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Latin Fever

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Oscars, Rio Cuale
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

November 21-26

In case you’re closer to Puerto Vallarta than you are to Miami, and if you like your men with a little more Latin in their blood  then you may want to opt for this other White Party over the Thanksgiving weekend.  Gays don’t have families, right?  Who gives a fuck about Thanksgiving?  Tis the season for getting freaky with your bois and jumping up and down to some house music, dude.  DJs Cary Stringfellow (LA), Oscar Velazquez, and Ramses will be joined by drag diva Lady Bunny and international club diva Sofonda Fox. http://www.willgorges.com/

 

 

 

 

 

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Oscars, Rio Cuale
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

November 21-26

In case you’re closer to Puerto Vallarta than you are to Miami, and if you like your men with a little more Latin in their blood  then you may want to opt for this other White Party over the Thanksgiving weekend.  Gays don’t have families, right?  Who gives a fuck about Thanksgiving?  Tis the season for getting freaky with your bois and jumping up and down to some house music, dude.  DJs Cary Stringfellow (LA), Oscar Velazquez, and Ramses will be joined by drag diva Lady Bunny and international club diva Sofonda Fox. http://www.willgorges.com/

 

 

 

 

 

Bangkok Pride Week

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Bangkok, Thailand

November 3-11

Unlike the decadent and enormous fag fests we’re used to in our more cosmopolitan Blue States, places like Bangkok are still ringing in Pride for political reasons.  If you’re in the neighborhood, check out how proud the tranny hookers and dykes and ladyboys of Bangkok can be, complete with elaborate gold crowns and reluctant police protection.  http://www.pridefestival.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bangkok, Thailand

November 3-11

Unlike the decadent and enormous fag fests we’re used to in our more cosmopolitan Blue States, places like Bangkok are still ringing in Pride for political reasons.  If you’re in the neighborhood, check out how proud the tranny hookers and dykes and ladyboys of Bangkok can be, complete with elaborate gold crowns and reluctant police protection.  http://www.pridefestival.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gucci Store Opening

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New Delhi, India
TBA

Tom Ford gets around, and so does the label that made him famous.  Gucci recently opened their first India boutique in Mumbai, and is slated to open their second in New Delhi by year’s end.  Expect the recently wealthy technocrats of New Delhi to embrace the expensive fashions, but we’re not sure how well the leather goods will go over with the Hindus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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New Delhi, India
TBA

Tom Ford gets around, and so does the label that made him famous.  Gucci recently opened their first India boutique in Mumbai, and is slated to open their second in New Delhi by year’s end.  Expect the recently wealthy technocrats of New Delhi to embrace the expensive fashions, but we’re not sure how well the leather goods will go over with the Hindus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Pride Week

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Various Venues
Cologne, Germany

November 20-25

In the States the bears have pride fests all over: in Provincetown, in Chicago, in San Francisco with the Hairrison Street Fair, and they’ll always have Guerneville.  Each November in Germany, the hairier Deutsches head to Cologne for Bartmanner Koln to revel in each others’ non-conformist, unpretty, oftimes smelly, beer-loving ways.  This year’s fest includes a Butch & Bear Disco Night and a poster modeled after Rocky Horror, renamed the Hairy Horror Picture Show. More info at www.bearscologne.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Various Venues
Cologne, Germany

November 20-25

In the States the bears have pride fests all over: in Provincetown, in Chicago, in San Francisco with the Hairrison Street Fair, and they’ll always have Guerneville.  Each November in Germany, the hairier Deutsches head to Cologne for Bartmanner Koln to revel in each others’ non-conformist, unpretty, oftimes smelly, beer-loving ways.  This year’s fest includes a Butch & Bear Disco Night and a poster modeled after Rocky Horror, renamed the Hairy Horror Picture Show. More info at www.bearscologne.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paris Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

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Various Venues
Paris, France

November 13-20

This fest has been around since 1994, showcasing independent films by and for a European lesbigay audience, many of which never find wide distribution.  The opening film this year, “XXY” by Lucia Puenzo, was an official selection at Cannes, and the closing film is called “Le Roi et le Clown” which sounds like a real winner in our book. 

http://www.ffglp.net/   
http://myspace.com/ffglp.

