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Does anyone really think that the Supreme Court will order Trump to reveal his tax returns? I don't have a glimmer of hope on that. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/12/us-supreme-court-trump-tax-returns

George Cukor's pool parties actually happened... https://screenrant.com/netflixs-hollywood-george-cukors-gay-pool-parties-really-happened/ ...and, no, I don't know how tall he was.

It was a surprise to me that South Korea is homophobe heaven. I've always thought that they were more advanced... https://www.towleroad.com/2020/05/seoul-gay-coronavirus/ https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-gay-backlash-feared-south-korea-records-new-coronavirus-spike-2020-5

Welcome to the forums, jasonmike421. I didn't know that the act you mention was almost impossible. Perhaps in these trying times it can be harder to get hard. Or is the difficulty with your lips? I am not clear on this...

I was disappointed with Circus of Books. Surprised to see an aging Jeff Stryker: He will be 58 this summer.

I plan to watch that.

Some dogs in Bangkok are being pampered while the other pooches starve! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/world/asia/bangkok-coronavirus-pet-salons-dogs.html

I knew what you meant. Geez.

It turns out that the older shooter knew the victim and had helped prosecute him before. He had said that he recognized the victim from a surveillance video. He did not reveal his past contact with the victim. https://nypost.com/2020/05/08/father-of-georgia-shooter-had-investigated-ahmaud-arbery/

Those of us who know Patti are aware that the ego thing is in public only. For her friends, she is as kind and courteous and caring as you could wish for. I thought her costumes were a little odd, but I didn't care as I don't have much knowledge of what was considered glamorous in late 40's Hollywood. My experience there was limited to 2+ years some 40 years ago. There were so many gay men who wanted to be connected to Hollywood. Pompous, curt, ignorant fellows who thought that if they were sucking the dick of some minor honcho it made them well-connected. And, of course, any popular commercial movie or theater was to be looked down upon. I guess it makes them feel superior. It doesn't cost me anything. Good thing, too, since I still run into guys like that.

If I had been in Vietnam during the war, I sure hope I would have known what year it was. But I hear that drugs were common as the Commies knew how to weaken the soldiers. So maybe the "fog of war" would have prevented me from knowing what day it was!

eeyore? EXPAT? Firecat? It's not Homeland, it's old home week! These guys use to post a lot here.

Of course you did, honey. Of course you did. The burden you have...

I loved the series. I thought the sets and costumes are great. Who would be so petty as to focus on whether Patti Lupone has gained weight when she is acting her heart out? That gas station was played quite well. Ryan Murphy is trying to show us what Hollywood could have been, and I, along with millions of others, am along for the ride. If I could have seen positive gay role models when I was young it would have changed my life. There can be no doubt about that. Now Jim Parsons as the nasty agent was not the role I would have preferred, but his character, a self-loathing, pompous closet queer who criticizes everything as not good enough for him, well, we have to live with that even today. So if you are a normal red-blooded homosexual without pretensions of being a New York assistant on some minor film, you will find a lot to enjoy here. If you want something to make your skin crawl, focus on the disdain that the real Hollywood had for women, people of color, and gays. Then enjoy this alternate look and come tell us about it.

HUNKY HEROS These three Marines helped restrain an unruly passenger on a flight from Japan to Dallas. I know that I would have listened to them. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-three-marines-restrain-disruptive-passenger-japan-flight-20200506-nenvr6g6y5euvm6e7zwtc7jce4-story.html

Scratch what I wrote first in this post..I think I see your point. You posted about white people shooting innocent black people. I added that many of them are cops, but you see that as a dilution of your point. Your emphasis is on white and I didn't stick with that. Well, hell's bells! Threads often take different tracks than the OP would wish for. But, in this case, it was not my intent to dilute your point, so, if I could, I would not have responded as I did.

There are far too many cases of young black men being killed literally for nothing. White privilege often protects the offenders, who are often cops. In New York a man was badly beaten for watching the cops harass black men who did not social distance. I was ashamed to see the cop who did it wearing a Yankee hat! Since he is Latino, it is not white privilege, but cop privilege.

THE CORONAGAYS! A porn star I never heard of, Ian Frost, help a big party with dancing boys rubbing up against the coronavirus (if present!) Not a smart thing to do. And it's on video! Gays aren't looking too good here, thus the "coronagays title." https://nypost.com/2020/05/06/gay-porn-star-slammed-for-allegedly-partying-during-lockdown/ The video is part of the linked article.

While I am on the Washington Blade page, I see another good story:Dr. Anthony Fauci has commended gays who fought the AIDS epidemic: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/04/07/fauci-gay-people-lifted-stigma-with-incredible-courage-in-hiv-aids-epidemic/

TRANSGENDER SEX WORKERS in Italy who are struggling have received some relief from a surprising source. Yes, it's the Vatican! Or at least a charity operated out of the Vatican... https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/05/05/vatican-gives-money-to-transgender-sex-workers-in-italy/

Famed cartoonist Bramhall of NY Daily News offers this:

BYE, BYE, BIGOTS! Homophobe hospital closing down... https://www.advocate.com/health/2020/5/04/homophobe-franklin-grahams-group-pulling-out-new-york-city

THE SHAMPOO CHALLENGE Boyculture.com has a thread on something that only quarantine boredom justifies: balancing a bottle of shampoo on your erection! http://gay.fleshbot.com/8523517/guys-balancing-shampoo-bottles-on-their-erections-for-shampoobottlechallenge For example: