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News: Johns Hopkins Surgeons Prepare for First Penis Transplant

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Penis Transplant

A young soldier who lost a portion of penis from a blast in Afghanistan will be the first person in the world to receive a penis transplant. The procedure, which will be performed by surgeons at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will be the first of its kind in the United States. The organ will be taken from a deceased donor, and the surgeons believe the penis will be fully functional within a mere few months. Injuries to the penis are not uncommon in the military. From 2001-2013, 1,367 men serving in Iraq and Afghanistan suffered from injuries … Read more

News: #ReadNaked Calendar Released

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#readnaked

The Multicultural LGBT Literary Foundation has released a literary-themed 2016 calendar as part of its #ReadNaked campaign. #ReadNaked aims to promote that reading can be fun and sexy for young gay and bisexual men of color. The calendar features openly gay and bisexual models of color posing alongside books and quotes by gay authors of color. Models included in the calendar are Andrew Christian models Arad Winwin and Cheddy O, model Rodiney Santiago, adult film star Scotty Marx, model Wiko Ezra and more. See the Full Story at The Washington Blade

News: Nathan Fillion Reveals His Own Man Crushes

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It’s no secret that Nathan Fillion is a crush for many gay fans. The Castle star has long been a favorite of geeks – gay and straight alike – since his role as Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the 2002-03 cult hit Firefly and its feature film continuation, Serenity. So does he have any man crushes? It turns out he does. ‘Umm, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper,’ he tells The Advocate. Full Story at Gay Star News

New Discoveries Day!

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New Discoveries Day

Hey all, Last month we launched New Discoveries Day – a day once a month (usually on the first day of the month) when we discuss recent discoveries that fascinate us and that could spawn plot bunnies (or plot squirrels or plot mongeese – your plot animal of choice). So chime in and let us know about any new discoveries you ran across in the last month – links are always appreciated. Thanks to Freddy MacKay for the great idea! –Scott Come Join the Chat!

Ever Wanted to Date a Big Sexy Gay Green Monster?

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For some reason, nobody’s invented Grindr for orcs yet, but we have the next best thing in Tusks, a dating simulator for big gay green monsters. The game perfectly captures that feeling of being a scary creature, feared by the rest of the world, and then finding your tribe. Even when we feel monstrous, it’s okay when we can be monsters together. Full Story at LGBTQ Nation

News: Five Small LGBT Presses You May Not Have Heard Of

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book review

There are tons of LGBT publishing companies out there, and many of them are so small you might not even know you’re missing them. Here’s our list of five presses to check out and what kinds of books you can find there. 1. Red Bone Press: all genres Founded in 1997 by Lisa C. Moore, Red Bone Press publishes work from black lesbians and gay men, and according to their website also seeks to promote “understanding between black gays and lesbians and the black mainstream.” Their selection includes the classic does your mama know?, an anthology of coming out stories … Read more

Massive To-Scale Model Of Our Solar System Will Blow Your Mind

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Solar System Model

Filmmakers Wylie Overstreet, Alex Gorosh and a few of their friends took on a hugely creative, and impressive, task of fittingly creating a to-scale model of our solar system in a 3.5-mile patch of desert known for hosting one of the most artistic festivals in the U.S.: Burning Man Festival. Gorosh and Overstreet documented the process and techniques they used to create this massive model utilizing a mix of technology and agricultural techniques including drones, GPS coordinates, electrical lighting, a click wheel to measure distance and a makeshift farming harrow to create their model within a short 36 hours. Full … Read more

News: So There’s A Working Hoverboard

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Lexus Hoverboard

Lexus’s hoverboard uses magnetic levitation, or maglev, to achieve frictionless movement. Liquid nitrogen-cooled superconductors are combined with a magnetic surface to essentially repel gravity. Even though Lexus and Evico were able to pull off the project, don’t expect to see a hoverboard fly past while you’re walking down the street next year. To use maglev technology that would make this sort of hoverboard work, you need a magnetic metal track. Normal concrete pavements won’t do. Lexus solved this issue by converting a skate park in Barcelona into a temporary hoverboard skate park. On an existing track composed of cement and … Read more

NEWS: Stonewall Inn Declared NYC Landmark

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This may not be SciFi, but it’s so incredibly important to the LGBTQ world. BREAKING: Stonewall Inn Declared NYC Landmark New York City’s landmarks commission today voted to grant official status to the Stonewall Inn, the Greenwich Village bar often credited as the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement. The vote was unanimous, according to the Associated Press. This marks the first time any site in New York City has been designated a landmark because of its significance in LGBT history. See the full article here

News: The Sexual Future is Here

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Lovely

These days, everything we own is becoming “smart” – from the smart watch, smart TV, and smart fridge, to the smart fitness tracker and smart glasses – so it should come as no surprise that now smart wearable technology is coming to sex toys too. Meet Lovely, a penis ring now on Indiegogo that does way more than just vibrate – its built-in sensors send data to an accompanying smartphone app in order to track your sexual performance, give you tips on what you could do better next time, and count how many calories you’ve burned. Made from medical-grade silicone, … Read more