Growing Number of HIV Among New Orleans Men
According to data from the Louisiana Office of Public Health, diagnoses of HIV in the New Orleans metropolitan area has increased by 9 percent from 2007 to 2008. Between 1997 and 2006, HIV diagnoses among all men in Louisiana were shown to have declined. Among black men of all ages, new HIV diagnoses increased by 4 percent from 2007 to 2008, but increased 23 percent for black men age 20 to 24 and 30 percent for those age 45 to 54. According to an article in the Times Picayune,... Read More
Josh Duhamel on Nude Pics “Whatever”
Sexy man/actor and Fergie’s man, Josh Duhamel does the July/August cover of Men’s Health and dishes on life in the married lane, Transformers stardom and nude pics from his early days as a model. Josh On Reaching A Pivotal Place In His Career: “It’s starting to happen. It’s been 12 years. And I feel like I’m finally starting to get looks at some of the things I’ve always wanted to do,” Josh says. “I have a lot more flexibility I can show. That’s what... Read More
Investigation Called After Ft. Worth Bar Raid
40 years after Stonewall, history seems to be repeating itself in Texas. Two Fort Worth City Council members are calling for an investigation into a police raid at a gay bar that landed 7 people behind bars and one man in the hospital with a brain injury. (from DallasVoice.com) About 18 hours after officers with the Fort Worth Police Department and agents with the Texas Alcoholic Beverages Commission raided a Fort Worth gay bar, about 150 to 200 people gathered on the steps... Read More
Surf’s Up for 3SIXTY
One of our favorite blogs – Homotrophy.com – posted photos from the UK magazine 3SIXTY. The editorial “Surf’s Up” features the work of photographer Byron Motley. The pics are hot but they went a little overboard on the baby oil. Nothing worse than excessive petroleum shiny skin. 3SIXTY is a gay webmagazine much like MANofAUSTIN.com except they have a British accent. ;) Read More
aGLIFF Memberships Now on Sale
If you plan on coming to the twenty-second annual Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (September 6 to 13), buy your memberships NOW. The festival program goes to print on July 10… Signup soon and you will be recognized in the publication. Film-pass memberships start at just $80. http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.agliff.org/members/ Read More
National HIV Testing Day, June 27
One out of five—that’s the latest CDC estimate of how many people living with HIV in the U.S. are unaware of their HIV status. Stigma around HIV remains a barrier for HIV testing. National HIV Testing Day (Saturday, June 27) is an opportunity to reduce HIV testing stigma and promote testing! Take action: Take Control. Take the Test. You’ll be glad you did. We are! FIND A TESTING PLACE NEAR YOUR HOME AT AIDS.GOV Read More
San Antonio Opens Doors to Mark Dalton
Porn’r Mark Dalton is marking his return to the adult industry with a tour taking him around the country including a stop in San Antonio. The 29-year-old adult star will perform for the first time in Texas almost 2 years after he was arrested in Denton County for a domestic situation with his girlfriend. (Dalton was due to perform at Houston’s Pride with Zeb Atlas but cancelled due to his unfortunate incarceration.) Blogs, like Gaypornblog.com, are displaying photos... Read More
New HIV Maps Map out State Data
A new online tool is available that maps the prevalence of HIV and AIDS by county, age, gender and ethnicity in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Developed by the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF), the HIV/AIDS Atlas is based on 2006 data collected from states and cross-checked with CDC data. The NMQF partnered with George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services to collect and analyze the data. More... Read More
Junior Magazine – June 09
American model Ben Pamies and photographer Greg Broom bring the beauty of Fire Island to the pages of the Brazilian publication Junior Magazine. Ben is best known for his work for Undergear. Read More
Gay Marriages on 2010 Census Record
The U.S. Census Bureau, reversing an earlier decision of the Bush administration, has announced that married same-sex couples will be counted as such in the 2010 decennial count. Previously, same-sex couples only had the option of checking off “unmarried partner,” which will remain an option. Same-sex couples could not be married in the United States during the last decennial count. But last year, after two states had approved same-sex marriages, the bureau said those legal... Read More
Tetu Magazine – June 09
Model Ellis McCreadie turns up the heat on the June issue of Tetu magazine. McCreadie’s layout is beautifully shot by photographer Gregoary Vaughan. Tetu is a gay publication based in France. Check out the online version at Tetu.com. Read More
What to do about energy drainers!
This has been stuck in my craw for quite sometime and I use to be the type of person who would cut someone out my life if our friendship wasn’t working out. I mean, CUT! Today, I feel differently about it and at the same time I am a little challenged by the people in my life who continue to thrive on conflict and inner chaos. I keep reminding myself to approach this with kid gloves, because for some reason or another we have been brought together for a reason. I feel my... Read More
40 Years of Europride
Zurich’s Display magazine shows it’s Pride with the men of Randy Blue. The issue celebrates 40 years of Europride with a layout by photographer Gabriel Goldberg. You can check out Display magazine online with this cool interactive site. Read More
Pit Bull Attacks Porn’s Sinz
Multi-award winning porner Ricky Sinz took matters into his own hands when a stranger’s pit bull attacked him, Sinz’ own pit bull and his 6-year-old nephew during a walk near his home. According to his blog, a stray pit attacked Sinz’ pit bull then turned on him. The dog bit Sinz in the balls while his young nephew watched. The actor says he felt he had to protect the child so he pulled out his switchblade and stabbed the attacking dog to death. Sinz has one... Read More
Justin Utley’s Country
If you caught this broad-shouldered singer at Rusty Spurs in May then we don’t have to tell you how talented and hot Justin Utley is in person. You can now catch him on stage as the lead in the new country musical “Our Country”, by Tony Asaro and Dan Collins in New York City, opening June 21 as part of the Planet Connections Theater Festivity! Utley was recently featured on Gay.com (photos by MANofAUSTIN photographer PatrickMark – golf clap). Check out... Read More
Gay Marriage Bans Linked to Rising HIV Rate
A new study by economists at Atlanta’s Emory University indicates that same-sex marriage bans may be tied to a rise in HIV infections. The study used data from the General Social Survey (GSS), which has tracked the attitudes of Americans during the past four decades. The economists, Hugo Mialon and Andrew Francis, calculated that a rise in tolerance from the 1970s to the 1990s reduced HIV cases by one per 100,000 people, and that laws against same-sex marriage boosted cases... Read More
Ryan Reynolds: Hollywood’s Shirtless Wonder
We just saw the trailer for the Sandra Bullock / Ryan Reynolds chic flick The Proposal and we both mentioned how you can’t have a Ryan Reynolds movie without Ryan Reynolds without his shirt. Now Entertainment Weekly has proven our point! Reynolds is on their new cover – wait for it – SHIRTLESS! But if it wasn’t for the fact that this actor didn’t have a killer body – would he really get anywhere in Hollywood? Come on, when you look hot in... Read More
Should I Try and Change Him?
Isn’t it exciting when you’re dating someone new? You’re getting along so well and everything seems so right. Your words to each other are sweet, the level of affection is warm, and when you fall asleep in each others arms you think nothing can possibly go wrong and your convinced it was meant to be. You feel the hunger-pangs of a committed relationship growling inside and since things are going really well, you speed up the dating process and land yourself in... Read More
