Jonathan Groff And Russell Tovey’s Last Pic, Pablo Hernandez Is Furrier Than Ever, Ricky Martin Gets Chained Up

This week, Looking was canceled by HBO, and Adam Lambert is an unapologetic bitch gay and Terry Miller and Colby Keller are getting together but not in the way you’re thinking. Here’s what happened recently on Instagram:

Max Joseph really knows how to blend in.

#Greyout

A photo posted by Max Joseph (@maxjoseph) on Mar 22, 2015 at 9:08am PDT

Gavin Creel is no longer an Instagram newbie.

testing….testing….I have ZERO idea how to do this. get ready for a instaS*#%show! #joespub #instaJP #TPAP #makesomenoise #mistakemakingfactory A photo posted by Joe’s Pub at The Public (@joespub) on Mar 25, 2015 at 8:08am PDT

Darryl Stephens helped launch the new HIV/AIDS awareness campaign for the San Diego LGBT Center.

The San Diego #LGBT Community Center has launched a new #HIVAIDS awareness and anti-stigma campaign. #BeTheGeneration: Live Out, Live Long, Live Healthy, Live Unafraid! Check out @lgbtcenter

A photo posted by Darryl Stephens (@darrylstephens) on Mar 25, 2015 at 12:52pm PDT

Ryan Lochte has never let a little snow deter from his workout routine.

What are you doing today to make yourself better? I know what I’m doing! No pain! #550lbs #tireflips #freezing #OTC A photo posted by @ryanlochte on Mar 25, 2015 at 12:43pm PDT

Ricky Martin is all chained up, just the way we like him.

M.A.S. Tour Video intro. Produced and Directed by @elasticpeople #freedom

A photo posted by Ricky (@ricky_martin) on Mar 25, 2015 at 6:38am PDT

That time on the Looking set when Frankie J. Alvarez wrapped his lips around the giant didgeridoo and Murray Bartlett came out as an Aussie.

#lookingflashbacks to that time while on a break on day one of shooting for season two, Agustín plays the didgeridoo for his best friends. This leads Dom to come out as Australian. ???? @lookinghbo #Lookinghbo A photo posted by Frankie J. Alvarez (@sexytosomeppl) on Mar 26, 2015 at 7:37am PDT

These two need to record a duet: Adam Lambert and Olly Alexander, powerhouse vocalist from Years & Years.

@ollyyears @yearsandyears great show tonight! Vocals for dayzzzzz

A photo posted by ADAMLAMBERT (@adamlambert) on Mar 25, 2015 at 11:40pm PDT

Joe Jonas has really gone to the dogs.

IDFWU A photo posted by Jøe Jønas (@joejonas) on Mar 25, 2015 at 7:14pm PDT

Pablo Hernandez wants you to look at his fur.

I’m the best the world has ever seen. I’m the best ever. I’m somebody you’ll never forget cause I work hard and sweat my tears. I can’t be stopped. I’m never falling again and if I do, I’ll come back. #Photography by @darrentieste @darrentieste #pablohernandez #pablohernandezofficial #model #life #follow #me #photooftheday #madonna #iconic

A photo posted by Pablo Hernandez Official Page (@pablohernandezofficial) on Mar 25, 2015 at 9:07am PDT

We knew it! Colton Haynes is Prince Bubblegum.

Lil Christian’s “Adventure Time” Bday party has begun! #FamilyTime #Kansas #PrinceBubblegum A photo posted by Colton Haynes (@coltonlhaynes) on Mar 21, 2015 at 11:10am PDT

E.J. Johnson works it out in Pilates class.

Lines and poses @boobsandloubs_ @pilatesbycindy #rkobh #teamthis

A photo posted by EJ Johnson (@ejjohnson_) on Mar 19, 2015 at 1:43pm PDT

Jonathan Groff and Russell Tovey: The final photo?

