Manila Luzon Gets Hot, Sticky and Sweet With Boys And “Ice Cream”

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Hope you are not lactose intolerant because Manila Luzon is serving up summertime’s favorite dessert in her latest song. Appropriately titled “Ice Cream,” the track is a collaboration between the RuPaul’s Drag Race season 3 breakout star and rapper Andre Xcellence. The urban pop dance song uses a familiar children’s rhyme as a jump off for racy double entendre and hilarious sexual innuendo.

Naturally, it wouldn’t be a drag queen song without a music video to accompany its release and Luzon, who is known for her conceptual couture, has enlisted video director Brad Hammer to create a creamy and visual delight. There is no shortage of eye-popping man candy in a variety of flavors as guys romp around in their undies while seductively indulging in ice cream and popsicles. Also on hand to help Luzon is RuPaul’s Drag Race alum and fellow “Heather,” Delta Work.

The video dishes out plenty of laughs as its clever lyrics are interpreted through some playful and suggestive usage of the frozen dairy treats and various toppings. Manila sings about the joys of “sticky pearls” and delivers a request through the song’s hook to “sprinkle it on top of me.” Her wish is finally granted as the video culminates with the ultimate whipped cream-bukkake climax.

Watch the video for “Ice Cream” below and get into Manila Luzon’s swirl. Then, after you’re all hot and bothered, grab your cone and cool off with a couple of scoops. Don’t forget the whipped cream.

Jeremy Kinser

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Op-ed: Bridging the Gap Between Gay Pride and Black Lives

This black lesbian argues that true dedication to listening — even when uncomfortable — can help make LGBT people more aware of their racial bias.

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Femi Redwood

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Colin Farrell will be best man at gay brother’s wedding

Colin Farrell will be be best man at his brother’s wedding next year once gay marriage legislation is passed.

The Hollywood actor also played best man at his older brother’s civil union ceremony in 2009, but said he regretted not coming back to Ireland to celebrate the gay marriage referendum, which was passed in May.

‘If I’m honest, selfishly I’m sick I wasn’t at home. It nearly took the joy out of it for me,’ he told the Irish Independent.

‘I was happy for everybody else but I was looking at the pictures online of Dublin Castle and was sick. I think in life sometimes you just want to be around good stuff.

‘You want to be around people that are up for the craic and kind, that you feel you can lean into and that you’re OK with them leaning into you.’

His brother Eamon married artist Stephen Mannion in Canada in 2009 but the couple, who helped drum up support for the referendum, also want to have nuptials in Dublin around Christmas 2016.

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It’s official: Boy Scouts of America has ended ban on gay leaders

As expected, the Boy Scouts of America has voted to end the organization’s ban on openly gay and bisexual adults as employees and volunteers.

The National Executive Committee’s vote on Monday (27 July) came less than two weeks after the organization’s National Committee unanimously approved a resolution to end the ban. They followed the advice of BSA President Robert M. Gates.

‘Moving forward, we will continue to focus on reaching and serving youth, helping them to grow into good, strong citizens,’ the organization said in a statement after the vote.

The national ban ends immediately and allows previously removed leaders to reapply for their positions. Regional governing councils or non-Troop entities such as boy scouts camps are also prohibited from discriminating against employees and volunteers based on their sexual orientation.

Among the most vocal opponents of the ban over the past three years has been Zach Wahls, a former scout whose mothers are lesbian. He cheered the BSA’s vote in his position as executive director of Scouts for Equality.

‘This vote marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Boy Scouts of America,’ Wahls stated. ‘Tens of thousands of people came together because they wanted to build a better future for the Boy Scouts of America, and that future starts now. … As of this vote, the Boy Scouts of America is an organization that is looking forward, not back.’

But the potential for discrimination still exists in a majority of Boy Scout troops and Cub Scout dens. Religious organizations that sponsor a majority of scouting units will still be allowed to set their own policies.

‘… Religious organizations that charter some 70 percent of local BSA units will still be permitted to discriminate in their selection of BSA unit leaders,’ said Jon W. Davidson, legal director of Lambda Legal.

‘Nonetheless, this is another repudiation of ant-igay discrimination by the Boy Scouts and another key moment for gay rights as openly gay and bisexual adults will be able to participate in Scouting, even if not in every troop or den,’ Davidson added.

The BSA decided to finally ended its ban on openly gay scouts in 2013 but the ban continued once a scout reached the age of 18 and applied to adults leaders and employees of the organization.

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Greg Hernandez

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Boy Scouts' Ban on Gay Adults Lifted

The group’s national executive board ratified the move today, effective immediately.

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Boy Scouts End Ban On Gay Adults

The Boy Scouts of America voted Monday to lift a long-established ban on gay adults  as employees and volunteers within the organization.

