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!
Kudos! SF Giants to make an “It Gets Better” Video
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
From Teenage Ball Boy to Out Gay NBA Exec: Rick Welts of the Phoenix Suns
Rick Welts, President and CEO of Phoenix Suns
Rick Welts, President and CEO of the Phoenix Suns, is coming out. The 58-year old Welts began his career 40 years ago with the Seattle Supersonics as – no kidding – a ball boy. According to Dan Barry’s column in Sunday’s New York Times: “Mr. Welts explained that he wants to pierce the silence that envelops the subject of homosexuality in men’s team sports.” Four decades in the closet came at a cost. When his partner passed of AIDS in 1994, he took two days off. “His secretary explained to others that a good friend of his had died. Although she and Arnie had talked many times over the years, she and her boss had never discussed who, exactly, Arnie was.” Later, he lost another long-term lover, when the man finally left him, unwilling to continue to live in the closet. That was two years ago. And now, Welts is out. Read “A Sports Executive Leaves the Safety of His Shadow Life” here.
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
Tickle your Fancy at the World Beard and Mustache Championships
via Accidental Bear, who writes: “Just imagine the upkeep and maintenance on these beards. I want to give them a two-snaps-in-circle, via In Living Color days for the commitment. How many pretzels or peanut M&M’s have they lost in these beards, only for them to drop out at the most awkward of times. The back stage area must be busier that a toddler beauty pageant. I am all about a fuzzy man with a beard, but my next question I want to ask one of these ‘mountain man’ is, “During sex, do you tie it back or like a drag queen tucking the naughty bits, do you tuck it somewhere?” For more on the World Beard and Mustache Championships, click here.
Posted in Beards, Facial hair, Strange News, Subcultures
Tagged Beard, Culture, Facial Hair, Gay, Mustache
San Juan Bautista One-Room Jail…Cozy!
These old one-room jail cells are common in the American West. It seems that every mission town and stagecoach stop had one. Some had fold-down plank beds, others had bunks. This one features a metal cot with attached shackles. No night-time escapees! Most had a jug for washing and a hole for a toilet. Sometimes, a chair. Luxury lifestyle living! The San Juan jail was built in 1870.
From the Heart of the City Farmers Market
Berries and snap peas are in season! Great deals on fresh produce (and organic, sustainably-raised eggs for a fraction of grocery-store prices) at the Civic Center Farmers Market. U.N. Plaza, San Francisco. All day Sunday and Wednesday.
-AidanAbroad
Posted in Food, Gardening, Northern California, San Francisco
View from Laguna Street
A shot from my walk down Laguna Street on a foggy morning. Here is a pretty little park near Japantown.
-AidanAbroad
Our Lady of Maytag
High upon a hill in San Francisco sits the famous concrete Catholic church Our Lady of Maytag. It is designed in homage to that sacred, time-honored symbol of our faith…the washing machine agitator.
-AidanAbroad
Renaissance iPhone?
The telegraph has been called ‘The Victorian Internet.’ But this thing? Remote communications? On-demand printing? Database? Imaging technology? All in a mobile device! Of course, there are still a few bugs in the system. For the very latest in Renaissance apps…
Tagged Art, Culture, History, Internet, iPhone, New Media, Print, Renaissance, Smartphone
The Gay Highwaymen 