Open Question: LGBT, do you agree that a gay man; can be an alpha male?
Got into a heated argument with a YouTube commenter who was disagreeing. Personally I think its nonsense to assume a man cannot be alpha just because he happens to be gay.
Daily Archives: October 21, 2015
Open Question: Im a 15 year old girl and think i turned myself bisexual or am going through a bisexual phase, advice?
Open Question: Im a 15 year old girl and think i turned myself bisexual or am going through a bisexual phase, advice?
So I m 15 and a 10th grader and my parents are homophobic so while growing up I was taught to be homophobic and ended up being scared of all lgbt members. As child I would always wish to be in love so would always have crushes on what I thought were the only option, boys. I had three crushes on boys and two of them went pretty bad and ended in a period of depression from 4th grade to 6th grade, but in 7th grade, things started to change, I wasn t depressed anymore, discovered porn, yaoi manga, and at least believed, and still believe, I feel in love with my best friend, who was in fact a girl. One day during a hard time lf mine, me, her, and some freinds were talking and she was laughing, my heart skipped a beat and I started blushing and remembered thinking that she was really beautiful. It was like time stopped, like in the movies, nothing like that had happened with a guy before, instead my heart would just start beating for them, but with her it was different. I was confused but enjoyed liking her and then wished to be a lesbian but didn t feel like a lesbian. After a year or so I then decided I was bisexual. The only thing is that im not sure if I really am anymore. Maybe its just a phase and im still getting over my bad experiences with the two guys I had a crush on, and am using the idea that girls are an option to fall in love with to make me feel more at ease. Or maybe its the things I read in yaoi manga or saw in porn that changed my opinions on gender preferences. Or maybe its an act of rebellion against my parents (who I haven t told I am bisexual to by the way). And maybe my feeling for my friend weren t actually romantical. Maybe I turned myself bisexual because I wanted to be a lesbian but knew deep inside that I was straight. Ive been feeling this way for 3 years now though, if it is a phase will it stop soon? Can someone give me advise?
PHOTOS: Will & Grace, Golden Girls, Sex And The City, Other Gay Faves Get P.O.C. Makeovers
PHOTOS: Will & Grace, Golden Girls, Sex And The City, Other Gay Faves Get P.O.C. Makeovers
With contemporary hit series such as Empire, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, it’s easy to forget that television doesn’t have the best record for casting diversity. Artist Julio Salgado has rectified this historical oversight by recasting many of our favorite, queer-inclusive series from years gone by, including Will & Grace, My So-Called Life, Sex and the City and The Golden Girls (just imagine an even sassier Dorothy!). Salgado posted the series of illustrations on his Facebook page and with the following note titled “POC TV Show Takeover,” he explains his inspiration.
Scroll down to see some of Salgado’s TV-inspired art and his thoughts on possible plot developments. We’d watch all of these.
Jordan and Angela are two young Muslim teenagers who must deal with love and Islamophobia in the U.S. Wilson Cruz comes back as Rickie.
This Roseanne is made up of a Mexican family living in Huntington Park.
Xena and Gabrielle are two Native women who must face off white colonizers.
These are the Sex and the City girls I’d be friends with!
This version of Golden Girls is all about social justice and it stars Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Angela Davis, Dolores Huerta and Grace Lee Boggs…may she rest in power.
Grace is a Korean-American fashion designer living in San Francisco with her best friend Will, a black gay immigration lawyer.
My version of Friends is set in Oakland. They are mostly college students of color that met at a multicultural center. You’ll see them at protests and rolling deep at First Fridays rolling their eyes at white people taking up too much space.
Jeremy Kinser
News: Benghazi, One Direction, CNBC Republican Debate, Chris Pratt, South Korea
News: Benghazi, One Direction, CNBC Republican Debate, Chris Pratt, South Korea
> Democrats on Benghazi committee may resign after Hillary’s testimony Thursday.
> Chris Rock will host the 2016 Oscars.
> Facebook will now let you know if a government has hacked into your account.
> Behind the scenes of Sam Smith’s Bond ballad, “Writing’s On The Wall.”
> Maroon 5 in talks to perform at Super Bowl Halftime Show.
> Meet Lincoln Chafee’s donors.
> Florida Senate votes to remove Confederate flag from state seal.
> Jack Gyllenhaal gives us lumberjack Jake.
> Gay Brooklyn bar Excelsior reopens.
> Google hopes you’ll pay for an ad-free version of YouTube.
> The boys of One Direction debut black and white music video for song “Perfect”, reportedly written about Taylor Swift.
> CNBC unveils debate roster for next week’s Republican debate.
> Chris Pratt digs into a big pile of Dino poop in Jurassic Park deleted scene.
> New study examines the disparity between men who say they want to date a woman smarter than they are but don’t want to meet such a woman when given the opportunity.
> The problem with being gay in South Korea.
> Bob Woodward says Biden not running for President gives Hillary Clinton the nomination.
> Cruel Intentions TV series in the works.
> Carly Fiorina’s support collapses.
