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News Round-Up: October 7, 2020

Steve_in_LA wants you to vote! (via Instagram)
Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Woofy Steve_in_LA (above) reminds us all to VOTE. “It’s finally happening — get out and VOTE like your life depends on it … because it does!!” • The Advocate: Justice Martin Jenkins, a former NFL player, talks to editor-in-chief John Casey about making history as the first LGBTQ person on the California Supreme Court, coming out and finding love later in life. #GreatRead • Get Out The Vote: LGBTQ+ civil rights organizations Equality California and Silver State Equality have partnered with actor-activist Billy Porter and ad agency RPA to create a PSA encouraging LGBTQ+ and pro-equality voters alike to make their voices heard in the 2020 election.

• Pink News: A plumber working as a city contractor in Tulsa has been removed from his gig after being caught on a home security camera directing homophobic insults at a gay man and his partner. • Get Out The Vote II: Mark Ruffalo and more Hollywood stars have an important message for you about voting by mail – so they got naked. Pay attention now…

• Cook Political Report: The Senate race in South Carolina between Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jaime Harrison has been moved to ‘Toss Up.’ “It’s a jump ball at this point,” said one South Carolina Republican strategist. “Jaime is peaking at exactly the right time and he’s got a deluge of money. [Harrison] is blocking every pass there is from Republicans.” • Out Music: Indie singer/songwriter Skyler Cocco invites us into her dream-like world as she takes a drive to clear her mind in the music video for her pop-synth single, “The Drive,” which Uproxx called “effervescent.” “The music video is meant to feel as though you’re looking through a colorful lens at an intimate moment of self reflection,” Skyler writes. “I wanted to illustrate the time spent alone with my thoughts while driving down empty roads and wandering through flower fields, knowing you’ll need to face some things when you get home.”

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News Round-Up: September 11, 2020

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Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: I am not mad at fitness guy Daniel Montoya (above) on a beach, just saying… #TGIF Follow him on Instagram here. • Attitude Magazine: Bright Light Bright Light, aka Rod Thomas, may be musically inspired by the LGBTQ+ community – but he hasn’t always felt like he fit in. In a new interview, the singer opens up about being left in the dark while trying to find his place in the LGBTQ+ world. • KIT212: Check out Kenneth’s round-up of LGBTQ publications like GLOSS Magazine featuring an interview with Emmy/Grammy/Tony winner Billy Porter (below). • Media Matters: Facebook is profiting from harmful anti-transgender political ads despite its hate speech policies. • Washington Post: Blood plasma looked like a promising COVID-19 treatment. Then Donald Trump got involved spawning confusion about the treatment and creating a political backlash that specialists say has stifled an expected spike in demand. • CBS News: An officer with the Oxford Police Department arrived to break up a house party over the weekend that violated capacity rules, which currently allow gatherings of no more than 10 people. But after scanning the ID of one of the students who lives in the house, he saw a note on his computer that the student tested positive for COVID-19 just one week prior. “How many other people have COVID?” the officer asked. “They all do,” the student replied.

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News Round-Up: September 9, 2020

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Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Brogan (above) shares some #BigDogEnergy from Los Angeles with his bestie Astrid. • WeHo Times: Rage Nightclub, located in the heart of West Hollywood’s LGBT Rainbow District), has announced it will permanently close after 37 years. According to sources, the restaurant/bar and multi-level nightclub did not renew their lease which was up in November. Former employees also blame the COVID-19 pandemic and high rent as factors in its closure. • Gay Star News: Gay reality TV personality Joe Exotic (of Tiger King fame) has written to Donald Trump begging for a presidential pardon to get him out of jail. In January a court sentenced him to 22 years in prison over his plot to kill his rival Carol Baskin and for killing five tigers in his zoo.
Joe Exotic and friend (image via Netflix)
• Fox News: Former ‘pool boy’ Giancarlo Granda claims Jerry Falwell Jr. has been ‘relentlessly harassing’ him since the sex scandal broke that brought an end to Falwell’s tenure at Liberty University. Granda is now sharing text messages, emails and photos with that appear to back up his allegations and, at the very least, show the Falwells breaking Liberty’s code of conduct on multiple occasions. • NY Daily News: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today indoor dining will be allowed to resume in New York City restaurants beginning September 30. Capacity will be limited to 25%, tables must be six feet apart, patrons will be required to have temperature checks, there will be no walk-up bar service, and customers will be required to leave contact information. • Election 2020: Joe Biden called out Donald Trump for lying to the American people about knowing the true severity of the coronavirus health threat – “He knew how deadly it was,” said Biden. “It was much more deadly than the flu. He knew and purposely played it down. Worse, he lied to the American people. He knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months. He had the information. He knew how dangerous it was. And while this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose! It was a life and death betrayal on the American people.”

