On the Rag, Vol. 885

This week's double-wide rag 'n' mag roundup features Pedrin, Jack Fowler, Weslley, Jaymes Vaughan, Jonathan Bennett, Sandra Bernhard, the hot guy from "All’s Fair" and more BELOW. 

Rearview Mirror 2025

 

Another year has flown by -- I barely got my spring vacation photos uploaded before Thanksgiving rolled around -- but I want to take a moment to thank all of you who have continued to stop by the (212). Blogs like mine are definitely being replaced by Substacks and social media in general, so I appreciate that my 20th year(!) still saw substantial traffic. Although blogging is still my main online outlet, I am active (for my age) on other platforms. Above are my Top Nine posts from Instagram, where you can find me HERE. I'm also on Threads, Facebook and Bluesky if any of those are more your speed. xo 

Remains of the Day (12/03)

Boystack: Alexander Molochnikov's short film "Extremist" tells the story of a Russian artist imprisoned for spreading the truth

DNA: Intersex kids still face harmful surgeries, warns new report 

ICYMI: This Italian tennis hunk really likes to work his foreskin (NSFW)

The Advocate: Joe Biden to receive top honor at LGBTQ leadership conference for his contributions to equality

CBS News: Man sentenced to 40 years in murder of University of Mississippi student who was prominent in LGBTQ community

Wrestle Wednesday: Singlet squats warmup

Ex-Beantown Cubano: Johnny Diaz has the inside story on the Cardozo South Beach

Gallup: What percentage of Americans are LGBTQ?

FTU: LGBTQ supporters of Jacksonville shooting victim call for hate crime

FFAA: Grindr remains the safest way for LGBTQ people to meet and date

Attitude: Tom Daley teaches content creator Ollie Muhl how to dive in playful video

GLAAD: Must-see LGBTQ TV: Your December returns and finales ... what I'm currently watching HERE.

Out: I'm sorry, but isn't being coy about actors' sexualities tantamount to being ashamed? 

Reuters: 201 naked men arrested in Malaysia at alleged "health center’ male-only sex party

Queerty: They say girls end up marrying someone like their fathers, but what about gays?

GCN: "Progress has stalled": New HIV infections increased in NYC in 2024, surveillance report shows

NYT: The transgender cancer patient and what she heard on tape

PinkNews: Adult film star Scott Finn dead at 27: "His pain here is over"

Hot Cat of the Day: Rebel with claws

RedHot100: Fresh Fruit magazine is available HERE.

The Red Hot XXL 2026 calendar can be ordered HERE.

And Red Hot Roadtrip is ready to go for a spin HERE.

Music to My Ears

 

I can't imagine this would be of much interest to anyone but me. But since everyone's flooding social media with their yearend music wrap-ups, here's a look at what's been in heavy rotation this year at Casa Walsh. Of note: I saw three of them live in 2025 and have tickets to see a fourth in the months ahead! 

Donny and Marie would be proud!

Tennis Tuesday: Lorenzo Musetti

 

Where do you even start with this one? Get the full picture BELOW.

Remains of the Day (12/01)

Motel 69: Man arrested after claiming he was sleepwalking while knocking on hotel doors, asking to "shower and have fun"

Woman's World: Meet the other Brady bunch: Fake Marcia, Fake Jan and Fake Cindy!

Brian Ferrari: 10 things you may not know about the classic film "March of the Wooden Soldiers"

Variety: The Rainbow Project launches archive to chronicle LGBTQ representation in children’s television and film 

The Caftan Chronicles: Mike Albo's "Hologram Boyfriends" is his last word (he claims) on 25 years of desire and tech intertwining in NYC

Out: "Heated Rivalry" stars see huge jump in social followers within 72 hours of premiere; a guide to the horny hockey series HERE.

NYT: It’s a homophobic slur, so what's it doing in so much theater?

PinkNews: Pornhub reveals top viewed gay porn stars in 2025

Them: 15 LGBTQ Christmas movies for any occasion, from "Female Trouble" to "Carol"

CBS12: Florida driver allegedly confessed to trying run over LGBTQ run club members

The Advocate: Court’s ruling against same-sex marriage sets up a Japan Supreme Court decision

Outreach: A psychologist’s tips for LGBTQ Catholics struggling with the holidays

I ❤️ the UWS: Not terribly surprised to hear that my local Irish pub, the Emerald Inn, is closing up shop after 82 years. The bathroom is in the center of the joint and every time I've attempted to go there it reeked to high heaven. 

People: Here's a story with better luck of the Irish -- the luck being the woman who lassoed this lad!

Ballotpedia: Voters in eight states could decide on 12 ballot measures related to sex, gender and LGBTQ issues in 2026 

Instinct: There's a reason Hallmark imports all of its hunks from Canada

GCN: "Outcast Nation" documentary highlights "staggering" scale of LGBTQ homelessness in NYC

Attitude: Kit Connor reveals bushiest beard yet as he attends British Independent Film Awards

Hot Cat of the Day: Does this critter's "daddy" want to hook Harvey up, too? 

RIP: Michael DeLano, whom I'll always love as Johnny Venture on "Rhoda," is dead at 84

Udo Kier, magnetic gay character actor, dies at 81

80 Candles: Happy birthday to the one and only Bette Midler!

Weekend Tennis Roundup

Another journeyman comes out of the closet; babies for Musetti and Van Uytvanck/Vermeiren; Matteo on top; plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

World AIDS Day

I spent the past week with my niece and nephew and couldn't help but think of the hundreds and hundreds of posts I see on the AIDS Memorial written by young men and women who never even got to meet their gay uncles because of the HIV pandemic of my youth. I can't even put into words how fortunate I feel to have survived its darkest days -- and how happy I am to be a generation into HIV's being both a preventable and treatable disease. But never will I forget how much pain and loss there was, and how I wish my friends -- Walter, Mike and Mark, in particular -- had also lived to see this day. 

UPDATE:

HIV/AIDS activists block intersection near White House