assaulted and left critical. 

"There's no question in my mind that this was motivated by hate," Carl told local media ...

Publishing, Literary Agents, and a Broken Query System, Gay Couple On Vacation Brutally Attacked While Straight People Watch and Called Them "Queer", Ryan Field Books

Publishing, Literary Agents, and a Broken Query System

As a writer, I never said no to anyone. If an LGBTQ publisher asked me to do something, I did it. And I still do it. And I will continue to do it until I'm dead. That's just a reality in life as a writer, especially if you're coming from a minority or any marginalized group. But it's just as difficult sometimes for straight mainstream authors. 

AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE QUERY SYSTEM IS BROKEN. 

So if you're querying agents and you're getting reje...

Riverdale Avenue Books In New York Publishes "The Wizard of Pride," FREE Gay Excerpt "The Wizard of Pride" Ryan Field Books

Riverdale Avenue Books In New York Publishes The Wizard of Pride

Here's a link to a piece in the LGBTQ publication from Los Angeles called The Pride. I didn't solicit them and I'm very grateful for this. 

In the year 1939, discretion is a way of life for young men like Darius Krasner. However, when he gets caught making love to one of the young farmhands by the wicked Agnes McCain, and she threatens to expose him and take his dog, he’s forced to run away from the only family and home he’s ever kno...

John Barrowman Speaks Up About Claims That He Exposed Himself, Follow These Unwritten Rules of Life, Ryan Field Books

John Barrowman Speaks Up About Claims That He Exposed Himself

I really haven't been following this story closely and it hasn't been talked about in the mainstream. But I have seen it on social media so I figured I would post something objective. And I mean totally objective. 

After accusations surfaced that John Barrowman had exposed himself on the set of Dr. Who, Barrowman spoke up and addressed the issue. 

The actor recently admitted to “tomfoolery” on the set of the BBC show after a 2015 video f...

What It's Like to Manage a Gay Bathhouse, Ryan Field Books

 What It's Like to Manage a Gay Bathhouse

When I post these things I'm not trying to entertain the people who follow me on social media or the people I know fairly well. I get thousands of hits a month from all over the globe just through random searches and that's the main reason why I continue this website. I've been doing it for over ten years and I've received e-mails and messages from LGBTQ people from everywhere. That's my main goal. So if you think I'm preaching to the proverbial choir on ...

14 Straight People Who Deny the Existence of Gay People, What They Do To Gay People In Publishing, Ryan Field Books

14 Straight People Who Deny the Existence of Gay People

There is a name for this. It's called Straight-Washing. And it happens all the time. 

This is one of those tongue-in-cheek pieces that talk about how clueless some straight people can be when it comes to the actual existence of gay people. They simply overlook us completely. It doesn't call anyone out in particular. It's more geared toward generalities. 

I love #7 the most. It's so true. They do this with Walt Whitman every year when it's his ...