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WATCH: Josh Duggar's Sisters Say They're 'Angry and Hurt'
WATCH: Josh Duggar's Sisters Say They're 'Angry and Hurt'
Members of the conservative Christian and deeply antigay Duggar family are apparently still reeling from the revelations of sexual misconduct by eldest brother Josh Duggar, as indicated by a promo clip for a new show featuring two of his sisters.
Jill and Jessa Duggar — both of whom Josh admitted molesting while in his teens — star in Jill and Jessa: Counting On, a three-part special premiering on TLC in December. In the promo, they don’t specifically mention the sexual abuse, which became public knowledge this year, or the subsequent revelation that Josh had accounts on Ashley Madison, a website that connects people interested in extramarital affairs. But they do note that the family, made famous by the 19 Kids and Counting reality show, has been through some hard times.
“The whole world was shocked,” Jessa says in the clip. “We were devastated. We couldn’t believe it. You have to wonder, How did this happen?”
Jill (pictured above) says, tearfully, “You’re angry and hurt and all those emotions all mixed together. I cry a lot of tears, I still do. I know I’m hurting.”
Josh Duggar resigned from the antigay Family Research Council’s lobbying arm in May, after InTouch Weekly reported on his sexual abuse of underage girls, incidents that occurred in 2002 and 2003. His parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, also have a history of anti-LGBT activism, including participation in a campaign against an antidiscrimination ordinance in Fayetteville, Ark. The family is from the nearby town of Springdale.
Josh is not back in the family’s good graces, Entertainment Tonight reports. “It is going to take a long time before we forgive,” a source told the program. “We are all still hurt. … Nobody is warm and fuzzy to [Josh] yet. It still feels like he is a stranger.”
Watch the promo clip below.
Trudy Ring
www.advocate.com/television/2015/10/21/watch-josh-duggars-sisters-say-theyre-angry-and-hurt
Local Initiative Makes National Gains: ManDate
Local Initiative Makes National Gains: ManDate
In July 2015 the annual OutWrite Book Festival was hosted in Washington, DC. OutWrite provides a space for LGBTQ people from across the country to gather to support diverse books and connect with other writers, panelists and journalists in a public forum. Amongst the attendees were Lisa Moore, Ebone Bell and James Earl Hardy. Upon the conclusion of the OutWrite Book festival, I was struck by the eagerness of the gay men to wrap up in time for a meeting they called, ManDate. Men from all over the country were not only familiar with Mandate, but had made it a priority to leave OutWrite in enough time to attend the event that evening.
What is ManDate?
ManDate enjoys no fanfare, no budget for advertising and no popular press coverage, however it has been successfully operating and serving the needs of gay Black men since its inception in 2010. In Washington, DC, ManDate has served upwards of 700 gay male attendees in one session, according to ManDate co-founder Jabari Bruton-Barrett. There is no question that in Washington, DC, ManDate is a staple for gay Black men and the program is quickly gaining national recognition. ManDate is now piloting in Norfolk, VA, Richmond, VA, North Carolina, South Carolina, Atlanta, GA and Jackson, MS.
This year, ManDate will host its 4th annual Health and Wellness Conference for Black gay men during the weekend of November 6-8, 2015 in Washington, DC at the Human Rights Campaign (1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW, DC). This year’s theme is “I Am, We Are” which celebrates Black gay men individually and as a community, in all aspects of their identity. The conference will bring together over 200 Black gay men for a weekend of learning and provocative discussion on topics such as HIV/AIDS, biomedical interventions, sexual health, general health, mental health, spirituality/faith, relationships, finance, community mobilization and integrating generations. Free on-site HIV and STI screenings will also be offered to conference attendees.
Project Healthy Livings “ManDate” Health and Wellness Conference is the only holistic health focused conference in the District of Columbia that is specifically designed for and by Black gay men, says ManDate co-founder Jabari Bruton-Barrett. This year, some of the conference sponsors include, the District of Columbia Department of Health, Gilead Sciences, Whitman Walker Health and AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
The annual conference is a culmination of the monthly Mandate sessions that happen in Washington, DC and several southern states, throughout the year. According to co-founder Jabari Bruton-Barrett, “In 2010 the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) charged southern jurisdictional Health Departments with developing initiatives for Black gay men.” In an effort to address and combat some of the psychosocial and environmental challenges that Black gay men face, Project Healthy Living (PHL) adopted a holistic approach through the creation of the “ManDate” initiative that aims to improve sexual health outcomes and influence healthy life choices for Black gay men through interventions that aim for risk reduction.
The year ManDate launched, marks the same year that President Obama first released The National HIV/AIDS Strategy which identified a set of priorities and strategic action steps tied to measurable outcomes for moving the Nation forward in addressing the domestic HIV epidemic. In July 2015, the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States: Updated to 2020. According to The Advocate, we have an administration that has done more to address the domestic HIV epidemic than all previous administrations combined, including a sharp increase in HIV programs, interventions and research targeting gay men in general and black gay men in particular. The updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy lays out specific targets for gay men and Black gay men, and the White House official presiding over these activities is a Black gay man living with HIV, Douglas Brooks. ManDate is not only an exemplary initiative that parallels the Obama administrations focus on Black gay men, but also it is an organic enterprise that provides a multidimensional approach and support system for Black gay men.
