Yesterday, Mexico City (aka / el D.F.) — the city I love, the city I plan on moving to in a few years — became the first Latin American city and the largest city in the world to legalized same sex marriage and adoption by same sex couples. The Mexico City law changes the meaning [...]
Today is World AIDS Day: a day for raising money, increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. For me, a day to remember those I’ve lost. Below is my short list — a list of relatives, close friends, boyfriends and partners. To add my second and third circle of friends would make the list even [...]
Last nght about 100 morners gathered at Harvery Milk Plaza in the Castro to hear speeches and mourn the tragic murder of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, a 19 year old transsexual in Puerto Rico who’s body was found on the side of the road decapitated, dismembered and partially burned. Outrage is pouring from the gay [...]
Is there a chance that marriage equality in California will see the light in 2010? I ask this simply because, sad to say, what the hell is going on? What is happening with the 2010 movement? Where is the leadership? What’s with the infighting, childish bullshit? From talking to a number of folk I have [...]
I need to preface this post with my feelings about the passage of Prop 1 in Maine as compared to last year’s passage of Prop 8 here in California.
Last year I was numb. Now I know better. It’s sad to say but when we put our rights up to the majority vote, we get shot [...]
“You can’t put a civil rights issue on the ballot and let the people decide. You have to have elected officials to who have courage to make the right decision. If you left it up to the people, we’d have slavery, depending on how you worded it.” – Former Minnesota governor and pro wrestler Jesse [...]
Last night the husband and I attended the procession of Dia de los Muertos in the Mission. A yearly event here in San Francisco that follows friends Tom and Chris’ Day of the Dead house party (Tom owns Regalito Rosticeria). The party is always filled with good friends, good food and is a nice send off to [...]
Today is Gustavo and my one year wedding anniversary. It was one year ago today that we celebrated our love in front of a few friends in San Francisco’s City Hall. It was one year ago today we exchanged our vows to love, honor and cherish all we hold dear.
It was 8 days later that [...]
With Katya Smirnoff-Skyy away in China doing missionary work (or smuggling diamonds–depending on who you ask), Summer Clearance and Ethel Merman stepped in to fill the void left in her absence at Martuni’s last night. Needless to say they were on top of their game.
Between the banter, jokes about Judy Garland and music by the Tom [...]
Come hear Summer and Ethel play…(in):
“While the Kat(ya) is Away, the Mice will Play”
Below is a lil’ info about the show.
Hi Friends,
Get ready for the Met to become Minsky’s as Ethel Merman and Summer Clearance take over for popera-diva Katya Smirnoff-Skyy on Sunday, October 18th, co-hostessing a night most definitely not at the opera. The [...]
Below is an email from my friend Bob who is attending the National Equality March in DC this weekend. I’ve already stated my feelings, negative as they are, toward this march elsewhere in this blog and I have need not repeat them here. So, on a positive note: as I type this post with the [...]
I came across this piece last night and it’s definitely worth the read — yesterday’s Daily Kos daily diary entry: “I’m Heterosexual and It’s Freakin’ Fantastic!” Yes, it stings, stings like a mutha’ fucka’ because it’s oh so true. So when the far right and their religious bed mates fling their god’s righteous bullshit at you, [...]
It was 1993 when I decided to cover up the Celtic armband. As I stated in the previous post I was never completely thrilled with the piece and with an influx of cash, i.e., graduate school loans, I decided it was time for some more work. Moving to Albany, NY to attend grad school. was [...]
Identifiable markers — Police terminology for tattoos (or birth marks, scars, etc.). Terminology I heard growing up, and whenever I visited home (along with “the perp’s home!’” — but that’s another story). Obviously, for those that have seen me, I possess a few identifiable markers; fourteen (showing) so far, with more to come, so long [...]
“Can’t sleep or the clowns will get me” (above: Sweet-tooth)
Eraserhead (1977) “A dream of dark and troubling things” Not true horror, per say, but one of the most disturbing and unsettling movies I’ve seen (Henry taking the temperature of his misshapen son — what the hell was that thing anyway? (And the [...]
