Earwig's Thoughts

THREE

2012-01-19T01:02:00.002+11:00

HOT

2012-01-18T09:14:00.001+11:00

KISS

2012-01-18T09:13:00.001+11:00

BUNS

2012-01-18T09:12:00.000+11:00

OUT OF THE POOL

2012-01-18T09:10:00.000+11:00

Take me to bed, PLEASE!

2012-01-06T11:59:00.001+11:00

WOW!

2012-01-06T11:56:00.000+11:00

WOW! What more can I say?

Paddler

2012-01-06T11:55:00.000+11:00

JOE GRIFFITH

2012-01-06T11:53:00.001+11:00

I'm in love; this guy is perfect in every way!

Backside

2012-01-06T11:52:00.000+11:00

Aussiebum

2012-01-06T11:50:00.001+11:00

My favourite Aussiebums. Wish I looked as good as this guy.

How Hot is This Guy?

2011-11-21T23:24:00.002+11:00

AUSSIEBUM

2011-11-21T00:43:00.000+11:00

Two Cute Guys

2011-11-21T00:42:00.002+11:00

Innocent?

2011-11-21T00:40:00.003+11:00

SWIMMER

2011-10-29T11:05:00.001+11:00

WATER POLO HOTTIE

2011-10-28T00:42:00.002+11:00

Forgot Swimsuit

2011-10-25T11:05:00.004+11:00

Thanks to Eyecatcher via Speedo Junkie

NICE GUYS

2011-10-13T22:58:00.002+11:00

THE KISS

2011-10-04T23:26:00.000+11:00

HOTTIES

2011-10-04T23:25:00.000+11:00

MORE BEACH BUDDIES

2011-10-04T23:24:00.000+11:00

BEACH BUDDIES

2011-10-04T23:16:00.000+11:00

That's What I Love About Sunday

2011-09-25T08:09:00.003+10:00

WHITE SPEEDOS

2011-09-19T15:54:00.001+10:00

Wisdom from Shannon

2011-09-19T15:12:00.002+10:00

Thank you Shannon for these words of wisdom from your blog:

on a scale of 1-10 how much does sex hurt the first time ?
by Shannon Boh

I assume you are talking about bottoming for the first time.

for me it was about 6 out of 10

but...

This is a really hard question to answer because it is different for everyone. My own experience was that there was some pain but it was easily out weighed by the pleasure. It was with somebody I loved at the time and he was very careful to make sure that we went at a pace that was ok for me. The whole experience for me was a really good one.

Some guys recommend that you go out, get drunk, sniff some poppers and just go for it but a drunken night out fumbling with a random is probably going to end in disaster. Losing your virginity has far greater consequences than just getting your cherry popped for the first time.

You must be prepared to deal with the emotional consequences as well. A bad experience will effect your sex life in ways you may not yet understand.

If you are worried then go slow use tons of lube and practice a bit first (fingers and sex toys). Lastly make sure you do it at a time and with someone you are comfortable with.

I don't want to scare you. In fact I want you to know the opposite.

Sex is awesome.

Just make sure that you do it when, how, and with who you want.

So a long winded answer to a short question but important to say nonetheless.

TWO PAIR

2011-09-07T23:22:00.003+10:00

Extra Security in wearing an extra pair.

GREEN

2011-09-07T23:21:00.002+10:00

WHITE

2011-09-07T23:19:00.002+10:00

VISHAL KARWAL - Stunning & Good Looking

2011-09-05T23:50:00.001+10:00

GREAT ABS

2011-09-01T13:09:00.000+10:00

ADJUSTMENT

2011-09-01T13:07:00.001+10:00

WIPE DOWN

2011-08-29T01:32:00.000+10:00

SURF BOY

2011-08-29T01:31:00.000+10:00

FROM THE PAST

2011-08-29T01:29:00.002+10:00

Good Morning

2011-08-29T01:27:00.002+10:00

VIA EYECATCHER

2011-08-29T01:24:00.001+10:00

TACTILE

2011-08-29T01:21:00.000+10:00

We all love SPEEDOS

2011-08-29T01:18:00.000+10:00

Moving to Kiss

2011-08-29T01:15:00.000+10:00

Remembering Ryan: I wish ...