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Various Venues
Paris, France

November 13-20

This fest has been around since 1994, showcasing independent films by and for a European lesbigay audience, many of which never find wide distribution.  The opening film this year, “XXY” by Lucia Puenzo, was an official selection at Cannes, and the closing film is called “Le Roi et le Clown” which sounds like a real winner in our book. 

http://www.ffglp.net/   
http://myspace.com/ffglp.

The White Party at Vizcaya

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Villa Vizcaya
Miami, FL

November 21-26

Begun as a fundraiser for an HIV/AIDS service organization in 1985, the White Party has become a ginormous dance party at a huge estate called the Villa Vizcaya in Miami Beach.  Expect the usual tweakers and a lot of Eurofags in white jeans, but also expect drag queens on stilts with white wings, faggots in feathers, and lots and lots of opportunities for groping pecs and having unsafe sex.  As well as safe sex, of course.  http://www.whiteparty.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Villa Vizcaya
Miami, FL

November 21-26

Begun as a fundraiser for an HIV/AIDS service organization in 1985, the White Party has become a ginormous dance party at a huge estate called the Villa Vizcaya in Miami Beach.  Expect the usual tweakers and a lot of Eurofags in white jeans, but also expect drag queens on stilts with white wings, faggots in feathers, and lots and lots of opportunities for groping pecs and having unsafe sex.  As well as safe sex, of course.  http://www.whiteparty.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marcha del Orgullo (Pride Parade)

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Plaza de Mayo
Buenos Aires, Argentina

November 17

Don’t cry for her, and don’t keep your distance. The kickoff of gay summer in Argentina is the Pride festival in Buenos Aires, arguably the gay mecca of South America and the spiritual home of all die-hard Patti Lupone fans.  This year Buenos Aires got even gayer with the Gay World Cup happening here in September.  Check out the parade at 6 p.m. on Saturday November 17th, with MCs Daisy May Queen and Osvaldo Bazan. And don’t forget that with the U.S. dollar in the toilet, Argentina is one of the only places you can still drink cheaply.  http://www.marchadelorgullo.org.ar/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Plaza de Mayo
Buenos Aires, Argentina

November 17

Don’t cry for her, and don’t keep your distance. The kickoff of gay summer in Argentina is the Pride festival in Buenos Aires, arguably the gay mecca of South America and the spiritual home of all die-hard Patti Lupone fans.  This year Buenos Aires got even gayer with the Gay World Cup happening here in September.  Check out the parade at 6 p.m. on Saturday November 17th, with MCs Daisy May Queen and Osvaldo Bazan. And don’t forget that with the U.S. dollar in the toilet, Argentina is one of the only places you can still drink cheaply.  http://www.marchadelorgullo.org.ar/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Montreal Int’l LGBT Film Festival

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Various Venues
Montreal, Canada
November 15-25

It’s cold in Montreal in November, and possibly snowy, but if you’re in that neck of the woods and want a sampling of homo cinema, check out this film fest dubbed “Image + Nation.”  The festival is opening this year with a Spanish entry called “Reinas” (“Queens”) by Manuel Gomez Pereira and starring two Almodovar faithfuls, Carmen Maura and Marisa Paredes.  Check out the website for more info. www.image-nation.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Various Venues
Montreal, Canada
November 15-25

It’s cold in Montreal in November, and possibly snowy, but if you’re in that neck of the woods and want a sampling of homo cinema, check out this film fest dubbed “Image + Nation.”  The festival is opening this year with a Spanish entry called “Reinas” (“Queens”) by Manuel Gomez Pereira and starring two Almodovar faithfuls, Carmen Maura and Marisa Paredes.  Check out the website for more info. www.image-nation.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Reason We’re Glad We’re Not Straight

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We realize that MSNBC is desperate for “quirky news” items to break up the monotony of stock market reports and Iraq death tolls, but… cuddle parties? A sleepover without sex or Dirty Dancing?  It’s nice to be reminded (albeit by six-month-old Newsweek piece about a two-year-old non-trend) that our straight counterparts not only have to endure things like sports bars and vaginal sex, but also invites to events with no booze and “space to reframe assumptions about men and women.” Fun! No wonder they have kids. As for us, we’re lubed and ready in Room 210.

