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Carlos’ mother has taken to giving him recipes during their phone chats, and then he’ll tell me about them over dinner, but a lot of her recipes are lost in translation by the time Carlos starts to cook.

As we ate dinner one night, he told me of one of his mother’s recipes that included lima beans, pork, fresh corn and tomatillos, and so that's what he was serving; I looked down at my plate and said:

“This is that recipe?”

“Yes it is. I already had chicken out so I used that instead of pork. We didn’t have lima beans so I used rice. There was no corn or tomatillos so I used peppers and lemon juice.”

“You do know that this is not at all what your mother talked about, right?”:

“It’s similar.”

I await the release of his cookbook …

This Tuxedo Memory is from May  2011

“Caturday

There are places in our house where cats are allowed to be … on the bed .... on the couch in the sunroom ... on the couch in the living room ... on a kitchen table chair. There are not allowed on living room chairs ... or dining room chairs ... or counters.

Tuxedo, however, because he's so delicious, gets away with murder. He is allowed on the bathroom counter because he enjoys a sip of water from the faucet and he's allowed on one of the living room chairs if he's in my lap. And now, apparently, he has granted himself access to a dining room chair. There he is, peeking at me when I asked if he was hungry.

And here is, doing his Gargoyle impression from atop a living room chair. He doesn't use his front paws to hold on because he's been declawed … DO NOT DO THAT… so he looks like he's just hanging around.

He just looks so darned cute, that I looked the other way and ignored his infractions. luckily for us both, his Latino Daddy wasn't home.”

Yes, we had rules for the cats but how can anyone have resisted that punim?

Florida Department of Education [DOE] spokesperson idiot Caily Myers swears that “Florida does not ban books” but she can't explain the 300 books that were removed from Florida schools last year. Many of those books included LGBTQ+ content, like This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, The Family Book by Todd Parr … and most recently  Christian, the Hugging Lion which contains not one single mention of sexuality, but conservative say it gives off gay vibes. Caily says:

“The list comprises information provided by each school district of the books they removed based on objections from a parent or resident of the county using their district’s process.”

Yes, in Florida if one single bigot is butt-hurt about a book it can be banned; oops, not banned, just removed from the school’s bookshelves never to be seen again.

Fuck you, Florida.

Hot Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård was recently spotted enjoying his time at a gay bar in Stockholm, where he went on a kissing spree…

Skarsgård enjoyed dancing at Club Backdoor—goddess do I love the names of gay clubs—where many fans recognized him and he was not bothered by the attention. In fact, he took photos with many fans, and even gave out kisses.

Skarsgård is a longtime LGBTQ+ ally and has used his platform to raise awareness for LGBTQ+ rights and issues, as well as be involved in charity events within the community.

Um, Alexander, we don’t have a gay club here in Camden, but if you’re in town, I have a cheek ready for a smooch.

Kennedy McDowell was already out as a gay man when Colorado State recruited him for their football team. The defensive end from Frisco, Texas, was featured as a gay football player in Frisco Style magazine, draped in a rainbow Pride flag, ahead of his senior high school season last October.

In fact, McDowell has been out since eighth grade and when it came time for some official team photos he once again draped the rainbow flag around his shoulders to express his pride in being an out gay man.

And there has been no outrage; maybe the times are a’changing?

This is model Tyson Dayley and while he is not technically a baker, he offers up some nice cakes; who’s interested?

Last week students at Oak Park High School in Kansas City elected Tristan Young, a transgender student, their homecoming queen. And that sent Libs of TikTok’s asshat Chaya Raichik searching for parents who were pissy about the student’s choice and she found two who ranted in emails:

“I’m appalled by NKC Schools’ [North Kansas City School District] continued support of the LGBT agenda. They not only indoctrinate children, but they are placing certain student populations over others.”

“As a woman, it breaks my heart to see these girls get passed over and a man stealing what is rightfully theirs. I’m broken-hearted because I know the students voted for him.”

The students voted for her because she was their choice and they aren’t bigots.

I have long had a crush on Peter Scanavino, ever since he first appeared on Law & Order: SVU;  he just floats my boat, but this isn’t about me, because you know how I feel: Would You Hit It?

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Dawn Staley, South Carolina Gamecocks girls’ basketball coach, on winning the NCAA women’s national basketball championship:

“I have to give glory to God, glory to God. I think people don’t really understand that our path was divinely ordered. And the order was for us to be national champions on this day.”

So God said you should win? Genocide going on in Ukraine, the climate sending storms and fires everywhere, and God ignored all that and said you're gonna win a trophy?

I love how these so-called Christians think their “god” works, but let's just say you're right. Then  what happened with this next woman? God shun her?

