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This video landed mysteriously in our inbox yesterday. We found it to be fun and inspiring. Is it art? Is it entertainment? We’ll let you decide.

Morgan is a young Hunter with an interesting hobby:

My name is Morgan Tepsic, I'm 20 years old, and at the moment I'm residing in South Korea working on my naked jumping tour around the world. I plan on going to 10 countries so far, stripping down and documenting it all.

Why jumping?
Jumping adds so much to life and a personal connection with my surroundings. Not to mention it's fun to do!

What is the weirdest thing you ever jumped on?
I jumped on a Love's Convenience store that was obliterated by a tornado in Oklahoma...also I've jumped on a cliff of a mountain. Those were both pretty cool.

What location are you looking forward to jumping in?
Egypt!!! I can't wait to jump there!

So Daddies and Hunters, check out Morgan’s video, and let us know what you think. At Daddyhunt, we are encouraged, inspired (and possibly aroused) by Morgan’s quest to be The Naked World Traveler.

What are some projects you have contemplated, completed or abandoned that required taking a “leap” of faith? And how did the experience help you become who you are today?

Morgan Tepsic Likes to Get Naked (somewhat NSFW)

I work in television, and one thing I often get asked when talking about my job to guys I meet from around the country (as if I run a network and can make like, actual decisions) is “Where are the gay guys on TV like me?!?!” And I totally get where they’re coming from… why is it that even though gay characters and gay men on reality shows has increased over the last ten or fifteen years, we are still subjected to one basic type… the nelly queen. Now both you and I know that gay men come in all shapes and sizes, and while I am not one of those gay men that abhors my swishy-fabulous counterparts, I do gotta wonder… does Hollywood not know that Muscle Bears and Daddies exist? Where are the butch homos?

While it’s a bit harder when it comes to fictional gay characters, which live to serve the writer of the story, in reality television one would think that, like the real world, we’d see more of an… (ahem) rainbow in terms of diversity with our gay brothers and sisters. But it seems that what we are given, despite the boundary-pushing use of homosexuals on TV at all, is a pretty limited box of crayons. Take for example Discovery’s Planet Green program “The Fabulous Beekman Boys,” a reality show starring a gay male couple who (mostly) leave their big city lives (one is an advertising art director, writer, and former drag queen while the other used to be a physician and Martha Stewart Executive) to become farmers at a picturesque Upstate farm to build a lifestyle brand of soaps and cheese. Farming in itself is pretty butchy work, but as you can imagine, the joke of the entire series is that these boys are prissy city types that while knee deep in goat shit, still get by with their quippish, can-do attitude. Hysterical.

Why couldn’t these guys actually be gay,and manly… as the job would seemingly require? Well, for one there would be less “comedy” from the situation, as the juxtaposition of a former drag queen herding goats (poorly) just isn’t as entertaining as a guy just getting the job done. But beyond the Beekman Boys, what is it about queeny gays that gets them on TV? Well the obvious answer to me is that someone, somewhere… or a marketing survey conducted moons ago, has determined that America isn’t ready for all that. The middle of the country can handle a basket-case self-loathing Will Truman, or the over-the-top Jack McFarland, but if either of them look and acted like Tom of Finland… the audience would be confused, and possibly a little scared. The country likes us gays to be effeminate, funny, bitchy, and as far from what the straight idea of masculinity is. Despite that not being the actual “reality.” And gays, despite being cast FOR their sexuality, are not allowed to show or express that sexuality onscreen.

But I also argue that in general, male sexuality both gay and straight is completely emasculated as it is, and has been. There really isn’t a question that female sexuality (and skin) is flaunted before the public almost obnoxiously. Sex sells, as long as it’s the ladies. The results of course are a culture of woman who can’t live up to the supermodels they see on TV and in magazines, and us guys have to live up to well... Al Bundy. (Because working out is hard y’all) It’s not like male sexuality is completely erased though. The “Twilight” films seem to exist for their buff male stars to be shirtless, but can we also point out how hairless they are? Even on “True Blood,” a series created and produced by a gay man, the eye candy is decidedly plucked and smooth. (Though a recent episode did prominently feature some nice furry, shackled pits. Woof.) But even the hottest of the new characters, Joe Manganiello’s Alcide, who is often shirtless or completely naked… yet has not one noticeable chest hair. And his character is a bloody werewolf! Is there not one primetime pelt we can ogle over? And yet, this goes along with the history of media where men, gay or straight, are mildly emasculated. So many of us fur lovers are left feeling that body hair doesn’t exist, when a standard trip to Wal-Mart refutes that. It seems like the machismo of the 70’s, when hairy Burt Reynolds was the model, stayed in the 70’s.

