Queer Clicks: December 20, 2016 | Why Straight Rural Men Have Gay ‘Bud-Sex’ With Each Other, British Reality Hunk Charlie King Bulges On ‘Gay Times’ Cover, & Other News

Why Straight Rural Men Have Gay ‘Bud-Sex’ With Each Other

“A lot of men have sex with other men but don’t identify as gay or bisexual. A subset of these men who have sex with men, or MSM, live lives that are, in all respects other than their occasional homosexual encounters, quite straight and traditionally masculine — they have wives and families, they embrace various masculine norms, and so on.” NY Mag

SNL Skit Showcases Gay Robot Because It’s 2016

“Casey Affleck hosted this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, starring as a confused consumer who just can’t understand why Microsoft made a gay robot.” Inversion

Did Rogue One Introduce Star Wars’ First On Screen Gay Characters?

“The newest Star Wars movie is out, and it’s a hit, pulling in $155 million in its opening weekend. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a series of historic firsts for the franchise. it’s the first film in the series that isn’t part of the episodic Skywalker Saga. It’s the first film where none of the main characters are Jedi (and in fact, there are none ever seen on screen). And as it turns out, it could be the first Star Wars film with gay characters on screen.” Comic Book

A Gay Man’s Chat With Mom Has A Life-Changing Effect On A Stranger

“Private moments have surprise consequences in “Listen,” Liang Hu’s harrowing short.

In the 2013 film, a British government employee spends his time monitoring civilian phone calls. When he overhears a series of emotional conversations between a gay man and his mother, the worker is inspired to mend fences in his own life. ” Huffington Post

British Reality Hunk Charlie King Bulges On ‘Gay Times’ Cover

“Then, last year, he made us swoon when he got naked for Attitude’s eye-catching “Naked” issue!

And now, we can’t get over his bulging…er…muscles…on the cover of the new issue of Gay Times.

Looking mighty fine, Charlie!” Instinct Magazine