LGBTQ news and entertainment
X (formerly Twitter) has officially updated its rules to allow porn on the social media platform. This is something of a head-scratcher to some, as full-on “adult content” has appeared on X for years. But now, it appears X is officially thumbs-up on porn, having added clauses to its Adult Content Rules. Continue reading “X Officially Updates Rules To Allow Porn”
Some news items you might have missed: • NBC News: NBC News correspondent Steven Romo speaks to a gay couple who is crowdfunding to cover their costs on having a baby after they didn’t qualify for insurance coverage, a move which they say felt discriminatory. Continue reading “Gay Couples Trying To Become Parents + More LGBTQ News”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
Adult entertainer Woody Fox (screen capture)
After making millions of dollars as a platform for sex workers to create and charge for their own content, OnlyFans has announced it’s getting out of the pornography business. Continue reading “OnlyFans To Ban ‘Sexually Explicit’ Content”
L-R Gabriel Cross, Griffin Barrows, Max Konnor (images via Instagram)
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Some news items you might have missed:
• Now, y’all know the fab Shoshana Bean is back on the Broad Way starring in Sara Bareilles’ Waitress, right? Annnnd, her leading man is the oh-so-talented Jeremy Jordan? Get to the Brooks Atkinson Theater before they be gone. #JustSaying
• A jury sentenced a man to death because they thought he would enjoy being in prison for life because he is gay.
• Dallas police arrested 29-year-old Edward Thomas on a charge of aggravated assault for the brutal beating of a transgender woman. Authorities are investigating whether the brutal attack caught on video should have hate crime charges attached, although gender identity is not a protected class in the state. The video, posted to Facebook, is quite disturbing as Thomas punches the victim over and over as a crowd stood by.
• At Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri, an unnamed student tore down a large hanging sign advertising the school’s Gay Straight Trans Alliance (GSTA). The vandal crumpled up the sign into a ball and dropped it into the crowd below as dozens of students laughed and clapped.
• A 40-year-old man has filed a lawsuit against his parents for throwing away his porn collection that he estimates was worth $29,000.
• Donald Trump has a challenger for the 2020 Republican nomination – former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld has officially declared as a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2020.
• Sen. Bernie Sanders has released 10 years of tax returns showing both income and tax rate jumped after presidential campaign, and revealing his millionaire status.
• I could really, really wish to be in Mykonos right now with this guy… 🙂
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Some news items you might have missed:
• It’s the one year mark since Bruno the wonder dog crossed over the rainbow bridge. I’m celebrating his life today. My remembrance of The Brun here. He was the best dog I’ve ever worked for.
• The United Methodist Church on Tuesday voted to strengthen its ban on gay and lesbian clergy and same-sex marriages stating that “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.”
• Results of a new survey indicates if you watch more porn on a regular basis, you’re more likely to be bisexual.
• Openly gay jujutsu fighter, William Seth-Wenzel, just became a world champ as his boyfriend cheered him on.
• Handsome gay college football player Cy Hicks shares with Outsports how coming out made him feel empowered.
• The House passed what many say is the most significant gun control measure in more than two decades on Wednesday when it approved the first of two bills aimed at strengthening the federal background check system for firearms purchases.
• “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen proves she’s soooo not a one-hit-wonder dropping two new tracks today: “Now That I Found You” and “No Drug Like Me.”
Check out the totally banging dance track “Now That I Found You” below, and click here for “No Drug Like Me.”
Tumblr, the micro-blogging platform, has announced it will soon implement a permanent ban on adult content.
Read that “no more pornography.”
A statement posted to the social media’s blog says, “Starting Dec 17, adult content will not be allowed on Tumblr, regardless how old you are.”
The ban comes after Tumblr was recently removed from Apple’s App Store over concerns about child pornography.
The announcement goes on to list exactly what will be considered adult content: “Photos, videos, or GIFs that show real-life human genitals or female-presenting nipples, and any content—including photos, videos, GIFs and illustrations—that depicts sex acts.”
That said, there are some exceptions like photos of classical statues, breastfeeding or depictions of nudity for the purpose of political protest.
Literary erotica will be allowed.
The blog post says the company is reaching out to Tumblr users whose content might be suspect per new algorithms that will detect the offending material.
After December 17, that content will be set to ‘private’ preventing other folks from seeing it and from be shared.
Tumblr is urging users to export their content before the new policies take place.
“There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content,” said CEO Jeff D’Onofrio in a statement. “We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.”
This announcement comes not long after another policy change, announced in August, which banned hate speech, revenge porn and posts that appear to be the “glorification of violence.”
Tumblr is owned by a subsidiary of Verizon that also owns Yahoo, AOL, MapQuest, and the Huffington Post.
Tumblr on December 17th… pic.twitter.com/pEcftNQKoB— Amp (@Pup_Amp) December 3, 2018
The first acceptable #Tumblr video posted 17th December 2018. pic.twitter.com/RX1icnZR2n— Mart 🏳️🌈 (@RuggerMart) December 3, 2018
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Earlier this summer, I reported on the arrest of Bryan Deneumostier, a Florida man who tricked men into being blindfolded for sexual encounters he secretly filmed for a porn website.
According to the Miami Herald, the victims would connect with Deneumostier via Craigslist and then head to a home in South Miami-Dade for an anonymous sex-capade with a ‘bored military housewife.’
The men apparently agreed ahead of time to be blindfolded or wear blackout goggles. What they didn’t realize was the ‘bored housewife’ was actually 33-year-old Deneumostier who, once the men were unable to see and had their hands tied to a chair, would perform various sex acts like oral sex and record the episodes for a website called ‘Straightboyz.’
Over the course of four years, Deneumostier was paid $3,000 a month for video content by the porn site.
The Miami New Times now reports that Deneumostier admits that more than 80 of the men didn’t know they were being recorded.
In June, Deneumostier was charged with two felony counts of recording people without their consent, as well as three counts of keeping improper records for his porn site.
However, on Thursday, he agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors which only included charges of recording two victims in May and July 2015.
Deneumostier now faces up to ten years in prison.
That’s not the end of legal woes for Deneumostier, though.
In May, police arrested the 33-year-old in a hotel room with an underage boy who had been reported missing.
After seeing leather handcuffs, lubricant and other sex toys in the room, Deneumostier copped to spending two days having sex with the boy after giving him alcohol and drugs.
He was charged in state court for having sex with a minor.