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 [[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]] '''[[Halloween]]''', October 31st, is a day in which candy is traditionally handed out to children. Halloween in recent years has become more of an adult oriented, secular celebration, which has been extensively embraced by the gay community. In 2010, Americans spent an estimated $800 million on costumes for children and $1 billion on costumes for adults.
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&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp; '''[[Sodom]]''' was a legendary (possibly fictional) ancient city located in the Middle East. The exact whereabouts of the city are unknown but it was possibly in geographic proximity to the Dead Sea.
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&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp; '''[[International Boylove Day]]''' - commonly referred to as '''[[IBLD]]''', is celebrated by many [[boylover]]s in the [[online boylove community]]. The celebrations began with participants from Free Spirits and SafeHaven in [[1998]]. It is a day for boylovers to come together in solidarity, a day to send our message to the world, and a day for remembrance.
&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp; '''[[International Boylove Day]]''' - commonly referred to as '''[[IBLD]]''', is celebrated by many [[boylover]]s in the [[online boylove community]]. The celebrations began with participants from Free Spirits and SafeHaven. It is a day for boylovers to come together in solidarity, to remind each other of our good and loving natures, and a day for remembrance.
 
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&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp; '''[[Hyacinth (mythology)]]''' - yacinth /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/ or Hyacinthus (in ancient Greek, Ὑάκινθος, Hyakinthos) is a divine hero from Greek mythology and Apollo's young lover, a beardless youth. His cult was located at Amyclae, (Greek: Αμύκλες) the ruins of which are situated 2 km northeast of the current village[1] and dates from the Mycenaean era. The sanctuary (temenos) grew up around his burial mound (tumulus), located in the Classical period at the feet of [[Apollo]]'s statue
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&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp;'''[[Bacha bazi]]''',  also known as bacheh-baazi, bacchá or bacha bi-reesh, is an Afghan practice roughly translated as "playing with kids" or "boy play". The term "bacha bereesh" refers to a beardless boy.
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&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp;'''[[Halloween]]''', October 31st, is a day in which candy is traditionally handed out to children. Halloween in recent years has become more of an adult oriented, secular celebration, which has been extensively embraced by the gay community. In 2010, Americans spent an estimated $800 million on costumes for children and $1 billion on costumes for adults.
&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp;'''[[Halloween]]''', October 31st, is a day in which candy is traditionally handed out to children. Halloween in recent years has become more of an adult oriented, secular celebration, which has been extensively embraced by the gay community. In 2010, Americans spent an estimated $800 million on costumes for children and $1 billion on costumes for adults.
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&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp; The '''[[Little League World Series]]''' (often abbreviated as LLWS) is a youth baseball championship which is held every August in Williamsport, PA.  The LLWS includes representatives from nearly every part of the globe, although rule changes implemented in the mid-1990s ensure that one US team always plays in the championship game.  
&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp; The '''[[Little League World Series]]''' (often abbreviated as LLWS) is a youth baseball championship which is held every August in Williamsport, PA.  The LLWS includes representatives from nearly every part of the globe, although rule changes implemented in the mid-1990s ensure that one US team always plays in the championship game.  


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&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp; '''[[The Tutor (film)|The Tutor]]''' (AKA Burnt Knees) is Ivan Noel’s new film which was released August 2016. It is a new and harsh version of the famous novel by Henry James, Turn of the Screw.  Fans raised $20,662 to help finance the making of this film.
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&nbsp;[[Image:462px-Cscr-featured .png |20px|link=Portal:Featured articles]]&nbsp; '''[[Greek Love Through the Ages (website)|Greek Love Through the Ages]]''' -  went online on May 17, 2017 and is a website devoted to shedding light on boylove or pederasty. Typically pederasty in ancient Greece consisted of an adult male also called an [[Erastes]] who courted or was in an pederastic relationship with an adolescent boy typically aged 12 to about 17, who was called [[eromenos]].
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  Halloween, October 31st, is a day in which candy is traditionally handed out to children. Halloween in recent years has become more of an adult oriented, secular celebration, which has been extensively embraced by the gay community. In 2010, Americans spent an estimated $800 million on costumes for children and $1 billion on costumes for adults.




December 19, 2015

   International Boylove Day - commonly referred to as IBLD, is celebrated by many boylovers in the online boylove community. The celebrations began with participants from Free Spirits and SafeHaven. It is a day for boylovers to come together in solidarity, to remind each other of our good and loving natures, and a day for remembrance.

New IBLD Video
A Gaelic Blessing by John Rutter, Performed by the Cambridge Choir

  Halloween, October 31st, is a day in which candy is traditionally handed out to children. Halloween in recent years has become more of an adult oriented, secular celebration, which has been extensively embraced by the gay community. In 2010, Americans spent an estimated $800 million on costumes for children and $1 billion on costumes for adults.

   The Little League World Series (often abbreviated as LLWS) is a youth baseball championship which is held every August in Williamsport, PA. The LLWS includes representatives from nearly every part of the globe, although rule changes implemented in the mid-1990s ensure that one US team always plays in the championship game.

   The Tutor (AKA Burnt Knees) is Ivan Noel’s new film which was released August 2016. It is a new and harsh version of the famous novel by Henry James, Turn of the Screw. Fans raised $20,662 to help finance the making of this film.