Bar Mitzvah, Coming Out Party, Or Both?

[Jingthing]

Something just for fun!

Something retro from the Age of Madonna, Circa 1992

In case you're wondering the very happy bar mitzvah boy today is an accomplished lawyer and gay activist.

Edited August 17, 2012 by Jingthing

[thaicbr]

Something just for fun!

Something retro from the Age of Madonna, Circa 1992

In case you're wondering the very happy bar mitzvah boy today is an accomplished lawyer and gay activist.

Is that You. Jing

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[Jingthing]

No. I should be so lucky!

[Jingthing]

The dancing man as an adult:

http://www.agdglaw.com/?t=3&A=3952&format=xml

[Jingthing]

Bummer: youtube removed the audio because of copyright infringement.

[tombkk]

Bummer: youtube removed the audio because of copyright infringement.

Well, I just watched the whole thing including audio. I did think it was you (JT), thanks for clarifying that it wasn't.

Does Bar Mitzvah mean that the boy in the video is going to be mutilated?

[Ijustwannateach]

I think that happens much earlier at the 'bris', Tom! As a baby.

[LeCharivari]

I think that happens much earlier at the 'bris', Tom! As a baby.

According to Hilary Clinton it's one of the "top three" steps to curing the AIDS crisis: putting more infected people on AIDS drugs earlier, circumcising men and giving more medicines to prevent the transmission of HIV from a mother to a child and according to her husband it's as effective as Truvada (and a lot cheaper!). I still prefer condoms.

(Sorry if I'm straying off topic)

[Jingthing]

My understanding is that the evidence for circumcision reducing HIV is for heterosexual sex, and no evidence that it helps reduce it with homosexual sex.

[LeCharivari]

Mine too, JT - but from what I've read its only female to male transmission that's safer and not male to female transmission, and "homosexual sex" is only excluded because no tests were done specifying "anal sex" only (with the added inference that it may be safe for the "top" partner).

More importantly that rather crucial bit of information only appears in the medical studies and not elsewhere. There are a lot of questions about the validity of the study overall and, personally, I think it's rather rash and possibly very dangerous advice as it's tantamount to encouraging circumcised men to indulge in unprotected sex without thinking of the danger to their partner (or themselves, as the study hasn't been validated).

[Jingthing]

New viral video of the gayest Bar Mitzvah ever! (last year)

Mazel Tov Sam Horowitz.

The comments are hilarious.

Great video, good for him, but dam_n don't let him go to Russia.

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.541471

So what’s next for Sam? He’s heading to New York City Fashion Week in three weeks. “He loves fashion,” says his mom. “He’s got friends at Neiman Marcus.”

Edited August 14, 2013 by Jingthing

[ToddWeston]

Lol great fun, I'm sure the house came down with cheers.

I'm always so impressed with kids who have the talent and b@lls to so something like that, I still get embarassed and dread dancing with my sisters and Mum at weddings

[Jingthing]

I'm curious. Based on that Bar Mitzvah party of Sam (also the interest in fashion), do you think it is reasonable to assume that the Bar Mitzvah boy is a gay boy? People seem to be doing that. I have done it. It's based of course on stereotypes about gay flamboyance. I was nothing like that at 13 and never have been and I reckon most gay people weren't either, but I still think these stereotypes are pervasive. Any thoughts?

Either way, I think Sam is GREAT and of course a very lucky boy to have such loving tolerant parents to indulge his fantasies for his Bar Mitzvah party, not to mention he was very fortunately born into a prominent family.

Edited August 16, 2013 by Jingthing