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More Shawn Sutton you say?
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Shawn was lensed by Justin Farkas for Bleu Magazine. There's more after the jump...
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FORUM OR AGAINST 'EM
BACK IN JULY, new occasional feature, "Forum Or Against 'Em" (a light-hearted look at the brain-sapping, deranged and frequently hilarious world of internet forums) made its debut.
That first excursion was a journey through a thread on BGCLive.com entitled, "I Have Sex With My Twin Brother". Today, we'll see what the great and good of BGCLive.com really think about HIV.
The thread is Would You Take A Picture With Someone Who Is HIV+. (Yes, really.)
Enjoy (or not) after the jump...
WOULD YOU TAKE A PICTURE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS HIV+
dl_legendz:
I feel kinda bad because this really nice HIV+ guy asked me to take a picture with him & I had to politely turn him down. I told him that I have a reputation to uphold & people might start thinking that I am HIV+ when I'm not. I don't know what it is but people who are HIV+ just make me feel uncomfortable. Would you take a picture with a person who is HIV+
just_voyage:
You're an idiot.
sportsboy255:
How the f***k are those people gonna know he's HIV+? Idiot....
_deon_:
you so damn stupid.... you cant take a picture with one but yet aint asking for no kind of proof from the millions of niggas you THINK are trade yet dipping and duckwalking behind your back to be in those failed ass flicks you call porn.... i tell ya
depth:
I AM SURE DUDE WITH OVER THE 600 PEOPLE THAT YOU CLAIM THAT YOU HAVE HAD SEX WITH YOU HAVE BEEN WITH ATLEAST ONE HIV PERSON ALREADY, SO GET OVER OVER IT. AND THAT REPUTATION THAT YOU THINK YOU HAVE, ITS ALL READY low
alonzothomas:
No way. Cause I heard this thing on the news that if you even get within like five feet of someone who is + you might have a slight chance of maybe someday if you have sex without a condom get the disease. So I'm like f***k that man...I really hope that this thread is a joke.
_deon_:
you should feel really bad for being that dumb but i guess thats the appeal you going for.... the "i barely passed my ged exam cuz i could barely count to five and had to use both hands" look. i tell ya
_deon_:
you know what get me...... he so concerned about taking a picture with somebody positive but has no problem posing in bgc defaults with the cast of high school musical..... oh its okay for the kids to not think you taking pictures with people with hiv but its okay to be known for f***king underage smottoms on random xtube and nubian101 clips....
victor_creed:
wow...dude i dont know what to say to that...what immediately comes to mind (and please dont take offense) is that ur actions were cowardly. To stigmatize someone based off what someone may think from you taking a picture with him...man we have got to change peoples perception of this disease... Peeps with HIV arent dirty, nasty, EVIL or anything else that regular people arent. They are our brothers, sisters, aunts, mothers, fathers, and grandparents...Yo thats somebodys son. Dont you think he gets enought shyt from people for being gay AND HES POSITIVE so hes catchin shyt from the gay community too? And to treat him like that...Damn man. Thats fukked up. Yo we gotta do better man...or this disease is gonna take all of us outtta here...
dl_legendz:
Well if he told me that he is HIV+ then I'm sure he has told others. When I typically see someone who is HIV+ taken pictures with people I assume they all are HIV+ because if most gay guys have got to the point of taken a picture together then they probaly have done something sexual before. I think?
un3xp3ct3d:
Wow. That shows your maturity level. And who cares about REPUTATION these days? I mean really?? What's it gonna get you in the long run. PLUS if people thought you were HIV+ and treated you the way you treat them....how would u feel?
dl_legendz:
You're right we do have to do better as a community but image is everything & I don't want people to think that I am HIV+ when I not. That could possible fu*k up future potential sex partners or friends because of false pretenses.
dl_legendz:
Because I think if people see and/or think you hang around HIV+ people then they will assume that person is also HIV+ and ulitmately that person will start attracting HIV+ people whom are looking for sex, friendships, etc...
dl_legendz:
Why do HIV+ people get so offended when someone speaks about HIV? I mean Cancer patients talk about their struggle with cancer. People with Diabetes talk about how their disease. Life is hard & not fair but I bite my tounge for noone.
2sik2breal:
dl im not gonna front like i kno u and s***t but damn u mus b a real wanna b in the hood niggas must laff at u behind ya back i seen ya videos thier not even cool that boyh wit the bandana over his mouth look like he 16 and ya forums are just ridic. even tghe 1 about ya son but us ttilll dippin wit gays sad s***t mah dude like and image srry thiers no image for u that s***t is just horriable i got no look im not try to bash u but im sick of seeing ya comments on s***t that i read thier so ignorAANT ARROGANT AND SAD DAMN SHAME...
dl_legendz:
I don't surround myself around fake niggaz so I dnt worry about anything when i turn my back and if you don't like my porn then don't watch it problem solved.
dl_legendz:
I told you I feel kinda bad for not taking the picture with ole boy. What do you mean the gay community outcast HIV+ people? Sh*t I'm HIV- and I feel like i'm the outcast(no pun intended) but I dont think I should have to go around apologizing because I'm HIV- everytime I see/meet a gay guy.
jkardashian:
i mean your not cute so i don't know why he'd wanna take a picture w/ you anyways.
defyinggravity1:
You know I have a family member who passed from HIV/AIDS and he would still probably be living if he didn't feel ashamed to get the help he needed... it's people like YOU who make it hard for them to survive with your shallow ass thought process trying to be cute on BGC... whether it was for attention, or for real! GROW UP! May God have mercy on your soul... and yes I took a pic with my cousin and him holding me as a baby... and I am proud to be in a memory with a HUMAN BEING that was a loving and caring person... despite his circumstances!