Tonight also on Sky Atlantic – the last ever episode of @lookinghbo #LookingHBO #patrick #kevin #happybirthdayJG

A photo posted by Russelltovey (@russelltovey) on Mar 26, 2015 at 9:39am PDT

Jeremy Kinser

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Indiana Restaurant Owner Calls in to Radio Station Proudly Saying He'll Refuse to Serve Gay Customers: LISTEN

Kyler Geoffroy

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Six Inventions That Changed The Way You Have Sex

We take it for granted that our sexual menus contain as many items as the Cheesecake Factory’s. Just don’t get any ideas with those mozzarella sticks — not pretty.

But sex has evolved along with the rest of human civilization in some wonderful ways. And some less-than-wonderful ways — did we really need ‘sexting’?

Here are six sexventions to be thankful of the next time you’re out shopping for a new flogger:

Dan Tracer

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Ohio State National Champion Wrestler Mike Pucillo Comes Out as Gay: VIDEO

Kyler Geoffroy

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'Nail Salons Are More Regulated': A Gay Survivor Takes On The 'Troubled Teen' Industry
Nearly a decade ago, in Greeley, Colorado, two strange men woke David Wernsman in the middle of the night and told him he had to leave his parents’ home. When he resisted, confused and terrified, they pulled a belt around his waist and dragged him to a car.

The men took Wernsman on a plane to a secluded compound in the Dominican Republic, where 30 or 40 other kids were living in prison-like bunks. Wernsman, then 17, stayed at the compound for seven months, doing menial, pointless chores all day, memorizing Bible passages and enduring random, frequent beatings. “I was forced to bend over a chair,” he said. “These guys would hold your belt up to give you a wedgie and then just beat the shit out of you.”

Wernsman’s abduction and subsequent abuse came at the hands of Escuela Caribe, an evangelical-run organization that was one of an untold number of so-called “residential treatment programs” that promise to instill discipline, responsibility and personal change in “troubled” youth. All of the kids had been sent there by their parents. Some didn’t know exactly why they were there. Wernsman, though, had a pretty good idea: About a year before his kidnapping, he’d told his parents he was gay.

On Friday, Wernsman joined a group of advocates to announce a sweeping effort to regulate the industry of residential programs that claim to help such teenagers. Since these programs are not licensed, it’s impossible to say how many of them exist. Nor are there any statistics tracking whether or not the programs ever help the teens in their care — or how badly these teens have been harmed. The U.S. Government Accountability Office has reported that in 2005 alone, 1,619 program employees in 33 states were involved in incidents of abuse. GAO also found that untrained staff, lack of adequate nourishment and reckless operating practices had all contributed to the deaths of teenagers in these programs. According to Survivors of Institutional Abuse, an advocacy group working on the new campaign, more than 300 deaths have been linked to these programs.

“It’s outrageous that neighborhood nail salons are more regulated than the industry of residential schools, camps and wilderness programs that are entrusted with the lives of kids,” said David Garcia, director of public policy for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, another group working on the new campaign, according to a press release on Friday.

Garcia, Wernsman and Jodi Hobbs, one of the founders of Survivors of Institutional Abuse, hope the campaign will raise awareness of the problems at these facilities, which typically present themselves to parents as a wholesome way to help their children. They’re also hoping to pass state and federal legislation that will require such programs to obtain a license from the Department of Social Services and ensure that facilities be held accountable for incidents of child abuse or deaths. In California, state Sen. Ricardo Lara (D) has introduced the Protecting Youth from Institutional Abuse Act, and in Washington, D.C., Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is working on similar legislation at the national level.

Other bills of this type have been introduced twice before in the last decade, but were not successful. Still, those involved with this latest campaign say that there has never been such a concerted push to raise public awareness of the issue. Furthermore, organizers say, LGBT groups have never been a part of this movement before. There are no statistics available about why kids are sent to such programs, but according to Hobbs, many are sent because their parents discovered they are LGBT. Others are sent because of drug abuse or depression, or simply because their parents or foster parents no longer want to deal with them.

