Issue 289: Echo V, Jermaine Sellers, Harry Uzoka, Blacksplaining, Sean Zevran, Diego Lauzen, Hoyt Kogan, and more...


Left &
Found

Seven things to remember when you watch porn. "Gay porn is not reality, writes Don Shewey in his new book, The Paradox of Porn: Notes on Gay Male Culture."

What does "Be Gay, Do Crime" mean? "The slogan has been gaining traction over the past decade but has edged into mainstream conscious over the last few months."

Pride around the world, in pictures.

The "global epidemic" of LGBT conversion therapy. "It sounds like a historical horror, but ‘treatment’ for sexual orientation remains legal in most of the world, including the UK."


One year after Charlottesville, white supremacy is still the norm.

What will happen if a Trump n-word tape comes out? Look at the Access Hollywood tape.



Black people explain their own #PermitPatty moments.

The public execution of Infowars is dangerous and counterproductive. "In cutting off the rightwing media outlet without explanation, the social media companies have simply fed the conspiracists."


News
America


Ohio postal worker accused of calling gay men slur while delivering mail.

Gay man kicked out of Vegas pool party for choice of swimsuit.

Does this gay con artist deserve to be in prison for 144 years? "Steven Russell has spent 20+ years in solitary confinement because of multiple jail escapes. His story was told in the movie, I Love You Phillip Morris."

Sex tape purveyor Kim Kardashian denies she's homophobic: "All my best friends are gay."


Trump's White House issues guidance which undermines LGBT labor rights.

Watch

Twinks 4 Trump founder loses job after appearing on white supremacist podcast.

Trump rages at "crazed, crying lowlife" Omarosa, praises John Kelly for "firing that dog".

Trump calling Omarosa a “dog” isn’t just racist or sexist. It’s part of a pattern.

Trump and the disturbing power of dehumanising language. "Dehumanisation is already prevalent in America. We don’t need anyone — especially Trump — stoking it further."

Don’t call all American white supremacists “Nazis.” Their ideology of hate is homegrown.

Psychologists surveyed hundreds of alt-right supporters. The results are unsettling.

Trump doesn't get timezones. "Trump’s desire to call world leaders at awkward hours is just one of many previously unreported diplomatic faux pas Trump has made since assuming the presidency, which go beyond telephone etiquette to include misconceptions, mispronunciations and awkward meetings. Sometimes the foibles have been contained within the White House. In one case, Trump, while studying a briefer’s map of South Asia ahead of a 2017 meeting with India’s prime minister, mispronounced Nepal as 'nipple' and laughingly referred to Bhutan as 'button,' according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting."

Nixon, the man who stayed too long. "Nixon resigns, having destroyed the faith of the people, the officials, Congress and his own Republican Party." (9th August 1974)

The conservative Florida city of Hialeah will host its very first Pride march in the autumn.

Twenty-two percent of Latino millennials identify as LGBT.

Seven incredible ways Ruth Bader Ginsburg has fought for us in the last 25 years.

Unions brought black Americans into the middle class. They're now being decimated.


News
UK

Man has back broken in suspected hate crime attack after Pride in London.

London's first permanent LGBT homeless shelter struggles to find a home. "Despite getting funding to open the permanent shelter, no one will give them the space to actually open it."

Another beloved London LGBT venue - Her Upstairs - abruptly closes.

Manchester Pride forced to leave iconic gay village location over property development.

Gay club denies entry to man in high heels as they "don't accept femininity".

Over a third of British Asians believe same-sex relationships are unacceptable.

HIV self-testing kits sold on British high streets for the first time.


Model George Koh guilty of killing rival after Instagram row. "Koh stabbed Harry Uzoka to death in London as they met to settle dispute over woman."

Remembering Harry Uzoka. "Harry Uzoka was one of the first people stabbed to death in the UK in 2018. He was just 25 - a fashion model with everything to live for. Fellow model George Koh is now starting a life sentence for murder, with a minimum of 25 years. Another man was found guilty of murder and jailed for at least 22 years. A third was given a 14-year sentence for manslaughter."


Horse power: giving kids the ride of their life. "In the unlikely setting of a tough south London estate, Ebony Horse Club offers a lifeline for children."

Park Modern: flats for super-rich leave key workers in the cold. "Despite London’s housing crisis, half billion pound development beside Kensington Gardens won’t include a single affordable flat."

