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		<title>Texan HS Faces Protest</title>
		<link>http://www.bestgayblogs.com/2011/03/featured-political-blogs/texan-hs-faces-protest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Down in Corpus Christi,  Texas,  the Caller is reporting a planned protest after the  superintendent announced that she had no plans to allow an on-campus club supporting gay and lesbian students. They report,Superintendent Julie Carbajal said the district won&#8217;t approve the proposed Gay-Straight Alliance, but she will make sure all other school clubs are following [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Down in Corpus Christi,  Texas,  the Caller is reporting a planned protest after the  superintendent announced that she had no plans to allow an on-campus club supporting gay and lesbian students.</p>
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<blockquote><p>They report,Superintendent Julie Carbajal said the district won&#8217;t approve the proposed Gay-Straight Alliance, but she will make sure all other school clubs are following the district&#8217;s policy. The district already has asked the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to meet off campus while officials meet with attorneys.</p>
<p>Paul Rodriguez, president of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Texas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi, said the district is alienating other groups to disallow the creation of a club proposed by senior Bianca &#8220;Nikki&#8221; Peet, 17.</p>
<p>He called on members of other student groups now restricted from meeting on campus to join him in protest against what he called the district&#8217;s discriminatory practices.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is unfortunate that the district is punishing those clubs that were already meeting on campus and creating a hostile environment where Nikki and her supporters could be potential targets of taunting, abuse and hate slurs — the very thing that the (Gay-Straight Alliance) is committed to ending,&#8221; he wrote in a statement.</p>
<p>School will continue that day as usual, and students will be taking the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, a state standardized exam, spokeswoman Lynn Kaylor said.</p>
<p>The protests won&#8217;t change the district&#8217;s decision to adhere to a policy approved in 2005 disallowing student clubs not tied to curriculum to meet on campus, the district said in a statement.</p>
<p>&#8220;If there is a protest, even after the district has pledged to solve this issue according to the law and ensuring Flour Bluff ISD policies will be followed, our concern will continue to be for our students,&#8221; Carbajal said in a statement.</p>
<p>The federal Equal Access Act mandates schools to offer equal opportunities for all students to organize. In disallowing the Gay-Straight Alliance, the district said it didn&#8217;t have to follow the act because its policy didn&#8217;t allow any non-curriculum student groups to meet on campus. Since Rodriguez called for the approval of Peet&#8217;s club, the district has asked all student groups not tied to school-based curriculum to meet off campus.</p>
<p>Rodriguez has said that disallowing all non-curricular clubs on campus takes away his group&#8217;s argument. However, he said because such groups were meeting on campus when Peet petitioned to form a Gay-Straight Alliance, the district set a precedent allowing such clubs. That precedent trumps the district&#8217;s 2005 policy, so the district should allow Peet&#8217;s club, Rodriguez said.</p>
<p>Full article  -<a href="http://www.caller.com/news/2011/mar/01/gay-activist-gears-up-for-protest-against-flour/">Corpus Christi Caller-Times</a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Belarus Pres Says &#8220;Turn Straight&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK’s popular Pink Paper is reporting a spat between Belarus and Germany,  or rather the lack of an argument! Last November in Minsk, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko suggested to German Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle that he should cease being gay. Lukashenko recently acknowledged the incident, telling reporters that he dislikes &#8220;faggots&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The UK’s popular Pink Paper is reporting a spat between Belarus and Germany,  or rather the lack of an argument!<span id="more-16228"></span></p>
<blockquote><p>Last November in Minsk, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko suggested to German Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle that he should cease being gay.</p>