“We expect California’s legislation to set an example for the rest of the country, but state legislation isn’t enough,” said Jim Key, a spokesperson for the L.A. LGBT Center. “When the abuses of these organizations are exposed in the media, it’s common for them to close and re-open in another state, often under a different name. And parents frequently send kids to programs outside their home state.”

When Wernsman’s parents sent him to Escuela Caribe, little was known about the program. That changed when Kate Logan, a film student from a Christian university in California, visited the facility — intending only to make a project for school — and discovered that the kids were beaten, held in solitary confinement and forced to perform punishing physical labor. Logan began filming what would become the 2014 documentary “Kidnapped for Christ,” which told Wernsman’s story.

A few years after Wernsman’s time there, Escuela Caribe shut down. But since then, a program called Crosswinds, which also promises to help troubled youth, has taken over its grounds. On its website, Crosswinds claims to be a “completely separate organization” from Escuela Caribe. Crosswinds did not respond to The Huffington Post’s request for comment.

Today, Wernsman’s parents have accepted his sexuality and even welcomed his boyfriend to their home. And although Wernsman’s relationship with his parents has been deeply damaged, he eventually found a way to forgive them.

“Parents are victims too,” he said, “because once you get in contact with this sort of facility, they’re a cult and they’ll draw you in, make you believe that you need this.”

Survivors say it can take decades to recover from the experience of being in one of these programs. Hobbs was sent to one more than 25 years ago. “I have anxiety, I have self-esteem issues, I have depression, I have post-traumatic stress disorder,” she said this week. “I still deal with my trauma daily.”

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Why Straight Men Are Acting Way More Gay Than Ever Before

Pat Robertson was right. It seems his prophecy, and our secret mission, is actually happening. The homosexual crusade to convert innocent heterosexuals actually is paying dividends–even if the oleaginous Robertson himself seems to elude our charms.

That’s right. Heterosexuals the world over are acting way more gay than ever before, thanks to our obvious seductiveness and, well, TV shows like Modern Family, gay wedding cakes, and of course songs by Cher.

And can you blame them? Now that bigotry is diminishing, even non-gay guys can see how good we have it: the sexual liberation, the freedom from peer pressure and stereotyping, gender fluidity. Non-marriage and monogamy. Did we mention our own film fests and go-go boys?

Just how did we accomplish our goal? We’d never be so foolish as to divulge our secrets. But we can share with you the fruits of our labor.

Scroll down to see all the ways in which straight guys have been acting more gay…

Cuddling

More and more straight dudes are trading in fist bumps, high fives and back slapping for spooning and snuggling. A study published in the journal Men and Masculinities earlier this year found that 93 percent of straight-identifying British lads have cuddled with another guy, and a whopping 98 percent said they’d shared a bed with another man. Many claimed they did so for practical reasons, like crashing at a friend’s place after a night on the town, but others said they did it to “feel close” to their guy friends. Isn’t that sweet?

Bottoming

Earlier this month, one of our favorite vloggers Davey Wavey convinced straight dude Donald to try bottoming on camera. Sort of. Armed with a butt plug and lots of lube, Donald allowed himself to be videotaped from the waist up as he inserted the vibrating device into his derriere. “You know,” he said midway through the experiment, “I would say it feels pretty good because I’m starting to get hard.” Then he got straight to the point: “This weird magical spot in there that you wouldn’t expect to feel good.”

Kissing

The folks over at Buzzfeed like to throw straight dudes into a big ‘ole pile of gays just to see what happens. They’ve imagined what if would be like if straight people had to come out, pried self-professed straight guy to dish on hot male celebrities, and even convincedbesties to look at each other naked for the first time. You know, for science. But our favorite experiment has to be the time they had straight guys kiss men for the first time. While the end result was more awkward than hot, we were still happy to see so many hetero dudes down with swapping spit with one another.

Watching gay erotica

Last November we uncovered a Reddit thread in which a straight man by the name of “father_figa” confessed to having “a very high sex drive and perhaps a smattering of sexual addictions,” which caused him to regularly watch gay porn. He then asked if other hetero guys ever did the same. More than 75 dudes replied by saying they, too, got off on watching hardcore man-on-man action.