_envy:
if this is the kind of dumb fuck'ry that is gonna be posted i think ima jus quit comin in the forums. pure fuck'ry.
switch5:
NO disrespect, please don't take offense to this, but are you f***kin retarded? I'm POSITIVE an most of my friends aren't, most people wouldn't even think that I was. WOW, your so worried about what others will think of you, f***k what the next b***h thinks of you, what do you think of yourself love? I'll seriously pray for you right now. "You have reputation to keep," well answer me this what does my HIV have to do with you, I'll wait,......NOT A GOT DAMN THING!!!! Please don't let ignorance run your life. Kids lets get education!!!
dl_legendz:
No Disrepect but when I get around people whom are HIV+ I feel uncomfortable. I won't drink after them, eat after them, have sex with them, shower after them, etc..
bewitched:
Jesus.... why haven't you been crucified for your idiocy? the depravity of your existence sickens me to NO END.
bmoreupnya:
I think my IQ went down from reading this
thewhites:
YEAH UR RIGHT...DONT TAKE PICS WIT PPL WHO R HIV+ CUZ PPL R GONNA THINK U R 2...AND DONT TAKE PICS WIT WHITE PPL CUZ PPL MAY THINK UR WHITE...OH AND NOT GIRLS EATHER CUZ PPL MAY THINK UR STRAIGHT...OH...AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NO TRASHCANS IN UR PICTURE EATHER...PPL MAY THINK UR POOR...UR A FU***N DUMBASS!...HOW WOULD U FEEL IF UR SRTAIGHT BROTHER OR COUSIN SAID THEY DIDNT WANNA TAKE A PIC WIT U CUZ THEY HAVE A REPUTATION 2 UPHOLD AND PPL MAY THINK HE'S GAY? WE'RE BLACK AND GAY...WE HAVE NO RIGHT 2 OUTCAST OTHERS FOR WAT OTHERS THINK ILL ABOUT...
pay4it:
You have the be the saddest most uneducated sounding person I have even read a post from ..I am glad you didnt take the pics he should be ashamed to be around a closed minded fool such as urself thats prob the main person HIDING Hiv..grow up
defyinggravity1:
OMG is this boy still getting slayed on here lol! It's been DAYS now lol! I mean not saying he doesn't deserve it, but damn! Check him and see if he still has a pulse because you all have read, slayed, kicked, dragged and HADOUKEN his ass all over this FORUM LOL!!
brand0n:
GOODNIGHT BGC...i officially can not take this site for a while. THIS FOOL REPRESENTS US...and theres a whole lot of them out there who are so ignorant that it makes it hard for the rest of us who know how to read-- get a job...ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING....GOOD F***KING NIGHT
dl_legendz:
Unfournately I see no benefits from surrounding myself around people whom are HIV+ if I am HIV-. I wanna smoke a blunt and talk to my niggaz about all the sexy girls and guyz we've done piped on over the years. I can't do that with a person who is HIV+ because I think about them killing each(literally). I wanna show my friends my HIV negative results and them actually be happy for me. I wanna be able to walk down the street and get at a bit*h without them thinking that I got some kind of disease because I hang around or took a picture with someone whom is HIV+. I wanna get drunk and get wild in da club without some HIV+ person trying to hit on me because they think it's okay to approach me. Look, you know da saying "Birds of a Feather...." well I don't wanna be gulity by association.
atl_violin04:
personally ole DL LEGENDZ lol......i would be rather embarassed to take a picture wit yo frog lookin ass PERIOD! And one more thing..dl niccas don't have their pictures posted all on a f***g site (wink)
dl_legendz:
I am not the only person in the gay community and/or heterosexjual community that has a "phobia" per say towards people with HIV. I have been taught ever since I was knee high to a grass hoppper to protect myself sexually so I can stay HIV- and I have listened and followed directions. I have sacraficed many nights that I could have had unprotected sex with some very sexy individuals but I declined because I didn't have a condom. Essentially I would be throwing all that hard work straight down the drain if I decided to pair up with someone who is HIV+ because then potential sex partners/business partners/friends/associates will ASSUME something that is not true and I would be stuck in a unnecessary compromised situation.
bag_of_fun:
How f***king ignorant can one person be. Your c***t ass said a picture; you would have thought the guy asked you for sex, please do BGC a favor and delete your account now...SIMPLE B***HES...make me exhausted....
dj_high_life:
you know what i cant even knock you on this.... cause i use to feel the same f***king way... when i was in school they would be like you have sex unprotected or before being married or if you are gay then you will get hiv its will take 6 months to show up then with in 3 years you will get aids and die... so for 6 7 8 grade heath this is all i knew... my gay ass have gay sex imma get it and die... so when i was in college and even a few years ago when i first went pro as a dj i always thought how cold people do that to them self and get hiv... so when a hiv person hit me up i ws stay looking down at them becuase i thought i knew how nasty they were based off what i was taught.... but when i something told me to go get tested and i went to a aids center and after i tested (negative) i talked to the people there and learned about the virus... you need to be educated too homie... just getting tested is not enough... when i hear the news talk about h1n1 im like they should say the same about hiv... cause it is so easy to get that s***t outside of sex... so my point is i know how you feel but understand no one woke up and said i hope today is the day i test positive... but we do have to live with it in the world...
dl_legendz:
I see what your saying to an extent but I really think that's why alot of people are constantly getting infected with HIV because they get "comfortable" around people whom are HIV+ and they let their guard down per say and start treating them as if they are HIV-. I am blessed to say I have been HIV- for 27yrs & I think I have stayed HIV- by using the typical "ignorant" methods. I don't have contact with people whom are HIV+, I don't drink after them, I don't eat after them or have sex with them no matter how much I educate myself on HIV prevention. I strongly believe in "out of sight, out of mind" theory.
