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Michael Jackson Used Sicko Signals & Code Words
Married father of two James Safechuck — who appeared in Michael Jackson's famous 1988 Pepsi commercial at age 10 — has also accused the King of Pop of sexual abuse. Now a 36-year-old computer programmer, Safechuck claims that Jackson began abusing him on the European leg of the singer's Bad tour in 1988, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Michael Jackson Used Sicko Signals
Baseball coach sexually assaulted 8 boys
Former Hillsborough resident found guilty of sexually assaulting his student
BBC man was on his sofa waiting for my child to perform...
“There Are More Female Perpetrators Than Society Like to Acknowledge”
A 10-Year-Old Girl Kissed Her Son And Daughter During A Game
Teacher enticed 9-year-old to send photo of genitals
Increasingly, Facts Are Considered Racist
Cancellation has become so frequent that there’s a tendency to note the latest example perfunctorily and move on, hoping you’re not the next victim.
Last week’s termination of Professor Sandra Sellers of Georgetown Law School bears more than a perfunctory mention. In what she thought was a private conversation with a fellow faculty member after a virtual class, Sellers said, after discussing the performance of a black student in her mediation class:
You know what? I hate to say this, I end up having this angst every semester, that a lot of my lower ones are blacks. It happens almost every semester, and it’s like oh, come on. You know, we get some really good ones but there also are usually some of them that are just plain at the bottom.
Increasingly, Facts Are Considered Racist
Men, Porn Isn't Ruining Your Sex Life
So why does porn continue to take the blame for our sexual woes? Because while that above scenario doesn’t reflect the way our country treats science, and science education, it is a pretty good description of how we handle sex. In many parts of the country, sex education is completely absent; where it does exist, it’s often abstinence-only or abstinence-plus?—?giving some time to condoms and contraceptives but relying heavily on shame-based messaging.
Even in the best-case scenario, American sex education focuses almost exclusively on what can go wrong during sex, rather than on how to make it go right: Thanks to taboos around adolescent sexuality, pleasure is a dirty word in sex education targeting those under 18. Given this environment, it’s not shocking that young (and not so young) people might turn to porn for some lessons in sexual pleasure; yet somehow it is porn alone that manages to take the blame for imbuing us all with an unhealthy attitude toward sex.
MEL Magazine
"In essence, drag queens are clowns. They are not transgender (or haven’t been until very, very recently). They are men, mainly gay..."
"... who make no attempt to pass as actual women, and don’t necessarily want to be women, but dress up as a caricature of a woman. Sure, some have bawdy names, and in the context of a late night gay bar, they can say some bawdy things. But they’re not really about sex at all. They’re about costume and play; their clothes and hair are exaggerated, over-the-top parodies of women’s appearance; their makeup is often cray-cray, their wigs absurd. They also reinforce, rather than undermine, gender norms in a weird, over-the-top way...."
Althouse
Barack Obama Says People Confident in Their Sexuality 'Don’t Need 8 Women Around You Twerking'
On Tuesday, ex-president Barack Obama and Stephen Curry combined their powers for a town hall event that urged youngsters from minority backgrounds to develop confidence without feeling compelled to build self-worth based on chasing women and money.
The event unfolded in Oakland, and it also marked the fifth anniversary of Obama's My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. Both Curry and the former president talked about challenges they faced in their formative years, while also speaking about broader ranging topics, such as hip-hop, policing in minority communities, discipline in schools, male role models, and manhood.
Obama addressed societal pressures that young people face to act a certain way because of hip hop's frequent portrayal of what it means to be successful. The President's remarks on that subject were described as one of the event's "more humorous moments," as he blended making his point with some shade.
"We live in a culture where our worth is measured by how much money we have and how famous we are," Obama said to the capacity crowd made up of youth flown to the Bay from throughout the country. "I will tell you, at the end of the day, the thing that will give you confidence is not that. I know a lot of rich people that are all messed up."
Complex
Paul McCartney Says He Once Masturbated With John Lennon: 'It Was Good Harmless Fun'
n an new interview with GQ published on Tuesday (Sept. 11), Paul McCartney got extremely candid with the men's magazine and shared a brief anecdote about a group masturbation session that involved himself, John Lennon and three of Lennon's friends.
"What it was was over at John's house, and it was just a group of us," he told GQ. "And instead of just getting roaring drunk and partying -- I don't even know if we were staying over or anything -- we were all just in these chairs, and the lights were out, and somebody started masturbating, so we all did."
Billboard
Gay men are turning to Grindr chats for mental health support
As funding for mental health care is declining, many are finding new ways to get the support they need. One such avenue is Grindr, the gay hookup app.
Funding has not kept pace with health care needs: while LGBTQ people face a higher incidence of mental health issues, including attempted suicide, health care options remain limited. Attacks of the Affordable Care Act will likely only weaken opens in the United States.
On top of that, many in the LGBTQ community may not feel comfortable coming out, even to a health care professional, for fear of ill-treatment or due to unresolved feelings of shame or guilt.
LGBTQ Nation