“One should be a work of art, or wear a work of art” — Oscar Wilde
It was that time of year again: the Body Art Expo was at the Cow Palace this past weekend and I got another piece of work — this time a zombie bite (pic above – just done). And it was [...]
drawing by Bernie Wrightson
“Horror is not a genre… horror is an emotion.” — Douglas Winter
The Shining (1980) “A Masterpiece of Modern Horror” Absolutely one of my all time favorite movies. Ahhhh, the twins, “Hello Danny. Come and play with us… Forever.” While Jack Nicholson’s acting is incredible (truly one of the most memorable performances of [...]
drawing by Bernie Wrightson
Horror as fiction: “… Intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. The cause of the ‘horror’ has often been the intrusion of a disturbing supernatural element into the everyday human experience” – wikipedia
28 Days Later (2002) “The days are numbered” What a great concept: “They’re infected with, rage!” and it brought [...]
Two articles, two messages, one meaning — 2010 CAN BE OURS!!!
But we all need to get off our collective asses and move. Nothing is going to be given to us. The “hurry up and wait” mentality of Equality California (EQCA) and others is not the way. What next? Sing-alongs of we shall overcome? Safety is [...]
above drawing by Bernie Wrightson
Ya know my blog would be nothing without a list of my 40 favorite horror flicks (in no particular order). Not so much a synopsis of each movie (there are tons of other sites for that), just a lil’ look into my twisted psyche – i.e., what scared the shit outta [...]
I received this yesterday, but being at work all day, I could not get to it until now. Please circulate this far and wide. Thanx.
(Via LA Weekly Blogs)
It’s always interesting how things are never exactly what they seem when it comes to Equality California, one of the leading gay rights groups in the state and [...]
F.Y.I. In case ya didn’t know
(as per the organizer’s email):
Over the past 5 years, we’ve strived to put on some really great events. And thanks to wonderful support from the community, volunteers and sponsors (especially Budweiser), our Hairrison and AIDS Lifecycle efforts have raised close to $300,000 for a variety of non-profit organizations — an [...]
Below is a statement from Yes! on Equality regarding Equality California’s decision to wait until 2012:
“We are extremely disappointed, but not surprised, by Equality California’s decision today to wait until 2012 to go back to the ballot for marriage equality in California, especially since every poll we conducted shows majority support within the LGBT community [...]
I heard about this via The Gay Buzz so I have to throw my two cents in.
Equality California has done it again. Sticking to their “hurry up and wait” mentality and going against the wishes of their own membership EQCA announced today that they will wait till 2012 to return to California voters with an initiative [...]
(Just to set the record straight, again, there was a decision made at the Marriage Equality Summit Meeting last weekend. The decision was that we will move forward with 2010. This meeting is to discuss how we will proceed (not if). This is a copy of an email sent to me. Please pass it on).
PLEASE [...]
(To start: My sources are my friends and customers whose trust I will not betray [barbers are kind’a like priests,‘cept when there’s sex, it’s always consensual]. Thus I do not repeat what is told to me, or, if given permission to do so, I do not attach a name. Nothing here is probably new or [...]
Last night a couple of friends and I had the pleasure of seeing Katya Smirnoff-Skyy and Summer Clearance perform at Martuni’s. What an enjoyable evening.
Katya and Summer strike a wonderful balance to each other’s style. Katya sings over the top, operatic versions of such classics as “Back in the USSR,” “(I) Will Always Love You,” and [...]
So the husband and I spent a few days in Seattle this past week for a quick get-away. It’s really a wonderful city: beautiful, friendly, clean and progressive. Shame it’s stuck in a narrow-minded state that’s wants to turn back the clock on domestic partnership.
In May of this year Washington’s governor, Christine Gregoire, signed a [...]
Two 50 something “biker type ‘chicks’” waiting for the bus:
Bikerette #1: I’m strictly dickly, ‘cause I love me dick.
Bikerette #2 (scratching lottery tickets and not bothering to look up): Really?
Bikerette #1: Well, unless something else comes along. A gal my age has gotta be ready for anything.
– Mission St at Persia
Apparently a kiss is just a kiss — NOT! It’s an affront to all that’s decent and good!
Two incidents in the past week have been reported where a gay couple have been harassed or arrested by authorities for kissing. Both incidents have been instigated by ignorant security guards, and followed through by ignorant overzealous police.
In [...]