hbiclumu:
whoa... *closes door
dl_legendz:
Maybe we are looking at HIV from 2 different perspectives but my so-called "ignorance" has allowed me to stay HIV- negative & i have passed my so-called "ignorant" techniques down to other young MSM whom look to me for guidance and direction which I am proud to say they are also HIV-
computa_luv:
Well yall dont have to bash the brutha. All he did was ask a question but he didnt sound too stupid. Besides the reputation part. Either way at least you told the guy politely, instead of cursing him. Me, I probably wouldn't have gave a damn to take a picture cause I taken pics with fake ppl, murders, child molesters, sexist, hiv+, family members who's used me....ect. So it wouldnt have bothered me to take a pic. So I guess it can be a different sense in KNOWING cause some ppl can talk on here or wherever (whether male, female, or trans) what they'd do and wont do, but if someone came up to them and said they were hivp and wanted a pic. They'd probably freaked out once they heard HIV and ran with they heard POSITIVE! And last thing...shyyt he might have said something crazy, but at least he was being honest and bold to say something you thought was stupid. Hell a lot of ppl aren't even that about themselves cause if someone else who's str8 knew you were gay. They probably wouldnt want you around meaning (celebs having gay fanz but dont like them, family, str8 frenz), and probably wouldnt want a pic either! Not saying all people are like that but trust me, a lot of yall have been around those who talk about gays but they dont even know they're talking to one in from of them hahaha! OH WAIT!!!, I forgot to add in those who are gay/bi and talk about gays to keep their REPUTATION as str8 hahaha!
(This is a representative sample of the comments displayed on the BGCLive.com forum. Some drawn out debates between individuals have been omitted. Comments and pictures are already in the public domain and have been reproduced here for the purpose of review.)
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That first excursion was a journey through a thread on BGCLive.com entitled, "I Have Sex With My Twin Brother". Today, we'll see what the great and good of BGCLive.com really think about HIV.
The thread is Would You Take A Picture With Someone Who Is HIV+. (Yes, really.)
Enjoy (or not) after the jump...
WOULD YOU TAKE A PICTURE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS HIV+
dl_legendz:I feel kinda bad because this really nice HIV+ guy asked me to take a picture with him & I had to politely turn him down. I told him that I have a reputation to uphold & people might start thinking that I am HIV+ when I'm not. I don't know what it is but people who are HIV+ just make me feel uncomfortable. Would you take a picture with a person who is HIV+
just_voyage:You're an idiot.
sportsboy255:How the f***k are those people gonna know he's HIV+? Idiot....
_deon_:you so damn stupid.... you cant take a picture with one but yet aint asking for no kind of proof from the millions of niggas you THINK are trade yet dipping and duckwalking behind your back to be in those failed ass flicks you call porn.... i tell ya
depth:
I AM SURE DUDE WITH OVER THE 600 PEOPLE THAT YOU CLAIM THAT YOU HAVE HAD SEX WITH YOU HAVE BEEN WITH ATLEAST ONE HIV PERSON ALREADY, SO GET OVER OVER IT. AND THAT REPUTATION THAT YOU THINK YOU HAVE, ITS ALL READY low
alonzothomas:No way. Cause I heard this thing on the news that if you even get within like five feet of someone who is + you might have a slight chance of maybe someday if you have sex without a condom get the disease. So I'm like f***k that man...I really hope that this thread is a joke.
_deon_:you should feel really bad for being that dumb but i guess thats the appeal you going for.... the "i barely passed my ged exam cuz i could barely count to five and had to use both hands" look. i tell ya
_deon_:you know what get me...... he so concerned about taking a picture with somebody positive but has no problem posing in bgc defaults with the cast of high school musical..... oh its okay for the kids to not think you taking pictures with people with hiv but its okay to be known for f***king underage smottoms on random xtube and nubian101 clips....
victor_creed:
wow...dude i dont know what to say to that...what immediately comes to mind (and please dont take offense) is that ur actions were cowardly. To stigmatize someone based off what someone may think from you taking a picture with him...man we have got to change peoples perception of this disease... Peeps with HIV arent dirty, nasty, EVIL or anything else that regular people arent. They are our brothers, sisters, aunts, mothers, fathers, and grandparents...Yo thats somebodys son. Dont you think he gets enought shyt from people for being gay AND HES POSITIVE so hes catchin shyt from the gay community too? And to treat him like that...Damn man. Thats fukked up. Yo we gotta do better man...or this disease is gonna take all of us outtta here...
dl_legendz:Well if he told me that he is HIV+ then I'm sure he has told others. When I typically see someone who is HIV+ taken pictures with people I assume they all are HIV+ because if most gay guys have got to the point of taken a picture together then they probaly have done something sexual before. I think?
un3xp3ct3d:Wow. That shows your maturity level. And who cares about REPUTATION these days? I mean really?? What's it gonna get you in the long run. PLUS if people thought you were HIV+ and treated you the way you treat them....how would u feel?
dl_legendz:You're right we do have to do better as a community but image is everything & I don't want people to think that I am HIV+ when I not. That could possible fu*k up future potential sex partners or friends because of false pretenses.
dl_legendz:Because I think if people see and/or think you hang around HIV+ people then they will assume that person is also HIV+ and ulitmately that person will start attracting HIV+ people whom are looking for sex, friendships, etc...
dl_legendz:Why do HIV+ people get so offended when someone speaks about HIV? I mean Cancer patients talk about their struggle with cancer. People with Diabetes talk about how their disease. Life is hard & not fair but I bite my tounge for noone.
