Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Re: [Peckers_Pics] Hair Wars; PICS + Articles; Mar 29, 2011/Boycott TARGET



Problem solved on this end.  Gorgeous pictures, and it was nice to see a hot older guy in the mix.  Thanks, Jake, as always.
Bob

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:18 AM, bob <youyong28@gmail.com> wrote:
No pictures at all!  And my favorite "war" too!


On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Jake <jakewest_tn@yahoo.com> wrote:


Hair Wars; PICS + Articles; Mar 29, 2011
Boycott TARGET / Safe PICS For All Ages / We Support Keith Olbermann

Updates on Keith Olberman @ ObamaBiden2008  (Update: Keith began his FOK NEWS blog.)

Alert: Target + Minnesota Forward + Tom Emmer = Support for a rather dangerous and radical political philosophy that diminishes LGBT people to pests that should be murdered. And "Target" is cool with this?  ....Boycott TARGET!!!!!

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Health - Wellness - Exercise - Reflections:
Elizabeth Taylor: A Better Friend than We Deserved

28 March 2011 / by R.E. Frederique / South Florida Gay News

Was it 1980 or 81 -- I can't remember -- that I watched Elizabeth Taylor dance with Montgomery Clift at one of our favorite retro theaters in Manhattan, Carnegie Hall Cinema? The movie was A Place in the Sun, a film remembered for the beauty and youth of Elizabeth Taylor, the sexual vulnerability of Montgomery Clift, all bathed in the sumptuous music of Franz Waxman. Slumped next to my friends José Garcia, an aspiring writer, and Peter Müller, my schoolmate, we were three very young gay men in love with Montgomery Clift.

Yet, the real attraction for us was Elizabeth. Sure, the beauty and her very youth mesmerized us, but there was something else. It was the empathy that the actress obviously had for her gay romantic leading man. That empathy seemed to speak to us personally. We were attracted to Elizabeth because she offered what neither José, Peter, nor I had known in our homes: acceptance. Gays are attracted to acceptance like plants in the dessert need water.

Throughout her life, Elizabeth Taylor offered acceptance. From the time she was a child star on the MGM movie lots, she became lifelong friends with gay co-stars such as Roddy McDowall. It was McDowall who took one of the great, iconic photographs of Taylor in Mexico, wearing no makeup, having just come out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her hair.

Rock Hudson competed for her friendship with James Dean, who confided in her on the set of Giant. Hudson's death in 1985 gave Elizabeth Taylor the drive to raise funds for AIDS research, and eventually found the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) together with Dr. Mathilde Krim. But even before that, she was a major supporter of AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) in 1984. She didn't just lend her name, she worked to raise awareness, get other celebrities involved, and raise funds to find a cure. Later, she founded the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation to help other AIDS organizations to provide care to patients and promote prevention education.

Taylor was also a major force behind the passage of the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990, now the primary source of federal funding for HIV/AIDS programs. Taylor's contributions to the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, DC, allowed for a medical center named after her. As if that weren't enough, she found time to be involved in other projects, such as the Freddy Mercury AIDS Benefit Concert in 1992. To say that Elizabeth Taylor worked tirelessly for gay men's health is putting it mildly. Even beyond death -- it is expected that her AIDS charities will inherit more than half a billion dollars of her estate.

By the time AIDS came around, Elizabeth Taylor was familiar with the issues surrounding homosexuality. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Reflections in a Golden Eye, and Suddenly Last Summer are some of the movies about repressed homosexuality that Taylor appeared in. Last Summer, Tin Roof, together with Boom were some of the movies she made based on Tennessee Williams' work. Other gay writers whose work she interpreted were Edward Albee, Noel Coward and Gore Vidal. She obviously had learned and understood the literature of such productions.

