News Round-Up: May 14, 2019

Dan Tai

Some news items you might have missed:

• Instagram: Dan Tai shields his eyes from the sun (...or is he just flexing for us?...) #InstaHunk

• NY Times: Donald Trump Jr. and the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee reached a deal on Tuesday for the president’s eldest son to sit for a private interview with senators in the coming weeks.

• Daily Telegraph: Former Newcastle Jets player, Andy Brennan, becomes the first Australian male soccer player to come out as gay.

• JoeMyGod: Televangelist Pat Robertson says God will destroy America if The Equality Act passes. Just like when she was going to wipe us out after marriage equality and Gay Days at Disney.

• Bloomberg: Trump Tower, the 36-year-old Manhattan residence, is now considered one of the least desirable luxury buildings in New York City. Over the past two years, sales of condo units in the building have taken losses of up to 20 percent.

• New digital series Model Boy explores "the lives of the wide-eyed young men lured into New York’s notoriously fickle high fashion modeling world."

Check out the first episode below.

InstaHunk Round-Up: Weekend Edition

Travis Wall at world famous Bondi Beach

Checking on what my favorite InstaHunks have been up to this week.

Dancer/choreographer Travis Wall (So You Think You Can Dance) is living his best Speedo life on Bondi Beach in Australia (above).

Supermodel Tyson Beckford was giving you full-on 80s 'Physical' realness.

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A post shared by Tyson C.Beckford (@tysoncbeckford) on Apr 5, 2019 at 12:27pm PDT

This was Dancing with the Stars hunk Derek Hough's idea of 'super chill' on a Friday night.

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I’m gonna be super chill tonight. Also me. #fridaynight

A post shared by Derek Hough (@derekhough) on Apr 19, 2019 at 4:20pm PDT

Madonna's latest duet partner, Latin pop star Maluma, says "good morning" like this, and I ain't mad.

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BUENOS DÍAS / GOOD MORNING ☕️

A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma) on Apr 18, 2019 at 2:52am PDT

30-year-old entrepreneur Francesco Lo Moro likes things in black and white every now and then.

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A post shared by FRANCESCO LO MORO⚡️ (@francesco_lo_moro) on Jan 22, 2019 at 1:20pm PST

'Tree man' Danny Jones is playing a game of "Who wore it better?"

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Who wore it better?

A post shared by Danny Jones (@dannyjonesfitness) on Apr 19, 2019 at 8:32pm PDT

Thailand hunk Dan Tai is concerned about a tiny flick of hair on the back of his head. I have other 'concerns' :)

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Looking for a reason as to why my hair has that stupid little flick at the back👀 I have had an amazing weekend so far! My training has been going great! How is your easter going? Do you celebrate Easter or not? . . #hwpo #swimwear #poolside #fitnessfreak #modellife #ripped #summer #holiday

A post shared by Dan Tai (@dantai.pt) on Apr 20, 2019 at 6:30am PDT

And Taxfighter in Hamburg, Germany, demonstrates how to really wear Andrew Christian underwear.

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A post shared by Marco (@taxfighter) on Apr 20, 2019 at 7:59am PDT

Trans model Laith Ashley makes me grateful for black and white photography.

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Grateful.

A post shared by Laith Ashley [De La Cruz]🇩🇴 (@laith_ashley) on Apr 17, 2019 at 4:38pm PDT

And Rodiney Santiago is has found paradise.

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Give this photo one #hashtag . Deixe um #hashtag para essa foto .

A post shared by Ródiney Santiago (@rodineysantiago) on Apr 20, 2019 at 7:43am PDT

News Round-Up: April 5, 2019

Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunk Dan Tai (above) believes you should "go hard or go home." #legs #thighs #calves #everything #woof

• Colorado's state Assembly has approved HB 1129, which will protect LGBTQ youth from so-called 'conversion therapy.' Gov. Jared Polis, the first openly gay man elected governor, will sign the bill into law. Colorado will become the 16th state plus the District of Columbia to prohibit the harmful practice.

• Failed politician and talk show host Mike Huckabee says LGBTQ people are the "greatest threat to the moral fiber of America."

• University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health scientists report in EBioMedicine that they’ve developed an all-in-one immunotherapy approach that not only kicks HIV out of hiding in the immune system, but also kills it.

• Donald Trump is celebrating the election of homophobe Brian Hagedorn to the Wisconsin state Supreme Court. Hagedorn infamously wrote some years ago that being gay leads to bestiality, and recognition of LGBTQ pride events creates a “hostile working environment” for Christians. But, Trump is thrilled with the news.

