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In many non-western countries, especially places in the so-called “Muslim World” you see men holding hands, expressing affection for each other and even going as far as giving each other flowers. What’s up with that? Are all guys in Afghanistan gay or do they think about same-sex relationships in a different way than we do?

Gay travel writer Michael Luongo joins us to expand on some of the ideas from his last appearance on our show about the gay experience in the Muslim world. Just what lies beneath the surface of all that same-sex affection? Is there sex involved?

Just to entice your appetite, here is an awesome Flickr group “Male Beauty of the Middle East”- it’s very hot.

I highly recommend Michael’s book “Gay Travels in the Muslim World” which is a collection of short non-fiction stories about a variety of men’s perspectives on places like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan on what it means to be sexually attracted to other men.

The tell-all stories make a great bedtime or summer beach vacation read. They are an enticing hybrid of the romantic “Lawrence of Arabia” and the gritty intensity of a 1960s pulp fiction novel.

Honestly, these day’s I just don’t know what’s real anymore. We’ve been busy helping to tape a special reality TV show project which we aren’t ready to talk about, but it’s a whole lot of fun and joyful to be a part of the process.

But the show edits make Marc out to be the “good” guy and me out to be the “bad” guy. Just because I look like Jeffrey Sebela on Project Runway doesn’t mean I’m a jerk!

For crying out loud, Marc is the one who keeps a twitter blog on INSULTS. Subscribe via text message and you can get it on your phone!

Speaking of gritty celebrities, did you hear? Lin Lo said OK-go to being a lesbo.

I’m not sure just what I wrote out. OK, this means Lindsay Lohan just officially came out and used the word LESBIAN to describe herself, as in “lesbian relationship.” You go Lin-Lo! FYI, it may be a Hollywood first, as most famous entertainer Daughters of Bilitis prefer to use the word “gay” or “omnisexual” to describe their passion for ladies.

I’ve heard of bats in your belfry, but a young women found a bat in her padded bra. She thought it was her mobile phone vibrating when she took it out and it was tinny little bat. She let it go and go and felt terrible that she may have frightened the poor thing.

Kuwait a minute, yes, it’s the podcast that is rarely Syrian but will always Afghanistan by your man- Feast of Fools.

Featured Book:
Gay Travels in the Muslim World
by Michael T. Luongo
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