A Caribbean Judge Strikes Down Old Colonial Anti-Gay Saint Kitts Law, Ryan Field Books

A Caribbean Judge Strikes Down Old Colonial Anti-Gay Saint Kitts Law

On the global front, here's what's happening in the Caribbean. There was this colonial anti-gay and anti-sodomy law that was challenged by St. Kitts and Nevis Alliance for Equality. 

“This decision strongly establishes that a person’s sexuality should never be the basis for any discrimination. We welcome the recognition of this fact, one for which we have long advocated,” said Tynetta McKoy, the executive director of SKNAFE, according to Loop.

Here's more. There are many other people working hard in many other anti-gay nations to decriminalize gay sex and promote equality. In any event, these old laws in the Caribbean were proclaimed "null and void." 

The local government argued with all kinds of religious nonsense. 

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Pennsylvania's Openly Gay Brian Sims Who Recently Lost in the Democratic Primary Poses on Social Media, Ryan Field Books

Pennsylvania's Openly Gay Brian Sims Who Recently Lost in the Democratic Primary Poses on Social Media

I have nothing against Brian Sims and I wish him well. We probably agree on most issues. 

However, I will never forget Pennsylvania's Brian Sims for his outrageous outburst on the street with a quiet peaceful protester who was protesting against abortion. It was awful. Tony and I were still living in New Hope, PA, and when I saw what Simms did, I cringed. There are better ways to go about making a point.  You can read more about that here. 

Democratic Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims is incurring heavy backlash on social media after posting a livestream that went viral of him confronting an elderly woman who was protesting outside a Planned Parenthood clinic.

He talks at the woman for over eight minutes, calling her an "old, white lady" and shoves his cell phone in her face.

Since that time Sims has remained fairly silent. And now it seems he's taken to social media to pose in the water. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that. It's a great photo of him. But I wonder if he thinks we've forgotten his tirade with the woman. I know nothing about Disney or Mermaids. Not my genre, so I'm lost with this one. 

“Who crested better?” he asked in the accompanying caption. A swipe reveals the iconic inspiration for the shot: Disney’s Little Mermaid, Ariel.

Here's more. 

According to this source, Sims also recently lost in the PA Democratic primary to another Democrat, Austin Davis, whom I actually like. This means Brian Sims will not be going back to the State House next year and no one seems to know his future plans.

 

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Protestors In Belgrade March Against a Pride Event, Ryan Field Books

 Protestors In Belgrade March Against a Pride Event

First of all, whoever wrote this story it is not Gay Pride. It's just Pride and it includes everyone who falls under the umbrella of LGBTQIA. This is why queer content should be written by queer people. These little details make a difference. 

With that said, right-wing activists...just like we have here in the US with MAGA...have gone berserk in Belgrade because of a planned Pride event in September. 

Belgrade is due to host the EuroPride march on Sept. 17, an event staged in a different European city each year. But President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday it would be cancelled or postponed, citing reasons such as threats from right-wing activists.

Here's more. If these right-wing activists in Belgrade are anything like the MAGA crowd, it could be potentially dangerous. The anti-LGBTQIA hate runs as deeply as their own straight white privilege. 

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This Gay Man Was Skeptical About Gay Marriage, Ryan Field Books

 This Gay Man was Skeptical About Gay Marriage

This is one of those gay stories to which I truly cannot relate. For me, gay marriage meant that my long-term relationship with my "husband" was finally validated and we were legal. To me, gay marriage meant neither one of us would have to pay inheritance taxes. To me, it represented years of fighting for equal rights. To me, it made me equal with straights who are married. And I never ever took it to the lengths this gay man took it. Of course, there is the love factor, but I have also always focused on the more pragmatic legal aspects of gay marriage. It protects us.  

As young queers at university, we had followed the fashionable discourse about how marriage was a “heteronormative construct that shackles us all” and how, as gay people, we were liberated from such arcane traditions, following our own path of true autonomy and forming relationships outside the Hallmark romance framework that has brainwashed the world.

