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The Pet Shop Boys featuring Miss Pant’s [Rory O’Neill’s] ‘Noble Call’ speech from the stage of the Abbey Theatre last month.

Pet Shop Boys release new song based on gay rights speech (NME)

Meanwhile…

Dr David Robert Grimes writes:

“Another major reason for the persistence of homophobia may be a defensive reaction, rooted in fears and discomfort about one’s own sexuality. A 1996 study by Henry E Adams et al at the University of Georgia in the US took a group of self-identified heterosexual men and split them into two groups according to whether they openly expressed homophobic sentiments. The groups were then shown heterosexual, lesbian and gay pornography while bloodflow to the penis and erectile changes were recorded.

“While both homophobic and non-homophobic groups experienced increases in penis circumference when exposed to the heterosexual and lesbian pornography, only the homophobic group showed an increase in response to male homosexual porn. Furthermore, when asked to rate how arousing the material was afterwards, homophobic participants declared it had no effect, despite their penis saying otherwise.

“This led the authors to conclude that “Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies.”

“In a similar vein, a 2012 study found that individuals who experienced low parental approval were sometimes motivated to conceal same-sex attraction, leading to exaggerated defence mechanisms including homophobia.”

Similar vein eh?

FIGHT!

Why is it proving so hard to root out homophobia? (David Robert Grimes, The Guardian)

Previously: Dear John

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The tux/quiff alternative.

Oisin O’Reilly writes:

“BeLonG To [LGBT youth group] have a new video out entitled ‘Stand Up for Your Friends’ it’s been released today as part of ‘Stand Up LGBT Awareness Week’ their annual campaign to end homophobia & transphobia in Irish schools and youth services. The campaign brings a very simple message to young people ‘Show your support to your LGBT friends & don’t stand for homophobic bullying’.”

Twitter feed: #StandUp14

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[Vampt’s Lean Machine post-workout hooch]

An alcoholic sports drink!?

Gatorade out of here.

“A properly formulated beer beverage is likely to do you no more harm than you are likely to get from a sports drink,” Desbrow says. “In fact, it probably is likely to do you more good, because it’s got a lot of these sort of natural compounds, like polyphenols, that are actually good for your health.”

He’s talking about compounds found in plants that are believed to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidative effects. A 2011 in Germany suggested that polyphenols in beer may be especially useful for those who go through prolonged strenuous exercise, which tends to lower the body’s immune function.

In the study, those who were given nonalcoholic beer every day for three weeks before and two weeks after a marathon reported fewer incidences of upper respiratory tract infections and were up to three times less susceptible to the common cold.”

 

Beer As A Post-Workout Recovery Drink? Not As Crazy As It Sounds (NPR)

Thanks Eva

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