2sik2breal:dl im not gonna front like i kno u and s***t but damn u mus b a real wanna b in the hood niggas must laff at u behind ya back i seen ya videos thier not even cool that boyh wit the bandana over his mouth look like he 16 and ya forums are just ridic. even tghe 1 about ya son but us ttilll dippin wit gays sad s***t mah dude like and image srry thiers no image for u that s***t is just horriable i got no look im not try to bash u but im sick of seeing ya comments on s***t that i read thier so ignorAANT ARROGANT AND SAD DAMN SHAME...
dl_legendz:I don't surround myself around fake niggaz so I dnt worry about anything when i turn my back and if you don't like my porn then don't watch it problem solved.
dl_legendz:I told you I feel kinda bad for not taking the picture with ole boy. What do you mean the gay community outcast HIV+ people? Sh*t I'm HIV- and I feel like i'm the outcast(no pun intended) but I dont think I should have to go around apologizing because I'm HIV- everytime I see/meet a gay guy.
jkardashian:
i mean your not cute so i don't know why he'd wanna take a picture w/ you anyways.
defyinggravity1:You know I have a family member who passed from HIV/AIDS and he would still probably be living if he didn't feel ashamed to get the help he needed... it's people like YOU who make it hard for them to survive with your shallow ass thought process trying to be cute on BGC... whether it was for attention, or for real! GROW UP! May God have mercy on your soul... and yes I took a pic with my cousin and him holding me as a baby... and I am proud to be in a memory with a HUMAN BEING that was a loving and caring person... despite his circumstances!
_envy:if this is the kind of dumb fuck'ry that is gonna be posted i think ima jus quit comin in the forums. pure fuck'ry.
switch5:NO disrespect, please don't take offense to this, but are you f***kin retarded? I'm POSITIVE an most of my friends aren't, most people wouldn't even think that I was. WOW, your so worried about what others will think of you, f***k what the next b***h thinks of you, what do you think of yourself love? I'll seriously pray for you right now. "You have reputation to keep," well answer me this what does my HIV have to do with you, I'll wait,......NOT A GOT DAMN THING!!!! Please don't let ignorance run your life. Kids lets get education!!!
dl_legendz:No Disrepect but when I get around people whom are HIV+ I feel uncomfortable. I won't drink after them, eat after them, have sex with them, shower after them, etc..
bewitched:Jesus.... why haven't you been crucified for your idiocy? the depravity of your existence sickens me to NO END.
bmoreupnya:
I think my IQ went down from reading this
thewhites:YEAH UR RIGHT...DONT TAKE PICS WIT PPL WHO R HIV+ CUZ PPL R GONNA THINK U R 2...AND DONT TAKE PICS WIT WHITE PPL CUZ PPL MAY THINK UR WHITE...OH AND NOT GIRLS EATHER CUZ PPL MAY THINK UR STRAIGHT...OH...AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NO TRASHCANS IN UR PICTURE EATHER...PPL MAY THINK UR POOR...UR A FU***N DUMBASS!...HOW WOULD U FEEL IF UR SRTAIGHT BROTHER OR COUSIN SAID THEY DIDNT WANNA TAKE A PIC WIT U CUZ THEY HAVE A REPUTATION 2 UPHOLD AND PPL MAY THINK HE'S GAY? WE'RE BLACK AND GAY...WE HAVE NO RIGHT 2 OUTCAST OTHERS FOR WAT OTHERS THINK ILL ABOUT...
pay4it:You have the be the saddest most uneducated sounding person I have even read a post from ..I am glad you didnt take the pics he should be ashamed to be around a closed minded fool such as urself thats prob the main person HIDING Hiv..grow up
defyinggravity1:OMG is this boy still getting slayed on here lol! It's been DAYS now lol! I mean not saying he doesn't deserve it, but damn! Check him and see if he still has a pulse because you all have read, slayed, kicked, dragged and HADOUKEN his ass all over this FORUM LOL!!
brand0n:GOODNIGHT BGC...i officially can not take this site for a while. THIS FOOL REPRESENTS US...and theres a whole lot of them out there who are so ignorant that it makes it hard for the rest of us who know how to read-- get a job...ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING....GOOD F***KING NIGHT
dl_legendz:Unfournately I see no benefits from surrounding myself around people whom are HIV+ if I am HIV-. I wanna smoke a blunt and talk to my niggaz about all the sexy girls and guyz we've done piped on over the years. I can't do that with a person who is HIV+ because I think about them killing each(literally). I wanna show my friends my HIV negative results and them actually be happy for me. I wanna be able to walk down the street and get at a bit*h without them thinking that I got some kind of disease because I hang around or took a picture with someone whom is HIV+. I wanna get drunk and get wild in da club without some HIV+ person trying to hit on me because they think it's okay to approach me. Look, you know da saying "Birds of a Feather...." well I don't wanna be gulity by association.
atl_violin04:personally ole DL LEGENDZ lol......i would be rather embarassed to take a picture wit yo frog lookin ass PERIOD! And one more thing..dl niccas don't have their pictures posted all on a f***g site (wink)
dl_legendz:I am not the only person in the gay community and/or heterosexjual community that has a "phobia" per say towards people with HIV. I have been taught ever since I was knee high to a grass hoppper to protect myself sexually so I can stay HIV- and I have listened and followed directions. I have sacraficed many nights that I could have had unprotected sex with some very sexy individuals but I declined because I didn't have a condom. Essentially I would be throwing all that hard work straight down the drain if I decided to pair up with someone who is HIV+ because then potential sex partners/business partners/friends/associates will ASSUME something that is not true and I would be stuck in a unnecessary compromised situation.