<p>Lukashenko recently acknowledged the incident, telling reporters that he dislikes &#8220;faggots&#8221; and confirming he told Westerwelle &#8220;it is necessary to live a normal life.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Russian gay activist Nikolai Alekseev expressed surprise that there was little reaction to the incident from German gay activists or the German government.</p>
<p>&#8220;To leave without reaction what Lukashenko said is nothing else than setting a dangerous precedent,&#8221; Alekseev said. &#8220;If he can bash verbally a German minister on his sexual orientation, then why he would not do it with all Belarusian LGBT people.<br />
&#8220;People have to understand that their absence of reaction can have some negative side effects to others.&#8221;</p>
<p>“I’m very surprised that there was not widespread condemnation of the remarks,  the utter hostility and homophobia of one countries envoy to another.”   Said Jason Shaw, gay writer, blogger and activist. “I’m very disheartened by the lack of action by our German brothers and sisters, in our global fight against homophobia and for acceptance and equality.  They rather seem to have accepted his kind of insult and homophobia from a close by nation as normal and understandable -  which is not!  he said today.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/4920/1/03/2011/belarus-president-told-german-foreign-minister-to-turn-straight.aspx">PinkPaper.com</a></p>
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		<title>Loco Luke&#8217;s Luscious Lads</title>
		<link>http://www.bestgayblogs.com/2011/02/for-mature-audiences/loco-lukes-luscious-lads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are the cream of the crop, the top of the class, and the absolute stunners in the Euro twinky field.Sexy, attractive, gorgeous, stunning or simply luscious, that’s what all the boys featured on Loco Luke’s Luscious Lads blog are. OK, so a whole raft of them may not be Europeans in fact, but that’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They are the cream of the crop, the top of the class, and the absolute stunners in the Euro twinky field.<span id="more-15918"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sexy, attractive, gorgeous, stunning or simply luscious,   that’s what all the boys featured on<a href="http://loco-luke.blogspot.com/"> Loco Luke’s Luscious Lads</a> blog are. OK, so a whole raft of them may not be Europeans in fact,   but that’s the mainstay of this particular well-crafted blog.</span><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luke must search for hours to bring a lovely collection of handsome youths to our screens.  Some are models, some are actors, some are in the porn industry, and some are just simply beautiful specimens of manhood.  These are lads,   twinks, teens, barely legal boys, handsome youths that offer more than just a quick titillation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Less is more,  can certainly apply to <a href="http://loco-luke.blogspot.com/">Loco Luke’s Luscious Lads blog</a> as he usually just posts one photo a day,  however,  always it’s a stunner!   A delightful example of youthful male beauty, sometimes it’s the moptop hair, or the searching eyes, the nicely toned body, the ripped physique. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are sometimes a few still from various movies, or even short films posted that will also entertain you on this little blog with a lot of appeal. First class blogging entertainment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you like your guys on the slim youthful twin side, then<a href="http://loco-luke.blogspot.com/"> Loco Luke&#8217;s Luscious Lads</a> is a must for you, it’s a lovely enchanting daily blog, worth of a visit on your busy daily blog shuffle. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UeUOG7UIPug/TFXP-h5GPMI/AAAAAAAADJ0/SgeumePFFVo/S1600-R/LokoLuke2a.jpg" alt="... ... Loco Luke" width="400" height="145" /></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">From Jason Shaw,  Jason&#8217;s own personal take on life through the eyes of a slightly eccentric English writer can be found at  www.seafrontdiary.com</span></p>
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		<title>How Not To Do It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guys, you know, there are those times, when even I get a little&#8230;shall we say  rampant.  Just the other afternoon I was standing in the kitchen and &#8216;lil Jay&#8217;  was upright,  standing to attention pointing to the ceiling.  (Hey  I&#8217;m 41,  it pointing to the ceiling whilst standing is a major achievement,  it never usually [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guys, you know, there are those times, when even I get a little&#8230;shall we say  rampant.  <span id="more-15506"></span>Just the other afternoon I was standing in the kitchen and &#8216;lil Jay&#8217;  was upright,  standing to attention pointing to the ceiling.  (Hey  I&#8217;m 41,  it pointing to the ceiling whilst standing is a major achievement,  it never usually gets that hard these days!)   I was feeling mega horny,  so horny it hurt!<br />
