Moog's Coming Out Thread

[nigelandjan]

He wouldn't have the time now mate ,, he will be busy nailing his new husband or wife down whatever he calls it

[sabang]

The married man has served in the armed forces for nearly 20 years

In the Army less than 20 years, and already a General? He certainly has not been discriminated against.

[BaitongBoy]

I suppose on the upside his poor wife will now be able to sit on the sofa without a rubber ring

Heh...Funny, that...She will heal in time...

[chassamui]

Battle hardened: The general led troops like these in Afghanistan during his 30-year-career in the Army

In the Army less than 20 years, and already a General? He certainly has not been discriminated against.

Some confusion here I think.
Usually an officer will have to be around 55 to be eligible for a senior appointment. After only 20 years service he would be in his early forties.
His promotion prospects will be clearly defined after the senior officer redundancies beginning in April 2015. Thereafter he will be know as the gay retired Major General.

[Seekingasylum]

Terry, you weren't supposed to be the first one to comment. Didn't you see that?

Oh dear.

[Bettyboo]

Terry's always the first to comment on gay threads; he hates them sooo much that rather than ignore such threads he's riveted by them... We all know about Perth firemen and their liking for seamen (mainly because Tezza keeps repeating his favourite stories so often...).

This general, who gives a fuk... Is he any good at his job?

[pattayardm]

Good story that will help to enlighten the homophobic mindset of the British masses.

[Pragmatic]

Interesting that this should be made public following the announcement by the MoD that a high number of senior officers are to be made redundant.

He's probably just ensuring he gets made redundant. Obviously they'll all go with enhanced financial packages.

[The Ghost Of The Moog]

Ban on gay men donating blood may be relaxed




The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) has welcomed comments by Irish Minister for Health Leo Varadkar that he favours relaxing a ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood.
The ban on any man who has had sex with another male giving blood was introduced in 1985 as part of a worldwide response to the emergence of HIV and Aids.
Mr Varadkar has received a policy paper from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service setting out a range of potential approaches to the ban.

Mr Varadkar’s spokesman said the report gives three options:

· the status quo, which involves no risk;
· lifting the ban entirely which would double the risk, although it would still be a very small risk;
· and the third option is introducing a one year deferral which, it appears, could be achieved without additional risk to patients, provided that compliance could be assured in some effective way.

Mr Varadkar favours the third option, which would mean that gay and bisexual men who have sex with other men would have to abstain for 12 months before giving blood.
“My initial impression is to favour a one-year deferral which would bring Ireland into line with many other English-speaking countries, but I will first get advice from the Chief Medical Officer, and hear the voices of patients, before making a final decision,” Mr Varadkar said. “It is patients that ultimately take the risk, however small, and not those who donate.”
Arguing the ban stigmatised gay and bisexual men, GLEN policy director Tiernan Brady said Mr Varadkar’s comments represents a positive new approach.
“It was introduced at a time of international fear and lack of knowledge about Aids and HIV. In the subsequent years science has made major advances in understanding, identifying and treating HIV and it is right that we take those scientific advances into account,” he said.
Mr Brady said the providing a safe blood supply which has the confidence of the general public should be a priority.
“An essential part of that is keeping up to date with the scientific developments,” he said. “Across the world countries are removing or modifying their policies around blood donation by gay and bisexual men in light of scientific developments and it is very positive news that Ireland is changing its policy now as well.”
Coming out as a gay man during an interview earlier this month, Mr Varadkar said there were “policy reasons” for the timing of his interview.
“I am now the Minister for Health and there are decisions coming up that are not entirely my own but I will be involved in them,” he said. “ We have legislation coming forward this year about surrogacy and also a decision has to be made on whether we lift or relax the ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.
“I want people to know that whenever decisions are made on any issue, I will make them according to what I believe is in the public interest and my own conscience. I won’t be allowing my own background or my own sexual orientation to dictate the decisions I make.”




Ban on gay men donating blood may be relaxed - Varadkar

[ENT]

Stupid idea.

Half of those who think that maybe they're HIV positive around Chiangmai turn up at the blood donation centre to donate just to get a free diagnosis.

