Posts made by leatherbear

We can only pray that there will be someone, somewhere on this Planet to pick up the Torch and try to replace Hitchens  :blownose:

Try this to get your torrent seeding :

You aren't meant to download the video file again since you already have it.
That message just means that you have to redownload the .torrent file, which you have done.

Now what you need to do is:

• Stop the torrent
• Right click and under 'Advanced' choose "Set download location"
• Browse to where the actual video is on your computer and save
• Again right click an choose "Force recheck"
  The torrent will do a data check to 100% and be ready for you to seed.

All in all, the copyright monopoly construct has turned from something arcane that people didn’t care about into a downright oppressive and abusive construct that affects everybody in a way they strongly disapprove of. Laws must have the consent of the governed to be respected; the copyright monopoly today enjoys considerably less respect than speed limits, and that’s in a country where speeding is considered a national sport.

These two lines say it all for me. These Laws will fall with the next generation of voters if they can get out and vote. But that would mean leaving their computers so we could be in for a long haul. Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

It’s not so much a parody as it is a gayer version of Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball,” which saw the singer licking and stroking a sledgehammer. In this version, Bryan Hawn – the hyena guy from Animal Planet’s Fatal Attractions – plays with his hammer and his giant blue ball. In what I think is supposed be a sexy interpretation of the video there is a whole lot of confusion. Is this a softcore porn? Is this a workout video? When does the ab work kick in? But honestly, I’m not sure what exactly happened. So let’s look at it again…

Okay, he’s stroking his hammer. I get that innuendo but, oh, I hope he doesn’t get a splinter.

Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/male-fitness-model-strokes-his-hammer-in-wrecking-ball-parody-20130913/#ixzz2eyx1vH3X

As if this guy isn’t hot already, now just imagine him shirtless. Now imagine him shirtless and wrestling another man to the ground.

Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/the-2016-olympics-may-feature-shirtless-wrestling-20130913/#ixzz2eygOOUP3

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/09/12/strain-of-hiv-virus-found-in-monkeys-is-cleared-by-vaccine/

Education Minister launches new policy to combat anti-gay and anti-trans bullying in schools

50% of Irish students have experienced verbal homophobic or transphobic bullying

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/09/13/ireland-education-minister-launches-new-policy-to-combat-anti-gay-and-anti-trans-bullying-in-schools/


Stephen Jimenez Claims In New Book

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/12/stephen-jimenez-matthew-shepard_n_3914707.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Award-winning journalist Stephen Jimenez is set to release The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard on Oct. 1. His book claims that the events surrounding Shepard's brutal murder and motivations of his killers are all incorrect.

In an interview with The Dish, Jimenez tells reporters that, following the repeal of a year-long gag order during the trial of Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, the journalist traveled to Laramie, Wyo. to compile research for a screenplay.

While sifting through formerly sealed court documents, the journalist said he discovered an anonymously written letter:

Basically the letter was saying that the defense raised by Aaron McKinney's defense team of 'gay panic' was false and the evidence that was cited for that was that Aaron McKinney had been a male hustler, that he was familiar with gay guys in gay bars.  It mentioned at first both Aaron and Russell, but as the letter went on it spoke more about Aaron, mentioning that he really did like having sex with gay guys, that he wasn't unfamiliar with homosexuality and the gay world.

The theory sharply contrasts the widely-known media narrative of Shepard's death, which has inspired movies, books, plays, and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

Not only does Jimenez's research contradict the claim that McKinney and Henderson only met Shepard the night of the murder, but it mars the picturesque image of the 21-year-old student and the world he lived in prior to his death. The book reportedly claims that Sheppard and Mckinney were both dealing and using methamphetamine and, in addition to being business rivals within that venture, had a sexual relationship.

According to Kirkus reviews, "The tragedy was 'enshrined … as passion play and folktale, but hardly ever for the truth of what it was': the story of a troubled young man who had died because he had been involved with Laramie's drug underworld rather than because he was gay."

The Huffington Post reached out to The Matthew Shepard Foundation for comment surrounding Jimenez's new claims. Defending Shepard as having been the victim of "a brutal, anti-gay hate crime," a spokesperson for the foundation replied:

Attempts now to rewrite the story of this hate crime appear to be based on untrustworthy sources, factual errors, rumors and innuendo rather than the actual evidence gathered by law enforcement and presented in a court of law. We do not respond to innuendo, rumor or conspiracy theories. Instead we recommit ourselves to honoring Matthew’s memory, and refuse to be intimidated by those who seek to tarnish it. We owe that to the tens of thousands of donors, activists, volunteers, and allies to the cause of equality who have made our work possible.