My friend José had seen all of those movies. In fact, the night we met him at the Carnegie Hall Cinema, he had already sat through one screening of that movie -- in those days, you could stay all day in the theater (and some did). José would often sit through a movie twice -- once to take in the "aura" (he said he could smell Elizabeth Taylor's perfume in A Place in the Sun), and a second time to closely follow the script. Afterwards, we would walk to the Bagel Nosh on 72nd Street to discuss the movie. There, we usually sat for hours under a sign that said "Please move on… Space is limited." This time, it took longer to get there, as José made pit stops along the way.

When José Garcia died soon after that, we didn't know enough about the illness to be able to save him. But that was not the case for my cousins and my godfather, who died years later. If our government had been as proactive as Elizabeth Taylor, I am convinced that these people, who were essential to my life, would still be here today.

People who didn't live through that time don't understand what it was like. At first, there was confusion. We had no idea what was happening to us, just that people were dying. Then, there was silence. Even after the name "AIDS" had been given to the disease, it was still taboo to talk about it. In order to have prevention education, it was necessary to break that silence. Elizabeth Taylor was one of those who shattered it.

In 1956, Montgomery Clift smashed his face in a car accident as he left Elizabeth Taylor's home. She saved his life by keeping him from choking on his own teeth. It was the first of thousands of lives she would save in her lifetime. Her goal, she said recently, was the "eradication of the AIDS epidemic."
Take Action:
  • Boycott advertisers of Glenn Beck - Fox News.  Glenn Beck is anti-gay rights.
  • Update: DADT has been repealed. President Obama has kept his promise!
  • Boycott Bill O'Reilly and FOX News and their advertisers.  Bill discussed a French commercial by McDonalds that was meant to show that McDonalds is Gay Friendly. Bill said what is next? Is McDonalds going to be Al-Qaida friendly as well?  Imagine - Bill O'Reilly compares Gays to Al-Qaida!
  • Boycott Arizona the home of  "hater" - U.S. Senator John McCain. Arizona's Hateful anti-Immigration Law - encourages racial profiling and increases hatred towards minorities.  A remedy: Demand Republicans to  support Immigration Reform (The Dream Act). Further, Senator McCain voted against ending DADT and Blocked Immigration reform! 
  • Boycott Target, Best Buy, Gold's Gym - for donating money towards anti-gay political candidates/organizations. Update: (12/26/2010): Target is continuing to donate to anti-gay groups/causes/politicians.  Update 03/08/11 - Lady Gaga Ends Target Partnership, Reportedly Over Target's Poor LGBT Stance. Update 3/25/2010 - Target displays their hypocrisy and Sues California Gay Rights Group for Lobbying Outside Stores.  Target is attempting to block the LGBT right of free speech!  STOP SHOPPING AT TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • End DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act).  Prevents Federal employees and Gays in the Military from gaining equal benefits. Prevents Gay Partners from gaining equal benefits.    
  • Pass ENDA (Employee Non-Discrimination Act).  ENDA would prevent employment discrimination of  LGBT workforce.
  • Boycott Salvation Army as they will not hire Gays! "DO NOT DONATE TO THEM."
  • BOYCOTT "Chick-fil-a" for donating to anti-gay marriage groups.
  • BOYCOTT KOCH INDUSTRIES PRODUCTS- to include their products: Angel Soft toilet paper / Brawny paper towels / Dixie plates, bowls, napkins & cups / Mardi Gras napkins and towels / Quilted Northern toilet paper / Soft 'n Gentle toilet paper / Sparkle napkins / Vanity fair napkins / Zee napkins / Georgia-Pacific paper products & envelopes / All Georgia-Pacific lumber & building products (INVISTA Products) / Lycra / Stainmaster Carpet.   The billionaire - Koch brothers are ultra republican - tea bag founders/supporters that do not support causes of the LGBT community. 
  • Boycott WALMART - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, force criticized Wal-Mart for denying employee benefits to same-s-x partners and for failing to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. By comparison, the group said two other chain stores with a strong presence in New York, Costco and Walgreens, did much better.
  • Remember David Kato, Gay activist - Uganda, who was slain because he is gay!
  • NEW: Boycott Donald Trump, The Apprentice and NBC Network! At CPAC, Trump said he is considering a run for president as a Republican. In a interview with the Des Moines Register, Trump added that he opposes all forms of legal recognition for gay couples, not just marriage. "They should not be able to marry," he said. So why does NBC keep the Apprentice when Donald Trump has stated he may run for president? Boycott NBC! Boycott advertisers of The Apprentice and his other business's. Don't shop at any bulklding with Donald Trump's name!  The Donald has expressed extreme Hatred.  Remember how poorly he treated Rosie O'Donnel?  Now we know why he did that!  It was hate against a lesbian as we now know he is hater.  Unforgiveable!  Ready to dump NBC because they air Donald Trump's "The Apprentice"?  Start Watching CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.
  • NEW: Boycott "APPLE." For the current owners and the aspiring owners of the I-phone,  Apple allows an application, "The Gay App", which is supposed to help gay individuals turn straight.  This is a step in the wrong direction.
    Apple needs to know that the decision to allow this App on their products is a fallacious idea! Update: March 23, 2011:  Apple removed this app from USA stores; but, rumored to have them remain in some foreign stores.  This is offensive not just towards the LGBT community in the USA; but, offensive to  the entire LGBT community around the world.  How does anyone approve such a hateful, despicable app towards the LGBT community? Especially when Gay Teens are killing themselves after being harrassed by their church, parents, as well as  by bully's and teachers at school. The idea that this app was used, solicited is disgusting.

