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I have not gotten it yet but will for some family members who loved her voice. I hope the record is great for her and her career!

"Family Ties" actress Meredith Baxter made the media rounds Wednesday confirming the rumors that she is a lesbian. "It was a later in life recognition," the actress explained to Matt Lauer on the "Today" show Wednesday. The National Enquirer recently ran a story about Baxter being spotted on a lesbian cruise through the Caribbean with a "female friend," which was then picked up by celebrity blogs. As a result, the 62-year-old decided to tell her fans herself. "I didn't want some tabloid to take the story and make it up," Baxter said in the interview. "I wanted it to be in my own words." Baxter was also interviewed on Sirius XM Radio's "The Frank DeCaro Show." Coming out was a difficult thing for the quiet actress to do. She told Lauer on "Today" that she's always "lived a very private life. To come out and disclose stuff is very antithetical" to who she is. Baxter told DeCaro that she knew she could be outed when she went on the cruise with her partner, Nancy Locke, but she went anyway. "We live a very open life at home," she said. "Anyone who's a friend of mine, anyone who knows and cares about me knows. It's no secret that I'm gay, but it has been to the greater world. "The reason I'm here [on the show] is because I'm saying, yes, I'm a lesbian." Baxter also told People magazine that she has been in a four-year relationship with Locke, who works as a building contractor. Baxter has been dating women for the past seven years, and "the thought of being gay never crossed my mind," she said. The actress was married three times before, during which she "was never comfortable with herself," she told People. Now, she feels like she's "being honest for the first time." Baxter has also come clean to her five kids, according to People. Her 25-year-old son Peter was all smiles. He told the magazine that he "just couldn't stop smiling, because she finally figured it out." http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/02/meredith.baxter.lesbian.mom/index.html

I am pretty free. I'll be in and out of LA on weekends but week days are OK. January gets much better. What are first week of January? Is that a good time for others?

Do you get the current episodes of the Showtime series as they appear in the USA? I am addicted to Dexter and just love the show and watch it weekly. You can't download it on ITunes until after the season is over on Showtime but I have been watching it weekly as I love it. Another great show from Fox is Glee. I think it is my favorite this season.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. What did you do in LOS? I am very thankful for everyone I have met over the years through this site and in LOS. I am especially thankful for my boyfriend as he is out of the hospital and I have so happy he is OK and back to his normal joking self. My last LOS in Thailand, I had dinner with a friend in Jomtien and it was amazing. It was much better than the home cooked meal I had in LA this week!

Happy Turkey Day to all. I have been very blessed in life but many of them are the people I have from this board. I hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving!

I am watching V as I write and the smile on this guys just keeps me watching an alien show.

I liked his performance but the kissed seemed a little staged to me. He said NO. But, it just didn't look spur of the moment to me. You?

The BF in Thailand had Dengue Fever for 10 days. It was sudden and it really kicked his ass. He was in Thai hospital for 10 days. I didn't find out about it for 5 days as he was not able to communicate or get his phone for the first 5. When I did talk to him I also spoke to his doctor and nurse every day to keep an eye to make sure things were going OK. I almost flew there but he assured me that he would be OK. He was but it was after a 10 days stay at 2 different hospitals. The cost for the 10 days, 11k baht. I wonder what the same treatment would have been had I moved him to Bangkok Pattaya? He wanted to stay close to his family and in a Thai hospital so that was OK with me. I am just glad he was OK because he had 104 and over fever for a bit. The doctors said it was touch and go and he did not even get out of bed for 5-6 days. He was severely dehydrated. I have spoken to him on the phone every day since as he is precious to me and I guess this was a wake up call for me as well. Anyone ever had this Dengue Fever?

Missing LOS, I can do little in Los Angeles other than date a Thai guy or get a Thai Massage. I find the Thai guys here much different that in LOS and most are pretty fem. So, I have my bi-weekly massage from a Thai lady. She is excellent and it gives me a good reminder of how much I miss Thailand when I am away. Any others that don't get to live in paradise have ways to jog your memory?

I have had friends stay here and they loved it. I want the BF and I to stay here on my next trip to LOS. I am curious if anyone has taken a BF there and how the experience was? I have read nothing but rave reviews of the place. Some more first hand experience would be great! http://www.fourseasons.com/goldentriangle/

It opens nationwide this weekend. It is worth a visit. Also saw The Blind Side and really enjoyed it!

I think he is hot and sexy. I do think he is being used by many but he seems OK to have him 15 minutes of fame. I'd like to see more!

