Seems half of SF has come out to enjoy the sun today at Dolores Park. If you’re in town, come on down! There’s a mime troupe show, a couple musical performances, a comic book sale, a femme picnic, and much more going on… Not to mention lots of attractive men sunning themselves on the “Dolores Beach” hill.
-AidanAbroad
Ride like a sleeping bag! The Koalas were a Gay Motorcycle Buddy Club from the 1960s. The Koalas would hop on behind the gay club bikers and independents. Always on the back, hugging the biker like a koala hugs a eucalyptus tree. And so the name! Peter Fiske is kneeling in the front row, on the right. More on Peter here and here. Photo by Henri Leleu. Koalas Motorcycle Buddy Club, 1967. Via Ron Williams.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., History, Leather, Photography, Subcultures
Tagged BDSM, Bikers, Culture, Gay, Henri Leleu, History, Kink, Koalas Motorcycle Buddy Club, Leather, Motorcycle, Peter Fiske, Photography, Sexy
Michel Foucault described the emergence of “peripheral sexualities” from the end of the 18th century: “An entire sub-race was born, different…from the libertines of the past…They were children wise beyond their years, precocious little girls, ambiguous schoolboys, dubious servants and educators, cruel or maniacal husbands, solitary collectors, ramblers with bizarre impulses…This was the numberless family of perverts who were on friendly terms with delinquents and akin to madmen.” – from M. Foucault – The History of Sexuality
Posted in Leather, Photography, San Francisco, Sexy Holidays, Subcultures
Tagged BDSM, Culture, Foucault, Gay, Kink, Leather, Parade, Pervert, Photography, San Francisco, Sexy, SF Pride
Story adapted from a true story originally published in Meat: True Homosexual Experiences from STH. “How men look, act, walk, talk, dress, undress, taste & smell.” Published by Gay Sunshine Press, 1981. “Sex for an Armless Vet.” Edited by Boyd McDonald, the STH: Manhattan Review of Unnatural Acts were a series of compilations of true stories and reader photographs. Literary porn with big props from the likes of Gore Vidal, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, who wrote:
“Everybody loves the first glimpse of naked love. Everybody’s story is the most thrilling in the world. Everybody tells their best friend their tale of the raw behind. First time they discovered an open heart with their pants down.”
For more from JoJo Mendoco, click here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Posted in Comics, JoJo Mendoco, Military, Subcultures
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Amputee, Art, Bara, California, Cartoon, Comics, Cruising, Culture, Gai Comi, Gay, Hey Soldier, Iraqi, JoJo Mendoco, Kink, Manga, Rough Sex, Sexy, STH, USMC, Yaoi
Ah, the intrinsic ambiguity of the written word. Is that a hot photo or a photo from a hot guest contributor? They say it’s six of one and a half dozen of the other, but here at GH, we say it’s 100% x 2! Thank YOU to SMG for this one.
Posted in Comics, Photography, San Francisco, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.
Tagged Cartoon, Cigar, Gay, Hot, iPhoto, MUNI, San Francisco, Sexy, SMG
1953 Boston Police - James "Whitey" Bulger
His early mug shots attest to a certain brooding criminal sexiness. Whitey Bulger, the inspiration for Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, was arrested in Santa Monica earlier this month. The 82 year-old mobster ran Boston’s south side for decades and was responsible for dozens of gangland killings. Jack Nicholson portrayed him in the movie.
Posted in Boston, Crime, Film, History, Photography, Signage, Subcultures
Tagged Boston, Crime, Film, Gangster, Mobster, Mug Shot, Photography, Sexy, The Departed, Thug, Whitey Bulger, Wise Guy
Tomorrow (Thursday) 5-7pm is the opening of an exciting new art exhibition at Stanford. Several Martu Aboriginal artists (who I had the good fortune to stay with and learn from in Parnngurr Aboriginal Community in 2009) are exhibiting their strikingly beautiful paintings of their homeland, Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
Here is a description of the show provided by Doug Bird, a Stanford anthropologist who has been working with the Martu for over 10 years:
“Waru! Holding fire in Australia’s Western Desert – a unique exhibition merging science and indigenous art marking the lived relationships among indigenous Martu of Australia’s Western Desert; their foraging economy, ritual arts, the expression of these on the landscape, and their links to desert biodiversity. The nexus of these relationships is distilled in the concept and practice of waru, which translates as fire. Here, Martu have chosen the title of the exhibition for its many meanings: Martu artists are cultural ambassadors, to spread, like fire, knowledge of their heritage and land; moreover, Martu artists are the literal agents of fire, applying fire to their country in the course of their daily foraging practice, resulting in the maintenance of key components of arid grassland biodiversity.
“Stanford University researchers have been working with Martu people and communities for more than ten years, on projects that are central to the cultural, social and creative universe of Martu people, including land use, fire, flora and fauna and the intersection of these physical phenomena with the mythological and metaphysical worldviews of the Martu. It is from the same interplay between these forces that the stories, content and confidence to produce exceptional art is derived.
“This exhibition at Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery is the result of a three year collaboration between Stanford University and Martumili Artists. It showcases the extraordinary depth and range of work being produced by the Martu artists and educates audiences about how these paintings describe the physical, religious, political and familial worlds of the Martu.”
Come check out the show if you can! Details about where & when are embedded in the promotional poster below.
-AidanAbroad
Posted in Art and Artists, Australia, Indigenous cultures, Stanford University
Tagged Aboriginal, Art, Australia, Doug Bird, indigenous, Martu, Martumili, painting, Pilbara, Stanford, waru
Quick! Before he gets away! Seen at the entrance of the art department sub-gallery at Stanford. Stenciled onto a concrete retaining wall. Neat-O.
Posted in Comics, Photography, Signage, Stanford University, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.
Tagged iPhone, Photography, Signage, Stanford
Gay marriage passes in NYC. On the same night, the Eagle NYC is raided. Some insiders think this is the beginning of the end for the bar. Will this be the latest Leather institution lost to the forces of gentrification? Jeremiah from Vanishing New York seem to think so. Unicorn Booty reports from Gotham. For the death throes of the SF Eagle, click here, here, and here. For the graffiti that sprouted after the doors shut, here.
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Maštíŋčala Sáŋ
The Gay Highwaymen 