And Now, Our War of the Fittest!

This group is called "Peckers Pics."  The English -  slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues.  In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!"  Whereas, you should select the guy that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit!"   Warning: This may stoke you!
 
Your participation in discussion of health / news articles - appearing in this message is greatly appreciated.
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Stoked?
The STUD, San Francisco; March 25, 2011
WWE announcer in gay slur
By ROB McNICHOL / 28 Mar 2011 / The Sun

TOP wrestling commentator Michael Cole has apologised after making a homophobic slur about fellow WWE announcer Josh Mathews on Twitter.
Cole -- who will be working his first match ever at WrestleMania against Jerry 'The King' Lawler - called Mathews a 'f-ggot' in a tweet that was seen by thousands of his followers on Twitter.

The offensive message was deleted and shortly afterwards Cole tweeted: "I apologize to any and all who were offended by my tweet toward young Josh Mathews. It was obviously not meant the way it was taken."

This was followed up with the words: "I was not ordered to apologize I said I am sorry because I am. Now can I get back to being a character again please?" This message was also later removed.

It should be noted that Cole's Twitter feed is largely conducted in character, with postings encouraging followers to be 'Cole Miners' and touting Cole as the 'voice of the WWE'.

The incident comes just days after WWE announced it was to work with Gay and Lesbian rights group GLAAD on an anti-bullying campaign, prompted by John Cena's continued childish remarks which insinuated that The Rock and The Miz were gay.

A WWE statement at the time read: "World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will be working with GLAAD to create and promote an anti-bullying initiative aimed at their core audience, and has invited us to conduct trainings for their staff of writers and editors.

"GLAAD contacted WWE executives and explained the problem after receiving our first reports. They then spoke to John Cena and the show's writers.

"We have been assured that not only will such incidents not happen again, WWE intends to reach out to their adolescent audience, with messages aimed making it clear that bullying someone with homophobic taunts or for their perceived sexual orientation is wrong."

After the Cole tweet, Vince McMahon's company added: "WWE has alerted GLAAD to the situation and spoken to Michael Cole about his post.

"He has removed it and apologized for using hateful language. Michael will be included in the training session being done by GLAAD."

Cole's outburst may well put his involvement in Wrestlemania and his position as a lead figure on WWE shows in serious jeopardy.
 
"Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."
....Jake
    
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