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• ZAC EON AND MAX JOSEPH CUDDLE IN BED TOGETHER: CELEBRY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 24, 2014/9:46 AMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 24, 2014 / 9:46 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ZAC EON AND MAX JOSEPH CUDDLE IN BED TOGETHER: CELEBRY BROMANCE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-10-24T13:46:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-10-24T13:46:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SORRY JAM FRAN AND SETH ROGEN, THERE'S A NEW HOLLYWOOD BROMANCE TOWN: ZAC EON AND MAX JOSEPH HAVE BEEN PALLG AROUND ON THE SET OF THE NEW MOVIE, WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS, WHICH EON IS STARRG AND JOSEPH IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: SILVER FOX MAX JOSEPH IS OUR "CATFISH" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN INSTAGRAM PIC JOSEPH POSTED ON OCTOBER 18 (ABOVE) SHOWS THE MCULAR NEIGHBORS STAR SHIRTLS BED AND CUDDLG THE CATFISH CUTIE, WHO HAS HIS FGER ON HIS LIPS AS IF TO BEG THE PHOTOGRAPHER NOT TO WAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO HAVE BEEN POPPG UP ALL OVER EACH OTHER'S SOCIAL MEDIA, HUGGG OUT AND BEG ALL ROMANTIC. "HE’S AMAZG. HE IS A WORLD-CLASS PERSON. HE’S THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE AND HE’S THE FURTHT THG OM A PRIMA DONNA," JOSEPH TOLD MTV OF HIS LEADG MAN. "HE’S A TROOPER, AND WE HAVE A GOOD TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED:  ZAC EON AND BEAR GRYLLS HAVE AN "INTO THE WILD" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEPH EVEN HAS A NICKNAME FOR HIS LEADG MAN: SNACK EON. #{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE TE BROMANCE BETWEEN MAX JOSEPH AND SNACK EON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, MAX SHAR SECRETS OM THE WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• 2,462 GAY MEN CUDDLG STOCK VIOS, 4K FOOTAGE, & VIO CLIPS
• STATIC SHOT OF TWO GAY BLACK MEN CUDDLG OUTDOORS
• KG LIL JAY SLAMS GAY MORS AFTER VIO OF MAT KISSG PROMPTS TROLLS’ RPONSE
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

ZAC EON AND MAX JOSEPH CUDDLE IN BED TOGETHER: CELEBRY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 24, 2014/9:46 AMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 24, 2014 / 9:46 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ZAC EON AND MAX JOSEPH CUDDLE IN BED TOGETHER: CELEBRY BROMANCE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-10-24T13:46:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-10-24T13:46:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SORRY JAM FRAN AND SETH ROGEN, THERE'S A NEW HOLLYWOOD BROMANCE TOWN: ZAC EON AND MAX JOSEPH HAVE BEEN PALLG AROUND ON THE SET OF THE NEW MOVIE, WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS, WHICH EON IS STARRG AND JOSEPH IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: SILVER FOX MAX JOSEPH IS OUR "CATFISH" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN INSTAGRAM PIC JOSEPH POSTED ON OCTOBER 18 (ABOVE) SHOWS THE MCULAR NEIGHBORS STAR SHIRTLS BED AND CUDDLG THE CATFISH CUTIE, WHO HAS HIS FGER ON HIS LIPS AS IF TO BEG THE PHOTOGRAPHER NOT TO WAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO HAVE BEEN POPPG UP ALL OVER EACH OTHER'S SOCIAL MEDIA, HUGGG OUT AND BEG ALL ROMANTIC. "HE’S AMAZG. HE IS A WORLD-CLASS PERSON. HE’S THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE AND HE’S THE FURTHT THG OM A PRIMA DONNA," JOSEPH TOLD MTV OF HIS LEADG MAN. "HE’S A TROOPER, AND WE HAVE A GOOD TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED:  ZAC EON AND BEAR GRYLLS HAVE AN "INTO THE WILD" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEPH EVEN HAS A NICKNAME FOR HIS LEADG MAN: SNACK EON. #{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE TE BROMANCE BETWEEN MAX JOSEPH AND SNACK EON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, MAX SHAR SECRETS OM THE WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Is gay?

2,462 GAY MEN CUDDLG STOCK VIOS, 4K FOOTAGE, & VIO CLIPS

As homophobia cl, some heterosexual boys are gettg zier and tellg each other, \"I love you, du\". -- he found 7 percent of heterosexual llege guys had smooched a straight male pal -- but his -pth studi of Amerin jocks and at boys, those expected to be the most homophobic, have revealed them to be creasgly fortable wh same-sex physil and emotnal timacy, he says.

It also seems to blatantly ntradict recent headl about bullied gay teens mtg suici.

STATIC SHOT OF TWO GAY BLACK MEN CUDDLG OUTDOORS

Anrson, thor of "Inclive Masculy: The Changg Nature of Masculi" along wh two other amic books about male sexualy, says 's remarkable that the news stori even exist -- ed to be that fai would be too ashamed to adm that their child was a homosexual.

Nowadays, 's typilly "extreme femy" that's beg targeted: "It's more femme-phobia than is homophobia, " he claims. As homophobia ntu to crease at a rapid rate, "boys don't have to align their behavr wh extreme masculy -- they n move much closer toward femy. Take the "no homo" meme where guys say somethg "gay" like, "Hey man, nice sho, " followed by the veat "no homo.

KG LIL JAY SLAMS GAY MORS AFTER VIO OF MAT KISSG PROMPTS TROLLS’ RPONSE

" They are football fanatics and hardre fans of Lil' Wayne (who n hardly expect any awards om GLAAD after penng lyrics like, "You homo niggas gettg AIDS the ass"); Leo even fanci himself a whe rapper. " So they don't lack stereotypilly mascule crentials, and their claratns of love sometim seem so over the top as to be tongue--cheek, maybe even a way to preempt beg attacked as gay.

Ranks 25 percentage pots higher on homophobia.

He's never seen someone at his high school lled "gay" for actually beg gay -- but 's still ed as slang for "lame. " (Anrson says, "Adolcents are jt as apt knowg whether one means 'gay' or 'gay, ' jt as they do 'duck' or 'duck. " The crazit thgs Jordan reports are the time his team had a pillow fight -- "a whole 15 guys havg a pillow fight, that would seem pretty gay to me" -- and when they stayed a hotel for a petn and "had a huge jacuzzi tub and we all went together.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

In junr high, he worried a lot about people thkg he was gay bee he liked to drs nicely; he was the first guy to wear a v-neck to his school. "I'm sure people still thk I'm gay, but to be hont don't bother me anymore 'e I know who I am.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

It's hard to believe even for someone like myself who is jt a olr than John and Jordan and grew up one of the most liberal, gay-iendly ci Ameri. There is no qutn that homophobia has creased dramatilly -- support for same-sex marriage is skyrocketg, even among fundamentalist Christians, and never before have gay celebri enjoyed such visibily and rpect -- but the achievements are prer and certaly not universally enjoyed. Take the suici of 14-year-old Jamey Romeyer, a gay teen who was lled a "fag" and teased for beg an effemate Lady Gaga fan.