LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items I thought worth your time:
• What To Watch: The first season of “BOOTS” arrives on Netflix today following the story of a young, closeted Marine Corp recruit. Continue reading “Netflix Series ‘BOOTS’ Arrives + RFK Jr. Links Autism To Circumcision + More News”
L-R Clint Keller, Michael Henry, Adrian Anchondo (screen caps)Funny/smart guy Michael Henry and friends pull back the curtain on a subject that seems to always draw strong opinions in the gay world – men who are circumcised versus uncircumcised. Continue reading “Michael Henry Explores Gay Mens’ Mood On Foreskin”
A jury in Georgia has awarded a young boy $31 million for pain and suffering after a botched circumcision left his penis severely deformed.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the boy was only 18 days old in October 2013 when his mother took him to Riverdale’s Life Cycle Pediatrics to be circumcised.
It’s estimated that 81% of American males have undergone the minor operation.
But an accidental slip by nurse midwife Melissa Jones during the procedure left the boy with part of his penis severed.
Dr. Brian Register informed the owner of the clinic, Anne Sigoin, as well as the boy’s pediatrician, Dr. Abigail Kamishlian of Daffoldil Pediatric and Family Medical.
At the time, the tissue was placed in a refrigerator and no efforts were made to reattach the tissue via emergency surgery. The bleeding boy was sent home with his mother.
For years now, the boy has had to undergo multiple surgeries just to be able to urinate while his mother had to insert a medical instrument into his penis several times a day to keep it from closing.
Aside from the obviously painful physical effects of the accident, doctors are unsure if the boy will be able to have children.
The attorney representing the boy, Neal Pope, addressed the emotional and social issues the boy will face as he gets older including embarrassment as he begins dating.
“It will take a special person to accept the boy’s deformity,” said Pope.
During the trial, Pope showed the jury a photo of Lebron James explaining the NBA star earned $99 million in three years, and then pointed out that the boy’s life expectancy could be another 69 years.
Pope concluded his point by saying, “I think the case is a $100 million case.”
Terrell W. Benton, the attorney representing Jones and Register, recommended to the jury that $1 million would have been a fair amount to cover the boy’s ongoing medical expenses, long-term therapy and suffering.
Jones, Register, Sigouin’s Life Cycle Pediatrics and Life Cycle OB/GYN, Kamishlian and Daffodil Pediatric and Family Medical were all included as defendants in the suit, but Jones and Register were the only ones found to be liable.
The boy’s mother has asked that all of the defendants contribute to the $31 million award.
(h/t Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Some news items you might have missed:
• How about some ‘Transformation Tuesday?’ I’ve featured InstaHunk and paleontologist Francesc Gascó many times on The Randy Report. But check out his before/after pic above. Francesc notes, “The biggest change is on the inside.”
• A new documentary, American Circumcision, looks at the effects of circumcision and a movement to end the practice in the United States.
• Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, says the Trumpster will try to block the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report. Because that’s what innocent people do? #AbuseOfPower
• The Vatican has now admitted representatives lied about whether the Pope knew who Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis was when he met with her in private in 2015.
• Scientists now say no amount of alcohol may be safe to drink. #RuhRoh
• Eminem released his new album last Friday and already there’s scandal surrounding it as the rapper chooses to use the word “faggot.” LGBTQ ally and Imagine Dragons front man Dan Reynolds was not having it:
it’s never ok to say a word that is filled with hate. I don’t care what year you were born in or what meaning it has to you.if it contributes to hate and bigotry then it is hateful. period.
there is never an ok time to say the word fa**ot
I don’t care who you are.
— Dan Reynolds (@DanReynolds) August 31, 2018
it’s disgusting to be told this is being “overly sensitive” or “millennial”.LGBTQ kids are TAKING THEIR LIVES after being bullied with homophobic slurs.
it’s not “sensitive” to take a stand against a word that has been used to spread hate for years.
— Dan Reynolds (@DanReynolds) September 2, 2018
I’ve lived enough of my life remaining silent on these issues because of fear or lack of education.I don’t live in fear anymore.
I still have lots to learn. but no. I will not be a silent voice with this platform I have been given.
— Dan Reynolds (@DanReynolds) September 2, 2018
2 things to say1. in trying to be an ally it it’s v easy for a straight white “famous” man to be lauded as a hero for simply saying a few words and organizing an event. I have done v little and am no hero. I’m not seeking to be one. I want change. Period.
— Dan Reynolds (@DanReynolds) September 3, 2018
2. I don’t speak for the LGBTQ community. If they want 2 reclaim the word for themselves that is their decision & their’s only. I was only speaking to someone of great influence thinking it’s ok for him to say it time after time for years. It’s notand with that I’m done on this
— Dan Reynolds (@DanReynolds) September 3, 2018
We have the technology. We can rebuild him.
Surgeons in South Africa has successfully completed the world’s first successful penile transplant.
The marathon nine-hour operation, led by Prof André van der Merwe, head of SU’s Division of Urology, was performed on 11 December 2014 at Tygerberg Hospital in Bellville, Cape Town. This is the second time that this type of procedure was attempted, but the first time in history that a successful long-term result was achieved.
The patient, whose identity is being protected for ethical reasons, has made a full recovery and has regained all function in the newly transplanted organ.
“Our goal was that he would be fully functional at two years and we are very surprised by his rapid recovery,” says Van der Merwe. The end result of the transplant was the restoration of all the patient’s urinary and reproductive functions.
Apparently, experts estimate that nearly 250 men lose their penis annually in South Africa due to infections relating to circumsion.
Nine more men are in line to be part of the study at Tygerberg Hospital.
A Florida mother, Heather Hironimus, lost her long court battle with her son’s father over having their four year old child circumcised last month. Now, in what appears to be an attempt to keep the procedure from happening, she’s gone into hiding.
When Hironimus was a no-show, the judge signed a writ of bodily attachment which allows law enforcement to find and bring her to court.
Hiroimus’s attorney said Tuesday that Chase was “terrified” to undergo the procedure and Hironimus checked into an undisclosed domestic violence crisis shelter to protect him.
Due to privacy laws, attorneys did not have to disclose the location of the shelter to the judge or law enforcement.
Last month, when Chase’s father won a drawn-out legal battle to have his son circumcised, Hironimus went into hiding with her son.
While circumcision has been very popular in the US for years, from much literature I’ve read on the subject it seems like it’s not necessary.
And the idea of a four year-old knowing someone would be cutting his penis isn’t something I’d be up for either.