07/17/2006
Kerry Pacer's drama over. White County High School in Georgia wins judgment: Gay-Straight Alliance can meet. ACLU: "This is a great victory for the lesbian and gay students and their friends at White County High School who will finally be allowed to meet and can begin to address the violence and harassment against gay students at the school."
Supertan? Brandon Routh has darker foundation airlifted to him in London after seeing photographs of himself next to his wax figure his co-star Kate Bosworth. Aide: "To say that Brandon was livid with his make-up is an understatement."
Hilton Hotels unveils new LGBT campaign: "Come as You Are...Fabulous." Yikes.
Russia caves to activists, now allows gays to donate blood: "The General Prosecutor recognised that there is nothing in the law which prevent gays to donate their blood. As a result, his office has asked the Ministry of Heath to cancel its instruction made in 2001 which forbid gays to give their blood."
Chilean gay activists optimistic about country's new attitude toward gays: "There are few people or institutions who would dare to say that homosexuality is perverse, pathological, and that we need to round up the homosexuals and take them to an island. They said these things easily five or 10 years ago. Chile is in the process of a profound transition in terms of ethics and values."
STUDY: Nearly 50% of gay men in Ireland have unprotected sex.
Australian man charged with intentionally infecting gay men with AIDS...47 times!
Gay bathhouse opening in Cleveland has local AIDS director worried: "I think it's going to be a big mess in the not-too-distant future."
Ten year Naval Veteran discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" for appearing at a same-sex marriage rally in Brooklyn: "I am a proud, patriotic American who happens to be gay. My sexual orientation has never stood in the way of getting my job done, and I was looking forward to continuing my Navy career. Unfortunately, federal law places discrimination ahead of national security and gay service members are caught in the crossfire."
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I don't know about y'all, but pale guys are hot. I can't take the tans anymore. Can't.
Posted by: stephen | Jul 17, 2006 3:47:07 PM
Hey guess what...STUDY: Nearly 50% of gay men EVERYWHERE have unprotected sex.
Posted by: Luke | Jul 17, 2006 4:04:09 PM
Brandon Routh: And a Diva gets her wings - er, cape...
Posted by: Cory | Jul 17, 2006 4:13:21 PM
Brandon Routh=personality free zone
Posted by: Kurt | Jul 17, 2006 4:13:48 PM
For starters, define 'unprotected'. That might seem obvious to most people, but there are those who consider oral sex w/o a condom to be 'unprotected'. So if that's what these researchers are looking for, I'd actually picture the number to be well over 50%... probably double that.
If you're actually talk about anal penetrative sex w/o a condom... and that number is really 50%... god help us. I've never felt like a prude before, but there you go.
Posted by: Dan | Jul 17, 2006 4:14:18 PM
Brandon hasn't gotten the memo yet: Pale is the new tan.
Posted by: mark | Jul 17, 2006 6:42:12 PM
I'm skeptical as well of this 50% number. The problem as others have pointed out, is that the article does not define the terms, or give any details. Maybe the results were that 50% have had unprotected anal sex at some point in their lives, rather than regularly (neither surprising, nor particularly troubling). The way it's reported, the reader has no context in which to interpret the results.
Posted by: Aaron | Jul 17, 2006 6:46:09 PM
that is such a typical 365Gay.com type article (i realize they just got it from elsewhere). I agree with the comments above...it has seemingly no criteria and no good information. In an overwhelmingly Catholic country that JUST 15 years ago was the poorest in Western Europe how can they even quantify the numbers of gay men who got tested? Outside of Dublin how many gay men are out or have decent access to tasting facilities? Jesus, Mary and Joseph (yeah, I'm an American mick)a lot of Irish-Americans are still afraid to come out. It's a shame when stuff like that goes out as 'facts'.
Posted by: PSMike | Jul 17, 2006 9:01:06 PM
Ah, Jesus, Mike, it's not that bad here (yes, I'm Irish). There are dedicated STD clinics in most major Irish towns (http://www.shb.ie/content1348011426_1.cfm). We may have been one of the poorest 20 years ago but we're one of the richest in Europe now. Things have improved.
There's not much detail in any of the other articles on the survey, HOWEVER, the 49% is those that "have taken part in unprotected sex". Not those that regularly do it (although most people know once is enough).
http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=9799
Posted by: Kevin | Jul 18, 2006 7:24:03 AM
Cleveland "AIDS director" Bill Tiedemann is a big fucking drama queen whose HIV prevention programs for gay men have been practically non-existent.
Tead the original, longer story in the Plain Dealer: http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1153038796164110.xml&coll=2
If you know the situation in Cleveland, you'll wonder why all of these "leaders" are making such a stink about HIV and a bathhouse, considering they have all but abandoned prevention efforts for anyone who isn't a minority woman or under-18 kid. None of whom will be going to a bathhouse.
Posted by: Brian | Jul 18, 2006 8:40:39 AM
"Read the original" that should say. Teach me to comment before having my morning bowl of Cocoa Puffs.
Posted by: Brian | Jul 18, 2006 8:41:46 AM
PSMike: You're so right. I don't have access to decent tasting facilities either. I wish Vin Diesel would open and operate one.
(I couldn't help it, Mike, Bless ya')
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 18, 2006 2:06:48 PM
Yeah its such political BS that blood donation centers don't allow gay men and women to donate. The politicians are hiding behind this idea that gays have more cases of HIV then the rest...which is just not true!
That being said, make sure to contact your congress man and support blood donation by finding a center at a site like http://bloodbanker.com
Posted by: Blood Giver Man | Jul 18, 2006 3:21:27 PM
OK, am I the only one physically disgusted (and somewhat frightened) by the idea that someone drugged another man and then raped him and infected him with HIV?
Posted by: Bobby Alexander | Jul 18, 2006 9:58:36 PM
Kevin, you're right about Ireland's turnaround. I meant to refer to the old data, not the new (that 70% figure). Still, like any 'sky is falling' data it would be nice if there was some objectivity. As was raised earlier....are they counting oral sex? I still read all the time a caution to wear condoms during oral sex. Does anyone do that?
and Derrick....I'd fly across the country for that too. ;-)
Posted by: PSMike | Jul 19, 2006 11:16:48 AM