 The BSA’s full executive board voted 45 to 12 in favor of the change, effective immediately. The vote came after the National Executive Committee unanimously approved a resolution earlier this month stating that “no adult applicant for registration as an employee or non-unit-serving volunteer, who otherwise meets the requirements of the Boy Scouts of America, may be denied registration on the basis of sexual orientation.”

BSA President Robert Gates, the former secretary of defense, had called for an end to the ban. 

“For far too long, this issue has divided and distracted us,” Gates said in a video released Monday. “Now it’s time to unite behind our shared belief in the extraordinary power of scouting to be a force for good in the community and in the lives of its youth members.”

The resolution, which allows previously removed leaders to reapply for their positions, lifts the BSA’s across-the-board ban on gay leaders, but allows religiously affiliated troops to determine their own policies regarding LGBT adults, as scout units are chartered by other non-profits to which the BSA licenses its intellectual property.

“Finally, hardworking and devoted gay adult leaders can serve openly and honestly in Scouting without fear of rejection or retribution,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of the advocacy group GLAAD. “Today’s historic vote will strengthen Scouting and sends a message of acceptance that will resonate for years to come, as future Scout leaders are judged by their ability to lead and not their sexual orientation.” 

Zach Wahls, an Eagle scout and executive director of Scouts for Equality, told The Huffington Post earlier this month that the resolution was imperfect, but a major step. 

“It’s better than it was,” Wahls said, adding, “I honestly thought we were in for a 10-year wait.

Watch Gates’ remarks on the vote in the video above.

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Watch what happens when a guy asks 100 male strangers for their phone number

His name is Ed and he does pranks.

These pranks, social experiments and awkward social interactions take place in London for his Twattery YouTube channel.

Ed is fearless and recently wandered around asking random guys – 100 in all – for their phone number. If these strangers asked why, Ed would tell them he finds them attractive and would like to go on a coffee date.

But Ed feels the need to make clear on the YouTube page that he is straight: ‘Asking 100 guys straight up for their number. No homo though.’

Ed’s previous ‘social experiments’ include asking 100 women for their phone number, asking people inappropriate questions during an otherwise banal conversation, and telling people to shut up.

Most guys take the request and the flattery in stride as Ed mostly gets turned down. One guy snarled: ‘Fuck off you freak. Muthafucka.’

Like Ed, he too must be ‘no homo.’

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Greg Hernandez

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As Boy Scouts of America Takes Historic Step, Local Exemptions Will Allow Discrimination To Continue

Following today’s vote, HRC urges BSA to embrace full LGBT inclusion and reject religious exemptions that allow discrimination
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PHOTOS: Leather Daddies Rule The Streets At Up Your Alley

Nearly 15,000 enthusiasts turned out for this year’s Up Your Alley in San Francisco, with leather daddies, cubs, otters, jock strapped twinks and the like dominating for a day the streets of San Francisco’s South of Market district. They were joined by skinheads, punks, bears, pigs, and other BDSM devotees who engaged in public spankings, whippings, floggings, bondage, domination and submission, and so much more.

Scroll down for a sampling of pictures from the event, and check out our full gallery here…

Photo source: Crowd Album

Graham Gremore

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Boy Scouts Ends Ban on Gay Adult Leaders: VIDEO

The Boy Scouts of America’s National Executive Board has voted to lift the organization’s ban on gay adults.

“For far too long, this issue has divided and distracted us,” said BSA president Robert Gates in a video announcing the news. “Now it’s time to unite behind our shared belief in the extraordinary power of scouting to be a force for good in a community and in the lives of its youth members.”

The change prohibits regional governing councils or non-Troop entities (i.e boy scouts camps) from discriminating based on sexual orientation. Individual troop units can self-determine policy regarding openly gay or bisexual adults, meaning church-sponsored groups can still discriminate.

Additionally, leaders who have previously been removed under the gay adult ban will be allowed to reapply for their position. Scouts for Equality has been profiling these men and women in the lead up to this historic vote.

“This vote marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Boy Scouts of America,” said Zach Wahls, the Executive Director of Scouts for Equality, in a statement. “Tens of thousands of people came together because they wanted to build a better future for the Boy Scouts of America, and that future starts today. I couldn’t be more proud of the tireless work of our members, volunteers, and staff over these last three years. As of today, the Boy Scouts of America is an organization that is looking forward, not back.”

“While we still have some reservations about individual units discriminating against gay adults, we couldn’t be more excited about the future of Scouting,” continued Wahls. “We look forward to collaborating with our supporters, progressive faith partners, allied non-profit organizations, and the Boy Scouts of America to ensure a fully inclusive Scouting movement.”

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