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March 17, 2025

Hi Out readers!

Last week we brought you the news that the FDA, which is now under the control of Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has started cracking down on manufacturers and distributors of popular gay party drug poppers.

This news is especially troubling when you know that in the past, RFK JR. has claimed that poppers caused AIDS, saying "The virus is a passenger virus, and these people are dying mainly because of poppers. A hundred percent of the people who died in the first thousand [with] AIDS werepeople who were addicted to poppers..."

Several companies, including Double Scorpio, have shut down their websites and social media, and seemingly ceased operation.

The gays immediately reacted, with both humor, and seriousness.

"Not the bottoms storming the capital," Jeremy Crittenden, @jcritty on Instagram said.

"Do you realize that a dictatorship is being installed in the United States?" @pascal_thesquale asked.

Keep reading for today's Man Crush Monday and all the best pop culture news.

- Mey Rude


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    Mey Rude

    Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

    Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.