Blog spam

I've finally succumbed and added word verification when commenting on my blog.  I still allow anonymous comments; but, I guess that will have to be the next to go if the word verification doesn't put a dent in the blog spamming.

What I don't understand is the weirdness of some of the blog spam.  I can understand those that contain links trying to sell or promote something.  But, some of these blog spam comments are just odd - for example, a few that I have rejected:

I think my DVR hates me

• It is very interesting for me to read the article.  Thank you for it.  I like such themes and everything connect to them.  I would like to read a bit more soon

Jumping to conclusions or valid concerns

• I want not agree on it.  I over nice post.  Specifically the appellation attracted me to be familiar with the intact story.

Self fulfilling prophecy

• Good brief and this mail helped me alot in my college assignment.  Thank you seeking your information
• Opulently I assent to but I dream the collection should acquire more info than it has.

I used to have a mission statement generator on my Palm Pilot years ago that generated a mission statement using random quotes - resulting in something that sounded surprisingly similar to some real mission statements I've seen.  Anyway, these comments have that same kind of feel - like they are computer generated comments.

If I'm right then what I don't understand is "why".  What purpose would somebody have to scan blogs and submit random generated anonymous comments?  And surely they could have done a better job at making them grammatically correct.

But, if I'm wrong - then there are people out there with some serious grammar problems adding nonsensical comments. 

I don't know which is worse, or scarier.

Is it just me?  Or are other people seeing this on their blogs?  What are your thoughts?

Help! I have a song stuck in my head and I can't get it out

I watched Lazytown on the Nick Jr. channel with my granddaughter earlier this month while my daughter was visiting with her two children - although my granddaughter calls the show "pink hair" after the lead character..

Now I have this stupid song stuck in my head and it won't go away. Seriously, they've been gone over a week - and I still can't get this inane song out of my head.

Dippity dee
It's only me
Boopity boo
I scared you
Flick on the light there's nothing there
Everything vanished in the air

Somebody, please help me . . .





btw, is it weird that I think the puppet "Stingy" is kind of cute?

Or maybe it's Jodi Eichelberger, the puppeteer and voice of Stingy.

Why do I even know this?

An invitation

I received the following email earlier today:

celine has asked to be your friend at BoreMe.

celine sent this message:
I am Interested In You, Hello Dear, My name is celine, 23 years old girl and I am average in height and fair in complexion, I am a loving, romantic and caring angel. I read your profile truly is quiet interesting to me then I decide to contact you. I really want to have a good relationship with you. Moreover I love what I see in your profile so you can reach me through my email (xxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com ) so that I will send my beautiful pictures to you and also tell you more about my self. I know age will not be a bearer to our relationship, what I need is just your love and caring.and I will give you my best, have a nice day and stay blessed. With Love,celine ...

I've never even heard of BoreMe prior to receiving this email - I most certainly never created a profile there

Methinks celine wants to send me naughty pictures - no doubt to entice me to spend $$$ on more feminine naughtiness.

Ewwwwwww!!!

Sorry celine, but your supple breasts and other womanly parts have no effect on me.

Bwaaa ha ha . . . I have foiled your evil plot!

P.S.  Perhaps you might have more success if you learned proper grammar.

Signs that should have told me that I'm gay . . .

I don't know what brought this up, but I was thinking about this yesterday and thought I'd share it.

When my two oldest children were just toddlers, I was called to be the Young Men's president in my ward.  As such, I felt I should go to Boy Scout leadership training as I really didn't know much about the program - having only made it to 2nd class scout myself as a boy.

I don't know how they do it now, but at the time it was a 6 week course meeting once per week.  The adults were organized into patrols, just like the boys are in a troop, and we worked together as a patrol throughout the training culminating in an overnight campout.  I was a member of the Frog patrol and we we would greet each other by saying "ribbet" whenever we met.

One thing they did (for what purpose I do not know) was bring an old shovel to the training that had a crack in the blade; and, each week they'd gave it to a different patrol who was to bring it back the following week "improved" in some way.  Now, I suspect those leading the training were thinking that someone might repair it by welding the crack.  When it was my patrol's turn, I volunteered to take it home.  With my wife's help, I painted a woman's face on the blade of the shovel with big red lips drawn around the crack in the blade and yarn for hair.

