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FDA to Ease Rules For Gay Men Seeking to Donate Blood, Ryan Field Books

 FDA to Ease Rules For Gay Men Seeking to Donate Blood

When AIDS started to kill off gay men, and long before we had drugs to combat HIV, the FDA decided to ban gay men from donating blood. And even though we now have HIV drugs and things like PrEP, there’s a still a ban all these years later. Not to mention the fact that a lot of gay men are not HIV + nor do they live promiscuous lives. 

However, there is hope. The FDA recently announced that it would do away with the 3 month abstinence requirement for men who have gay sex. And now they will be questioned about their risk to HIV which would be based on sexual activity and behavior. 

“Current and former blood donation policies made unfounded assumptions about gay and bisexual men and really entangled individuals’ identity with their likelihood of having HIV,” said Sarah Warbelow of the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy group.

Here’s the rest. It goes deeper into the questions gay men will be asked and a few facts about PrEP. I can understand having these bans years ago. We knew nothing about AIDS, and we were terrified. But not that we know, and now that things have changed, it’s time to revisit these old laws. 

Side note: For those of you on PrEP I am seeing a lot of younger gay men on social media talk about their kidney functions. Some have even gone into kidney failure. Be aware. 

Uncertainty on Amazon

“A wonderful story that I loved. The characters were well developed and strong. Gus: A sweet young man. Doing something for all the wrong reasons. Craig: his boyfriend, he’ll go along with anything Gus say. Henry: Gus father a no-nonsense man, who’s husband died last year. I enjoyed this story.”

Uncertainty by [Field, Ryan]

What readers said about “Altered Parts”
“Best Gay Novel In Years. This story will stay with you and you will feel you know every character and the beauty of their home in the mountains of North Carolina.”
In paperback or e-book. #gayromance #Wednesday

Altered Parts

Altered Parts by [Field, Ryan]


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The Straight Pride Parade

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PrEP, Privilege, and Gay Men Nowadays, Ryan Field Books

 PrEP and Gay Men Nowadays

This is an excellent piece about PrEP, HIV, privilege, and accessibility for everyone. The majority of our population doesn’t even know about these things. 

Whether it’s due to lack of access to insurance, the inability to prioritize health due to unlivable wages, or simply the fear of being “found out” that many in more rural, Southern areas face, the equity gap among HIV-positive people is growing by leaps and bounds. 

Here’s more. Personally, I still think we have a huge issue with healthcare in this country, in general. There are boutique doctors, for whom I have no respect at all, who charge people yearly fees in the thousands just to treat them. It’s like belonging to a club of sorts. You pay the doctor several thousand a year to be his patient, and then he continues to charge you his regular fees. Now that’s some good GD gimmick. 


The Straight Pride Parade
The Straight Pride Parade

 Don’t Be Afraid of Virginia’s Woolf

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Once Upon a Castle by Ryan Field

A Different Kind of Southern Love Story

What readers are saying about “Uncertainty”

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“A wonderful story that I loved. The characters were well developed, and strong. Gus: A sweet young man. Doing something for all the wrong reasons. Craig: his boyfriend, he’ll go along with anything Gus say. Henry: Gus father a no nonsense man, who’s husband died last year. I enjoyed this story.”

Uncertainty by [Field, Ryan]

What readers said about “Altered Parts”
“Best Gay Novel In Years. This story will stay with you and you will feel you know every character and the beauty of their home in the mountains of North Carolina.”
In paperback or e-book. #gayromance #Wednesday

Altered Parts

Altered Parts by [Field, Ryan]



Colton Haynes and Smiles For Soldiers Campaign; Lance Bass On Colton Haynes; PrEP, Chem Sex, and HIV Drug Smuggling

Colton Haynes and Smiles For Soldiers Campaign

Here’s yet another terrific Tuesday story about how nice Colton Haynes is. He’s family oriented, he’s always interacting with his fans, and he never gets too overbearing about anything. You can tell what he posts on social media is genuine. And…he’s very young and adorable. For some reason he just reminds me of the main character in my best selling Virgin Billionaire series…Luis…and I didn’t even know who Colton Haynes was when I wrote those books for Ravenous Romance back in 2010.

