Welcome to QueerClick’s new WEEKLY edition called BitchFest 2006!! It appears so many of you have so much stuff you need to get off your chest with a sounding board. So here is your chance. Each week QC will give you a topic or theme and you can sound off about it all you want. We want to hear your gripes, complaints and sounding off about your life, but we do ask you follow these simple guidelines: I. Stick to the Theme/Topic II. DO NOT bash others for their sounding off. III. Leave comments and bitches in the COMMENT SECTION. Here is this weeks topic: SPAM Email or Junk Mail
I’ll be happy to start this QC BitchFest.
I would literally have to spend 5 hours daily blocking every damn source on the internet from somehow finding my email and sending me SPAM/Junk Mail! Damn You SPAM!!!
A second Fort Bragg soldier pleaded guilty Monday to charges connected with Dink Flamingo’s ActiveDuty.com– a military-themed gay porn website.
Pvt. Kagen B. Mullen will spend three months in jail and then be discharged from the Army for posing on the Web site. In court Monday, he admitted to having sex for $7,500 and using marijuana.
Here is a statement made by Richard Ashley, the previous Fort Bragg Soldier broken down by the White Trash Hate Orgy in North Carolina:
“I know what I did was very, very wrong. Sometimes I wonder why I did it. Money is really not that important,” Ashley said during the sentencing portion of the hearing. “I’ve embarrassed the entire Army, my country and most of all, dishonored God.”
A third paratrooper, Pfc. Wesley K. Mitten, is awaiting trial.
(Via WRAL News & Bitchless; Thanks Marion Paige). Previously: Active Duty Soldier Sentenced to Prison
Pfc. Richard Ashley is one of seven members of the 82nd Airborne Division charged with appearing on military-themed gay pornographic Web site ActiveDuty.com.
He was sentenced to 90 days in prison – with 15 days credit reducing it to 75 days. He was also demoted to private – and given a bad conduct discharge and a two-thirds reduction in pay.
Ashley voiced regret over his actions during Thursday’s hearing at Fort Bragg.
Two other soldiers have pleaded not guilty in the case, while four other members of the 82nd Airborne received nonjudicial punishment for appearing on the website.
Some Background Info:
On January 27, 2006, Fort Bragg announced that it had become aware that some of the men involved in the website were from the 82nd Airborne Division. While neither Fort Bragg nor any of the news reports mentioned the name of the website, it is clear from the description of the website and the subsquent restriction of access on the Active Duty website, that the investigation is about the involvement of servicemen with the aforementioned website.
On February 24, 2006, Fort Bragg issued a press release stating that seven men had been charged with violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice for the crime of sodomy and engaging in sexual conduct on a pornographic website.
The men are Spec. Richard T. Ashley; Pfc. Wesley K. Mitten; and Pvt. Kagen B. Mullen, all from 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Along with charges of sodomy, and accepting payment to have sex on camera, Mullen was also charged with the crime of adultery. Aside from loss of pay, extra duty and other restrictions, the men will also likely be separated from the armed forces.
The investigation has been reported on both the local, national and international press, including several gay media outlets. The local WRAL newstation, has provided extensive coverage of the investigation, as have some of the national gay press media outlets. While Mr. Flamingo has not made any public statements, tax records note that he has a home in the Rayconda neighborhood of Fayetteville.
About Active Duty
The videos on Active Duty generally involves one or a group of military men that engage in solo or mutual, masturbation, along with homosexual oral and anal sex. During each film there is often a degree of conversation and male bravado from the men, although it is unclear how much of the dialogue is scripted. The dialogue with men engaging in solo masturbation often involves a discussion of their first “experimental” homosexual encounters.
Mr. Flamingo can often be heard speaking to the men, who often seem to think of him as a friend and it is assumed that he is the one operating the camera, although some of the men have been seen operating the camera as well. Mr. Flamingo has not been seen in any of the films, although his hand has appeared once or twice, suggesting that he is a white man, overweight, from the American South and in his forties or fifties.
Unlike a lot of such amateur sites, the men do not show the usual nervousness, and gay for pay attitude that the other sites do. The atmosphere is usually playful, and friendly.