Congratulations to Brian Hagedorn on his big surprise win over a well funded Liberal Democrat in the Great State of Wisconsin for a very important Supreme Court seat. Republicans are producing big for Wisconsin!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 5, 2019

• LGBTQ ally Cyndi Lauper & YouTube Todrick Hall have been announced to perform at the opening ceremonies of New York Pride this year. Whoopi Goldberg will host the event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on 26 June.

• Click here if you want to hear former The View co-host moan and whine about being scolded by Barbra Walters back in 2006. It pretty much confirms what I always thought about the former reality show contestant.

• Out recording artist Gia Woods drops her latest single, "Keep On Coming," complete with a moody music video set in a shadowy bedroom.

Woods says the seductive song is about "Someone’s body that ‘keeps coming’ — meaning I’ve never met this person, but for some reason, I’m supposed to know them. I feel like somehow life relentlessly finds a way to make paths keep crossing. This is the realization whether or not you want to meet the person, it’s inevitable.”

Her breakout single, “Only A Girl,” has garnered over 10 million views on YouTube. I recently wrote about her track, "Jump The Fence," here.

Just Because...

InstaHunk Dan Tai's casual confidence (and those calves) really deserve a moment of attention.

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News Round-Up: January 29, 2019

InstaHunk Dan Tai

Some news items you might have missed:

• InstaHunk Dan Tai asks, "Do you count your macros?" I don't even know what that means (I'm sure it's important) because calves, biceps, deltoids, face...

• Desperate Housewives/Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams has been tapped for a lead role in Happy Accident, ABC’s family comedy pilot from the writers of Modern Family. #Yay!

• Congressional Republicans aren't fond of Donald Trump's idea to declare a 'national emergency' in order to get his beloved wall, but they've signaled they won't put up a stink if he does.

• Reuters reports that The Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion cut tax package appeared to have no major impact on businesses’ capital investment or hiring plans.

• A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows 56% of registered voters will "definitely" not vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

• And speaking of the 2020 election, Sen. Kamala Harris of California broke records Monday night when her televised town hall became the most viewed event of its kind in cable news history with 1.957 million views. The event drew the most viewers of any cable-news, single-candidate town hall.

• Out singer/songwriter Sam Smith and former Fifth Harmony member Normani release their sensual, moody music video for their hit duet, "Dancing with a Stranger."

Alone in a lavish mansion, both artists are attempting to get over former lovers. I like the song; not sure about Normani's dancing in the middle there, but I guess it's in the title so someone had to dance...?

News Round-Up: November 14, 2018

Some news items you might have missed:

• You know what gets you over Hump Day? A dog. Or, more dogs. And InstaHunk Dan Tai (above).

• Rapper Yung Miami has said she would ‘beat’ her son if he came out as gay.

• Donald Trump will skip the Kennedy Center Honors for the second year because no one likes him.

• LGBT people made up 6% of voters in the midterm elections and 82% supported Democratic candidates.

• A gay Baltimore fitness trainer was murdered in his own apartment.

• Scotland will be the world's first country to teach LGBTQ inclusivity and history in all public school nationwide

• Chicago the Musical celebrates 22 years on Broadway today!

I was lucky to be part of the Broadway cast as one of the earliest replacements. The show would end up hiring me 14 times from 1998 to 2013 to get down in 'all that jazz.' Thank you, Ann Reinking.

This pic was from my last stage appearance in 2013 at the Hollywood Bowl in Chicago as I turned 50. #TheGiftThatKeepsGiving #BlackSexyClothes

News Round-Up: October 22, 2018

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Some news items you might have missed:

• Fitness model and InstaHunk Dan Tai (above) asked his fans if they vote legs or abs...? I'm gonna have to call this a tie, right?

• The Houston Public Library has been sued over a city-sponsored Drag Queen Story Hour by haters who say the event violates their 'religious freedoms.'  Several similar events have taken place across the nation in an effort to promote literacy.

• Donald Trump is reportedly distancing himself from Republicans possibly losing the House after the midterm elections telling friends privately, “These are their elections … and if they screw it up, it’s not my fault.”

• Scientists have invented a 'self-lubricating' condom. The surface contains polymers that capture moisture from water and bodily fluids, trapping liquids on the condom for a consistently slippery feel.

• Some states are reporting higher than usual early voting in the midterm elections with Democrats outpacing Republicans which could signal a "blue wave." Las Vegas reported the first day turnout was triple that of the last midterm elections.

• Upcoming pop recording artist, LIVVIA, recently released her first official single, “Damn,” and has already garnered almost half a million views on YouTube in only two weeks.

In addition to creating some hooky pop music, LIVVIA also put in the time and effort to graduate this past Spring from the prestigious University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Economics.

Smart and talented - there you go.

“Damn” debuted on the Top 20 of Spotify’s New Music Friday & Apple Music’s A-List Pop. Check it out below.