Now,  there I am with the most rampant horn on,   the like of which I&#8217;d not had since, I was on a tram in  1989 with a former soap actor, but that&#8217;s a different story.     I didn&#8217;t know what to do,  part of me wanted to get my classic old Falcon DVD&#8217;s out and slow-mo the cumming scenes,  part of me wanted to bash one out over last nights Emmerdale (Sorry but that Danny Miller could be my cum catcher any day)</p>
<p>I checked my online chat contacts,  the guy from Bath who came for a good session in the Summer,  whom usually can be relied upon for a bit of cam to cam jiggery pokery, was alas not online and all the time my stodgy desire for a dose of manlove was increasing to heights above frigging Everest!  Mind you  I do like about of outside stuff,  I&#8217;ve recently been on holiday to Florida and had a randy little surfer show me a thing or two -  I&#8217;ll tell you about it some other time &#8211; although it&#8217;s nice to walk on,  sand can be bloody annoyingly painful when it gets up ya chuff.</p>
<p>Right,  so  that&#8217;s it, I thought,  time for a play,  but not on me own,   yeah  yeah,  I tried the tugging with my left hand, to see if it felt different,  like a stranger,  but it wasn&#8217;t fast enough -  a bit like ya granny giving you a wank &#8211; not right, big, clever or satisfying.   I then tried the posh wank, by slamming on a rubber -  but well,  it didn&#8217;t quite do the bizz.</p>
<p>Now be fore we go any further,  a couple of things you should know about yours truly, I&#8217;m no slim disco bunny, I&#8217;m kinda trapped in gay limbo land -  way too old to even be an aged twink, not muscular enough to me a muscle Mary and not quite ready to be a hairy bear yet!     I am also mega shy,  no  really -  I am -  still,  when the horn is on the horn is on &#8211; shy or not!</p>
<p>Time for a slutty, dirty, repugnant man cruise,  I kinda thought to myself,  (although I obviously left out the repugnant bit out when I was thinking it,  I only added that bit in just now, in case that boy from work happens to be reading this,  after all  I do have a certain reputation to live down to!)  Thinking to myself wasn&#8217;t quite true either,       I did tell the old lady next door,  but she wasn&#8217;t much interested,  all she said was &#8220;mind you don&#8217;t get mud on your new Christmas jumper&#8221;.    She had a good point and I went in to change,   pulling a random secret shag in the woods wasn&#8217;t gonna happen I ventured if I was wearing a reindeer jumper with bells and flashing lights leading the way!</p>
<p>So I changed  and off I went, in search of a random casual sexual  encounter with a tall dashing handsome stranger,  OK,  so if I&#8217;m honest,  cruising isn&#8217;t a thing I&#8217;m an expert at,  I&#8217;m not a regular,  I&#8217;m not the bonk in the bush kinda boy, a tug against a tree is about the limit and I&#8217;ve never  fucked over a fence &#8211; ever. (except that time in Turkey four years ago and it was more a wall than a fence!)<br />
So the point I&#8217;m waffling around is,  I&#8217;m so not used to cruising for random&#8217;s I&#8217;ve lost all fairy points and forgotten where all the cruise zones are!   Plus, it&#8217;s early January &#8211; it&#8217;s barely above freezing out there!   &#8211; Who in their right mind goes out cruising on foot in this weather?  Well,  me for one!</p>
<p>I went down the prom where in summer I&#8217;ve copped more and an eyeful,  but this winters morn it was empty.  I checked out the lawns and save for a few old fishwives and their dogs it was devoid of all souls!  I hanked to the public bogs on the front and they were all locked up!     I even tried the local park, the one up in Hove, I was told once that was a good outdoor action station &#8211; if you know what I mean -  but just my luck the only man there was of the snow variety -  no holes in that either!</p>
<p>I was bereft of all ideas,  of all notions and on top of that frostbite was advancing up my fingers to near the knuckle mid way mark,  I&#8217;d lost all feeling in my left foot!  And the horn that drove me out into this winter landscape of no men had well and truly packed up and gone south!</p>
<p>My adventures into the world of outside sex took a massive blow,  and not the kind of blow I had in mind when  I set off,  so  home I trudged,  which thinking about it was probably best &#8211; frost bitten balls and snow damaged cocks are no damn good to anyone!<br />