It appears that the location of the films is in Mr. Flamingo’s place of residence, although this is never stated in the films. Locations for the films range from a residential bedroom, bathroom, and a living room.
Members can view a range of video clips and pictures of the videos for sale on the website. The video formats are VHS, and more recently DVD. Non-members were originally able to access many portions of the website, including overviews of each video with nude and pornographic images.
While none of the men faces are disguised, most of the men deny that they are homosexual or bisexual, thus the tone of the films is “gay for pay”.
Welcome to QueerClicks new WEEKLY edition called BitchFest 2006!! It appears so many of you have so much stuff you need to get off your chest with a sounding board. So here is your chance. Each week QC will give you a topic or theme and you can sound off about it all you want. We want to hear your gripes, complaints and sounding off about your life, but we do ask you follow these simple guidelines: I. Stick to the Theme/Topic II. DO NOT bash others for their sounding off. III. Leave comments and bitches in the COMMENT SECTION. Here is this weeks topic:People Lying About Their Age
I’ll be happy to start this QC BitchFest.
I don’t get the trend of lying about one’s age. If you post an online profile and say you are 30 and look like Joan Rivers/George Hamilton, chances are people won’t believe you.
We know you’re probably here to get your mind off of the politics of being gay, and just focus on the… well, cock. But we really like this open letter to Jay Leno from Jeff Whitty and thought we’d share it here as well:
Dear Mr. Leno,
My name is Jeff Whitty. I live in New York City. I’m a playwright and the author of Avenue Q, which is a musical currently running on Broadway. I’ve been watching your show a bit, and I’d like to make an observation:
When you think of gay people, it’s funny. They’re funny folks. They wear leather. They like Judy Garland. They like disco music. They’re sort of like Stepin Fetchit as channeled by Richard Simmons. Gay people, to you, are great material.
Mr. Leno, let me share with you my view of gay people:
When I think of gay people, I think of the gay news anchor who took a tire iron to the head several times when he was vacationing in St. Martin. I think of my friend who was visiting Hamburger Mary’s, a gay restaurant in Las Vegas, when a bigot threw a smoke bomb filled with toxic chemicals into the restaurant, leaving the staff and gay clientele coughing, puking, and running in terror. I think of visiting my gay friends at their house in the country, sitting outside for dinner, and hearing, within hundreds of feet of where we sat, taunting voices yelling “Faggots!” I think of hugging my boyfriend goodbye for the day on 8th Avenue in Manhattan and being mocked and taunted by passing high school students.
When I think of gay people, I think of suicide. I think of a countless list of people who took their own lives because the world was so toxically hostile to them. Because of the deathly climate of the closet, we will never be able to count them. You think gay people are great material. I think of a silent holocaust that continues to this day. I think of a silent holocaust that is perpetuated by people like you, who seek to minimize us and make fun of us and who I suspect really, fundamentally wish we would just go away.
When I think of gay people, I think of a brave group that has made tremendous contributions to society, in arts, letters, science, philosophy, and politics. I think of some of the most hilarious people I know. I think of a group that has served as a cultural guardian for an ungrateful and ignorant America.
I think of a group of people who have undergone a brave act of inventing themselves. Every single out-of-the-closet gay person has had to say, “I am not part of mainstream society.” Mr. Leno, that takes bigger balls than stepping out in front of TV-watching America every night. I daresay I suspect it takes bigger balls to come out of the closet than anything you have ever done in your life.
I know you know gay people, Mr. Leno. Are they just jokes to you, to be snickered at behind their backs? Despite the angry tenor of my letter, I suspect you’re a better man than that. I don’t bother writing letters to the “God Hates Fags” people, or Donald Wildmon, or the pope. But I think you can do better. I know it’s The Tonight Show, not a White House press conference, but you reach a lot of people.
I caught your show when you had a tired mockery of Brokeback Mountain, involving something about a horse done up in what you consider a “gay” way. Man, that’s dated. I turned the television off and felt pretty fucking depressed. And now I understand your gay-baiting jokes have continued.
Mr. Leno, I have a sense of humor. It’s my livelihood. And being gay has many hilarious aspects to it—none of which, I suspect, you understand. I’m tired of people like you. When I think of gay people, I think of centuries of suffering. I think of really, really good people who’ve been gravely mistreated for a long time now.
