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Roots of Motive Power – Steam-punky sights seen at Kinetic Carnivale
Decorative and informative, this fine ursine railman invited us up into his hot greasy steam engine for a tour. Old #45 on the Skunk Train route. Please note that showing face on Gay Highwaymen doesn’t mean these guys are gay. It means we are. Ok? Thanks, Man!
Old number 15 looking at old number 45. And vice-versa. Mystics and quantum mechanics Noh: the eye with which I view God (or the multiverses) is the same eye with which the Universe (or the gods) view me. Whistle starts the races. All part of the Kinetic Carnivale. Willis, in Mendocino County, California.
U.S.S. Yellow Submarine. Handcar races. All human-powered rail transport. Some are funky. Others are fast.
Do they call this a glory-hole? They do with glass kilns. This is the vent in the coal-bin on Engine 45. Water and oil to the rear.
Apple Jack handcar and 4-man crew. Handcar races. Best hauler. Not the fastest – but rugged and strong and quick enough to travel and pull what you need!
Sun Leather. Custom boots, hats, belts, etc. Artisan at work.
Finished product. Hand-made boot.
Poplock Holmes. Chap-hopper and Steampunk entertainer extrordinaire.
19th century metal stamp press. 21st century operator.
Cute boys playing with their balls.
Better a century-plus ago than never…
The Train Singer…
Posted in DIY and Maker Culture, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., iPhone, Leather, Men, Mendocino County, Music, Photography, Strange Holidays, Subcultures
Tagged Culture, DIY, Gay, Handcar, Kinetic Carnivale, Leather, Maker, Mendocino County, Poplock Holmes, Railroad, Roots of Motive Power, Skunk Train, Steampunk, Sun Leather, Willits
Live! From the Jose Sarria Memorial…
Gay Highwaymen! Coming to you Live with Sights Seen at the Jose Sarria memorial in San Francisco. Queens to the left, politicos dead and center. Everyone is here. SRO already. The solemn music begins. Gay funeral of the decade! Service at Grace Cathedral, internment in Colma, reception at the Lookout Bar. Updates throughout the day. For more on this until-recently living legend, click here.
“From the Black Cat to the Great Cathedral. Imagine THAT!” – Maurice Gerry
The current reigning Empress of San Francisco – Patty McGroin, a small-town girl made good! She spoke at the funeral. We said “hello” to her highness, a son of a local political family, and told her where we were from. She replied “Oh! I’ve heard about your parties…and the mud pit!!” Cool. We are also known as “the faggots south of town.” No contest!
Famous (or infamous) gay photographer Danny Nicoletta shooting royalty.
Leather and lace at the Widow fashion show outside Grace.
And from the after party…
A veteran, a politician, and a drag queen. Jose was all of these, and there were many of all at his celebration of life.
Beautiful!
Handsome!
Cute! Times two…
Ouch! (See how the camera lies? No priests were injured…)
Dan, framed by Widows. Checking on his equipment. And ready to shoot!
(Haiku for Danny. Widow Norton’s funeral. Written for this pic.)
photos: GH
Posted in Activism, Dogs, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., History, Leather, Men, Military, Music, Obituary, San Francisco, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Spirituality, Subcultures
Tagged 15 Association, Activist, Alexander Hamilton Post 448, Black Cat Cafe, Candidate, Celebration of Life, Culture, Dan Nicoletta, Drag Queen, Empress, Funeral, Gay, Gay Veteran, Grace Cathedral, Icon, Imperial Court, Jose Sarria, Juanita More, Lookout Bar, Memorial, Nightengale of Montgomery Street, Patty McGroin, Photography, politics, San Francisco, Scott Weiner, Widow Norton
Citizen Surveillance … Nice Back. Really.
Festive guy just dressing the set. Waiting in line. Looking fine. Snap!
Do You Give A Flying Fuck?
Sight seen South of Market. San Francisco. Near the “Worst Western” hotel on 9th Street between Folsom and Harrison Streets. What the fuck?
Posted in Art and Artists, Comics, DIY and Maker Culture, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., iPhone, JoJo Mendoco, Mendocino County, Photography, San Francisco, Street Art, Grafitti, etc., Subcultures
Tagged Art, Culture, DYGAFF?, Flying Fuck, Gay, iPhone photography, JoJo Mendoco, San Francisco, SOMA, sticker, Street Art
An Empress and a Gentleman: So Long, Jose Sarria…
Soldier. Homosexual. Native Son. Candidate. Empress. Activist. Gentleman. Widow. San Francisco Legend. R.I.P. Jose Sarria, aka the Nightengale of Montgomery St, the Widow Norton and Empress Jose I. born December 12, 1922/23. died August 19, 2013.
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First Gay Candidate.
Empress of San Francisco.
Regal Departure.
(Haiku for Jose Sarria)
Funeral service at 11am on Friday, September 6th at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Internment in Colma, reception at Lookout Bar on 16th Street.
Mike Caffee, who knew Jose, says his friends sometimes jokingly called him “the Nightmare of Montgomery Street” – instead of “Nightengale!”
The Bay Area Reporter has more here.
Photos 1, 2 & 4 Courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society (San Francisco).
Posted in Activism, Drag, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., History, Men, Military, Obituary, Photography, San Francisco, Subcultures
Tagged Black Cat Cafe, Candidate, Drag, Empress, Gay, GLBT Historical Society, Haiku, History, Imperial Court, Jose Sarria, Nightengale of Montgomery, Obituary, Photograph, San Francisco, SFBOS, Society for Individual Rights, Tavern Guild, Widow Norton
The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye. DYGAFF?
Do you give a flying fuck? Well, do you? Click here. Why not? Stickers seen in Long Beach, CA, on the side of a newspaper rack, in the gayborhood around 1st and Cherry.
Leather Stallion Sailor
Hey, Sailor! Hot men’s room art in the Leather Stallion, bar in Cleveland, Ohio. USA.
Posted in Art and Artists, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., iPhone, Leather, Men, Military, Ohio, Photography, Subcultures, Travel
Tagged Art, CLAW, Cleveland, Gay, Leather Bar, Ohio, Sailor, Stallion
Hot little goat boy…
Hot. Art. Tattooed. Goat. Soldier. Boy. Hey, Billy… Hanging up at Art Show: Doing Your Dirty Work at The Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco. Closing reception evening of August 30th.
Over a Century of Service…
Brilliant Service
From a Beautiful Big Boy
Cleveland, Ohio.
Posted in Beards, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., Gryphon Van Der Hole, iPhone, Leather, Men, Ohio, Photography, Sexy Holidays, Signage, Subcultures, Travel
Tagged CLAW, Cleveland, Dapperkink, Gay, Gryphon, Kink, Leather, Service, Sex, Signage
The Gay Highwaymen 