Once indoors I made myself  a nice cup of tea instead,  at least it offers a sweet after taste,  and settled down to a nice bit of outside porn on the tinternet thanks to Best G Blogs,    but I guess I just fail at gay cruising,  bang goes my induction to the gay hall of fame,  lost my fairy wings and dust I guess.   Is there any hope for me?</p>
<p>Jason Shaw</p>
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		<title>Covering Reba</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every ones favourite permanently grumpy New York based musician, Jay Brannan is out and about next month, laying live! The handsome &#8220;it causes me physical pain to verbalize any type of traditional &#8220;holiday&#8221; greeting&#8221; singer toiled away on New Years Eve  learning a Reba McEntire song, and he&#8217;s posted it on his YouTube channel &#8220;The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">Every ones favourite permanently grumpy New York based musician, Jay Brannan is out and about next month, laying live!<span id="more-15449"></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The handsome </span>&#8220;it causes me physical pain to verbalize any type of traditional &#8220;holiday&#8221; greeting&#8221; <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">singer toiled away on New Years Eve  learning a </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Reba McEntire song</strong>, and he&#8217;s posted it on his YouTube channel</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://m1e.net/c?115225804-u2gmz2ZGKFfZc%406056818-6iByW6vux1DBw">&#8220;The  Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia&#8221;</a>!</span></div>
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<p>&#8216;What better way&#8217; he says,  &#8217;to celebrate a new year than with a song about lyin&#8217;,  cheatin&#8217;, &amp; murder?</p>
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<p>Catch Jay live -</p>
<p>Tuesday January 18<br />
Los Angeles, CA<br />
openers: TBA, Our Lady J, &amp;  Terra Naomi!</p>
<p><a href="http://m1e.net/c?115225804-KvPJfbOtm1H9A%406056819-TeFMFMR4gQVFI">buy  tickets</a> / <a href="http://m1e.net/c?115225804-ptGYlWJfOiAUE%406056820-qxH79l0oAVTxk">see  facebook event</a></p>
<p>Friday January 21<br />
San Francisco, CA<br />
openers: Jhameel  &amp; Dave Smallen!<br />
<a href="http://m1e.net/c?115225804-QfM683JiNnnHc%406056821-rrGHpGw8GGcSY">buy  tickets</a> / <a href="http://m1e.net/c?115225804-B9NBzKN4gkhbU%406056822-sAhFDSOVjRjw%2e">see  facebook event</a></p>
<p>Sunday January 23<br />
Phoenix, AZ<br />
openers: Bears of  Manitou &amp; J. Miller!<br />
<a href="http://m1e.net/c?115225804-zXxQ3ILr8vggo%406056823-tHaIH.unUcXOU">buy  tickets</a> / <a href="http://m1e.net/c?115225804-7rxB9KDQw.TM2%406056824-OYoNZtL7ETXAQ">see  facebook event</a></p>
<p>Friday February 4<br />
New York, NY<br />
opener TBA<br />
<a href="http://m1e.net/c?115225804-JzsZ2FAuDNw62%406056825-ZgHgid/GqZOa2">buy  tickets</a> / <a href="http://m1e.net/c?115225804-iNOMGMZL3h26.%406056826-0LxSxfX/AY1tA">see  facebook event</a></p>
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<p><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://jaybrannan.com/" target="_blank">jaybrannan.com</a><br />
<a href="http://facebook.com/jaybrannan" target="_blank">facebook.com/jaybrannan</a><br />
<a href="http://youtube.com/jaybrannan" target="_blank">youtube.com/jaybrannan</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/jaybrannan" target="_blank">twitter.com/jaybrannan</a><br />
<a href="http://myspace.com/jaybrannan" target="_blank">myspace.com/jaybrannan</a><br />
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		<title>UK Rag Slams Elton</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;Grotesque act of selfishness&#8221; is how Andrew Pierce, the consultant editor of the UK&#8217;s Daily Mail Newspaper.  Dubbed by many in the gay community as the Daily Hate mail for it&#8217;s prejudice and homophobic editorial stance.   In his column  Pierce criticises the decision of Sir Elton John and David Furnish to have a surrogate [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A &#8220;Grotesque act of selfishness&#8221; is how Andrew Pierce, the consultant editor of the UK&#8217;s Daily Mail Newspaper. <span id="more-15446"></span> Dubbed by many in the gay community as the Daily Hate mail for it&#8217;s prejudice and homophobic editorial stance.   In his column  Pierce criticises the decision of Sir Elton John and David Furnish to have a surrogate baby,  despite being both gay and adopted himself.</p>