The soaraway super-rich shame British politics – and our politicians. "Pay for the top 1% is growing at astounding levels, and an American-style approach to business is making it worse."

Boris Johnson is leveraging hatred and racism in his desire for power. "His calculated remarks about burqas fuel the flames at a dangerous time for ethnic minorities."

Johnson has created a moment more divisive than "rivers of blood". "Politics can be decent, or it can be deplorable. Conservatives stand at a fork in the road, and must make their choice."

Boris Johnson is auditioning to lead a grim, insular Britain. "Ambition has shifted Johnson ever further to the right as he seeks to emulate Donald Trump’s route to power."


News
World

Australia
Far-right One Nation Party politician Fraser Anning attacks gender fluidity "garbage" and calls for "final solution" to immigration.


Austria
Gay asylum seeker denied visa for not knowing what the Pride flag colors meant.

Belgium
Gay couple share bloody photos after violent homophobic assault in the city of Ghent.

Chechnya
Gay singer Zelim Bakaev went missing a year ago in Chechnya — what happened to him remains a mystery.

China
Shanghai residents sleep in the street amid the heat, in pictures. "Shanghai’s normally bustling Nanjing East Road has turned into an open-air bedroom on recent nights as local residents try to beat the heat of their cramped homes by sleeping outside on benches or directly on the pavement. Many homes in some of the older low-rise areas of the city lack air conditioning; and many residents that do have it will often seek ways to keep electricity bills from skyrocketing during summer."

Costa Rica
The Supreme Court rules marriage equality must be law by 2020.

Iceland
Reykjavik Pride, in pictures.

India
Man allegedly chops up French boyfriend's body after they had sex.

Sexual violence is the new normal in India – and pornography is to blame. "'Girls and women are getting raped left, right and centre,’ says the supreme court. Instead of lamenting, it should act."

Thousands march on 9th anniversary of Tel Aviv gay youth centre shooting. "Marking deadly 2009 attack on Bar Noar, community laments lack of progress on gay rights, says not much has changed."

Ireland
Paradise lost? What happened to Ireland's model eco-village. "Harsh lessons have been learned since the financial crash but residents of the pioneering community remain upbeat."

Italy
Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini brands gay parents "unnatural" and surrogacy "a horror".

Deadly Genoa bridge collapse kills dozens.

How Matteo Salvini pulled Italy to the far right. "After years on the fringes of Italian politics, the populist leader of the Lega has stoked anti-immigrant panic and barged into power."

Jamaica
Can democracy survive in newly independent Jamaica? (14 August 1962)

Kenya
LGBT refugees get creative to survive after homophobic violence drove them out of work.

Lithuania
Arsonist attacks Lithuania LGBT rights group office, set door aflame at 4am.

Malaysia
Portraits of LGBTI activists removed from art expo.

Pizza Hut desperately tries to apologise for transphobic tweet.

Mexico
"Can't fight evil with evil": life in Mexico's most murderous town.

Poland
Defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak brands LGBT parade a "march of sodomites".

German Enrique Doleschy crowned Mr. Gay Europe 2018.

Russia
Homoerotic video released to get people to vote in elections. Apparently if you don't vote, you'll end up gay.

16-year-old is first minor prosecuted by Russian "anti-gay propaganda" laws.

Sweden
EuroPride in Stockholm, in pictures.

Ukraine
Gang assault men at gunpoint in homophobic attack because they didn't like their jeans.


Art
Skool

The forgotten island that defended America during the cold war, in pictures.


Word!

How fanfiction went mainstream. "Since it began in the 1960s, fanfiction has been both loved and dismissed as the work of nerdy amateurs. Now, a new generation of authors is dissolving the distinction."

Read
How testosterone changed my relationship with myself and the world. "In this excerpt from his new memoir, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man, author Thomas Page McBee recounts how an encounter with a male assailant forced him to reconsider what he knew about masculinity."

Read
The basketball court is a place where young black men feel comfortable mourning death, but are there crucial elements missing from their grieving practices? An excerpt from Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop, and Street Basketball, by Onaje X. O. Woodbine.

Interview
Talking to Guy Branum, the fat gay comic goddess the world needs right now.

What makes a serial killer? "The author of a new book explores why some people become killers, and others don’t."

Interview relaunch proves there's life yet in high-end magazines.

On The Rag, your guide to the weeklies.


