WATCH: New Movie Documents Birth Of Gay Adult Films

When Chuck Holmes founded adult film studio Falcon Entertainment, aka Falcon Studios, in 1971, gay porn was generally of poor quality. Holmes set high standards and began creating an empire, which continued to grow with the rise of VHS.

Documentary film “Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story” takes viewers inside the birth of Falcon Studios, its rise amid antigay laws and the subsequent philanthropic efforts of Holmes, who found his money more welcome than himself.

Related: How Chuck Holmes Helped Bill Clinton Get Elected And Gays Gain Rights

Holmes was a key figure in helping to build organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign and the LGBT Victory Fund with his large donations. He died in 2000 from liver failure, a complication from AIDS.

Some credit Holmes with helping legitimize gay and bisexual male desire. Falcon remains one of the major players in the industry and many of their main competitors, like Hot House Entertainment and Colt Studios, are run by former employees.

“Seed Money” was officially released last year and has played at a number of major gay film festivals, such as Inside Out and Outfest Los Angeles.

Related: WATCH: “Pokémon Go” Gets The Gay Adult Film Treatment. Because Of Course.

The new official trailer suggests they may be preparing for the video-on-demand and DVD release of “Seed Money,” although there is still no news on that front.

Watch the new trailer below.

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ABC Reporter Calls Gay Trump Supporter Milo Yiannopoulos A “13-Year-Old Idiot”

An interview between ABC Nightline host Terry Moran and professional maggot/Breitbart grotesquerie Milo Yiannopoulos didn’t go exactly according to plan.

Not that Moran wasn’t onto something. During the course of the exchange, he alternately called Milo “revolting,” an “idiot,” and accused him of having the mentality of a “13-year-old” boy.

We imagine 13-year-old boys will be firing away angry screeds on Twitter.

During the story, which was all about “trolling,” ABC described Yiannopoulos as “the tip of the iceberg in a rising tide of hate and abuse in social media, one he clearly sees as a noble purpose.”

Moran wondered if Yiannopoulos would be willing to call Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones a “dude” if she were standing before him. (Yiannopoulos has particularly been targeting her on Twitter, for some ungodly reason.) He responded that he “probably would.”

“Then you’re an idiot,” Moran fumed. “You’re going to go after somebody’s body to go after their ideas? Are you a 13-year-old?”

As peroxided millennial homocon silverfish are wont to do, Yiannopoulous tries to paint himself as a “virtuous  troll” who’s doing “God’s work.” He reckons himself a social engineer and Situationist prankster who gamely jabs at sensitive issues in order to get the people talking.

“My rudeness creates conversation,” he crows, “provokes people into saying oh what a monster, and then 20% of people start talking about what I was actually saying I will consider my career to be a terrific success.”

Watch the back-and-forth here. We should warn you he’s a total bummer:

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Anti-LGBT Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Dines With Family of Transgender Boy

Rabidly anti-LGBT Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who’s behind two federal lawsuits seeking to legalize discrimination against transgender people, had dinner with the family of a trans boy on Thursday.

Paxton recently accepted a longstanding invitation from Amber and Adam Briggle, the parents of 8-year-old MG.

Equality Texas reports: 

Last May at an Equality Texas press conference, Amber challenged Attorney General Paxton, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and other leaders to sit down for dinner with her family and get to know them, so they will understand, they are just like everyone else. They are an ordinary Texas family who has been forced into the spotlight to protect their child. Yet the Briggles are not alone in this: There are at least 140 parents of transgender children from the Dallas Fort Worth area.

“I invited Attorney General Ken Paxton to sit down with our family and get to know his constituents and fellow Texans. I am pleased the attorney general took the time to visit with our family and to meet our son and to have a conversation with our family. We are Texans, just like everyone else.  My most important job in life is being a mom, and my son and his safety are my top priority. Since the attorney general has never met an openly transgender child, Adam and I felt that it was important for him to meet our amazing son, so that he could put a face to this issue. We expressed to him that it is his job as attorney general to protect the rights of all Texans, including transgender kids like MG, and we hope that after meeting our family, he will see that these disciminatory lawsuits and actions put our child in danger and affect his ability to succeed in school.”

Adam added “I hope that this meeting can set a tone of civility for our public discussions about LGBT issues. The dinner table is where we gather to share and celebrate our common humanity — love and family, hopes and worries, laughter and tears. At our meal together, I think we all were reminded that behind the political disagreements there are genuine and caring human beings who are striving to do the right thing as best as they can see it. Sympathy is the wellspring of morality and it can only be cultivated through sincere and friendly conversations like we had last night. I’d like to encourage other LGBT families to invite public officials to dine with them, and I hope those public servants will follow the example that the Paxtons set by so graciously accepting our invitation.”

Paxton, who was in court Friday for a hearing in the civil fraud lawsuit brought against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission, has not commented on the dinner. Paxton is also facing first-degree felony criminal charges for alleged securities fraud.

More from The Denton Record-Chronicle:

Amber and Adam Briggle confirmed that Paxton and his wife, Angela Paxton, came to their home at about 6:30 p.m. and stayed for about two hours. The Briggles said the two couples found that they had a lot in common, including places they lived and visited, the bonds they have with family pets and the love they have for their children.

“Honestly, it was a very pleasant evening,” Amber Briggle said. …

The couple didn’t ask Paxton for anything specific in relation to the federal lawsuit or legislation, Adam Briggle said. Instead, they asked the attorney general to remember them when considering their actions in the future.

