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14 Reasons Same-Sex Engagements Are Better Than Straight Ones
14 Reasons Same-Sex Engagements Are Better Than Straight Ones
We asked comedian Yuri Kagan, (top, right) former Castro bartender, to come up a list of the benefits of marriage freedom after getting engaged to his beau, Rich Sherman.
Yuri’s 10 reasons being gay and engaged rocks…
1. The Gifts
The second you announce you are engaged, everyone gives you their opinion along with free stuff. We have been engaged for a minute now. We got both an espresso machine and a milk frother. Everyone is even more generous because we have been denied for so long–even if the gifts are maybe not always be keepers.
2. There is no pressure to get pregnant
Need I say more?
3. There are no rules
Stay as traditional as you want or think out of the box. Our role models for what same-sex marriage looks like are few and far between. For this reason we can do whatever we want at our weddings. If we want to have chiseled men in shorty-shorts serving body shots it’s totally okay. Have troupe of your favorite drag queens entertain with Liza’s finest or Judy’s best is completely acceptable.
4. You, too, can be a gold-digger
It’s not just for straights anymore! If you can’t find love at least get your bills paid.
5. Great excuse to turn down unwanted dates
When straight girls at gay bars come up to tell you that their lonely, frumpy gay buddy with no social skills thinks you’re cute (as they for some reason love to do), watch their puzzled faces as you say you’re engaged. They will either get way more excited than you about the prospect of a stranger getting married, or they will completely ignore what you just said and keep trying to fix you up.
6. Change the world
The more of us that marry and do “normal” people things, like raise kids and pay taxes, the more bigots get confronted with the fact that they actually have no choice but to love us.
7. Pay less tax
8. We own weddings anyway
Whenever someone trots out the stupid argument that same-sex marriage is redefining marriage you can easily point out the holes in this theory. First off, marriage has been getting redefined since its conception and now women have rights. Second, let this idiot know that Keystone Light is not really beer and that gay people have been planning everyone else’s wedding for millennia. We invented weddings really when it comes down to it–but now we get to plan our own in addition to everyone else’s.
9. Now that you’re engaged you can stop using the awkward word “partner” unless you are actually in business with your spouse.
10. You get to find out what your friends actually think of your spouse.
11. You will be entitled to spousal privilege, which means that if your spouse kills someone, you can’t be put on the stand.
12. Show the world that gay, straight, trans are all just people who want to be treated equally. Except in outfits because we want to look better–that’s just how we roll.
13. You can now lecture and judge your single friends about how you envy them or how they don’t understand because they have never been married.
14. You can now refer to your spouse as the old battle-axe, just like old male-straight comics of yesteryear.
Catch Yuri weekly at San Francisco’s Oasis for #Shittalk and his book, Vodka & Limelight, on Amazon
This Amazing Gay Food Art Will Leave You Hungry For More
This Amazing Gay Food Art Will Leave You Hungry For More
“I first find a picture of what I want to create, whether it’s a celebrity, a landscape, an animal,” queer artist Harley Langberg (pictured) tells Queerty. “Then I analyze the picture, match up colors to food, then go shopping for the ingredients.”
Related: Gay Couple Writes To Sex Expert Asking How To Incorporate Food Into The Bedroom
28-year-old Langberg is a self-described “food artist” who lives and works in New York City. Some of his creations include portraits of icons like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Karl Lagerfeld, among others.
He first got into creating food art back about three years ago.
“It was in the fall of 2013 when I lived down in the west village and I was in Chelsea market and saw photographs of a food artist,” he recalls. “I was so amazed, inspired and excited by the works that I went home to try to create something that night. From then on I fell in love with it.”
Related: PHOTOS: Tasty Maneaters Stuffing Their Faces Make Us Wanna Put It In Our Mouths
Langberg says he hopes his work both entertains and inspires audiences to think in new and creative ways.
“I hope they take away an appreciation for art and creativity and for pushing the boundaries and thinking outside the box,” he says. “I also hope to inspire people to pursue their own creative path because creativity exists in everyone.”
Scroll down to see some of Harley’s work and see more at his website and on his Instagram page…
Madonna
Materials: Eggplant, spaghetti, turnip, Swiss cheese, red pepper and blueberries.
Karl Lagerfeld
Materials: Eggplant, Swiss Cheese, Oreo, rice noodles, gum and turnip.
Prince
Materials: Purple cabbage.
Audrey Hepburn
Materials: Bacon, onion, ham, yogurt, tomato, egg whites and zucchini.
Lady Gaga
Materials: Candy.
Materials: Oreo.
Iris Apfel
Materials: Turkey breast, red cabbage, pesto, black rice, yogurt, strawberry, eggplant and Fruity Pebbles.
Mrs. Doubtfire
Materials: Candy.
Materials: Salt and pepper.
Richard Simmons
Materials: Peanut butter, Nutella and apple.
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Gawker’s Rich Juzwiak and Former MTV VJ Dave Holmes Talk About His New Memoir: WATCH
Gawker’s Rich Juzwiak and Former MTV VJ Dave Holmes Talk About His New Memoir: WATCH
Earlier this week we featured former MTV VJ Dave Holmes’ new memoir as one of our TowleREAD selections. The book, called Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs which takes the music of the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s as its soundtrack as Holmes chronicles his journey through those decades as a gay man, from high school to Catholic college, to the bars of New York City and the advertising industry, and to his accidental career as a VJ.
