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If memories of awkward pre-teen angst and gnarly, grey food on a cafeteria tray are what you remember from camp, the ability to trek to Meat Camps offers an adult chance to at least eat better. Picture grilling over a wood fire and glamping in Shasta Valley with sustainable meat operator Belcampo Meat Co. Belcampo just announced that it would offer two camps for this summer: women’s meat camp (August 6-9) and gay men’s meat camp (August 13-16). Both are billed as a way to “create a community through food,” with how-tos on knife skills, meat cutting, the intriguing sounding...

A New Zealand coffee company called Fagg's has got itself into hot water with the gay community because of billboard advertisements declaring its product is "straight". Several people have complained that the ads, which also refer to Ponsonby, a suburb of Auckland known for its large gay community, are "overtly homophobic", according to the Advertising Standards Complaints Board. The billboards say, "Not as Ponsonby as the name suggests. The great straight coffee." Complaints board spokeswoman Heather McKenzie told today's edition of Wellington's Dominion Post some people claimed use of the word "straight" insinuated a slur on gay men. Debbie Gee,...