Page 1 Roundup (06/06)

The Daily News: ‘I want to do this for her’: Brother of slain Bronx EMT Yadira Arroyo joins FDNY EMS in her honor

Dominican Republic hotel claims Delaware woman demanded $2.2M before going public with her story about being brutally beaten

A veteran police detective just aired out the NYPD’s dirty laundry

Cherokee Wes Studi first Native American to receive Oscar with Lifetime Achievement Award

Instagram: Your morning workout with Chris Clark

The Dance Enthusiast: Erik Abbott-Main on Boy Friday’s “Cowboy” at Prime Produce

The Stranger: So it turns out the Dutch DID NOT legally euthanize a teen victim of rape; she is dead, however, from starving herself when the state opted not to force feed her

Twitter: Dan Savage took the words right out of my mouth

Vanity Fair: The only thing falling faster than our capacity for outrage is our capacity for imagine-the-outrage. But try to imagine the outrage if we’d learned Obama threatened to cut his kids off if they joined the military ... as Trump did

New York Post: ‘Saboteur’ cuts wire on fingerprint machine fighting LIRR overtime abuse

 Texas teacher asked Trump to deport ‘illegal students from Mexico’ in Twitter tirade

Dozens of NYC ice cream trucks seized over multimillion-dollar ticket scam

Page Six: 911 call from night of Jussie Smollett’s alleged attack released

Outfest: God, I wish I could go to this!

Go Fug Yourself: My ex Kyle Chandler covers Men's Journal

The New York Times: Trump says no deal with Mexico reached as border arrests surge

Trump denied then confirmed he'd called Meghan Markle "nasty"

The Washington Post: Trump administration imposes new restrictions on fetal tissue research, including ending HIV-research contract and some NIH funding

The Wall Street Journal: NBA’s Raptors are just like us -- but only at Toronto’s airport

Remains of the Day (05/28)

YouTube: Teared up a bit when I came across this sweet clip of a fragile Mary Tyler Moore signing autographs and singing her show's iconic theme song some years ago in Washington, D.C.

Washington Post: Green parties reach kingmaker status in European Parliament

Jump212: Two more photos purported to be of Aaron "I'm not gay" Schock's private parts

Greg in Hollywood: Ellen DeGeneres opens up about being sexually assaulted by her stepfather

Mother Jones: Supreme Court upholds Indiana fetal remains law but dodges major abortion ruling, then Clarence Thomas uses the moment to go on eugenics-themed rant

Baseline: Forgot to mention that sex bombs Oliver March and Mate Pavic defended their title against (sex bombs) Robert Lindstedt and Matthew Ebden in Geneva

Twitter: Dan Savage is the gay older brother we all could have used growing up

Boy Culture: Chris Hemsworth is a man in black (swoon)

New York Post: "Biggest Loser" contestant Daniel Wright is dead at 30

Towleroad: "The Boy Band Project" hits the gym and showers in fun, steamy "Get Behind My Love" video

TV Line: An impassioned plea to ABC to save "The Kids Are Alright"

Gr8er Days: For some reason, some people think we want to pay to enter a 20,000-square-foot space called National Enquirer Live!, in which the death of Princess Diana (1961-1997) is recreated ... tastefully

Back2Stonewall: Remembering Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, America's first openly gay soldier

Twitter: Helix porn performer Blake Mitchell ditches stage name, wants you to call him by his (real) name

Gr8er Days: Remembering the late "Poltergeist" actress Zelda Rubinstein's steamy ad for safe sex

Morning Mix: (BREAKING) Meghan McCain is still incredibly dumb

The Randy Report: Instahunk roundup featuring a doggy-style Gus Kenworthy

Gothamist: Adorable Andean bear cubs with "spectacles" can be seen at the Queens Zoo

Jinx Beers and Dan Savage Named NLGJA's 2017 LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame Inductees

Congrats to Jinx Beers and Dan Savage on their well-deserved honors, to be made official this weekend in the City of Brotherly Love.

From a news release:

The Association of LGBTQ Journalists is pleased to announce that two new inductees will be enrolled in the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame on Sept. 9 at the association’s annual National Convention. This year’s honorees will be Jinx Beers and Dan Savage.

Leroy Aarons founded NLGJA in 1990, pioneering a watershed movement in journalism and newsrooms throughout the nation. Following his death in 2005, the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame was launched to set apart remarkable individuals like Aarons and to tell their stories.

Until this year, the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame has honored 36 individuals and continues to endure. These are individuals, living and deceased, who have left a lasting mark on the profession – through their own courage, by blazing trails and above all, through their masterful dedication to the practice of journalism.

In 2017, NLGJA honors these outstanding, new Hall of Fame inductees:

Jinx Beers is the founding publisher and first managing editor of America’s longest running lesbian newspaper, The Lesbian News, launched in 1975. She is a pioneering journalist as well as a lifelong feminist and advocate for human rights. Beers proudly served in the U.S. Air Force and the active reserves. In civilian life, she held a range of public service roles for state and local governments – while nurturing The Lesbian News for its first 13 and a half years. The recipient of many honors and awards, for her selfless dedication to the LGBTQ community, and to mark the first 75 years of her activism, she penned her autobiography: “Memoirs of an Old Dyke.” 

Dan Savage is an award-winning journalist and author, TV personality, and activist best known for his political and social commentary, as well as his honest approach to sex, love and relationships. His sex advice column, “Savage Love,” introduced over 25 years ago, is now syndicated throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. He is the Editorial Director of The Stranger, and his byline has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Rolling Stone, The Onion and on Salon.com.

