10/10/2008
News: James Franco, DNA, Mason Wyler, Deforestation, Britney
Judy Shepard's message on the 10th anniversary of Matthew's death: no progress.
Computer proclaims James Franco essentially perfect.
Truth or Cheetos: Preview of new documentary on Britney Spears. "I sit there and I'll look back and I'm like: I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?"
Lebanese-Croatian TV producer and writer, based in Beirut: Anti-gay attacks abound in Croatia.
Jennifer Lopez to sue The Daily Beast over Kevin Sessums' article about her nervous breakdown?
Socialist ex-Spanish trade minister under fire for homophobic comments: "Javier Gómez-Navarro said mothers of gay children wanted to see them out of the house...Gómez-Navarro, who is currently President of the High Council of Chambers of Commerce, has said that the mothers of homosexuals want their children to be diplomats so as not to have them at home. He said mothers of other children in Spain wanted to see them become lawyers."
American Family Association ends McDonald's boycott following executive's resignation: "The conservative Christian group had been calling for Richard Ellis, formerly McDonald's vice president of U.S. communications, to step down from the board of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Ellis recently left his U.S. post and returned to an executive position in McDonald's Canadian operation, McDonald's officials said. Because Ellis is based in Canada and the gay and lesbian chamber is a U.S. association, Ellis resigned from its board, said Bill Whitman, a McDonald's spokesman...The American Family Association also said McDonald's notified it that the restaurant giant has no plans to renew its membership in the chamber when it expires at the end of the year."
Plan for gay high school in Chicago unveiled: "The Pride Campus of Social Justice High School would be open to all students citywide but would provide a safe, 'gay-friendly' atmosphere to combat the high bullying, dropout and depression rate many LGBTQ students experience nationwide, advocates say."
Gay adult film actor Mason Wyler says he was gang-raped by a Captain in the U.S. Army (site NSFW).
Paul Broussard: 17 years after gay man's murder in Houston, only one of 10 defendants remains in prison.
STUDY: Global economy losing more money from disappearance of forests than the banking crisis. "It puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2 trillion and $5 trillion. The figure comes from adding the value of the various services that forests perform, such as providing clean water and absorbing carbon dioxide. Speaking to BBC News on the fringes of the congress, study leader Pavan Sukhdev emphasised that the cost of natural decline dwarfs losses on the financial markets. 'It's not only greater but it's also continuous, it's been happening every year, year after year,' he told BBC News."
Ryan Gosling takes the pooch for a walk.
Danny Cipriani is just as hot with clothes.
Russian officials ban gay rights demonstrations in the city of Tambov: "Local officials said they had received numerous letters and phone calls from townspeople, urging them to forbid the demonstrations as an offense to the city's traditions, Interfax news agency reported."
Mysterious DNA strands have resisted evolution over eons.
Nuts: Stem cells from testicles seen as possible alternative to embryos: "The new type of stem cells could be useful for growing personalized replacement tissues, according to a study in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. But because of their source, their highest promise would apply to only half the world's population: men. Embryonic stem cells can give rise to virtually any tissue in the body and scientists believe they may offer treatments for diseases like Parkinson's and diabetes and for spinal cord injuries. The testicular cells avoid the ethical dilemma of embryonic stem cells, which are harvested in a process that destroys the embryos."
Same-sex couple wins right to adopt in Brazil.
Sarah Palin refuses to issue Alaskan proclamation for National Coming Out Day.
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For the real level of crazy that the Mason Wyler story is, check this out.
http://www.justusboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235184
Posted by: Matt | Oct 10, 2008 1:48:11 PM
Humph! Nobody needed a computer to tell you about James Franco's beauty. Perfection, baby. And I don't care what race you are or he is, gotta' admire a pretty man.
And size doesn't matter...from a distance.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Oct 10, 2008 1:58:10 PM
I don't care what line of work you are in, nobody deserves to be beaten and raped.
I hope this is not a BS story though...
Posted by: Marc | Oct 10, 2008 2:13:21 PM
I am, and should be repulsed by the Mason Wyler story, but I must admit that I found some of the elements of the story to be, well, hot. And I couldn't wait to forward the story to "Daddy".
So sue me!
Posted by: banjiboi | Oct 10, 2008 2:15:59 PM
The story about Wyler is awful - check out this post I wrote about anti-LGBT hate crimes in DC and nationwide...an anti-violence group is reforming here to combat this awful stuff:
http://www.pushback.org/2008/10/10/come-out-against-lgbt-hate-crimes/
Posted by: Tanya | Oct 10, 2008 2:44:44 PM
I read about the Mason Wyler rape story a few days ago on QueerClick. I'm dubious to say the least.
Posted by: Jason (A) | Oct 10, 2008 2:59:32 PM
Reading the Mason Wyler story was sad; I agree with Marc, rape is not acceptable.
ANd he was charged for the rape kit?
There is a male rape kit?
Posted by: Rad | Oct 10, 2008 3:04:51 PM
Right now Mason Wyler has this on the top of his Myspace page:
"Mason Wyler isn't the only rape victim laughing at WYLERNATION.COM"
http://www.myspaceprofiles.org/profiles/frame.asp?viewprofile=70488828
WTF?
Posted by: Mike | Oct 10, 2008 3:22:22 PM
I feel awful for Wyler.
As a rape victim myself, I know how humiliating it is to be accused of bringing it on myself. No one deserves to be accused of that.
Discussing the incident with authorities was the most humiliating experience of my life, and I can empathize with Wyler.
