And the sexist part of a man’s body is…

A gaggle of researchers from Fitrated.com, a fitness website, conducted a survey to find out what parts of the body people found most attractive. Over 2,000 Americans of all genders, ages, and sexual orientations participated in the study.

It should come as no surprise that 36.1 percent of gay men said they preferred a “muscular” body type, followed by 26.7 percent who said they preferred an “average” bodies, and 18.3 percent who said they liked they men “thin.” 11.1 percent reported like “curvy” guys, and 7.8 percent said their ideal partner’s body type was “other.”

Related: Dad bods, otters, and bears! Oh my! The 10 most common male body types

As for facial features, the vast majority of gay men (62.7 percent) said eyes were the most attractive part of the face, followed by the jawline, mouth, nose, and, lastly, the ears.

Now what about body parts? Here’s where it gets a little more complicated.

Gay men reported that the chest of a muscular man, the stomach and abs of a thin man, and the butt and chest on an average-shaped man were the #1 most attractive parts of their bodies. In other words: attractive features changed depending on the body type.

Butts came in at a close second for all three body types. Interestingly, arms came in last place for both average-shaped men and thin men, and second to the last for muscular men. The takeaway? Focus less on all those bicep curls you’ve been doing and start exercising those pecs and glutes more!

Related: Author calls out gay men for “fat-shaming and negative body talk”

In conclusion, researchers determined that “you should love and take care of your [entire] body regardless” of what areas other people find most attractive.

“Developing a fit physique is usually obtainable for those willing to put in the necessary reps,” they write. “Working out won’t just give you a better-looking physique, but a confidence that can be just as sexy.”

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Aaron Schock Finally Gets His Day in Court, Faces 24 Felony Charges

Disgraced anti-gay former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock (R) will be arraigned in federal court on Monday. Schock has been implicated by the federal government in a far-reaching corruption investigation that centers on Schock’s alleged misuse of government funds.

Schock’s troubles first began when it was revealed that he had unlawfully accepted design services for free so that his congressional office could be styled in the manner of Downton Abbey.

Schock faces 24 felony counts.

The Peoria Journal Star reports: 

The Peoria Republican was indicted last month by a federal grand jury which spent 18 months looking at his financial dealings. He’s expected to plead not guilty at the 3:30 p.m. hearing, which will likely result in U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough setting his trial for sometime next spring.

PREVIOUSLY: Anti-Gay Former GOP Rep. Aaron Schock Whines About Being ‘Poked, Prodded, and Probed’ – WATCH

More from The Chicago Tribune: 

The charges include wire fraud, mail fraud, theft of government funds, making false statements, filing false reports with federal election officials and filing false tax returns.

Usually, defendants waive their right to have the indictment read aloud in court — and Schock’s indictment runs 52 pages. Schock will be asked to enter a plea on Monday. Based on his oft-stated insistence that he is innocent, a “not guilty” plea is a good bet.

[Judge] Myerscough [who is presiding over the case] is a former Illinois appellate judge who considered running as a Democrat for the seat in Congress that Schock eventually won in 2008. President Barack Obama nominated her to the federal bench in 2010.

Myerscough on Friday denied the goverment’s request for a gag order in Schock’s criminal proceedings. Via Politico: 

“The Government has not made the requisite showing here,” Myerscough wrote in an order issued late Friday afternoon. “While this is a high-profile case that has and will generate a significant amount of publicity, the Court has no reason to believe at this point that the parties’ conduct poses a serious and imminent threat to the administration of justice.”

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HIV 360° Fellow Spotlight: PJ Moton

Earlier this year, HRC Foundation announced the inaugural class of the 2016 HIV 360° Fellowship Program. Made possible with generous support from the Elton John AIDS Foundation, HIV 360° is a capacity-building fellowship program for young, non-profit leaders ready to take HIV-inclusive organizations and initiatives to the next level.

The HRC blog recently sat down with each of the fellows to discuss the program, their work, and their vision of an AIDS-free generation.