 

While We Enjoy a Good Spooning… (Guest of a Guest)

Cuddle My World (MSNBC via Newsweek)

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We realize that MSNBC is desperate for “quirky news” items to break up the monotony of stock market reports and Iraq death tolls, but… cuddle parties? A sleepover without sex or Dirty Dancing?  It’s nice to be reminded (albeit by six-month-old Newsweek piece about a two-year-old non-trend) that our straight counterparts not only have to endure things like sports bars and vaginal sex, but also invites to events with no booze and “space to reframe assumptions about men and women.” Fun! No wonder they have kids. As for us, we’re lubed and ready in Room 210.

 

While We Enjoy a Good Spooning… (Guest of a Guest)

Cuddle My World (MSNBC via Newsweek)

Are Sales That Bad at Tom Ford Menswear?

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Full ass shot after the jump…

 

 

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TomFordThumb.jpgOUT Magazine may have divorced itself corporately from its not-fit-for-the-gay-coffee-table Liberation Publications siblings (Men, Freshmen, Unzipped), but that doesn’t mean it’s given up the skin-mag ghost. In the November issue, celebrity chest-hair-sporter Tom Ford unbuttoned more than just his shirt, appearing buck naked in a photo shoot with two actual models.

 

Full ass shot after the jump…

 

 

The Sword Guide to Gay Party Drugs: Installment 1, Poppers

poppers.jpg The mustachioed granddaddy of back-alley fag enhancers, “poppers” is the name given to any number of alkyl or amyl nitrates found these days in little bottles labeled as “room odorisor” or “VCR head cleaner” with brand names like “Rush” and “BANG!!” and “Jungle Juice.”  The drug was originally a treatment for angina, and got its street name from being sold in small glass ampules that made a popping sound when they were crushed to release their vapors.  Once blamed for the ‘gay virus’ that appeared in 1981 (they now think that was something else), poppers are still said to cause temporary weakening of the immune system. After the jump, our complete field guide.

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poppers.jpg The mustachioed granddaddy of back-alley fag enhancers, “poppers” is the name given to any number of alkyl or amyl nitrates found these days in little bottles labeled as “room odorisor” or “VCR head cleaner” with brand names like “Rush” and “BANG!!” and “Jungle Juice.”  The drug was originally a treatment for angina, and got its street name from being sold in small glass ampules that made a popping sound when they were crushed to release their vapors.  Once blamed for the ‘gay virus’ that appeared in 1981 (they now think that was something else), poppers are still said to cause temporary weakening of the immune system. After the jump, our complete field guide.

Chillidog

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The Transfer
198 Church Street
San Francisco
Tuesdays 9PM to 2AM

Though we do love Trannyshack, the place has its off-weeks.  Try the Transfer as an alternative…

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The Transfer
198 Church Street
San Francisco
Tuesdays 9PM to 2AM

Though we do love Trannyshack, the place has its off-weeks.  Try the Transfer as an alternative…

Bareback Porn Star Hustles Republican Cheapskate

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Why do closeted homo Republicans always look like unhappy rabbits? Probably because they are closeted and Republican.

Homosexual blogger Andy Towle has revealed that the Cody Castagna, the 26-year-old hustler that Spokane-based Congressman Rep. Richard Curtis may or may not have slept with, starred in at least one bareback porno for Treasure Island, and can also be found on a certain members-only gay pic-post site.

 

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Why do closeted homo Republicans always look like unhappy rabbits? Probably because they are closeted and Republican.

Homosexual blogger Andy Towle has revealed that the Cody Castagna, the 26-year-old hustler that Spokane-based Congressman Rep. Richard Curtis may or may not have slept with, starred in at least one bareback porno for Treasure Island, and can also be found on a certain members-only gay pic-post site.

 

Manic Mondays

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Bar on Castro
456 Castro Street
San Francisco

Mondays, 8PM – 2AM

When you offer 80-cent well drinks, expect the kids to show up in droves, even if it is a Monday night.  

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Bar on Castro
456 Castro Street
San Francisco

Mondays, 8PM – 2AM

When you offer 80-cent well drinks, expect the kids to show up in droves, even if it is a Monday night.  

