Daily Archives: August 8, 2015
These Soaked Studs Make Bath Time So Much Fun
These Soaked Studs Make Bath Time So Much Fun
Summer may be in full swing, but snap your fingers and twirl three times and it’ll be 2016 as soon as you know it.
And that means a whole batch of ’16 calendars will soon start making the rounds.
Here’s our first look forward at marking your therapy appointments with Project Soaked — 14 gorgeous half-dressed men getting soaked to raise money for prostate cancer research.
Check out a preview below:
Dan Tracer
Artist Spotlight: Stanly Vo
Artist Spotlight: Stanly Vo
Muscles, nudity, and the Russian male.
Christopher Harrity
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/artist-spotlight/2015/08/08/artist-spotlight-stanly-vo
There’s A New Rectal Gel In Development That Might Help Prevent HIV And STDs
There’s A New Rectal Gel In Development That Might Help Prevent HIV And STDs
A new STD prevention method may well be coming to a drugstore near you.
Researchers at the International Rectal Microbicide Advocates (IRMA) have been working tirelessly on creating a “rectal microbicide” gel that they believe could help prevent the transmission of HIV and other STDs.
Related: Not To Alarm You, But This Interactive Map Shows Per-City STD Rates
According to HIVequal:
A rectal microbicide is a topical substance, which may come in the form or a lube, anal douche, or a wash, that is being developed and tested to reduce a person’s risk of HIV and other STIs.
Although most research on microbicides has focused on vaginal intercourse, it is reported that anal intercourse increases the risk of HIV infection by as much as 10 to 20 percent. Researchers are now looking at the rectal safety of microbicide gels originally formulated for vaginal sex.
Sounds A-OK to us! But also hardly a reason to give up condoms or stop that essential PrEP regimen. In fact, it probably will be best used in combination with other prevention measures.
Clinical trials are already underway, but so far the application is limited to “rectal microbicide using applicators” (i.e. enemas), which researchers agree are “decidedly unsexy,” so work continues with “scientists, advocates, ethicists, and community members” on finding a less intrusive form of application.
Next on researchers’ agenda is conducting a trial in which couples will “take a microbicide gel and apply it with fingers and penises, and then test to see if enough drug gets to where it needs to go rectally.”
Sounds like our kind of study.
Related: Ten Things HIV-Positive Guys Want Negative Guys To Know
Graham Gremore
Man pleads guilty to anti-gay hate crime in Seattle
Man pleads guilty to anti-gay hate crime in Seattle
Troy Deacon Burns of Bremerton, Washington has pleaded guilty after being charged on Wednesday under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr, Hate Crimes Prevention Act, according to the Justice Department.
Holding a knife raised over his head in a stabbing position, Burns approached three gay men who walking along East Pike Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood just after midnight on Jan 25 and yelled ‘fucking faggots’ as the trio crossed the street, according to a court document.
As Burns got closer, he made eye contact with them and repeated the slur yelling ‘Yes, fucking faggots’ while holding a knife at waist level. One of the men said he heard Burns say ‘I’ll fucking stab you.’
The three men ran, but Burns caught up to one of them and again used a gay slur while threatening to stab him.
A friend of the men found Seattle police officers, who arrested Burns.
Police said Burns continued to yell slurs even after he was placed in the patrol car.
Burns has claimed he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the assault and does not remember his actions, according to the Seattle Times.
A hate crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a US$250,000 fine.
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Sylvia Tan
www.gaystarnews.com/article/man-pleads-guilty-to-anti-gay-hate-crime-in-seattle/
Man pleads guilty to anti-gay hate crime at Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood
Man pleads guilty to anti-gay hate crime at Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood
Troy Deacon Burns of Bremerton, Washington has pleaded guilty after being charged on Wednesday under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr, Hate Crimes Prevention Act, according to the Justice Department.
Holding a knife raised over his head in a stabbing position, Burns approached three gay men who walking along East Pike Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood just after midnight on Jan 25 and yelled ‘fucking faggots’ as the trio crossed the street, according to a court document.
As Burns got closer, he made eye contact with them and repeated the slur yelling ‘Yes, fucking faggots’ while holding a knife at waist level. One of the men said he heard Burns say ‘I’ll fucking stab you.’
The three men ran, but Burns caught up to one of them and again used a gay slur while threatening to stab him.
A friend of the men found Seattle police officers, who arrested Burns.
Police said Burns continued to yell slurs even after he was placed in the patrol car.
Burns has claimed he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the assault and does not remember his actions, according to the Seattle Times.
A hate crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a US$250,000 fine.
The post Man pleads guilty to anti-gay hate crime at Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood appeared first on Gay Star News.
Sylvia Tan
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