LONDON — Jack’d, the fastest growing gay app in the world among young adult gay men, today released the findings of a community survey conducted amongst its users in the United Kingdom. With same-sex marriage to be legalized March 29 in England and Wales, Jack’d surveyed its community–80 percent of which are 18-30 years old–on their…
After President Obama announced yesterday that Douglas M. Brooks, MSW, would lead the Office of National AIDS Policy, HIV/AIDS organizations from around the country announced their support. They echoed the President’s words when he said, “Douglas’s policy expertise combined with his extensive experience working in the community makes him uniquely suited to the task of…
Some of the best experiences you had last year were with your friends. When you think back about the highlights, you remember dancing together, eating together, late-night bull sessions, parties, travels and idle man-watching. Those shared experiences are the glue that forever holds your friendship together. Or maybe, like the men in The Aids Generation…
A harrowing 65-page report made public this week by Human Rights Watch paints a terrifying picture of police corruption aimed squarely at gay men in this small, landlocked Asian nation of 5.5 million people. Entitled They Said We Deserved This: Police Violence Against Gay and Bisexual Men in Kyrgyzstan, the report details a pattern of physical,…
Looking, HBO’s new half-hour dramedy about three gay men looking for love and sex in San Francisco, is written by the somewhat unknown Michael Lannan but directed by Andrew Haigh, who was responsible for Weekend, one of the most lauded gay films since Brokeback Mountain. Weekend was a naturalistic, emotionally and physically raw examination of…
Setting the record straight on ‘Gary Holt and the Chorus’ (issue 137, Jan. 2) Dear Editor, Nicole Murray Ramirez has it wrong concerning Gary Holt as director of San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus. Gary Holt was not the director who took the San Diego Men’s Chorus (Not GMCSD) to the White House at Christmas in…
Not long ago I was searching for a bartending job, and while scouring Craigslist I fell upon an ad for a bar in my neighborhood that called for someone just like me. Must be gay-friendly the ad warned, as the bar was in a gay neighborhood and the clientele were predominately gay. Perfect, I thought,…
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court invalidating same-sex sodomy laws in 2003, at least a dozen cases have been brought against gay men in Baton Rouge, La. since 2011 reports the local Advocate. The stings, which have largely targeted middle-age men in and around Manchac Park, were not only found to be illegal by the local…
Today, President Barack Obama nominated Rufus Gifford as the next U.S. ambassador to Denmark, and James Costos as ambassador to Spain. Both men are openly gay. James Costos is Vice President of Global Licensing and Retail for Home Box Office (HBO). Before joining HBO in 2006, he was president and CEO of Eight Cylinders, Inc.,…
SAN DIEGO – The Gay Men’s Spiritual Retreat (GMSR) has announced that its annual retreat, to take place at majestic Camp Stevens in the mountains of Julian, Calif., will be June 7-9. This retreat promises a weekend full of exciting outdoor activities, spiritual and self-help workshops, dancing and entertainment. For the past 21 years, the…