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Bianca Garcia, that QAnon Texas state senate candidate nutbag who lost by 40 points who claimed God told her she’d win, spinning the facts:

“God chose me for a reason. I didn’t lose. I won. Now you’ve just gone and made me more dangerous. I went into the lion’s den and those hyenas thought they were gonna eat me up, but guess what? They fed me, they fed me good. I now know your strategies. I know what you think. I know what you’re doing, and you’ve just made me more dangerous. Let me tell you something. They’re gonna have to deal with God. They don’t need to worry about me. They need to be ready for God because God knows exactly what they did. See, you don’t steal from me, or you, or you; you steal from him, because when he chooses you and he tells you to go, you go and you don’t ask questions.”

Wait, so God told you that you would win, and those who didn’t vote for you would be punished and then came in dead last in a field of seven and still want us to believe you won cuz God says so?

Seek help.

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Alexander Skarsgård, actor, on the idea that he wasn’t taken seriously early in his career because he was too good-looking:

“I don’t really know if that was the reason I wasn’t getting roles. Starting out in Sweden, there was stuff about being tall and blond. But most people here are tall and blond. Still, after my first job, I was on a stupid ‘sexy hunky hot list’ and then people didn’t take me seriously. If you want characters with depth but have been labeled ‘a dude who takes his shirt off,’ you’re not going to get those offers. I was questioning why I was in the industry.”

I think sometimes men, and women, especially in Hollywood, are seen only for their looks, and quite a few ride that for as long as they can. Others, like Skarsgård, seem to have to ‘prove” their talent.

Now, that said, he is one tall hot hunk, and I take that very seriously.

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Sarah Palin, on running for Alaska’s only US House seat:

“There is a time and a season for everything and if this season is one where I need a more official platform to have then, yeah, I’m going to throw my hat in the ring because we need people that have cojones. We need people like [Thing 45] who has nothing to lose, like me. We’ve got nothing to lose and no more of this vanilla milquetoast namby-pamby wussy-pussy stuff that’s been going on. That’s why our country is in the mess that we’re in, because people who run for office, they look at it as a job or as a business instead of as a calling.”

Honey, we know you; we remember how your idiocy screwed John McCain out of his last shot at the White.

We remember how you quit halfway through your first term as Governor because people were mean and asking ‘gotcha’ questions.

You’re a loser and a crackpot. Stay on your porch and look at Russia and leave America alone.

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Jerrod Carmichael, comedian, coming out as gay, on his father’s extra-marital affair and the secrecy that kept him closeted:

“After [the affair] was out in the open, I was left alone feeling like a liar, because I had a secret. One that I kept from my father, my mother, my family, my friends, and you. Professionally, personally. And the secret is that I’m gay. I’m accepting the love; I really appreciate the love. My ego wants to rebel against it. I rebelled against it my whole life. I thought I’d never, ever come out. At many points I thought I’d rather die than confront the truth of that, to actually say it to people. Because I know it changes some people’s perceptions of me. I can’t control that. As much as [my mother] believes in God, I believe in personal growth and feeling free. And I do feel freer.”

Being open and honest, with yourself most of all, is truly freeing.

Welcome out, Jerrod, and please accept as our gift from HOMO HQ the Official Coming Out Toaster Oven™ and a copy of The Gay Agenda.

Welcome out!

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Jeb Bush, blaming President Obama for the anti-everyone GOP:

"As much as I reject Donald Trump as our party leader, he did not create the political culture of the United States on his own. Eight years of the divisive tactics of President Obama and his allies have undermined Americans’ faith in politics and government to accomplish anything constructive. The president has wielded his power — while often exceeding his authority — to punish his opponents, legislate from the White House and turn agency rulemaking into a weapon for liberal dogma. In turn, a few in the Republican Party responded by trying to out-polarize the president, making us seem anti-immigrant, anti-women, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker and anti-common-sense. Unfortunately, the understandable anger and fear haven’t given rise to a resurgence of purpose in politics or renewed a debate in our party about how Republicans win back the White House with the power of our ideas."

Wait, so because Obama tried to get something done, and the GOP, in its racist attempts to thwart him at every turn, is now responsible for their hatred?

Oh, Jeb, you should’a listened to your Mama when she told you not to run … your mouth.

