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Skyclad Saturday *17
Periodical Political Post *23
Queer News
- Faroe Islands say yes to same-sex marriage
- Colombian court legalises same-sex marriage
- Egypt jails several men for years for being gay
- US public divided on anti-trans bathroom bills
- St. Petersburg lets Nazis march, arrests gays
Other News
- Study: mass surveillance breeds self-censorship
- FBI lab lied in almost every case for 20 years
- Male or female? Not that easy, says science
- London first EU capitol to elect Muslim mayor
- “War on Terror” leaves 1.3 million dead
Tush Tuesday *3
Four Moons
Four stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s fear of getting caught. A gay long lasting relationship is in jeopardy when a third man comes along. An old family man is obsessed with a young male prostitute and tries to raise the money to afford the experience.
The film is available for streaming here.
Surfing Saturday *5
Purple Rain
Cute Caturday *8
Gay Wedding Advice
Model Monday *10
Tutu Tuesday *4
Hold the Door
Oh, Game of Thrones. For a show being famous for killing off beloved characters left and right it sure upsets lots of people over and over again. I never really felt any emotional impact from any of the many deaths in the show. Spoilers ahead.
Yeah, I was mildly annoyed when Renly got killed because he would have been a good king, I do miss Robert’s fuck y’all attitude and it’s a shame someone like Myrcella isn’t around anymore but emotionally all that was fine. As long as sweet, little Tommen isn’t touched by anyone (except for Margaery of course and maybe Tormund ;p) I’ll be all right.
Last Sunday’s death wasn’t all that different to me. It was OK, it made sense and unlike most other deaths it actually served a purpose. But fuck me, the acting by the fantastic Sam Coleman still haunts me days later. That scene will be stuck with me for quite some time to come and I’m sure I’m not the only one feeling like that. What an outstanding young actor.
To make matters worse Sam just recorded a short but sweet song about the whole thing and boy, is it ever touching. Check it out below…
Western Tolerance?
When Westerners talk about the differences between them and people from other countries some topics seem to come up almost always. The tolerance of the Western world for example is something we just love to brag about. But how tolerant are we really? The Get Data blog took a look at the numbers from an American perspective.
Where does the American Public Stand on Racism?
The World Values Survey is an association of social scientists from around the world that gather data on human values, political and social life, as well as a host of other social statistics. Using the WVS data, we’ll present a brief analysis of tolerance, racism and xenophobia in the Western world.
The below figure shows the number of respondents by country that affirm the following positions. All questions began with, ‘Would not like to have as neighbours:’ and ends with the y-axis category. For example the first survey question was, ‘Would not like to have as neighbours: Different Race’ and 5.6% of American affirmed with this statement.
Even within the Western world huge differences between neighbouring countries can be observed. While only 3.5% of the respondents from Sweden had a negative view on immigrants, 21.5% of Germans did.
Tolerance towards Homosexuality in the US
As we can see in the below figures, which again uses WVS data, the United States ranks among the most tolerant countries towards homosexuality. Still, more than 24%, almost a quarter, of Americans believe homosexuality is never justifiable and only 21.5% believe homosexuality is always justifiable with similarly low numbers found in countries like Germany compared to 60% of Swedes.
Tempera Thursday *6
Sexytimes Sunday *10
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Lucky Blue
Olle, an introverted, well-mannered boy with an air of innocence and sincerity about him has been camping with his father at the same camping ground with several other people for years now. A sort of tradition that ends in a karaoke party.
Then one summer, a family friend brings her reticent ‘city boy’ nephew, Kevin, and his pet budgerigar. Olle accidentally releases the bird and what follows is a discovery of friendship and love between the guy who has grown up in a loving environment and simply accepts love for what it is and the guy who’s apparently been burned too many times in his own circle to feel comfortable with it.
Wet Wednesday *21
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Periodical Political Post *24
Queer News
- Faroe Islands votes in favour of same-sex marriage, mostly
- Australian PM commits to marriage equality public vote
- Only Canadian clinic providing surgery to trans people set on fire
- Ukrainian neo-Nazis threaten ‘bloodbath’ over pride parade
- A kiss can see trans people branded as sex criminals in UK
Other News
- Austerity policies do more harm than good, study concludes
- NY church spent $2 million to block child abuse law reform
- How money, law, and religion made porn your enemy
- Yet another study finds masturbation to be very healthy
- Hidden surveillance microphones all over San Francisco found