Gay sexual preferenc are surprisgly siar to those of straight men.
Contents:
- GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
- GAY OR STRAIGHT, A MALE IS A MALE IS A MALE
- 5 SURPRISGLY GAY-IENDLY STATNS
- THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL HAS A SURPRISGLY GAY TWIST
- WAG FOR THE BARBARIANS — A SURPRISGLY GAY TEMPLE TIME
- 14 MOST MEMORABLE GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY NON-GAY ACTORS
- RUNWAY RENEGAS: SURPRISGLY, GAY AND LBIAN MOLS FD THAT EVEN A BS DOMATED BY OTHER GAYS, 'S STILL NOT SAFE TO BE OUT ON THE TWALK.
- TX JUDGE C 303 CREATIVE AS GENERAL LICENSE TO DISCRIMATE AGAST GAYS ... FOR J
- THE SURPRISGLY GAY WORLD OF SECT SEX
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND CONMNS GAY CLERICS FOR OUTG PRITS AS BISHOPS PREP FOR LGBT DEBATE
- HOW A SELF-TGHT ART CURATOR BEME A GAY RIGHTS CHAMPN
- HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
- THE HOBBY LOBBY RULG IS SURPRISGLY GOOD FOR GAYS
- 29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
- GAY MARRIAGE FACTS GAY MARRIAGE FACTS – 10 FACTS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
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"When we get to the pot where a gay pro athlete is no longer forced to live fear that he'll be shunned by teammat or outed by tabloids … then g out won't be such a big al, " Colls wrote, but ultimately nced that we're "not there yet. In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan.
"My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis.
Then Augt, durg an terview wh People Magaze's Every Day podst, the R&B star remisced about his s-long reer the mic/entertament dtry so far, while also givg listeners a rare glimpse to his personal life and nfirmg that he do intify as a gay man.
GAY OR STRAIGHT, A MALE IS A MALE IS A MALE
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The popular and credibly private vio game streamer, who is most known for playg Mecraft and for streamg on Twch, me out an April Twter Q&A wh his followers when he was asked by a fan what his favore moment the gay, romantic, teen Netflix seri Heartstopper was.
""For those nfed basilly I gus I am technilly unlabeled as the way I have kda always gone around life jt beg attracted to whoever I am attracted to jt so happens that most of them le up wh a 'certa type' you uld say, " he later clarified, sayg that he is "okay wh the gay label.
Though the pop sger has been open about her sexualy for years ( 2019 she told Attu that she was bisexual and an open relatnship), she took to Instagram June to celebrate Pri Month and to talk even further about her sexualy, remdg everyone that she is, fact, a queer in who is "not gay and not straight. The 25-year-old athlete and former Richmond Flyg Squirrels player revealed to his fans and followers that while he is no longer playg for the team, which is part of the San Francis Giants system, he is thankful for the time he had and isn't givg up on his love of baseball, pecially as an out, gay man.
5 SURPRISGLY GAY-IENDLY STATNS
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" "This is not somethg that I'm ashamed of, and 's not somethg that anyone should have to be ashamed of, " he followed he ndid vio wh a "Part 2" 2015 and now, as a pop star and actor, Sivan has ntued to openly discs his experienc as a gay man.
It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch.
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THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL HAS A SURPRISGLY GAY TWIST
The Guardians of the Galaxy have given new meang to the phrase 'make the Yuleti gay', by gog to a gay bar new holiday special * surprisingly gay *
You uld sur the Inter or make expensive pilgrimag to your neart big cy to vis a sexual retailer tered exclively to gay men — nearly every big cy has one — or you uld start wh this list of 39 sex toys you have to try, some of which are for begners and others for seasoned adventurists. Home to one of the biggt per pa LGBT populatns on the east ast and now host of the entirely enticg Frostbe ME weekend (early March, dat TBA), a LGBT wter celebratn wh an allurg array of homo hijks, activi, and events that lnched 2008, Portland is Mae's ptivatg largt cy (populatn 65, 000).
Set the midst of the Blue Ridge Mountas and Great Smoky Mountas Natnal Park, Asheville (populatn 73, 000) is home to an excellent choice of gay and lbian-owned ns and gutho, such as gay-owned 1899 Whegate Inn and Cottage.
But returng to gay preferenc, is not cur—not to say, untertuive—that, overall, gays’ aroal would be more strongly activated by heterosexual mal than by fellow gays (where their attractn would much more likely be reciproted)?