You’ve got to cut it out, Jay.
Sincerely,
Jeff Whitty
What began as a friendly rivalry between two effects artists explodes off TheForce.Net’s FanFilms Forum and into the real world in a lightsaber battle royale.
Originally created for the forum’s lightsaber choreography competition, this fight to the death will decide once and for all who is truly most skilled with a saber.
There can be only one.
FAQs (from ryanvsdorkman.com) How did you do those lightsaber effects?
We used Adobe After Effects to rotoscope the prop blades and add glows to them. Essentially the same way ILM does it. After Effects was also used for a variety of other visual effects you see (or don’t see) in RvD. How long did it take you to make this, and when did it come out?
We choreographed and filmed over the course of three weekends, and spent about 4 months on the effects in our spare time, finishing March 1st, 2003. Did you guys have any martial arts or sword training when you made this?
Neither of us had any formal training of any kind at the time of making RvD. Just watched a lot of movies. Where was this shot, and what is that thing in the background?
RvD was filmed at Carco Electronics, who built flight simulators for the aerospace industry. The machine in the background is a satellite tracking positioner, the specifications of which were top secret. After the machine was finished being built, it was shipped off to an “undisclosed location”. Where did you get the lightsaber props you guys are fighting with?
The saber props were actually built for this. They were made in several parts using a lathe, mill, and other metalworking tools. Aluminum tubing (like you can find at your local hardware store) were used for the blades. What kind of camera did you film with?
Canon GL-1 camcorder.
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Since the success of RVD, these guys are already working on their next fight film, RVD2. The first film took 3 years to materialise (choreography, upgrading their technical know-how, etc), so if you’d like to support these guys, here’s how you can help. They’re hoping to raise $5000 for their production fees (mainly for getting the location for the shoot) and if you donate the following amounts, you’ll be credited in their credit roll!! How’s that for cool?
$10 and over – Associate Producer
$20 and over – Producer
$40 and over – Executive Producer Support these boys! =)
Welcome to QueerClicks new WEEKLY edition called BitchFest 2006!! It appears so many of you have so much stuff you need to get off your chest with a sounding board. So here is your chance. Each week QC will give you a topic or theme and you can sound off about it all you want. We want to hear your gripes, complaints and sounding off about your life, but we do ask you follow these simple guidelines:
I. Stick to the Theme/Topic II. DO NOT bash others for their sounding off. III. Leave comments and bitches in the COMMENT SECTION.
I’ll be happy to start this QC BitchFest.
Here is this week’s topic: Holidays Why is it that the one person you don’t want to show up for family holidays ALWAYS shows up and ALWAYS causes drama? If I thought I could drug her punch without a jail term I would in a second. Scratch that, cyanide would work!
Welcome to QueerClick’s new WEEKLY edition called BitchFest 2006!! It appears so many of you have so much stuff you need to get off your chest with a sounding board. So here is your chance. Each week QC will give you a topic or theme and you can sound off about it all you want. We want to hear your gripes, complaints and sounding off about your life, but we do ask you follow these simple guidelines:
I. Stick to the Theme/Topic
II. DO NOT bash others for their sounding off.
III. Be respectful of one another.
IV. Leave comments and bitches in the COMMENT SECTION.
We also welcome suggestions for future themes and topics.
Here is this weeks topic: Gay Men & Drama
I’ll be happy to start this QC BitchFest. I will never understand why some gay men can’t seem to live without their lives being a constant soap opera.
Ewwww. Can you smell that stale whiff!?
Clay Aiken’s accuser, John Paulus aka Jonah Cruise (and now Lucas Entertainment model) posts alleged evidence on his new blog while the Clay universe reacts.