bag_of_fun:How f***king ignorant can one person be. Your c***t ass said a picture; you would have thought the guy asked you for sex, please do BGC a favor and delete your account now...SIMPLE B***HES...make me exhausted....
dj_high_life:you know what i cant even knock you on this.... cause i use to feel the same f***king way... when i was in school they would be like you have sex unprotected or before being married or if you are gay then you will get hiv its will take 6 months to show up then with in 3 years you will get aids and die... so for 6 7 8 grade heath this is all i knew... my gay ass have gay sex imma get it and die... so when i was in college and even a few years ago when i first went pro as a dj i always thought how cold people do that to them self and get hiv... so when a hiv person hit me up i ws stay looking down at them becuase i thought i knew how nasty they were based off what i was taught.... but when i something told me to go get tested and i went to a aids center and after i tested (negative) i talked to the people there and learned about the virus... you need to be educated too homie... just getting tested is not enough... when i hear the news talk about h1n1 im like they should say the same about hiv... cause it is so easy to get that s***t outside of sex... so my point is i know how you feel but understand no one woke up and said i hope today is the day i test positive... but we do have to live with it in the world...
dl_legendz:I see what your saying to an extent but I really think that's why alot of people are constantly getting infected with HIV because they get "comfortable" around people whom are HIV+ and they let their guard down per say and start treating them as if they are HIV-. I am blessed to say I have been HIV- for 27yrs & I think I have stayed HIV- by using the typical "ignorant" methods. I don't have contact with people whom are HIV+, I don't drink after them, I don't eat after them or have sex with them no matter how much I educate myself on HIV prevention. I strongly believe in "out of sight, out of mind" theory.
hbiclumu:whoa... *closes door
dl_legendz:Maybe we are looking at HIV from 2 different perspectives but my so-called "ignorance" has allowed me to stay HIV- negative & i have passed my so-called "ignorant" techniques down to other young MSM whom look to me for guidance and direction which I am proud to say they are also HIV-
computa_luv:Well yall dont have to bash the brutha. All he did was ask a question but he didnt sound too stupid. Besides the reputation part. Either way at least you told the guy politely, instead of cursing him. Me, I probably wouldn't have gave a damn to take a picture cause I taken pics with fake ppl, murders, child molesters, sexist, hiv+, family members who's used me....ect. So it wouldnt have bothered me to take a pic. So I guess it can be a different sense in KNOWING cause some ppl can talk on here or wherever (whether male, female, or trans) what they'd do and wont do, but if someone came up to them and said they were hivp and wanted a pic. They'd probably freaked out once they heard HIV and ran with they heard POSITIVE! And last thing...shyyt he might have said something crazy, but at least he was being honest and bold to say something you thought was stupid. Hell a lot of ppl aren't even that about themselves cause if someone else who's str8 knew you were gay. They probably wouldnt want you around meaning (celebs having gay fanz but dont like them, family, str8 frenz), and probably wouldnt want a pic either! Not saying all people are like that but trust me, a lot of yall have been around those who talk about gays but they dont even know they're talking to one in from of them hahaha! OH WAIT!!!, I forgot to add in those who are gay/bi and talk about gays to keep their REPUTATION as str8 hahaha!
(This is a representative sample of the comments displayed on the BGCLive.com forum. Some drawn out debates between individuals have been omitted. Comments and pictures are already in the public domain and have been reproduced here for the purpose of review.)
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ka-os|theory favourites Dominique Hollington and Shawn Sutton, lensed by Mark Pillai for Ten Magazine.
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QBOY
Kasheik Paisley interviews rapper QBoy (some people refer to him as gay rapper QBoy, which might be factually correct, but as he points out, no one refers to Snoop Dogg as "straight rapper Snoop Dogg") for Homovision...
Born Marcos Jose Brito, the son of an Essex girl and a Spanish papi, 31-year-old QBoy is articulate, talented and very, very sexy. He's one of us, and he deserves our support.
Check out QBoy's official site. BeautifulMag has covered him twice, May 2009 and November 2006. You can see a lot more of QBoy (possibly) here.
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Check out QBoy's official site. BeautifulMag has covered him twice, May 2009 and November 2006. You can see a lot more of QBoy (possibly) here.
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This is what you call a million dollar smile. Smiling is very underrated, and 23-year-old Gerven Pognon does it beautifully. Born in Brooklyn, he describes himself as a Haitian American.
File under "Models Tarrice Love Should Shoot".
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You're looking at Judgement Day, a photographic mashup by digital artist Troy Dunham, and shutterbug Jeff Eason. It's going to be auctioned off this Sunday at GLAAD's annual OUTAuction in New York City.
As those you who've wastedspent any amount of time here at ka-os|theory will know, your correspondent is a dedicated follower of Doctor Who. What you might not know, is that I'm also a devotee of Dallas, although unlike Doctor Who, that's a recent development. In fact, having reached Season 11 of the Texan epic, I've consumed 10 whole years of Dallas in less than 3. Well what was I supposed to watch - Brother & Sisters?
Combining both shows seamlessly is this utterly brilliant mash-up. Fellow blogger Sanya in España featured this back in July - or was the whole summer just a dream...?
Andrew Orton has rendered the original 1963 TARDIS console room, and manages to work his digital creation into footage from the current series. Very accurate, very cool and really quite moving...
