On the Rag, Vol. 929

 

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Parker Gregory, Adam Lambert, Corey Fogelmanis, Mina Hartong, Paul Anthony Kelly, Tom Hiddleston, the sexy boys of "La Bola Negra" and more BELOW.

Wednesday Ad Watch

 

Spotted by my husband on his way home from the office -- and he doesn't even work in Flushing.  

Remains of the Day (10/13)

Mug Shot Hotties: To serve and get serviced?

AFP: Hungary cuts anti-LGBTQ measures from Orban-era law

People: A gay jazz singer rediscovers cassette tapes his estranged grandfather sent him 23 years ago, including a touching message of unconditional acceptance that has since gone viral on social media

HRW: Hundreds of people have been arrested in Senegal's brutal anti-gay crackdown, as the country prepares to host the Youth Olympic Games

Super Bulge: Certainly not the first time Tom Welling has had us talking about his package

 

NYP: The young man mauled to death by a tiger at a British wildlife park has been identified as a former child actor with a history of mental illness who posted a video of himself approaching the animal on Instagram moments before the fatal attack

Mirror: A Delta passenger's claim that he was kicked off a flight after refusing to switch seats is just the kind of airline drama that gets the internet all worked up

Attitude: "Queer as Folk" creator Russell T Davies reveals how he met his "gorgeous" boyfriend (Oliver Cole), sharing the charming story behind their romance

NBC: Man, 60, beaten and stomped to death outside Chelsea sex shop

Gr8erDays: Remembering "Guys and Dolls" star Vivian Blaine, an early AIDS activist who used her celebrity to support gay men at a time when many in Hollywood remained silent

Deadline: Hasn't this country been through enough in the past few years?

THR: Roseanne Barr is shopping a new sitcom about an anti-woke family living on a Texas farm, and the usual suspects are involved in the mentally ill comedian's latest attempt at a television comeback

Washington Blade: A new report finds that discrimination against gay people in Japan costs the country's economy billions of dollars annually ... as volleyball star Rui Takahashi comes out

The Diplomat: A police raid on a gay bar raises troubling questions about Taiwan's reputation as one of Asia's most gay-friendly societies

Boystack: Matt revisits 20 of his favorite posts, featuring gay-porn legends, vintage beefcake, forgotten gay history, celebrity interviews and more

Hot Cat of the Day: Rebel, with claws 

NY Historical: I can't wait to see "You Should Be Dancing: New York 1976 and Beyond," a new exhibition celebrating the city's disco heyday, when dance floors became a haven for gay people and other outsiders and helped transform music, fashion and nightlife 

Sneak Previews: 12 LGBTQ films to kick off first half of NewFest in NYC

Tennis Tuesday

 Magnus Juell looks ready for Wimbledon in his all-white attire. See in detail BELOW.

Rewind

Forgive me, but I've been sick to my stomach since attempting to pick just 9 albums "that made me" -- despite knowing that nobody but me cares what I posted. 

Then I saw that my friend Greg cheated figured out a workaround by breaking his lists into decades, so I couldn’t resist a rewind.

Even then, I couldn't narrow my 1980s heyday down to 9 -- but just let me get this out so I can rest peacefully! (And they're not exactly ranked, just how I uploaded them.) 

1990s ☝

With apologies to Prefab Sprout, X and Aztec Camera

1980s ☝

1980s synth ☝

1970s ☝

1960s ☝

(Make note that I opted for "Revolver" over my beloved "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band," which I suppose cannot be blamed on "the original artist"!

UPDATE:

(Full disclosure: I have been obsessed with making lists since I was a child, so a website that generates them is a recipe for OCD.)

Remains of the Day

HotSpots: Why dad bods are giving six-pack abs a run for their money in the gay community, where a little softness around the middle is becoming a sexy alternative to gym-sculpted perfection

New Times: Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped and thinks it may have been a politically motivated attack

Attitude: A massive "Grand Theft Auto 6" leak gives gamers an eyeful of leading man Jason's fully rendered penis as he rides a motorcycle and runs around Vice City completely naked

Saturday 'Stache: F**k, marry, kill?

The Caftan Chronicles: Catching up with '90s menswear designer John Bartlett about finding love after loss and his new mission rescuing shelter dogs

NYP: The transgender New York Times executive allegedly murdered by his in-laws had previously carried a baby who died shortly after birth -- a tragedy he blamed on his estranged wife's alleged abuse, which horrifyingly included forcing him to eat a dead cockroach

Metro Weekly: Turkish pop star Mabel Matiz faces obscenity charges over a music video featuring two men dancing together, in the latest crackdown on LGBTQ expression in the country

Speedo Sunday: Andy Cohen vs. micro swim briefs

DNA: A new study finds that AI image generators refuse to guess whether someone is gay but happily alter faces to make them "look gay"

Queerty: Greg Louganis is having the same problem every perennially single gay man I know 

PinkNews: Comely Virginia Republican calls school district’s LGBTQ History Month "disgusting"

Homobilia via Boystack: "The 60 Second Excitement" collects more than 100 vintage Polaroids of naked men -- gay and straight -- who posed in one man's home between 1963 and 1969, offering an intimate glimpse into the pre-Stonewall era

Hot Kitten of the Day: This little baby popped up on Threads and sure reminds me of someone!

Pet Shop Boys: Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe release "A Man From the Future," an eight-track musical tribute to gay codebreaker Alan Turing, whose work helped defeat the Nazis but who was later prosecuted for his homosexuality. Hear the opening track, "Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know," HERE.