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  • Naked Sportsmen clutching their balls

    Naked Sportsmen clutching their balls

      It’s that time of year again when ESPN persuades 23 top athletes and sportsmen to drop trou and bare all for their annual Body Issue.  The front cover is of footballer Ezekiel Elliott, but you will also want to look out for the pic of openly gay British born-American Olympic Skier Gus Kenworthy who is…

  • Never to late to say I’m Sorry

    Never to late to say I’m Sorry

      “I’m sorry I pushed you away when you needed a mom most” is the poignant line spoken in a riveting new series of P.S.A.’s in the UK which feature people apologizing for rejecting their LGBT family members. The campaign is part of Channel 4’s 50 Shades of Gay season, which marks the 50th anniversary of the partial…

  • What the Hanky Code really means.

    What the Hanky Code really means.

    Back in the days when Gay Bars were very noisy and distracting some bright spark invented the Hanky Code as a means signaling to others what your sexual preferences and interests are.   The trouble is that some aficionados took it way to seriously and expanded the options so much that you had to have the…

  • I’m (Still) Fine

    I’m (Still) Fine

    Dekkoo have just released the second 4 episodes of Season 1 of their original web-series I’m Fine.  It’s the story of Nate who has broken up with his boyfriend and trying to convince himself and his group of 20-something-year old West Hollywood buddies that he really is fine.  He of course is anything but.  But…