Remembering My Friend Mart Crowley, the Man Behind ‘Boys in the Band’

The Advocate‘s Christopher Harrity recalls the iconic writer, whose work could break your heart and make you screech with laughter at the same time.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/3/13/remembering-my-friend-mart-crowley-man-behind-boys-band

Atlantis CEO to angry customers: ‘Please stop the attacks’
First, passengers were told that the cruise would not be canceled. Now they are being told they can’t get refunds.

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Man Who Overdosed in Hotel Room with Andrew Gillum is a Gay Escort: VIDEO

Rising Democratic star Andrew Gillum was discovered by police in a Miami hotel room with suspected crystal meth early Friday. And the man whose overdose prompted authorities to respond to the hotel room, 30-year-old Travis Dyson, reportedly is a gay escort.

Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor and Democratic nominee for Florida governor, was too intoxicated to answer questions, but was not arrested.

“I was in Miami last night for a wedding celebration when first responders were called to assist one of my friends. While I had too much to drink, I want to be clear that I have never used methamphetamines,” Gillum said later in a statement. “I apologize to the people of Florida for the distraction this has caused our movement.”

Gillum, also a CNN contributor, is married to a woman and has three children.

The Miami Herald reports: Police say they were called to the Mondrian South Beach early Friday morning and found paramedics treating Travis Dyson, a 30-year-old Miami man, for an apparent heart attack. They say two other men were in the room: Aldo Mejias and Gillum. … Attempts to reach Mejias and Dyson by phone on Friday were not immediately successful. Dyson told Miami New Times that he has been friends with Gillum “for a while,” but did not know anything about a wedding. According to public records, Dyson is a registered nurse who lives in Brickell. His Instagram account features selfies in scrubs and a medical coat. The page also features numerous photos of Dyson, clearly a body builder, posing on the beach, on boats or at night spots with friends, including his fiance. His public Instagram account was turned private sometime Friday afternoon.

According to the Daily Mail, “Dyson describes himself as a trauma certified ER nurse on social media, where he posts photos of himself working out in the gym, partying at gay nightspots and lounging on luxury yachts. 

“But DailyMail.com can reveal he also posts explicit photos and homemade porn movies online and has previously had a profile on the Rent.men website, which advertises male escorts and sex workers,” the site reports.

Dyson’s Instagram handle linked to his Rent.Men profile, where he went by “Brodie Scott,” and described himself as a “pornstar performer” who offered “gay massage,” according to Red State.

“Multiple pornographic videos of Dyson and his boyfriend/fiance … were posted to that site and even to Twitter,” Red State reports. “Those have all been deleted as of Friday afternoon. On a fan thread referencing Dyson’s Rent Men profile, there is a photo of Dyson in his scrubs.”

“I like kissing and foreplay… lots of kissing and foreplay,” Dyson wrote in the bio section of the Rent.men page, according to Heavy.com. “I enjoy my nipple rings lightly played with. Mutual touch and intimacy goes a long way.”

According to Heavy.com, Dyson also wrote that he was formerly in the military.

“If it is a dating atmosphere you desire, I definitely have an eclectic taste for dates,” he wrote. “I don’t only enjoy one type of fun… but the type of fun we have is definitely up to you. Let’s have fun.”

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LGBTQ Students Kicked Out of Iowa Capitol Over Restroom Use

Several students lobbying at the capitol were told they were using the wrong restroom, despite Iowa’s LGBTQ-inclusive public accommodations law.

www.advocate.com/youth/2020/3/13/lgbtq-students-kicked-out-iowa-capitol-over-restroom-use

More bad news: The Atlantis cruise and The Black Party were canceled
Here is an updated list of all the events that are being canceled, rescheduled, or are still happening.

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If Trump Has Coronavirus, He is Spreading It All Over the Place: WATCH

In case you missed it, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency (“two very big words”) over the coronavirus pandemic during a news conference at the White House on Friday.

Which is rich, given that Trump isn’t even following his own administration’s guidance on preventing the spread of the virus — and especially since he recently had contact with someone who tested positive.

According to the Washington Post, Trump violated CDC guidance 31 times during the news conference by shaking hands, patting backs, and touching the microphone. And that’s not to mention the fact that he forced the White House press corps into a large, tight gathering, where they waited for the event to begin more than 30 minutes late.

From WaPo: Trump shook hands, patted backs and touched the microphone at the White House lectern at least 31 times Friday, the sort of behaviors health experts and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have advised against to prevent the spread of the virus. Over the past week, Trump has interacted with or been close to at least three people who were infected with the virus or who themselves interacted with virus-infected individuals. Trump earlier this week said he does not plan to get tested for the novel coronavirus, but Friday he said he “most likely” would get tested “fairly soon.”

More from the Daily Beast: Moments after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic, he violated one major rule his public health officials have advised against—by shaking several people’s hands. Trump, who spent the weekend with at least one person who has since tested positive for the novel coronavirus, also manhandled the microphone as he explained the need to declare a national emergency to allow the government to marshal more resources to cities and states struggling to contain the spread of the virus.

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