Towards the end of the training, each patrol prepared for the campout which included cooking dinner together.  I convinced my patrol that we should something different than the traditional scout fare; so, as the other patrols were eating their foil dinners, we laid out a table cloth, complete with cloth napkins, candle sticks, and a small vase with flowers as we dined on deli sandwiches and drank sparkling cider from plastic wine glasses - we made sure to have a bottle of Grey Poupon prominently displayed..

Thinking back at the ease at which I talked my patrol into this, methinks I wasn't the only orientationally challenged person in the frog patrol.

9½ inches

No, get your minds out of the gutter.  That's how much snow we got on Thursday - setting an all time record for the amount of snow in a single day.  It continued snowing after midnight for a total of 12½ inches - setting yet another all time record for the amount of snow during a 24 hour period.  This picture is what I was greeted with from my front porch.

Now, for those of you who live in snow country - that might not seem like a lot.  But, you have to remember that we are not setup for this kind of weather.  I don't own a snow shovel - and I'm not sure I could even purchase one locally if I wanted to.  Our cities do not have adequate equipment to keep streets clear.  All of the area schools shut down on Friday.  Many businesses either shut down completely or ran on skeleton crews.  Over 200,000 homes were without power from downed power lines caused by broken tree branches weighted down by the snow.  I have a large 9 inch diameter tree branch that broke off of an old Oak tree in our back yard - luckily it missed the house when it fell.  But, I haven't quite decided what to do about it yet because it is too big and heavy for me to pull it out to the street for road crews to take - but I don't have the tools to chop it into smaller pieces.

Fortunately, since Friday morning, it's been above freezing; so, the snow has been melting a bit.  Yesterday I got out with a garden rake, shovel, and hoe to move some of the snow off of the driveway so that we could get our car out.  Today the roads are relatively clear; but, there is still several inches of snow all over the ground.

And I find myself feeling angry about it.  On Thursday evening I was planning on going to a photography seminar on composition sponsored by the Fort Worth camera club that I joined last month - and on Friday I was planning on getting together for lunch with a fellow MoHo who found my blog a few weeks ago.  Both of which had to be canceled.  I really don't get out much; if everything was going to get shut down for two days - why did it have to be those two days?  The two days before or after would have been just fine.  Oh well, I guess I should just resign myself to be a hermit.

The Homosexuals

The Advocate has an article about a 1967 CBS News Special Report titled "The Homosexuals"

There is a growing concern about homosexuals in society; about their increasing visibility. In preparing this broadcast, CBS News commissioned a survey by The Opinion Research Corporation in the public attitudes towards homosexuality. We discovered that Americans consider homosexuality more harmful to society than adultury, abortion or prostitution

Homosexuality is, in fact, a mental illness.

The average homosexual, if there is such, is promiscuous.  He is not interested in or capable of a lasting relationship like that of a heterosexual marriage.

The aim of a homosexual act, paradoxically enough, is to seek masculinity.

The church has a great deal of sympathy for those who are handicapped in this way.

[Being a homosexual] automatically rules out that [the man in question] will remain happy.

Hmmm, sounds like stuff I might hear at church - I'm starting to wonder how much progress we've actually made in the last 43 years.

My first crush - February theme

Note: This is something I posted some time ago in my private blog. Truthfully, I'm a bit anxious about posting it here as I am somewhat more open and explicit about my inner thoughts and feelings than I usually am on this public blog.

I met Kevin while I was a Freshman in high school. Kevin was the first person who made me feel really good just being around him. I didn't know why. He was good looking; but, it was more than that. I’d been around other good looking boys; but, they never made me feel the way I did when I was around him. I realize now that he was my first crush, my first true love. How I longed to be around him as much as possible.

I remember once when I was walking alone down a path at school and Kevin came running up to walk with me. Kevin was a very outgoing guy and had many friends (some of whom didn’t particularly like me). Of all the people he could have chosen to walk with, he chose me. I still remember the thrill it gave me as I felt so special ... and undeserving.

Kevin was a beautiful boy. He had short dark hair and was very fit and trim. He was everything I wanted to be; and, best of all, he was my friend. I would have done anything for Kevin - or to Kevin - if he had asked me. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending upon your perspective) he didn't swing that way as he was very straight and quite the ladies man.

I never had many friends growing up. Somehow, I think I never felt worthy to have friends. So, it was a thrill to have someone like Kevin as a friend. We met at the school backpacking club of which we were both members.  We had weekend backpacking trips just about every month.  The backpacking club was coed and the teacher who sponsored it was very liberal; so, it wasn't uncommon to see a boy/girl couple go off to a more secluded area to setup camp.

