The Pridelets Files for October 17

On this day in 1998, the New York Times thinks it knows "The Lesson of Matthew Shepard."
"His death at the tender age of 21 has brought home to the American public as nothing else ever has the menace and hatred that homosexuals still face in being honest in the United States. His murder has brought out enough sneers, jokes, caricatures and graffiti on college campuses across the land to make it clear that bias against homosexuals is not just an attitude among young toughs like the two high school dropouts who have been charged with the killing. In a society in which fundamentalist religious leaders and prominent Republican politicians insist on castigating homosexuals as a threat, that bias is everywhere."

BIRTHGAYS (and the occasional straights)
1920 - Brooding hunk Montgomery Clift

Q.UOTE
"Maybe there are a group of gay banditos...who, every night climb into a van and go from village to dell, from community to community. They wander, and as the sun is coming down, just setting over a suburban village, the gays drive in. And there in a cul-de-sac, there in the light of a house, you can see a young American family, sitting down for their evening meal. And those gays, those gays, put on their masks and their festive colored robes, and sneak slowly into the house...and begin to (sodomize one another)! And another American family is destroyed." -- Lewis Black

NAUGHTY BITS
"Hot Chocolate #1" by Patrick Fillion

Patrick Fillion is at his absolute best, focusing on the color of cocoa. These are pictures of strong, well-developed men found in the dreams of many a gay man. In his typical style, Fillion draws us into a richly detailed world of beautiful men of color, including explicit close ups. These drawings are sure to please everyone, not just those interested in black pearls.

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