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News - Latest Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:57:08 +0100 http://www.gayvisalia.com/content/view/489/2/ News - Latest Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:29:36 +0100 http://www.gayvisalia.com/content/view/488/2/ Another Gay Sequel Director: Todd Stephens Starring: Jonah Blechman – Jake Mosser – Aaron Michael Davies – Jimmy Calbots Rating: One Thumb Up/ One Down I haven’t many good things to say about the sequel, other than the young lean bodies of young guys was hot, but the storyline didn’t follow thru with the first. The first one actually went with parodies of other teen movies but in gay format. Part two wanted to be like “Gays Gone Wild” was more like Narcoleptics go to sleep. It had no substantial humor as the first. The attempt was there but, no, it just didn’t happen. There were no references to teen sex movies or T.V. shows as the previous movie. There was a mixture of religion and they (writers) tried to tie it in with humor but were seen more to me like the writer thumbing his nose to my religious beliefs. It’s a movie, that if you’re curious about seeing then do; but your time and money are spent better on something else. The boys are back and they are horny as ever! Packed with celebrity cameos and total gross-out humor, this outrageous follow-up to another gay movie centers around the spring break adventures of Andy, Nico, Jarod, Griff when they enter Fort Lauderdale “Gays Gone Wild” contest ) a contest to see who gets laid the most). The frisky foursome becomes entwined in all sorts of sexual misadventures in this scandalously funny un-PC comedy. News - Opinion Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:12:12 +0100 http://www.gayvisalia.com/content/view/487/2/ Rainbow Road Author: Alex Sanchez Rating: Two Thumbs Up The road to self discovery can be as easy as having an epiphany in your own bedroom or as difficult as a long trek across the nation. (If you have reached your self discovery, LUCKY YOU! I am still on my road...I’m Lost, not even a road map is helping.) This book takes you on a journey of three young men who with a little help of the other each find what their hearts desire seems to be of their identity, for as long as it lasts until they have to hit the road again. Where do these guys find their true selves? You’ll have to read the book to find out. It’s a great read and for a Coming-of-age story this book is one of my top ten reads. When you get to the end of the book, you want to cry because you know that after being involved in this trilogy this is truly the end of the series for Jason, Kyle, and Nelson. When Jason, who lost his basketball scholarship when he came out, is asked to speak at the opening of the new gay/lesbian/transgender high school in Los Angeles , his boyfriend Kyle wants to come along so they can spend the summer together. Flamboyant Nelson, who’s desperately seeking a boyfriend, has a car, so the three set out on a cross country road trip. Through this wild ride, they encounter variations on the gay experience, including a couple in a long-term relationship, gay bashers, and a boy who lives as a girl. Like rainbow Boys, which School Library Journal called a book that can “open eyes and change the lives,” Rainbow Road traces the universal journey of three young men in search of themselves. News - Opinion Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:10:53 +0100 http://www.gayvisalia.com/content/view/486/2/ Last week, GOP California State Senator Roy Ashburn was pulled over after leaving FACES, a gay bar in Sacramento. His driving was erratic and in the end he was charged with a DUI and with driving with a blood alcohol level higher than .08%. A male passenger in the car with Ashburn was released and not charged. Ashburn has since issued an apology (as usual). Ashburn, divorced with children, has a very anti-gay voting record (http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=9694), including voting against recognizing same sex marriage from other states and opposing Harvey Milk day. Read more HERE (http://cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html) Then, it got better...Seems Ashburn was asked in 2009 by Lois Henry of The Bakersfield Californian (http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x379809049/LOIS-HENRY-Ashburn-dodges-gay-question) if he was gay. His response? Why would that be anyone's business? Including The Californian's? I think there are certain subjects that are simply not relevant and this is one of them. It has no bearing on the job I do. Henry pushed him, saying it was relevant because of his voting record, to which Ashburn replied that he's voted against almost all social issues . What a guy. Then this, courtesy Towleroad (http://www.towleroad.com/)... Just last year he was outed on Facebook (natch) by the out gay mayor of West Sacramento. At the time, Christopher Cabaldon's post on the social networking site: It wouldn't bother me so bad to see Roy Ashburn at Badlands with a boy if he didn't have such a bad voting record on gay rights. And the latest, in contradiction to how things have played out in the past with closeted gay politicians, Roy Ashburn wasted no time in re-defining his identity. I am gay ... those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long, he said on a Monday morning radio talk show. He defends his anti-gay voting record though, saying he's voted in line with his district and with how they wanted to be represented. While he may be technically right to represent his district with certain votes, what does it say about a man who's now explaining his record with the excuse of integrity , when he's remained in the closet for so long and chosen to not only be a Republican but a Republican politician? There's no excuse for it. Add to that the standard I'm a Christian please pray for me BS that Ashburn is also peddling and you know exactly who this phony is. Read more here... (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STATE_SENATOR_DUI?SITE=AP SECTION=HOME TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) Craig Ferguson comically went after Ashburn on his late night show...video below...with the Monday morning Radio interview after that... News - Latest Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:10 +0100