Cuckoo Club

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Hiro Ballroom
363 W 16th Street
New York

Sundays 9PM – 4AM

It’s getting a little bit mobbed after midnight at this weekly fete, but given that Sundays are for drinking

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Hiro Ballroom
363 W 16th Street
New York

Sundays 9PM – 4AM

It’s getting a little bit mobbed after midnight at this weekly fete, but given that Sundays are for drinking

Legend

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Vessel
85 Campton Place
San Francisco

3rd Sundays, 6PM

Vessel is pretty pricey, the kind of old school velvet rope joint, located behind Nike Town…

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Vessel
85 Campton Place
San Francisco

3rd Sundays, 6PM

Vessel is pretty pricey, the kind of old school velvet rope joint, located behind Nike Town…

Cock Fight

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The Cock
29 2nd Ave
New York

Every Saturday

The East Village was ahead of the curve in bringing the dirtiness back to gay life in the late 90s

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The Cock
29 2nd Ave
New York

Every Saturday

The East Village was ahead of the curve in bringing the dirtiness back to gay life in the late 90s

Adonis

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550 Barnveld
San Francisco

Saturday, November 10

DJ Manny Lehman spins at this big old homo ho-down

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550 Barnveld
San Francisco

Saturday, November 10

DJ Manny Lehman spins at this big old homo ho-down

Trans Am

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Club 8
1151 Folsom Street

San Francisco

1st Saturdays 10PM – 2AM

When you’re as tired of hearing Janet remixes as we are, you might
want to head to this monthly party at Club 8, where the music tends
more to the punk and rock end of the spectrum.

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Club 8
1151 Folsom Street

San Francisco

1st Saturdays 10PM – 2AM

When you’re as tired of hearing Janet remixes as we are, you might
want to head to this monthly party at Club 8, where the music tends
more to the punk and rock end of the spectrum.

The Rod

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Deco Lounge
510 Larkin Street
San Francisco

2nd Fridays 10PM – 2AM

Once a month, the more dingily denimed and Converse shoe’d 

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Deco Lounge
510 Larkin Street
San Francisco

2nd Fridays 10PM – 2AM

Once a month, the more dingily denimed and Converse shoe’d 

Bloc Party

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Easternbloc
505 E 6th Street
New York

Every Friday

This is one of our favorite gay bars in New York: the music’s good, the boys are hip, the bartenders are cute and it’s the kind of come-as-you-are, non-BnT booze fest Manhattan needs more of.

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Easternbloc
505 E 6th Street
New York

Every Friday

This is one of our favorite gay bars in New York: the music’s good, the boys are hip, the bartenders are cute and it’s the kind of come-as-you-are, non-BnT booze fest Manhattan needs more of.

Boy Bar

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The Café
2367 Market Street
San Francisco

Every Friday 9PM – 2AM

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to feel old before your time, washed up by age 28…

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The Café
2367 Market Street
San Francisco

Every Friday 9PM – 2AM

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to feel old before your time, washed up by age 28…

Feel White

 
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BT59, Sites de Terre Neuves, Rue Marc Sagnier, Begles.

Bordeaux-Begles

November 3, 2007

A Frenchier sort of White Party which bills itself as defined by deux mots (actually trois) “SMILE and HAPPY HOUSE.”  The more southern Gallic gays, in response to the lack of big parties in their neck of the woods, flock to this party in the Bordeaux suburb of Begles to whip off their shirts and–excuse our lackluster translation skills–“to feel, at the same time, the feet in Paris and the head in Barcelona.”  We’re sure it’s just like a night in Miami except way fewer Cubans and presided over by “la belle, la fabuleuse, la merveilleuse, l’incomparable… Mademoiselle Lucy,” who’s apparently a wicked big DJ over there. The action starts at 11 p.m. http://www.feel-detergent.com/

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BT59, Sites de Terre Neuves, Rue Marc Sagnier, Begles.

Bordeaux-Begles

November 3, 2007

A Frenchier sort of White Party which bills itself as defined by deux mots (actually trois) “SMILE and HAPPY HOUSE.”  The more southern Gallic gays, in response to the lack of big parties in their neck of the woods, flock to this party in the Bordeaux suburb of Begles to whip off their shirts and–excuse our lackluster translation skills–“to feel, at the same time, the feet in Paris and the head in Barcelona.”  We’re sure it’s just like a night in Miami except way fewer Cubans and presided over by “la belle, la fabuleuse, la merveilleuse, l’incomparable… Mademoiselle Lucy,” who’s apparently a wicked big DJ over there. The action starts at 11 p.m. http://www.feel-detergent.com/

Latin Fever Puerto Vallarta

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Oscars, Rio Cuale
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

