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Television Will Kill You

on January 13th, 2010 by B.Graff

Back in 1991, Michael Franti wrote a song called “Television, Drug Of The Nation.” And thanks to new research, television, like most drugs, can now be conclusively linked with health problems. An article in a journal published by the American Heart Association reports that each hour spent watching television shortens your life. More specifically, television [...]

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A New Image For Asian Gay Men

on January 5th, 2010 by B.Graff

There’s a new calendar out there that serves a purpose greater than marking time. Asian Men Redefined shows the diversity of the Asian gay male community. Long stereotyped as submissive and feminine, or nerdy and unattractive, Redefined presents thirteen Asian men looking confident and giving body body body! It is a bold, new take on [...]

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WTF? Tiger Woods Looking Like Street Trade

on January 4th, 2010 by B.Graff

Just when you thought the Tiger Woods scandal was fading away…. The new Vanity Fair boasts a series of previously unpublished photos of Tiger, including this cover shot of him as he’s never appeared before. The pics were taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. I don’t know what Woods was thinking, but the thugged-out look [...]

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Judge Refuses To Mandate Condoms In Porn

on December 23rd, 2009 by B.Graff

Fans of bareback porn can breathe a sigh of relief — a Los Angeles judge has dismissed an attempt to require porn studios to use condoms in their films. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation had filed a petition in July to force the LA County Public Health Department to require the use of condoms in porn [...]

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Jeff Johnson Challenges Homophobia In The Black Community

on December 21st, 2009 by B.Graff

Christmas came early for the black LGBT community thanks to Jeff Johnson. On December 17, Johnson used his platform on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show to declare that black America needs to have a serious conversation about homophobia in the community. Analyzing Annise Parker’s mayoral victory in Houston, in which the black community [...]

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WTF? BBC Asks If Gays Should Be Executed

on December 17th, 2009 by B.Graff

In an event that shows how society does not view gay people as full human beings, the BBC posted a poll asking “Should homosexuals face execution” on its website yesterday. The question was meant to be in response to antigay legislation in Uganda, but the wording provided an opportunity for respondents to make the case [...]

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A Rebuttal To Donnie McClurkin

on December 7th, 2009 by B.Graff

Far too often, homophobia in the black community has been met with relative silence by black LGBTs. That is why I was so happy to see last week’s ad from black gay activists rebutting the latest crazed statements by Donnie McClurkin. For those unfamiliar with the “ex-gay” preacher’s outburst, he recently gave a speech condemning [...]

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Would You Pay For Web Content?

on December 2nd, 2009 by B.Graff

Are you willing to pay for information you get from the web? That is a question that is being raised in light of Google’s decision to limit the amount of free information people can obtain via Google News . The aggregator site currently allows users to access full stories from newspapers and magazines. Publishers, most [...]

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I’ve Heard of Kissing Cousins, But This?

on November 27th, 2009 by B.Graff

Strange article of the day: The New York Times has a feature on cousins who not only acknowledge an attraction, but get married and have kids. Thanks to the article I’m now familiar with things like “cusbands” and Cousin Couples, a site that works to overturn laws prohibiting cousin love. Is it just me or [...]

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Fool Of The Week: Warren G

on September 29th, 2009 by B.Graff

Sometimes people make such an ass of themselves that they just have to be called out. To point out egregious moments of stupidity, The Next Write Thing is starting a new feature called Fool Of The Week. Our inaugural winner is Warren G, the one hit wonder from the 90s who was more recently seen [...]

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