Savage is also the author of several books spurring Publishers’ Weekly to name him, “America’s most in-your-face sex columnist and gay rights activist.” In September 2010, Savage created a YouTube video with his husband Terry Miller to inspire hope for LGBTQ young people facing harassment and especially to let LGBTQ youth know that, “it gets better.” Today, the It Gets Better Project has become a global movement, inspiring more than 50,000 It Gets Better videos viewed over 50 million times.

NLGJA is the leading professional organization for LGBTQ journalists with 24 chapters nationwide, as well as members around the world. Inductees will be honored at this year’s National Convention to be held in Philadelphia, Sept. 7-10. 

Learn more about the Hall of Fame HERE.

On the Rag, Vol. 459

A weekly look at what's making news in the gay mags:

Attitude (U.K.): Do I have to pick between swimmers Adam Peaty ...

and Amini Fonua?

Get Out!: Are you a hardcore Logan fan?

Gay Times (U.K.): Jordi Whitworth’s bulge is a tasty (and rather large) treat

QX (London): Say hello to Sasha Velour and Shea Coulee 

Winq (U.K.): Taiwan becomes first country in Asia to introduce same-sex marriage

The Gay U.K.: This porn star just revealed something and the fans have nothing but love

Metro Weekly (D.C.): For two decades, legendary party promoter Daryl Wilson has thrown the biggest, brightest parties associated with DC Black Pride. He just wants people to have the time of their lives.

Outlook Ohio: Dan Savage on dealing with persistent dick monsters

DNA (Australia): How about a day at the beach with Evan?

HIV Plus: Black AIDS Institute announces 30 Days of HIV campaign

Q Salt Lake: Mormon church to pull older boys from Boy Scouts

Out in Jersey: Everything is bigger in Texas -- including hatred

Lavender (Twin Cities): The Second Annual Golden Valley Pride Festival is right around the corner

Passport magazine: Best destinations for gay bachelor parties!

Echo (Phoenix): Meet Mr. and Miss Phoenix Gay Pride

Out magazine: From Hook-Up to Happily Ever After? SlayTV's "Love @ First Night" Season 2 Trailer

Gay Community News (Dublin): Did the marriage referendum change Ireland?

Têtu (France): Jake Shears sure keeps his Instagram interesting

Gloss (San Francisco): Are you ready for Matinee Las Vegas?

MetroSource NYC: Gay dads celebrate Father's Day and Gay Pride month

Amateur Hour in the Boudoir

The internet has already made it possible for "everyone" to be a XXX performer. But Dan Savage's HUMP! Film Festival lets amateurs be porn "stars" for a day ...

The HUMP! Film Festival has been bringing audiences a new kind of porn since 2005. The festival features short dirty movies—each less than five minutes—all created by people who aren’t porn stars but want to be one for a weekend. The filmmakers and stars show us what they think is hot and sexy, creative and kinky, their ultimate turn-ons and their craziest fantasies. Our carefully curated program is a cornucopia of body types, shapes, ages, colors, sexualities, genders, kinks, and fetishes—all united by a shared spirit of sex-positivity. HUMP! is a celebration of creative sexual expression. You will see films at HUMP! that shock you. You will see films at HUMP! that make you laugh. And you will see films at HUMP! that turn you on. You will also be touched by the sincerity and vulnerability with which these films are lovingly made. HUMP!’s main mission is to change the way America sees—and makes and shares—porn.

Tickets HERE.

Dan Savage Offers Some Sexy Fixes for Logo's 'Finding Prince Charming'

Dan Savage joins the chorus of people saying the premise of Logo's "Finding Prince Charming" is fatally flawed because it makes no sense for the guys in the house to sit around pining for "The One" when they could just as easily pair off and start f**king now. But Dan takes it one step further in trying to fix this hopelessly heteronormative show, offering a couple of far more titillating scenarios -- like having 13 power bottoms vie for the affection of one topman. Or casting one hunky older bear as the bachelor and 13 skinny twinks who are exclusively attracted to daddies -- or vice versa. (Yes and yes!) Read HERE.

Meanwhile: In case you're interested, Robert Sepulveda Jr. seems to have issued another statement addressing his escort past, yet continues to come across as someone with a huge cock who is so used to getting everything his way because of his huge cock he cannot fathom why anyone would question anything he says or does. Read and see his huge cock HERE.

Boy Meets Name

  If you're wondering how I graduated from "Kenny" to "Kenneth," this is pretty much it ...

From Dan Savage's sitcom, "The Real O'Neals."

On the Rag, Vol. 271

A weekly look at what's making news in the free gay mags:

Next: That's Adam Fleming out front, although they spell it "Flemming" inside / Online edition HERE.

Get Out: Apparently he's just Joshua / Online edition HERE.

Metro Weekly (DC): Dan Savage, media's gay enfant terrible, keeps pushing for a more just, sex-positive society / Read HERE.

Odyssey: Black and gray have always gone together / Online edition HERE.

Frontiers: L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti's first 100 days portend a shift in governing / Read HERE.

Flame (Detroit): You'll never forget Deja Van Cartier / Online edition HERE.

Rage has Southern California fashion on the runway / Online editions HERE.

Huck You, Mike

 Seen HERE.

Savage Love

   Read my Q&A with Dan Savage HERE.