The World Champion San Francisco Giants have made an “It Gets Better” video. For more videos and more information on the project, founded by columnist Dan Savage to give gay kids a vision of life beyond high school, visit the website here. For more Giant charitable work, click here. If you’ve ever wondered about Brian Wilson’s edgy style, here. For sadly broken Buster, here, and for Timmy the Kid, here.
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SF Giants make an “It Gets Better” video
Hide/Seek in San Francisco with Curator Jonathan D. Katz
Hide/Seek Curator Jonathan D. Katz
Last October, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery opened Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, the first major museum exhibition showing how the questions of gender and sexual identity have dramatically shaped the creation of modern American portraiture.
For background on the censorship scandal that ensued, click here, here, and here.
On June 3rd, Jonathan D. Katz, director of the doctoral program in visual studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, will discuss his role as co-curator and will consider such themes as sexual difference in depicting modern Americans; how artists have explored the definition of sexuality and gender; how major themes in modern art-especially abstraction-were influenced by this form of marginalization and how art reflected society’s changing attitudes. -via QCC
The program is at The LGBT Community Center at Market and Octavia. It begins at 8pm and costs $10. Want to get more of Katz? Want to give more to regional arts and humanities? Come to the Pre-party!
From 6pm until the lecture starts, enjoy a reception for Dr. Katz to benefit the Queer Cultural Center‘s Queer Conversations on Culture and the Arts: a series of lectures co-presented by QCC and the California College of the Arts. QCCA brings together locally and nationally renowned artists, writers, filmmakers, and scholars for a series of conversations to discuss a broad range of topics in the humanities and the arts. Reception tickets are $25-$100 donation and include wine, hors d’oeuvres, and preferred seating at the lecture.
Posted in Activism, Art and Artists, Collecting, DIY and Maker Culture, History, Men, Photography, San Francisco, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Scholarship, Video, Washington DC
Tagged Art, CCA, censorship, Culture, Exhibition, Gay, History, National Portrait Gallery, Photography, Portraiture, QCC, QCCA, San Francisco
A Sustainable Queer Planet? 14th Annual National Queer Arts Fest opens in SF
Philip Huang performs June 9 & 10 at Eros
We have made it this far. What next? How can we keep what we have created and protect it for the generations coming up? The theme of this year’s National Queer Arts Festival is A Sustainable Queer Planet. Presented by The Queer Cultural Center, the festival includes 22 venues and runs for a month. An array of performers, poets, writers, visual artists, musicians, comedians and dancers work through diverse notions of sustainability. Organizations, collaborations, friendships, political movements, publications, networks, connectivity, intentional communities, Queer families, and various ecological and economic interventions are all well represented in this month-long festival. High Holy Homo Days are upon us!
Watch this space for notices and commentaries on select individual programs. Philip Huang, pictured above, performs in Formerly Known As: Performances by Male and Trans Sex Workers. This two-day program, hosted by Kirk Read, takes place at The Center for Sex and Culture, and features a different line-up each night. It includes writers, performance artists, comedians and a slideshow of visual work. For a complete listing of festival offerings, visit The Queer Cultural Center’s site here.
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Tagged A Sustainable Queer Planet, Art, Culture, Ecology, Festival, Gay, Hustler, Kirk Read, LGBT, Music, Philip Huang, Photography, QCC, QIY, Queer, Queer Cultural Center, Queer It Yourself, Rentboy, San Francisco, Satire, Sex Worker, Sexy, Sustainability, Video
The Revolution will not be Televised: RIP Gil Scott-Heron
Influential musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron died today at the age of 62. Widely regarded as a forerunner of rap, hip-hop and related genres, he was perhaps best known for his 1971 spoken word piece The Revolution will not be Televised: “The revolution will not go better with Coke. The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath. The revolution will put you in the driver’s seat. The revolution will not be televised…the Revolution will be Live.” It has been covered and sampled by KRS-One, Elvis Costello and Justin Bond, among others.
Posted in Music, Obituary, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More.
Tagged Culture, Gil Scott Heron, Music, Obituary
Men Kissing for I.D.A.H.O. – Sexy Slide Show!
Happy International Day Against HOmophobia! More on I.D.A.H.O. here, and more gay kisses here. Our love is stronger than anyone’s hate.
Posted in Activism, Beards, Facial hair, Leather, Men, Photography, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Sexy Holidays
Tagged Activism, Culture, Gay, IDAHO, Leather, Men kissing, Photography, Sexy
Arnie’s Little Bastard…Photo of Schwarzenegger Love Child?
Spawn of our Governator?
Kudos! SF Giants to make an “It Gets Better” Video
According to an SF Weekly article: “the team will make an iconic ‘It Gets Better’ video to encourage LGBT youth across the nation. The Giants will be the first professional sports team to join the spirited campaign aimed at curbing LGBT bullying and teen suicides.” Good for the Giants! Way to set the bar, boys. For more about the ‘It Gets Better’ anti-bullying media campaign, click here. For a bizarre promo for the Giants May 25th “Dynamite: A Fundraiser for Keenan Cahill” click here. For Brian “The Beard” Wilson at home with his Leathery pal “The Machine” here. And for the real action – ATT Park!
Posted in Activism, Baseball, San Francisco, Video
Tagged Activism, Bullies, Culture, Gay, It Gets Better, Keenan Cahill, LGBT, Media, Queer, San Francisco, SF Giants, Video
Homo Kiss-Ins for I.D.A.H.O. – International Day Against HOmophobia
May 17th is International Day Against HOmophobia. I.D.A.H.O. is a francophone project, with roots in Paris and branches in Quebec, but events are planned around the world. Kiss-Ins are a popular theme. San Francisco’s Gary Virginia is planning a Pink Party at the Cafe Flore from 5 – 7 pm. The Flore, or the Cafe Hairdo as it has long been known to locals, is located at the northeast corner of Market and Noe. Come hang out and make out! For a current list of I.D.A.H.O. happenings, plus images for download and more, click here. For a slide show of Sexy Guys Kissing, click here!
Posted in Activism, Hockey, Quebec, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Sexy Holidays, Signage, Sports
Tagged Cafe Flore, Culture, Gary Virginia, Gay, Hockey, IDAHO, International Day Against Homophobia, kiss, Kiss-In, May 17, Men kissing, Pink Party, Quebec, San Francisco, Sexy, Signage
Peep Veep? Obama’s Bizarre Choice of Running Mate for 2012.
It is not like there is no precedent. President Reagan? Governor Schwarzenegger? Why not the Easter Bunny for Vice President? This country could use a little pop culture irony in the war room. No?
The Gay Highwaymen 