So how do masculine gays fight their way in front of the cameras? I honestly don’t know. I think the general public’s views on male sexuality are skewed in general. Just as gay became a little more okay on TV, the term metrosexual sprung up and let straight men who like to take care of themselves with manscaping, plucking, dressing nice, and looking… well gay became okay. Now it seems we as gay men want to flip the script again. I certainly know many a gay man that has the look, act, and vibe of what I think of as the epitome of unbridled masculinity and yet, they are not on TV. My guess is the straight men running the show just can’t let the public, who have us in their own little queer box, see strong able-bodied men that happen to like men… that could also kick their ass. I’m reminded of a good friend who took his two straight buddies to a South-of-Market bar in San Francisco only to be rushed out of there after moments. It wasn’t that they were uncomfortable with the men being gay… it just wasn’t the “type of gay” they were expecting. “These dudes are fucking huge, we gotta get out of here.” And with that they learned that not every friend of Dorothy, necessarily needs a pair of ruby slippers.

Despite the seeming perpetuation of age-old stereotypes, I’d be remiss not to come back and mention something else about “The Fabulous Beekman Boys.” The boys savior in their work is mild-mannered Farmer John, a salt of the earth type who knows how to just get the job done, and acts as a foil to shake his head at Brent and Josh’s outrageousness. I may have missed this reveal in an earlier episode, but recently the audience was introduced to Farmer John’s boyfriend Jason. Yep, Farmer John is also gay. And with that the very show that makes the obvious gay fish-out-of-water jokes also shows a different story, the rare television masculine homo. (Who has nabbed a college-age butchy cub in Jason to boot. Way to go Farmer Daddy!)

So maybe things are changing slowly. Prove me wrong; let me know of the other Farmer John’s and butchy gays out there that you’ve seen on the tube.

The Fabulous Beekman Boys on Planet Green

Daddies and Hunters everywhere have a reason to be proud this week as Proposition 8 has been momentarily defeated. Many legal scholars, activists and politicians are already warning that the victory may be short lived and will most likely be settled by the Supreme Court, but like the step-ladder that is life, we must celebrate every rung that we manage to climb.

In the spirit of celebration and appreciation, Daddyhunt would like to thank Judge Vaughn Walker.

• Judge Vaughn Walker for his carefully worded, brilliantly analyzed ruling. You make us proud of the American judicial system and wickedly smart and hot gay Daddies everywhere.
• David Boies and Theodore B. Olson, the unlikely plaintiffs’ lawyers who bravely took up the cause without the (initial) support of most major gay rights organizations
• National gay rights organizations, the 'No on H8' campaign and all the millions of brave men and women, straight and gay, who worked tirelessly to defeat Prop 8
• To Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Attorney General Jerry Brown and other officials of the State of California who refused to defend Proposition 8 in court.
• To Proposition 8 supporters, for giving us another opportunity to fight for our fundamental rights. Without your steadfast conviction that the Constitution of the United States applies only to your love, we would not be here today.
• To all the thousands of California gays and lesbians who married during the brief window when same-sex marriage was recognized in the state and who created the basis of the challenge -- and especially to my dear friends Pam Ruth and Ruth Carranza, who married after 23 years together and continue to inspire me every day.
• To Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga of Malawi and all the millions of gays and lesbians around the world who live with their same-sex partners every day and are not permitted to marry.
• To San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who bravely directed the San Francisco County Clerk’s Office to issue marriage licenses to San Francisco couples over 6 years ago.
• To Vermont, the first state to recognize civil unions, and to Massachusetts, the first state to recognize same-sex marriages -- and to Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Iowa, New Hampshire, the Coquille Tribe and everywhere else in the U.S. that has established or tried to establish civil unions or marriages for gay men and lesbians.
• To Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain (Spain!), Sweden -- where gay marriage is legal and whose societies are stronger as a result.
• To the veterans of Stonewall, Harvey Milk, Matthew Shepard, Act Up and all the people and groups who have laid the groundwork for a political movement dedicated to fighting for LGBT rights.
• To all the gay and lesbian dads and moms everywhere who are showing the world that they have just as much right to fuck up their children as straight parents.
• To LGBT people who are homeless, suicidal, victims of domestic violence, in prison -- and to all the other vulnerable members of our community we need our help and support every day.
• And finally, to Daddies and older gay men everywhere who never even imagined that in their lifetime, they might have the right to marry the man they love.

We thank you.

Carl
Daddyhunt.com

P.S. Please consider supporting American Foundation for Equal Rights and Equality California. These organization are paying the costs of this crucial fight.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
~e.e. cummings

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