So I went grocery shopping this weekend and right before I entered the store, a homeless man said to me "Nice hair, ma'am" before asking me for change. My hair is green and shoulder-length and was wearing a T-shirt, gym shorts, and flip flops. Oh yes, I'm also a guy. Seriously, even a kid at Target knew I was male a couple days ago Anyone have a similar experience?

A few days ago, I was walking with my brother to a 7-11 type place. It's in my vacation home's area. As we walk back, a guy on his bike past by me and he said "hey hot stuff!" He went by too fast and I knew that the guy was possibly gay. I didn't get a real good look at him. I remember that he was a bit muscular and he had bleach blond hair. I saw him at that 7-11 type place the next day. It looked like he was gay. He was not my type at all. I just wonder why he called me "hot stuff"... oh well! I am flattered by it.

Malaysia's Gay Community Begins to Push the Limits

AFP - Thursday, September 2

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2, 2010 (AFP) – When Malaysia's only openly homosexual pastor announced he was establishing the nation's first gay church, the proposal was met with a torrent of outrage and criticism.

Reverend Ouyang Wen Feng faced down threats to block the plan by government and religious leaders who said it would encourage homosexuality -- still a crime punishable by 20 years in jail in the Muslim-majority nation.

The church he co-founded has however been operating quietly in suburban Kuala Lumpur for the past three years, drawing a group of gay Christians for Sunday services and bible studies.

Ouyang's battle is part of a campaign being fought on many fronts in Malaysia, where there is a growing sense of activism among the gay community which is beginning to mobilise to fight for its rights.

"We are working on encouraging more people to join the church, for Christians to come out and live authentic lives," says the pastor, who was married for nine years until he "came out" publicly in 2006.

"Whether one is gay or straight or bisexual, they are sexual orientations, it is not something we do that makes us gay."

Ouyang says the church, which also embraces bisexuals and transsexuals as well as welcoming heterosexuals to its services, wants to help the community know they are not "alone in fighting the battle".

"When I was young, how I wished someone who was good, highly admired and respected in the society could come out and tell me 'I am gay too,'," says the 40-year-old.

Homosexuality remains a social taboo across the racial and religious spectrum in Malaysia, a conservative country which is also home to large ethnic Chinese and Indian communities.

Gay men and women are a visible presence out in public, and on the Internet where they are connected through online forums.

However, authorities periodically crack down on the thriving gay scene, carrying out raids at gay-friendly bars or massage parlours, leaving some with a constant fear of persecution.

Few feel they can declare their sexuality openly, and there was a dearth of groups representing the community until 2008, when the first "Seksualiti Merdeka" or "Sexual Independence" festival was held.

Organiser Pang Khee Teik, an art gallery owner, said he was inspired by rising activism in the region.

India and Nepal have de-criminalised homosexuality in recent years, in Thailand the annual Gay Pride festival is being revived, and even in conservative Indonesia there is an annual gay film festival.

"We thought the time was right to replicate something similar in Malaysia," Pang says. "We are trying to tell people: you have sexual rights whether the state recognises it or not."

"The long-term goal could be the repeal of laws against sodomy and oral sex for instance," says Pang, adding that anti-discrimination laws are also needed.

The annual festival, which includes talks, music performances and film screenings, has seen the number of participants double from 400 in 2008 to about 800 last year.

It will be held for the third time later this year and has managed to avoid any action from protesters or the authorities, partly due to efforts to keep it low-key.

But religious figures who have an influential role in Malaysian society remain vehemently opposed to the new mood. A top religious body in 2008 also issued a "fatwa" or Islamic religious ban on lesbian sex.

"Homosexuality is going to destroy the world as we are not thankful to God's creation and we are going against His wishes," says outspoken Islamic cleric Harussani Zakaria.

"Homosexuality is a very bad thing. God has created men and women, how can it be man with man, and woman with woman?"

The gay community takes heart from small steps, including a recent Malaysian Film Censorship Board decision to reverse a ban on the depiction of homosexuality and allow gay characters to be featured in films.

But in an indication of the distance campaigners still have to go, the new guidelines also stipulate that gay characters must repent or go straight before the credits roll.

