Perfume Genius Tour T-Shirts Feature Eminem in Drag

Andy Towle

www.towleroad.com/2014/11/perfume-genius-t-shirts-feature-eminem-in-drag.html

We Need to be Better PrEPared
By now, many of you may have seen the headlines or read news about what sounds like encouraging results, announced in late October, about two clinical trials of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) in gay and bisexual men.

It’s important, however, to not make assumptions based on the preliminary findings about the PROUD and IPERGAY studies.

Before the scheduled end of the trials, the safety monitoring boards determined Truvada was effective in reducing the HIV infection rate among study participants, so they stopped the trials early and offered Truvada to all study participants.

The IPERGAY trial was especially interesting because it was testing different dosing strategies for Truvada, other than once a day. It’s important to know, however, that we don’t yet have the critical information we need to make firm conclusions about the frequency, timing or exact dose of PrEP required for protection.

Although there will be a full reporting of the data in scientific meetings and publications, it will take some time for that data to be fully analyzed. And because the trials were halted early, it’s possible there will not be enough data to answer all of the questions initially posed by the investigators.

We also don’t yet have important data regarding the risk behaviors of study participants, rates of HIV infection and adherence to the PrEP regimen.

So as we wait for more information from these and other important studies still underway, including the Center’s own study, I agree with the statement recently issued by the CDC. They “recommend the FDA-approved and proven regimen of daily oral Truvada for HIV prevention among those at substantial risk for HIV infection. Consistent daily use of PrEP (measured by a detectable level of medicine in the blood) has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection among MSM by as much as 92%.”

The Los Angeles LGBT Center believes PrEP is a very important component of a comprehensive strategy to reduce the number of people infected by HIV. Learn more about our position here.

Robert Bolan, M.D., is the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s medical director. A former president and chairman of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Dr. Bolan has been caring for people with HIV since the earliest days of the epidemic and is one of the nation’s foremost experts on HIV treatment.

www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-bolan-md/we-need-to-be-better-prep_b_6154570.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

MEI Success Story: Rochester, New York

Since the announcement, a wonderful community dialogue has ensued which allowed people to learn more about what it means to be transgender, as well as the challenges that so many of our friends and family members face every day.
HRC.org

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Calls for Repeal of Country's Gay Marriage Law

Kyler Geoffroy

www.towleroad.com/2014/11/former-french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-calls-for-repeal-of-countrys-gay-marriage-law.html

AOL's 'True Trans' Series Explores Coming Out And Transition As A Trans Person
Episodes four and five of AOL’s compelling series “True Trans” takes an intimate look at the individual stories of several individuals who came out as a trans and then transitioned. Each person’s experience is unique to their own life journey, and Laura Jane Grace sits down with a number of transgender and gender-variant people in these episodes to give them the chance to tell their stories.

“I said to my parents that I really needed to get help,” transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox shares in the above episode. “And I told my father, I was like ‘I want to transition.’ He said, ‘OK, son, we’re going to get you the help you need.’ And a couple of months later I ended up in a gay reversion therapist’s office. They took me in there and they were trying to turn me gay to straight — when I wasn’t gay in the first place.”

Check out the video above to hear more coming out stories or the video below to hear these individuals discuss their own unique paths to living as their authentic selves. Missed the previous episodes of “True Trans”? Head here to watch them.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/16/transgender-coming-out-transition_n_6159898.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices

'How to be gay' according to Rose McGowan

Since the Charmed actress voiced her opinions on ‘misogynistic’ gay people, one YouTuber decided to hit back with a tutorial on how to be gay according to the US actress 

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liamj

www.gaystarnews.com/article/how-be-gay-according-rose-mcgowan161114

TDOR Series: Living Your Truth, Unapologetically

As an African-American trans-woman living with HIV, Tommy Luckett tells her story of adversity and remembers the advocates and trans people who lost their lives this year. 
HRC.org

www.hrc.org/blog/entry/tdor-series-living-your-truth-unapologetically?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

The Bizarre World Of Gay Dinosaur Erotica Is Very Much A “Thing”

“The year is 2014 and dinosaurs have gained control of the world economy due to exceptionally accurate stock predictions. After graduating from NYU with a business degree, John is hired to be the assistant for one of the largest trading firms on Wall Street. His boss, the CEO of the company is highly regarded as the best businessman of the century. Only difference is that he is a dinosaur.”

So goes the Amazon.com synopsis of A Billionaire Dinosaur Forced Me Gay, one of prolific erotic novelist Hunter Fox’s massive collection.

Romance novels are cheesy by definition. That’s their job — to present a fantasy version of idealized eroticism. It’s escapism pure and simple.

So we’re still trying to wrap our heads around this new subset of erotic fiction that features dinosaurs, robots and sea monsters having their way with hunky men.

Is it supposed to be funny? Is anyone actually turned on by it? Not having taken the time to actually read one, perhaps one of you will feel inspired to do some further investigation.

The titles are a bit tempting, to be frank. Here’s your potential new reading list:

Punished by the Dark Unicorn
Gay Android Attack
Tamed by T-Rex
Ravaged by a Unicorn
Forced Gay by Aliens
Tentacles Made Me Gay
Transforming Robot Punished Me
Forced Gay by the School Mascot
Yetti Forced Me Gay
Sphinx Forced Me Gay
Nailed by Dragons
Ravaged by the Saber Tooth Tiger
Turned Gay by an Orc
T-Rex Forced Me Gay
Brachiosaurus Made Me Gay
Slayed by Dragons
Cyclops Forced Me Gay

h/t Dangerous Minds

Dan Tracer

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North Carolina Man Who Was Beaten, Robbed, Set on Fire By Man He Met At Bar Dies

Kyler Geoffroy

www.towleroad.com/2014/11/north-carolina-man-who-was-beaten-robbed-set-on-fire-by-man-he-met-at-bar-dies.html

Paul Bettany takes on anti-gay troll and wins

The English actor shows us how to deal with an anti-gay troll on social media with one of the sharpest responses to a homophobe we’ve ever seen

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liamj

www.gaystarnews.com/article/paul-bettany-takes-anti-gay-troll-and-wins161114