Tag: gay community

90-year-old Don Middleton recently sat down with Pink Planet to talk about growing up gay in rural Canada, including having sexual trysts local farm boys and discovering Ontario’s gay community in the 1940s. Middleton said he first started experimented sexually with other males when he was 12 or 13, but it wasn’t until he was in his mid 20s that he learned there was a whole “gay world” out there. “I actually came out to knowing about the gay world when...

A newly engaged gay couple took to social media to share loved up photos with partner who accepted his marriage proposal. Sharing the photos on FB, he wrote; “He said yes” Meanwhile, the gay community in the country of Brunei could face the death penalty, despite calls from the international community to reverse the decision. The country’s strict new laws were announced in 2014, and have been rolled out gradually. The latest phase of implementation, including the brutal new provisions, was quietly announced on...

As Hanukah continues to roll out, let’s shine a light on a historic synagogue that was the first to be run by LGBTQ Jewish members. In Los Angeles, California stands the Beth Chayim Chadashim or the House of New Life Synagogue. This building is a cultural landmark as it is the world’s first LGBTQ synagogue. The BBC was founded in 1972 on the principle of including and celebrating a diverse community of people practicing the Jewish faith. Speaking to Buzzfeed, the BBC’s...

Misinformation and fear led Drs. Jonathon Rendina and Jeffrey Parsons to explore whether gay and bi men actually believe that undetectable = untransmittable.. Last September, on National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) declared that men with HIV who have an undetectable viral load—levels of HIV in the blood that are below the threshold of detection—are unable to transmit HIV to their partners. This is often summarized with the phrase Undetectable = Untransmittable or U...

But little research has been done on cardiovascular health in sexual minorities. A new report indicates that gays, lesbians, and bisexuals are more likely to develop heart disease than their heterosexual counterparts. Researchers at Miami’s Baptist Health South Florida Clinic researched data from more than 2,400 adults, including a diverse sampling of medical interviews and personal health exams. Only about 5% identified as gay or bisexual but, according to lead researcher Anshul Saxena, they face a “disproportionately high risk” for heart...

What Do They See In Us? DADDY! Alright, so like many of us – I’m pathetically single. I’m not certain how it happened – perhaps I’m just clinically insane. However, crazy or not, I’m a firm believer in dating often and damnit do I! Before you drop your jaw, no one stated dating means sleeping with someone…trust me, there’s cobwebs in my Netherlands, so you won’t see me showcasing on Instagram. Moreover, I’ve noticed I actually do have a type:...

Although it is left open to interpretation (as many things are in the gay community, no shade), a gay man who identifies himself as a cub is generally younger than a quote unquote "daddy", a bit stocky, furry but above all, downright adorably cute. As the bear world finds itself growing and growing in its visibility in and out of the gay community, the number of these fine specimens known as cubs are on the rise as well. So why...

Bathhouses and gay saunas are maligned as ‘seedy’ but are actually relaxing, friendly and much needed, argues José Rivera When I first read that London’s biggest gay sauna, Chariots, would be demolished to make way for a luxury hotel, I was really disappointed. Yet another historical gay safe haven would be lost to the gentrification sweeping major urban areas like London, Manhattan and the closer Brooklyn locales, Amsterdam, and beyond. As Dazed put so eloquently ‘assimilation is definitely not liberation’. The stigma...

Yesterday, we shared with you the news of Bruce McArthur’s arrest and his prior history with the law. Lat year, the Toronto gay community was shook but a number of disappearances in the Gay Village area. While most shooed away the thought of a real problem occurring, the police were not so sure. Then last week, 66-year-old landscaper Bruce McArthur was arrested by the police under the suspicion that he was involved with the disappearances of two men named Selim Esen...

Michael Henry is back with another hilarious video delineating the gay agenda. In this video where Henry stars next to cuties Max Emerson and Brandon Rogers, the trio talk about the numbers and how they each measure up in the sack. When Max asks Michael and Brandon what their numbers are, the two automatically misconstrue this for a question related to their phone numbers. In reality, he’s questioning how many people they have been sexually active with—which as the gay...

We have a new title holder for Mr Gay World India and his name is Samarpan Maiti. The annual competition is a part of a global sensation that tries to find the best and most upstanding gay men in multiple countries around the world. As for the 2018 India winner, Maiti spends half of his time at the Kolkata institute researching cancer drugs and treatment, while spending the other half modeling. Despite his current position in life, Maiti was humble as he...

A new testing procedure will allow gay and bi men to donate blood from April Gay and bisexual men in Israel will soon be able to donate blood. It was announced last year gay and bisexual men would be able to wait after a 12 month period since they last had sex with a man. But a number of LGBTI rights groups complained about this decision. Israel AIDS Task Force and Agudah LGBT Taskforce are amongst the groups who said the decision was...

A common myth in the gay community is that if an alleged straight guy hooks up with another guy (gay, bi, straight, trans, etc), they are automatically gay. You add an actual daddy element into the mix, where the supposed guy claims he is actually straight, married and a father, and it begs to wonder what the man's motives are when it comes to hooking up with another guy and the levels they will go to in order to...

Philadelphia is continuing its efforts to hold public conversations about diversity and inclusivity in the gay community after several club owners and community leaders displayed racism in the past few years. In that vein, The AARP hosted an event last night in collaboration with SAGE and the City of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs in order to discuss cross-cultural challenges that the LGBTQ community constantly deal with. "The City of Philadelphia is here to help our diverse population," said Amber Hikes,...