"They recognise that we do exist and that is a something positive, at least," says Azri, who has a boyfriend of five years, as he sips coffee at one of Kuala Lumpur's upmarket shopping malls.

"My ideal world is to be recognised as a couple and enjoy the rights just like any other heterosexual couples," says the boyish-looking 28-year-old.

"We can't rush, we are slowly building the momentum."

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Funding has been granted to two projects which will preserve New Zealand's gay and lesbian history.

Broadcaster/documentary maker Gareth Watkins and historian/ activist Dr Alison Laurie and have each received an Award in Oral History ... continues

This is an interesting piece of historical revision. It always puzzled me that, despite Cuba's advances in education and medical care, attitudes towards glbt people in the revolutionary years were so anti.

In this interview Fidel Castro admits that he dropped the ball and was distracted by more weighty matters such as the US embargo and the missile crisis.

Fidel Castro takes blame for 1960s gay persecution | Reuters

There was a rumor that he was gay. Don't know who Don Johnson is? Here's some photos of him:



Don Johnson circa 1984.



Don Johnson on the cover of Rolling Stone



Don Johnson nowadays...

I can kinda see why the rumor was started... however, I know he was married. It may be possible that he's bi.

James Dean



This extremely handsome young man was born in 1931 in Indiana. He had a brief career in movies since he died so young. He starred in only three major motion pictures, they are East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant. He had a lot of small parts in show biz, but that's how many of the greats start!



I have to say for the record, that I love this guy a lot! He's one of the reasons why I have an affinity for things from the 1950's. He was truly amazing and he was a really great actor. He had so much potential. He died so young. :frown:



Yes, he lived fast and died young. He is terribly missed by his adoring fans.



What are your thoughts on James Dean? Will there ever be another James Dean? Is Robert Pattison the James Dean of today? In my opinion, James Dean is one of the most handsome men to ever grace god's green earth and there will never be another James Dean. Oh by the way, he was allegedly bisexual! It is not 100% confirmed that he was. Google that for more info!

This is some Republican who was against gay rights. Now he comes out... hmm... you think he deserves an apology?

A Republican Comes Out of the Closet - NYTimes.com

Okay so I’m at the mall with my brother and some friends, we’re at the SportsCheck an they’re looking baseball bats an stuff. Right next to the sports store is a Chapters book store so I was like, “Hey are you guys almost done cause I want to run over to Chapters an pick some magazines than I’ll meet you guys at the car” So I run over to the chapters pick up a my Mags and go back to the car and nobodies there.
So I’m sitting on the hood of the car reading, an that’s when I hear a voice it’s women voice an its says “excuse me”. I look over the top of my magazine to see a middle age-ish women and her teenage daughter, the women looks at me an says “you look like a man who can change a tire” now let me reset the scene for I’m sitting on the hood, I’m reading WIZARD! Magazine an I’m wearing my FireFly t-shirt (firefly is an amazing sci-fi show that ran for 1 season on fox an later go turned into a movie Google it)
I’m not sure what “man that can change tire” looks like but I’m not it an I should have said that but instead I said “ I’ll try”. So I followed the women an her daughter back to there van, they have already jacked the van up and taken off the lug-nuts all I had to do was take the flat tire off and up the spare on ( who see where this story is going) and I CLOUD NOT DO IT! I pulled, I twisted, I yanked at one point I go on the ground kind of under the van and tried to kick it off from behind.
Are you guys ready cause this is the best part, I grabbed the tire an was going to try this twist an pull strategies but I put my thumb in a hole an twisted taken a good size chunk out of my digit. At some point during this most epic fail my brother and friends got done playing in the sports store an were watching my feeble attempt at manhood.
Eventually my buddy Dave had enough an came over to help, took the tire off on his first try and put the new one on tightened it up an the ladies were on there way. On the way back to car Dave looks at me an shakes his an says “that’s why you don’t get a bitch to do a mans job” an all I can do is laugh.

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Federal Constitutional Court in Germany has adapted heritage law.

Homosexual partners should not be discriminated against heterosexual spouses in inheritance tax. This is shown by a Resolution passed by the Federal Constitutional Court.
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