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It's nowhere near October, but one ensemble is already on track to be named the most controversial Halloween costume of 2015.

Social media users were out in full force on Monday criticizing several Halloween retailers for offering a Caitlyn Jenner costume reminiscent of the former-athlete's Vanity Fair cover earlier this year.

While Jenner's supporters condemned the costume as "transphobic" and "disgusting" on Twitter, Spirit Halloween, a retailer that carries the costume, defended the getup.

"At Spirit Halloween, we create a wide range of costumes that are often based upon celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marking at Spirit Halloween. "We feel that Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and that she should be celebrated. The Caitlyn Jenner costume reflects just that."
 
Botched DIY penis enlargement earns Iranian entry into Australia
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
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An Iranian man seeking asylum in Australia botched his DIY penis enlargement procedure — and was granted entry to undergo pricey reconstructive surgery on taxpayer dime, according to local reports.


The man in his 30s, who wasn’t publicly named, tried to grow his member by injecting himself with palm oil and fell seriously ill, The Australian reported on Sunday.


He was transferred from an immigration detention center in Papua New Guinea to Australia last month for medical treatment that could cost up to $10,000, according to the outlet.


The transfer was made possible under Australia’s controversial 2019 Medevac laws, which give doctors a greater say as to which sick refugees can come into the county from offshore detention centers for medical treatment. Medical evacuations can be refused on national security grounds.


In this case, the man was reportedly involved in nearly 50 behavioral incidents while being detained in Papua New Guinea since 2013, including throwing boiling water on a security guard and punching another who took away his pornography.


Despite the man’s record, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton couldn’t block the transfer because of his limited power under the Medevac laws, according to the outlet.


Supporters of the laws argued this transfer would have occurred anyway because of the seriousness of the patient’s injuries, and blasted the leaking of the man’s medical records as unethical.

An Iranian man seeking asylum in Australia botched his DIY penis enlargement procedure — and was granted entry to undergo pricey reconstructive surgery on taxpayer dime, according to local reports.

The man in his 30s, who wasn’t publicly named, tried to grow his member by injecting himself with palm oil and fell seriously ill, The Australian reported on Sunday.

He was transferred from an immigration detention center in Papua New Guinea to Australia last month for medical treatment that could cost up to $10,000, according to the outlet.

The transfer was made possible under Australia’s controversial 2019 Medevac laws, which give doctors a greater say as to which sick refugees can come into the county from offshore detention centers for medical treatment. Medical evacuations can be refused on national security grounds.

In this case, the man was reportedly involved in nearly 50 behavioral incidents while being detained in Papua New Guinea since 2013, including throwing boiling water on a security guard and punching another who took away his pornography.

Despite the man’s record, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton couldn’t block the transfer because of his limited power under the Medevac laws, according to the outlet.

Supporters of the laws argued this transfer would have occurred anyway because of the seriousness of the patient’s injuries, and blasted the leaking of the man’s medical records as unethical.
he "botched his diy penis enlargement"
You can't claim it a botched procedure when there's no possible way for it to go correctly. That's like me saying I want a fully operation and genuine xy chromosome dick and going in for arm skin phalloplasty as a female.
 

What you stand to lose by not having sex with people with HIV

Imagine a couple. Let’s call them Todd and Carl. They love one another like crazy and continue to be amazed at how much they have in common.

They work out together at the same gym, enjoy watching the same nerdy, sci-fi and fantasy series on Netflix, and share a love for Japanese and Korean food.

They seemed to effortlessly merge their groups of friends when they got together and share the same values when it comes to working hard and building their careers.


Although neither has popped the question yet, they’re likely heading toward marriage somewhere down the line. They love, trust and support each other.

Oh, and the sex? The sex is mind-blowing. It helps that Todd’s around 20% top and 80% bottom and Carl’s the opposite. They just click. They make that ridiculously cute couple that others envy.

Sounds good, right?

Except it never happened. Despite both catching each other’s attention on an app, Todd and Carl never went for that first date. They never made it to the bedroom stage, let alone realize that they both shared a dream of adopting a kid and trekking across South America one day.


See, Todd stated on his profile that he’s HIV positive. And when he messaged Carl, he wasn’t rude, but he simply responded, “Sorry, not quite what I’m looking for.”