Corey @ I'll Keep You Posted (another excellent blog that entertains and informs) has written an excellent article about Dorothy Dandridge, whose 88th birthday it would have been today - had she not died so young. It's worth reading for the lovely opening paragraph alone... WORLD OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
• Made in Brazil has pictures and video.• Taipei's annual Gay Pride Parade (left and right) attracted some 25,000 supporters last Saturday. Taipei Times report here. Photo set by Flickr user David Reid here; YouTube.
• On the same day, nearly 2,00 marched in the 2009 Hong Kong Pride parade. Fridae has an extensive gallery of the event.• What happened before Taipei's Pride parade? Catholic priest Father Daniel J. Bauer SVD writes for The China Post, Jesus would not want gay-bashing.
• Maine: What they give with one hand, they take away with another. Voters take marriage away from gays by a margin of 52.82 percent to 47.18 percent.• Maine: Blag Hag points out that God hates shellfish too, according to that ever-reliable resource, the Bible, and expects a ban on Maine's lobster industry ASAP. Blag Hag writes, "So, get cracking on that next referendum. I mean, you don't want to be hypocrites, do you?"
• Maine: What does Maine’s rejection of gay marriage mean for California?• Conservative U.S. states like Utah and Wyoming have most "married" gay couples.
• David Mixner talks about Gay Apartheid in the U.S.: "call this campaign against us what it is - Gay Apartheid".
• But Transracial thinks Mixner is The Man who Cried Apartheid. "The comparison is understandable in its use of metaphor, but simply incorrect, unconstructive and lazy!"
• In fact, we're living in an age of Homo-Hysteria.
• Speaking of homo-hysteria... Is this the face of the American gay rights struggle? It's Queer LiberAction vs the National Equality March. Where's Irene Monroe and Peter Tatchell when you need them?
• Thank God for straight people. From the mouths of babes...
• Sticking with the homo-hysteria theme, was GLAAD right to get its knickers in a twist over painted people saying "fag" in South Park? Sense of humour fail?• Atlanta Pride Parade 2009, left and right (54 pictures).
• The God squad try a different tactic at the Atlanta Pride Festival.• Unlike Pastor Joel Osteen on The View: "Homosexuality is Not God's Best."
• Or Kimberly Daniels of, er, Kimberly Daniels Ministries International, who wants to warn us of the dangers of Halloween candy (and sex with demons).
• A petition has been delivered to the HQ of the Church of Latter Day Saints Gay by gay Mormon group Foundation for Reconciliation. "It's way past time to send out the rescue committee," said Reconciliation member Gary Watts. Towleroad has video.• A gay Harvard law graduate was last week arrested for starting a fire at the NYC 9/11 Memorial Chapel. "An unfortunate and "contemptible" incident from every angle," Andy Towle writes.
• Can Detroit's first openly gay politician save the city?• The Remains of Detroit.
• More LGBT asylum seekers are "using U.S. immigration courts to argue that their sexual orientation makes it too dangerous for them to return home".
• Buju Banton's performance at the Cuban Club in a "gay-popular neighborhood" in Tampa, Florida was subject to a contractual requirement forbidding him "from singing lyrics inciting violence against gays".• Now Banton's promoter is claiming a $US100,000 loss on the Miami concerts.
• From the horse's mouth: A Letter From Here Media's CEO on the future of The Advocate.
• So it would appear that rumour's of The Advocate's death have been greatly exaggerated. But Judy Wieder, former Editor in Chief of the magazine, isn't impressed. And she ain't holding back.
• Just in case you don't feel secure in your manhood... Masculinity: Because a Man Should Smell Like a Man.• The Kansas City Chiefs, apparently fearful of losing in arbitration, agreed Monday to cut Larry Johnson's (left) suspension in half for making gay slurs.
• The Kansas City Chiefs have halved Larry Johnson's suspension. That's okay by me. He was completely innocent - how could he possibly have known faggot was offensive?
• Kansas City Chief fans have started a petition - which by Friday had nearly 11,000 signatures - to oust Johnson. Rod McCullom writes at Rod 2.0:Beta, "Since being drafted by the Chiefs in 2003, Johnson has been arrested at least four times for violent episodes against women, including spitting in the face of one woman at a Kansas City nightclub. Classy guy."
• And the fun never ends: Dallas Mavericks' star Drew Gooden (right) is accused of calling a Los Angeles Clippers fan a "faggot". Rod 2.0 covers this too.
• In other sports news, Danish football club Midtjylland have sacked Polish goalkeeper Arek Onyszko (left) for airing his thoughts on gays: "I hate gays, I really do. I think it's f**king disgusting to hear them talk to each other as if they are girls. I can't be in the same room as someone who’s gay. Look at them kissing each other – it's sickening." Onyszko (who looks like a Raging Stallion model - just an idea for alternative employment) was previously sacked for assaulting his wife. Seems like beating women and homophobia go hand-in-hand.• It's time to end the use of gay slurs in hockey. (Don't ask me - apparently the Canadians play it.)
• Is it wrong to refuse to have sex with HIV-positive men? I'm going to say no - but don't be surprised when people start to lie about their status.
• West Hollywood reaches out to gay and lesbian tourists. The City wants your pink pounds, yens and pesos. (Pictured above right, boys at West Hollywood Gay Pride Parade 2009.)
• Gay couple kicked out of cab by (surprise surprise) Muslim cab driver in New York City. Their lust was distracting him, apparently.
• And I'm not the only one who noticed the delightful comments left by New York Post readers. "Walk next time, future aids victims," is my personal favourite. Hallmark's recruitment team needs to look these guys up!• New York's Gotham Knights releases its first calendar (above left). The gay rugby team was cofounded by September 11th victim Mark Bingham. Video.
• Last week we heard how The Golden Girl's Bea Arthur left the Ali Fornay Center a sizeable gift. Gay blogger Eliot Glazer has honoured her with this masterpiece (right).• Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir wins Stonewall Bigot of the Year award.