Here’s an interesting excerpt of their chat transcript.
revnoles: well.. that sorta stinks (QC: okay, we do not think he was refering to the cumrag! Haha)
jonahcruise: How long are you in town for?
revnoles: just the week this time
jonahcruise: and what exactly are you looking for?
revnoles: but i wanted to meet now
revnoles: honestly…. i would love a DISCREET DISCREET bf
revnoles: but.. i’m really sorta horny right now
jonahcruise: I would hate to disappoint you, but I very very rarely ever hook up and put out on the first encounter.
jonahcruise: Regarding the discreet bf. That’s always possible with the right chemistry.
revnoles: i am in agreement with your first statement
revnoles: typically
revnoles: but i am VERY worked up today
revnoles: and i wish i could convince you
jonahcruise: lol. You are too adorable.
revnoles: come on!!!… PLEASE!!!
jonahcruise: I was horny for 2 weeks and you stood me up…
revnoles: i havent been around
jonahcruise: I know… i’m only joshing you.
revnoles: cant you PLEASE get it back
revnoles: PLEASE!!!
jonahcruise: I never said I didn’t have it.
jonahcruise: lol
revnoles: well… make it work today then PLEASE!!!
jonahcruise: Where can I possibly meet you today?
revnoles: i could come down to you
jonahcruise: I have my mother here. I was being honest.
revnoles: what about a hotel?
jonahcruise: Hmmm. I guess, but only to meet. More sordid details at John’s blog and Reality Blurred.
(Thanks THE Shawn, and Andy!) Previously: John Paulus on Howard Stern ClayCam Clay Aiken Outed Clay Aiken’s (Mini) Croissant
When I sign on sometimes, The click windows (like Matts birthday) do not load. The window remains blank. I have checked all my settings and all is ok. This only happens every once and a while. Any suggestions?
Love the web site,
James
Hey James!
Thanks for the note.
Alot of the videos on YouTube do not stay up for long due to objectionable content (all it takes is for someone to flag it and there it goes poof!) so make sure you watch them whilst they last (meaning: check back on us regularly).
But wait! There’s a way to save these YouTube videos onto your hard drives! YEAH!!! Video Downloader 2.0 allows you to download videos (to your computer) directly (and easily -just one click-) from most video sites. Currently, you can save videos from the following sites: Break.com, Dailymotion, Google Video, Grinvi, iFilm, Metacafe, Putfile, Totally Crap, vSocial, ZippyVideos and everyone’s favourite YouTube, of course! New sites will be added but we’re really waiting for eVideoShare (‘cos they allow pornies)!
That’s all for this edition of QC Geek Notes. Have fun! Update:
We found another online haven, KeepVid, which will allow you to save videos from all the above-mentioned sites, and lots more!! Update: Video Downloader 2.0 has added the following video sites to their already impressive list. And woo hoo! Now we can download all that amateur smut off eVideoShare!
» Angry Alien
» Blennus
» Blip.tv
» Double Agent
» eVideoShare
» Free Video Blog
» Myspace (only video, not music videos)
» Myspace Video Code
» vidiLife
Each week, QC will be bringing you GLBT News from around the world. At QC, we strive to bring you the best in adult sites, pictures, and gayness. So now we are adding some news to help keep you informed of what’s going on in our world. This saves you the long searches of finding what is going on right now and the top headlines that effect our community. Please feel free to discuss the articles and or offer opinions or your views. QC is always interested in what you think and have to say. I was asked to start adding some commentary to each news item. I have done so with each as a “My Take On It.” We Finally Have A Gay President Wanna Be
“Gay and lesbian people in our country are fighting a mean-spirited movement to harm them and to discriminate against them,” Feingold, D-Wis., said in a telephone interview. “I stand with them against that movement, and I’m proud to stand with them.”
My Take on it: Man, I hope this is serious and not just a diving board for the 2008 elections. If he is serious this could be an amazing turn of events.
Playboy Going Gay
LONDON: Playboy, the US-based adult publisher and broadcaster, is considering using Britain as a testing ground for moving into the gay market.
My Take on it: It’s not the first time the GLBT community has been discovered to be a gold mine.
Korea Wants Gay Soldiers
Korea will revise or repeal military laws that stipulate punishment and discharge of gay soldiers, Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung said Tuesday. The plan, which reflects a January recommendation by the National Human Rights Commission, is opposed by senior officers, who say it will cause problems maintaining discipline in military units.
My Take on it: Sounds to me like another country will be adopting a “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy soon.
