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InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition

Randy Kaufman (via Instagram)
Checking in to see what some of my favorite InstaHunks are up to this weekend. Randy Kaufman (aka RandyLand) isn’t having today’s beach weather in Provincetown, so he’s throwing back to last weekend (above) from a near-perfect day (and pic) at Herring Cove. Out veteran newsman Thomas Roberts (who’s been sharing #GoodGayNews during the pandemic) announces he’s got a new gig hosting Daily Mail TV starting September 7. #CongratsThomas

 

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‪I’m excited to announce starting September 7, 2020 (Labor Day) I’m the NEW HOST @dailymailtv ! After 25 amazing years in TV News, whether as an Anchor or Correspondent, I’ve had some pretty incredible ‘career firsts.’ But this is the first time I’ve been this excited to START and just get to work! Especially now, with so much to cover from the #CoronavirusPandemic to #presidentialelection2020 As someone who’s always been a fan of DailyMailTV & @dailymail I’m thrilled to join this Emmy Award Winning team. Plus, it’s a reunion with true pros & friends like @alicialquarles & more… I really hope you’ll join us each day – show times here ⬇️ www.DailyMailTV.com‬ #pictureoftheday #instagood #happiness #workfromhome #nyc #dailymailtv

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Hottie Dan Tai is looking for his next adventure:

Jim Newman is wintering in Sao Paulo, Brazil (lucky Brazil):

 

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This is winter in Brazil! 😍😍 #brazil #winter #yesplease #naofrio #muitobom #caleinte #legal #portuguselessons #lol

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Jeff Ferreira is giving you Friday night Times Square realness summer-style:

 

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Deixa eu te levar pra ver o mundo baby 🥰😜🔥

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You’ve got to click over to the videos in this post from Bremen Menelli as he plays with his adorbs pooch at the beach:

 

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🙋🏻‍♂️🐶 ❤️ . . . . . . #doglovers

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Pierre Vuala is giving you all kinds of pumped up lean realness:

 

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The guys at Box Menswear are heading to the beach:

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Get it, we’re going the beach.

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Philip Evelyn II is wondering if he qualifies for ‘beefy-ish’ yet? #HeresTheBeef

Yes, folks will make passes at guys who look like Thara (aka Kaiser.Arms) wearing glasses:

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And PrideOfficial wants to remind you to protect Black men. #BLM

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Protect Black men. ✊🏿 ⠀ 📷 by @bronson.photo featuring @bradgibson13, @gabehyman, @zachdestyn, @dariusawright, @zanderander, @gerald_caesar, and @rodrickcovington. s/o by @austinunes, styling by @oliviaperdoch, hair and makeup by @mikeyclifton. ⠀ Image description: This stunning photo depicts seven Black men standing in a line in a lush green field. They are pictured shirtless and in profile. Each one of them holds the shoulders of the person in front of them. They are all performers, dancers, artists, and/or in theatre. From left to right, they are Gabriel Hyman, Zachary Downer, Darius Wright, Brad Gibson, Alexander Anderson, Gerald Caesar, and Rodrick Covington. They all have roses and babies breath in either their hair or in their pockets. This image, taken by queer Black photographer Bronson Farr, was shot while filming for Brad Gibson's upcoming music video for his song, "Fool." The second image depicts the same men as they stand in a circle, surrounding Brad Gibson, looking up at the sky. Brad is known for his role as SIMBA in the @thelionking on Broadway. ⠀ #pride #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer #blackgaymen #blackandgay #gay #instagay #black #blacklivesmatter #gaysofinstagram #gaymen #menwhodatemen #menwhokissmen #poc #qpoc #queerpeopleofcolor #queermenofcolor #nojusticenopeace #loveislove #lovewins #loveislove🌈 #lovewins🌈 #lgbtq🌈 #pride🌈 #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #blacklivesmatter✊🏾 #nojusticenopeace✊🏾

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More Wit & Wisdom From Andrew Joseph Duffer

Andrew Joseph Duffer (via Twitter)
Our guy Andrew Joseph Duffer serves up some more southern-fried critical thinking from Texas as he breaks down everything from how the US is currently the world leader (well, at least in terms of COVID-19 and divorce) and how Donald Trump has succeeded in dividing the country for his own gain. Duffer walks his talk and fits in a LOT in only four minutes. I’m pretty much in agreement with everything young Andrew has to say here.

(h/t Gerald with a hard ‘G’)

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CDC Updates Guidance On Retesting & Immunity

New York state is about to drop its face mask mandate as COVID-19 cases continue to drop in the Empire State.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have updated guidance regarding those who have recovered from COVID-19 saying they do not need to be re-tested for the virus for three months after their infection barring they’re asymptomatic. From KTNV:

The refreshed guidance suggests that the CDC expects those with previous coronavirus infections are unable to spread the virus for three months.