PJ Moton, 28, was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. PJ received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Sociology from Fisk University and earned his Master of Social Work degree from Washington University in St. Louis. With seven years of experience in HIV & AIDS research, prevention, and care, specifically focused on Black gay and bisexual men, PJ has become a nationally recognized leader among his peers. PJ currently works at Abounding Prosperity in Dallas, Texas.

How did you first get involved with the movement to end the HIV and AIDS epidemic? How, if at all, did that inspire you to become an HIV 360° Fellow?

I started in the field almost 10 years ago volunteering with a local non-profit that offered prevention services and had a group for Black men who have sex with men (MSM). First, I modeled in some of their marketing campaigns and eventually my responsibilities expanded. I soon began co-facilitating the support group and planning initiatives for Black MSM. After doing this work for so many years, the fellowship seemed like an opportunity to grow in new and different ways.

Each fellow has been asked to design, implement, and evaluate a community service project to combat HIV transmission rates in their respective communities. Tell us about yours and what you hope to accomplish with it.

Project  T.R.I.P.S. (Transportation Resource for Improved Prevention and Suppression) provides safe and discreet round-trip transportation services to Black and Latinx men who have sex with men and transgender women in the Dallas Metropolitan area. People who sign up for the program can arrange for someone to take them to their medical appointments and/or other essential support services. In accordance with the National HIV and AIDS Strategy, I hope the programs helps participants – both positive and negative – stay in care and remain healthy.

What is one key lesson you’ve gained from the fellowship program? What have you enjoyed the most about it?

Project management has been an overall theme throughout the fellowship program. Prevention and care services can have many moving parts and without the ability to effectively manage all of those parts, your programs and services may not be as effective as you may want them to be. The retreats have taught me a lot about managing the different pieces that comprise a program or service.

How can people learn more about your organization and support the work you are doing?

Please check out the Abounding Prosperity as well as our community mobilization initiative, Dallas Southern Pride.

To learn more about the HIV 360° fellowship program itself, click here. Also, check out:

• Thomas’ Story
• Andrés’ Story
• Steven’s Story
• Sasanka’s Story
• Milan’s Story
• Mardrequs’ Story
• Tyrell’s Story

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PHOTOS: The Enduring Beauty of David Hockney

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Oh look, a new antigay hate group rears its ugly head

How did you celebrate International Human Rights Day? If you have an undeveloped sense of irony, perhaps you spent it as Brian Brown did: working to undermine human rights all around the world.

You might remember Brian as the potatoey head of the National Organization for Marriage. Ever since it was clear that NOM had totally failed in its mission, he’s been re-arranging deck chairs in a panic, trying to justify the hundreds of thousands of dollars he makes trying/failing to block marriage in the US.

Well, now he’s hit on a clever scheme: set up a little shell game where he can continue to solicit money forever, in defense of what he calls “family.” Of course, your family doesn’t count as a family. Only the kinds of families he likes are real families.

This weekend Brian announced the formation of a new group called the International Organization for the Family. He’ll use this little club to scam donors around the world, convincing them that queer couples are a threat and various foreign countries need his protection. Of course, Brian Brown completely failed to accomplish anything of value here in the US, so that doesn’t exactly make his resume sparkle.

Related: The ten biggest losers of the marriage equality debate, and how we should deal with them

But hey, now he can be an international laughingstock instead of just an American laughingstock!

The IOF has five main projects — one is organizing events around the world through the “World Congress of Families.” Another is a magazine called “The Natural Family” that they’re calling an “academic journal” — but really it isn’t academic or a journal. Then there’s the “Article 16 Initiative,” an effort to twist the UN’s declaration on human rights to exclude queers; and an “Emerging Leaders Program” to foster hate groups around the world.

And finally they want to get two million signatures on a declaration that gays shouldn’t get married. Their deadline: one year. Let’s see how Brian Brown manages to bungle this one.