And with that, a relationship that would have changed both their lives disappeared into the ether. Mr Right was pushed right back out of the door.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a story on Queerty about an HIV positive man who finds himself often – sometimes rudely – rejected on apps.

Some of those who commented on the article appeared to feel attacked by the piece.

“It is insane to shame people for attempting to protect their own health,” said one.

“Everybody has the absolute right to make whatever decisions they want about their own sex life, period, full stop, no qualifiers,” said another.

Others agreed that everyone has the right to take responsibility for their sexual health and, for some, this includes not having sex with people who they know to be HIV positive.

I don’t disagree that everyone should take responsibility for their own sexual health. My purpose in writing this is merely to ask you to give a thought to the potential consequences of your particular decisions.

If someone is HIV positive, knows their status, is on effective medication and has consistently had an undetectable viral load, they cannot pass on the virus. PrEP is also widely available in the US and several other countries to prevent people from acquiring HIV. And condoms are also, of course, widely available.

I know a couple of long-term serodiscordant couples. A serodiscordant relationship is one in which one partner is HIV positive and one is HIV negative. Single myself, I look upon these relationships with awe. Not because of the HIV side of things, but just because I’m always impressed and inspired by any longterm couples.


I can’t imagine one without the other, or what would have happened if a fear of acquiring HIV, or a decision to reject someone for being HIV positive, had prevailed.

When friends go through bad break-ups, we console them by telling them there are plenty more fish in the sea. There is a presumption – perhaps even an arrogance – that we can just move on to the next guy and that he might be “the one.”

Well, you don’t meet many of “the ones” during life, actually. A survey by AARP last year found that “57% of gay men over the age of 45 are single compared to 39% of lesbians.”

There are many reasons for this, and yes, plenty of us are content being “self-partnered”, as actress Emma Watson recently put it. But many others are less happy at not being in a relationship.

So yes, take responsibility for your health and do what you feel is best for you. But do so with an awareness of the potential consequences of those decisions. Refusing to entertain the idea of dating an HIV-positive person might just mean you miss out on the love of your life.

If you find yourself single and contemplating why, bear in mind it might be because you blocked ‘Mr Right’ when you read he was HIV positive on Grindr.

Of course, some will say, “My perfect man doesn’t HIV!”. Well, I hope you’re not too old before you realize: Nobody’s perfect.
Life, immune system, other peoples' respect, prospects of dating, etc

In exchange for:

 

When her husband’s three children, ages 9 through 13, walked in, she “explained she considers herself a feminist and wanted to make a point that everybody should be fine with walking around their house or elsewhere with skin showing,” her lawyers said in court documents.

Woman: "Wooooooo!!!"
Children: "BEGONE THOT!"
 

'Sexual racism' is a major problem on queer dating apps like Grindr, and it may be causing depression in black men

Sexual racism, or racialized sexual discrimination, on queer dating apps like Grindr and Scruff is a significant problem.

Researchers Ryan Wade and Gary Harper created a scale to measure the psychological impacts of sexual racism on young men of color.

The results found that black men who were objectified on these platforms experienced higher rates of depression and lower rates of self-worth.

"No Blacks, No Asians."

This isn't language taken from a segregation-era poster. Rather, they're "dating preferences" listed on some queer men's online dating profiles, found on apps like Grindr and Scruff.

Queer digital dating spaces — especially those involving men — have a race problem. And while apps like Grindr have launched campaigns to combat racism on their platforms, there's little existing research on how this form of racism impacts young men of color.

There isn't even a way to clearly measure the impacts of this kind of racism in general. Most research on young gay and bisexual black men focuses on HIV/AIDS while neglecting other important areas of study, according to Ryan Wade, a University of Illinois social work professor.

This lack of data inspired Wade and Gary Harper, a University of Michigan health behavior professor, to create a scale and survey measuring the psychological impacts of Racialized Sexual Discrimination (RSD) on young men of color.

Overall, their research confirmed that racism on queer dating apps can have significant negative health impacts on men of color, including depression and feelings of lower self-worth.

The most common forms of sexual racism included men of color being excluded, rejected, degraded, or objectified by white men.