“People who have tested positive for COVID-19 do not need to quarantine or get tested again for up to 3 months as long as they do not develop symptoms again,” the guidance says. “People who develop symptoms again within 3 months of their first bout of COVID-19 may need to be tested again if there is no other cause identified for their symptoms.”

In a statement to CNN, the CDC clarified that does not automatically mean someone is immune for three months.

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How To Avoid Lines During Voting & Make Sure Your Ballot Gets Counted

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Photo showing a hand dropping a ballot in a ballot box at the polls My friend Jerome shared this advice on Facebook for people who might feel unsafe about voting in person but now fear the USPS will be unable to deliver a “mail-in” ballot in a timely fashion. There is a way around it: 1. Request a mail-in ballot. 2. Do not mail it. 3. Google your supervisor of elections to see where you can drop off your mail-in ballot. Its usually NOT THE POLLING PLACE. All states allow this! Here is what you’re accomplishing by doing this: 1. Your ballot gets in on time no matter what happens to the USPS. 2. You don’t have to worry about standing in long lines and risking infection. You’re just stopping by to drop it off. 3. You still voted! Hooray! Also, when you drop it off, find out how to track it online to make sure it is verified. California, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado have systems that can track your ballot just like tracking a package from Amazon. All CA vote centers (which are open for weeks to a month before election day) have ballot drop-off boxes too! Many government buildings have them as well, so there’s no need to wait until election day when it’s crowded to drop them off. The list of drop-off sites is always posted on each county’s voter info website.

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TikTok Teen’s Numbers Plummet After Attacks On LGBTQs, Jews, Muslims

Cash Baker (images via Instagram) Ok, who’s going to tell him?
Teenage Tik Tok personality, Cash Baker, is apparently uber-popular, but recent comments about LGBTQ people and Jewish, Muslim and Hindu folks have backfired in a big way. Funny how that works… The Christian teen reportedly has over 16 million fans on the platform and had racked up over 800 million likes before he shared videos attacking other religions and the queer community. “Me, being a Christian, can I support the LGBT+ community?” Baker said in one clip. “So am I behind the LGBT+ community? Do I promote it? Do I encourage it? Absolutely not.” “But guys, you gotta understand,” continued the teen. “Everybody gets that so confused with us saying that we hate LGBTQ people and all that. But guys, no, that is completely, completely wrong.” “Guys, in the Bible it says that one sin is as equal as all sin, and it says man should be with woman and woman should be with man,” he continued. “So, therefore, guys, yes, it is a sin in the Bible. But guys, everyone sins. I sin all the time. That does not mean I love you any less or look at you any different.” In another clip, Baker went on to say he can’t “support” other religions like Islam, Judaism or Hinduism because Christianity was “the only true religion” and those other faiths all worship “false Gods.” Here’s a couple of the videos that resulted in Baker’s current backlash.

After deleting the controversial videos, Baker posted a clip explaining the viewership on his TikTok videos has dropped by 80 percent as he used to get about one million views on each video and now only garners around 200K. He also clarifies that just because he explained biblical views on homosexuality (which he stands by) saying he doesn’t “support” LGBTQ people, that doesn’t mean he “hates” gay folks. Baker also shares his friends have warned him his religious videos could cost his big dollar endorsements. But he says he doesn’t care about those potential deals since he’s “just trying to preach the truth and what the Bible says.” “If you believed in a hell, and you believed that some of your family and some of your friends, even people you don’t know, might go to hell and burn in hell for the rest of eternity—would you tell them about it, or would you just stay quiet and not say anything?” Baker asks rhetorically. “You would most likely tell them about it, right? And that’s what I’m doing.” Ok…so, this is really all for US. Got it. By the third video below, it looks like little Cash is getting kinda frantic. #LifeComesAtYouFast

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News Round-Up: August 14, 2020

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Some news stories you might have missed: • NPR: A new survey from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows more than a third of Americans (35%) say they won’t get vaccinated when a vaccine comes available; 60% say they will. The poll also indicates former Vice President Joe Biden now leads Donald Trump 53% to 42%, up from an 8-point advantage at the end of June. • Instinct Magazine: From the director of Call Me By Your Name, HBO announces We Are Who We Are (screen cap above), premiering September 14, a new coming-of-age story about two American teenagers who live on an American military base with their parents in Italy.

• Billings Gazette: Kanye West’s sad, inconsequential bid for the White House is being funded/directed by the Trump campaign to siphon off Black votes from Joe Biden. “You want to help Trump?” one of the organizers called out. “We’re trying to take votes away from creepy Uncle Joe.” • KIT212: Check out Kenneth’s weekly round-up of the what’s what in local LGBTQ publications like Get Out!’s latest issue encouraging folks to ‘Flex Your Vote.’