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John Cena Caused This Gay Kiss to Happen on ‘SNL’ – WATCH

SNL brought the heat this week with a kiss between cast members Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney.

In a sketch about a fictitious MTV dating show called “Hook a Hunk” Cecily Strong finds herself falling for the show’s hunky host, played by John Cena, rather than the dorky contestants vying for her heart. As it dawns on the contestants that they don’t stand a chance with Strong because of Cena, two of the guys discover an unexpected bond.

So if it wasn’t for John Cena being so distractingly attractive, these guys never would have discovered their passion for one another. Nicely played, John Cena.

Watch, below.

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HRC Joins Leading LGBTQ Activists and Experts in Bangkok for Major LGBTQ World Conference

HRC Global was pleased to join about 700 of the world’s leading LGBTQ advocates, experts and allies gathered earlier this month in Bangkok for the 28th International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) World Conference. This was the biennial gathering of the ILGA, a worldwide federation of 1,200 organizations from 125 countries working on LGBTQ rights.

ILGA World in Bangkok provided HRC Global with a priceless opportunity to meet with key partners in every region of the world, take stock of progress, identify existing and future challenges and to strategize about how best to protect LGBTQ human rights and advance the global fight for equality.

HRC Global staff and our fellows from three countries participated in every aspect of the conference, including in two days of pre-conference sessions. During the main conference days, we attended sessions on strategic litigation, workplace equality, health and HIV, U.N. advocacy, intersex people, refugees and climate change among many others.

During the week, our staff and fellows branched out to actively engage in panels, discussion groups and networking events. These opportunities covered a wide range of issues, including global transgender rights, the Universal Periodic Review process, the importance of data and research for advocacy and the resources available to support global LGBTQ advocacy.

One of the highlights of the conference was the keynote address by Vitit Muntarbhorn, a distinguished law professor from Thailand who is the first U.N. Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In a rousing speech that served as a call to action for LGBTQ activists across the world, Muntarbhorn laid out his approach and vision for the mandate.

ILGA World 2016 was the second world conference to be held in Asia and the largest ILGA conference to date. The Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand and Purple Sky Network co-hosted the event. HRC is proud to be an ILGA member and is committed to working together with partners all over the world to advance the global fight for equality.

Learn more about HRC Global’s work here.    

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Meth addict who strangled and ate his Grindr date sentenced to life in prison

The man who strangled a police officer to death and later tried disposing his body in an acid bath has been sentenced to life in prison.

South London’s Stefano Brizzi, 50, confessed to strangling PC Gordon Semple and dismembering the body while high on crystal meth.

As the BBC reports, Brizzi claimed he met PC Semple on Grindr and the officer died due to a sex game gone wrong.

Related: Every gay person will soon become a cannibal rummaging through hospitals for human waste, pastor claims

After five days of deliberations, jurors at the Old Bailey convicted Brizzi, with a 10-2 majority.

Stating the obvious, the judge said there were “terrible features” to the case, claiming Brizzi’s drug addiction ruined his life.

“Regret you express now for Mr. Semple’s death has to be seen against what you did over a number of days to his body.”

The crime scene was discovered when Stefano Brizzi’s neighbors reported a “revolting smell” coming from his apartment.

When two officers were sent to investigate, they found bottles of chemicals in the hall and a “blue-green liquid” floating in the bath with “flesh-colored globules floating in the water,” in the words of prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC.

Then, one of the officers looked inside a trash bin and discovered a human hand and part of a spine.

Sky News reports Semple’s DNA was discovered on a blender blade, on a cooking pot, a pair of chopsticks, a chopping board, and inside the oven.

The Old Bailey heard prominent bite marks were found on a bone in the kitchen.

Related: Related: Cannibal cop who killed and ate man he met on fetish website has conviction overturned

Semple was on duty when he decided to meet Brizzi after chatting on Grindr, lured by the promise of “hot, dirty, sleazy sex.”

Jurors heard other bizarre details, such as how Brizzi claims he was told by Satan to “kill, kill, kill.”

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