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July 25, 2009 Posted by GorgeousBoys in News And Scoops

Double-Standard for Gay iPhone Apps?

gay-iphone-appApple is maintaining a double-standard when it comes to gay-themed iPhone apps, a developer claims. Attempting to draw publicity, Terry Ray claims that his iGaydar title was rejected from the App Store on the same day as Bruno -- an app based on the Sacha Baron Cohen movie -- was approved. iGaydar was rejected for "objectionable content," despite being considerably less graphic than the Bruno app, according to Ray.

iGaydar pretends to detect a person's sexuality, first displaying a random percentage and then announcing a tongue-in-cheek statement, such as "Honey, not even your priorities are straight." By contrast the Bruno app lets users undress Cohen's character, and touch various body parts which can elicit potentially offensive responses. Bruno is only on the App Store as a result of major studio backing and publicity, Ray charges.

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Apple has rejected a number of apps with sex-related themes in the past, even when the titles did not show anything explicit. Naughty Loaded Dice was briefly blocked earlier in July, while an e-book reader, Eucalyptus, was temporarily blocked in May. Though only meant as general-purpose reading software, one of the books available for Eucalyptus is the Kama Sutra, a centuries-old Indian religious text that Apple deemed "inappropriate sexual content."

 

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July 23, 2009 Posted by TheBoss in News And Scoops

Harlow No Porn In Prison!

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Harlow Cuadra (parody)

On Monday Pennsylvania's high court ruled and upheld a pornography ban in state prisons. Pennsylvania officials argued that to prevent inappropriate sexual desires among inmates and to maintain a non-hostile working environment for guards and other employees a ban on porn should be put into place. The ban was challenged by convicted rapist Shannon Britain, who claimed the porn ban served no reasonable purpose. Looks like Harlow Cuadra, a former porn performer and serving a life sentence won't be able to keep up with the latest in gay porn. Wonder if this will "prevent inappropriate sexual desires" for Harlow? ... there is always "Bubba", I guess. Harlow was found guilty of killing Bryan Kocis, owner of Cobra Video (a porn studio who discovered Brent Corrigan) and was sentenced to life in prison in Pennsylvania back in March after a jury failed to return a death penalty decision. Harlow saw Kocis as a porn business competitor; he wanted Brent Corrigan who at the time was under contract with Kocis to perform in porn videos with him. Kocis’ body was discovered in his home by firefighters responding to a blaze in a rural house in January 2007. More than 80 percent of his body was covered by third-degree burns and police said the fire had been set deliberately to destroy evidence. An autopsy found that Kocis died of massive blood loss after his head was nearly sliced off. He suffered between 28 and 29 post mortem stab wounds before his home was torched. California Prisons  
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June 22, 2009 Posted by GorgeousBoys in Politics, Diversity & Rights

