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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Retired priest reinvents himself as gay adult film star at age 83, says he’s “having a party!”
Retired priest reinvents himself as gay adult film star at age 83, says he’s “having a party!”
Norm Self describes making his adult film debut at age 83 as “splendid.”
The retired clergyman from North Carolina tells The Sun he feels “more vibrant” than ever, because his “erotic energy has taken over” since pivoting from a lifelong career in the church to a late career in adult entertainment two years ago.
So far, 85-year-old Self has appeared in four gay adult films since 2017. And while he hasn’t been paid for his work, he’s really not too concerned about that. Self is mainly in it for the sex.
And to inspire future generations not to feel trapped “in the norm.”
Self, who recently appeared in the documentary “On The Game: The Sex Business,” says his career change happened a few years ago when the person he was living with asked if he would ever consider doing gay porn.
“My housemate asked me if I’d be in a film,” he recalls. “I was invited in and all of a sudden all this attention comes to me.”
“We are going to have sex anyway so why not make it a liberating and bonding experience instead of hiding it away in the shadows?”
Last year, Self, who came out as gay in 1997, told Huffington Post that making his first adult film was simply “delightful,” saying the “best part was just being there and doing it.”
“It was splendid! How could it not be? (I was in) a blessed rural setting, surrounded by a cast and crew of loving, competent, supportive brothers intent on sharing the good news of the healing power of pleasure. What could be more delightful? And, if you’ve seen the video, with the two adorable models performing, what else could be lacking?”
Four films later, he’s still having a blast. Or, as he put it, “having a party.”
When asked by HuffPo what is the biggest misconception about older people and sex, Self replied, “I would speculate that the biggest misconception is that sex ‘wears out’ and isn’t for elders.”
“I would dispute this fabrication by pointing to many elders I know (even older than I am!) who regularly enjoy this sweet intimacy.”
Ravelry, Lori Lightfoot, Frank Bruni, Bernie Sanders, Mastercard, Giant Squid, Madame X, Manic Monday: HOT LINKS
Ravelry, Lori Lightfoot, Frank Bruni, Bernie Sanders, Mastercard, Giant Squid, Madame X, Manic Monday: HOT LINKS
FRANK BRUNI. The gay truth about Trump: “His treatment of gay people perfectly reveals the flabbiness of his convictions and his willingness to stand at odds with a majority of Americans if it pleases the smaller number who adore him. He’ll suffer our anger for their ardor. Decency and principle don’t enter into it.”
LORI LIGHTFOOT. Chicago’s first African-American female and LGBTQ mayor speaks with Stephen Colbert.
RAVELRY. Popular knitting website bans support of Donald Trump: “We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy.”
STUDENT DEBT. Bernie Sanders announces plan to cancel all student debt – $1.6 trillion.
NEW: Sen. Bernie Sanders details plan to cancel $1.6 trillion in student debt for everyone, saying the plan ends “the absurdity of sentencing an entire generation…to a lifetime of debt for the ‘crime’ of doing the right thing.” t.co/3BLFtPFRsH pic.twitter.com/BjwIUzf5fI
— ABC News (@ABC) June 24, 2019
GMCLA. Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles to honor David Mixner with Lifetime Legend award. “David is a pioneer, hero, and legend, in our community and many others for the past six decades.”
LIT. 19 iconic NYC buildings to be lit for upcoming WorldPride.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. NPR goes to Sao Paulo’s Pride which is politically charged this year given the atmosphere created by Brazil’s anti-LGBTQ president Jair Bolsonaro.
BUCHAREST. Thousands join Pride parade in Romanian capital: “On June 22, nearly 10,000 people braved rain to march the length of Calea Victoriei, a major avenue in central Bucharest, dancing and waving rainbow flags. Organizers said the march was bigger than the pride parade in 2018.”
MADAME X. #1 album (opens in a new tab)” href=”https://ew.com/music/2019/06/23/madonna-madame-x-billboard-200/” target=”_blank”>Madonna has her ninth #1 album.
MINNESOTA. St. Paul City Council member urged to resign after homophobic social media posts surface: ‘Busuri says his Muslim faith does not support homosexuality and that criticizing his previous posts amounts to Islamophobia. He says he will represent all his constituents regardless of sexual orientation but won’t recant his past statements…In one 2014 post, Busuri said he was “going back to Uganda” after the country approved a law criminalizing homosexuality.’
SCARING THE CHILDREN. Nancy Pelosi on what she told Trump about ICE raids.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on what she told President Trump about ICE raids that have now been delayed: “Children are scared. You’re scaring the children of America, not just in those families but their neighbors and their communities. You’re scaring the children” pic.twitter.com/rnmUztMLan
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 24, 2019
BUCHENWALD. Ceremony held to remember gay victims of the Holocaust: “About 50 people marched through the grounds of the Buchenwald Memorial holding a rainbow flag and placed flowers at a marker for 650 camp prisoners who were assigned uniforms with pink triangles between 1937 and 1945.”
MASTERCARD. “True Name” program is a first for the credit industry: ‘Imagine being unable to pay for dinner or getting harassed at a checkout line because the name on your credit card isn’t who you are. That’s a reality for many transgender and nonbinary people, and one that MasterCard aims to address with its new True Name program. Cardholders will soon be able to swap out credit, debit or prepaid cards with their “dead name” with new ones featuring the names they actually use. Experts say it’s a first for the financial services industry.’
MOUNT EVEREST. John Oliver takes a deep dive into the tourist industry at the world’s highest peak.
