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In Search of Maori Beefcake: Palmerston North, New Zealand
I was searching for "North Scott County High School" and got "Palmerston North Boys' High School" instead.Close.Palmerston North is a small city of 86,000 on on the north island of New Zealand, about...
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"Jinn": Arabic Teen Angst-Horror with a Gay Character
In the Netflix Arabic-language drama Jinn (2019), a group of high school students sets out from Riverdale...um, I mean Amman, Jordan...on a field trip to the ancient archaeological site of Petra.1....
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N0S4A2: A Gay Vampire, Abused Kids, and the World's Worst Title
Gay men are always accused of being child molestors, child abductors, corruptors of youth, generally obsessed with destroying children. So why not make a tv series about a vampire-like being who preys...
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How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) and Annoy Every Gay Person in the World
In 2015, the German police burst into the Leipzig home of Max Moritz, and found320 kilos of drugs stored on shelves in his bedroom, plus 13,000 euros in cash and two hard drives detailing the...
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The Muscles of Muscle Shoals, Alabama
I'm definitely going to a place called Muscle Shoals. I don't know what a shoal is -- some kind of beach? -- but the town must be full of bodybuilders flexing in speedos.Turns out that Muscle Shoals...
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A Long, Strange Trip in Search of Physiques
Weird meanderings in the world of internet physique photos:1. I was searching for "Napoli nuoto" when this photo of "some of the veteran members of the Medina swim team," in an article dated November...
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The Gay Tease of "Always Be My Maybe"
Netflix recommended this movie for me with a 98% match: Sasha and Marcus had a brief romance in high school. 15 years later, Sasha has become a celebrity chef, while Marcus is still living in his...
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"Detour," Season 4 is Still Obsessed with Boys
Last summer I watched Season 1 of The Detour (2016-), about married couple Nate and Robin (Jason Jones, Natalie Zea) and their kids (12-year old Delilah, and 11-year old Jared) on a mishap-filled road...
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Royal Beefcake
You don't see a lot of teams named "Royals" in the U.S., our Founding Fathers being opposed to monarchy and all, so when I saw this picture of a very busy wrestler on theWoodbury Royals, I assumed...
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Welcome Back, Mr. Iglesias
Gabriel Iglesias (no relation to Enrique Iglesias) is a plus-sized comedian ("I'm not fat, I'm fluffy") who has apparently been popular for 26 years. He's got 40 acting credits on IMDB dating all the...
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The Top 10 Hunks of Shazam
Captain Marvel (1941-53) was DC Comics' attempt to circumvent the obvious homoeroticism in the 1940s superhero-teen sidekick relationship by making the two the same person. 14-year old Billy Batson...
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The Gay Scene of "Atlanta"
I tend to skip tv series pegged as "a remarkable accomplishment,""richly nuanced," and "a triumph." It will be invariably be gay-free and full of hetero-romantic lo-oo-oove.But the first season of...
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The Boxer of Bilko
If you happened to watch the military comedy Sergeant Bilko (aka The Phil Silvers Show) from 1955 to 1959, or today on the Me TV network, you may have been surprised by the beefcake -- lots of hunky...
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Physique Watching at the World's Biggest Candy Store
As you're driving south from Minneapolis toward the Plains, you hit the town of Belle Plain. Not much is visible from the highway, but there are two heavily-advertised tourist draws:1. Edna Krumbee's...
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What's Not to Like about New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, is one of the most remote places in the world for Americans. Flights take about 30 hours and cost about $3000. It's also one of the...
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"Truth or Dare": Come Our, or a Demon will Eat You
In Truth or Dare (2018), a group of college students is on vacation in Mexico,when the mysterious Carter (Landon Liboiron) lures them into the ruins of an old Spanish mission. and suggests, naturally,...
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"What We Do in Shadows": Everyone is Queer
What We Do in Shadows (2019) sounds like closeted gay men, who used to be called "shadow people." It's actually about vampires, but aren't they sort of the same thing. The vampire has always had a...
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Swiped: Gay People Do Not Exist, But Horny College Boys Do.
Netflix suggested that I might like a movie called Swiped (2018). So I watched the first 10 minutes.Wow, what year is it?1. All of the progress that gay and lesbian people have made over the last 50...
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The Gay Tease of "Adulting: Year 1"
I was drawn into the Canadian webseries Adulting: Year I by this clip of fitness guru Bolt Jackson, And by a clip of two men hugging and touching faces. So the main characters must be gay.Wait --...
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Should I Skip or Stream "Wynonna Earp"?
Wynonna Earp has been showing up on my Netflix feed with an 86% match. Should I stream it or skip it?Con: My first instinct: run far, far away. I hate Westerns, and I certainly don't want to watch a...
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