Fidel Castro Leaves Legacy of Oppression, Say Many LGBT Cubans

Many point to the placing of gay men in labor camps and people with HIV in quarantine, while others say some of Castro’s policies benefited the nation.

www.advocate.com/world/2016/11/27/fidel-castro-leaves-legacy-oppression-say-many-lgbt-cubans

Gay Man Attacked by Store Manager, Customer in Front of 4-Year-Old Son: ‘The Faggot Who Voted for Hillary’

James Shawlin and his 4-year-old son were shopping at Floor and Decor in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on Friday when he says they were verbally assaulted by a store manager who called him “the faggot that voted for Hillary,” and by another customer who overheard the manager and interjected, “what are these faggots going to do to this child?”

Shawlin said he had returned to the store complaining about some damaged stone slabs he had bought for an interior renovation when the alleged assault happened, 9 News reports:

“I was a little firm with him, and I just told him, ‘hey, you know, my husband and I spend a lot of money here. We’ve been using you guys for ten years. We have $3,000 worth of stone.’” Shawlin said. “And [the manager] goes, ‘oh, that explains it now. The faggot that voted for Hillary.’”

Shawlin said another customer in the aisle who’d overheard the exchange expressed his support for Donald Trump. Shawlin said the same customer followed him outside and used a derogatory term.

“He basically said, ‘what are these faggots going to do to this child?’” Shawlin said.

Shawlin posted about the incident on Facebook, but has now taken his story to local media in hopes of raising awareness about how customers are being treated at the store.

Floor and Decor, an Atlanta-based company with 75 stores nationwide, told 9News it is taking Shawlin’s complaint “very seriously” and will be conducting an investigation.

Watch an interview with Shawlin and report from 9News Denver:

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Gay Man Attacked by Store Manager, Customer in Front of 4-Year-Old Son: ‘The Faggot Who Voted for Hillary’

Lady Gaga Visits LGBT Youth at Ali Forney Center for Black Friday

Gaga brought gifts, performed “Million Reasons,” and led a group meditation.

www.advocate.com/youth/2016/11/27/lady-gaga-visits-lgbt-youth-ali-forney-center-black-friday

Guys Share What It’s Like To Be Gay And Asexual

Asexuals the world over say they want to be noticed as well. They are demanding greater visibility, saying they want asexuality to be recognized as an official sexual orientation by the government, the National Post reports.

In a new review published by the University of British Columbia, Canadian sex academics are insisting that asexuality isn’t some bizarre form of “psychopathology” or the result an extremely low libido as famously diagnosed by zoologist and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in the 1940s. Instead, they say, “we surmise that the available evidence points to asexuality being best conceptualized as a unique sexual orientation.”

Related: What’s It Like To Be Gay And Asexual In A Sex-Crazed World?

To complicate matters even more, lots of guys identify as both gay and asexual.

Here’s what some of them have to say on Whisper:

www.queerty.com/guys-share-like-gay-asexual-20161127?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

Shirtless French Farmers, Hairspray Live!, Chris Mears Debriefed, And Much More

In this 2017 calendar, photographer Fred Goudon sets his lingering lens on some stunningly handsome French farmers. Purchase it here.

Fans of diver, DJ, and Olympic gold medalist Chris Mears may want to take a look at the upcoming issue of Gay Times magazine, amirite?

What are our feelings about NBC’s upcoming Hairspray Live? Let’s pray it’s not as toothless as October’s Rocky Horror Picture Slog.

With lashes for miles and fright wigs to spare, Builder of the House’s video for “Look at the Man” is a deliriously draggy diversion.

Feel like getting all roused up and strident? The first trailer for epic gay rights series When We Rise is here.

 

www.queerty.com/shirtless-french-farmers-hairspray-live-chris-mears-debriefed-much-20161127?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

This 1950s Take On The “Problem” Of Homosexuality Lists 45 Different “Types” Of Gays
It’s not all fun and games in Richard Hauser’s “The Homosexual Society.”

www.queerty.com/this-1950s-take-on-the-problem-of-homosexuality-lists-45-different-types-of-gays-20160415?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29