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http://www.towleroad.com/2007/09/top-chef-contes.html and http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid48786.asp I guess it was the "beaten while yelling anti-gay slurs" that tipped me off.

I'm not a criminal jury, I don't need all the facts to accept at face value that another fag-bashing has occurred. Certainly other information could change my mind, but I see no reason at the moment to doubt that the story occurred as it was reported.

I think (I hope) it is partially an age thing. I'm 44. When I was coming out, condoms were just coming in. If I had come out in NYC, I"d probably be dead now. But we learned that the deadly killer virus HIV could be stopped, and we learned to suit up. We mourned all the people we knew who died. Now HIV is a 'manageable' disease. We who grew up in the days of the worst holocaust can't stop thinking of it as a killer, while today's kids think, "ah, couple a pills a day and you're good." I think this attitude is insane, but so it is. I wish more folks would understand the very weak barrier that a drug is. If it fails, you die. AIDS is a horrific killer. I miss condomless sex, but the thought of doing it today terrifies me. It brings back the memory of all those people who rotted away under the awful, awful curse of AIDS. I just can't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_bull I'm sorry, but that just isn't true. Pit Bulls can be socialized to violence, but it isn't intrinsic to the breed. They get a very bad rep because of monsters like Vick who torture them and drive them to that behavior. It is very sad that a breed is getting maligned because a segment of really twisted fucks have decided to turn a decent animal into their dark fantasy. All breeds of dogs are capable of violence (my brother was scarred by a daschund as a child), but pit bulls aren't any worse than anything else.

I gave a fair bit to Kerry in the hopes we would return to sanity. I am going to sit this one out, donation-wise. The amount of money being thrown around is staggering, isn't it? I wish I could remember the reference, but I read a great article about a wealthy gay activist who started a push to give only at the local level with the intent of knocking out the psycho-conservatives before they could grow up to the national stage. Sounded like a great idea.

What an amazing story! Congratulations. I have a couple of friends who did it and I'm in awe of them.

They're really young, thrust into a situation which I doubt they were trained or prepared for. Yes, it was stupid of them to feed the Iranian propaganda machine. But cut them some slack for being young and unsure of how to handle the situation. Iran isn't at war with Britain.

Today's screed on 15 minutes is just sad. You'd think a guy who escorted for a living wouldn't be out there begging for society's acceptance. Instead, we get an old-school "if only we acted like good niggas, I mean good gays, massa straightie would like us. I hate them bad gays massa." I could write a very long explanation of why this is a very, very stupid and community-destructive point of view, but this is obvious to people who have thought about the issue. Maybe he should go back to stealing stuff. The true BN that is showing through here isn't so attractive.

I'm happy for her, but I think the question to her father is valid. It's hypocritical for him to espouse a party line that gays shouldn't marry or have children, and then turn around and applaud his own daughter for it. The question is only asked because of the hypocrisy.

I'm fascinated that this has provoked such a response. I found the review somewhat helpful. As others pointed out, many of the gay reviews aren't very helpful, since I prefer top escorts. I read them, however, because it can tell me something useful about the escort, like how they treat their clients. This review was no different. Parts of it were useful, parts weren't. I would personally be quite surprised if large numbers of straight reviews came in. If they did, I'm sure it would be a relatively trivial matter to partition the site so people could read what they prefer. It's just some data. Nothing more.

I don't care overly. It would be inconvenient, but I could live with the world knowing I hired. I've always believed that if you're an enemy of the gay community, you don't deserve our protection. I believe that we're in this together, and we don't out each other to protect each other from bigots. But we don't 'owe' it to each other keep silent as some unbreakable oath. If you're really paranoid about being outed, then you should ensure no one knows your secret. Don't go to gay bars or the like, then act against us from the pulpit or the legislature the next day and expect our complicity. If we're not personal friends, and I know you're gay, then it isn't a secret. Which brings me to escorts. There is a greater assumption of discretion/secrecy from an escort. But everything has its limits. If the person is a real enemy of the community, I think shielding them is the greater negative, though I wouldn't argue with an escort who chose to keep their secret - particularly since outing them probably terminates the escorts career.

I hire when I travel. With the increase in prices, some of the places I go (NYC for example), I don't bother. Hiring is for fun, but there are various ways to have fun with my money. When it gets more expensive than I think it's worth, I move on to those other things. I make enough, but I'm enough of a yankee to do a double take at some of the prices asked these days. I review when I hire, and haven't traveled much lately, and hired less. In the past I posted to Hooboy. I think now I'll post here. I like the climate better.

>YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No ONE gives a SHIT!. except MAYBE you >and who yiou USED to be??????????? I'm sure this sounded clever to you, but to those of us not in on your private vendetta, it just sounds whiny.

Talvin Demachio is DC based. As for the kids comment - I didn't say he was doing anything illegal, but at the very least it's extremely tacky, and more likely unethical to have this kind of relationship with pages. Just because I'm gay, and hire, doesn't mean I have no moral compass about using a position of authority to sate your sexual fantasies.

Wow. That is really beyond wierd to room with your chief of staff.

I sleep in briefs. I find sleeping nude uncomfortable.

Ok, so I'm sure everybody has heard enough about Foley, but I can't be the only one here who thought, "Dude, there are excellent escorts in DC. Just go get your dick sucked and lay off the kids."

I find him a sad example of what damage being closeted does to people and their families, and the ugly choices people have to face. Even so, I think you can hide your sexuality from a lot of people, but if you marry a woman under false pretenses, you've gone way over the line. I would be much more understanding if I really knew that his wife knew and was ok with it. somehow I doubt they were that honest with each other.

The nation is hugely divided on political issues. I could as easily post things about Bush and Republicans and point to polls to show that these are widely held beliefs. The fact that they're widely held isn't a reason to bring them here and further contribute to the polarization of our political process. I, for one, would like a few refuges from the vile cesspool that has become the political divide in this country.

Calling Kerry a traitor is not a drive by attack? Calling Kerry a a flip flopper is not a drive by attack? If this passes for polite political discussion at your house, then I can't imagine the flames when you actually get worked up.

I wish this site would just delete political posts. The venom of Conway's post is an example of what I think sped the downward spiral of the Hooboy boards. Nobody changes their minds about their politics by these type of posts, they're just encourage to return flames with flames. Is a driveby shooting of Kerry (or Bush for that matter) something we really want here?