Racism in online dating spaces has "been a part of the popular discourse for a very long time within the queer community" according to Wade.

One study participant even tested how race impacted the way he was rejected by other users by remaking his entire Grindr profile with no photos, and his race switched from black to white.

"Even with no profile photo, he said the number of messages he got increased four-fold," Wade said.

The problem is so pervasive that Grindr launched the "Kindr" campaign in 2018 to try and combat RSD amongst its users.

"Racism is a serious concern for Grindr and the community at large, and this prompted us to launch our Kindr campaign to further the conversation about the various types of discrimination that happen online," a Grindr representative told Insider.

But because previous research on RSD was primarily based on interviews and other personal anecdotal experience, it wasn't possible to look at overall trends on the impact of racism on these online dating communities. In developing their scale, Wade and Harper wanted to quantify how RSD manifests online as well as its effect on self-worth and depression.

The scale broke down RSD into four distinct areas — exclusion, rejection, degradation, and erotic objectification.

When the researchers put their scale to the test on a survey group of 2,000 young men of color, they found people who were erotically objectified experienced higher rates of depression and lower rates of self-worth.

While being rejected individually by white men didn't have a significant impact, those who reported being immersed in a dating app environment where whiteness was seen as the most desirable characteristic also reported higher rates of depression and negative self-worth.

Being objectified by white men had the worst impact on mental well-being for participants

According to Wade, erotic objectification stems from certain racial groups being stereotyped in the context of sex, like assuming that black men are aggressive or dominant in the bedroom.

Erotic objectification was the only kind of RSD in the study that was linked to both elevated rates of depression and lower rates of self-worth. Wade said that this finding was surprising for researchers.

"If you're being objectified, theoretically that could provide an opportunity for you to find an intimate partner. And if that's their goal, we didn't know if that would maybe offset the negative effects," Wade said.

Wade eventually wants to turn the research into a national campaign against sexual racism

Looking beyond the scale, Wade said that he and Harper hope to eventually use their findings to prevent RSD from occurring.

"I think of the success of things like the 'It Gets Better' campaign or the Trevor Project and how these have been successful to bringing awareness around things like LGBTQ bullying and suicide," Wade said. "I could envision something similar to RSD."
 
The most common forms of sexual racism included men of color being excluded, rejected, degraded, or objectified by white men.

So the usual absolute bullshit where some bunch of pussies whine that if people don't want to fuck them, they're being discriminated against, and if they do, they're being fetishized. Just fuck off.
 

Scooter Braun makes public plea to Taylor Swift after receiving death threats


(CNN)Music manager Scooter Braun has posted a public plea to Taylor Swift to end their nearly six-month dispute over her music catalog.

In a lengthy Instagram post early Friday, Braun tagged Swift and stated that he's been receiving anonymous threats.

"Since your public statement last week there have been numerous death threats directed at my family," he wrote. "This morning I spoke out publicly for the first time saying I wouldn't participate in a social media war. However, I came home tonight to find my wife had received a phone call threatening the safety of our children, as well as other threats."

CNN has reached out to Swift's representatives for comment.

Last week, Swift publicly claimed that Braun, who purchased her former music label, Big Machine Label Group, along with Scott Borchetta, the former head of that label, were blocking the inclusion of some of her songs at Sunday's American Music Awards and in an upcoming Netflix special.

Swift left Big Machine Label Group last year and signed with Universal Music.

Swift appealed to other musicians and her fans for support in a social media post about the dispute.

"Neither of these men had a hand in the writing of those songs. They did nothing to create the relationship I have with my fans. So this is where I'm asking for your help. Please let Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun know how you feel about this," Swift wrote.

But Big Machine Label Group has denied her claims.

"Taylor Swift can 100% perform all of her catalog, past and present, on the AMAs," a representative for the company said in a statement to CNN. "Big Machine has no issue with her performance going out on the live broadcast, because it recognizes it doesn't have the right to block her."

Braun has said he has asked to meet with Swift to resolve their issues.

"While some on your team and many of our mutual friends have tried to get you to the table, all have had no luck," he wrote. "It almost feels as if you have no interest in ever resolving the conflict. At this point with safety becoming a concern I have no choice other than to publicly ask for us to come together and try to find a resolution. I have tried repeatedly through your representatives to achieve a solution but unfortunately, here we are. The game of telephone isn't working."