“Your job is to protect all Texans,” Amber Briggle said.

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Brock Turner Released Early for 'Good Behavior' (Video)

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Sad? Just Pay These “Handsome Weeping Boys” To Wipe Away Your Tears

There are many ways to get your coworkers to bond. You can all commiserate awkwardly in the kitchen over apple juice and dry cookies. You can sit in a focus group, ostensibly to brainstorm future projects, but also to become better acquainted with your peers. Or you can do what many Japanese companies are starting to do: hire professionals to make your staff gutturally sob, and then allow a “handsome weeping boy” to wipe those tears away.

No, we’re not high on ketamine. Yes, this is a thing.

Related: “Little Joe” Dallesandro On Inspiring The Hustler Character In Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side”

According to the BBC, the session goes a little something like this: About ten people congregate in a conference room to watch a series of extremely maudlin film clips about, say, a deaf man’s daughter suddenly struck ill and rushed to hospital. This is a real example: the scene ends with the man unable to pass reception since he can’t speak up and say he’s her father. So he weeps and weeps and weeps and his daughter dies alone, alone, alone…

Then, to kick it up a notch, a film about a dying dog begins. As do the sobs. And the sniffles. And the tears pouring down everyone’s aghast faces.

Then the man who’s been curating the films begins to wander around the conference room with a gigantic handkerchief, with which he wipes away all the tears. With great dignity, he folds up the used portions of the hankie so that everyone in the room gets a dry patch with which to wipe away their worries.

Related: “Former Classmate” Claims Obama Was Coked-Up Gay Hustler With “White Sugar Daddies”

The man’s name is Ryusei. As the article explains, he has “model good looks” and takes his job as professional tear-wiper extremely seriously. His official job title is ikemeso danshi, which translates to “handsome weeping boy.”

“Japanese are not used to crying in front of people,” he tells the BBC. “But once you cry in front of others, the environment will change, particularly for a business.”

Companies get to choose from a wwide selection of these “handsome weeping boys.” There’s a gymnast. A funeral director. A shoe shiner. A trained dentist. Ryusei’s beat is “good-looking-but-slightly-older weeping boy,” see. He’s close to 40; most HWBs are in their 20s.

A man named Hiroki Terai is the entrepreneur behind the sessions, who tells the BBC he’s “always been interested in the hidden sagas of human beings.”

Of course, you could all just meet in the kitchen for apple juice, like we said earlier.

To learn more about these mysterious “handsome weeping boys,” we recommend reading the original article in its entirely. Grab a hankie, though.

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WATCH: Adore Delano Stays True To Her Grunge Style In Fierce New Music Video

When it comes to music by drag queens, nobody can hold a candle to Adore Delano. As a former American Idol and (spoiler alert) the first contestant to ever quit RuPaul‘s Drag Race, Adore has already built up a loyal and formidable fan base.

Related: Queens Of ‘Drag Race All Stars’ Recreate Iconic VMA Red Carpet Looks

After her decision to quit RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars during last night’s episode, Adore dropped a brilliant new single (and music video!) in what feels like an attempt to remind her fans that they love her for being her… not because of a television show.

“This song is definitely the heart of my new sophomore album,” Adore told Extra. “I wanted to show a more sophisticated side of me… I have a million sides to me and I’m excited to show them all to the world.”

Related: ‘Drag Race’ Star Manila Luzon Jailed After Donut Shop Fight (In New Music Video)

The new video definitely shows Adore’s love of grunge fashion and her unique aesthetics. It also serves as a gentle reminder to stay true to who you want to be, no matter what.

Watch:

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Ian McKellen Explains Why ‘Gay Men Are More Masculine Than Straight Men’

Sir Ian McKellen says that gay men are more masculine than straight men for one very specific reason: gay men love other men.

In an interview he and BFF Patrick Stewart did with The Evening Standard, McKellen and Stewart talked about their penchant for each playing warrior-types throughout their careers.

Said McKellen,

“I’ve probably played even more military men than Patrick. Gandalf is a soldier, Magneto is a soldier, Richard III, Coriolanus, Macbeth. And I think the reason is because I want my revenge on them all…The people who start wars, perpetuate them and glory in them. ‘God save our gracious Queen, send her victorious?’ I’m sorry. What does that mean?… If that’s what masculinity is then I don’t want any part of it at all.”

Turning from military men to sexuality, McKellen added, “I think gay men are more masculine than straight men. Because, guess what? They love other men!…So when bully boys say: ‘Faggot!’ you say, ‘That’s right, I’m with the boys.’”

McKellen also commented that both he and Stewart have lately been hard up to find roles they can sink their teeth into: “If there was a good script around, whether the characters were both straight or gay, we’d be up for it wouldn’t we, Patrick?” To which Stewart replied, “Oh, absolutely.”

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Get In Bed with Pietro Boselli – VIDEO

Pietro Boselli is back baring his hard body, this time for Men’s Health España. 

The world’s hottest math teacher/model strips down to his skivvies and climbs into bed for the men’s mag, and also shows off his skin while skateboarding around town in a suit sans shirt.

PREVIOUSLY: Pietro Boselli Goes for an Olympic Medal in the Abs Competition – PHOTOS

Check out his cover shot, and another snap from his shoot, below.

BONUS

Watch Boselli look dapper in a new ad for Lab Series in which he shares what he’s learned on his meteoric rise to fame: “It doesn’t matter how clever you are, how handsome you are, being kind is the most important thing–it’s what will get you the furthest.”

[h/t Kenneth in the 212]

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