<p>Mr Pierce wrote: “I have no doubt of the couple’s ‘over whelming’ happiness and joy at the arrival of their son. I am quite certain that the child’s unorthodox parentage — he was born to an unidentified surrogate mother who had carried the child after being implanted with a donor egg from another mystery woman — will prove no barrier to the love the couple will lavish on him.</p>
<p>“Yet I can’t help feeling that his decision to become a father is another<strong><span style="color: #ffff00;"> grotesque act of selfishness</span></strong> from Sir Elton, and that the child is a little Christmas bauble he and his partner have awarded themselves. How telling it is that he was born on Christmas Day.”</p>
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<p>Mr Pierce comments and indeed sentiments seem to follow the newspapers anti-gay rights editorial policy,  and that of Christian fundamentalist Stephen Green, who was interviewed by BBC news for their 6pm newscast,  in which he said &#8216;Sir Elton’s child is a “designer accessory” for the pop star&#8217;</p>
<p>Mr Pierce whilst doesn&#8217;t go along with Green&#8217;s views that homosexuals should be executed, he does call himself a Christian, and has previously written against gay equality.</p>
<p>In reality Sir Elton will be 79 when his son turns 16.</p>
<p>Mr Pierce claimed  that Sir Elton wouldn’t have been allowed to adopt a child due to his age, so paid to create his own.</p>
<p>“How can we ever hope to live a life of equality free from hate and prejudice from heterosexuals when we get such hateful statements from within the gay community,  especially those with a position of power.”  Said gay rights campaigner Jason Shaw today from his home in Brighton.  “what Mr Pierce fails to see is that his comments will be taken by the already homophobic Daily Mail readers as fact and tarnish all adoptions and surrogacy births  by and for gay couples as “Grotesques”  Sighing,  “He does a great disservice to the wider gay population by such a column”</p>
<p>Jason’s daily personal blog is <a href="http://www.seafrontdiary.com">www.seafrontdiary.com</a></p>
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		<title>UK Soap to get Gay Wedding!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top UK soap,  Coronation Street is to hold its first gay ‘wedding’ according to media reports circulating around the UK. Some say, midwife Marcus Dent returns to the show and rekindles his relationship with the popular factory worker and barman Sean,  played superbly by the lovely Antony Cotton.   According to various reports, the couple tie [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Top UK soap,  Coronation Street is to hold its first gay ‘wedding’ according to media reports circulating around the UK. <span id="more-15444"></span></p>
<blockquote><p>Some say, midwife Marcus Dent returns to the show and rekindles his relationship with the popular factory worker and barman Sean,  played superbly by the lovely Antony Cotton.   According to various reports, the couple tie knot in a civil partnership.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>The Sun newspaper, reported  that the soap opera’s openly gay producer Phil Collinson wants to give Antony Cotton’s character one of the biggest roles in 2011 story lines.    Therefore it seems perfect timing to bring back the gay love interest for Sean.   The show also has a lesbian couple,   Sophie Webster  played  by Brooke Vincent and Sian Powers whose played by Sacha Parkinson.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>According to the paper,  an insider told them   “Bringing back Charlie is seen as a big platform for him and in particular Antony who is well liked and admired by the boss. When Marcus turns up in Weatherfield in the spring he is desperate to rekindle his romance.     But having hurt him once, Sean is apprehensive until Marcus offers him commitment, with the future storyline leading to Corrie’s first same sex marriage.”</p>
<p>The soap, celebrated its 50th anniversary last year and a few of the stars led the gay Pride parade in Manchester in August.  However,   Antony Cotton pointed out that whilst Marcus does return to the show,  nothing at all has been fully and finally decided about the future of the two characters.</p>
<p>However,  it’s still a massive step forward for the show and the in screen visibility of gay people.</p>
<p>“This is great news”  said avid fan, Andrew from Horsham,  adding “It’s just what the street and British TV needs!”</p>
<p>“I fully support the inclusion of a gay ‘wedding’ and thing it will not only be good for the programme,  but also for the nation as a whole,  especially in this new year when the campaign for gay marriage is stepped up”  Gay supporter Graham told me yesterday.</p></blockquote>
<p>Jason Shaw</p>
<p>UK Correspondent</p>