Bride Ban

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genoBar owner Geno Zaharakis sat one busy evening at the window of his gay nightclub, watching as groups of straight women celebrating bachelorette parties made their way along a strip of bars in Chicago’s gay-friendly “Boystown” neighborhood. That’s when he made a decision now posted for all to see: “No Bachelorette Parties.” Though the small sign has been there for years, it’s suddenly making a big statement amid the national debate over gay marriage. While most gay bars continue to welcome the raucous brides to be, Zaharakis’s bar Cocktail is fighting for what he sees as a fundamental right, and his patrons – along with some peeved bachelorettes – are taking notice.
“I’m totally losing money because of it, but I don’t want the money,” Zaharakis said. “I would rather not have the money than host an event I didn’t believe in.”
Gay bars are popular with bachelorettes, both for the over-the-top drag shows that some offer and for the ability to let loose in a place where women are unlikely to be groped or ogled. Some bars welcome the women and their free spending, even advertising weekend shows. Zaharakis, though, instructs his bouncers to turn away groups of women sporting beads, boas, tiaras and phallic plastic necklaces. His customers say they like knowing they’re not going to encounter such displays.
“It is throwing it in our face that they can get married and we can’t,” said Dion Contreras, a 29-year-old Chicago litigation manager, while having a drink at Cocktail with friends. “I just think they’re ignorant to our situation. I want women to think twice about this issue.”
When Zaharakis posted the sign in 2004, it got a little local attention, but it was mostly the surprised bachelorettes turned away at the door who took note. The November passage of California’s gay marriage ban Proposition 8, though, helped sparked chatter about the ban on Internet blogs, which in turn attracted more media attention and debate. The California Supreme Court upheld the state ban last month. Six states have legalized gay marriage. Some of the biggest proponents of gay marriage aren’t on board with Zaharakis’ approach. Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, said while he agrees with Zaharakis’ stand on marriage equality, he would express it differently.
“I’d rather invite people in,” Wolfson said. “Celebrate their happiness and ask them to take a stand for us by helping change the law.”
And Ed Yohnka of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois – well-known for fighting for the legalization of gay marriage – says the ban may violate state anti-discrimination laws.
“The way is not to bar or discriminate against or harass other people,” Yohnka said.
In Washington D.C., when bachelorette partygoers enter the gay bar Town Danceboutique they’re asked to sign a petition in support of gay marriage. Owner Ed Bailey sends the petitions to the customer’s representative in Congress. Bailey says in the year he’s had his petition policy, no one has refused to sign.
“That’s the way to handle it instead of alienating all these people,” Bailey said. “You have to get the consensus built out there. Why not try to convince people, ‘Hey, why wouldn’t you support this?”’
Down the street from Chicago’s Cocktail, another gay nightclub, Circuit, welcomes bachelorettes. Owner Jeff Binninger doesn’t think the women’s antics are meant to hurt anyone.
“The girls want to come and see the dancers,” Binninger said. “I don’t think it’s on their mind at all, ‘We can get married and, oh, you can’t.’ I don’t think the girls are malicious in their intent.”
Where Zaharakis took offense, Binninger saw a market niche and started producing the male revue “Sinzation” on Saturday nights, advertised specifically to bachelorette parties. One recent Saturday night, 25-year-old Tiffany Casto of Canton, Mich., and eight girlfriends waited for the male dancers to start the show. Casto wore a hot pink feather boa, while her friends had matching white sunglasses, reflecting the dozen disco balls spinning from the ceiling as Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” played.
“I wouldn’t think I’m flaunting it at all,” Casto said.
But Zaharakis is standing firm. At Cocktail, where about once a month staff turn away bachelorettes, the sign will stay. And for those who ask about it, he’s ready with a written statement: “Until same-sex marriage is legal everywhere and same-sex couples are allowed the rights as every heterosexual couple worldwide, we simply do not think it’s fair or just for a female bride-to-be to celebrate her upcoming nuptials here at Cocktail.”
“I’m not going to tell anybody about how to run their business,” Zaharakis said. “This is just how I run mine. The political climate has made it more charged. We’re standing up in our factions and groups and making statements about how this should stop.”
Further Study: The top photo is of the popular Boystown go-go boy Blake. Cocktail Bar Chicago Circuit Night Club Town Danceboutique
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May 15, 2009 Posted by Matthew Conaster in Politics, Diversity & Rights

Gay Cops to Be Banned

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Peru has announced that it will ban homosexuals from the police force for damaging the image of the institution. The law is one of several new regulations put forward by the Interior Minister, Mercedes Cabanillas. Ms Cabanillas is trying to shake up the institution, which has a dismal reputation among the general public. But critics say some of the new laws, especially those regarding sexual orientation or activity, are unconstitutional. The law states that any police officer who has sexual relations with someone of the same gender will be indefinitely suspended from the police force. The same applies to officers who have extra-marital relations - their actions are also deemed to cause scandal and denigrate the institution's image. They are among a raft of new regulations, which also include provision for sacking police officers who accept bribes, organise or take part in strikes and protest marches. Ms Cabanillas' strong-arm tactics have earned her some public backing and the nickname "Thatcher" in the Peruvian media, after the former Conservative British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Traditional machismo means openly homosexual police men are extremely scarce, but gay rights activists are growing in strength and this new law will provoke a debate. Photo: Tom Of Finland Foundation 
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May 7, 2009 Posted by Matthew Conaster in Politics, Diversity & Rights

Moscow Bans Gay Parade

pridemoscowbigMoscow has banned a gay parade planned to coincide with its hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest because it will "destroy morals" in the capital, a spokesman for the city's mayor said Thursday. Gay rights activists have staged small unsanctioned parades in Moscow without government approval over the past few years. But they have faced arrests and severe beatings by anti-gay and neo-fascist groups.
"The Moscow government is saying: Moscow has never had gay parades and it never will," said Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's spokesman, Sergei Tsoi. "Not only do they destroy morals within our society, but they consciously provoke disorder which threatens the lives of Muscovites and visitors."
Parade organizer and prominent gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseyev said on his english version website www.gayrussia.ru that the event would take place anyway.
"This is our right and it is guaranteed by the constitution. No official, including the Moscow mayor, has the right to violate it," Alekseyev said.
But Luzhkov's spokesman said any attempt to hold an unsanctioned gay parade would be "toughly stopped by law enforcement agencies in accordance with the law." Luzhkov, who has been mayor of Moscow since 1992, once said gay parades were "a satanic act" Russia did not decriminalize gay sex until 1993, two years after the Soviet Union's collapse, and intolerance is widespread. Moscow has no gay-friendly district and the homosexual scene is still largely underground. Public displays of affection between same-sex couples are rare. The gay parade, scheduled for May 16, was meant to coincide with Moscow's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest. Activists had asked that competitors back homosexual rights on stage. A Swiss-based Eurovision spokesman, currently in Moscow, declined to comment on the banning of the parade but said: "It's not a secret that we have a large gay audience and we respect everyone's backgrounds."
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