I recall one particular camping trip; we were resting from our hike near a mountain lake; and, Kevin took off his back pack and then stripped down to go skinny dipping in the lake. I was totally amazed that he would strip down stark naked in front of the girls; I could never imagine myself doing that. I was also thrilled to behold his naked body - he was even more beautiful with his perfectly formed slender body and a dark bush above his manhood. After that I would often dream of his naked body by the lake. Even into adulthood - sometimes, when having a homoerotic dream, I would be transported back in time to high school - and Kevin.

I wasn’t the only one who had a crush on Kevin - although possibly the only boy. When we were together, he often talked of girls he wanted to have sex with. On our backpacking trips, sometimes, he and a girl would go off to a secluded area just outside the camping area where everyone else was staying to pitch his tent and they would spend the night together (he always carried condoms in his backpack). I remember being jealous those nights because he wasn’t sleeping near me. I just liked being around Kevin. I felt really good when he was near me.

On one backpacking trip, as we were driving back home, I was sitting in the back seat next to Kevin and we all fell asleep. I recall waking up to find Kevin leaning on me with his head on my shoulder. I didn’t move. I just stayed there as long as I could, trying to remain as motionless as possible so as to not wake him.

During this same timeperiod, I had acquired my first Book of Mormon and was reading it one time on the school bus. I remember Kevin coming to sit by me; and, after seeing what I was reading, told me that he was a jack Mormon. The irony - my first crush was for a Mormon boy (albeit, an inactive one).

I lost track of Kevin after my sophomore year when my family moved to another town and I switched high schools; although, in college, there was a boy who lived down the hall from me in the dorm that looked a lot like Kevin. The first time I saw him, I ran up and excitedly said “Hi Kevin” - but it wasn’t Kevin; and, I felt really stupid after that. But, afterwards, every time I saw him I thought of Kevin.

When I first created my Facebook account, being curious, I looked to see if anybody else from that highschool class was on Facebook - and lo and behold, there was Kevin. I sent him a message via Facebook and we exchanged a few messages back and forth. I don't think he really remembered me - it was more exchanging names of other people we both knew. I don't know why, but I never invited him to be my Facebook friend (nor did he invite me). Anyway, that brief exchange brought me closure. I don't think of him as often as I once did. But, I did write a poem about him once in my personal journal.

Unrequited Love by Abelard Enigma
His face illuminated me
His touch excited me
His presence assured me
But, alas, these feelings were not mutual
He liked me well enough
But, I was just friend, one of many
A friend from a previous era
A friend long forgotten
But I haven’t forgotten
He was my first true love
Can we ever forget our first love?
Even a love unrequited?

I often wonder, with experiences like this growing up - why did it take me so long to accept my true sexuality?

February theme:  How about you?  Who was your first crush?  Was it for a boy or a girl?  Was it mutual or unrequited?  How did it end?  Where were you in accepting your sexuality at the time?

Pearls of wisdom

On my last post I talked about my journey and how it began years before I finally accepted myself as a gay man - that the road to acceptance started by shedding my own homophobia and learning to accept other homosexuals.

I thought I'd follow up with some pearls of wisdom that I've gleaned over the last couple of years of that journey.  Nothing earth shattering, most will invoke a "duh" reaction.  But they were enlightening to me at some point on my journey.  There are those may not agree with some of these.  Heck, 5 years from now I may not even agree with all of these - but this is where I am today.

• The so called "gay culture" isn't all about hooking up, guys in thongs, etc.  Gay culture is just as diverse as straight culture.  Yes, there are deviant aspects to gay culture - but there is nothing in gay culture that doesn't also exist in straight culture.

• The so called "gay agenda" is a myth perpetrated by the wacko religious right   Seriously, can anybody show me a memo that spells out the 'gay agenda'? - I didn't think so.
  

• While there are some wacko gay activists who may be the exception, most members of the gay community don't really care what conservative Christians believe about marriage and family.  They just want the conservative Christian community to stop interfering with their families.

• Support organizations like Exodus International and Evergreen International are primarily run by straight people - saying things that straight people like to hear about homosexuality

• Homophobia is irrational.  There are no reasons to fear homosexuals that can stand up to any level of scrutiny.
  