• Stephen Gately's widower (left) accepts an award on behalf of his deceased husband's band at the same awards.
• "I'm a gay teenager in turmoil over my failure to make friends or start a relationship." (If the twink they used to illustrate this article was the author of the above statement, he wouldn't have any problems.)
• One 17-year-old boy's harrowing coming out tale.• Police constable Mark Carter (left and right) - a former Mr Gay UK - talks about the attack on fellow openly gay PC, James Parkes, and his own experiences of homophobia.
• Thousands turned out to support Parkes in Liverpool; Towleroad has a guide to YouTube clips of the speeches made.
• Standing strong against hate: an account of last week's vigil in Trafalgar Square.
• Is gay bashing on the rise?• The British Museum is hosting a pre-launch event for teachers and youth workers in advance of February's LGBT History Month.
• The government has announced that sex education will be compulsory for all schools - except faith schools, who can adjust the facts according to religious beliefs - and will include education on LGBT relationships.• Just when we thought we'd seen the back of tiresome bigot Lillian Ladele (right) - the Islington registrar who thinks conducting gay civil partnership ceremonies is an infringement of her Christian rights - she's back. Peter Tatchell says of the never-ending story, "This case is part of a homophobic fight-back by Christian fundamentalists who resent the removal in law of their right to discriminate against lesbian and gay people." Expect to hear a judgement by Christmas.
• The gay community should challenge offensive critics - not silence them, writes Adrian Tippetts.
• Sour grapes: the "academics" out to get our Peter.
• The transexual spared jail for having had a "rotten life".• 44 percent of Finns believe the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church should perform religious ceremonies for gay couples.
• Homosexuality is not a human right. There, you've been told. That's the gospel according to Ugandan MP David Bahati.• Both the United Kingdom and France express concern at Uganda's plans to introduce a new offense: aggravated homosexuality.
• Don't use government money to count gays - they don't exist. That's what the Council of Imams and preachers in Kenya say. Idiots.
• On the other hand, Kenyan Peter Mwaura writes, Let's leave gay couples alone, it's none of our business...• ...and Makau Mutua writes for the same paper, It is nonsense to assert that being gay is un-African. "Most Kenyans are today indoctrinated by religious institutions, cultural guardians, and the moral police to be anti-gay. Rather than find someone to love, anti-gay crusaders find it convenient to find someone innocent to hate. Why has such a hatefully primitive and backward cosmology gone unchallenged?"
• Finally, Rasna Warah writes of Charles Ngengi and Daniel Chege Gichia (the gay Kenyan men married in the UK, above left), This gay couple deserves our support, not condemnation.• Cape Town: Cape of fear and gay loathing.
• In Karachi, Pakistan, a mob beat a 60-year-old man to death.
• Gay rights in India are back in the news as Manvendra Singh Gohil (right) - crown prince of Rajpipla in Gujarat - considers marrying his boyfriend Prajwal Miskin.
• "Buju Banton is... being victimised because of a single song recorded more than two decades ago," Carolyn Cooper writes for The Gleaner. Yes love, that's all he did. You're right. (Rolls eyes.)• In the same paper, Ian Boyne seems to be concerned that Jamaicans will be psycologically damaged by their "cult-like adoration of Obama and an even more vehement aversion to homosexuals", and the Christian right's ability to voice opposition to gays.
• What's happening in Venezuela?
• Online public voting has opened for Cybersockets 10th Annual Web Awards. You can help determine the best of the best on the LGBT web.• This is what happens when you pop children out and don't stick around to look after them yourself: a wealthy Indian family has discovered their nanny was renting out their child to beggars.
• Acn uoy eard htsi?• The USS New York - the battleship built out of steel from World Trade Center 1 and 2, docks in New York.
• Meanwhile The Oasis of the Seas - a cruise ship five times bigger than Titanic - has set sail. Apparently it's got "seven neighbourhoods", whatever the hell that means.• The 11-year-old Boston schoolboy who's now a Buddhist high priest.
• Is nothing private anymore? (And anyone got a closer picture of 25-year-old Sun Meng?)• Chinese government makes it snow in Beijing in order to fight drought.
• WOOP! Here's an excuse to use pictures of sexy French rugby players: "Rugby coach Ewen McKenzie, recently sacked by French rugby club Stade Français, has slammed his former employers and accused them of prioritising the recruitment of good-looking players for the annual club calendar." What's wrong with that?• Infamous heckles...and some ruffled responses.
• Why Paris has become the city of the dead.
• No crucifixes in class: European Court of Human Rights bans the cross.• Non-evaporating Jesus!
• When I saw what this teacher looked like, my first thought was, "Well, his lucky students." But that's probably not an appropriate response. Bad teacher!
• No respect, no morals, no trust - welcome to modern Britain.
• Tesco for the A-rabs - and Clubcard points too!• Some people just love to play the race card. And some people would class this incident as an overreaction. But if you're not black, and you're reading this, imagine the bill you got read "Upstairs Gay couple" instead of "Upstairs Blk couple". You'd be pissed off. Idiotic, and casually racist, as it gets.
• The death of the pub.• Is the revolving restaurant in the Post Office tower about to reopen?
• Important things to do list: renew website. Fail.• Britain's most popular toys over the past 100 years.
• Mattel will produce a range of black and mixed-race Barbie Dolls with "fuller lips, a wider nose, more distinctive cheek bones and curlier hair" for the first time in 30 years.
• Hot on the heels of the closure of thelondonpaper, London Lite will also fold, the last issue going out, appropriately enough, on Friday 13th November.• London Underground broadcasts the sound of a couple having sex. Beats Mind the Gap anyday, I say.