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Alexander Skarsgård, on embracing gay sex scenes as an actor:

“They’re incredible scenes. … I remember Theo, who played the Greek lover of Russell Edgington, and that was the first gay sex scene I had on ‘True Blood.’ … He was nervous; he had never kissed a guy before. I just said, ‘Look at the scene. It’s this nemesis and he comes in and then it gets seductive and you think they’re gonna make love and it gets into that and then suddenly my character stabs him in the back and he explodes. In two minutes, look at this emotional rollercoaster we’re taking the audience on. If we commit to this, it’s going to be an amazing scene and we’re going to be very happy with it forever. If we hold back, that’s when it gets awkward.’ Same thing shooting the other scene with Ryan — we knew that it was coming because we shot a scene the previous year where I hypnotize him and say, like, ‘When you dream, dream sweet dreams of me.’ Because we did it in a very seductive way, when they said ‘wrap’ and I turned around and I saw the writers, I could just see in their eyes that they were like, ‘We’re definitely gonna see this dream later on in the show.’ We knew it was coming. You have to think of the scene and how it fits in and hopefully be excited about the scene. Then, just dive in.”

I can always envision a gay sex scene with Alexander Skarsgard … though usually I am cast in the scene with him.

Just sayin’.

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George Takei, Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek, on the idea of Sulu in the reboot being gay:

“I told [writers] Simon Pegg and Justin Lin], ‘Be imaginative and create a character who has a history of being gay, rather than Sulu, who had been straight all this time, suddenly being revealed as being closeted.”

I get that Takei wanted to keep the character as Gene Roddenberry created him, but I think Star Trek needed a gay character we already knew, not someone who’s cast just to be the “gay” one.

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Steve King, Iowa’s Republican Congressman, a homophobe, and now clearly an uneducated racist … though I assume most racists are idiots:

“This ‘old white people’ business does get a little tired. … I’d ask you to go back through history and figure out, where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you’re talking about, where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization?”

Yup; not one single thing have people of color done for the world.

Asshat.

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Mila Kunis, actress and Ukrainian refugee, on The Rump:

“The whole Syrian-refugee thing — we came here on a religious-refugee visa, and I’m not going to blow this country up. I’m clearly paying taxes. I’m not taking anything away. So the fact that people look at what’s happening and are like, ‘Pfft, they’re going to blow sh*t up’? It saddens me how much fear we’ve instilled in ourselves. And going from there to the whole, ‘Hey, let’s build a wall between Los Angeles and Mexico’ … I don’t even have to answer that one. There’s no point. It’s a really great sound bite. And it got him far. Nobody should be mad at him; we did it to ourselves.”

Not we, I’d say; some of ‘we’ might have done this but I will take no responsibility for the Rise Of Rump.

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Chris Mosier, first transgender athlete to appear in ESPN’s special ‘Body’ issue:

“I have wanted to be in the Body Issue for over a year. I think the reason I felt so inspired to do it is that I’m finally at a place where I feel very comfortable with my body. And as a trans person, being in a body that didn’t really fit me for 29 years, now I feel very comfortable in my own skin.”

Progress; and in of all places, a sports magazine.

The march goes on …

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Jude Law, on turning down the role of Superman, when it was offered to him by director Bryan Singer:

“I take the suit into the bathroom and I’m putting it on and I look around and I look in the mirror and suddenly I’m Superman. And the music kind of comes in. Then I have this picture of me in that costume in posters all over the world and I was like, ‘No way!’ And I unzipped it. But I was Superman for two minutes, that was enough.”

I am not really into the superhero movies, but I cannot see Jude Law as Superman.

Seriously. Jude Law?

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Tom McClintock, Teabagging Congressman from California, asking for sanctions against Democrats for that Gun Control Sit-In:

“The Constitution provides that the House may sanction members for disorderly behavior and the members responsible for the events of June 22 and 23 must be called to account for their actions, if we fail to do so we will have replaced the House rules with rules for radicals. [They] shouted down all with whom they disagreed, they blocked access to the microphones as members sought to address the chair and they illegally occupied the hall of the House — forcing an early adjournment and costing this House three full days of legislative deliberations.”

So says the Rightwingnut-Teabagging-Goose-Stepping-In-The-Pocket-Of-The-NRA-Blood-On-His-Hands asshat.

S.T.F.U.

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Alexander Skarsgård, on being flattered by his gay fan-base because he grew up with strong gay role models:

“It’s always been the most natural thing to me because my uncle and godfather is a gay man and so growing up, even as a little toddler, it was just as natural as being straight. My aunt would show up with her husband and my uncle would show up with his husband. He was, by far, out of my father’s four siblings, the most fashionable and the most trendy, cool guy. So, when I was a kid, he was the one I looked up to. I thought he was really badass: fit and awesome and cool, and obviously not because he was gay. When I became a teenager and the kids made fun of other teenagers who were gay, I never really understood that. It just baffled me because my idol, my godfather, was gay, and he was the coolest guy I knew. I just couldn’t understand how that could be an insult.”

When you know better, you do better; and so, when you know a gay person, you tend not to be a homophobe.

The operative word is tend; there are exceptions to every rule.

PS Lord is he hot.

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