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The Bachelor Star Colton Underwood Comes Out As Gay, Ryan Field Books

 The Bachelor Star Colton Underwood Comes Out As Gay

We finally landed in our new house in Palm Springs and all is well. I'm hoping to get back to normal soon. There have been a lot of distractions in the past few months. 

With that said, these TV shows like The Bachelor are so hetero, and so geared toward straight white privilege, that I want to gag just looking at them for a minute or two. Seriously 

In the same respect, I'm glad Colton Underwood decided to come out and I hope he's happy. I can't...

Moving to Palm Springs, Tony and I Moved...Again!! Ryan Field Books

Moving to Palm Springs, Tony and I Moved...Again!!

Early last November I posted here on the website that Tony and I had moved. We'd sold our wonderful home of 18 years in New Hope and it turned out to be a nightmare. I get into a long explanation there, at this link. 

With that said, I wanted to do a more positive follow-up post to show where things are now, 5 months later. Don't get me wrong. I still wish we hadn't sold our home. I still miss it every day, and I probably always will. I sometimes ...

Wed: The Myanmar Crisis and LGBTQ People, Ryan Field Books

 Wed: The Myanmar Crisis and LGBTQ People

I feel so strongly about supporting all LGBTQ people across the globe that I try to keep up to date with what's happening everywhere. It's not always easy to do because our mainstream media in the US is usually so slanted and so untrustworthy I don't see half of what's happening. Thankfully, we have the Internet to offset the crooked media. 

In short, there's been some serious unrest in Myanmar and here's how it's affecting LGBTQ people. 

 

Information is sc...

Tues: The Best Streaming Penises, Ryan Field Books

 Tues: The Best Streaming Penises

I stumbled across this article about male full-frontal nudity and I couldn't pass up the chance to link. You don't see many of them around.

It's a list of streaming TV shows and movies. 

This 1997 flick about a dishwasher turned porn star features an impressive 13-inch prosthetic latched onto Mark Wahlberg’s own goods. Of course, being that it is not Wahlberg’s actual penis, including it on this list is debatable. But it looks pretty real. Yell at me in the comment...

Ellen Stunned Straight People With All Gay Cartoon Characters, Ryan Field Books

Mon... Ellen Stunned Straight People With All Gay Cartoon Characters

This is all news to me. I can't elaborate on any of it either.

“First, there’s Peppermint Patty,” Ellen said. “Let’s look at the evidence here. She wears Birkenstocks. Her name is Patty. Her best friend calls her Sir, which is short for Sir-iously gay.”

Here's the rest. Of course, this is tongue in cheek. No one ever mentions Mary Poppins as being gay. And there's a good chance she was a lesbian. The author of  Mary Poppins, PL Tr...

Sun. State Parks and Public Restrooms 24 Place Where Gay Men Cruised, Ryan Field Books

State Parks and Public Restrooms 24 Places Where Gay Men Cruised

I don't have a problem talking about this. Unlike straight people (and some gay people) I don't see any point in white-washing the past when Gay men cruised each other. In many cases, they still do. There's a reason for this and I defy anyone to judge me or any other gay man. And we shouldn't be apologizing for it either. For one thing, we didn't get a normal puberty and we didn't get prom dates like straights. We had to figure out ...

Sat. Virginia Bans Gay and Trans Panic Defense, Ryan Field Books

Sat. Virginia Bans Gay and Trans Panic Defense

For those of you who never heard of gay and trans panic defense, it means that if someone with straight privilege is charged with a crime against a gay or trans person, they can claim temporary insanity because of same-sex sexual advances. In other words, if you're a gay guy and you make a pass at a straight guy he can literally beat you to death because he can say he was so traumatized by what you did. In the past, anything gay-related has always be...

Fri. Keep the Penis In the Picture HBO and Male Full Frontal Nudity, Can Gay Bottoms Self-Lubricate? Ryan Field Books

 Fri. Keep the Penis In the Picture HBO and Male Full Frontal Nudity

Here's another story about male full frontal nudity in films. This one is focused on HBO's history with regard to showing penis in films. 

From "Real Sex" to "Game of Thrones," a look back at the junk-filled journey to that controversial "Euphoria" locker room scene.

Here's more. They mention something interesting that I never noticed before. There is yet another double standard, and it's true. Male nudity is often used for comedi...

Thurs. Old Laws Criminalizing Gay Sex Crossing State Lines, Ryan Field Books

Thurs. Old Laws Criminalizing Gay Sex and Crossing State Lines

Here's a piece about outdated sex laws in certain states and whether or not certain things will cross state lines. I'm not going to comment much because I don't want to screw it up.  

Menges, now 45 and living in Butte, Mont., was charged under Idaho’s Crimes Against Nature law when he was 18. The law bans anal and oral sex between consenting adults.

You can read more, here. It's sad to read that these things are still happening. There ...

Wed. Kate Winslet Knows 4 Gay Actors Who Haven't Come Out, Ryan Field Books

Kate Winslet Knows 4 Gay Actors Who Haven't Come Out

Kate Winslet isn't outing anyone with this. She's simply stating a fact. I know even more gay men who have not come out of the closet, and for very valid reasons. Those of you who think all gay men are coming out are living in a dream world. In many cases we are still fighting the same battles we fought 50 years ago. 

“The agent said: ‘I understand you are bisexual – I wouldn’t publicise that’,” Winslet said. “I can think of at least four actors...