• What's the latest plan for saving the planet? Forests in the desert.
• Boffins have invented a fear detector.
• YouTube's 10 most boring videos (I quite like number 10, below, myself).
• Web addresses could run out next year.• "I can't imagine anything more banal. I would rather have a root canal than go on Twitter and can barely work a computer anyway." That's Emma Thompson talking about Twitter. We're firmly anti-Twitter here at ka-ostheory (except when it gives us a good story) so three cheers for Emma Thompson!
• You can't commit digital suicide, so don't even try it.• Aggressive? You probably have a wide face.
• Annoyed? What about?
• And all that negativity is a good thing: it improves judgement, boosts memory and makes people less gullible.• Give up all hope. You'll be happier.
• The sacked head of the Home Office's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs claims "alcohol is more dangerous than ecstasy, cannabis and LSD."
• And this is his dangerous drugs list (in descending order from the most harmful).• Eating food quickly makes you fat...
• ...but tomatoes make you thin!
• World's sexiest accent? Irish. (Mind you, the rest of this list is highly questionable - Australian in fifth place?! And where's all the Carribbean accents? - so I wouldn't pay much heed to it.)
• This isn't a Gremlin, it's a moth.
• Top ten sea monsters.• You know where all that plastic you throw away ends up? In the bellies of albatross chicks (left). Very sad.
• Killed by a dog bite.
• The Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare has recommended that puppies only be sold with a full family medical history. This follows on from the Crufts controversy we heard about last year.
• Pet Shop Boys for Christmas!• The second coming of Brit pop: N-Dubz, JLS, Dizzee Rascal and Leona Lewis.
• JLS's Marvin "touched inappropriately".
• And is it any wonder?
• The Amazing Popjustice Joke Of The Week: How many residents of Leicestershire's second-biggest town will be purchasing the new JLS single? Everybody in Loughborough. (Yeah, it took me a while to get it. Shame.)
• Guess who the man in the cologne advert is. Go on, guess.• Finally, Rihanna gives her side of the story. And there's no arguing with what she's got to say.
• Illegal downloaders actually spend the most on music.
• Oh, Lord... The man behind The Matrix is producing a big-screen biopic of the prophet Muhammad. "The film will educate people about the true meaning of Islam," he says.• And if that isn't grim enough for you, how about Facebook: The Movie?
• 2012: Does This Mean No Olympics In 2016?• Why does Hollywood keep making the same films?
• The Royal Institute of British Architects is holding a season of films in which buildings – fantastical or factual – take a starring role. In pictures.
• What are the top 100 movie masterpieces of the last ten years? (Brokeback Mountain is number 2 on the list.)
• First full trailer for L.A. Zombie, starring Francois Sagat.
• See if you can spot Matthew Rush in these pictures, from new CR1 release Playing With Fire. (Yeah, I struggled too.)• Controversial Eastern European Bel Ami twins Milo and Elijah Peters will be in Florida in December.
• NOOOOOO! Bad enough that Barbara Windsor is leaving EastEnders - now Tupele Dorgu (right) is quitting Coronation Street.• This week's Gays of our Lives, with Anthony D. Langford. (Left, Oliver and kyle on One Life To Live.
• Towleroad has more on that couple, plus video.• Heather Locklear is back on Melrose Place...
• As the end draws closer, David Tennant talks about next week's Doctor Who, and his replacement.
• Sci-fi thriller V is a "compelling remake of the 1980s mini-series", writes Rachel Ray.• Why did Britain fall out of love with Sesame St?
• What do Dracula, Frankenstein and zombies have in common? This chart will help you understand...
• The 50 best board games.
This edition of
World Outside My Window
(The Week According To Garçon Stupide)
was built from articles collated during the week
31st October-6th November 2009.
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"You know, we might just as well not have bothered to come.
The whole thing's been ridiculous."
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Tarrice writes of model Brian Peters, "I first spotted him in the Fedex parking lot in my hometown of Memphis, back in 2005... It's amazing what mama's cookin' and throwing boxes will do for the body."
If that's all it takes, then get me a job application for Royal Mail - STAT!
It would be easy to make every LENSED post a Tarrice Love tribute: his work is nothing less than breathtaking. And we love him even more because he's a self-made man - not a spoon-fed college brat:
There's plenty more of Brian after the jump...
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER NEVER
SLAPPERS, SLUTS, HOES, skanks, slags, dawgs... Whatever you want to call More toxic than the hoe is the Pretend Friend. He's the guy who wants to be more than just friends, and when he can't have it, settles for friendship. Or, at least, he pretends to settle for friendship. He works his way under your skin, crawls into your mind, slowly becoming the best friend, or brother, you never had.
You grow to depend on him, wondering how you ever got by without him. Any guilt you feel for not being what he wanted gradually fades away: this is better! You're Best Friends Forever! Sex is easy to come by in The Life, but real, true friends? They're rare.Holidays are planned, he meets your friends, and borrows your DVDs. You confide your deepest, darkest secrets, and share your hopes and dreams.
And then-
He gets a boyfriend. The boyfriend he always wanted.
All he really wanted.
What about you? You're yesterday's news. Your usefulness is at an end. Later!
BFFs? Ha! Don't make me laugh. He didn't want to be your friend. He just wanted you to be his boyfriend. "We no longer have a position for you. We're sorry, but we're going to have to let you go."
And don't expect to see those DVDs you lent him ever again. He's probably thrown them in the trash.
Pictured: An extreme example of a Pretend Friend, Benjamin "Crazy Guy" Patterson in Noah's Arc.
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