[BaitongBoy]

Perth firemen and their liking for seamen

You spelled (spelt in Goat) semen incorrectly...

[BaitongBoy]

Blue will be apoplectic when he wakes up...

[Bettyboo]

^ T'was being kind, Tezza is a sensitive soul and the thought of a large gulp of semen might push him over the edge into the 'exciting' world of soi 4, which is, coincidentally (of all the places in the world he could have chosen to live...) right upon his doorstep!

[pseudolus]

This whole story has come about probably because the mail phoned him up and said that "someone has said you banged him up the wrong'un, and we are publishing tomorrow unless you want to give us an interview about being a gay general". Run of the mill hack blackmail.

Average of 1-2 people per hundred is fully gay. Probably higher in the military and services such as police, army, navy (a given) where being neat, tidy, well presented, surrounded by men in a butch macho atmosphere would appeal to gays, and the self torture trying to militarize the gayness out with uber manliness would appeal to the closet gays.

On TD about 200-300 gays, although as it is supposed to be about Thailand, it will have more with all the ladyboy and boyztown fans signing up - probably more like 1000 or so gays here - just check out the "ACTORS GET AN AWARD THREAD" to see who the gays are; straight blokes don't give a fuck about actors and actresses and yet there are some gay hating members who are wetting their nickers about this. Same with the iphone bollocks as well. Why don't they start a Manscaping thread and be done with it?

Anyway - so what? He's gay. Why should that be more important than if he was a good general or not?

[Cujo]

Blue will be apoplectic when he wakes up...

Yes, by allowing gay men to donate blood they are spreading the gay.

[The Ghost Of The Moog]

^Clearly a 'Metrosexual' sub-forum is required, for those of us who are interested in diet, landcape painting, Oscar nominations, musical theatre and other man-about-town topics.

[Bettyboo]

We'd need a subforum just to explain what terms like: Metrosexual; man's man, man about town, etc, mean...

[blue]

Title should read gay males.
Gay men is an oxymoron.

It was introduced at a time of international fear and lack of knowledge about Aids and HIV.

That's right back in the day when daft people thought could catch hiv/aids from blood ..
That goodness the politically correct have shown it was all just a silly fear ...
Homo-bloodo-phobia

[chassamui]

^Clearly a 'Metrosexual' sub-forum is required, for those of us who are interested in diet, landcape painting, Oscar nominations, musical theatre and other man-about-town topics.

Surely the most important one is a credible sense of colour and fabrics to help advise on curtains and cushions?

[The Ghost Of The Moog]

^ Nowadays, numerous gay men strive to get HIV - and actively solicit being pozzed up.

It is known, in the fraternity as, 'giving the gift'.

It means they can bugger away without fear - and just take the meds.

[Fluke]

^ Nowadays, numerous gay men strive to get HIV - and actively solicit being pozzed up.

It is known, in the fraternity as, 'giving the gift'.

It means they can bugger away without fear - and just take the meds.

That just doesnt make sense .
If men are having sex without using a condom, striving to get HIV......so they could then have sex without a condom

[thaimeme]

^Clearly a 'Metrosexual' sub-forum is required, for those of us who are interested in diet, landcape painting, Oscar nominations, musical theatre and other man-about-town topics.

No shit....

Just a passing fancy.

[The Ghost Of The Moog]

I think the theory is that it is a rite of passage - a qualification., an A level of sodomy.

Then once pozzed up - one doesn't have to worry about condoms anymore, you just take the tablets every day.

In a Stephen Fry documentary 'HIV and Me' an episode is described in which one boy who wants to be pozzed up has sex with 6 HIV + men, then sticks a butt plug in his anus, so all the infected sperm can slosh around and stay inside the bowel and hopefully get into the bloodstream.

[pseudolus]

diet, landcape painting, Oscar nominations, musical theatre and other man-about-town topics.

Oscar nominations are not suitable topics for men. The rest are that you list, but fawining over celebrities an their gowns is for women and gay men.

[Norton]

Dad dressed in mom's clothes. Mom in dad's. Transparents?