Tag Archives: I Love My People

Reality Check

NYC Marriage March, 6th Avenue, 7pm Cute Boy 1: I hate to say it, but I kinda like when things go bad and we have these things.Cute Boy 2: Yeah, it’s empowering.Cute Boy 1: No, it’s cuz the cruising is so fierce!

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Billy Ray Leatherman

NYC Eagle, Sunday 9PM So I’m standing there at the bar being chatted up by a pleasant leather dude who was rocking the most ferocious mullet seen since Journey’s last world tour. When he turned to order a drink, a friend of mine sidled up to whisper, “Don’t break his heart. His achy-breaky heart.” I love my people.

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Aretha’s Giant Hat

Via Facebook… -Ggreg Taylor is proud Aretha is supporting renewable energy by wearing a wind turbine on her head.-Andrew Fox would like his civil rights, but might settle for Aretha’s hat.-John Whiteside is marveling at Aretha’s giant ribbon hat.-Jeremy Hooper is OMG, Aretha’s hat!-John Farley what does Aretha have on her head?-Bruce Trevithick is feeling Aretha’s headgear!!!!-Christopher Hurst loves Ms …

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Poof! You’re One Of Us

Remember the dust-up earlier this month about Mormons posthumously baptizing Jews? A Daily Kos diarist has just posthumously converted LDS founder Joseph Smith to the family of homosexuals. Dear God of the Homos, With your great and everlasting love that blessed the covenants of Achilles and Petroclus, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, and of Jonathon and David, bless then the soul of …

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Lehman Brothers Upside

Don’t jump out the window just yet, you hot Lehman Brothers analysts. Plenty of guys on Craigslist are offering consoling blowjobs. Leave it to teh gays to turn a financial crisis into a hookup opportunity. And check out the shenanigans behind the CNN reporter doing a standup outside of Lehman headquarters. (Via – Gawker)

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Dubya Sewage Plant Makes Ballot

The proposed George W. Bush Sewage Plant renaming that I told you about back in April? Yesterday the initiative qualified for the November ballot in SF. Congrats to the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco, whose board of directors includes drag star Peaches Christ and members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

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Marry The Bear

Via JMG reader Greg, here’s a shot of a furry would-be groom at last night’s impromptu party in the Castro. From all accounts, it was quite a thrilling night to be out on the street with our people. I wonder how many folks didn’t make it to work this morning?

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Anita Mann’s TV Set Number

(Tipped by JMG reader Mark S. King)

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Brilliance From San Francisco

There’s a movement afoot among those wacky San Franciscans to rename a local sewage plant in “honor” of George W. Bush. Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility. It seems the …

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MAL-Content

I’ve been in DC for a few days for Mid-Atlantic Leather. The list of theme parties over the weekend is long and varied, but so far I’ve mostly been hanging out in the lobby of the host hotel and watching the shenanigans. Yesterday’s schedule featured a “puppy play party” in the hotel bar, where a dozen men in rubber body …

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Gays Volunteer In California Fire Crisis

Veteran gay reporter Rex Wockner, a San Diego resident, has filed a heartwarming report about the amazing response of the gay community to the fires that have ravaged Southern California. An excerpt: None of San Diego’s gayest areas was hit by the massive wildfires that roared around the county and the city last week, but GLBT people stepped up in …

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Grampa Goes Out

Last night Paul and I went to HX Magazine’s 16th anniversary party at Lotus. Lots of gay publishing types were in the house, including Genre editor Neal Boulton (former editor of Men’s Fitness) and Genre VP and publisher Bill Kapfer (pictured). Lady Bunny and Robin Byrd were cutting up in a corner, but I didn’t get a chance to grab …

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This Place Smells Like Balloons

As tedious as leather pageants can often be, last night the Farmboyz, Chris and I decided to drop in on the Mr. East Coast Rubber 2007 (NSFW) contest at the Eagle. I’m pals with Dave and Joey, the last two years’ winners, and while I find rubber fetishism a tad incomprehensible (I tried some on years ago and nearly had …

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Composer Michael Abels Makes Triumphant Carnegie Hall Debut

UPDATE: Here’s the NY Times review of the concert. An excerpt: “[T]he program concluded with Michael Abels’s energetic arrangement for string quartet and string orchestra of his ‘Delights and Dances,’ which incorporates jazz, blues, bluegrass and Latino dance elements. The Harlem Quartet played with panache.” Last night Dr. Jeff and I had the privilege of attending composer Michael Abels‘ spectacular …

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The Rules Of Leather
Are Simple And Finite

NYC Eagle, Sunday, 8:30PM Random Guy: I can’t believe what just happened. You know I’m a sub, right?JMG: No, but OK.RG: So I just tried to buy a collar in the leather shop and the guy wouldn’t fucking sell me one without my master being there!JMG: Do you have a master?RG: No.JMG: Well, rules is rules.RG: It’s so stupid.JMG: If …

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The Greatest Entrance In Drag History

Tandi Iman Dupree, contestant in the Miss Black American pageant, makes the greatest entrance in drag history. Give the clip about 30 seconds for her to appear. Eternal thanks to Johnny Is A Man for the heads-up. Tandi is totally made of the awesome.

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Pines Invasion Photo Recap

Despite the cool air and the occasional sprinkle, the weather did not wreck this year’s Fire Island Pines Invasion, as correctly predicted by humpy weatherman Jeff, seen here assessing the skies outside of the Pavillion. Topical humor was the drag theme of the day as we ran into a coke snorting Nicole Ritchie, a bald Britney, a TomKat & Surrey …

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Gay Bomb: The Movie

Well, that didn’t take long. Gay porn house Dark Alley has announced plans to produce a porn take on the Pentagon’s recent “gay bomb” research. Gay Bomb will take us into the future and the year 2012. George the Second has refused to step down as leader of the “free world,” and the nations of Europe have banded together to …

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Murder, He Blogged

Birthday Party, Upper West Side, Monday, 8PMMomentarily abandoned by the two people at the party that I know well, I am engaged in conversation by a yellow Crocs-wearing, pop-collared, fauxhawked angertwink:Angertwink: So, Rob said you are a writer? JMG: Depends on your definition. I have a blog. AT: A what? A blog? Wait, is that on the internet? JMG: What, …

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Hotshots

NYC Eagle, Thursday, 11pm At a birthday party on the Eagle’s rooftop, I ran into a recent acquaintance. Joe: Oh, hi. Nice to see you again, you’re looking good. Guy: Thanks, I’ve just started on testosterone. Joe: Oh, really? Are you taking the gel stuff or getting shots? Guy: The shots. Joe (shuddering): Yikes, do you have somebody giving them …

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