Braun's post comes after he broke his silence on the conflict during an entertainment conference on Thursday.

"I haven't talked about this in six months, not once...and that's hard," Braun said. "It's hard because when there's a lot of things being said, and a lot of different opinions, yet the principals haven't had a chance to speak to each other, there's a lot of confusion."
 
Authorities: ‘You gave me too much,’ robber told Boca bank teller




A 73-year-old suburban Boca Raton man is facing criminal charges after Tuesday’s incident at a bank along State Road 7.

BOCA RATON - “Give me $1,100 now,” the stickup note said.

The teller counted out $2,000.

No, said the white-haired, white-bearded bandit, clad in a blue, short-sleeve T-shirt that said “Trump” and “Make America Great Again.” Just $1,100.

So by the standards of bank robbers, Sandy Hawkins wasn’t all that greedy Monday at the Walls Fargo bank branch west of Boca Raton. It mattered little to law enforcement. Authorities are charging the 73-year-old man with robbery.

It was the retired air-conditioning worker’s status as a regular at a nearby sports bar that did him in, his arrest report said. Once arrested, Hawkins told Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigators, “I will make this easy.”

He pulled from his pocket a tattered bank deposit slip, the report said. Handwritten on the back: “Give me $1,100 now. No alarms. Hope to get caught.”

Hawkins’ life changed in September 2013 when Linda, his wife since 1997, died of cancer at 70, former landlord Scott Vail said Wednesday.

“I knew it was pretty devastating,” Scott Vail said. “He was just an affable kind of person. He probably reached some kind of breaking point.”

Vail said the couple had rented a home - the one where he’d be arrested - for about a decade.

Hawkins worked for years in the air-conditioning industry and he and his wife were “really good tenants,” Vail said.

He said he hasn’t spoken to Hawkins since he sold the house at about the time Linda died, and the new owner agreed to continue to rent it to Sandy.

Hawkins was booked Tuesday afternoon at the Palm Beach County Jail, charged with robbery without a weapon. On Wednesday, Circuit Judge Ted Booras set bond at $50,000.

Assistant Public Defender Paul Caruso said the Detroit native was retired and had no criminal history but did not elaborate. Palm Beach County Court records show no previous arrests.

A call to a telephone number listed for Hawkins in the report was not returned Wednesday.

According to the report, at about midday Monday, a man wearing dark sunglasses approached a teller at the branch in the Sandalfoot neighborhood, along State Road 7 and just north of the Broward County line.

The teller said the robber asked for $1,100, but when the teller asked for his debit card, he said, “This is a robbery. I have a weapon.” He said the robber placed his right hand into his waistband.

The teller said he counted out $2,000, but the robber stressed he just wanted $1,100. The teller slid over $1,100, in 11 $100 bills.

On Tuesday, the report said, deputies collected security-camera video both inside the bank and from surrounding businesses. At the Turn 3 sports bar, in the same strip mall, the bar’s manager Glen Huff Jr. told deputies, “That is Sandy.”

The manager’s father also identified Hawkins and gave his home address, in a neighborhood just behind the strip center.

A half hour later, deputies arrested Hawkins at his home, the report said. It said Hawkins later confirmed that was him in the security photos.

There’s nothing in the report to suggest a motive for the robbery or for Hawkins allegedly wanting to be caught.

Glen Huff Jr. said Sandy Hawkins had been a regular at Turn 3 when he and his father bought the bar in December, but Hawkins stopped coming after a couple of months and Huff has not seen him since. Huff said he never met Linda Hawkins but knew she had died.
 
Anybody following @whiskey_warrior_556's stand of with police on insta? Cop's have the block on lockdown cause dude has some 30 round mags, or so he says.
https://www.instagram.com/whiskey_warrior_556/ the relivant content is in the story, click/tap the avatar.

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he's got sniper cover, oh this is gonna be a nightmare
 
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Apparently he's in custody and no one was hurt. A bunch of people are still on their way out to show support though.
 
Authorities: ‘You gave me too much,’ robber told Boca bank teller


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A 73-year-old suburban Boca Raton man is facing criminal charges after Tuesday’s incident at a bank along State Road 7.

