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It was inspiring. Thank you, Joe.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus, as was required of people with her skin color back then. It kinda of set off an uproar...

They should try something like San Francisco did with their AIDS Memorial. We didn't suffer the loss of buttholes so much as we suffered the loss of humans.

I wonder what how similar thread about AIDS Day might look like. We certainly lost more people then than we did in Vietnam, not to undermine those losses.

AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 69% since the peak in 2004 and by 51% since 2010. In 2023, around 630 000 [500 000–820 000] people died from AIDS-related illnesses worldwide, compared to 2.1 million [1.6 million–2.7 million] people in 2004 and 1.3 million [1 million–1.7 million] people in 2010. Global HIV & AIDS statistics — Fact sheet - UNAIDS UNAIDS https://www.unaids.org › resources › fact-sheet

Are you serious? How many of us were involved in WW2? Yet gay men in the 80's and 90's were universally affected by the epidemic even if they remained negative. Their friends got sick, their friends died...in LARGE numbers. Equating it to a long ago event, meritorious as it was, does not equal the affect that AIDS had on the gay community and how it should-must- be remembered.

It''s still today here. Interesting that it did not make the list of upcoming events.

I have yet to figure out how to join.

Who do you think the locals look like? Not Gringos and they get what they want, so why shouldn't you?

Having lived in San Francisco I lived for years through the horror of the AIDS epidemic. Nowadays it seems that no one wants to remember either the disease or those lost to it. Shameful of gay men.

I feel that a thread like this one cheapens the form.

Getting senile.

About 50 years ago a guy became enamored of me and gifted me a gold chain. I didn't date him, but I have kept the chain. With gold running some $2600 an ounce, perhaps this chain has value...well, some. I had it appraised many years ago and was told that it was exactly one ounce of 24-carat gold. That may seem pretty minuscule to the wealthier ones here, but I do wonder how to go about selling it and what to expect. Any advice?

Google seems to want to control everything I do on the phone, but somehow Samsung is also involved. They want me to agree to their new privacy notice, but I don't know if I have to. I don't even know why Samsung is still involved with my phone. Yes, I bought a Samsung Galaxy recently, but don't I own it now?

Here's some side reading: https://forevervacation.com/the-vacationer/everything-you-need-to-know-about-tuk-tuks-in-bangkok

In my many visits, I have never been asked to leave anything at the front desk. The only thing I ever left at that sauna was my virginity!

What's Your Grndr Horror Story? That it exists, having now ruined gay bars and the related.

So when I am attracted to someone, I don't worry about their age so long as they are of legal age to engage in acts which we might like. As a practical matter, they tend to be in their mid-20's.

As excerpted from today's NY Post: It could be an unhappy ending for a seedy all-male massage parlor that officials say openly offers hands-on sexual satisfaction. The city is suing to close down 28 Men’s Spa on the West Side, claiming in court documents filed Wednesday that the spa’s roster of masseurs offered “manual stimulation of the penis” to three undercover cops during separate incidents last summer. The spa, which goes by M&J Men’s Spa and advertises on social media with pictures of shirtless muscular men, is referenced on websites for gay men seeking “happy endings.” But a worker told The Post that the city’s claims were “disgusting.” And spa manager Ping Du said in a brief phone interview that the spa didn’t sell rub-and-tugs for cash but was a “regular massage” parlor. Du said he he took over the spa at 45 West 28th St. this past April and confirmed all of their massage therapists and customers are men but he denied any illicit behavior. “We don’t do that here,” Du said. While Du may have taken over in April, the city’s lawsuit claims that three undercover NYPD officers in June and July were offered happy endings inside the spa. By using the city’s nuisance abatement statute — which helped clear out the notorious porno theaters of Times Square years ago — the suit also takes aim at the building owner, whom they claim should have had some idea that one of their tenants practiced the world’s oldest profession. That means the spa and the landlord could be fined $1,000 per day for every day of illegal activity, according to court papers, while the spa also faces closure for a year. Two workers agreed to offer sex acts — “manual stimulation of his penis,” the complaint reads — for around $80, while a third offered the service for $180, according to the suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.

But note this: This topic is 1143 days old and is no longer open for new replies. Replies are automatically disabled after two years of inactivity. Please create a new topic instead of posting here. Radio Rob has been here that long? Geez, time flies!

Gays can now march in the Staten Island St. Patrick's Day Parade after years of being banned. So now the question is: Who wants to go to Staten Island? Did you know that jaywalking is no longer illegal in NYC? (I didn't know where else that news would fit since everyone has always jay walked there anyway.)

Just a minute ago I was reading about you being in Portland, Oregon. You do get around. How many women were 69 and Wet Dreams while you were there?

I am late to the thread, but feel strongly that women should not be allowed into gay sex events. At the Gaiety back in the day, women started coming. The dancers ignored the gay guys until they realized that these women expected sex for free. Their screeching bothered everybody. Some cities have trains (Rio, for example) of which only women can ride. It recognizes the fact that some men are pigs and will cop a feel or more when they think they can get away with it. Men should have their own spaces to be pigs, such as strip bars! Gay bar, gay clientele.

The guy who was with Payne before his jump says that he did drugs with him and an "intimate" act occurred. Would like more details on that. https://www.yahoo.com/news/liam-paynes-drug-dealer-breaks-133024540.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANtyiHyEGLe_4W6hRpiwSshsEGFICIGDmFdBG1KkcNBKWif2KSDur6ebqONtgq_c_v1AJDzsNico3WygNJdmLOWIfi9zStchj5mdEpIx-WFGkbswNIGbHOojYfMNV-NMPwVNgXKd7oJAkIN4mL3Coc-JkH8RGT5ndn3_6KFU5JX2

The stores you mention have also raised prices. I don't shop Aldi so I don't know about them, but they are a minor player.