Flying Turkey hits the road in an act of auto-abstraction. Buzzards delight. CA Hwy 162 near Bloody Run Creek. On the road to Covelo where locals say the Indian Wars are still underway. White and 1st Nation teens, bored, fight. No new thing under a Sunny day. Return via Dos Rios. Two rivers home.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Mendocino County, Photography, Spirituality
Tagged Abstraction, Animal, Art, Death, Highway, Roadkill, Turkey
…bringing up the rear of today’s parade. Keeping us all safe. One of the most important and under-appreciated committees in the Parade and Celebration, diffusing difficult situations and keeping things running smoothly. Thank you, fabulous Safety volunteers! And happy Pride, everyone!
-AidanAbroad
Seen on Market Street after the Trans March. Yes it will! Happy Pride.
-AidanAbroad
We freed it. How it got into a bucket in the downstairs bathroom – who knows!
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Mendocino County, Photography
Tagged Bucket, iPhone, Lizard, Photography, Strange, Trapped
Photo from the first-ever SF Trans March, 2004. (Photographer unknown.)
In honor of Pride, I wanted to share three Pride-related articles, two old and one new.
1. “Watching the Defectives”
Joe My God’s annual Pride column, shared on this blog a couple weeks ago. Since then I’ve heard a lot of grumbling in the community about queer queers “making the rest of us look bad,” so I decided to re-re-post this. The column provides a brilliant answer to anyone who’s ever said or thought “I don’t like that there are so many drag queens, leather people, dykes on bikes, etc. in the parade, they make us look bad and hurt our chances for mainstream acceptance.” Read it and get excited for the parade!
2. “First Successful Pride March in Moscow!!!”
Ken Coolen (of Vancouver Pride Society)’s moving firsthand account of
Moscow Pride 2008. It was a 1-block-long, flash-mob style event that
formed and dissipated before the skinheads could attack, or the police
could arrive to break it up and arrest anyone. It’s an amazing story,
and reading it from California, really a good perspective to keep in
mind.
3. “Lust for Life: The true meaning of Gay Christmas” (New – Hot off the presses!)
SF writer Gina de Vries just got a sex & culture column in the San Francisco
Bay Guardian. She’s been a queer activist since she came out at age 11
(yes), and she’s an excellent writer. Her inaugural column, in time
for Pride week, is a beautifully-written reminder of the true meaning
of Pride. (If you like it, please leave comments or share on Facebook
– this will help ensure that the Guardian continues her column.)
Happy Pride!
-AidanAbroad
Looks like a drag queen shoe fashion crisis on Oak Street. But the question remains: what’d she do with the other shoe in each pair?
-AidanAbroad
Posted in Drag, San Francisco
Jorge Vieto in "Ritual"
Friend of this site Jorge Vieto is featured in the short film Ritual, directed by Jorg Fockele. He hangs suspended by hooks, his body swinging free in a ritual of body/spirit integration. Vieto is a well-respected young Leatherman, and a Fraternal member of The 15 Association. He uses extreme physical rituals in part to process the emotions evoked by a positive diagnosis. Vieto spoke with Scott Brogan of the Bay Area Reporter about the psychology of the scene here.
Filmed in the Dungeon at Mr.S, Ritual will screen in the afternoon at 1:15 pm at the Castro Theater in San Francisco, Friday June 24th, as a part of the film compilation entitled STILL AROUND from The HIV Story Project. Brought to you by Frameline and the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
Posted in AIDS, Film, Leather, San Francisco, Spirituality, Subcultures
Tagged 15 Association, Art, Culture, Film, Gay, HIV Story Project, HIV/AIDS, Hooks, Jorge Vieto, Kink, Leather, Ritual, San Francisco, Sexy, Suspension
Up in the mountains of Northern California, there is still 15-20 feet of snow. Lassen National Park is using this giant snow plow (the blades are 5 feet tall) to clear the roads, but they’re only getting though a tenth of a mile a day. So much for Sunny California… Photo taken June 16th. Happy Summer Solstice!
-AidanAbroad
Posted in Northern California, Road Trips
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Leather, Men, Mendocino County, Northern California, Photography, Subcultures, Surveillance
Tagged Boots, Cowboy, Horse, Leather, Photography, Sexy, Spurs, Willits
Pink Clouds for Monday of Pride Week. Sunset over Ocean Beach in San Francisco after a particularly gorgeous day.
-AidanAbroad
Posted in Northern California, San Francisco
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