Category Archives: Homosexuality

Why do gays love poppers more than straights?

Grok says: Historically, poppers gained popularity in gay male subcultures, particularly from the 1970s onward, during the rise of disco and club scenes where they were sold as “room odorizers” or “video head cleaners” to skirt legal restrictions. Their appeal … Continue reading

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Is homophobia a real phobia?

Grok says: No, homophobia isn’t a phobia in the clinical sense—like arachnophobia or claustrophobia, where you’ve got a diagnosable, irrational fear triggering panic attacks or physical dread. Those are rooted in psychology, often tied to specific triggers, and listed in … Continue reading

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How About Gay Trigger Warnings Before TV Shows & Movies?

When I watch a TV show, I typically see warnings about flashing lights, cigarette smoking, violence, nudity, self-harm, and the like, but I never see warnings about the thing that I typically find most upsetting – male gay scenes. I … Continue reading

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The Thin Yellow Stream Protecting Western Civilization

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HIV Drug Ads Flood TV

I was watching an NBA game tonight and there was a 60-second ad celebrating the joys of gay life while promoting the HIV drug cabenuva. Do a lot of gay guys watch the NBA? Asking for a friend. It’s easy … Continue reading

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Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values

There’s nothing I find so regularly disturbing in movies and TV as sex scenes between dudes. I recently had to stop watching the Netflix thriller series Black Doves because of the incessant explicit homo sex scenes. I don’t think I’m … Continue reading

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Decoding Unlimited Intimacy (6-5-24)

01:00 New fungus attacking gay men, https://nypost.com/2024/06/05/lifestyle/new-sexually-transmitted-fungal-infection-detected-in-nyc/02:00 Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking, https://www.amazon.com/Unlimited-Intimacy-Reflections-Subculture-Barebacking/dp/022613939505:00 Video: How I Treated HPV – Full Timeline16:30 WHO recommends gay and bisexual men limit their sexual partners amid the Monkeypox outbreak18:30 Why Are … Continue reading

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Bondi Badlands: The definitive story of Sydney’s gay hate murders

Here are some highlights from this 2007 book by Greg Callaghan: * [T]his cliff-top walkway and park was a popular homosexual ‘beat’ for decades. At a time when gay bars or venues were few, or too risky to visit, and … Continue reading

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LAT: Colorado Springs wrestles with its religious, anti-LGBTQ past after gay nightclub shooting

The Los Angeles Times: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — When officials unfurled a 25-foot-long rainbow flag in front of Colorado Springs City Hall this week, people who gathered to mourn the victims of a mass shooting at a popular gay club … Continue reading

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Pain, Fear, Stigma: What People Who Survived Monkeypox Want You to Know (8-31-22)

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