Shouting
At Night

"Sniffing poppers during sex? Such a cliche!" How Homos reinvented gay drama. "Homos, Or Everyone in America is set in an almost quaint pre-Grindr world. Its writer reveals how his funny, provocative drama was inspired by a hate crime."

I know how hard it is for working-class actors to succeed. We can change that. "Money is a huge obstacle for people trying to get into the arts. We need positive policies – even quotas – to improve diversity."

Broadway show Boys in the Band wraps up, ends with standing ovation.

A Pryor love. "The life and times of America’s comic prophet of race." (September 1999)


Film
Skool

Why casting Jack Whitehall as a gay Disney character is an act of queer erasure.

How beloved queer book We the Animals became "this year's Moonlight". "Justin Torres, author of We the Animals, reflects on the political, social, and personal factors that led to his book's timely film adaptation."

The film Maurice is thirty years old, but its frankness is ahead of its time.

Queer Film Week kicks off in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi.

Interview
Talking to Nico Santos, the gay breakout star of Crazy Rich Asians.

The art of the article: Hollywood looks to journalism for the future. "Long reads are proving irresistible to film executives, with Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck and Robert Redford all signing on to star in fact-based projects."


Why we love shark movies. "The shark has become one of Hollywood’s most well-trodden paths to terror."

Fallen stars: the dark history of Hollywood's Walk of Fame. "With the West Hollywood City Council voting to have Donald Trump’s star removed, other problematic celebrities could face a similar fate."

The rise and fall of MoviePass: how "Netflix for cinemas" fell apart. "After offering a movie ticket a day for less than $10 a month, the new company has experienced a string of financial setbacks."

Puke, pasties and poo: the secret, stinky world of cinema ushers. "They sign up for pick’n’mix and free films, but have to deal with rutting teenagers, rotting food and cups of excrement. Who knew the movies were so gross?"


The
Box


Watch
New web series Jaded explores gay hook-up culture.

Baller Lebron James thanks Pose cast for being "inspirational women".

Interview
Talking to Jermaine Sellers.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine to make a #MeToo episode after Terry Crews alleges sexual assault.

Very Smart Brothas look at the first episode of Insecure's third season.

Sharp Objects’ most obvious suspect may not be the murderer, but she’s still dangerous.

The Handmaid's Tale recap: season 2, episode 13 – the finale. "The Marthas network kicks into gear as Serena rebels again, and Emily sticks it to Aunt Lydia in a rousing and satisfying conclusion to this season."


Why your favorite TV shows are off the air for so long between seasons. "There were 414 days between seasons of Better Call Saul, 486 between seasons of Atlanta, and 505 between seasons of Westworld."

Can Celebrity Big Brother benefit from a Love Island bounce? "The reality TV show was a huge presence but is seemingly limping towards a sad end. There could be life in the old format yet."

Insiders’ TV: writers and producers share their tips.


Beats, Rhymes
& Life

Nicki Minaj's homophobia exposed on her new album.


Professional attention seeker Sam Smith destroyed after dissing Michael Jackson. "I’m so tired of you people studying our music, and studying our artist and claiming that you don’t like our music. Go sit your 1 HIT WONDER ass down and learn how to finish a tour."

Here's a gratuitous picture of Ricky Martin and his husband Jwan Yosef on holiday.

The definitive ranking of Madonna's top 60 singles.

Why Straight Outta Compton is the most American album of the 20th century.

Straight Outta Compton is a classic album – but did it help or harm "Hub City"? "NWA’s seminal album was released 30 years ago this month. We take a closer look at the complex Los Angeles County locale that inspired it."

Brazil's love affair with R&B has birthed an incredible new genre.

Watch
"African gangs" outrage inspires blistering hip-hop hit: "I want them to see a different side".

Will CDs ever have a resurgence? "Compact discs don’t have the romance of vinyl – but as a generation of tastemakers reconnect with their youth, that could be about to change."


Arena

These two gay Kenyan runners hope to bring "gay games" back with them. "Kevin Mwachiro and Kelvin Washiko traveled from Kenya with the help of Front Runners and the Gay Games."


Meat
Market

Why the future of porn is only getting worse.

Gay porn star Clark Parker accuses photographer Jeremy Kost of sexual harassment.

An award-winning porn star's strange path to men's rights activism. A conversation with Philipp Tanzer, AKA "Logan McCree".

