LGBTQ news and entertainment
Some news items you might have missed: • Playbill: Legendary Tony Award-winner Donna McKechnie returns to the Broadway stage tonight, bringing her own brand of magic to the cast of WICKED as “Madame Morrible.” I most definitely WILL be seeing Donna and company in the near future. #WhatAStar Continue reading “Donna McKechnie Joins WICKED On Broadway + More News”
Gary Kirby (mugshot via BCSO)A sports bar in West Melbourne, Florida, was raided by police for reportedly violating several city ordinances after presenting an all-male strip revue.
Undercover police officers armed with body cameras attended the “Men of Utopia” show on Thursday night at the Westside Sports Bar & Grill after the soiree had been advertised on Facebook.
Among the list of city ordinances violated include giving lap dances, touching customers in “certain areas of their bodies,” and displaying male genitals, reports Florida Today.
Mind you – this is all during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(image via Facebook)Gary Kirby, the owner of the bar, admitted to police officers he knew the performance was illegal according to the police affidavit. And yet, he still went ahead with the eye-candy cavalcade.
He was arrested and charged with operating an adult entertainment establishment in violation of municipal ordinance.
This isn’t Kirby’s first brush with flouting local laws and public guidelines. Apparently, the 31-year-old has enjoyed making a name for himself as an anti-masker.
I know, I know…who’d believe they have lax rules about the coronavirus in Florida???
Last September, he garnered local headlines when he banned the wearing of face masks in his bar.
In July, the West Melbourne City Council had unanimously adopted an emergency ordinance requiring masks at major retailers to try to curb the spread of COVID-19 as well as directing storefront businesses to post their mask policies on entry doorways.
Interviewed by Florida Today, he said that he agreed “there is a virus,” but citing what he believed is a one-percent death rate, he told the press, “We are statistically just as likely to get hit by a train.”
Kirby also held an anti-lockdown St. Patrick’s Day celebration where – you guessed it – face masks were prohibited. The bar’s Facebook page is full of posts mocking people following public health guidelines regarding the pandemic. 
(image via Facebook)
Have you ever noticed the amount of female nudity on HBO? Why not some “full frontal” from the male characters?
A few years ago, the ladies of College Humor called out HBO demanding equal time for their viewing pleasure asking for more ‘Full Monty’ from men on the premium channel.
Even today, they have a point, don’t they?
“We’re not saying ‘no more boobs,” say the girls. “We just think you should show dong.”
“I want a little ‘Dude Tube’ on my ‘Boob Tube,'” says another.
They even point out the easy opportunities the channel blew. “You had a show called Hung about a guy with a big d*ck – and we never got to see it??”
“Game of Thrones? We were promised a ‘storm of swords.'”
The ladies even have suggestions – like two guys showing naked peen comparing sizes.
“Ooh, and it’s a tie, so then they have to wrestle naked and there’s some cross-dong action.”
I think these ladies have a point here. And to be fair, they come with a compromise: “For every minute we have to sit through this dumb double standard, you owe us an inch of Grade A man meat.”
Nothing’s really changed has it?
It’s time to level the playing field, HBO. What do you say?
Watch the video below.
Some news stories you may have missed:
• Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis offered $500,000 to do interracial lesbian porn scene.
• What do you do when Tinder matches you with “the most hated man in America?”
• Tennessee’s Blount County commissioners hold a real hearing to vote on formally asking God to spare them from His wrath because of gay marriage. Seriously.
• Showtime’s The Affair has no qualms about male full-frontal nudity.
• Dr. Ben Carson told Fox and Friends today that he would have encouraged those present to charge at the Oregon shooter –“Hey, guys, everybody attack him! He may shoot me but he can’t get us all.”
• Happy belated birthday to MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts who turned 43 yesterday! Roberts made history a few months ago when he became the first openly gay man to anchor a network newscast.
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| A shirtless 43 year old Thomas Roberts is quite the view to behold |