2011-08-05T10:06:00.002+10:00

Thank you Davey Wavey for making this video and allowing all of us to remember this young gay guy and for each of us to make a wish in his memory that GLBT suicide may never happen again and that all of us will give and receive the respect and love each and every person on Earth has as their birthright. Vale Ryan ...

HOT PINK

2011-07-05T17:39:00.002+10:00

IS THIS PERFECTION?

2011-06-27T10:57:00.002+10:00

LOVE IS EVERYTHING

2011-06-27T10:53:00.002+10:00

Boi-O-Boi

2011-06-16T00:39:00.002+10:00

MAN ON TOP

2011-06-14T10:19:00.001+10:00

DAN EWING (Home & Away)

2011-06-11T19:09:00.002+10:00

HUNK

2011-06-06T23:47:00.002+10:00

River Twins

2011-05-31T15:41:00.002+10:00

KISSING 2

2011-05-28T10:21:00.002+10:00

LOVING COUPLES Again

2011-05-28T10:17:00.001+10:00

SHIRTLIFTER

2011-05-25T18:22:00.002+10:00

Beat This ...

2011-05-25T07:19:00.001+10:00

HOTTIE OF THE WEEK

2011-05-23T17:42:00.003+10:00

THANKS TO SHANNON (my favourite blogger who posted this pic)

Australia's Got Talent

2011-05-20T19:45:00.001+10:00

This guy gets a big "YES" from me

Wow, I still feel the HEAT after this 'Australia's Got Talent' heat

RED-HOT

2011-05-16T09:47:00.001+10:00

T'ill the end - Gay Romance

2011-05-15T12:19:00.001+10:00

Web-site: http://www.GAYTWOGETHER.com

CASUAL GUY

2011-05-06T22:33:00.001+10:00

I'M SURE HE WANTS ME

2011-04-23T08:36:00.002+10:00

EASTER COLLECTION KISSES MOTTO 2

2011-04-23T08:33:00.001+10:00

EASTER COLLECTION KISSES MOTTO 1

2011-04-23T08:31:00.001+10:00

EASTER COLLECTION KISSES

2011-04-23T08:29:00.002+10:00

Easter Collection Couples

2011-04-23T08:19:00.002+10:00

Easter COLLECTION 2

2011-04-23T08:17:00.001+10:00

EASTER COLLECTION 1

2011-04-23T08:10:00.002+10:00

SWEET LOVE

2011-04-19T09:18:00.002+10:00

Boi oh Boi has a great blog, one of the best pic-blogs I know. These pics are from one of his latest (I Have a Sweet Tooth Today). They fit with my preferences perfectly.

Let's End Homophobic Bullying NOW

2011-04-04T20:11:00.000+10:00

Aussiebums

2011-02-16T07:07:00.003+11:00

There is something about a guy wearing Aussiebums that gets my heart racing, and my blood pumping to just one place.

So sexy ...

2011-02-16T07:05:00.001+11:00

Tell me where this guy works, I want to work with him (probably not a good idea, as I would get no work done being near him).

Two Handsome Men

2011-02-12T13:28:00.003+11:00

SlaVE BoY

2011-02-08T18:25:00.002+11:00

THREE

2011-02-08T18:20:00.002+11:00

Three is my new lucky number.

Great Smile

2011-01-24T23:53:00.002+11:00

My Ideal

2011-01-15T00:47:00.001+11:00

Kiss Me Again

2011-01-09T09:46:00.001+11:00

Please Kiss Me

2011-01-09T09:40:00.001+11:00

Shannon Boh - Super hot

2011-01-09T08:58:00.002+11:00

Shannon + footy shorts = scorching hot, very sexy guy
Shannon's website
Shannon on facebook

Where did I put my flashlight?

2011-01-09T08:53:00.002+11:00

Hot guys are where you find them

2011-01-08T10:23:00.002+11:00

Men of 2011 (3)

2011-01-06T09:45:00.002+11:00

Men of 2011 (2)

2011-01-06T09:44:00.002+11:00

Men of 2011 (1)

2011-01-06T09:40:00.001+11:00

BEACH BUDDIES

2010-12-05T08:44:00.001+11:00

Another hot sexy kiss

2010-11-27T22:05:00.002+11:00

There's Something About RED ...

