Robbie Rogers Closes Deal On 'Men In Shorts' ABC TV Series
We’ve missed Robbie Rogers. Thankfully, he’ll soon be coming to a TV near you — sort of.

The openly gay soccer player recently closed a deal for “Men In Shorts,” a single-camera comedy set to air on ABC that reportedly stems from the gay athlete’s coming out story.

Rogers, who came out in 2013, was the first openly gay player in a North American sports league.

According to Out, the “Men In Shorts” storyline involves a young soccer player who makes the decision to come out of the closet and Rogers has signed on as a producer. Entertainment Weekly notes the show “follows a young pro soccer player who takes one small step out of the closet and one giant leap into the spotlight.”

Really excited to be part of this…Comedy Inspired By Robbie Rogers Lands @ABCNetwork @craigzadan @claudialonow… t.co/V869dcxO7d

— Robbie Rogers (@robbierogers) October 14, 2014

Little more is known about this comedy currently in the early stages, but stay tuned for more from your favorite hunky soccer player!

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Gay parents and their kids invited to a Halloween rave with a difference

London’s family-friendly disco, Big Fish Little Fish, is hosting a special Halloween bash this weekend, with support from Out With The Family, and cult DJ duo, the Readers Wifes

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HRC President Chad Griffin and Dustin Lance Black Travel to Mississippi

On Tuesday October 14, Chad Griffin, HRC’s President and Dustin Lance Black are continuing their tour through Project One America States.
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ABC Confirms “Men In Shorts”, New Gay Soccer Sitcom Inspired By Robbie Rogers

ABC announced this week it will move forward with production on “Men In Shorts”, a new sports comedy inspired by the life of openly gay LA Galaxy star Robbie Rogers.

The 27-year-old Olympian, who became the first openly gay man to play in a major North American professional league sport in May 2013, tweeted he’s “really excited to be a part of this” last night.

Though the project is still obviously in early pre-production, writer Claudia Lonow and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have already revealed a loose storyline. According to their release, “Men In Shorts” will center on “a young pro soccer player who takes one small step out of the closet and one giant leap into the spotlight.”

Deadline has much more:

Men In Shorts will combine elements of a family and workplace comedy. “To me, a sports team locker room is a workplace we haven’t seen before,” [Lonow] said. Like in real-life, the protagonist comes from a conservative family. The project naturally takes liberties — on the show, the guy’s parents are still together, and, while Rogers’ father had been completely supportive and accepting, the soccer dad on the series “has more of a journey to go,” Lonow said. The comedy will chronicle how the soccer player’s teammates and friends interact with him after his coming out and how they start evaluating their own secrets that are keeping them from “being happier and more authentic.”

Now that it’s official, we should probably discuss possible lead actor options.

Matthew Tharrett

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Seattle Teen Assaulted By Robbers At Bus Stop, 'Outed' To Mother By Text

Christian Walters

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Atenção aos Movimentos LGBT
Atenção aos Movimentos LGBT Projetos de Leis favorecendo aos movimentos LGBT.

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Here's One Way To Get People To See Art — Promise A Giant Orgy (NSFW)
Warning: If the terms “orgy” and “NSFW” didn’t tip you off already, this post contains some rather explicit nudity. Do not press play on the following video unless you are prepared for some debauchery.

Sometimes, it’s difficult to get people to look at art. So difficult, in fact, that museums have to resort to tactics used in the advertising world. As the age-old addage states, “Sex sells.” So can we really blame the Musée d’Orsay for tempting visitors with a 52-second video of a full on orgy?

Yes, yes we can.

The teaser is meant to lure people to the new exhibition, “Sade. Attacking the Sun,” an homage to the “veritable legend” Marquis de Sade. And it does so with flesh and lots of it. The Musée d’Orsay loves it some nudity.

H/T Artnet

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LGBT Nebraskans You Should Know: Ashley Swartz

This week’s featured Nebraskan is Ashley Swartz, a corn and soybean farmer who lives in Malmo, Nebraska. Ashley was born and raised in Malmo and is currently farming her family’s land and living in the house she grew up in.
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Big Bellies! Jars Of Penises! Botched Circumcisions! Help Us Pick The Wackiest News Story Of The Year

We’ve done our best to keep you informed on all the wacky news stories happening around the world this year. Now it’s your turn to choose which one was the wackiest of them all in the 2014 Queerties.

Whether it’s pastor Bert Farias proclaiming that gay people are possessed by “fart demons” so stinky they have the power to drive pigs to suicide, or Mischa Badasyan, the gay performance artist who vowed to have sex with a different man every day for an entire year, crazies have definitely dominated the news cycle.

Penises, too, have been quite a hot topic. A Malaysian fellow became enraged when he ordered a penis enlarger online and instead received a magnifying glass in the mail. A man in Croatia was arrested after police found jars and jars of human wieners soaking in formaldehyde in his apartment. And a guy in Alabama who alleged he went into a hospital for a circumcision and woke up castrated. Yes, castrated.

But it was a groundbreaking study out of Turkey that found men with bellies last an average of five minutes longer in the sack than guys with six packs that got you readers the most excited.

So which was the Wackiest News Story of them all? You tell us.

VOTING IN THE QUEERTIES IS EASY: Just head over to the ballot page and click on your favorite nominees. We promise it’s a lot easier than voting in the November elections — and we’ve got sexier candidates, too.

You can come back and vote once every day until the contest closes on November 02, 2014, at midnight Eastern.

Graham Gremore

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