World’s first openly gay prce says his parents sought bra surgery to make him straight

Contents:

• POK AROUND: AN UPDATE ON SAMSON, A NSERVATIVE GAY CHRISTIAN WHO CID TO LIVE CELIBATELY
• MAN ON MAN DECLARE “IT’S SO FUN (TO BE GAY)” NEW VIO FEATURG PATTY SCHEMEL, JD SAMSON, JOHN CAMERON MCHELL AND MORE
• WORLD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS HIS PARENTS SOUGHT BRA SURGERY TO MAKE HIM STRAIGHT

POK AROUND: AN UPDATE ON SAMSON, A NSERVATIVE GAY CHRISTIAN WHO CID TO LIVE CELIBATELY

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The area is often referred to by the gay rints as the ‘gayborhood’. JD SamsonThe groundbreakg mician talks genrqueer inty, the evolutn of gay bars and the possibily of a Le Tigre rnn. Do you remember the first time you ever went to a gay bar?

It's all good, Samson Latchison fact, 's all gotten even better sce I wrote about Samson June then, I wanted to talk to him about the high-tech recumbent bicycle I had seen him ridg along Natnal we sat down the Sprgfield home he rents to talk about his bike and end up talkg about much told me how he had e to terms wh beg a nservative gay Christian who was tght by his mother that homosexualy is an unfivable s. "I also believe that the Bible clearly teach — the Greek and Hebrew, and you n play wh terms as much as you want — homosexual behavr is a s. "It is difficult to realize the love of a God you nnot see until you experience the unndnal love om people you see every day, " he tells is thankful he n mentor young men who know his story and are wrtlg wh the same issue: they are gay and believe same-sex relatns are sful.

MAN ON MAN DECLARE “IT’S SO FUN (TO BE GAY)” NEW VIO FEATURG PATTY SCHEMEL, JD SAMSON, JOHN CAMERON MCHELL AND MORE

"A few tim a year, Samson tells me, he is asked to speak at church about his life as a gay nservative 2015, Samson attend Jam River now worships at Emms church, 1700 S. Imperial Teen ontman/Fah No More keyboardist Roddy Bottum and his boyiend Joey Holman’s Man on Man project shared a vio for their new sgle “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay).

” The vio featur submted clips of proud gay upl, among which Patty Schemel of Hole, JD Samson of Le Tigre, Jibz Cameron of Dynasty Handbag, actor John Cameron Mchell and actor Hekla n be spotted, among others. It’s ftg of such a simple song, which the only lyrics are repeated like a mantra, “Come along, ’s okay/It’s so fun to be gay/Birds do , be do /We do too.

WORLD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE SAYS HIS PARENTS SOUGHT BRA SURGERY TO MAKE HIM STRAIGHT

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