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Boxers, a gay sports bar with two locations in New York City, announced last week that they will open a third location in Philadelphia.  The news comes on the heels of Fritz Boston – Boston’s only truly gay sports bar – closing.

My post this past October, Farewell to Fritz, caused a huge uproar resulting in several thousand shares on Facebook (a record for this blog). Time will tell what Fritz 2.0 (the new name will be  The Trophy Room) will look like and if it will be a gay or gay friendly bar (by the way there is a HUGE difference in this blogger’s mind).

I would like to court the owners of Boxers NYC, Bob Fluet and Robert Hynds, to look East and consider a location here in Boston. We have an affluent, sports-minded gay community that I think would welcome them with open arms.  I love  gay sports bars and if Boxers decides Boston isn’t in the cards, I’d like to welcome Gym Sports Bar that has locations in NYC and LA.  I want you here… Boston wants you here.

I’m heading out with my sister, Susan, and her friend, Olivia.   We’ll go out and grab a few drinks and people watch.  How will you be spending your Friday?

Last month my friend Sheraz Salahuddin posted an interesting article on his Facebook page from the Accidental Bear blog, Sexual Racism: When does your preference become racist?  The full article written by Scott Roberts (@scottjsroberts), former news presenter on Gaydar Radio and editor of Pink News can be read on the UK blog, GMFA, here.

Roberts opens with “No Blacks and no Asians please”.  A line if uttered anywhere – let’s say at a department store, on public transit or in a school – would (rightly so) result in a public uproar.  However, in the world of gay online dating, phrases like this are almost commonplace and dismissed because it is perceived as sexual preference rather than a form of racism. 

Roberts writes, “By writing “no Blacks, no Asians” on a profile, a person is basically announcing that they believe these two racial groups of people should be avoided sexually. It is their personal opinion, but when displayed in a public setting it constitutes prejudice, regardless of the context.” And I wholeheartedly agree.

I understand that physical attraction is a complicated thing and there may be many people who simply aren’t attracted to specific characteristics or physical attributes, but there are exceptions to every rule.  Perhaps those who write such blanket statements are unaware of how such narrow-minded statements reflect upon them? I have similar issue with men who tell me they aren’t into femmes and nellies but that is a post for another time.

I recognize that the world of online ‘dating’ is often all about finding Mr. Right Now rather than Mr. Right – but what does it say about a community that struggles to end both legal and social discrimination if we can’t treat each other as equals – let alone common decency?

Boston’s Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered Youth (BAGLY) has recently expanded its program and office space and is open 5-days a week, providing a larger scope of services for LGBTQ youth. 

BAGLY is looking to everyone in the community to help them name their new space and I wanted to encourage readers to get creative.  To offer a name for their new space link here, www.bagly.org/name.

BAGLY’s naming contest closes on February 1, 2014

ABOUT: BAGLY is a youth led, adult supported social support organization, committed to social justice, and creating, sustaining and advocating for programs, policies and services for the LGBTQ youth community.

Last week DNA Magazine wrote on their blog that the best comeback trend of the past year was the reemergence of redheads / gingers.  I hadn’t quite thought of it that way but it is hard to deny that many gay blogs and magazines have been featuring gingers with more frequency.  I know I enjoy Sean’s Ginger Men feature posts on his blog Just A Jeep Guy.

Above is a former Furry Friday post from my blog a few weeks ago and below are a few guys I featured earlier this year.

If you happen to be a redhead or perhaps you just find ‘gingers’ handsome you may be interested to learn that earlier this month in London there was a photography exhibit by fashion photographer, Thomas Knight, entitled Red Hot.  You can check out photos from the exhibit on the Facebook page, here.