<p>Jason’s blog is <a href="http://www.seafrontdiary.com/">www.seafrontdiary.com</a></p>
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		<title>Artistry of Male</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some blogs that delight, then there are some that inform, you also have some that entertain, a few are there to inspire thought and contemplation. However, very  few can combine all those functions in one exquisitely produced package -    Artistry of Male is that package! This is an erotic, exciting and thoroughly enjoyable [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are some blogs that delight, then there are some that inform, you also have some that entertain, a few are there to inspire thought and contemplation. <span id="more-15453"></span> However, very  few can combine all those functions in one exquisitely produced package -    <a href="http://artistryofmale.blogspot.com/?zx=961a2b3cc33053ae">Artistry of Male</a> is that package!</p>
<p>This is an erotic, exciting and thoroughly enjoyable arty blog that manages every single day to delight and hit the spot.  It’s crammed to the rafters of hot sexy photos,  stunning guys in all shapes sizes and styles.  AOM  must search the net for hour upon hour upon hour to bring us so much beauty in one place.  Really,  this has got to be one of the best produced and most lovingly created gay blogs of all time.</p>
<p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3xFOxW4_qHw/TR7LHA39hVI/AAAAAAAAju4/HV9Jn7_BY_4/s1600/happy-new-year-2011-wallpapers.jpg"><img style="float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3xFOxW4_qHw/TR7LHA39hVI/AAAAAAAAju4/HV9Jn7_BY_4/s640/happy-new-year-2011-wallpapers.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="465" height="349" /></a></p>
<p>The first thing you notice about the blog is how well it’s put together,  it’s design is slick and pleasing,  it’s multitude of links are easy to navigate and there is just so so so much content it really is a masterpiece of modern blogging!  I guess you could say,  this is the blog equivalent of a lavishly bound, reassuringly expensive glossy paged erotic art coffee table book, the kind that those arty independent book stores sell at almost £100 each!</p>
<p>Along the right hand column of Artistry of Male you’ll find many and varied links, from the AOM music player to a vast ranger of photographer sites,  features, artists and models.  There are links to other top first class blogs and photo sites and information. It’s an Aladdin&#8217;s cave of erotica and entertainment for fans of the male form -  which come on,  we all are!</p>
<p>There are multiple posts each day,  usually they include ‘Beauty of the Day’  a few photographs of extreme high quality of what can only be honestly described as well fuckable totty,  or rather stunning young men,  in various states of dress or un!</p>
<p>Another post in the daily mix of AOM magic is Soul Food,  this is where you’ll find exactly what it says in the title,  food for the soul!  Comments,  quotes and tales designed to not only delight but also enrich the readers soul.   I love to come here when I’m feeling down,  because not only do I get an eye full of sexy guys,  but I also feel inspired and somewhat enlightened!</p>
<p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3xFOxW4_qHw/TR7EE8fR1KI/AAAAAAAAjsk/m89ffLpfHcA/s1600/BUMS-010111-02.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3xFOxW4_qHw/TR7EE8fR1KI/AAAAAAAAjsk/m89ffLpfHcA/s640/BUMS-010111-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="337" height="450" /></a></p>
<p>There are usually a lovely couple of posts on various themes,  sometimes featuring a popular face (and body) from the world of gay porn.  Sometimes its a particular artist or photographer, other times it will be a model,  yet always incredibly entertaining and horny.</p>
<p>Another in the daily mix of posts from this king of bloggers is ‘Booty Call or Booty of the Day,  which as you’d guess with no help from me, contains a selection of fine male rump!  Man  this is a hot sight and site,  it goes far beyond the usual one handed viewing erotic blog.</p>
<p>The daily batch of posts from AOM ends with the simply titled Foot Notes!   Feet lovers the world over love this,  as you’ll find various man feet in all their beauty.</p>
<p>On the whole,  <a href="http://artistryofmale.blogspot.com/?zx=961a2b3cc33053ae">Artistry of Male</a> is a first class, top flight, amazingly and lovingly created blog,   you may think I’m gushing to extreme here,  but I’m confident that once you’ve visited Artistry of Male,  you’ll think as I do!  Thank you so much AOM!</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://artistryofmale.blogspot.com/?zx=961a2b3cc33053ae">Artistry of Male</a></p>
<p>I   S   M   A   E   L        A   L   V   A   R   E   Z</p>