We have 2 logins. One for main site and one for forum. When you log in with main site it automatically logs you into the forum. We have set them to be the same time frame. The reason is that many would log into the site and go to forum and then go back to site and log out but remain logged into the forum. This was not a good situation. We have to have them both the same. Daddy's site is forum only. There is no other login needed. Ours is. We need to have them synched for security reasons. I know it is a pain for those that want to stay logged in for weeks at a time but the process should not take more than a few seconds.

It was the first gay publication I ever read. It is a real loss.

Are any of the dancing boys, working boys?

Nineteen-year-old, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado’s body was found burned, decapitated and dismembered on Nov. 14 in Cayey, a city only a few miles away from his hometown in Caguas. According to an iReport by Christopher Pagan, “He was a very well known person in the gay community of Puerto Rico, and very loved.” Pagan said, “Never in the history of Puerto Rico has a murder been classified as a hate crime. Even though we have to follow federal mandates and laws, many of the laws in which are passed in the USA such as Obama’s new bill, do not always directly get practiced in Puerto Rico.” Pagan also noted the public remarks from a police investigator for the case that ‘people who lead this type of lifestyle need to be aware that this will happen’. Towleroad translated gay activist Pedro Julio Serrano’s response: “It is inconceivable that the investigating officer suggests that the victim deserved his fate, like a woman deserves rape for wearing a short skirt. We demand condemnation of this investigator and demand that Superintendent Figueroa Sancha replace him with someone capable of investigating this case without prejudice.” According to Pagan, the story has only made local headlines and deserves international coverage. http://www.365gay.com/topics/news_politics/gay-teen-burned-and-decapitated-in-puerto-rico/

This may be the first country in Latin American to approve same sex marriage. http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/judge-in-argentina-rules-gay-couple-can-marry.html

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Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- When Laura Douglas-Brown got to work on Monday, she saw a note on the door. "It is with great regret that we must inform you that effective immediately, the operations of Window Media LLC and United Media LLC have closed down." It asked employees to return Wednesday, adding, "Please bring boxes and/or containers that will allow you to collect all your personal belongings at one time." And with that, Douglas-Brown lost her job at Atlanta, Georgia-based Southern Voice -- the South's main newspaper for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities -- where she has worked for more than 12 years. Southern Voice, which was in print for more than 20 years and had a 100,000 circulation, was one of several gay newspapers and magazines, including the Washington Blade and South Florida Blade, that were shut down Monday when their parent companies, Window Media and United Media, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. "Certainly we knew finances were tight, but none of us were expecting this today," said Douglas-Brown, who spent her day greeting staffers at the office so they wouldn't find the note alone. Calls to corporate offices of the parent companies were not immediately returned Monday. Douglas-Brown said that an investment group, Avalon Equity Fund, owned the majority of Window Media, the country's largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher. She said employees had heard that Avalon was in receivership with the federal Small Business Administration, which allows the agency to sell the company's assets to satisfy its loans. However, "We had been told the impact on us would be minimal and that the company would be sold," she said. Calls to Avalon's offices in New York went unanswered Monday. Kevin Nass, the editor of the Washington Blade, the nation's the oldest gay newspaper and second-largest by circulation, said when he arrived to work at 8 a.m. Monday, he was met by two corporate officers, notifying him that his paper would be shut down immediately. "The bottom line was they filed for Chapter 7, which means liquidation," Nass said. "I think a lot of us expected a Chapter 11 reorganization ... but they didn't go that route and I guess the creditors wanted out." He said the Blade's staff of more than 20 employees would meet Tuesday to discuss their options. "There's never been more news, more need of this niche," he said, noting that topics like same-sex marriage and the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy put gay publications in demand. The Blade, established in 1969, had a 33,000 circulation. "The audience is there, the need has never been greater," he added, saying his team planned to launch a new, independent publication. Douglas-Brown agreed, saying, "It's a tremendous loss. ... None of these publications have been shut down for a lack of stories." http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/16/gay.publications.shuttered/index.html

I saw this thread and got interested and saw this movie over the weekend. It was a great movie although it was VERY hard to watch at times. The acting was amazing. The director did a great job. This is something that you need to see.

For those of you that have been gracious enough to upgrade to Silver or Gold, we have fixed the size issue on the forum and it should now show properly. Thank you for your patience. Also, for those of you that didn't have a problem with the size, I can tell you from first hand experience but size does matter.

Thank you! I am excited to see this!

What is the legal limit? 30 percent? I honestly thought that was not possible.

I think I was just too quick in the response. It shows for me.