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?
Peep Veep? Obama’s Bizarre Choice of Running Mate for 2012.
Masculine Gay Pop Culture Doc Jack Fritscher
Jack Fritscher, Ph.D
Lots of Docs in the world of Leather. At least it seems that way. Medical doctors, but especially Ph.Ds. Jack Fritscher is a “specialist in American Literature, Creative Writing, Criticism, and American Pop Culture, including the History of Masculine-Identified Gay Pop Culture.” No mere academic, Dr. Fritscher has published non-fiction, fiction, erotica and is also an accomplished photographer. Among his many books are Mapplethorpe: Assault with a Deadly Camera and Some Dance to Remember. Find out more about him at his website, here.
Posted in Leather, Men, Photography, Scholarship, Subcultures
Tagged Academic, Art, Author, BDSM, Culture, Gay, Jack Fritscher, Kink, Leather, Masculine, Photography, Pop, Robert Mapplethorpe, Scholar
Big Fight erupts at Christie’s over Andy Warhol!
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, via Christie's "Self-Portrait," by Andy Warhol.
…via friend of this site Jesse Barlow. A bidding war, described as both tense and amusing broke out at Christie’s auction house last night. Brett Gorvy, of Christie’s and private dealer Philippe Ségalot fought hard for their respective, anonymous clients. Gorvy’s client won, with a price tag of $38.4 million for the sky blue 4-panel self portrait. For the New York Times story, click here.
Posted in Andy Warhol, Art and Artists, Collecting, Photography
Tagged Andy Warhol, Art, Auction, Christie's, Culture, Photography, Price, Self-portrait
Cinema taught me how to become the person I wanted to be…
Mickey Chen, center, poses with the two leading actors from the director’s 2007 short film Fragile in Love.
Author, gay activist and documentary filmmaker Mickey Chen is a friend of a friend of this site. Thanks to Guo-Juin Hong of Duke University for this one! Chen’s best-selling book Taipei Father New York Mother is coming out as a film. Both are semi-autobiographical and based on Chen’s difficult family background. Chen recently talked to the Taipei Times. He has described cinema as his “mother” and explains: “Children from dysfunctional families have different ways of licking their wounds. My brother is addicted to gambling, my older sister died of an overdose, and my younger sister spends her life in the frantic pursuit of love. I choose to hide in the abstract world of literature and the arts. I became parentless at the age of 10. Cinema taught me how to become the person I wanted to be.” Good stuff. For the rest of the interview, click here.
Posted in Activism, Film, Scholarship, Subcultures, Taiwan
Tagged Cinema, Culture, Film, Gay, Mickey Chen, Sexy, Taipei, Taipei Father New York Mother, Taiwan
Hung like a…
Hector Silva
New sexy monster from Los Angeles based artist Hector Silva. More about him and his homeboy art here.
Posted in Collecting, Facial hair, Hector Silva, Men
Tagged Art, Centaur, Culture, Gay, Hector Silva, Homeboy, Kink, Sexy
Action Alert: Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill up for a vote tomorrow
This infamous piece of legislation, which would introduce a death penalty in Uganda for people found guilty of homosexual conduct, is up for a vote tomorrow.
Life is already bad in Uganda for LGBT people – all of my LGBT friends from there have had to flee from their lives, and have some of the most horrifying, brutal stories of any LGBT refugees I know. The Gay Highwaymen did a story on David Kato’s murder in Uganda earlier this year.
Want to do something about it? Credo Action has introduced this petition, which it will deliver to the president of Uganda. AllOut.org has another petition, as well as instructions for how to call your country’s representative in Uganda. Please consider signing, calling, and voicing your concerns about this legislation.
-AidanAbroad
Brand New Arty Queer Club Mondays in SF – Derelick’D at The Deco
New arty queer drag club by new kids in town. Derelick’D. Hosted by Filétia Mignon. Check out the fresh meat! Queer vids and music all night by VJ Objet Numerik/Rik Lee. Here’s his mash-up of Aphex Twin’s DMX Krew Remix – You Can’t Hide Your Love. Deco Lounge 510 Larkin St. San Francisco. Ginger Snap at the bar. Starting around 9:30 every Monday night.
Posted in Drag, Music, San Francisco, Subcultures, Video
Tagged Club, Deco Lounge, Derelick'D, Drag, Filétia Mignon, Gay, Objet Numerik, Queer, Rik Lee, San Francisco, Tenderloin, Video
Whooosh! Bang! Hot Skater Boy on Market Street – Sexy Slide Show
Wonderful lithe little creature jumping around on his board. Only occasionally they fall off! Not this one; not this time. Original GH surveillance photos April 2011. Market Street, San Francisco.
Posted in Photography, San Francisco, Skate and other boarding, Subcultures, Surveillance
Tagged Culture, Market Street, San Francisco, Sexy, Skateboard, Sports, Street, Surveillance
New Yaoi Bara Manga style NSFW Gay Priest Comic Art from JoJo Mendoco
Bless Me Father - JoJo Mendoco 2011
“Dressed like a priest you was. Tod Browning’s freak you was…” Bless me Father. Inspired by a story in Juice: True homosexual experiences from S.T.H. writers Volume 5. From the Gay Sunshine series edited by Boyd McDonald. This series from the 1980s featured true stories and reader photos. Other provocative titles included Meat, Cum, Flesh and Sex. Gay reality one-handed reading. Good stuff. More about S.T.H. later…and plenty of JoJo Mendoco, including Top o’ the Morningwood, Ouch!, SirYesSir, XV.1, Fukya!, and I Want You To…
Posted in Collecting, Comics, History, JoJo Mendoco, Men, Spirituality
Tagged Art, Bara, Boyd McDonald, Catholic, Comics, Culture, Gai Comi, Gay, Gay Sunshine Press, Guilt, Jesus, JoJo Mendoco, Juice, Kink, Manga, Priest, Sexy, Spirituality, STH, Yaoi
Woof! Soaking Wet Trained SEALs – Sexy Slide Show
Very fit! US Navy SEALs. Training. Hell week. Scuba. Et Cetera. The services of towel-boys may be required…volunteers? For a SEAL showing off his perfect v-back, plus a bit about Team 6, click here.
Posted in Men, Military, Subcultures
The Gay Highwaymen 