What Happened When Four Gay Guys From Tel Aviv Took a Vatn to Dubai - Middle East News

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• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• THE SHOCKG LIFE OF ISRAEL'S MOST FAMO GAY PORN STAR
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FOUR GAY GUYS FROM TEL AVIV TOOK A VATN TO DUBAI
• AT HOME WH ELIAD COHEN, ISRAEL’S TOP GAY IN
• ISRAELI MEN BARE THEIR SOULS—AND THEIR BODI—IN LATT ISSUE OF GAY TRAVEL MAGAZE"JEWS WERE SPREADG THE WORD TO ARAB IENDS, ARABS WERE TRODUCG TO THEIR RSIAN IENDS." SAYS LIAM CAMPBELL OF ELSKA'S HAIFA {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;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 1, 2017/11:41 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}LIAM CAMPBELL/ELSKABY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 1, 2017 / 11:41 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ISRAELI MEN BARE THEIR SOULS—AND THEIR BODI—IN LATT ISSUE OF GAY TRAVEL MAGAZE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-11-01T15:41:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-11-01T15:41:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL, BOOKS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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 ISRAELI PORT CY OF HAIFA ISN'T AS WELL KNOWN TERNATNALLY AS JESALEM OR TEL AVIV, BUT 'S NO LS STUNNG: A MOUNTAO LANDSPE CRAMMED WH ANCIENT BUILDGS AND WDG ROADS, SET AGAST THE BACKDROP OF THE {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;}AND HAIFA, SUBJECT OF THE CURRENT ISSUE OF THE GAY TRAVEL MAGAZE ELSKA, OFFERS SOMETHG OTHER ISRAELI CI DON'T: A MOL FOR DIVERSY AND ACCEPTANCE.LIAM CAMPBELL/{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;}"I’M CERTA MOST PEOPLE EXPECTED TO GO TO THE HUGE GAY HUB THAT IS TEL AVIV," SAYS ELSKA EDOR LIAM CAMPBELL. "[BUT] HAIFA IS KNOWN FOR BEG THE MOST MIXED AND NORMALIZED CY THE UNTRY, WH JEWS AND ARABS SHARG THE SAME SPACE AND WH A GREATER GREE OF HARMONY THAN ANYWHERE ELSE."{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;}THAT, AND A SIZABLE MUNY OM THE FORMER SOVIET UNN, PHED CAMPBELL TO CHOOSE HAIFA FOR ELSKA'S FIRST ISRAELI ISSUE. AS EVERY ISSUE, CAMPBELL'S TEAM TERVIEWED NUMERO MEN ABOUT THEIR LIV THE CY, AND TOOK PORTRAS BOTH ON THE STREET AND MORE TIMATE SURROUNDGS, OFTEN NU OR PARTIALLY {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;}FDG SUBJECTS WILLG TO BARE ALL (LERALLY AND METAPHORILLY) N BE TRICKY. BUT HAIFA, CAMPBELL SAID, THE LOLS DID A LOT OF THE LEGWORK.LIAM CAMPBELL/{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;}“ALL OF THE MEN WE MET KEPT ASKG IF WE’D MANAGED TO MEET PEOPLE OM OTHER MUNI. JEWS WERE SPREADG THE WORD TO THEIR ARAB IENDS, ARABS WERE TRODUCG TO THEIR RSIAN IENDS, AND EVERYONE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SHOW THE MULTICULTURALISM THAT THE PEOPLE OF HAIFA ARE SO PROUD OF."LIAM CAMPBELL/{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;}THAT'S NOT TO SUGGT THE MAGAZE WHEWASH ISSU FACED BY DIFFERENT MUNI, CLUDG RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, AND RELIG {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;}"THERE ARE NATURALLY SIGNS THAT LIFE IS NOT PERFECT," CAMPBELL SAYS. "HOWEVER, HAIFA SEEMS TO SET A BETTER EXAMPLE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ISRAEL OF HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE TOGETHER, NOT JT BY TOLERATG EACH OTHER BUT BY LOVG EACH OTHER. THE MEN YOU MEET ELSKA HAIFA DO SHOW SOME OF THEIR PA, BUT THEY SHARE THEIR HOPE, AS WELL."LIAM CAMPBELL/{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;}ELSKA'S HAIFA ISSUE IS AVAILABLE A 164-PAGE PRT VERSN OR FOR DOWNLOAD. A PANN E-ZE, ELSKA EKSTRA HAIFA , OFFERS OUTTAK, BEHD-THE-SCEN TAL AND MORE PROFIL.LIAM CAMPBELL/{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
• GAY DATG ISRAEL

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

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

THE SHOCKG LIFE OF ISRAEL'S MOST FAMO GAY PORN STAR

Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual. They were then asked to rate the men on their sexual orientatn g a sle om zero (exclively heterosexual) to 10 (exclively homosexual). Rults om the study showed listeners uld distguish between gay and straight men’s voic wh an accuracy of 62 per cent, apparently nsistent wh prev rearch.

The thors said their rearch showed bisexual men’s voic were perceived as beg more exclively attracted to women pared wh both gay and straight men’s voic. Bisexual men’s voic were rated as more mascule than both gay and straight men’s voic. ‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

“The fdgs may also she light on whether bisexual male voic, like gay male voic, differ om straight voic terms of their genr non-nformy – a qutn that to date has not been examed. ”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FOUR GAY GUYS FROM TEL AVIV TOOK A VATN TO DUBAI

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.