• Being gay doesn't take away my choices.  I am still the same person I've always been; and, accepting my homosexuality doesn't mean that I have to act a certain way and/or like or dislike certain things. 
  

• Accepting that I am gay frees me from feeling like I need to hide certain aspects of my personality out of fear that people might think I'm gay.  Although, being old and curmudgeonly kinda does that too.
  

• When I'm with other gay folk and I mention that I'm married - I need to clarify that I'm married to a woman.  . . . it just never occurred to me that I would see the day where that wasn't obvious - just sayin'
  

• Guys are like kittens:  They are cute and playful when they're in their 20's - and then they turn old and crotchety, like me :)

OK, that last one was with tongue planted firmly in cheek.

Correction:  In my last post I mentioned that the Dallas American Idol tryout's actually took place in Arlington.  There was an article in our newspaper yesterday offering a clarification.  Turns out the preliminary tryouts took place in the Cowboy's stadium in Arlington - but that the tryouts in front of the judges (the ones we see on TV) actually took place in a hotel in Dallas.  But this does beg the question:  Given how terrible some of the people trying out in front of the judges are - what do those who didn't make it past the preliminary tryouts sound like?  Honestly, I suspect the preliminary tryouts are really looking for entertainment value rather than singing ability.

The road to acceptance

Wow, it's been almost a week since I last posted.  Not totally unprecedented - A couple of years ago I went an entire month without posting on my blog.  I didn't even look at my blog or comments nor did I look at other blogs during that month.  I was starting to worry that I was becoming addicted to blogging; so, I just wanted to prove to myself that I could stop if I wanted to.

Anyway, no such grandiose reason this time - I just haven't had anything to say.  I actually have a few posts I started - but decided against posting.  Maybe some time in the future I'll share those thoughts.

I have to confess, I didn't really watch much of the State of the Union address last night.  I started to watch it; but, I got bored and decided to read the synopsis in the morning newspaper.  So, instead, I watched American Idol which was recorded on our DVR.  They showed the Dallas auditions last night - which actually took place in Arlington (the home of the new Cowboys stadium).

I received the Log Cabin Republican's formal response to the SotU address via email.  The entire response can be found here; but, what I did find interesting was their response to how President Obama addressed DADT (which was not mentioned in our local newspaper - go figure)

President Obama in his address Wednesday night specifically advocated for a repeal of the discriminatory 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, which he has reiterated on several occasions both as a candidate and as the President. In an alarming contradiction to his stated public policy position, President Obama has instructed his Justice Department,  to fight the only lawsuit in modern times challenging 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' of which Log Cabin Republicans is the sole plantiff.

“Again, President Obama calls on Congress to do one thing, yet he instructs his Administration and his Justice Department to take the opposite action. Which way is it, President Obama?"

I know a lot of my blogging friends voted for Barak Obama and continue to support him after his first year in office; but, I just don't think he is the friend of the gay community that everyone hoped he would be.  Not suggesting that John McCain would have been better - but, at least, we would have known where we stood.  President Obama seems content to just keep kicking the can down the street on GLBT issues rather than doing anything of substance.

All of this talk of DADT has caused me to reflect on how much I've changed over the last 20 years or so.  When the DADT policy was first introduced in 1993 by then President Bill Clinton, I sincerely believed it to be a sign of the end of times.  I could not fathom why anyone would want homosexuals to serve in the military.  I really was quite homophobic - but, I think I was trying to convince myself more than anyone else that I wasn't gay.

Jump ahead to 2000 when the US Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America can legally discriminate against someone if they are gay.  While I was still several years from accepting my own homosexuality - my position had softened considerably.  Although I was serving as an adult scout leader at the time, I did not support the BSA's ban against homosexuals - even if they did have the legal right to.  I felt they should leave that decision up to the chartering organization.  If an organization did not want gay scout leaders (like the LDS church, for instance) then let them enforce the ban.  But, if a chartering organization didn't have a problem with homosexuals then why should the BSA?

When the topic of same sex marriage first came into the mainstream public consciousness, I did not support 'marriage' per se - but I did support civil unions.  At the time I believed that marriage had a long historical basis as being between a man and a woman.  I had no problem granting gay couples all of the same legal rights as a married couple - I just felt that they should call it something else.  I believed this even when I started this blog a little over 3 years ago.  I've since evolved into "if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck - then it's a duck" sort of philosophy.  If we are going to grant gay couples all of the same legal rights and privileges as a heterosexual married couple then there is no convincing reason to not call it 'marriage'.

