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Pray, Listen, Discern: Praying for Acceptance and Diversity
In Rome, the Synod is currently meeting to consider teachings on family, and marriage. It has been breathtaking to watch the promising signs that have emerged from this gathering about sexual orientation.
HRC.org
Neil Patrick Harris Says a Kiss from Burt Reynolds Helped Him Realize He Was Gay: VIDEO
In his new Choose Your Own Autobiography, Neil Patrick Harris writes about coming to an understanding that he was gay, and reveals that one of his ‘aha’ moments was on the set of the 1989 TV show B.L. Stryker, when he received a surprise kiss from the show’s star Burt Reynolds.
Writes Harris in the book:
As a joke at the end of one take, Burt leans over and kisses you square on the mouth…The crew thinks this is very funny, but it makes you uncomfortable. Uncomfortable and, it will ultimately turn out, gay. Burt Reynolds’ kiss makes you gay.
Harris appeared in one episode of the short-lived series. And thankfully (or not) for us, the entire episode is on YouTube.
Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP…
Andy Towle
PHOTOS: Michael C. Hall on Broadway in 'Hedwig'
The Dexter star wigs out in a new set of production photos from Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Brandon Voss
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/theater/2014/10/17/photos-michael-c-hall-broadway-hedwig
UK to be offered pill that reduces HIV risk by up to 90%
‘This is potentially the most exciting development in HIV prevention in some years’
joem
www.gaystarnews.com/article/uk-be-offered-pill-reduces-hiv-risk-90171014
What Is This Enormous Butt Plug Doing In The Middle Of Paris?
Travel to Paris and you can experience Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Rodin’s Thinker, and Alexandros’ Venus de Milo.
Oh, and this giant inflatable butt plug:
In Place Vendome, one of Paris’ gorgeous and historic squares, artist Paul McCarthy has erected a 24-foot sculpture he calls Tree.
And, OK, it does kind of look like a stylized Christmas tree. But you know what it looks even more like? A butt plug. Why? Because it’s a butt plug:
It’s part of FIAC, the city’s annual art fair, and will remain up the rest of the month.
It’s virtually impossible to believe the artist was going for anything other than a mega-sized sex toy given his past work, which includes this giant inflatable dump in Hong Kong called Complex Pile:
And even more telling, this sculpture called Santa Claus in Rotterdam that locals call “Butt Plug Gnome,” because he is clearly holding a giant penetration device:
One antigay group, Printemps Francais, is up tight about the Parisian plug, having recently Tweeted: “This is where your tax dollars are going!”
And you know if you’re up tight about a butt plug, you’ll never be able to ease into enjoying it.
h/t Gawker
Dan Tracer
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead: State Shouldn't Appeal Monday's Gay Marriage Ruling: VIDEO
At a Wyoming gubernatorial debate last night, Republican Gov. Matt Mead said that with a 10th Circuit pro-equality ruling in place, the federal court ruling due Monday on the state’s gay marriage ban should not be appealed.
Said Mead:
I don’t think we should appeal the ruling…I think if the court rules, with the 10th Circuit already ruling, i don’t see there would be merit in appealing the judge’s order.
As joe.my.god points out, Wyoming’s Attorney General Peter K. Micheal was appointed by Mead’s predecessor, who currently serves as a Obama-nominated judge with the 10th Circuit – meaning there’s a good chance the Equality State will live up to its name come Monday.
And if you care to watch the Wyoming debate, AFTER THE JUMP…
Gay marriage portion of the debate begins around the 12:30 mark
Kyler Geoffroy
www.towleroad.com/2014/10/wyoming-gov-matt-mead-state-shouldnt-appeal-gay-marriage-ruling.html
Op-ed: After 25 Years, Mapplethorpe's Photos Still Crack the Bullwhip
It’s been a quarter-century since Robert Mapplethorpe’s most notorious exhibition, The Perfect Moment, but his homoerotic photographs, called ‘obscene’ at the time, are as politically charged as ever.
Nathan Smith
Prick: The Notorious Henry Hate
With high-profile clients like the late Alexander McQueen and Amy Winehouse in his London tattoo parlor, Henry Hate inked over his Orange County roots.
Christopher Harrity
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2014/10/17/prick-notorious-henry-hate
Celebrities go purple to make statement against anti-LGBTI bullying
Annual Spirit Day campaign had Laverne Cox, Demi Lovato, Billie Jean King and others in purple attire
gregh
www.gaystarnews.com/article/celebrities-go-purple-make-statement-against-anti-lgbti-bullying171014
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