photo: Denis Bahus
Good Morning from David and Louis from London. These two know how to start the day. Most important meal and all that. They also know how to wear the fundoshi, the traditional, very sexy Japanese loincloth-style underwear. For their video lesson on how to tie one on, click here. Photo by Denis Bahus, via Bearotic.
Posted in England, Food, Human Animals, Japan, Photography, Subcultures, Video
Tagged Art, Bara, Bear, Breakfast Bears, Culture, Denis Bahus, Food, Fundoshi, Gay, Homoerotic, Photography, Sexy
Los Angeles area artist Hector Silva is best known for his meticulous, realistic pencil drawings. Favorite subjects include homoeroticism among Southland Latino homeboy cultures. Here, he turns his quirky eye on an interchange between a lawman and a smoking civilian. For our dinner with Hector, click here.
Posted in Art and Artists, Hector Silva, Los Angeles, Military, Photography, Subcultures
Tagged Hector Silva, Homeboy Art, Homoerotic, LAPD, Photography
Police guard the famed bull statue as protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street march nearby on Nov. 17, 2011, in New York City. ( Mario Tama / Getty Images )
photo: M.Sharkey
More here: Queer Kids: A Project. A photo series by M. Sharkey. via Palm Trees & Bare Feet
Posted in Art and Artists, Photography, Youth
Tagged Art, Culture, Gay, M. Sharkey, Photography, Queer, Youth
More from Big Gay Virgil’s Big Gay Garden here.
Posted in Gardening, iPhone, Photography, Southern California
Tagged Carnivorous Plants, gardening, Gay Garden, iPhone, Long Beach, Phallic, Photography
T-shirts! Signs seen in the window of a Castro Street nail salon.
Posted in iPhone, Photography, San Francisco, Signage
Tagged Castro Street, Culture, Gay, iPhone, Photography, San Francisco, Signage
Posted in Art and Artists, iPhone, Photography, San Francisco, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.
Tagged Clarion Alley, Consumer Culture, Critique, Culture, iPhone, Photography, San Francisco, Signage, Street Art
Posted in Art and Artists, iPhone, Photography, San Francisco, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.
Tagged Activism, Clarion Alley, Consumer Culture, Critique, iPhone, Photography, San Francisco, Street Art
Makana. Photo via The Yes Lab.
When Hawaiian guitarist and singer Makana took the stage at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gala dinner in Honolulu on November 12th, the audience expected instrumental background music. They got more than they expected.
Attendees at the hyper-secure dinner, which capped a summit of world leaders “included Presidents Barack Obama of the United States of America, Hu Jintao of China, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, and over a dozen other heads of state.”
Makana proceeded to unbutton his suit jacket to reveal a home-made “Occupy With Aloha” t-shirt, pick up his guitar, and spend the next 45 minutes singing a very extended version of his freshly-pressed protest song “We are the Many.” According to The Yes Lab, who together with Occupy the Board Room, provided strategic assistance to the performer: “In recent weeks, Occupy protesters have been showing up at corporate events, headquarters and even on the doorsteps of those in power. Makana really raised the bar by delivering the Occupy message inside what is probably the most secure place on the planet right now.”
Makana never expected to be allowed to continue, but the objections he anticipated never came. He recounts his trepidation: “I found it odd that I was afraid to sing a song I’d written, especially since I’d written it with these people in mind. I just kept doing different versions. I must’ve repeated ‘the bidding of the many, not the few’ at least 50 times, like a mantra. It was surreal and sobering.” The ballad includes the refrain: “We’ll occupy the streets. We’ll occupy the courts. We’ll occupy the offices of you. Till you do. The bidding of the many, not the few” For complete lyrics, plus video and more, click here.
Posted in Activism, Hawaii, Music, Photography
Tagged APEC, Culture, Makana, Mediagenic Activism, Music, Occupy, Occupy the Board Room, Occupy With Aloha, OWS, Photography, Revolution, Yes Lab
An Occupy Wall Street protestor is arrested during a march on Broadway, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, in New York, after police ordered demonstrators to leave their encampment in Zuccotti Park. At about 1 a.m. Tuesday, police handed out notices from the park’s owner, Brookfield Office Properties, and the city saying that the park had to be cleared because it had become unsanitary and hazardous. Protesters were told they could return, but without sleeping bags, tarps or tents. via Sacramento Bee. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Posted in Activism, Military, New York, Photography
Tagged New York, NYPD, Occupy, OWS, Photography, police, Revolution, Zuccotti Park
The Gay Highwaymen 