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Invading Gay Spaces
“Florida Gay Nude Resort Can’t Ban Women, Judge Rules,”
https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/07/florida-gay-nude-resort-cant-ban-women-judge-rules
https://www.advocate.com/business/gay-nude-resort-allow-women
The Administrative Law Judge is named Brittany Finkbeiner. This is not done by some conservative attacking the Gay community.
She is some cisgender woman who imagines she is part of the LGBTQ community. This is what happens when you have initialism.
The music for this series of Gay art videos is good.
Locally in Dallas been reporting on protests against church calling for the execution of Gays.
The group is good at protesting. Dedicated, we protested in 103F (39.5C) heat. But they weren’t getting reported, they weren’t getting before the public. I have been doing a series of reports covering their protests and I wrote letters to elected officials.
This is a link to a post which has links to all the stories I have written.
This is a good news story which give a good overview.
My Dallas Gay Liberation Substack posts.
We have been protesting a church that is calling for the government to execute Gays and Lesbians. Subscriptions are free for this newsletter also.
You can have influence in your community by doing news coverage of what the local LGBTQXYZ establishment won’t cover.
Gay Book title
I finally decided on, “On Being Gay: What we could be and how it affects our welfare.”
I went through these candidates and on the 8th rewording I had a short title that said what the book was about. I am going to get back to this project. I don’t think we will go anywhere without a guiding idea.
1. On Being Gay.
2. On Being Gay: A philosophy about being Gay and the direction of the Gay community.
3. On Being Gay: What we could be and what our community could do.
4. On Being Gay: Who we are, what we could be, and what our community could do.
5. On Being Gay: Who we are, what we could be, and how our Gay community could provide for our welfare.
6. On Being Gay: Who we are, what we could be, and what our Gay community could do to provide for our welfare.
7. On Being Gay: What we could be, and what our Gay community could do for our welfare.
8. On Being Gay: What we could be and how it affects our welfare.
How the neoliberal LGBTQXYZ is a repressive respectability regime.
Some writings I came across while researching something else.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/10/queer-agenda-radical-feminism-pornography.html
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/06/recent-cinema-passing-as-queer-is-anything-but.html
Transman complaining Gay men won’t have sex with transmen.
I copied the whole article and I will be doing a review. It is full of manipulation.
I got banned from Medium because I didn’t comply with trans extremism.
Nature magazine article behind paywall: “Prevention, treatment and cure of HIV infection” It is an overview of the research into HIV.
I am thinking of purchasing it and reporting on it.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-023-00914-1
Hepatitis C – Is it even a concern with by LGBTQXYZ?
While seeing what news there is on HIV, I come across this article which shows that people could be cured but there is no government program to support treatment for Hepatitis C for those who can’t afford it.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/health/hepatitis-c-treatment/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0629-hepatitis-c.html
And Gays have a higher risk since they are sexually active.
https://xtramagazine.com/health/why-gay-and-bi-men-are-higher-risk-for-hepatitis-c-160075
It is a Gay health hazard with unprotected sex.
There is no vaccine for Hepatitis C either.
Funding is an issue for finding a vaccine.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(21)00073-X/fulltext
If we had a Gay men’s movement we could have a focus on this.
Biography Project and book for George Platt Lynes photographer.
https://www.facebook.com/TheGeorgePlattLynesBiographyProject
Last weeks showcased artists
New treatment to keep HIV in check.
You will want to read the “Editor’s Summary.” Basically broadly neutralizing antibodies, (bNAbs), that is antibodies which bind to sites that are on every strain of HIV, can be used to suppress HIV instead of the antiviral drugs we have now.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adh0004
If for some reason the antiviral drugs don’t work in an individual, or there is some resistance that is developed against antivirals with some HIV strain, this might be an alternative therapy. It is always a good thing to have alternatives.
I read the scientific press and will be passing along what I find.