Here's more. I agree with him on some things, but not everything. For one thing, I don't identify as queer. I identify as gay. And that's fine. Gay men have always been a diversified group with different opinions. I wonder how he feels about straight male actors gay-baiting and playing gay for pay in films and on TV. Or about straight women authors writing gay content. Cultural appropriation is a much more important concern right now.

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What readers said about “Altered Parts”
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Most Powerful Man In New York's Gay Nightlife Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Ryan Field Books

 Most Powerful Man In New York's Gay Nightlife Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations

In my lifetime, I have seen and heard many stories like this before. But this one allegedly spans over a period of years. And it seems as if all the alleged victims wanted something in return, which they admit. This isn't a case of meeting someone in a gay bar and being sexually assaulted at random. 

With that said, a lot of young gay men who are not out of the closet yet will tend to keep things like this quiet for fear of being discovered. It's their worst fear. 

In 2017, Stephen Carlstrom, then 21 and working as a model while in college, said that Cohen, who was 40 at the time, promised him a lucrative gig attending parties and then pressured him to perform oral sex. The job opportunity never transpired, Carlstrom said. 

Here's more. I don't know the full extent of this situation, but no one ever pressured me into having oral sex to get something in return. It simply wouldn't have happened with me.  But I hate to speculate. And Choen is denying all allegations. 

There's a pretty powerful video and a few photos at the link. 

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“A wonderful story that I loved. The characters were well developed and strong. Gus: A sweet young man. Doing something for all the wrong reasons. Craig: his boyfriend, he’ll go along with anything Gus say. Henry: Gus father a no-nonsense man, who’s husband died last year. I enjoyed this story.”



What readers said about “Altered Parts”
“Best Gay Novel In Years. This story will stay with you and you will feel you know every character and the beauty of their home in the mountains of North Carolina.”
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Pride Event In North Carolina Allows Kids to Try Out Stripper Poles, Ryan Field Books

 Pride Event In North Carolina Allows Kids to Try Out Stripper Poles

Speaking as a gay man who doesn't have kids, I think that if I did have kids I wouldn't want them trying out stripper poles. I wouldn't want them clinging to an almost naked woman either. As parents, I think there are times when the lines must be drawn. 

In one of the photos, a scantily-clad woman can be seen holding onto a stripper pole with a young boy in her arms, who is also holding on to the pole.

Here's more. The woman is almost naked and she's pushed right up against the kid. They are claiming this was fun and exercise. C'mon, let's be real. It was distasteful and vulgar. We as gay people need to be doing better. Putting little boys with female strippers at Pride events is NOT part of gay culture. There's a photo at this website and you can see for yourselves. 

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What readers said about “Altered Parts”
“Best Gay Novel In Years. This story will stay with you and you will feel you know every character and the beauty of their home in the mountains of North Carolina.”
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Texas Church Apologizes For Doing an Unauthorized Version of "Hamilton," and For Anti-Gay Slurs, Ryan Field Books

 Texas Church Apologizes For Doing an Unauthorized Version of "Hamilton," and For Anti-Gay Slurs

This story is about a church in Texas that decided to put on a production of "Hamilton" without obtaining permission first. I see a lot of that going on around TikTok, where people are not paying attention to copyright laws with songs. There are these two goons who are constantly doing it. These are things we should all know, but apparently not. 

Not only did they do the play without permission, but they also made a few huge changes. 

The production appeared to implement script changes to include religious references and concluded with a sermon by a pastor comparing being gay to being addicted to alcohol or drugs.

Here's more. I don't see how anyone can compare being gay to being addicted to drugs or alcohol. But they did apologize and they did agree to pay for damages. At least there's that. 

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What readers are saying about “Uncertainty”

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“A wonderful story that I loved. The characters were well developed and strong. Gus: A sweet young man. Doing something for all the wrong reasons. Craig: his boyfriend, he’ll go along with anything Gus say. Henry: Gus father a no-nonsense man, who’s husband died last year. I enjoyed this story.”



What readers said about “Altered Parts”
“Best Gay Novel In Years. This story will stay with you and you will feel you know every character and the beauty of their home in the mountains of North Carolina.”
In paperback or e-book. #gayromance #Wednesday

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The Wizard of Pride

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