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Morning Wood
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Bayard Rustin and Sally Ride Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama awarded the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights hero Bayard Rustin and astronaut Sally Ride. So great to see our history being recognized, especially with the surviving same-sex partners of each on hand to accept the award. Learn more HERE.
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Assassin Kills President Kennedy
A sad piece of history to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, saved by the mother of a Facebook friend.
Meanwhile, The Boston Globe referred to the first lady by her first name in a page 1 headline, perhaps a reflection of how everyone referred to her that day
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Song of the Day: 'A Feather's Not a Bird' by Rosanne Cash
The first taste of Rosanne Cash's new album, "The River & The Thread," now available for pre-order HERE.
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Danny Amendola Is Precise
This is a Patriot game I'd like to play ...
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Ex-Eagle: McNabb Spread Gay Rumor; Bullies Pissed on Victims
People who blame victims and think bullying is just a part of growing up really need to wake the f**k up. Get a load of the latest story to emerge from the NFL. If these guys can't handle "a little teasing," imagine what it's like for a misfit kid with no resources whatsoever.
The New York Post reports:
Donovan McNabb may have not been a bully, but according to one former Eagles player, he was no leader, either. After hearing about the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin controversy in Miami, former offensive lineman Shawn Andrews, who played with McNabb with the Eagles from 2004 to 2009, is speaking about the shoddy treatment he felt he received from the quarterback, which Andrews says “disgusted” him. Andrews also alleges McNabb and other Eagles players spread rumors that he was gay, and the former lineman says by the end of his six seasons in Philadelphia, Andrews had thought about taking his own life and received psychiatric treatment. “It just felt like I was in a living hell,” Andrews said, according to Sync Weekly. “[McNabb] was a big part of it — he was a big part of my issues there. Bully is a strong word, but he was degrading to me and spread rumors. It’s bothered me that I haven’t really spoken about it.” Once rumors spread that Andrews might be gay, he began showering after other teammates, so to not arouse suspicion that he was looking at other teammates. “If you want to question someone, I’d see guys in the shower talking face to face,” Andrews said. “If you want to go further, I’ve even seen a teammate piss on another teammate. They think it’s funny. They are having a conversation and the whole time one guy is peeing on him and the other doesn’t even know. This is the stuff that goes on, and I am the one having to defend myself. There were a lot of immature dudes on the team.” Andrews said he tried confronting McNabb, but he said the quarterback gave him a weird look and denied it.Sick stuff. Find it endlessly fascinating that Andrews is hesitant to use the word "bully" about McNabb.
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Macabre Mobile
Here's my brother Bill in 2006 with the JFK limousine at the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Mich. I completely agree with him when he says he's not sure anything he's learned about the assassination in the past couple of decades amazed him as much as the fact that they kept using the car. Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter rode in it. The limo was very expensive in its day, which may have been why. But I think it's safe to say this would not happen today.
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Rough 'n' Tumblr
Found this on a Tumblr that specializes in '80s new wave bands, men with mustaches and old covers of gay beefcake and British pop magazines -- and it's not even mine! Hey, Secret Soul Mate: Are you reading?
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The Scene of the Crime
I am endlessly fascinated by these pictures within a picture -- can't believe I've never done one outside my old house -- but these Dealey Plaza ones are especially haunting. See them all HERE.
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Breast Man
Harrowing story about a man suffering from gynecomastia on one side. Farshad Hashemzadeh, 28, of London, suffered a decade of emotional agony due to the disorder, which results from a hormone imbalance. Read how he struggled to find a way to pay for the operation that would get his life back on track HERE.
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On the Rag, Vol. 278
A weekly look at what's making news in the free gay mags:
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EDGE: Ben Cohen covers the November digital magazine, which is available HERE.
Frontiers: I do, I do, I do! Online edition HERE.
Get Out mag: Paige Turner seems thankful of Aric Wolff's offerings / Online edition HERE.
Next puts Art Gager out front / Online edition HERE.:
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Metro Weekly (DC): The Fix-It Holiday Gift Guide for the Rest of the Year / Read HERE.
Echo (Phoenix): The Rev. Jeffrey Dirrim used a holiday shoe drive to launch a ministry for at-risk LGBT youth / Read HERE.
Two more by Michael Menzies in Frontiers:
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Two more by Michael Menzies in Frontiers:
Read Connie & Ted's and David: An encounter with a server at a new, bustling, of-the-moment restaurant HERE
Read Steve at the Pikey: An encounter with a unique young waiter at West Hollywood's The Pikey HERE.
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Who'd You Rather?
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Brotherly Love?
Ed Burns writing ‘Brothers McMullen’ sequel
Not sure how I feel about this. Sometimes it best to leave a classic alone ...
Not sure how I feel about this. Sometimes it best to leave a classic alone ...
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Wanted: Naked Roommate
This is almost as good as the Straight Guy Looking for Gay Roommate Craigslist ad I posted a few months ago!
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Healthy Fast Food Chain Energy Kitchen Abruptly Closes
I would say I'm stunned by this news -- the place is always packed and the phone is always ringing off the hook when I'm there -- but given the fact that EVERY place Michael and I frequent (Recharge, RUB barbecue, Better Burger, La Chinita, the list goes on) goes belly-up, I'm really not. Read HERE.
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Morning Wood
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Last Tango in Argentina
Sounds like Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Juan Monaco had a lot of fun over weekend in Buenos Aires sending David Nalbandian off into the sunset, although he's kind of seemed half-retired at times throughout his career:
Novak writes:
I'm glad I was part of the farewell of David Nalbandian -- a great player that we will miss on tour. I cannot forget to mention how much fun Rafa, Pico, David and I had these few days Argentina is beautiful! I even danced Tango
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Song of the Day: 'The Wire' by HAIM
One of the (many) ways you realize how old you're getting is when you learn about "hot new bands" by way of "Saturday Night Live." But it's true that I saw sister-act HAIM the other night and was kinda blown away by their blend of folky California AOR and R&B. Sure, the blonde's kind of annoying. But Patti Smith in the middle and the fun one who also plays percussion kick ass!
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Madonna and Jellybean at Sigma Studios in NYC, 1982
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Constant Craving
I've been writing about sexy Alan Ritchson since I started my blog -- from his nearly naked spreads and jockstrap shoots, to his football look and show off his naked bubble butt. While he never achieved superstardom as Aquaman, he's (apparently) in the Hunger Games movies, which was enough to get International Jock to go into its archives and pull up a dozen shoots from his modeling days. See 'em all HERE.
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