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• Variety: AMC Theatres, for one day only, will offer tickets to select movies for only 15 cents, roughly the equivalent of what it cost to watch a movie in 1920. That’s the year that the company’s founders began operations in Kansas City, Missouri. Note – the offer will be for legacy titles such as “Black Panther” and “The Empire Strikes Back.” • Twitter: Out Teen Wolf/Arrow star Colton Haynes has put in his bid to play the super-hero Iceman in the upcoming reboot of the X-Men movie franchise after hearing rumors Shia LeBeouf was being vetted for the role. Haynes shared a gif of the mutant hero with an emoji of a young guy raising his hand. I totally see Haynes in the role.

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Lindsey Graham Claps Back At Trump Floating Harris ‘Birther’ Theory

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took a moment this morning to clap back against Donald Trump’s comment yesterday when he floated a birther theory that Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) might not be eligible to run for vice president. Trump told reporters on Thursday, “I heard today that she doesn’t meet the requirements. I have no idea if that’s right. I would have assumed the Democrats would have checked that out before she gets chosen to run for vice president.” Ahem, Harris was born in Oakland, California – on US soil – in 1964. The 14th Amendment makes it very clear she is a natural-born citizen and can run for veep. Graham made note of this on Twitter:

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Dolly Parton On #BLM: ‘Do We Think Our Little White Asses Are The Only Ones That Matter?’

International superstar Dolly Parton (via Instagram)
Sometimes, it’s the divas that lead the way. In a new interview with Billboard, international music superstar Dolly Parton makes her support for the Black Matters Lives movement clear and unequivocal: “I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen. And of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!” The Billboard article offers a detailed profile of Parton’s extensive business empire and explores some of the secrets to her success. Being flexible in business situations is one skill that’s served her well both financially and in showing the world her authentic self. Years before talk of Confederate flags and statues leaped to the forefront of political discourse, Parton renamed her Dixie Stampede dinner venue Dolly Parton’s Stampede in an effort to be sensitive to the painful history of slavery. “There’s such a thing as innocent ignorance, and so many of us are guilty of that,” Parton tells Billboard. “When they said ‘Dixie’ was an offensive word, I thought, ‘Well, I don’t want to offend anybody. This is a business. We’ll just call it The Stampede.’” “As soon as you realize that [something] is a problem, you should fix it,” shares the 74-year-old wise woman. “Don’t be a dumbass. That’s where my heart is. I would never dream of hurting anybody on purpose.”
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Of course, Parton has a long history of supporting and uplifting her LGBTQ fans. She’s often been quoted as saying, “If I hadn’t have been a girl, I’d have been a drag queen.” In a 2009 interview with Joy Behar, she was asked about her support for same-sex marriage to which replied with a smile, “Why can’t they get married? They should suffer like the rest of us do.” She reiterated that stance in 2014 telling HuffPost, “I think everyone should be with who they love.” “I don’t want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love,” she continued. “I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals, hahahaha.”

And last November, promoting her Netflix series Heartstrings (which featured a gay romance episode “Two Doors Down”), she told Logo, “I’ve always been proud of my gay following. I think they care about me because I care about them.” And around that same time, the country diva jumped into the dance music world with her terrific collaboration with Galantis, “Faith,” giving us all something to dance about. Happy Friday, folks! Here’s to celebrating a diva who gives back to all her fans.

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Campaign Ad: Biden Calls For More Decisive Action Against COVID-19

In a new campaign ad, former Vice President Joe Biden calls out Donald Trump’s failure to lead in the COVID-19 pandemic and says he would ask governors across the nation to support mandates to wear face masks. “We’re seeing it again: the virus spreading out of control,” begins the narration of the 30-second spot. “The president once again failing to act.” The ad announces that Biden is prepared to “take action now,” which would include “expanding testing, calling for mask mandates nationwide, starting immediately, and producing more protective gear here at home.” “Fighting this virus and rebuilding our economy will take a president who’s ready to lead.” Y’all – just wear the damn mask. It costs you nothing.

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Former Trump Lawyer Alleges ‘Golden Showers In A Sex Club’

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Donald Trump’s personal attorney for years, Michael Cohen, has fought with Trump’s legal team for years attempting to release a tell-all book about his experiences as a close adviser to Trump for years. With legal battles apparently behind him, Cohen released a preface to his upcoming book titled Disloyal, A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump. From the official website for the book:

When Trump wanted to reach Russian President Vladimir Putin, via a secret back channel, I was tasked with making the connection in my Keystone Kop fashion.

I stiffed contractors on his behalf, ripped off his business partners, lied to his wife Melania to hide his sexual infidelities, and bullied and screamed at anyone who threatened Trump’s path to power.

From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union, to catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump’s clandestine lovers, I wasn’t just a witness to the president’s rise—I was an active and eager participant.