2010-11-27T21:53:00.003+11:00

I'm not sure whether its the guys or whether its the red speedos, but they sure are hot!

KISS

2010-11-15T14:01:00.003+11:00

For me kissing another guy, especially if it is my boyfriend, is the most romantic, sexually stimulating image there is. Where can I find some soft porn? Romantic kissing and loving. Not thirty minutes of fucking.

WATER BOYS

2010-11-15T13:58:00.002+11:00

FIT and LEAN

2010-11-06T09:17:00.002+11:00

There is something heart-warming and very sexually stirring about a fit and lean guy in speedos. Makes you want to rip off the speedos (well I do, anyway) and have some fun.

R.I.P. Tyler Clementi

2010-10-01T10:28:00.003+10:00

And another one! Has our world gone mad? As a gay man myself, I am totally unable to understand the motivations of those who hate us so much. What have we done to them? How do we threaten them? All we ask is to be able to live our lives in the way we were born.

Nobody would ever "choose" to be gay in this world, but I for one love my life and the other gay men I share it with.

This story is copied from The Sydney Morning Herald.

Sex tape suicide: 'Had he been in bed with a woman, this would not have happened'

October 1, 2010 - 9:47AM

Tyler Clementi hugging a fellow student during his 2010 graduation from Ridgewood High School in June. Photo: AP/Ridgewood Patch

The death of a first-year university student has stirred outrage and remorse among classmates who said they wished they could have stopped the teen from jumping off a bridge after a secret video of his sexual encounter with a man was streamed online.

Tyler Clementi, 18, jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River last week, a lawyer for his family confirmed.

Police recovered a man's body on Wednesday afternoon just north of the bridge, and authorities were trying to determine whether it was Clementi's.

"Had he been in bed with a woman, this would not have happened," said fellow Rutgers University student Lauren Felton, 21.

"He wouldn't have been outed via an online broadcast, and his privacy would have been respected and he might still have his life."

Clementi was a violinist whose life revolved around music, said Ed Schmiedecke, the recently retired music director at Ridgewood High School, from which Clementi graduated this year.

Hardworking

"He was a terrific musician, and a very promising, hardworking young man," Schmiedecke said.

Clementi's roommate, Dhraun Ravi, and fellow Rutgers freshman Molly Wei, both 18, have been charged with invading Clementi's privacy.

Middlesex County prosecutors say they used a webcam to surreptitiously transmit a live image of Clementi having sex on September 19 and Ravi tried to webcast a second encounter on September 21, the day before Clementi's suicide.

The two could face five years in jail. A lawyer for Ravi did not immediately return a message seeking comment, and it was unclear whether Wei had retained a lawyer.

A spokesman for the Middlesex County prosecutor's office didn't return messages inquiring whether there could be additional charges, and experts diverged on the potential for the pair to face more severe charges in light of Clementi's apparent suicide.

Privacy violation

Parry Aftab, who runs the website WiredSafety, said it's possible the classmates could be prosecuted for violating Clementi's civil rights.

"If these kids could get away with one privacy law violation, that would be a sin," she said.

But former assistant Essex County prosecutor Luanne Peterpaul said such a prosecution was unlikely because the federal government doesn't recognise sexual orientation as a protected class.

Peterpaul, vice-chairwoman of the gay rights group Garden State Equality, said prosecutors might be able to pursue the case as a hate crime if they could establish that the defendants were motivated to act because they perceived Clementi as gay. But that can be hard to prove, she said.

ABC News and The Star-Ledger of Newark reported Clementi left on his Facebook page on September 22 a note that read: "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry." Later, his Facebook page was accessible only to friends.

About 100 people gathered on Wednesday night for a vigil on campus. They lay on the ground and chanted slogans like, "We're here, we're queer, we're not going home."

Rutgers University president Richard McCormick wrote in a letter to the campus: "If the charges are true, these actions gravely violate the university's standards of decency and humanity."

Project Civility

Coincidentally, the university this week launched Project Civility, designed to get students thinking about how they treat others.