WAG FOR THE BARBARIANS — A SURPRISGLY GAY TEMPLE TIME
Taye Diggs is makg his theater eback, playg a gay character the h Broadway mil, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Diggs jos a select list of Black actors who have played gay characters on the big and small screen. Flip through for some of our favore gay and lbian portrayals on TV and film. * surprisingly gay *
In short, by addrsg the likelihood that gay men posss the same bra software targetg youth cu as do straight mal (and, once aga, distguishg both of them om women—who typilly sire their partners to be olr and more experienced). Gays also search the Inter much more for athletic, full-bodied actors than for skny on, addnally parallelg a preference on the part of straight mal that’s unter to what much popular culture might have believe.
“Feet, butts, and chts are highly popular both gay and straight porn, as are domatn, submissn, group sex, amatrs, and numero typ of squickier terts [and "squicky" is porn jargon for preferenc that, nventnally, would be viewed as repulsive]. Reportg on the fdgs of a mammoth ternatnal survey (wh over 250, 000 participants), Ogas and Gaddam note that both gays and straight mal were found to “prefer appearance and visual attractivens over all other quali when selectg a partner.
” And they add that when, another study, gays and straights were placed a bra snner and shown pornographic vios, “their bra activy was strikgly siar”—as ntrasted, that is, wh the snner rults when women were subject to plementary aroal cu. More Top 5After I Do: Top 5 Honeymoon DtatnsTop Five Value DtatnsTop Five Outdoor CiOur Top Five other favore European untriTop Gay-Friendly Hotel CompaniClean and Clear: Top 5 Healthy DtatnsShow on the road: Tope 10 Ksch DtatnsTop 10 Hot Sprg PartiTop 10 Up and Comg Dtatns for 2008Top 5 Gay Halloween DtatnsWng Tl: Top 5 film lotnsTop 5 Rural Pris. Lately, the number of visors to the ftival has nsistently been around five ln, makg São Plo an exemplary gay travel over the world, Pri is not only a prott for equal rights and acceptance; ’s also a time for celebratn.
14 MOST MEMORABLE GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY NON-GAY ACTORS
Free Onle Library: Runway renegas: surprisgly, gay and lbian mols fd that even a bs domated by other gays, 's still not safe to be out on the twalk. by "The Advote (The natnal gay & lbian newsmagaze)"; News, opn and mentary Fashn mols Behavr Gays Lbians * surprisingly gay *
The untry crimalized homosexualy 1956 — earlier than some other veloped untri the world, and elected s first transgenr MP to Silom, the center of Bangkok’s gay scene, brimmg wh queer-iendly entertament and nightlife.
Puerto Vallarta, a lively and picturque beach rort, is said to be the one most worth visg; the cy’s longstandg warm reputatn is a reflectn of the generally approachable and hospable attus of s aptly-named Zona Románti is at the very re of Puerto Vallarta’s gay life.
Neverthels, the Japane bear no signifint history of hostily towards the LGBTQ+ muny, and the rate of public acceptance is growg, so ’s unlikely you’ll enunter any aggrsive or nontatnal yet, beg gay isn’t somethg that a lot of people Japan would openly discs. MaltaMalta is officially the most queer-iendly untry Europe — ShutterstockLast, but certaly not least, the small island natn of Malta might jt be the perfect gay most of the picks this list, Malta don’t boast a particularly renowned queer party scene. Makg her long-overdue return to the small screen, Phylicia Rashad has land a starrg role on the new Ava DuVeryay-directed CBS drama For Jtice which she will portray Gea Howe, a gay woman workg the Department of Jtice’s Civil Rights Divisn who mt learn to navigate both the racism and homophobia that she mt face the workplace.
RUNWAY RENEGAS: SURPRISGLY, GAY AND LBIAN MOLS FD THAT EVEN A BS DOMATED BY OTHER GAYS, 'S STILL NOT SAFE TO BE OUT ON THE TWALK.
The Church of England is nmng a group of gay clerics who are seekg to out gay bishops and other clergy the Church, argug that the accatns uld spark a wch hunt agast prits. * surprisingly gay *
Spoilers for It Chapter Two has been prevly reported, the film opens wh a scene straight om Stephen Kg's origal novel, which a gay uple (Xavier Dolan and Taylor Frey) are attacked by a group of homophob, who beat Dolan's character Adrian and throw him over the si of a bridge.