November 21-26

In case you’re closer to Puerto Vallarta than you are to Miami, and if you like your men with a little more Latin in their blood  then you may want to opt for this other White Party over the Thanksgiving weekend.  Gays don’t have families, right?  Who gives a fuck about Thanksgiving?  Tis the season for getting freaky with your bois and jumping up and down to some house music, dude.  DJs Cary Stringfellow (LA), Oscar Velazquez, and Ramses will be joined by drag diva Lady Bunny and international club diva Sofonda Fox. http://www.willgorges.com/

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Oscars, Rio Cuale
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

November 21-26

In case you’re closer to Puerto Vallarta than you are to Miami, and if you like your men with a little more Latin in their blood  then you may want to opt for this other White Party over the Thanksgiving weekend.  Gays don’t have families, right?  Who gives a fuck about Thanksgiving?  Tis the season for getting freaky with your bois and jumping up and down to some house music, dude.  DJs Cary Stringfellow (LA), Oscar Velazquez, and Ramses will be joined by drag diva Lady Bunny and international club diva Sofonda Fox. http://www.willgorges.com/

Greater Palm Springs Pride

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Downtown Palm Springs

November 3, 2007

You know the drill: parties, nods to culture like films and exhibits, fags mumbling “happy pride” while sipping mojitos, and a parade on Sunday featuring some dykes on bikes and uncomfortable tourists and trannies in shiny outfits.  It’s the closing event of California’s half-year-long pride festivities, and this time it’s in the desert people, with performances from Ari Gold, Brian Kent, and meteorologically inclined diva Martha Wash.  Bring your sunscreen, and your sense of entitlement, and wander the streets among the well-heeled gays of Southern California, i.e. the ones who choose what you watch on television and take percentages off the top from the Shakiras and Anistons of the world so they can keep themselves in fresh BMWs and Prada sandals. http://www.pspride.org/

 

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Downtown Palm Springs

November 3, 2007

You know the drill: parties, nods to culture like films and exhibits, fags mumbling “happy pride” while sipping mojitos, and a parade on Sunday featuring some dykes on bikes and uncomfortable tourists and trannies in shiny outfits.  It’s the closing event of California’s half-year-long pride festivities, and this time it’s in the desert people, with performances from Ari Gold, Brian Kent, and meteorologically inclined diva Martha Wash.  Bring your sunscreen, and your sense of entitlement, and wander the streets among the well-heeled gays of Southern California, i.e. the ones who choose what you watch on television and take percentages off the top from the Shakiras and Anistons of the world so they can keep themselves in fresh BMWs and Prada sandals. http://www.pspride.org/

 

Larry Craig’s Feces Phobia Gives Twink Trauma, Chest Hair

CraignBear.jpg Wonkette made our Thursday not just for referring to Congressman Larry Craig as “gay restroom goblin Larry Craig,” but for posting this exclusive interview with former geek twink turned “bear-about-town” David Phillips.  The take-aways from this piece: there apparently used to be a go-go-boy bar for rich, closeted right-wingers called La Cage Aux Follies on Capitol Hill and we wish we’d been there; Larry Craig is a feces-averse top; and Phillips, besides having apparently bent over for Craig in the Spring of ’87, was allegedly the trick of choice for a host of married Houston oil execs back in the day.

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CraignBear.jpg Wonkette made our Thursday not just for referring to Congressman Larry Craig as “gay restroom goblin Larry Craig,” but for posting this exclusive interview with former geek twink turned “bear-about-town” David Phillips.  The take-aways from this piece: there apparently used to be a go-go-boy bar for rich, closeted right-wingers called La Cage Aux Follies on Capitol Hill and we wish we’d been there; Larry Craig is a feces-averse top; and Phillips, besides having apparently bent over for Craig in the Spring of ’87, was allegedly the trick of choice for a host of married Houston oil execs back in the day.

Featured International Events




1.


Icelandic Phallological Museum
HUSAVIK, ICELAND
Through Sept 10
It’s your last chance to visit the world’s only penis museum. Over 200 preserved phalluses represent every mammal that can be found in Iceland. (Yes, that means whales, polar bears and humans, among others.)


2.

Run For More Time
FRANKFURT
September 14
This popular charity event is the German counterpart to America’s Walk for Life. Not into exercise? Don’t care about AIDS? Skip the race and go straight to the beer-soaked after-party.


3.

Janet Jackson Rock Witchu Tour
VANCOUVER
September 10
After spending seven years away from the road, the mistress of thump kicks off her highly anticipated North American tour in Vancouver. Eh? Eh!


4.