Anti-bullying advocate Jowharah Sanders said Clementi was one of at least four teenagers who committed suicide across the United States in September after gay-related harassment.

The others were a 15-year-old who hanged himself in Indiana, a 13-year-old who shot himself in Texas, and just this week another 13-year-old who died in hospital in California days after hanging himself.

"It's got to stop," said Sanders, president of National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment. "It is turning more and more deadly. More children are dying and we're speaking up about it."

Cyberbullying in general is a growing phenomenon in an era when even very young students carry mobile phone cameras and regularly use social networking systems.

"Kids have been bullying each other for generations. The latest generation, however, has been able to utilise technology to expand their reach and the extent of their harm," a research paper on www.cyberbullying.us says.

"Adolescents use technology, usually computers or cell phones, to harass, threaten, humiliate, or otherwise hassle... More recently, some have recorded unauthorised videos of other kids and uploaded them for the world to see, rate, tag, and discuss."

Cyberbullying

According to cyberbullying.us, estimates of youths who have endured cyberbullying vary from 10 to 40 per cent and is likely to be about 20 per cent of 11- to 18-year-olds.

The ubiquity of social networking works the other way too, with Facebook, YouTube and other popular platforms becoming tools for those opposing the bullies.

A Facebook page set up as a memorial to Clementi quickly attracted thousands of followers, while hundreds visited another page urging Rutgers students to wear black on Friday in his memory.

"We must fight this once and for all ... hate crimes, bullying, stalking, invasion of privacy and the pain of having your personal life shattered because of your sexual orientation," the Tyler Clementi Memorial Facebook page said.

Popular tools

Columnist Louis Hochman, with the Ridgewood Patch newspaper, which covers Clementi's former hometown, said the tragedy "couldn't have unfolded without some of today's most popular tools".

However, "the tools they used may have been particular to our time but the sentiment driving them wasn't. There's nothing new about meanness, nor irresponsibility."

The two suspects have not spoken in public since the tragedy.

A friend of Ravi told ABC television that the incident amounted to a prank gone wrong, rather than an anti-gay persecution.

"He's very, very open-minded," the friend, Michael Zhuang, said on ABC. "If it had been a girl in the room it wouldn't have been any different."

But Steven Goldstein, a homosexual rights activist with Garden State Equality, said such bullying amounted to a hate crime.

"The New Jersey hate crimes law encompasses invasion of privacy and exactly the kind of situation that Tyler Clementi faced. The law is clear. We at Garden State Equality will not relent in calling for a hate crimes prosecution."

* Support is available for anyone who may be distressed by calling Lifeline 131 114, Mensline 1300 789 978, Kids Helpline 1800 551 800

AP/AFP

R.I.P. Seth Walsh

2010-10-01T09:33:00.003+10:00

Another young man dies because of homophobic bullies. When will the world realise that every life is precious. How can we stop other gay young men from dying at their own hand? Society must act, now!

Another report from Queerty.com, please read the original and the comments.

BULLIED TO DEATH: Seth Walsh, 13, Dies After 10 Days On Life Support After Suicide Attempt

And just as we're saying goodbye to eighth-grader Asher Brown, who shot himself in the head after enduring anti-gay bullying at school, comes word fellow 13-year-old Seth Walsh died after 10 days on life support following a hanging attempt.

The Tehachapi, California teen spent the last few years being tormented by classmates at Jacobsen Middle School. He made it only two weeks into the current school year before being transferred to an independent study program.

Last Sunday, Sept. 19, he was found unconscious and not breathing after apparently trying to hang himself from a tree branch. He was airlifted to a local hospital, where he remained on life support until this afternoon, where he died surrounded by family. He leaves behind his grandmother Judy Walsh, mother Wendy Walsh, and three siblings, ages 11, 17, and 18. Police, meanwhile, say they cannot prosecute any of the kids responsible for his torment, since school bullying is not a crime. ("Several of the kids that we talked to broke down into tears," says Tehachapi Police Chief Jeff Kermode. "They had never expected an outcome such as this.")