This attack, spired by the real-life murr of Charlie Howard, uld be wrten off as simply Pennywise takg an opportuny to feed (although s implied, moro Kg's novel than the film, that the enty It -- the name the Losers Club giv to the monster otherwise known as Pennywise -- ntrols the town of Derry and may have telepathilly spired the homophob to attack the uple. Follow along on a gay wrer’s adventur at Pri around the world; read about a bisexual woman’s journey to The Gambia to vis her stnchly relig fay; and hear om a non-genr-nformg traveler about unexpected challeng and triumphs on the road. An LGBTQ+ history tour of Indianapolis tak you through the lol sights, om the old gayborhood, Herron-Morton Place, to the State Fairgrounds, where Ana Bryant mpaigned agast LGBTQ+ rights 1977, kickg off public prott om Indy's queer muny.
Choose om a queer history tour that spotlights the cy’s adlit arson attack on a lol gay bar and s role as a haven for gay and lbian thors; a French Quarter tour wh Mardi Gras and Southern Dence tell-alls; or a drag tour that centers the cy’s prent-day QTBIPOC and sex worker muni. Madison is so gay iendly that fdg out where a gay neighbourhood starts and ends is somewhat impossible, while the number of gay bars to choose om is so extensive that you may jt have to extend your trip to vis them all!
TX JUDGE C 303 CREATIVE AS GENERAL LICENSE TO DISCRIMATE AGAST GAYS ... FOR J
‘I had no visn at all,’ said Charl W. Llie, who -found the Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art 50 years ago. ‘It had to do wh some vague ncept of gay liberatn.’ * surprisingly gay *
However, the acceptance of LGBTQ+ people and the fight for equaly far surpass the borrs of Boston as the state of Massachetts as a whole was the first the Uned Stat to legalise same-sex marriag and the first to elect an openly gay reprentative back 1974. Renzi's se reflects the plited boom-or-bt dynamics at work for gay and lbian mols the fashn dtry: Gay works sometim n lnch reers, but openns about beg gay n eeze mols out of the most lucrative mpaigns, ually n by nservative, mastream fashn dtry is rife wh mors that some of s marquee mols are gay or lbian. Homosexualy is so mon-place that a Febary 3 "Page Six" em that began "Even though he's gay and has a boyiend, women are ga-ga for Gucci signer Tom Ford" srcely raised an there is no openly gay supermol, and that's no accint.
In the Victorian era, homosexualy was emed to place a terrible stra on the fay dynamic and when cizens and officials were forced to speak about , the ‘acced’ men were vilified, ostracized, and classified as dividuals who went outsi acceptable masculy. Sce their wispread adoptn gay circl the mid-20th century, poppers have bee a qutsential facet of gay nightlife and sexual pleasure — small bursts of chemil ecstasy that have retaed a murky legaly the US and UK, spe beg (dubly) tied to the HIV/AIDS his book-length exploratn of the substance, Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futur, out now om Repeater Books, Brish wrer Adam Zmh explor the role of poppers mercializg gay inty, spurrg HIV/AIDS fears, and tighteng the straightjacket of hyper-macho gay masculy — an experience Zmh himself has wrtled wh for much of his is a natural f to narrate the dg’s plited legacy.
” More than jt a survey of the past, Zmh’s text aims to employ queer history to help image new spac where all of n feel the sh of eedom and pleasure approximated (momentarily) by dgs like Zmh criqu poppers’ ti to narrow visns of gay masculy, elsewhere the text his attentn turns to their utopic potential, most notably picted Leo Herrera’s 2020 film, The Fathers Project.
THE SURPRISGLY GAY WORLD OF SECT SEX
Durg Prohibn, gay nightlife and culture reached new heights—at least temporarily. * surprisingly gay *
The fact that there was this exprsn of gay feelg and gay experience our culture, and that the materialy of that arts culture, and that all of this was put to the servic of sellg a product, is probably the most patrtic Amerin ’s more, terted me how you uld take the feelg of a growg muny of margalized people, people who found power each other ncentrated plac like San Francis and New York, and then take that experience and modify to sell a product to them. Even wh that tegory of gay men, they were extremely narrow reprentatns — I don't have the body they were showg, I’m two feet smaller than any of those guys, and I don't even have one ab, like any of the guys the film.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND CONMNS GAY CLERICS FOR OUTG PRITS AS BISHOPS PREP FOR LGBT DEBATE
Tim ntue to change Hollywood and around the untry. Over the past uple years, more and more celebri have e out of the closet as gay. * surprisingly gay *
On July 6, Hensley filed a notice of supplemental thory argug that 303 Creative stands for the proposn that the state has no pellg tert ensurg that homosexual upl are treated wh equal digny to heterosexual upl.