This is his latest selfless project:

Smiles for Soldiers, which is encouraging thousands to write thank-you cards to military service members, tackles a cause that’s near and dear to Colton. His sister served in the Air Force for over 15 years, including three tours abroad. So Colton knows firsthand how difficult it can be to be separated from the people we love while they’re serving our country. 

You can read the rest at this link. 

Lance Bass On Colton Haynes

Here’s an article that’s really an interview with Lance Bass…a good interview…with comments from Lance Bass about Colton Haynes.

What did you think about Colton Haynes’ N’Sync collection?

That’s a solid question. I have to say my mother’s collection beats his. She has everything. But I love Colton. He’s a good buddy of mine and we have a bond with N’Sync. He loves the group, and of course, I did too. 

You can check that out here. This all came about after Haynes showed the world what a huge N Sync fan he is. You can read about that here.

PrEP, Chem Sex, and HIV Drug Smuggling

On Saturday, at the MSM pre-conference (“Gay Day”) at AIDS2016, hundreds of HIV advocates showed up to discuss some of the most important issues today.

In his first installment of video coverage from AIDS2016, blogger Mark S. King gets personal with these advocates about their lives back home. He also chats with a “chem sex” expert from the United Kingdom about the surprising rates of crystal meth use among gay Londoners, and even engages in a little PrEP drug smuggling with a German who is taking the prevention medication even though PrEP has yet to be approved in his home country.

You can check that out here where there’s a video. There’s a small shitstorm on the comment thread you’ll want to check out. 

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Colton Haynes poses for a photo with Kellan Lutz during the John Varvatos Spring/Summer 2017 Fashion Show held at The Django at Roxy Hotel on Thursday night (July 14) in New York City.
The two actors, plus Nyle DiMarco, were seen all over New York Fashion Week: Men’s S/S 2017 throughout the week, hitting the Ovadia & Sons, General Idea and N. Hoolywood fashion shows, among others.

Source: Colton Haynes & Kellan Lutz Share A Conversation at John Varvatos Show in NYC | Ally Maki, Colton Haynes, Kellan Lutz, Nyle DiMarco : Just Jared | http://www.justjared.com/2016/07/16/colton-haynes-kellan-lutz-share-a-conversation-at-john-varvatos-show-in-nyc/?trackback=tsmclip

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Colton Haynes poses for a photo with Kellan Lutz during the John Varvatos Spring/Summer 2017 Fashion Show held at The Django at Roxy Hotel on Thursday night (July 14) in New York City.
The two actors, plus Nyle DiMarco, were seen all over New York Fashion Week: Men’s S/S 2017 throughout the week, hitting the Ovadia & Sons, General Idea and N. Hoolywood fashion shows, among others.

Source: Colton Haynes & Kellan Lutz Share A Conversation at John Varvatos Show in NYC | Ally Maki, Colton Haynes, Kellan Lutz, Nyle DiMarco : Just Jared | http://www.justjared.com/2016/07/16/colton-haynes-kellan-lutz-share-a-conversation-at-john-varvatos-show-in-nyc/?trackback=tsmclip

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Colton Haynes poses for a photo with Kellan Lutz during the John Varvatos Spring/Summer 2017 Fashion Show held at The Django at Roxy Hotel on Thursday night (July 14) in New York City.
The two actors, plus Nyle DiMarco, were seen all over New York Fashion Week: Men’s S/S 2017 throughout the week, hitting the Ovadia & Sons, General Idea and N. Hoolywood fashion shows, among others.

Source: Colton Haynes & Kellan Lutz Share A Conversation at John Varvatos Show in NYC | Ally Maki, Colton Haynes, Kellan Lutz, Nyle DiMarco : Just Jared | http://www.justjared.com/2016/07/16/colton-haynes-kellan-lutz-share-a-conversation-at-john-varvatos-show-in-nyc/?trackback=tsmclip

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