He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

AT HOME WH ELIAD COHEN, ISRAEL’S TOP GAY IN

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said.

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. Homosexual acts are illegal Malaysia and punishable by f and up to 20 years prison.

ISRAELI MEN BARE THEIR SOULS—AND THEIR BODI—IN LATT ISSUE OF GAY TRAVEL MAGAZE"JEWS WERE SPREADG THE WORD TO ARAB IENDS, ARABS WERE TRODUCG TO THEIR RSIAN IENDS." 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"[BUT] HAIFA IS KNOWN FOR BEG THE MOST MIXED AND NORMALIZED CY THE UNTRY, WH JEWS AND ARABS SHARG THE SAME SPACE AND WH A GREATER GREE OF HARMONY THAN ANYWHERE ELSE."{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;}THAT, AND A SIZABLE MUNY OM THE FORMER SOVIET UNN, PHED CAMPBELL TO CHOOSE HAIFA FOR ELSKA'S FIRST ISRAELI ISSUE. AS EVERY ISSUE, CAMPBELL'S TEAM TERVIEWED NUMERO MEN ABOUT THEIR LIV THE CY, AND TOOK PORTRAS BOTH ON THE STREET AND MORE TIMATE SURROUNDGS, OFTEN NU OR PARTIALLY {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;}FDG SUBJECTS WILLG TO BARE ALL (LERALLY AND METAPHORILLY) N BE TRICKY. BUT HAIFA, CAMPBELL SAID, THE LOLS DID A LOT OF THE LEGWORK.LIAM CAMPBELL/{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;}“ALL OF THE MEN WE MET KEPT ASKG IF WE’D MANAGED TO MEET PEOPLE OM OTHER MUNI. JEWS WERE SPREADG THE WORD TO THEIR ARAB IENDS, ARABS WERE TRODUCG TO THEIR RSIAN IENDS, AND EVERYONE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SHOW THE MULTICULTURALISM THAT THE PEOPLE OF HAIFA ARE SO PROUD OF."LIAM CAMPBELL/{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;}THAT'S NOT TO SUGGT THE MAGAZE WHEWASH ISSU FACED BY DIFFERENT MUNI, CLUDG RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, AND RELIG {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;}"THERE ARE NATURALLY SIGNS THAT LIFE IS NOT PERFECT," CAMPBELL SAYS. "HOWEVER, HAIFA SEEMS TO SET A BETTER EXAMPLE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ISRAEL OF HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE TOGETHER, NOT JT BY TOLERATG EACH OTHER BUT BY LOVG EACH OTHER. THE MEN YOU MEET ELSKA HAIFA DO SHOW SOME OF THEIR PA, BUT THEY SHARE THEIR HOPE, AS WELL."LIAM CAMPBELL/{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;}ELSKA'S HAIFA ISSUE IS AVAILABLE A 164-PAGE PRT VERSN OR FOR DOWNLOAD. A PANN E-ZE, ELSKA EKSTRA HAIFA , OFFERS OUTTAK, BEHD-THE-SCEN TAL AND MORE PROFIL.LIAM CAMPBELL/{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

You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive, ” he said addrsg the dience. Anyone who’s read a scriptn of the movie, which follows a the life of Israeli gay-porn star Jonathan Agassi, but who expects some refement or ncealment, will be disappoted. Up Close and Personal Wh an Israeli Gay Porn Star How to Film Sex Scen the Era of MeToo “The movie isn’t difficult for me, I don’t watch and experience anew the difficult perd I went through.

I only had girl iends, never boys, I was a gay type of boy, ” he says wh a se. While filmg was still unrway, even before Men of Israel beme one of the most profable gay-porn featur, he was signed on for two more porn producer and fervent Znist Michael Lus, who employed Agassi pornographic REUTERSThat’s when the name "Jonathan Agassi" was born, an alter ego that he scrib the current movie as a superhero, a character who helps him, who's always on his si. He lled him a "homo, " and prsured him to have sex wh his (the father’s) adult female partner.

”There is also the story of the gay muny and what the movie says about , and the rpons, harsh at tim, people have after seeg the movie. “I don’t thk the movie says anythg about gays, only about some parts of this muny.

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“At the age of 15, I opened a profile on a datg webse for gays, and I started gettg offers. Gays measure you and asss if you’re young, if you’re handsome, if you have a big penis. The movie tells the story of an Algerian-French heterosexual young man begng a soclogy study of gay islamic homosexuali and disverg gay love wh a young French steward.

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Out Loud is the first film om Lebanon wh a gay theme that sets a new standard for cema om the Middle East the midst of the Arab Sprg.

Abllah, a young gay man, is tryg to fd his way through the difficult sexual, polil and racial climate of Moroc.

Salma, a DJ and bartenr fac a difficult moment as she out as gay to her tradnal Christian fay. Waseem is a Syrian gay-for-pay htler seekg refuge Cologne. A documentary by Peter Barbosa and Garrett Lenoir, I Exist giv a voice to gay and lbian Amerins om the Middle East, who often rema silent out of shame and fear.