The rponnts have sisted throughout this ligatn that the state has a “pellg tert” unr Texas RFRA forcg Judge Hensley to officiate same-sex weddgs on the same terms that she officiat opposg-sex weddgs, notwhstandg her scere relig objectns to homosexual behavr and same-sex marriage. Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny.
HOW A SELF-TGHT ART CURATOR BEME A GAY RIGHTS CHAMPN
After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny.
Puttg his stamp on The Ln Kg — he played Timon to great acclaim the billn-dollar-earng Disney reboot — the out-and-proud funnyman will next play Matt Ddge Amerin Crime Story: Impeachment while his upg Judd Apatow-produced feature at Universal is set to be the first gay rom- om a major stud. The queer Salvadoran edian translated the handful of breakout Saturday Night Live scen he wrote to multiple als at HBO — where he buted the edy special My Favore Shap 2019 and is readyg season two of Los Espookys, the half-Spanish, half-English, entirely absurd edy which he stars as the gay heir to a cholate fortune. This is not to say they were always happy about or viewed their disveri dispassnately; a scientist greeted the sight of male bighorn sheep mountg each other and formg long-term homosexual bonds wh: "I still crge at the memory of seeg old D-ram mount S-ram repeatedly...
HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
Work Sara Lewis's laboratory at Tufts Universy Massachetts showed that when one of the mal mated wh a female right after such a homosexual teractn, on a few ocsns enough sperm om the other male was left that actually fertilized some of the female's eggs.
Although people rarely intify wh sects, particularly ty buzzy on such as fli, this se the media has reliably been all over any new fdg that als wh homosexualy Drosophila, wh headl such as "Ffli Tap to Their Gay Si, " "Gay Dnk F Fli, " and even "Gay F Fly for Print" (not sure what that was about, ankly). The male-male urtship beme more pronounced wh repeated exposure to the alhol; the experimental arena where the scientists placed the fli was quickly named the "Flypub, " and the evable news verage tmpeted, "F Fli Prove That Alhol Mak People Gay. "It is surprisg that mpaign groups which claim to support lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex Christians would dulge such irrponsible tactics whereby such claims may lead to attempts to intify dividual bishops, " the church said, acrdg to the Daily Right Rev.
THE HOBBY LOBBY RULG IS SURPRISGLY GOOD FOR GAYS
What is more, 72 members of the Church's lg general synod wrote a letter Augt urgg bishops to adhere to the biblil doctre on 100 bishops are set to meet later September to discs the Church's posn on homosexualy and same-sex marriage as talks of a potential spl the Anglin Communn loom over the Stoyan Zaimov on Facebook: CPSZaimov Free Relig Freedom UpdatJo thoands of others to get the FREEDOM POST newsletter for ee, sent twice a week om The Christian Post. That we’ve rurrected some of the early work by artists who first attracted people, like Marn Pto, Delmas Howe, Sandra DeSando, John Burton Harter, Michela Griffo and Arthur Trs, bee we were not allowed to show anythg that was out of the was your visn regardg the importance of gay work?
The Begngs of a New Gay World“In the late 19th century, there was an creasgly visible prence of genr-non-nformg men who were engaged sexual relatnships wh other men major Amerin ci, ” says Chad Heap, a profsor of Amerin Studi at Gee Washgton Universy and the thor of Slummg: Sexual and Racial Enunters Amerin Nightlife, 1885-1940.
29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
By the 1920s, gay men had tablished a prence Harlem and the bohemian mec of Greenwich Village (as well as the seedier environs of Tim Square), and the cy’s first lbian enclav had appeared Harlem and the Village.
”At the same time, lbian and gay characters were beg featured a slew of popular “pulp” novels, songs and on Broadway stag (cludg the ntroversial 1926 play The Captive) and Hollywood—at least prr to 1934, when the motn picture dtry began enforcg censorship guil, known as the Hays Co. ” By the post-World War II era, a larger cultural shift toward earlier marriage and suburban livg, the advent of TV and the anti-homosexualy csas champned by Joseph McCarthy would help ph the flowerg of gay culture reprented by the Pansy Craze firmly to the natn’s rear-view mirror.
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The qutn sudnly emerged as a dire threat as florists, bakers, and photographers have claimed a relig right to break state law to discrimate agast gay upl, and state after state proposed their own riffs on RFRA. Hogan’s ex-wife, Lda, once said the wrtler had an affair wh former WWE sta Bt Beefke, to which Hogan said::Jt to say somethg speful and hurtful, I don’t get …if was te and I was gay, I’d embrace , and I’d tell you guys about and I’d celebrate .