Folsom Street Fair
SAN FRANCISCO
September 28
Are you ready, Daddy? This annual leatherfest is celebrating its 25th year of bald heads and hairy bodies. Time to polish those leashes and memorize those safe words!


5.

Atlantic Stampede Gay Rodeo
GAITHERSBURG, MD
September 5 – 7
Watch as that cowboy riles up a steer, mounts him and holds on tight. After the show, buy him a drink and show him what you learned.



6.

Gay Sunday at the London Zoo
LONDON
September 14
Hang out with the bears. Stave off the apes. Smile at the peacocks. And if you have time, go take a look at the animals too.


7.

Get Wet Weekend
CURACAO
September 25-28
Star DJs, boat parties and art shows await. How nice: a Caribbean island that throws the gay boys a party instead of stoning them outside a pharmacy in a mass mob. (Holla, Jamaica!)


8.

Rainbow March
SAPORRO
September 14
Saporro is not just a premium Japanese beer. It’s also the host of Japan’s longest-running gay pride parade. Don’t miss the dance party the night before the march.


9.

South African Gay Film Fest
JOHANNESBURG
September 4-14
Take in the best of gay and lesbian cinema with this diverse offering of screenings, workshops and city-wide events.


10.

Gay Ski Week
QUEENSLAND, NZ
Aug 29 – Sept 7
With powdery slopes, apres-ski socials, retro bowling, wine-country hiking and closing night dancing, this annual event attracts skiiers from across the gay globe.



Featured International Events Read More »




1.


Icelandic Phallological Museum
HUSAVIK, ICELAND
Through Sept 10
It’s your last chance to visit the world’s only penis museum. Over 200 preserved phalluses represent every mammal that can be found in Iceland. (Yes, that means whales, polar bears and humans, among others.)


2.

Run For More Time
FRANKFURT
September 14
This popular charity event is the German counterpart to America’s Walk for Life. Not into exercise? Don’t care about AIDS? Skip the race and go straight to the beer-soaked after-party.


3.

Janet Jackson Rock Witchu Tour
VANCOUVER
September 10
After spending seven years away from the road, the mistress of thump kicks off her highly anticipated North American tour in Vancouver. Eh? Eh!


4.

Folsom Street Fair
SAN FRANCISCO
September 28
Are you ready, Daddy? This annual leatherfest is celebrating its 25th year of bald heads and hairy bodies. Time to polish those leashes and memorize those safe words!


5.

Atlantic Stampede Gay Rodeo
GAITHERSBURG, MD
September 5 – 7
Watch as that cowboy riles up a steer, mounts him and holds on tight. After the show, buy him a drink and show him what you learned.



6.

Gay Sunday at the London Zoo
LONDON
September 14
Hang out with the bears. Stave off the apes. Smile at the peacocks. And if you have time, go take a look at the animals too.


7.

Get Wet Weekend
CURACAO
September 25-28
Star DJs, boat parties and art shows await. How nice: a Caribbean island that throws the gay boys a party instead of stoning them outside a pharmacy in a mass mob. (Holla, Jamaica!)


8.

Rainbow March
SAPORRO
September 14
Saporro is not just a premium Japanese beer. It’s also the host of Japan’s longest-running gay pride parade. Don’t miss the dance party the night before the march.


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South African Gay Film Fest
JOHANNESBURG
September 4-14
Take in the best of gay and lesbian cinema with this diverse offering of screenings, workshops and city-wide events.


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Gay Ski Week
QUEENSLAND, NZ
Aug 29 – Sept 7
With powdery slopes, apres-ski socials, retro bowling, wine-country hiking and closing night dancing, this annual event attracts skiiers from across the gay globe.



Zac Efron Not Gay Yet, But Close

ZacTHUMB.jpg Oh, Zac. Don’t be coy. We know there’s something you’re dying to come out and say – at least as soon as the current hype dies down and you’ve already done the rehab thing and maybe packed on a couple pounds and your agent’s desperate for a new angle. Is it such a stretch to suggest that someone starring in a High School Musical (or 2) could be a little, uh, bohemian?

After the jump, we molest a red carpet photo in search of evidence.

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ZacTHUMB.jpg Oh, Zac. Don’t be coy. We know there’s something you’re dying to come out and say – at least as soon as the current hype dies down and you’ve already done the rehab thing and maybe packed on a couple pounds and your agent’s desperate for a new angle. Is it such a stretch to suggest that someone starring in a High School Musical (or 2) could be a little, uh, bohemian?

