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See Straight Guys French Kiss Gay Men For The Very First Time
See Straight Guys French Kiss Gay Men For The Very First Time
Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it!
In a new video from YouTubers Bria and Chrissy some adventurous and secure straight men accept the challenge to experiment and french kiss gay men for the first time. While there are some nerves and a bit of awkwardness at first, which is rather to be expected, they all quickly get into it and seem to enjoy the experience.
Related: Watch What Happens When Straight Guys Kiss For The First Time
Some even get into it enough to bite and do a bit of light touching. When in Rome! One guy reported that it was better than a couple of his ex’s, which seemed to please his gay kissing partner.
While all of the straight guys said they probably wouldn’t kiss another man anytime soon, with one giving the exception of theater, and that they all still identify as heterosexual, the video acts as something of an anecdotal testament to a new era of openness and acceptance.
Watch the video below…
San Diego Man Wearing ‘Gay Pride’ T-Shirt Beaten and Stabbed in Possible Hate Crime
San Diego Man Wearing ‘Gay Pride’ T-Shirt Beaten and Stabbed in Possible Hate Crime
Police are investigating an attack on a 40-year-old San Diego man as a hate crime. The man was wearing a ‘Gay Pride’ t-shirt. The attack occurred in the Oak Park neighborhood near the Chollas Reservoir on Monday evening, CBS8 reports.
They say the man’s t-shirt may have made him a target, as the car’s occupants spewed slurs as they drove by:
Shortly afterward, the suspects’ car allegedly turned around and stopped near the victim, and several men got out and began punching and kicking him while continuing to shout derogatory statements.
The victim was then stabbed in his left forearm, but he managed to escape and call his parents for help. Tansey said paramedics took the man to a hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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Wedding Bells Ring on ‘The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo’ Episode 5 – WATCH
Wedding Bells Ring on ‘The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo’ Episode 5 – WATCH
Web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo returned over Labor Day weekend with its fifth episode and a lot of drama.
Just as Caleb’s love affair with Benicio has been heating up, Benicio gets a letter saying he’s being deported. That leads Caleb to do something drastic to keep Benicio in the country: he proposes.
PREVIOUSLY: Identity Is Anxiety-Free in ‘The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo’ – WATCH
The only problem is Caleb has a few skeletons in his closet that Benicio doesn’t exactly know about. And before you justify that with the Dowager Countess’ timeless retort, “One way or another, everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden,” you should know that Caleb Gallo won’t let Caleb Gallo off that easy.
Watch and see what unfolds on Caleb and Benicio’s big day.
In case you missed them, be sure to check episodes ONE, TWO, THREE, and FOUR of the break-out series.
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Dan Savage Proposes Some Winning Fixes for Logo’s Gay ‘Bachelor’ Clone ‘Finding Prince Charming’
Dan Savage Proposes Some Winning Fixes for Logo’s Gay ‘Bachelor’ Clone ‘Finding Prince Charming’
Savage Love sexpert and TV producer Dan Savage makes a great point about the upcoming Logo Bachelor clone, Finding Prince Charming, set to premiere this week.
The “scarcity formula” used by ABC for its competition among heterosexuals (“an imbalance between supply of pussy/cock and demand for pussy/cock,” as Savage, puts it) makes no sense in a gay context in which men would be likely to run off with each other instead of the bachelor (and just might).
As Savage notes, Funny or Die diagnosed the problem in 2013, but offered no solution:
Logo appears to just be trying to clone the hetero version with no vision of how much more interesting the show could be.
Savage puts forth some excellent new scarcity formulas the show could use to help it work in a gay context:
Just cast one exclusive gay top as your bachelor and thirteen gay power bottoms as your suitors. Or vice-versa. That’s all it would take.
But if you really wanted to have some fun with the intricacies and subcultures of gay male desire…
Cast a hunky older bear as the bachelor and thirteen skinny twinks who are exclusively attracted to hunky older bears as his suitors. Or vice-versa. Or cast a hot leather/BDSM Master as the bachelor and thirteen leather/BDSM slaves as his suitors. Or vice-versa. (No switches!) Or cast one skinny guy into big guys as the bachelor and thirteen big guys into skinny guys as his suitors. Or vice-versa.
Added bonus: Gay people know these complications exist, straight people are fascinated by them, and including/mining them would make for a crazier, more informed, and interesting show.
Without some other form of scarcity, without creating a different supply and demand problem, there’s nothing to prevent the suitors on Finding Prince Charming from running off with each other or (more likely) winding up in a writhing heap on the lawn. Unless the suitors are all sexually incompatible in a fundamental and insurmountable way and the “star” gay bachelor is their only sexual/romantic counterpart—the gay suitors are all pots, the gay bachelor is the only lid.
What are some other scarcity formulas that would work?
RELATED: Logo Had No Idea Their ‘Gay Bachelor’ Robert Sepulveda Jr. Once Worked as an Escort
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In the Navy!
Are You Ready To See Ryan Lochte Bare It All For ‘Playgirl’?
Are You Ready To See Ryan Lochte Bare It All For ‘Playgirl’?
If Ryan Lochte is looking for a way to shake off that whole Rio non-robbery scandal, he may have just been handed the perfect opportunity: Playgirl.
