Category Archives: WORLD WIDE: Gay around the Globe!

#Occupy Museums! Activist Artists to protest at MoMA, Frick and New…

A demonstrator lies on the ground in front of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington on Oct. 8 after police pepper-sprayed protestors trying to get into the museum. (Jose Luis Magana - AP)

The artists of the Occupy Movement are heading to New York’s cultural institutions this evening. The activist artists state: “The game is up: we see through the pyramid schemes of the temples of cultural elitism controlled by the 1%. No longer will we, the artists of the 99%, allow ourselves to be tricked into accepting a corrupt hierarchical system based on false scarcity and propaganda concerning absurd elevation of one individual genius over another human being for the monetary gain of the elitest of elite.” MoMA, the Frick and the New Museum are all expecting demonstrators. For the Washington Post article, click here. For signs o’ the times, here. And for sexy revolutionaries, here and here.

What would Jesus Occupy?

Signs o’ the Times: #Occupy Movement Signage Slideshow #OWS

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“I’ll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one!” Some of the best signs of this movement are hand-painted. And desktop designers and pros alike are busy producing sharp propaganda. This is a networked, global movement, with hundreds of local hubs and new websites launching daily. The Occupy Together site offers free posters for download. Designers may also upload their own work for others to use in regional protests.

For naked artists occupying Wall Street in advance of the current occupation, click here. For a statement from the de facto HQ, and a simpatico marine, here. For the Walmart bleacher, who may or may not be an activist, here. And for slide shows of sexy revolutionaries, here and here.

A Global, Legitimate and very Sexy Threat: BIG Revolutionary Slide Show!

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The International Business Times has called the Occupy Movement “global in nature” and a “legitimate threat.” It is that. It is also a feast of photography, and the first world-wide movement supported by the new communication technologies that fueled the Arab Spring. Gil Scott Heron was right. The revolution will not be televised. But…it will be tweeted. Photos from Amsterdam, Belgrade, Berlin, Denver, Durban, Hong Kong, London, New York, Rome, Taipei, Tokyo, San Francisco, Santiago, Sydney and Vancouver.

Purple Rose: Tasty Gay Mexican Fare…

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Nutritious and delicious! The Purple Rose in Fort Bragg, on California’s north coast. Gay owned and operated. Great menu, fun ambiance, cute chef, and an extensive Tequila bar. Enjoy!

 

Theft at the Eureka Valley Branch of San Francisco Library: Harvey Milk Plaque stolen!

According to The Bay Area Reporter and other news sources, a plaque of the late gay political icon has been lifted from its home in front of the Eureka Valley branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Photographer Daniel Nicoletta, who came up as a youth working in Harvey’s Castro Camera store and on his campaigns, suspects a motive beyond mere profit. He told the B.A.R. “It definitely stinks of a political message to me. It’s not just some random vandalism by people hanging out in that plaza.”

Mendocino Gothic

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#OccupyMordor, porque no podemos permitir que haya un anillo único para gobernarnos a todos

Occupy Mordor! “Because One Ring Should Not Be Allowed to Rule Them All.” via Juventud Sin Futura – and friend of this site Guo-Juin Hong.

#OWS comes to small college towns: #OccupyCarbondale and #OccupyArcata

Photo via Occupy Carbondale

The Occupy Wall Street movement is spreading globally and regionally. Small college towns across the United States demonstrate contrasting responses. Protesters in Carbondale, Illinois have been huddling under a model of Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome on the campus of Southern Illinois University. Campus police are considering removing the dome. According to Freshman Derrick Burns: “We had about 20 tents set up. Now look – zero, it’s a shame.” Read more and see video here.

"2:40 and still no police" Photo via Occupy Arcata

Meantime in Arcata, California, home of Humboldt State University, 20 days into a camp-out, there have been some individual arrests, but the protests enjoy wide community support and the City Council is meeting to discuss installation of portable toilets and other amenities at the encampment.

Jam the Giant Poodle and Horse Friend

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