In 2010 when the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) made a concerted effort to address the concerns of the Black gay community, no one would have predicted the success of the ManDate monthly sessions. ManDate fills a void within and across the Black gay community. That void is access to a safe space to share and discuss a myriad of concerns on a consistent basis, whilst allowing for social networking opportunities across a diversity of men. Co-founder, Jabari Bruton-Barrett says,”25 percent of attendees are ages 18-30, 70 percent are ages 31-61 and 5 percent are ages 62+. Our typical attendee is single, college educated and early to mid 30s. Median household income is $25K-$65K annually.”
What makes ManDate monthly sessions so valuable in Washington, DC is not only that it is a grassroots initiative held at the private home of its co-founders, but the focused topics discussed each month are participant driven, staying true to focusing on what the community needs at any given session. Jabari Bruton-Barrett says,”The monthly ManDate meetings are facilitated by our core facilitators. Sessions can be topic driven or open ended discussions. We use data from our evaluation findings to determine topics of interest. Once we agree on the topic, we bring in an expert to lead the discussion with the group. The subject matter expert will co-facilitate the session with our core facilitators.” The session topics are truly multidimensional, ranging from mental health to financial/estate planning to sexual anatomy to police violence and everything in between.
Current ManDate Board Members from left to right, Terrance Payton, Jorge Lander (not a current board member), Darryl Moch, Avery Sunshine, Jabari Bruton-Barrett, Robert Barrett, Kenneth Pettigrew. Brian LaBoard is also a current board member but is not listed in this picture.
ManDate is a phenomenal example of both national focus placed on complex social and health issues and grassroots initiatives maintained and operated by everyday individuals seeking to make a difference.
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Open Question: Will being Gay/Lesbian ever be considered "normal"?
Open Question: Will being Gay/Lesbian ever be considered "normal"?
Nothing against LGBT people just asking. I know it’s considered pretty retro to not be straight in the day and age we live in but do you think it will ever be a normal?
Treasury Department Announces Proposed Regulation Change In Light of Nationwide Marriage Equality
Chris Kluwe Rips Houston Texans Owner for $10K Donation Opposing LGBT Rights
Chris Kluwe Rips Houston Texans Owner for $10K Donation Opposing LGBT Rights
Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is speaking out against Houstan Texans’ owner Bob McNair’s $10,000 donation to a political group opposing Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO).
Kluwe wrote an open letter to McNair, posted online at Sports Illustrated’s The Cauldron, asking, “What should we make of a billionaire homophobe donating money in furtherance of the denigration of an entire class of American citizens?
Kluwe’s other big question for McNair? “WHY?”
“Why does the idea of LBGT individuals enjoying the same rights and protections as everyone else fill you with such hatred, such loathing, that you would voluntarily choose to make their lives even more difficult than the prejudice they’ve faced for decades?”
Kluwe raised the specter of harm that public opposition to HERO by one the NFL’s 32 owners will do for LGBT people across the country:
“Are you not aware that trans individuals are nine times more likely to try and kill themselves due to the odiously corrosive social views like the one you’ve just financially enabled? Have you no knowledge of the fact that LBGT youth are far more likely to experience harassment at school and home, leading to depression and ideations of self-harm — mostly due to the shortsighted wrongheadedness of privileged narcissists like yourself? I can only imagine you never bothered to research any of this, Bob.”
Kluwe pulled no punches in his assault on McNair, writing that McNair’s donation is in essence the equivalent of “spraying a whirlwind of fecal chunks all over the league’s PR efforts [to clean up its image with regards to LBGT issues] like an incontinent water buffalo after an ex-lax smoothie.”
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Kluwe also took on the finer points of opposition to HERO, particularly where trans people and bathrooms are concerned:
“I know this is hard for your feeble mind to comprehend, but when trans individuals go into a bathroom, they just want to take care of business and get out, exactly like everyone else. A bladder is not a sex organ, Bob. Gay people poop and pee just like you. Well, maybe not exactly like you, since based on your ability to judge right from wrong, I can only assume you suffer the same difficulties in aiming when it comes to actually making it in the bowl.”
Concluding, Kluwe had a suggestion for what McNair can do to make up for this offense:
“So the next time you have $10K burning a hole in your pocket — which is basically always — why don’t you do something useful with that money and donate it to Trans Lifeline, or an LBGT youth shelter, or hell, light it on fire and flambe the tip of your dick until your tears put out the flames, because all of those would be more beneficial to our world than what you just did.”
Kluwe is no stranger to supporting the LGBT community and speaking out for causes he believes in. He has fought and advocated for marriage equality, gender equality, and most recently, against his former team the Minnesota Vikings who he says fired him because of his LGBT advocacy.
Here’s to never backing down from a challenge, troll or homophobe, Chris.
My rebuttal to being called an “AIDS ravaged drug abuser.” pic.twitter.com/v13cVvjcak
— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) May 1, 2015
Read his full letter HERE.
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Chris Kluwe Rips Houston Texans Owner for $10K Donation Opposing LGBT Rights