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<p>Review from Jason Shaw</p>
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		<title>Portia De Rossi on Anorexia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were tears before tea time this week on the Oprah show today, as actress Portia De Rossi told how at one stage she dropped to 82 pounds during the battle she had with anorexia at the height of her fame on hit TV show Ally McBeal. The  a deeply personal and emotional hour flew [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There were tears before tea time this week on the Oprah show today, as actress Portia De Rossi  told how at one stage she dropped to 82 pounds during the battle she had with anorexia  at the height of her fame on hit TV show Ally McBeal.  <span id="more-14595"></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> The  a deeply personal and emotional hour flew  by   as the incredibly pretty Portia read extracts from her new book  “Unbearable Lightness” and told honest truths on how she succumbed to the eating disorder which could so easily have taken her life.</span></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">However,  it wasn&#8217;t all sad, oh no,  there were a few moments when the tears that  fell were the tears of joy!   Yes,  especially when  Portia told Oprah of her deep pure love for her wife,  the other American chat show queen &#8211;  Ellen DeGeneres!   She also told how that deep emotion keeps her sane and saves her each and every day,  as well as feeling complete when she legally took Ellen&#8217;s last name. </span></span></div>
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		<title>Hawaii Five &#8211; O</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its starling sound, it’s high impact feel was equally matched by the constant movement of images that went along with it in the title sequence of the original show that rocked to the top of the TV charts all around the world. It was one of the most exciting and most recognised TV theme tunes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its starling sound, it’s high impact feel was equally  matched by the constant movement of images that went along with it in the title sequence of the original show that rocked to the top of the TV charts all around the world. <span id="more-14591"></span>It was one of the most exciting and most recognised TV theme tunes in all the world.   It went on to be one of the most successful and long running cop shows ever made.   We&#8217;re talking  &#8211;   Hawaii Five O!</p>
<p>Jason Shaw remembers a 70&#8242;s classic!</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was mandatory viewing in the Shaw household,  my mother demanded silence when it was shown and as a treat I was allowed to stay up late to see it’s conclusion each week.     I can close my eyes,  and once again I’m transported back to those carefree days,   sitting on the carpet next to the fire in front of the massive TV set in it’s wooden box,  pretending to paddle the massive canoe along with the exotic visions appearing on the bulbous glass screen.       Didn’t you do that? Pretend to paddle a canoe to that theme? Surly everybody of a certain age, has, at some stage of other sat on the floor and done those sort of actions!</span></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That’s why I and so many others my age, were so  interested when I heard they were remarking the show,  or rather bringing it back,  putting a new modern spin on a 70&#8242;s classic.     I’ve had a chance to see a few episodes now,  the jury is still out on the story lines, although the views are bright, colourful and exotic as only Hawaii  can be.   Oh  and  Alex O’Loughlin (above) who is is just the right side of rugged to be Jack Lord’s replacement as McGarrett.    Scott Cann (below) is a bit of top totty and easy on the eye as Danno.   Although not a patch on the original Danno, played by James MacArthur,  who sadly passed away last Thursday.  I think he was my first man-crush my schoolboys eyes feasted upon,  well it was the 70&#8242;s! </span></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Another that makes this show stand out, is the opening credits,  with that oh so famous tune,   yes, they’ve updated both,   yes  they are both new and old at the same time.   I love the way they do pastiche shots of the same images that featured in the original shows opening moments,  well  done CBS!</span></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a title="Jason" href="http://seafrontdiary.com" target="_blank">Jason Shaw&#8217;s memory lingers on and on @ his Seafront Diary! </a> </span></span></div>
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