007. Toilet camera found on James Bond 25 set.
SUMMER BOD. Cristiano Ronaldo enjoys some fun in the sun in Cannes.
CHARLES LESLIE LOHMAN. How a self-taught art curator because a gay rights champion: “The ’60s was the barest beginning. You had gay art and straight kids taking off the shackles of the Eisenhower years. The ’70s was like a flower opening up. There was hedonism. Everything got surprisingly gay: art, music, dance, theater. The ’80s was a terrible shrinkage because the plague got everyone. The ’90s was about recovery. We discovered artists didn’t go into hiding; there were still a few private venues that showed work. We reestablished ourselves. During the new century things were sort of back to normal. This new decade has brought a new audience of people who weren’t even born when the AIDS crisis was here.”
DEPRESSION. Lizzo is opening up about hers: “There’s no one I can talk to because there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Life hurts.”
UNDERSEA KRAKEN OF THE DAY. Giant squid caught on camera for second time ever. ‘The video was captured by a team of researchers on an expedition funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who were studying the impacts of light deprivation on deep sea creatures living in the “midnight zone,” 3,280 feet (1000 meters) below the surface.’
FAT BURNER OF THE DAY. Coffee.
COOKING VIDEO OF THE DAY. 63 ways to cook a potato.
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY. Prince “Manic Monday”.
MONDAY MUSCLE. Saeed Alfarhat.
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Love Lives of Trans and Nonbinary New Yorkers Explored in New Series
Love Lives of Trans and Nonbinary New Yorkers Explored in New Series
The storylines of Trans Monogamist come from real-life triumphs and tribulations.
www.advocate.com/media/2019/6/24/love-lives-trans-and-nonbinary-new-yorkers-explored-new-series
You’ll never guess the queer director replacing Bryan Singer on ‘Red Sonja’
You’ll never guess the queer director replacing Bryan Singer on ‘Red Sonja’
Producers of the upcoming Red Sonja reboot have fired embattled director Bryan Singer and announced his replacement: out-queer director Jill Soloway.
Soloway, best known for creating the show Transparent, came out as non-binary queer in 2017. Prior to their work on the series, Soloway also wrote and produced the acclaimed HBO series Six Feet Under.
Singer landed the job helming Red Sonja despite his firing from Bohemian Rhapsody late in shooting and several allegations of sexual misconduct. Millennium Films, the production company with the rights to Red Sonja, initially stood by Singer, though as more allegations of misconduct surfaced, they removed him from his role.
Related: Bryan Singer just got some bad news
Soloway’s debut feature Afternoon Delight premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and nabbed Soloway the coveted Directing Award at the festival. Millennium Films has announced they will take on writing duties as well as directing chores on the big budget action film.
Created by Roy Thomas, Red Sonja spun off from his popular Conan the Barbarian stories and first appeared in Marvel Comics in 1973. After her family is murdered, a goddess bestows incredible fighting skills on Sonja, on the condition that she swear off sex with men unless they defeat her in combat.
The character previously received the cinematic treatment in 1985 with actress Bridgitte Nielsen playing the title role.
Elton John Receives France’s Highest Civilian Honor: WATCH
Elton John Receives France’s Highest Civilian Honor: WATCH
Elton John received the Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest civilian honor, from French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday.
Macron praised Elton for his work on AIDS and urged the international community to push harder to end the epidemic, calling on world leaders to donate to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Said Elton: “Like music, the fight against AIDS has been my passion for many many years. And like music this fight reminds me every day of the extraordinary power of the human spirit. And that things that bind us are stronger than those that divide us. It is this magical human spirit I will carry with me as a proud member of the Legion d’Honneur.”
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GoFundMe Shuts Down Fundraiser for Homophobic Rugby Player
GoFundMe Shuts Down Fundraiser for Homophobic Rugby Player
Israel Folau wanted $3 million to challenge his termination by Rugby Australia.
www.advocate.com/sports/2019/6/24/gofundme-shuts-down-fundraiser-homophobic-rugby-player
Longest-married same-sex couple in the U.S. shares their story on the eve of Stonewall 50
Longest-married same-sex couple in the U.S. shares their story on the eve of Stonewall 50
When Michael McConnell and Jack Baker were married in 1970, the American Psychiatric Association still considered homosexuality a “mental disorder.” It wasn’t until three years after their union that the APA finally removed it from the official list of disorders.
Of course, same-sex marriage was nowhere close to being legalized. But Jack, who was an aspiring lawyer at the time, was determined. So he found a legal loophole that allowed for the couple to be legally wed.
In 2016, the guys wrote about their incredible story in The Wedding Heard ‘Round The World. Now, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, they sat down with Global News to talk about their 48 years together and what it’s like being the longest-married same-sex couple in the United States at such a historic time during the LGBTQ movement.
Watch.
Adam Lambert Tells RuPaul He Met His Boyfriend on Instagram: WATCH
Adam Lambert Tells RuPaul He Met His Boyfriend on Instagram: WATCH
Adam Lambert sat down with RuPaul for the Drag Race mogul’s new talk show and talked a bit about his new relationship with Javi Costa Polo, revealing that the two met on Instagram.
Asked Ru: “Aren’t you scared of meeting freaks on Instagram?”
Replied Lambert: “I love meeting freaks on Instagram.”
Lambert also talked about how his mom asked him about his sexual orientation when he was 18 and they were driving home together, and the complete acceptance of it by both of his parents immediately.
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Adam Lambert Tells RuPaul He Met His Boyfriend on Instagram: WATCH