So, I've been on this road to discovery for quite some time.  Along the way I had to first shed my homophobia before I could begin the process of accepting myself as gay.  I had to learn to accept other homosexuals before I could accept myself as a homosexual.

And so my journey continues - I wonder where it will take me?

Disturbing

I often get a kick out of some of the search terms people use to find my blog.  But, today someone found my blog using a search term that caused me to audibly gasp

people who murdered matthew shepard deserved a parade

I'm speechless - I don't know what to think or say.  It's one thing to believe homosexuality is wrong and a sin - it's an entirely different matter to rejoice in the murder of a homosexual.  That such people exist is disturbing - and that they found my blog frightens me.  Suddenly I feel on edge, like there is a disturbance in the force or something.  The relative safety of my closet doesn't feel so stuffy anymore.

And this wasn't an uneducated southern hick - this was someone at Boston University.

Yet another Kris Allen post

According to google analytics:  For the past year, here are the top 25 google searches leading people to my blog

mormon enigma blog
kris allen mormon
mormon enigma
is kris allen mormon
abelard enigma
eunuchs in the bible
is kris allen mormon?
is kris allen a mormon
kris allen
kris allen lds
kris allen mormon?
clark johnson + gay +mormon
kris allen american idol mormon
mormon-enigma
mormon
is kris allen lds
is kris allen a mormon?
matthew shepard mormon
what is a eunuch in the bible
kris allen is mormon
homo for romo
kris allen wife
kris allan wife and child
kris allen, mormon
mormonenigma

Notice a trend?  Seriously!  Do I really talk about Kris Allen that much on my blog?  Or am I the only one who talks about his lack of mormon-ness.  I'll readily admit that Kris Allen is attractive; but, I'm really not that obsessed with him - at least I don't think I am.  Let's see, to date I've blogged about Kris Allen in

Kris Allen
Kris Allen is NOT a Mormon
American Idol
The next American Idol
Fixated on Kris Allen
Kris Allen Central
OK, I lied
Kris Allen is still not a Mormon
Self fulfilling prophecy
Yet another Kris Allen post (don't you just love recursive links?)

OHMYGOSH!!!

Maybe I AM obsessed with Kris Allen.  How can that be?  I don't even own his CD.  Maybe I'm still in denial.  Maybe I'm a closeted Kris Allen online stalker and haven't accepted it yet.

Should this be my life mission?  To inform the world that Kris Allen is not a Mormon.

Or ... should I turn my blog into a Kris Allen fan site?  Or maybe a who is/isn't a Mormon blog.

Perhaps I should write a book:  "Everything I needed to know about life I learned from Kris Allen"

Is there a 12-step program to help rid myself of unholy thoughts of Kris Allen?

I could start a support group:  GMWTHFKA (Gay Men With The Hots For Kris Allen) - anybody want to join?

Gay pon farr

In case anybody hasn't figured it out from my last couple of posts - I'm kinda going through my gay pon farr right now.  I first blogged about this phenomena 2-1/2 years ago here and here.

I don't stress out about it like I once did - I accept it as just something that happens every now and then.  And, pon farr sounds a whole lot nicer than h--ny.

So, please bear with me as I cycle through my man-crushes until this pon farr cycle subsides.

Self fulfilling prophecy

I really didn't mean to become the premier web site for people wanting to know if a certain winner of a popular singing contest is LDS.  But, I'm realizing that the more I blog about him then the more google hits I get.  I knew that intellectually - but, I guess, I just hadn't internalized it.

I'm not interested in maximizing blog traffic - it's not like I have advertising where increased traffic is momentarily advantageous.  I want people to come to my blog because they care about what I have to say (or, perhaps, out of the morbid curiosity of a married gay mormon man).  Truth is, while I've been getting a lot of traffic the last few days, the vast majority of them aren't hanging around.  And I hate to think of them hastily closing their browser window out of disgust over the whole gay thing.

So, how do I talk about what's on my mind without driving superfluous traffic to my blog?  I'm not using actual names in this post - but that gets awkward and tiresome very quickly.  Maybe I should adopt a nickname, I'll call him "Bob"

Yes, I think Bob is very cute - "gorgeous", "stunning", "beautiful", "pulchritudinous" are words that come to mind - OK, not "pulchritudinous", I just looked that up in the dictionary.  It means "physically beautiful; comely", which certainly describes Bob.

