Tom Wolfe, others honour Gay Talese at 21 Club for reissue of his classic Frank Sinatra profile
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A half century after completing a magazine piece that had frustrated and disappointed him, Gay Talese was honoured at the 21 Club for his landmark Esquire story on Frank Sinatra. Tom Wolfe, Robert Caro and former New York City Mayor Mike …

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Gay men band together to source cheap HIV prevention drug from Africa
“A bunch of us gay men who saw nothing happening said ‘stuff it’ we’re … testing the drug on almost 500 people at risk of HIV infection since last year. The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations says none of the participants have contracted the …

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I haggled a £65 discount on a Dell laptop – via online chat
While there may be an art to haggling, simply put, if you don’t ask, you don’t get. Customers with the confidence and skills to ask for a discount at the point of sale can reap rewards – such as a discounted final price, free delivery or some sort of …

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AFAO calls for nationwide access to PrEP
Although PrEP is not yet licensed in Australia, gay men, some people in relationships with people living with HIV, trans people and other people at high risk of becoming HIV infected are already asking their doctors for prescriptions to enable them to …

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Sinead O’Connor’s scary Facebook status a call for help
Your report will be sent to Facebook’s Safety Team, who may send the person who posted the worrisome comment an e-mail encouraging him or her to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, or to click a link to begin a confidential online chat with a …

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Whatsapp blocks links to messaging competitor Telegram
The app also blocks usernames and links to individual messages and chat rooms. Telegram, a free iOS, Android, Mac/Windows messaging app, is a direct competitor to Whatsapp, a messaging service owned by Facebook. Telegram is known for its “secret chat …

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Microsoft unveils E5, an enterprise calling plan for Office 365
Consumers have been using Skype, Microsoft’s online text and video chat client, for over a decade. Even though Microsoft rebranded their business-friendly program, Lync, to Skype for Business, the target audience still has been slow to adopt the service.

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Twitter halts office blood drives until gay men can donate
That is to say, they won’t be holding any onsite blood drives until all of its employees — including gay and bisexual men — are allowed … additional pints of blood each year. The United Kingdom adopted a one-year deferral period for all MSM …

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Professor publishes article documenting gay purges
The paper documents purges of students and faculty who were presumed to be gay during the … sentiments in several states, including Washington D.C., were still very much in effect and applied to thousands of cases in the United States.

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NZ dollar gains as upbeat data across Asia spurs US dollar selling
The New Zealand dollar gained as a string of relatively upbeat economic data across Asia saw a continued sell-off in the US dollar, which had been triggered during Northern Hemisphere trading on weaker US housing and industrial data. The kiwi rose to 66.18 …

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