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While Im recuperating and letting my legs relax....Ill post about my first full day in Rio... I got in yesterday and did the standard, walked up and down the beach a few times before heading to the saunas.... I decided against Meio Mundo but may try that one out today.... 117 was jumping, plenty of hot guys, very sexy....the general consensus is that there were a lot of OLDER clients.....I mean really old and the ratio of clients to boys may have been 1 to 2....maybe 15 clients to about 25 boys at its height...I got there around 4:30 and stayed until 7 when I started to be very bored... Had one session....extremely hot and married.....amazing body and ass....will post his pics soon....I may have overpaid but I made up for it later....I paid 100R plus $20 US so about $50 all together... After I left, I went to Pointe, on the Metro....whoever suggestioned that, THANK YOU...that metro exit is directly across the street from my hotel, Premier Copacabana, could not have asked for a better location.... Point was REALLY jumping....Rooms were FREE that night....still 50R to get in, same as 117 but with free rooms.....Definitely a more lively setting.... Not much has changed since the last time I was there....HOT BOYS....older clients... probably about 25-30 boys there compared to about 20 clients at its height.....muscle guys, one guy had TOO many muscles....clearly on roids or something....He had NECK muscles and muscles on top of muscles....grossed me out... Pointe had a lot of young guys....definitely a great amount of bottoms and a few regular, average guys... First guy I had had an amazing ass....Definitely some work done but he looked great and it fit him....young guy....he said forget about a room and we fucked upstairs in the sauna and the steam room...We fucked again a few times later that night same spots...most of the guys were watching the show or entertaining in the main room so the sauna and steam room are great places to play acround.... I paid him 80R and as a I said, we fucked around a couple of times....only paid him once....super hot ass.... Second was a deeply tanned amazing built muscular bottom.....Insatiable....He out fucked me....We ended up getting a room and I had to take a break....Super hot...Have pics of him as well, will post....Paid him 60R He wanted to keep going and going and going....at this point I was getting tired from landing Wed morning and going non stop..... May check out Meio today but definitely going back to Pointe and 117....Pointe is directly around the corner from my hotel and point is a quick 6 metro stops away.... I appreciate whoever suggested taking the metro, super smart and efficient....

Being born and raised in Utah as a Mormon, it doesn't surprise me with their reaction to the ruling. But, I was surprised today to read that the Mormon Church made a substantial donation today to the Utah Pride Center. The donation was to support the Pride Center's work with LGTB youth. I never would have believed that the Mormon Church would financially support a gay organization. http://www.ksl.com/?sid=35323432&nid=148&title=lds-church-makes-donation-to-utah-pride-center&s_cid=queue-4

2nd from the left.

It will be interesting to see how the site keeps going after this blow. I have expected this for years and they lasted longer than I thought they would. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-visa-backpage-20150701-story.html

What a small world. I also met this guy in Rio about seven years ago. I met him while he was working at Clube 117. His "new" look with the bulging steroid arms and torso are "not my cup of tea" so to speak. Speaking of steroids, I was amazed to see how easy it is to buy injection type steroids in Brazil. I was once in line at a drug store in Rio and in walked a sauna garoto I knew. He said hello to me then promptly asked the pharmacy person for needles and steroids. Good grief.

Agree the knife would seem to hang over Rentboy and rentmen now as well. Too bad for all 3 sites. Wonder what would be the revenue potential for a PayPal-like service set up specifically to facilitate any and all transaction types, to include this kind of thing, which PayPal frowns on?

As an update to this thread, thought I'd let you all know that this time, I received a 10-year visa. My first visa was a 5-yr one. I didn't do anything different this time. I guess it really is a matter of individual discretion. Nice to know that I don't have to worry about this again until 2025. Cheers!

Where are the breasts?