Interview
Talking to Sean Zevran.

Sean Cody’s Brysen announces his retirement.

Wesley Woods and friend victims of violent anti-gay hate crime in West Hollywood.

Former BelAmi gay porn star Tommy Hansen is now a ripped and muscular CrossFit fitness model.

Mile High launches Noir Male label.

Market Days Chicago, in pictures.

Lazy Bear Week, in pictures.

2019 Red Hot Butts/Cocks calendars, in pictures.

New gay porn power couple: Ryan Bailey and Marcell Tykes.

Thirst traps, in pictures.

Landon and Randy do it.

Remy Cruze and Skyy Knox do it.

Massimo Piano, Klein Kerr and Lucas Fox do it.

Dante Martin and Zander B do it.

Josh Farve and Ian Borne do it.

Diego Lauzen, Geordie Jackson, Klim Gromov and Yuri Orlov do it.

Devin Franco, Ruslan Angelo and Leo Rex do it.

Blake Mitchell and Dylan Hayes do it.

Kris, Ray, Ruben and Xavier do it.

Hoyt Kogan and Pip Caulfield do it.

James Walsh and Jamie Durell do it.

This stud from Uruguay does it at Latin Leche.


Ghetto
Romance

Sixteen iconic same-sex couples through history.

Straight people are less attracted to trans people, no matter how good looking.



Medicine
Ball

This penis condition often goes undetected until a person tries to masturbate. "Phimosis is a condition where a person's foreskin is too tight to be pulled back."

Men who wear boxers have a much higher sperm count.


Why more men are getting calf and pec implants.

How to lose fat without losing muscle.


Turn the volume to zero: why silence is important.


Planet
Earth

All life on Earth, in one staggering chart.

Australian landscapes ravaged by humans, in pictures.

Watch
The West is on fire... again.

Halfway to boiling: the city at 50C. "It is the temperature at which human cells start to cook, animals suffer and air conditioners overload power grids. Once an urban anomaly, 50C is fast becoming reality."

"It can’t get much hotter ... can it?" How heat became a national US problem.

An inversion of nature: how air conditioning created the modern city. "The shopping mall, the office block, suburbs, museums, Hollywood, the Gulf cities – air conditioning powered them all. But has the time come to turn it off?"


Zoo
The "grieving" orca mother? Projecting emotions on animals is a sad mistake. "When we interpret animal behaviour as humanlike, we risk simply seeing ourselves – which demeans us and them."

The week in wildlife, in pictures.


The White
Heat of This Revolution


Why YouTubers are feeling the burn. "From fashionistas to popular scientists, YouTube’s top video stars are crumbling under the relentless pressure of producing new content for the site."


How to turn off Google's location tracking. "Turning off location history won’t hide where you are when you use search, Maps or weather. Here’s how to stop being tracked."

Long read
Inside the very big, very controversial business of dog cloning. "Barbra Streisand is not alone. At a South Korean laboratory, a once-disgraced doctor is replicating hundreds of deceased pets for the rich and famous. It’s made for more than a few questions of bioethics."


Planes, Trains
& Automobiles

The line that ate London: our critic's verdict on the £15bn Crossrail colossus. "With its cavernous passageways, 200-metre trains and district-engulfing stations, Crossrail is a momentous architectural achievement. But will passengers just see a blur of beige?"


Betta
Work!

The real reason you’re not getting a pay raise.

New York is making Uber pay a living wage – UK workers deserve the same.

California is using prison labor to fight its record wildfires.


I Own
51% Of This Company!

Woke-washing brands cash in on social justice. It’s lazy and hypocritical.

"Sex positive" Temptation Holidays travel agency launches.

Businesses perform better with LGBT leaders, says study.

Chicken meatballs and masala boxes: Ikea comes to India.

House of Fraser: five things that went wrong.

Where even Walmart won't go: how Dollar General took over rural America. "As the chain opens stores at the rate of three a day across the US, often in the heart of ‘food deserts’, some see Dollar General as an admission that a town is failing."


Rag
Trade

GQ’s criticised for "stockier" men swimwear tweet.


Vloglife

Finally, the latest with Walter, the Baddie Twinz, Andrew, and Davey Wavey.

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Issue 289: 08-15 August 2018
On the cover: Echo V.

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"You know, we might just as well not have
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by KAOS on August 15, 2018

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