Posted by: Eric | Oct 10, 2008 3:23:49 PM
A lot of people have questioned Wyler's account and wondered if this was a publicity stunt like his abortive tour of anonymous sex sites last year. On a related note, Ryan Gosling looks an awful lot like Wyler in that dog walking picture.
Posted by: Rich | Oct 10, 2008 3:48:10 PM
Stop! Guys, please STOP! Rape is terrible but "Mason" was not raped. Go look at the link in the first comment. It's been proven to be a fake. He faked the police report, changed the story 4 times. Whatever you do, PLEASE do not send him money through the link Mason has set up. PLEASE.
This is a disgrace to all the real victims of rape.
Posted by: Mike | Oct 10, 2008 3:51:39 PM
If he was raped that is terrible, but something about this story does not add up.
And does it seem as if he's trying to present himself as being above other gay guys? "I don't drink, I don't go to circuit parties, etc." No, but you do have sex with strange men for money. I don't judge, but playing the angel card is absurd.
Posted by: stevo | Oct 10, 2008 4:04:59 PM
hmmm, i'd like to put ryan on a leash and take him for a walk down rodeo drive...
Posted by: the queen | Oct 10, 2008 4:28:21 PM
I agree that a rape is a horrific experience, but I must say that his telling of the story on that website was told in an erotic fashion...not typically how one who was raped would re-tell what happened to them. "He was much better looking than his pictures. He was really hot". I can't imagine a rape victim repeating such a thing, even if it was true. If someone brutally attacked me in such a way, and I have been physically gay bashed in my life, I would hardly remember the person who beat me up and raped me as being really hot. It just doesn't sound right to me.
If this rape actually did take place, then I apologize for doubting it, but again, his telling does sound like conscious of unconscious erotica. Descriptions of rapes don't usually read this way.
Posted by: Patrick | Oct 10, 2008 4:44:37 PM
After reading this specious claim from Wyler (I read about it at his web site) and noting all of the other violence against gays reported on Andy's web site, I was wondering how many of the readers out there have also been a victim of violence. I myself have been both verbally assaulted many times, as well as having endured a single physical assault in my lifetime (56 years). Maybe Andy could post a poll. I'd be curious to know. How about you>
Posted by: Victor | Oct 10, 2008 5:08:37 PM
I don't care how hot the guy was, whoever invites a trick to come fuck he and his boyfriend deserves whatever they get.
We are fighting for commited permanent marriage, not a sham of an open trash marriage. If you want to slut around fine, STAY SINGLE !!!
Posted by: Ty | Oct 10, 2008 5:14:22 PM
Wyler's story is full of complications much like Wyler himself it seems. What's not as complicated however is that STOP MEANS STOP regardless of what you do for a living or latent fantasies you may have harbored. Sexual assault between men is a fact and should be treated with just as much respect as male/female rape.
If Wyler's entire story is true, and the pics of his injuries would lead one to conclude that something went terribly wrong, then it would be in his best interest to remove the story as (somewhat salaciously ) told from his blog and start treating the whole epipsode with the seriuousness it deserves.
Posted by: Giovanni | Oct 10, 2008 5:52:00 PM
episode - seriousness...
Posted by: Giovanni | Oct 10, 2008 5:55:21 PM
Oh, Jesus Christ. Since when did the Golden Arches become the Golden Gates? I guess it's okay to promote obesity and childhood diabetes, but to promote business in the gay community, oh lawdy lawdy we can't have anyone eatin up any of those blashpemy burgers and heathen nuggets. Christians can blow me and have actually wanted to do so now that I think of it.
Posted by: Thai Star Idol | Oct 10, 2008 8:26:22 PM
Here's Mason Wyler's story as told to AVN/GayVN:
http://www.avn.com/gay/articles/32746.html
The writer was able confirm an incident report was filed with the Dallas Police Department.
Posted by: RJ | Oct 11, 2008 12:55:44 AM
The media makes a mega-stink about charging victims for rape-kits in Alaska but yawn at the same thing in Texas?
Posted by: mike shackleford | Oct 11, 2008 4:24:24 AM
Not only is Franco an adonis, he's Jewish too. Talk about twice blessed.
Posted by: Marshall | Oct 11, 2008 4:31:40 AM
We've prooven that the black-eye in the "rape" photo of Mason Wyler is a fake. It's apparantly a Photoshop job of an earlier photo of him in the hospital, for a totally nonrape related injury. We found a very similar image of him in that very same hospital bed, sans black eye:
http://silenceofthechinchillas.blogspot.com/2008/10/tawana-brawley-of-gay-porn.html
Posted by: Jim | Oct 11, 2008 11:27:18 AM
We've prooven that the black-eye in the "rape" photo of Mason Wyler is a fake. It's a Photoshop job of an earlier photo of him in the hospital, for a totally nonrape related injury. We found a very similar image of him in that very same hospital bed, sans black eye:
http://silenceofthechinchillas.blogspot.com/2008/10/tawana-brawley-of-gay-porn.html
Posted by: jim | Oct 11, 2008 11:34:06 AM
Jim...the two photos are definitely from the same time. I was unable to post on your blog, but Will's points are very convincing. One thing he didn't point out is how the hospital robe fits Mason around his neck. On our left (Mason's right side of his neck) the way the robe rides up and the triangle part that touched the neck are virtually identical...as is the angular position of his entire shoulder.
Good catch in finding the photo.
As a photoshop expert myself, I've put many black eyes and wounds on faces in images I'm manipulating and the one here isn't even done that well.
Posted by: Patrick | Oct 11, 2008 12:49:20 PM