But, more than that, I'm attracted to Bob's personality. He may be a complete jerk in person, I don't know.  But, on screen, he comes across as this quiet, humble, sweet person - until he sings, then he loses himself in his music.  Cockiness is a real turn-off for me - which is why you don't see me blogging much about the runner-up of said popular singing contest.  I guess I just have a weakness for the cute nerdy type.  If I were a teenage girl (or a teenage boy who likes boys) then Bob's picture would most definitely be hanging in my locker.

Unfortunately, I'm not so attracted to Bob's singing voice.  I want to be, I really do; but, what I've heard from him just hasn't touched me in the way other singers do.  I'm not saying he's bad - I'm just not connecting with him.  I hope the best for him in fulfilling his dream of a musical career - but I fear he is just going to fizzle away.  5 years from now people will say "Bob who?"  I might be wrong, I certainly hope so.

In the mean time, I'll just continue my celebrity man-crush and bask in the glow of Bob's beauty.  I don't mean to come across as a creepy old man - I may be older, but I'm not dead.  I'm a connoisseur of the male physique; and, Bob is like a fine wine that needs to be savored.

Kris Allen is still not a Mormon

Back in May 2009 my blog traffic reached an all time high for the month - mostly from people googling about Kris Allen being a Mormon.

Season 9 of American Idol premiered this week - and, once again, I see an increased number of google searches inquiring if Kris Allen is LDS leading people to my blog.  Actually, it has never really let up completely - since last May I get, at least, 3 or 4 hits per week from google searches inquiring if Kris is LDS.

So, once again, let me state that Kris Allen is not a Mormon.

But, we do have at least one Mormon in season 9 - at least I'm pretty sure he's LDS. I believe his name is Justin Williams - he is from Sandy, Utah and talked of serving a mission where he was diagnosed with cancer.  He is now cancer free and is going to Hollywood for the next round of tryouts.  From what I understand, this isn't the first time he tried out for American Idol.  He actually made it to Hollywood in season 8 and was in the same group as Kris Allen.

Why does it always keep coming back to Kris Allen?  OK, maybe I should come out of the closet and admit that I have a celebrity man-crush on Kris Allen; or, maybe I should send in a referral so that the Mormon missionaries can visit Kris. I wouldn't mind having the missionaries teach Kris and his wife in my home :)

. . . oh, and, btw, neither is Danny Gokey a Mormon.  Funny how nobody has ever been led to my blog inquiring if Adam Lambert is Mormon.

After the surge of people last May coming to my blog inquiring if Kris Allen is LDS, I wrote a post titled, Kris Allen is not Mormon, addressed specifically to people who may not have expected to find a gay blog.  Recently an anonymous person commented on that post quoting 1st Corinthians 6:9-10.  Apparently - all homosexuals are going straight to hell.

Now, I can try to take solace in the fact that I have never actually been with a man in the flesh; but, Jesus taught that if we lust in our minds then it is as if we committed the actual act.  If I'm completely honest with myself - I must confess that I have lusted after men ([cough] Kris Allen).  Also, while I myself am not, nor ever have been, in a homosexual relationship - I condone those who are in committed monogamous same sex relationships. 

Additionally, I expect Mr. Anonymous probably isn't too keen on Mormons either - being gay and Mormon means there probably isn't any hope for me at all, I'm un-redeemable.  So, I guess I'm going to hell along with the rest of you - at least I'll be among friends.   

Frankly, heaven doesn't sound very heavenly if it's full of hateful people.

Gay themed movies

Back in November I ran a poll on MoHo polls regarding gay themed movies.  I extended the poll through the end of December so as to get more votes.  I used the 50 Best Gay Movies on AfterElton and was curious how these movies fared with MoHo's (and friends of MoHo's).  In the poll the movies were shown in alphabetical order.  Below is the same list as ranked by AfterElton and the MoHo votes received.

