WATCH: 6 Things We Learned from the New Memories Pizza Interview
Kevin and Crystal O’Connor aren’t sorry for saying they would not cater a same-sex wedding. And the nearly $1 million raised on their behalf ‘is fantastic’ too.
Sunnivie Brydum
www.advocate.com/indiana/2015/04/08/watch-6-things-we-learned-new-memories-pizza-interview
Obama To Call For End To LGBT Conversion Therapy
A 17-year-old transgender youth, Leelah Alcorn, stunned her friends and a vast Internet audience in December when she threw herself in front of a tractor-trailer after writing in an online suicide note that religious therapists had tried to convert her back to being a boy.
— This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
Here’s Everything You Could Possibly Want To Know About Rim Job Safety
The folks over at Buzzfeed spoke with three sexperts about the nitty gritty of a favorite bedroom pastime for many gay men: Rim jobs.
New York City sex therapist Dr. Stephen Snyder, proctologist Dr. David Rosenfeld, and Dr. Dennis Fortenberry, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine, who specializes in the research of health risk behaviors and STDs, sat down with Buzzfeed writer Casey Gueren to talk all thing anilingus.
Here’s what they had to say:
STIs
According to Fortenberry, STIs can be transmitted via rim jobs, “not necessarily because the anus or rectum is infected, but because it’s part of the skin that connects the entire genital area, and some of those organisms may simply be moving around.”
That’s right, fellas, Hep A and B, chlamydia, gonorrhea, HPV, herpes, syphilis, and even HIV can all be contracted from ass-to-mouth and vice versa.
“I’m not sure that the exposure that you would get from direct contact with the anus would be that much different than with oral sex or sex,” Fortenberry says.
Bacteria
Germaphobes can relax because, according to Rosenfeld, bacteria festering in your partner’s backside isn’t something you need to be too worried about since there’s bacteria all over the place–in your anus, in your genitals, on your skin, in your bedsheets — and getting a little in your mouth typically won’t do any harm.
Of course, this is assuming neither you or your partner are hosting any strains of harmful illness-causing bacteria or parasites in your bodies, which leads the experts to the next point…
E. Coli, C. difficile, salmonella, etc.
If your partner is suffering any parasites from, say, a trip abroad or eating bad Chinese food, or if his stomach has been acting up, don’t perform a rim job on him without some sort of barrier (i.e. a dental dam). Although, chances are, if he’s battling a bout of salmonella poisoning he’s probably not going to be in the mood for hanky panky anyway.
Poo
According to Rosenfeld, if your partner has been having irregular bowel movements or loose stools, you may also want to reconsider tossing his salad, or, if you do, at least use a barrier.
How come? Because irregular bowel movements = excessive bacteria, festering germs, etc.
The goal, Rosenfeld says, is for “smooth, solid stool that doesn’t leave anything behind when you wipe.”
Unfortunately, this may mean asking your man about his BMs, but, as Buzzfeed so eloquently puts it, “a conversation about his poops… [is] better than going in there blind, right?”
Cleanliness
This one should really go without saying. Before going down on him, tell your man to wash, wash, wash. And then wash some more.
Rosenfeld recommends washing with a detachable shower head and using a mild soap since body washes can sometimes irritate the anus.
How clean is clean enough? Snyder says it’s a “judgement call.”
“If it passes a visual test and a sniff test,” he says, “you should be in the clear.”
Related stories:
Drake Loves Getting Rim Jobs, Plus Six Other Celebrity Fetishes “Exposed”
Report: Derek Jeter Is A Bossy Rimjob Recipient
Straight Guy Opens Up About All The Stuff He Likes Done To His Butt
Graham Gremore
American Idol's Top 8 Talk About Their Gay Fans: VIDEO
The Gaily Grind’s Steven James Boyle stopped by American Idol last week and sat down with the Top 8 contestants to talk about their gay fans. This is probably a much different discussion than could ever have happened 13 years ago when the show started.
Find out how each of them feels, AFTER THE JUMP…
Andy Towle
www.towleroad.com/2015/04/american-idols-top-8-talk-about-their-gay-fans-video.html
B.C. elementary school teacher clicks on wrong YouTube video, shows class ‘racy’ photo of woman on a beach
The teacher, who was suspended in 2012 for showing his class a video of men in drag singing on the beach, has gotten himself in hot water again after clicking on the wrong YouTube clip during a French lesson
news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/vancouver-island-teacher-inappropriate-video-in-class-736781
Girlfriend tag. L.G.B.T version
The Girlfriend tag.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIgM7DIitwM&feature=youtube_gdata
Barry Manilow Weds Manager Garry Kief
The pop star silences decades-old rumors about his love life by saying ‘I do.’
Gina Vivinetto
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/04/08/barry-manilow-weds-manager-garry-kief
Homophobia, Death Threats and Government Complicity: Jamaican LGBT's Under Attack!
Jamaican lawyer, LGBTI activist and educator Maurice Tomlinson
GLAAD has joined 20 other LGBT and human rights organizations in urging President Obama to address the persecution of LGBT people. The criminalization of homosexuality in Jamaica dates back to the 1864 Offences Against the Person Act, which calls for a punishment of up to 10 years of hard labor for those convicted of the “abominable crime of buggery.” In this episode, Nicholas is joined by Jamaican-born author and photographer and former US Navyman Max-Arthur Mantle, and Jamaican lawyer, LGBTI activist and educator Maurice Tomlinson, who himself has received death threats.
Mantle’s new novel BATTY BWOY comes out April 15. Tomlinson is a Jamaican lawyer, LGBTI activist and educator. For nearly twenty years, he has been working with a variety of local and international agencies to combat homophobia and HIV across the Caribbean. He is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and partners with various national and regional stakeholders to promote and protect the human rights of Caribbean LGBTI people
The new focus of Nicholas Snow Live, is the callers themselves! Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, call (347) 215-8866 a few minutes before showtime (or during the broadcast) to comment on the hot topics of the day.
Listen to this episode of Nicholas Snow Live on the BlogTalkRadio Network.
Over 1.7 million downloads in less than three years. The show’s motto: “Connecting the Circuitry of Humanity.”
Download Nicholas Snow Live podcasts for free from iTunes.
Like the official Nicholas Snow Live Facebook page here.
— This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
Florida Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill Enabling Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Close to Passing
The anti-LGBT bill would enshrine discrimination rights into Florida law by allowing any private adoption agency to discriminate against prospective parents based on sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as on family status, and religious or political beliefs.
HRC.org
