Grabbys Weekend Updates: Now With Less Hair!
The Sword is in Chicago for The Grabbys and the International Mr. Leather competition, but we aren’t leaving you behind. In fact, we’re hoping you’ll come rescue us.
May 2009
Before IML, There Was Mr. Gold Coast 1978
Our forefathers — those retro fags in the days before AIDS, manscaping and Craigslist — were brave, drunk souls on the fringes of society. They were also really hot. In this rare footage provided by the Leather Archives & Museum, a few studs in Chicago give birth to leather culture.
At IML, Gay Porn Stars Not Too Sexy For Their Twitters
Below, we have a roundup of the top ten gay porn twitterations from the first day of the cummy freak-fest that is Chicago’s International Mr. Leather. Also, we clue you in on which TV show Dak Ramsey is watching.
Rupaul’s Drag Race Season 2 Hopefuls: An Early Roundup
The web-based first round of casting for Rupaul’s Drag Race‘s sophomore season has begun, and since the first season turned out not be as ridonculous a failure as the cynical queens all thought it would be, lots more of them are coming out of the woodwork and putting up profiles.
Which Tranny Got a Botched Sex Change and A Huge Steaming Pile of Other Blind Items from Michael Musto
We just now got around to reading this latest blitz of blind items from the Village Voice’s Michael Musto, and hoo-wee, there’s a bunch of nameless dirt in this batch.
Happy Birthday, Harvey
Without deifying him as many would like to do, we at The Sword would like to say Happy Birthday to the late Harvey Milk, who did a lot for the gays during his short time in political office in San Francisco, and who’d be 79 today.
Dylan Vox Discusses Porn-to-Mainstream Crossover on MSNBC
The Lair‘s Dylan Vox, better known to some as gay porn’s Brad Benton, was interviewed by MSNBC this week as a shining example of how working in porn is no longer a career killer for actors with mainstream (or at least gay independent film) aspirations.
U.S. Embassy in Iraq Throws Gay Pride at a Bar Called Baghdaddy’s
Americans living in Baghdad are really happy that they, unlike Iraqis, can be gay without getting shot in the head. To celebrate, they’re going to a bar in drag next Friday and getting drunk in what will be the besieged nation’s first-ever pride event.
We Want Our Man-Ass TV
Do you miss the days when MTV cast its reality shows based on personality rather than Body Mass Index? Yeah, we don’t either — especially after we saw this delightful clip from the Real World/Road Rules Challenge in which three studly breeders show off their assets to the token gay and ask him to pick out the winning butt.
Big Gay Memorial Day Weekend Guide
It’s the official start of the summer season and across our gay nation, and gays will be gaying shit up and getting drunk right alongside their straight brethren, christening summer shares with inaugural benders and porcelain pony rides.
Doctor Recommends Porn to Raise Testosterone Levels
German researchers recently discovered that just by having an erection, a man’s dopamine and testosterone levels are raised, regardless of whether this erection comes from direct physical stimulus or from porn.
Trailer Trash: “A Jihad For Love”
It’s a feature length documentary about the intersection between homosexuality and Islam.
Jockstrap Font Lets You Say It With Ball Sweat
What will those crazy gay graphic designers think of next?!
Pierre Fitch: Eighth Boy Wonder of the Canadian World
Pierre and his dick of majesty are partnering with Fleshlight to make a custom dildo. The very very hot porn star also wants to be a DJ, which he’s learning all about by taking DJ classes and hanging out on top of his equipment in his underwear. Also, we present the gay internet’s Comment of the Week.
Chris Crocker Makes Asinine Proclamations About ‘Idol’ Upset
Chris Crocker is crying again, gentlemen and ladygays, and it’s about Adam Lambert losing.
Erik Rhodes Loves His Boyfriend, Hates His Panic Attacks
Ever since he watched a documentary about Christianity, war and banks, American dick-throb Erik Rhodes has been suffering from insomnia and late-night panic attacks. But he’s happy overall after quitting his scene of a gym and embracing his stable hottie of a boyfriend.
Gay Mayor Quits Over Immigrant Boyfriend
The gay mayor of a small Texas town has chosen to quit his post only 10 days after being reelected in order to pursue a relationship with an illegal Mexican immigrant.
Francois Sagat and Matthew Rush Enjoy Arts and Crafts, Water Sports
Titan took two of gay porn’s biggest stars and sat them down at a table so they could make paper airplanes. Then the superstar duo went outside, pissed all over each other and fucked. Video below! Of them making paper airplanes.
EXCLUSIVE: Francois Sagat to Star in Bruce LaBruce ‘Zombie Splatter Porn Flick’
After spending all day playing Facebook detective, we can comfortably announce that the world’s biggest art fag is teaming up with the world’s biggest art fag muse to film some hard-gore zombie action.
Behind the Scenes: Raging Stallion’s ‘The Visitor’
In our second installment from the set of Raging Stallion’s upcoming alien fuck flick, The Visitor, Scott Tanner calls David Taylor a whore, David calls Scott an asshole and Logan McCree eats a bunch of Cheetos.