After lying about being robbed at gunpoint while competing in the Rio Olympics last month, Lochte issued a very long-winded half-apology on Instagram, claiming he should have been “more careful and candid” about the way he told his story. But that wasn’t quite enough to prevent Speedo and Ralph Lauren from pulling endorsement deals with the gold medalist, or stop Rio police from charging him with providing a false claim of a robbery, which carries a sentence of up to 18 months in prison.
Related: 10 Times Ryan Lochte Was A Perfect ‘Sex Idiot’
But now, after nearly a month of consistently bad news, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel for the douchey 34-year-old swimmer, because the good people at Playgirl say they would like to speak with him about a possible job opportunity.
“We are reaching out to him with an offer,” Daniel Nardicio, a spokesperson for the company, says. “Now that he’s out of his Speedo sponsorship deal, Playgirl wants to get Ryan Lochte out of his Speedos.”
He added: “We’re fully prepared to handle this ‘brah’ (as Ryan would say), and take his studliness to new heights, in a huge offer to show American men and women what Ryan Lochte really would do—naked.”
Related: WATCH: Ryan Lochte Shaves His Entire Body, “Even The Bits You Don’t See!”
Nardicio went on to explain that Playgirl believes Lochte has all the right ingredients to make for an delicious online spread.
“Sexiness, athleticism and he’s totally masculine,” he said. “What he did in Rio was stupid, so we’d even offer to donate his fee to a Brazilian charity of his choice!”
No word yet on whether Lochte is even considering the offer. Let’s just hope that if he accepts he doesn’t pull a Levi Johnston.
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PHOTOS: The Boys Are Sweet As Candy In Brussels
Niall Horan, Coughing, Bridgegate, Amazon, Harry Styles, Cape Kiwanda, Lady Gaga, Golden Retriever: HOT LINKS
Niall Horan, Coughing, Bridgegate, Amazon, Harry Styles, Cape Kiwanda, Lady Gaga, Golden Retriever: HOT LINKS
ALLERGIC TO TRUMP. Hillary Clinton lands one-liner amid coughing spell. “Every time I think of Trump, I get allergic.”
TRUMP. People don’t care about my taxes. “As far as my taxes are concerned, the only one that cares is the press, I will tell you,” Trump said in an interview Monday with ABC’s David Muir that aired Tuesday on “Good Morning America. “And even the press, I tell you, it’s not a big deal.”
WASHINGTON POST. Donald Trump thinks we’re all chumps: “How else to judge his assumption that he can be elected without sharing basic information? He has released no meaningful health records. He has put forward virtually no serious policy proposals. Unlike every other major-party nominee of the modern era, he refuses to release his tax forms.”
BRIDGEGATE. Trial to begin in New Jersey: “The trial in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal, which is scheduled to open on Thursday with jury selection, will play out like a documentary on the rise and fall of Mr. Christie’s presidential ambitions, a tell-all tale of how he and his aides built his administration and his 2013 re-election campaign with an eye to winning the White House, then scrambled to contain the damage as inquiries into the lane closings began to wreck those hopes.”
MORE TIME OFF. Amazon institutes 30-hour workweek for some employees. “By offering employees more flexibility, Amazon sends the message that life outside of work matters.”
SRI LANKA. Push to decriminalize homosexuality is underway.
SHE’S GOT SASSE. Kylie Minogue says her fiancé is a champion of gay rights: “He’s so adamant to fight for gay rights in Australia and it’s coming from the most genuine place. He just can’t fathom that same sex marriage hasn’t been legalised and of course I back him up on that, we are waiting for it to happen.”
FRANK BRUNI. The big gay sway. “Public opinion polls leave no doubt that a significant majority of Americans support laws protecting L.G.B.T. people from discrimination and approve of same-sex marriage. But that doesn’t mean that they prioritize the issue and punish politicians with contrary views. The results of many elections suggest that they don’t. I think that’s changing, and 2016 could be the proof of it.”
THE OTHER DIRECTION. Niall Horan snubs Simon Cowell, heads for solo career at Universal.
SOUTH AFRICA. Homophobic pastor Steven Anderson can visit the country if he “behaves”. “Legislation and the implications for South Africa were considered, and the department’s earlier decision would stand: he can come, but if he breaks the law through his speeches, or pamphlets, action would be taken. ‘If he contravenes our laws we will detain him, we will consider prosecution,’ said Home Affairs spokesperson Mayihlome Tshwete.”
CAPE KIWANDA. Loser vandals destroy famous Oregon sandstone formation at state park: “David Kalas, a beachgoer, captured a video of three people apparently toppling the sandstone treasure. A fourth sat on the rocks steps away and watched the incident, according to the video. Kalas sent the video to multiple media outlets. Havel said several people have contacted the parks bureau with screenshots of social media accounts and potential leads.”
SPACE. The Rosetta spacecraft has found the Philae Lander wedged into a dark ditch on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
PERFECT ILLUSION. Lady Gaga’s new single is out Friday and she just shot a Robert Maxwell-designed video in the desert. BloodPop, Mark Ronson and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker produced.
REAL ESTATE. One Direction’s Harry Styles bought a plush pad on the Sunset Strip.
NYC. Loser destroys selfie sticks with hedge clippers.
ITALY. A golden retriever was pulled from the rubble in Amatrice, Italy 10 days after the earthquake.
TOO HOT FOR TUESDAY. Dancer and model Louis McMiller.
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