• ENews: The Challenge’s Davis Mallory (above) says he’s in love with his girlfriend one year after announcing that he is no longer gay. He publicly came out during The Real World: Denver in 2007.
WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner (photo: Lorie Shaull – CC License) Some news items you might have missed: • JoeMyGod: WNBA star Brittney Griner is officially back with the Phoenix Mercury after signing a one-year, $165,100 deal to return to the court after her 10-month imprisonment in Russia. Continue reading “Brittney Griner Is Back With Phoenix Mercury + More News”
Some news items you might have missed: • New York Daily News: After 20 years, the New York City Fire Department has called an end to its famous “Calendar of Heroes” beefcake calendar. First published in 2003, the $16 calendar generated between $150,000 to $250,000 a year for the FDNY Foundation. Continue reading “NY Fire Dept Cancels Beefcake Calendar + More News”
From the Men of the Vet 2020 Calendar Some news items you might have missed: • 2020 Calendars: The Men of the Vet School are back and better than ever in the 2020 Men of the Vet School Calendar!! They’ve paired up with the cutest puppies and fluffiest bunnies (and even managed to sneak in some time with kangaroos and reindeer) to bring you this year’s hottest calendar around! • The Sun: Wealthy gay dads split up after one starts dating their teenage daughter’s ex-boyfriend. Now they all live under one roof. • Billboard: Swedish DJ/production duo Galantis and country legend Dolly Parton, teaming with featured Dutch vocalist Mr. Probz, debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart with “Faith.” This marks Parton’s first dance/electronic No. 1. • Mantique of the Day: Matt Rettenmund’s Gr8erDays Instagram reminds us how sexy Dan Haggerty (TV’s Grizzly Adams) was.
• CNN: Two Bureau of Prisons guards were charged by a federal grand jury Tuesday with conspiracy and filing false records in connection with their actions the night Jeffrey Epstein died in prison. • FiveThirtyEight: The numbers-crunching website is tracking and boiling down all of the polls asking if Americans support or oppose impeaching Donald Trump. • Christmas Music: As I missed this last year, I wanted to make sure I share this excellent cover of Band Aid’s iconic ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ by a group of singing firefighters in the UK. The single, recorded under the band name The Fire Tones, received an official stamp of approval from Band Aid founder Sir Bob Geldof.
• The 2019 Red Hot American Boys Calendar is out! Photographer Thomas Knights says he created the project because growing up he had no red-headed, strong male role models. He says “ginger guys were portrayed in TV and film as ugly and weak.” Well, he’s remedied that.
The project raises money for Athlete Ally, an organization committed to equal access to sports participation regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
• Marc Sophos, who created the OutCasting public radio & podcast programs, will be honored at the AARP Purpose Prize Awards in December. OutCasting gives LGBTQ teens a space to speak freely and hear about topics of interest specific to their world.
Congratulations and thanks to Marc for his commitment to creating safe airways for LGBTQ youth!
• Donald Trump acknowledged today that Republicans could very well lose the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. He says,”I’ll figure it out.”
Pres. Trump says Democrats taking power in midterm elections “could happen.”
• Gay billionaire Peter Thiel says he’ll continue to support Donald Trump in 2020, and explains that Trump’s lies are just “exaggerations of the truth.”Uh-huh, right.
• New from Randy Report favorite Clean Bandit, “Baby” features Marina and the oh-so-sexy Luis Fonsi in this Cuban-influenced dance floor-filler complete with same-sex storyline of lost love. The new single is the latest from Clean Bandit’s new album, What Is Love?
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