His death follows Brown's suicide in Texas, and 15-year-old Billy Lucas in Indiana. Like Walsh, Lucas hanged himself after enduring relentless teasing and torment inside the walls of his school.

There will be a memorial service on Friday at 3:30pm at the Tehachapi First Baptist Church.

Go tell your sons and daughters, your brothers and sisters, your friends … that you love them. And then tell Kevin Jennings, President's Obama always-silent safe school czar and the founder of GLSEN, to start speaking the fuck up.

[Above, a YouTube tribute to Seth from what appears to be his sister. It includes the caption, "He wonderful this picture is because he's so happy :) I am too because I know he will be back. ... He will wake up we all know it."]

R.I.P. Asher Brown

2010-10-01T09:13:00.005+10:00

This unspeakable event occurred in Texas and was reported by Queerty.com. I am repeating it here in memory of Asher Brown and all other gay boys and men who have been bullied.

SHOCK: Gay Texas 13-Year-Old Asher Brown Shoots Himself In The Head After Horrific School Torment

There is no good news in this story. None. It's sad, and it's endemic of the nightmares today's LGBT youth continue to face every. single. day. Asher Brown, a 13-year-old eighth grader at Hamilton Middle School outside Houston, shot himself in the head last week after being "bullied to death."

Asher was tormented for being small. For his religious beliefs. For the way he dressed. And for being gay. His bullies acted out mock gay sex acts in phys ed class.

As is growing increasingly typical, Asher's mother and stepfather Amy (pictured below) and David Truong say they notified administrators at the Harris, Texas school about how their son was being taunted. They say it's been a year and a half since they first alerted the school, but no action was taken. Calls to the school went unanswered. The school, meanwhile, says it never received any calls. School district spokeswoman Kelli Durham insists no students or teachers registered complaints, either. Update: Durham says the school received an email from Amy earlier this month, but it was about problems at home, not school bullying.

That statement infuriated the Truongs, who accused the school district of protecting the bullies and their parents. "That's absolutely inaccurate — it's completely false," Amy Truong said. "I did not hallucinate phone calls to counselors and assistant principals. We have no reason to make this up. … It's like they're calling us liars." David Truong said, "We want justice. The people here need to be held responsible and to be stopped. It did happen. There are witnesses everywhere."

Asher took his own life with his stepfather's 9 mm Beretta, which was "stored on one of the closet's shelves." There was no suicide note. His stepfather David found his body, lifeless, after coming home from work. "I thought he was laying there reading a book or something," he says. "My son put a gun to his head because he couldn't take what he was hearing and the constant teasing."

His mother Amy came home to police sirens and yellow tape at her house. "They called him different names for being homosexual," she says. "He just had enough."

One report says Asher came out to his parents over the summer, and that they were so accepting he might have come out to his classmates. Another report says the morning of his death, Asher came out to David.

The day before, a student tripped him on the school steps and kicked his books all over the floor.

There's no more room to debate whether LGBT kids need our protection. It's inarguable. That American people, who love their children and their families and their sons and daughters and brothers and sisters can even fathom voting for bigots like Tom Emmer, who doesn't think queer kids need our kindness and our strength and our safety, is unconscionable.

Davey Wavey has also posted on this topic with his words of challenge. Please read it also.

MATES

2010-09-25T01:18:00.002+10:00

HOT BODY, CUTE AS ...

2010-09-19T23:07:00.001+10:00

This guy has a great body, fit and healthy but not overdone by 5 hours per day in the gym. Send him to my bed, PLEASE!

SUNBAKE (2)

2010-09-18T08:38:00.001+10:00

Things I like: hot guys, great bodies, red speedos, swimming pools. This pic hits the jackpot.

SUNBAKE

2010-09-18T08:35:00.003+10:00

I wouldn't mind sharing his rock to soak up some sun myself and keep a good eye on that great body.

RED HOT

2010-09-12T11:44:00.002+10:00

FOUR OF MY FAVOURITES

2010-09-07T23:35:00.001+10:00

Gay Kiss Passion-II

2010-09-01T07:01:00.001+10:00

Gay Kiss Passion

2010-09-01T06:58:00.001+10:00

Perfect Body

2010-09-01T06:47:00.002+10:00