Chicago’s Men Are Spreading The Syph
Newly diagnosed cases of primary and secondary syphilis are rising among gay and bisexual men in the Chicago area, reports the Windy City Times. The city’s health department reports that there were 412 cases of syphilis reported in the city in 2005, a 39% increase over 2004’s figure. Almost three quarters of the new cases were among gay and bisexual men, an increase of more than 50% from 2004’s level. More than half of the gay and bisexual men diagnosed with syphilis in 2005 were also co-infected with HIV.
William Wong, medical director of the city health department’s STD/HIV prevention and care program, told the Times that he recommends sexually active gay men be checked for syphilis infection every six months and sexually active HIV-positive gay men be screened for the STD every three months. (The Advocate)
My Take on it: The article is very clear and to the point.
Ireland Is Now Officially Gay
DUBLIN, April 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ireland’s Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern, pledged to an audience of homosexual activists that Ireland would install gay “marriage” as in the UK. “Sexual orientation cannot, and must not, be the basis of a second-class citizenship. Our laws have changed, and will continue to change, to reflect this principle,” Ahern told Ireland’s leading homosexual political pressure group the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network on Monday.
My Take on it: After reading last week about the disgustingly-high rate of GLBT teen suicide in Ireland this is good news. Small steps are still steps in the right direction.
Gays Vs. The Immigrants
Immigration reform needs to get in line behind the gay civil rights movement. Discrimination and unequal treatment of gay Americans has not yet been resolved.
My Take on it: Both are very pressing issues.
Gay Disney World due in 2009
Mickey Mouse may no longer be the big cheese in the theme park world as animatronic gay emperors and Cinderfella look set to take centre stage in a gay amusement resort.
My Take on it: Wow, that is interesting. We complain constantly of being separated and yet we end up creating a separatist amusement park?
If You Are A Drama Queen, MTV and Rolling Stone Want You
Forget suffering through an MBA program — reality television is finally recruiting journalists. MTV and Rolling Stone are teaming up to offer summer internships in New York City. The chosen contestants will write full time for Rolling Stone, have the chance to interview celebrities and politicians, and have their entire life taped for three months.
My Take on it: Oh, this is going to be too funny. I would love to view these audition tapes.
After covering the porn industry for 10 years as a journalist, Vincent Lambert directed his first scene for Lucas Entertainment on March 24. “It’s just a natural progression of what I have done and what I am interested in doing,” says Lambert, whose background includes writing for Adult Video News, Unzipped, Latin Inches, Black Inches, All Man, Manshots and HX magazine. “It was very challenging to write and direct my first scene. But after watching and reviewing so many movies, I have a definite perspective on what I like and don’t like.”
“Vincent is a natural choice,” says Michael Lucas, President of Lucas Entertainment. “The idea of him directing for us makes sense since he has been working in the industry for so long. He has seen hundreds of adult films and has spent time on my sets and knows my style. I have complete faith in him.”
Lambert’s directing debut was a scene in Lucas Entertainment’s Encounters series, a line dedicated to Gotham City life. RuPaul made his adult directing debut in Encounters as well, with “Therapy Session” in Encounters: The Heat of the Moment.
The Encounters series serves as a vehicle for new directors. “Encounters invites fresh ideas and perspectives,” says Heather Reznor, Public Relations for Lucas Entertainment. “Every scene has a modern, stylish look, and the concept allows the director freedom to inject his unique voice.”
Lambert’s scene in Encounters: The Point of No Return is titled “Sex Party for Two.” It tells the story of two friends, played by new Lucas exclusive Tony Ryder and Jack MacCarthy, who plan a sex party that turns intimate. Lucas superstar Chad Hunt also makes a special surprise appearance.
“Tony and Jack had great chemistry and made our job easy,” says Lambert. “Chad Hunt, another Lucas exclusive, did me a favor and turned up to do a small but pivotal cameo role. Chad is an old friend, and I am really happy he could be a part of my debut scene.”
Of his recent career move, Lambert comments, “I was definitely inspired by other porn journalists who recently turned to directing. After all, doesn’t everyone really want to direct?”
Encounters: The Point of No Return is currently available for preorder at LucasEntertainment.com and will be released on April 15.