BOCA RATON - “Give me $1,100 now,” the stickup note said.

The teller counted out $2,000.

No, said the white-haired, white-bearded bandit, clad in a blue, short-sleeve T-shirt that said “Trump” and “Make America Great Again.” Just $1,100.

So by the standards of bank robbers, Sandy Hawkins wasn’t all that greedy Monday at the Walls Fargo bank branch west of Boca Raton. It mattered little to law enforcement. Authorities are charging the 73-year-old man with robbery.

It was the retired air-conditioning worker’s status as a regular at a nearby sports bar that did him in, his arrest report said. Once arrested, Hawkins told Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigators, “I will make this easy.”

He pulled from his pocket a tattered bank deposit slip, the report said. Handwritten on the back: “Give me $1,100 now. No alarms. Hope to get caught.”

Hawkins’ life changed in September 2013 when Linda, his wife since 1997, died of cancer at 70, former landlord Scott Vail said Wednesday.

“I knew it was pretty devastating,” Scott Vail said. “He was just an affable kind of person. He probably reached some kind of breaking point.”

Vail said the couple had rented a home - the one where he’d be arrested - for about a decade.

Hawkins worked for years in the air-conditioning industry and he and his wife were “really good tenants,” Vail said.

He said he hasn’t spoken to Hawkins since he sold the house at about the time Linda died, and the new owner agreed to continue to rent it to Sandy.

Hawkins was booked Tuesday afternoon at the Palm Beach County Jail, charged with robbery without a weapon. On Wednesday, Circuit Judge Ted Booras set bond at $50,000.

Assistant Public Defender Paul Caruso said the Detroit native was retired and had no criminal history but did not elaborate. Palm Beach County Court records show no previous arrests.

A call to a telephone number listed for Hawkins in the report was not returned Wednesday.

According to the report, at about midday Monday, a man wearing dark sunglasses approached a teller at the branch in the Sandalfoot neighborhood, along State Road 7 and just north of the Broward County line.

The teller said the robber asked for $1,100, but when the teller asked for his debit card, he said, “This is a robbery. I have a weapon.” He said the robber placed his right hand into his waistband.

The teller said he counted out $2,000, but the robber stressed he just wanted $1,100. The teller slid over $1,100, in 11 $100 bills.

On Tuesday, the report said, deputies collected security-camera video both inside the bank and from surrounding businesses. At the Turn 3 sports bar, in the same strip mall, the bar’s manager Glen Huff Jr. told deputies, “That is Sandy.”

The manager’s father also identified Hawkins and gave his home address, in a neighborhood just behind the strip center.

A half hour later, deputies arrested Hawkins at his home, the report said. It said Hawkins later confirmed that was him in the security photos.

There’s nothing in the report to suggest a motive for the robbery or for Hawkins allegedly wanting to be caught.

Glen Huff Jr. said Sandy Hawkins had been a regular at Turn 3 when he and his father bought the bar in December, but Hawkins stopped coming after a couple of months and Huff has not seen him since. Huff said he never met Linda Hawkins but knew she had died.
"The would-be robber didn't even ask for money, he just demanded hugs and high-fives from every teller. He then requested a bedtime story from the branch manager. Authorities found him sleeping underneath a table in the break room. Bail is set at $500,000 and may god save his soul."

Anybody following @whiskey_warrior_556's stand of with police on insta? Cop's have the block on lockdown cause dude has some 30 round mags, or so he says.
https://www.instagram.com/whiskey_warrior_556/ the relivant content is in the story, click/tap the avatar.

Update:
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he's got sniper cover, oh this is gonna be a nightmare
By not posting screenshots you have made powerful enemies today. I hate you.
 
"The would-be robber didn't even ask for money, he just demanded hugs and high-fives from every teller. He then requested a bedtime story from the branch manager. Authorities found him sleeping underneath a table in the break room. Bail is set at $500,000 and may god save his soul."
If justice exists in this world, someone would pay his bail. He's too wholesome for this world.
 
Looks like I was wrong whiskey_warrior_556 isn't in custody and the standoff is still going on.

I have seen lots of stuff that claims that he surrendered to the cops, but they found no guns or big boy mags, is it possible that they let him go/he made bail?
 
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