Bad websites and HIV information
There are a lot of online sites that merely take information and repackage it, and sensationalize it and then post it online.
I found a July 10, 2023 article that was reporting a breakthrough by Merck. The thing is that Merck had published it in Feb. 22, 2023 in Science magazine. There was a tiny link using the doi format at the very end. The research is good and it might result in a therapy in the future. I noticed that the website asked for donations.
You need to know your websites. Most people don’t read the scientific press and they really don’t know how to judge.
So, one thing to look for is the .edu extension. This is the extension for a university. Though I would say that universities tend to be promotional.
Also, see if the article has a link to the source. Even if it has a link, follow the link and see if the link said what the article said.
One of the issues with some science websites is that some of their content is behind paywalls. So, so sometimes you won’t be able to look at the source.
Parents wanted to be the most progressive parents on the block.
Needed mental health care, but got ideology instead.
Weight Loss
Quick easy meals will keep you at your desired weight.
I have seen those photogenic meals that look really good and I would be glad to eat one. However, one way you fall off your diet is that you are tired and you just need to eat something and collapse on your bed or sofa. So, you grab some stuff from the refrigerator and eat it. Or you get fast food between appointments or on the way home.
We live in a real world where sometimes we have a lot of challenges and shortage of time.
I have a 5-minute 5-ingredient rule. It is more a concept rather than a hard rule.
I don’t count baking time as part of the 5 minutes since I can use a timer and can be cooking and writing at the same time. Also, the 5 minutes is per meal. I don’t worry about spices taking me over the 5-ingredient rule. It is a guiding idea.
I will take my very sharp quality meat cleaver and chop up some chicken. I lay out aluminum foil on a baking sheet, put lots of spices, chopped chicken, more lots of spices and then into the oven. Then I use a timer. It is good for about 6 meals. Then I just take it out of the refrigerator when I need it. I might put it in the freezer in individual servings. I do this on Saturday or Sunday so I have it for the week.
For lunch I have a salad sausage sandwich. It consists of two slices of bread, about one and a half tablespoons of salad dressing on the bread, a lot, I mean a lot of salad mix, and then a split sausage in the middle. It is tasty and full of green. I takes about 5 minutes including taking things in and out of the refrigerator. I can eat it and be back at my writing in no time.
I cook frozen ground turkey 3-pounds at a time. I load it up with spices, chopped dried tomatoes, and I am working on adding other dried vegetables. When you cook frozen ground turkey a lot of water is produced and dried vegetables will absorb the water. You can add beef bullion carefully to give it flavor, but none of your spices can have salt. Again, it is a week’s worth. Frozen ground turkey is low in fat if you buy the low-fat variety, but you really need to add in flavors.
When you come home and are two tired to cook, have already prepared good foods to grab and eat.
The grocery stores fresh produce is going to be the most important factor in selecting a grocery store.
I purchase my fresh fruit and vegetables at Walmart. They are good, and often better than what I find at supposedly upscale supermarkets in my neighborhood.
You need to be purchasing produce and a good produce section is the most important factor in a supermarket. You might make a place to go to two or more supermarkets, but chances are you won’t be able to do that.
Also, bad fruits and vegetables will soon put you off from eating them, probably subconsciously. It is discouraging to cut open fruit and then half to throw it away, or spend a lot of time cutting the bad parts out of something your purchased.
Seltzer water
I find a lot of the brands are blah, and I purchase AHA or Polar. However, if some other brand is what you prefer, that is fine. You can’t be drinking soda with its sugar. There has been some concerning news with the artificial sweetners messing with your mind and appetite. I don’t know if it is true, and I also think it is something that they will figure out in 30 years, and you need to be drinking something cool and fun now.
Juicers
Don’t get them. If you are developing cocktails or doing something special, fine, get one. If you are really into juices, fine get one. However, for the rest of us, we need to pulp or fiber or the non-juice part of the fruit or vegetable to keep our stomachs full.
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