Film                                                         MoHo Votes                

1.  Brokeback Mountain (2005)                                   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (18 votes)
2.  Shelter (2007)                                              ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (15 votes)
3.  Latter Days (2003)                                          ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (28 votes)
4.  Milk (2008)                                                 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (26 votes)
5.  Beautiful Thing (1996)                                      ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (10 votes)
6.  C.R.A.Z.Y (2005)                                            ♥♥♥♥ (4 votes)
7.  Another Gay Movie (2006)                                    ♥♥♥ (3 votes)
8.  The Birdcage (1996)                                         ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (9 votes)
9.  Edge of Seventeen (1998)                                    ♥♥♥♥ (4 votes)
10. Adam & Steve (2005)                                         ♥♥♥ (3 votes)
11. Big Eden (2000)                                             ♥♥♥ (3 votes)
12. East Side Story (2006)                                      ♥♥♥♥♥ (5 votes)
13. Get Real (1998)                                             ♥♥♥♥ (4 votes)
14. All Over The Guy (2001)                                     ♥ (1 vote)
15. The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)            ♥♥♥♥♥♥ (6 votes)
16. Angels in America (2003)                                    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (9 votes)
17. Coffee Date (2006)                                          ♥ (1 vote)
18. Jeffrey 1995)                                               ♥ (1 vote)
19. Boy Culture (2006)                                          ♥♥♥ (3 votes)
20. Longtime Companion (1990)                                   ♥ (1 vote)
21. Love Songs (Les Chansons D'Amour) (2007)                    ♥ (1 votes)
22. Philadelphia (1993)                                         ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (12 votes)
23. Burnt Money (2000)                                         (0 votes)
24. Were the World Mine (2008)                                  ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (9 votes)
25. In & Out (1997)                                             ♥♥♥♥♥ (5 votes)
26. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)                            ♥♥♥♥♥ (5 votes)
27. Eating Out (2004)                                           ♥♥♥♥ (4 votes)
28. Making Love (1992)                                          (0 votes)
29. Juste une Question d'Amour (Just a Question of Love) (2000) ♥♥♥ (3 votes)
30. My Own Private Idaho (1991)                                 ♥♥ (2 votes)
31. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)                              ♥♥♥ (3 votes)
32. Parting Glances (1986)                                      (0 votes)
33. The Boys in the Band (1970)                                 (0 votes)
34. Maurice (1987)                                              ♥♥♥ (3 votes)
35. Mysterious Skin (2004)                                      ♥♥ (2 votes)
36. Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom (2008)                        ♥ (1 vote)
38. Mambo Italiano (2003)                                       ♥♥♥♥ (4 votes)
38. The Bubble (2006)                                           ♥ (1 vote)
39. Yossi and Jagger (2002)                                     ♥ (1 vote)
40. Prayers for Bobby (2009)                                    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (21 votes)
41. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)     ♥♥♥♥♥ (5 votes)
42. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)                        ♥♥ (2 votes)
43. Torch Song Trilogy (1988)                                   ♥♥♥♥ (4 votes)
44. Shortbus (2006)                                             ♥♥♥♥ (4 votes)
45. Trick (1999)                                                ♥♥♥♥ (4 votes)
46. The Trip (2002)                                             ♥ (1 vote)
47. Rent (2005)                                                 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (17 votes)
48. Mulligans (2008)                                            ♥♥ (2 votes)
49. Sommersturm (Summer Storm) (2004)                           ♥♥ (2 votes)
50. Transamerica (2005)                                         ♥♥♥ (3 votes)

Not surprisingly, Latter Days is more popular with gay Mormon's although it's ranks quite high on AfterElton.  I am surprised that Prayers for Bobby doesn't rank higher on AfterElton.  Perhaps it has more meaning for those who have some sort of religious upbringing.

What is a bit surprising is the movie Rent.  It ranks quite low (#47) on AfterElton but is very popular with gay Mormon's.  I haven't seen the movie and, frankly, it doesn't seem to be a movie I would enjoy.  So, what is it about Rent that makes it so popular with MoHo's?

FWIW, here are the movies I've watched ranked and enjoyed, ranked by how well I liked them

• Milk
  
• Latter Days
• Prayers for Bobby
• Shelter
• Beautiful Thing
• Edge of Seventeen
• Get Real
• Torch Song Trilogy
• Coffee Date
• Mambo Italiano
• East Side Story
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• The Birdcage
• Trick
• The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
• Big Eden
• Boy Culture
• In & Out
• Making Love

Here are others that I've seen and didn't particularly enjoy (most of these I didn't even finish watching)

• Adam & Steve
• Another Gay Movie 
• Jeffrey
• Maurice
• My Own Private Idaho
• Transamerica
• Were the World Mine

Here are the movies I would like to watch someday

• Angels in America
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show