Any surprises for any of you? http://tobingrant.religionnews.com/2015/06/30/ranking-churches-on-acceptance-of-homosexuality-plus-their-reactions-to-scotus-ruling/ Religious groups have shown a wide range of reactions to U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that gay and lesbian couples have a right to marry. There are some who have applauded the decision. Others have vehemently disagreed with the ruling as an audacious attempt to redefine marriage. There have also been some religious communities that have remained mum. One reason: differences in opinion among their members. Sociologists and political scientists who research clergy have repeatedly found that religious leaders are most likely to make public pronouncements on politics when their religious communities are unified. We see something similar on the question of same-sex marriage. This first graph shows how some of the larger U.S. religious groups have responded to theSupreme Court decision. Each group has positions on marriage and sexuality; most have additional statements on LGBT rights. Most groups made a statement immediately after last week’s ruling, but some did not. If you know of a public statement that I missed, let me know via twitter: @tobingrant The graph shows the response to the ruling and also the general acceptance of homosexuality among members in each church, denomination, or religion. Each bar is the percentage of each group that believe that homosexuality should be accepted by society. The data may under-state acceptance of homosexuality (because the data is from 2007), but 1) comparisons of groups to recent on same-sex marriage suggest that the change is small, and 2) the relative differences between religious groups remains the same. The graph shows that public agreement with the Supreme Court was common among groups that have large majorities of members who believe that homosexuality should be accepted. Unitarians, atheists (I used American Atheists as the group), reform & conservative Jews, and United Church of Christ applauded the ruling. Public pronouncements become less common for groups in which a majority is accepting of homosexuality, but there remains a large minority that is not. These groups have clear statements on how they understand marriage, sexuality, ecclesiology, but they were silent on the Supreme Court ruling. Most of these churches approach LGBT issues in ways that do not neatly fall into the categories of affirming or exclusion. United Methodists allow LGBT Christians to be members but “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” cannot be clergy, and same-sex marriage cannot be performed. Other groups, such as Lutherans (ELCA) and Disciples of Christ, the question of same-sex marriage is left to individual congregations to decide. Catholics are unique on this issue. The bishops uphold the position of the church. There is more of a disconnect between American Catholics and the church on this issue. As I show in the next graph, Catholics who see a conflict between tradition and modern society are far less accepting of homosexuality (see graph below). Churches are likely to publicly disagree with the court decision if their members are less accepting of homosexuality. Southern Baptists, Latter-Day Saints, Missouri Synod Lutherans, and others quickly responded to the court’s decision, making their disagreement clear. There were many other evangelical churches that also made statements, but they couldn’t be shown because they are too small to have enough members in the survey. Historically black denominations were the exception. Only COGIC made a statement on the ruling. Among National Baptists, for example, the association leaves decisions to individual congregations but has taken a public position on marriage, both as a theological matter and a practical one (e.g., the position of military chaplains). This second admittedly-rainbow-colored graph ranks over 40 religious groups on their members’ views of homosexuality. It includes groups that could not be included on the first graph because they are collections of churches without one clear organizational voice. I also include 1) the position of all Catholics and 2) a breakdown of eight different types of Catholics (see explanation here). The graph is colored to show the broader religious tradition of the group. The graph shows, Nearly all Unitarians, Buddhists, Jews (with the exception of the orthodox), and the so-called “nones” are accepting of homosexuality. Evangelicals and most the historically black denominations are the least accepting of homosexuality. Also in the “discourage, don’t accept” camp are Jehovah’s Witnesses, Latter-Day Saints, Pietists (e.g., Mennonites), and Seventh Day Adventists (which some consider evangelical). Mainline denominations range from being divided over sexuality (e.g., United Methodists) to be affirming (e.g., United Church of Christ). In general, U.S. Catholics say that homosexuality should be accepted by society. This is true for many of the types of Catholics included in the graph. Traditional Catholics, however, are the exception.

The leetle one on the right!

Back in Madrid for a couple of days . A city I have never liked but now it seems to be loaded with cute twinks on Gayromeo, and Hornet as well as Grindr and to a lesser extent Jack'd. Great kisser and sucker and loved riding me with only his spit for lube. English minimal but the iPhone apps allow us to communicate. 90 Euros which seems to be what most ask for.