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News Round-Up: September 8, 2020

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Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Out Olympian Gus Kenworthy (above) shared some fun pics from the desert this Labor Day weekend complete with shirtless black tutu snap. “This year’s Burning Man was canceled but it didn’t stop us from getting weird in the desert.” • Pink News: Russian ‘Cossack soldiers’ prowled the streets of the Russian city of Yekaterinburg during Pride week attempting to hunt down LGBTQ people. They wound up targeting straight people they thought looked queer. • Stat News: A large, Phase 3 study testing a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford at dozens of sites across the U.S. has been put on hold due to a suspected serious adverse reaction in a participant in the United Kingdom. • New Music: Grammy nominee Tayla Parx’s playful new music video, “Dance Alone,” has soulful sass and groove to spare. “We’re all stuck inside while coping with being away from loved ones more than usual,” says the native Texan. “We need human connection, but at least when you’re home dancing in your pajamas while blasting your favorite song, you feel a little less alone. You have the music to keep you company.”

• Instinct Magazine: Chasten Buttigieg, husband to former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, shares in his new book I Have Something To Tell You, that he ran away from home as a teen thinking he would only be a disappointment to his parents due to being gay. ” I was so convinced by everything that I had learned for 18 years that I would be a disappointment and the society I grew up in told me that I was twisted and broken.” • Washington Post: Broadway alone accounts for more tickets sold each year than for all of the metropolitan area’s professional sports teams, and the industry pumps on the order of $13 billion annually into the city economy. Check out this thoughtful exploration of what will be involved, and what it will take, to bring Broadway back to life post-pandemic. • The Advocate: A New Jersey man faces both federal and state charges – including malicious use of explosives, unlawful possession of two destructive devices, and unlawful possession of a short-barreled rifle – in connection with an explosion at a gym owned by a female couple. Some in the local LGBTQ+ community suspect it was a hate crime. • InstaHunks II: A few more photos from Gus Kenworthy’s faux Burning Man desert fun…

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Daily Dance: InstaHunk Dr. Gerald Fitzgerald

Dr. Curtis Fitzgerald throws down some salsa dancing

Dr. Curtis Fitzgerald throws down some salsa dancing
(screen captures via Instagram)
As we all head back to work after the holiday weekend, let’s remember to take a minute to dance every now and then. Check out InstaHunk Dr. Curtis Fitzgerald serve up a little salsa as some sassy inspiration. This guy can hit it.

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News Round-Up: September 7, 2020

Nicholas Budd lays by the pool in Mykonos

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Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: In the wake of Jerry Falwell Jr’s fall from grace thanks to a certain ‘pool boy,’ the hashtag #poolboy has been trending on Instagram like the above pic from UK personal trainer Nicholas Budd. #dang • The Guardian: A new study shows that sports teams that hold Pride Nights and Pride games see a nearly 40% decrease in homophobic language by their players than those in teams that have not held official Pride Nights. • Men’s Health: This guy made a video of more than 120 guys who look better bald showing before and after pics proving you can go bald like a boss. According to Harry James, the host of the YouTube channel, each of these before and after pictures “marks incredible turning points in all of these people’s lives.”