Having gay sex

Perhaps the gayest behavior straight men have begun engaging lately is gay sex. Last December, yet another allegedly straight man took to Reddit to confess “I feel very attracted to girls and not at all to men when sober, but when I get high I just want a big cock to suck and a man who fucks the shit out of me.” So one day he “decided to have sex with a guy.”

Ultimately, he decided it kind of “grossed him out,” but he was glad he gave it it the good ‘ol schoolboy try.

We are, too.

Take that, Pat Robertson!

Related stories:

Straight Men Whisper Their Secret Gay Desires

Science Explains Why So Many Straight Dudes Fantasize About Having Gay Sex Together

Watch What Happens When Straight Male Friends See Each Other Naked For The First Time

Graham Gremore

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6 Bad Behaviors for HIV-Positive People

You can still live a long life with HIV, but it comes with some complications.

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Tyler Curry

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Artist Spotlight: Julian Hsiung

Hsiung’s take on the beautiful men he sees in Western culture has a ripe, about-to-burst quality.

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Christopher Harrity

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What's It Like to Be Deaf and Gay? (VIDEO)

I’m From Driftwood is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit archive for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer stories. New stories are posted on the site every Wednesday.

What’s it like to navigate the gay world when you’re deaf? Richard Mesich shares his story, beginning with his coming-out experience. Richard recalls talking to his mom on AOL Instant Messenger:

We were talking, and my mom asked me, “Are you gay? Are you interested in boys?” I was thinking and realized it is time for me to open up, so I told my mom, “Yes, I am gay.” She said, “OK, that’s good. I am happy to hear that from you. I knew you were gay since you were a little kid.”

When Richard turned 21, his gay uncles took him to his first gay club in West Hollywood. While the experience was a little uncomfortable, it introduced him to the dating world:

I dated a few guys on and off. It was good and enjoyable. But I was very nervous dating a guy for the first time. I met this one person, and he was hearing. We went out for dinner, and we could communicate a little, but sometimes it’s hard with a hearing person. Mostly I would text on my phone to communicate.

Now, years later, Richard is able to reflect on how comfortable he’s become as an out gay, deaf man:

Comparing high school to where I am now, I used to feel lost and isolated. I didn’t know who I was. Now I feel confident, happy and know who I am. I’m comfortable with hearing and deaf people; it doesn’t matter to me. Now I know who I am, but I am not in a rush to look for love.

WATCH:

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Arkansas Senate Passes Religion Bill Called Anti-Gay

(Adds comment from Wal-Mart Stores)
By Jon Herskovitz
March 27 (Reuters) – The Arkansas Senate overwhelmingly approved on Friday a Republican-backed bill whose authors say is intended to protect religious freedoms but critics contend could allow businesses to refuse service to gay people.
The Republican governor of Indiana signed into law a similar “religious freedom” bill on Thursday, prompting protests from human rights groups and criticism from some business leaders.
The bill advancing in the Republican-led Arkansas legislature says “governments should not substantially burden the free exercise of religion without compelling justification.”
Supporters say a business should not be forced to, for example, cater a same-sex wedding if doing so would violate the religious beliefs of the owner.
Two of the most powerful companies in the United States, retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc, which has its home office in Arkansas, and technology giant Apple Inc came out against the measure.
“We feel this legislation is counter to this core basic belief and sends the wrong message about Arkansas, as well as the diverse environment which exists in the state,” a Walmart spokesman said in a statement.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, referring to the measures in the two states, said in a tweet: “Apple is open for everyone. We are deeply disappointed in Indiana’s new law and calling on Arkansas Gov. to veto the similar HB1228.”
The measure passed the Arkansas House in February by a comfortable margin and now goes back to it for consideration of amendments in the Senate version. Governor Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, has said he would sign the measure into law.
A U.S. judge last year struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage but the decision has been put on hold pending appeals. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz and Steve Barnes; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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