After the jump, we molest a red carpet photo in search of evidence.

The Worst in Gay Marketing: Bud Light

BudLightTHUMB.jpgOver the years, the Anheuser-Busch Companies and their advertising agency, DDB Needham Worldwide, have made some truly valiant efforts to court the gays into drinking more Bud Light (fags love diets!).  Among these inspired campaigns, found in back issues of Out and HX, we chose a few to remind us that Heidi Fleiss and David Forest aren’t the ones who should be charged with pandering.

After the jump, we take a look at the last decade of Bud Light print ads geared toward gays.

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BudLightTHUMB.jpgOver the years, the Anheuser-Busch Companies and their advertising agency, DDB Needham Worldwide, have made some truly valiant efforts to court the gays into drinking more Bud Light (fags love diets!).  Among these inspired campaigns, found in back issues of Out and HX, we chose a few to remind us that Heidi Fleiss and David Forest aren’t the ones who should be charged with pandering.

After the jump, we take a look at the last decade of Bud Light print ads geared toward gays.

Marc Jacobs Way Too Proud of Skinniness, Tattoos

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Marc Jacobs is showing a lot of skin these days, and not just on his runway models. Jezebel notes that in this month’s issue of Arena Homme Plus, the it-man designer traipses about his Paris flat without a shirt on discussing the fact that he is having a mid-life crisis, buying a lot of jewelry, and getting some asinine tattoos (“I had thought, what a dumb thing to have your own name put on your body. But I really wanted to have my initial, so it had to be in the context of something really stupid: the M&M.”).  Of course, now we want more than a walk-on in the next Lucas feature…

More embarassment (and skin) after the jump.

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Marc Jacobs is showing a lot of skin these days, and not just on his runway models. Jezebel notes that in this month’s issue of Arena Homme Plus, the it-man designer traipses about his Paris flat without a shirt on discussing the fact that he is having a mid-life crisis, buying a lot of jewelry, and getting some asinine tattoos (“I had thought, what a dumb thing to have your own name put on your body. But I really wanted to have my initial, so it had to be in the context of something really stupid: the M&M.”).  Of course, now we want more than a walk-on in the next Lucas feature…

More embarassment (and skin) after the jump.

Nude Becks: Probably Photoshopped, Definitely Hot

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Photoshopped?  Probably.  Actually David Beckham?  Probably not (from the waist down anyway).  Shower nozzle masturbation material?  Um, yeah.

See full-size photo after the jump.

 

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DavidBeckhamTHUMB.jpg

Photoshopped?  Probably.  Actually David Beckham?  Probably not (from the waist down anyway).  Shower nozzle masturbation material?  Um, yeah.

See full-size photo after the jump.

 

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Equality California Tries to Shotgun Wedding Rights

GayMarriageAdlaunch.jpg An organization called the Equality California Institute is spending untold millions to “spark a million conversations” with a television spot supporting rights for same-sex marriage.  According to polls (which we rarely trust, unless we do them), the gay mafia is not far from achieving its goal of getting its own bridal registries and licenses to perpetual mediocrity; it will only take convincing between five and nine percent of the voting population of the state, or somewhere in the neighborhood of 600,000 to 1.2 million people, which isn’t much considering the viewer base of Bravo.

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GayMarriageAdlaunch.jpg An organization called the Equality California Institute is spending untold millions to “spark a million conversations” with a television spot supporting rights for same-sex marriage.  According to polls (which we rarely trust, unless we do them), the gay mafia is not far from achieving its goal of getting its own bridal registries and licenses to perpetual mediocrity; it will only take convincing between five and nine percent of the voting population of the state, or somewhere in the neighborhood of 600,000 to 1.2 million people, which isn’t much considering the viewer base of Bravo.

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zsthumbZach Sire can’t believe that he gets paid to write about porn stars, but is more than happy to do so because how else would be pay for his Jägermeister and his addiction to porn? (Actually, he doesn’t have to pay for porn anymore since he started editing The Sword). In 2007, he graduated journalism school in Southern California and moved to New York where he thought he’d “make it big.” That didn’t happen. So, he moved back to Southern California and lived on his drag queen friend Jewels’ couch. After suffering(!) through odd jobs in advertising and at print publications, he finally found his home blogging here at The Sword. He’s happy now.

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