(h/t Towleroad)

Beyond awful, it is Inhumane and should be prosecuted to the max but it will just fade away in Russia with the Hate and Bigotry being touted everywhere you turn in what should be a Modern Country.


David Richardson

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/14/legendary-children-photo-exhibition_n_3868043.html?ref=topbar

Coming Out As A 'Recovering Heterosexual': What Does It Mean?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/15/recovering-heterosexual-_n_3928762.html?ref=topbar

Call me silly if you like but I enjoy watching these videos of Gay Love being publicly declared  :cheers:

Man Uses Flashmob At Home Depot To Propose To His Boyfriend

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/home-depot-gay-marriage-proposal_n_3915919.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Gay Man Proposes To His Boyfriend At Burning Man 2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/12/gay-marriage-proposal-burning-man_n_3915570.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Michael London and Kyle Jarrow

http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/cw-developing-drama-about-transgender-teenager-produced-by-michael-london/

A screen shot from a video purportedly showing a man being threatened at gunpoint while being forced to sodomize himself with a bottle.

http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-gay-rape-uzbek-community-homophobia/25105544.html

A video depicting a man being raped with a bottle has surfaced on social media, in what appears to be the latest assault on Russia's beleaguered homosexual community.  The series of short clips, making the rounds on the mobile phone application WhatsApp show the victim, who seems to be an ethnic Uzbek, being bullied into confessing that he is gay.

He is asked to identify himself and is stripped of his clothes, which are later burned. He is then handcuffed, beaten, insulted, and threatened with a gun. Ultimately, he is forced to sodomize himself by sitting on a bottle, which is then pushed with a bat.  The man, visibly terrified, weeps throughout much of the ordeal.  Viewers on WhatsApp overwhelmingly praised the violence as a well-deserved punishment.

RFE/RL was able to track down a man who claimed to have taken part in the attack.  The Uzbek-speaking source, speaking from Russia, confirms that the victim was targeted because he is gay.  "We made him sit on a bottle so that he repents for his sins and comes to reason," he told RFE/RL's Uzbek Service. "We did this to protect the dignity of Uzbeks. We live and work here, we are in contact with people of different nationalities. There will be no respect for us otherwise."

According to the purported assailant, the attack took place on September 11 in Novosibirsk, where he himself is a student, and all the participants were ethnic Uzbeks.  He says the man was first detained by a group of Russian antigay vigilantes who lured him to a fake date through a social-networking website.  The vigilantes then allegedly handed him to the city's Uzbek community.

"Russian guys caught him and called us to say they had a gay Uzbek," the self-proclaimed author of the video said. "We then questioned him and he confessed to everything. There were six or seven of us. The Russians told us he was a pedophile, which he denied. But he confessed that he was gay."  RFE/RL has seen the video, but was unable to independently verify its authenticity, or the identities of those involved.

Rampant Homophobia  Police in Novosibirsk say they are not aware of the case.  A police spokesman for the Novosibirsk region told RFE/RL no such attack had been reported in the past.  The assault, however, takes place against the backdrop of an aggressive campaign directed at members of the LGBT community – lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender -- in Russia.

Although Russia decriminalized homosexuality in 1993, homophobia is still rampant in the country and attempts to hold Gay Pride parades in Moscow have been brutally crushed by both police and antigay activists.  A recent law banning the "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" to minors has triggered a fresh wave of assaults, both verbal and physical, on LGBT people.  A new bill proposes to take children away from homosexual parents.

In August, a video similar to the one apparently shot in Novosibirsk emerged on VKontakte, Russia's biggest social-networking website.  It shows four Russian men viciously beating up what appears to be a transgender woman and attempting to make her sit on a bottle.  The victim ultimately manages to break the bottle and run away.  In this case, too, the clip drew overwhelmingly favorable comments from viewers.

Written by Claire Bigg based on reporting by RFE/RL Uzbek Service Director Alisher Sidikov

http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/09/14/on-hip-hop-transgender-acceptance-and-ebro-dardens-courage/

Demonstrators wearing masks depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin kiss as they take part in a rally in front of the Russian embassy in Paris, on September 8, 2013, to protest against an 'anti-gay' Russian law. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/14/russia-olympic-truce_n_3927723.html?ir=Gay+Voices