• Instinct Magazine: Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has joined Joe Biden’s transition team. The transition team would help with government appointments and actions during the switchover between administrations were Biden to win the presidency. • Outsports: After literally coming out of a closet in his coming out video last fall, college football player Jaden Vazquez is now helping LGBTQ athletes by co-leading a new Fordham University student-athlete-support group. • Pink News: A man in Perth, Australia, has been jailed for five years after he failed to disclose that he was living with HIV to four sexual partners – all of whom later tested positive for the virus. The 30-year-old, who has not been named to protect the identities of his victims, told the four men that he did not have HIV before having condomless sex with them when he was actually diagnosed with HIV in 2012. • InstaHunks II: Just a couple more #poolboys from the Gram of Insta as we close out Labor Day…

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InstaHunks Strike A Pose With Their Pups On National Dog Day

Joe Manganiello and Bubbles (via Instagram)
Checking out how our favorite InstaHotties celebrated National Dog Day with their furry family members. First up, Magic Mike star Joe Manganiello (above) made it black and white that Bubbles is his favorite. Instagram daddy/dog duo Steve_in_la and his bestie Tobi_in_LA posed for the moment: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXbeMyBvxd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Max Souza (Mr. Brazil Gay 2020) shared black/white bulldog pup Arya and mama dog Charlotte along with the rest of his puppers: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXEBj6jiuV/ Boy Butter pitchman Rod Facundo shared a moment with his bull terrier, Rocco: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXQ83qJhTc/ Out Olympian Gus Kenworthy struck a pose with his doggie daughter Birdie: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEYGq3eA0_M/ YouTube celeb Max Emerson was hanging out with Sargeant Pupper (who has his own 18K followers on Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXT3V1F9zd/ English rugby star Chris Robshaw spent the day with five dashing doggies: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEW3ZsvsXt_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Photographer Alexis Salgues  shared these pics of personal trainer Ben Cent with his woofy Siberian husky, Wolfgang: https://www.instagram.com/p/CESA6lRKS3F/ Fitness guy Bremen Menelli worked out at the beach with his bestie, Hugo: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CENH1qvA3QC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Hunky veterinarian Dr. Evan Antin’s cutie Henry explained how he basically owns everything: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXnBA_ltq8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Ollie the samoyed’s hunky dad took him on a boat ride: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPWy20nyb9/ Big and beefy fitness coach Dominik Scherl showed off his poofy pom, Rocco: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXjRZkJlLm/

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News Round-Up: August 25, 2020

Gustavo Naspolini in Santorini (via Instagram)
Some news stories you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Gustavo Naspolini (above) shares this shot from Santorini – which is where I was supposed to be today if it hadn’t been for COVID-19. #HowNiceForHim • NBC News: Brooklyn’s East River State Park was renamed Monday after Marsha P. Johnson on what would have been the transgender rights activist’s 75th birthday. Marsha P. Johnson State Park is New York’s first state park to honor an LGBTQ person and transgender woman of color, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. • Washington Post: Openly gay former US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, recently claimed Donald Trump to be the ‘most pro-gay president in history.’ The Post took a moment to debunk the ‘stew of misleading timelines and out-of-context quotes.’ • CBS News: Following 46 cases of bleach ingestions in the North Texas Poison Center region since the start of August, experts are again warning people that drinking the chemical won’t prevent COVID-19. #srsly • Theatermania: Now that the powers that be have announced the Tony Awards will happen digitally this fall, David Gordon breaks down how things might shakeout with the truncated Broadway season. For instance, it appears only two actors will be eligible in the Best Actor in a Musical category. • Election 2020: Miles Taylor, who served as chief of staff in Trump’s Department of Homeland Security, says the Donald told officials to break immigration laws in order to enact his policies, and if there were problems he would pardon them. This new spot, from Republican Voters Against Trump, will be airing in battleground states on Fox News. Trumpers will probably be thrilled the Donald wanted to break immigration laws.

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InstaHunks: Bremen Menelli

Bremen Menelli and Hugo (screen capture)
Fitness guy Bremen Menelli tried to do some cardio at the beach but someone else had other ideas:  

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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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