Several SF Queens, Parties Top ‘SF Weekly’ Best of 2009
Every year, the left-of-edgy fare in edgy, lefty San Francisco becomes the stuff of local buzz with the SF Weekly Best of 2009 issue. And moreso than in the “alternative” weeklies other great American cities, this Best of 2009 list is rife with drag queens and homos.
SNOOZEFLASH: Latest Homo Cast Member of ‘Real World: Cancun’ Revealed
Derek Chavez is a small-town former valedictorian with big dreams. Of being a physician’s assistant. Also, he’s kind of hot!
Surf Boys + Madonna = Gratuitous Gay YouTubery
Everyone is feeling the itch of summer, and for lack of anything more newsworthy The Sword offers you this bit of gratuitous, skin-filled gay YouTubery featuring clips from 2008’s Newcastle and a Madonna soundtrack.
Michal Lucas Goes to Israel, Finds the Assholey Land
From the stud Michael Lucas picked up in the airport to his encounter with some soldiers, pornographer-with-a-cause Lucas is changing Americans’ views of Israel, one unleavened muscle hunk at a time.
Porn Star Tips For the Perfect Beach Body!
Yes, The Sword has totally shifted into US Weekly mode. With summer right around the corner, we thought we’d check in with our favorite paragons of aesthetic virtue to see how porn stars prepare themselves for the never-ending scrutiny of the beach paparazzi.
Steve Cruz & Bruno Bond: More Covermen Than Coverboys
Real life porn couple Steve Cruz and Bruno Bond redefine the term coverboy with their recent shoot for the 20th anniversary cover of the leather-centric Stockroom catalog.
Confessions of a Go-Go Boy, Written in the Key of Angst
A guest columnist for Homo-Neurotic blog has written a four-part series about his life as a New York City go-go boy. We enjoyed his thoughts on strippers who steal and on Bear Stearns executives who have sticky fingers of a different sort.
Are Iraqis Murdering Gays So There Will Be Shorter Lines at the Gym?
Weight-lifting and protein shakes are the latest fads to hit Baghdad. Maybe it’s a sign that Iraqis are becoming more Western. Or maybe they’re learning that it’s good to be strong — after all, those gays aren’t just going to beat themselves to death!
Johnny Weir, The Gayest Sport’s Gayest Player, Gets a Movie
Below, a teaser for the upcoming film Pop Star on Ice, which chronicles that bedazzled national figure skating champion whom we just love to be mildly embarrassed by. You go, twirlfriend!
Adam Lambert’s Hot Alleged Trick
In case The Sword is your first stop on the gay webs today, we might as well share this picture Perez has of Adam Lambert’s alleged boyfriend, even though the FOX network execs probably have a contractual knife to the kid’s neck making sure he doesn’t come out.
Alcoholic Architecture Gets You Drunk Without Drinking
File under we’re really sorry we missed this: A London architecture firm installed a temporary “bar” where visitors breathed in vaporized gin & tonic.
Tristan Mathews Beats Up Gay Basher Wannabe
The third Tristan making headlines today is Tristan Mathews. A Los Angelean papi chulo threw a can of soda at the married porn star’s head and called him a “faggot,” Jason Curious reports. Tristan fought back, and apparently he won. Yay, faggots!
‘Twinklight,’ The Inevitable Gay Porn Version of ‘Twilight’
From venerable twink porn producer Afton Nills comes the most naturally occuring gay porn spoof title anyone could imagine, Twinklight.
Porn Stars in Love: Tristan Jaxx & Tristan Phoenix
In the second installment of Raging Stallion’s Porn Stars in Love series, married porn stars Tristan Jaxx and Tristan Phoenix explain that a phone call is all they need to secure their commitment to each other after each porn shoot.
A Brief History of Weed (c/o of a Showtime ‘Weeds’ Promo)
Did you know that Queen Victoria was prescribed marijuana for menstrual cramps and that the Model T Ford was equipped with hemp plastic seats?
Drunken L.A. Dispatch: ‘Cocktails with the Stars’
A couple years after God shut Micky’s down by setting it on fire, the West Hollywood gay bar is back in full form. On Thursday nights the party is Cocktails with the Stars, and we’ve submitted a cocktail napkin questionaire to the promoter, Scotty B, to find out what happens when porn stars, slobbering fans and alcohol-soaked dollar bills come together.
Meth Orgy Reimagined As Tragic Opera
The only thing better than going to a meth orgy is reading this description of a meth orgy, which makes you realize that, wait, actually there are a lot of things better than going to a meth orgy.
Salt Lake City Gay Does Party Roundup
We don’t mean to sound condescending to the gay scenes of other cities — we didn’t grow up in a gay mecca and hey, we all gotta drink! — but gay party roundups the world over always bring a certain cringe factor.
Folsom Fair 2009 Poster Unveiled; LaBarbera Launches Requisite Protest
Organizers of this September’s Folsom Street Fair have released the event’s official poster, a perverted family dinner with freak daddy porn star Tony Buff as the dad. Fundie spokestool Peter LaBarbera is up in pasty arms, of course.