Gawker’s Rich Juzwiak sat down with Holmes to talk about the book in a thorough, 47-minute conversation which touches on the book’s ‘gayness’, Holmes’ interest in music and how it flows through out the book, concepts of masculinity and what they meant for a kid coming of age in St. Louis in the ’80s. Also, sexual identity.
Watch:
And you can check out our TowleREAD selection from the book again, below.
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NC Lawmakers Change Tiny, Insufficient Portion of Anti-LGBT HB2 Before Ending Session
NC Lawmakers Change Tiny, Insufficient Portion of Anti-LGBT HB2 Before Ending Session
North Carolina lawmakers ended their session by reversing a small portion of HB 2 but left intact most of the hateful law.
The two chambers also late Friday agreed to make a change to the law known as House Bill 2 as requested by McCrory, who wanted to have restored the right of workers to sue for employment discrimination using a state law. It cleared the House by a vote of 85-15 and 27-14 in the Senate and now goes to McCrory. His office didn’t immediately respond the action.
But the change to House Bill 2, approved in March and the subject of criticism nationally, didn’t repeal provisions that limited non-discrimination rules for lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people and directed which restroom transgender people can use.
Watch WRAL’s report:
Earlier in the week the NBA, the Charlotte Hornets, and the Human Rights Campaign blasted proposed revisions to the law for not going far enough. The NBA has said that HB 2 in its current form puts Charlotte at risk of losing the 2017 NBA All-Star game.
.@hornets statement on #HB2: pic.twitter.com/LBK7Pk89yR
— NBC Charlotte (@wcnc) June 30, 2016
HB 2 is now officially a “disaster” for the state as the Senate has transferred money from a disaster relief fund in the amount of $500,000 to gove McCrory’s office cash to defend the law in court.
Writes Kerry Eleveld at DailyKos:
That means that NC Republicans—the very people who rushed to pass HB2—have declared it a “disaster”… of their own making. Heh. Haha. LOL. Of course, they’re also finally trying to rework the law under threat that the NBA will pull the plug on next year’s All-Star Game in Charlotte. Also laughable since the NBA is already flat-out rejecting the effort because it does nothing to curb discrimination against transgender individuals.
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Gay Men Urged to Get Vaccinated After Meningococcal Death, Outbreak in California
Gay Men Urged to Get Vaccinated After Meningococcal Death, Outbreak in California
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a health advisory related to an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease, after one man died and eight others got infected in Southern California.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a statement that “of the nine cases, four have occurred among residents of Los Angeles County (excluding Pasadena and Long Beach which have separate health departments), and five cases in neighboring health jurisdictions.”
Dr. Karen Smith, CDPH director and State Public Health Officer said that gay and bisexual men, as well as all people with HIV might be at particular high risk for the disease and she encourages “men who partner with other men to be aware of the risk of meningococcal disease and consider getting vaccinated.”
The U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices says that HIV-infected people are at increased risk of contracting the disease, and it recommends that all HIV-infected persons aged two months and older be routinely vaccinated with the meningococcal vaccine that protects against serogroups A, C, W and Y disease (MenACWY).
The Los Angeles Times reported that “the rare infection is caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitides, which affect the bloodstream and can lead to meningitis. At least six cases were caused by a particular strain of meningococcal bacteria”.
Meningococcal bacteria can spread through saliva or mucus form kissing, coughing, sharing drinks or cigarettes, or even lengthy contact.
The CDPH health advisory adds:
Meningococcal bacteria are transmitted through close personal contact and can be spread from person to person by small droplets of respiratory secretions from the nose and throat. Gay and bisexual men may be at increased risk of meningococcal disease if they have close or intimate contact with multiple partners, regularly visit crowded venues such as bars and parties, or smoke cigarettes, marijuana or illegal drugs. State health officials urge all HIV-infected persons and gay and bisexual men who may be at increased risk for meningococcal disease to consider receiving MenACWY.
All HIV-infected adults should receive two doses of MenACWY. Gay and bisexual men who are at increased risk for meningococcal disease and are not HIV-infected should receive one dose of MenACWY vaccine. Those who have not been tested for HIV within the last year should be offered an HIV test along with vaccination. Adults may locate meningococcal vaccines in their area by using CDC’s Adult Vaccine Finder.
Dr. Matt Zahn, medical director of epidemiology and assessment at the Orange County Health Care Agency told The Orange County Register that one in 10 people die from meningococcal disease, but the disease is “vaccine-preventable.”
Symptoms of the disease typically start in just a few days and may include fever, vomiting, severe headache, stiff neck, confusion, rash and generalized muscle pains. If people experience any of those symptoms, they should seek medical help immediately.
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Teen Troublemakers Find They’re ‘Shy’ No Longer in The Magician’s Latest Music Video
Teen Troublemakers Find They’re ‘Shy’ No Longer in The Magician’s Latest Music Video
A group of teenage troublemakers find the love they’ve been looking for in the new video for “Shy”, from Belgian House DJ and producer The Magician, directed by Bob Jeusette.
Watch:
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North Carolina Lawmakers Adjourn Leaving Anti-Transgender Law In Place
North Carolina Lawmakers Adjourn Leaving Anti-Transgender Law In Place
The only aspect of HB2 that lawmakers fixed has zero impact on LGBT people.
The post North Carolina Lawmakers Adjourn Leaving Anti-Transgender Law In Place appeared first on ThinkProgress.
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