International Mr. Leather Expo
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Sword Says
74 Years Ago Today, We Regained the Right to Get Shitfaced and Make Out
74 years ago today, Utah finally cowed to the
rest of the whiskey-loving Lower 48 and grudgingly ratified the 21st Amendment, bringing to
an end America’s long nightmare of bathtub gin and flapper fashion. Nostalgia for speakeasy culture has given way
to a fetishistic modern cocktail movement exemplified in bars like
that the repeal of Prohibition and a few other developments since 1934 have
made possible the million-and-one homemade YouTube videos made by piles of
pierced twinks, drinking Bud Light out of the can, pulling down their pants for
the camera, shouting “OMG I’m SO DRUNK!” and making out with each
other for sport.
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74 years ago today, Utah finally cowed to the
rest of the whiskey-loving Lower 48 and grudgingly ratified the 21st Amendment, bringing to
an end America’s long nightmare of bathtub gin and flapper fashion. Nostalgia for speakeasy culture has given way
to a fetishistic modern cocktail movement exemplified in bars like
that the repeal of Prohibition and a few other developments since 1934 have
made possible the million-and-one homemade YouTube videos made by piles of
pierced twinks, drinking Bud Light out of the can, pulling down their pants for
the camera, shouting “OMG I’m SO DRUNK!” and making out with each
other for sport.
National Press Club Premieres Blue Movie
DC’s
gentlemen’s clubs are gonna be empty tonight, ‘cause the National Press Club’s
hosting a real smoker this afternoon. The gays
marched on Washington
in 1993. Louis Farrakhan led the Million Man March in 1995. Now, Americans for
Truth About Homosexuality are “speaking truth to power” by presenting the
videotaped depravity of San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair in an exciting multimedia format entitled “Tolerance Gone Wild” at the National Press Club…
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DC’s
gentlemen’s clubs are gonna be empty tonight, ‘cause the National Press Club’s
hosting a real smoker this afternoon. The gays
marched on Washington
in 1993. Louis Farrakhan led the Million Man March in 1995. Now, Americans for
Truth About Homosexuality are “speaking truth to power” by presenting the
videotaped depravity of San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair in an exciting multimedia format entitled “Tolerance Gone Wild” at the National Press Club…
Slurp
The Cock
29 2nd Avenue
New York
Wednesdays
Drag mess legend Linda Simpson hosts this weekly party with DJs Telfar and Michael Magnan and a revolving cast of downtown’s most fashionable fags and their friends. Wake up on Thursday with fresh regrets! $5 at the door.
The Cock
29 2nd Avenue
New York
Wednesdays
Drag mess legend Linda Simpson hosts this weekly party with DJs Telfar and Michael Magnan and a revolving cast of downtown’s most fashionable fags and their friends. Wake up on Thursday with fresh regrets! $5 at the door.
Fatal Drug Interactions: A Gay Primer
You got
over mixing beer with liquor in high school-we know. But there you are at the bar throwing back a handful of
unmarked pills with a severely under-mixed cocktail. Is your lonely homo existence worth so
little? Don’t you want to at least get
through that Vanity Fair piece on
Matthew McConaughy?
We’re no
experts-more like Nurse Ratched than Florence Nightingale-but in honor of the holiday season, we thought
we’d give you a by-no-means-complete list of the fatal gay drug interactions that
killed so many we loved and loved to hate. Stay alive! We want to mock
you.
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You got
over mixing beer with liquor in high school-we know. But there you are at the bar throwing back a handful of
unmarked pills with a severely under-mixed cocktail. Is your lonely homo existence worth so
little? Don’t you want to at least get
through that Vanity Fair piece on
Matthew McConaughy?
We’re no
experts-more like Nurse Ratched than Florence Nightingale-but in honor of the holiday season, we thought
we’d give you a by-no-means-complete list of the fatal gay drug interactions that
killed so many we loved and loved to hate. Stay alive! We want to mock
you.
Jungle: The Gay Party
Mad
Lausanne, Switzerland
December 31
It’s a big gay New Year’s Eve party in the heart of Europe, and this year’s theme is “Hollywood,” which probably means skinny blondes, cocaine and missing panties. 35 euros before midnight makes for a perfect apres ski event, even with a falling dollar. More info here.
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Mad
Lausanne, Switzerland
December 31
It’s a big gay New Year’s Eve party in the heart of Europe, and this year’s theme is “Hollywood,” which probably means skinny blondes, cocaine and missing panties. 35 euros before midnight makes for a perfect apres ski event, even with a falling dollar. More info here.
Guys’ Night Out
Lord & Taylor
424 5th Avenue
New York
December 6, 5 to 8 PM
If you’ve ever wanted a day to roam a New York department store at Christmas time and simultaneously cruise guys with abandon (wait, isn’t that called “Saturday”?), check out Lord & Taylor’s man-themed shopping event hosted by Details, 1050ESPN NY, Buffalo Jeans, Hawke & Company Outfitters and 7 Diamonds. Your retail therapy this evening will be accompanied by DJ Marc, and comes with a 20% discount and a gift bag. Don’t forget to wear the accessory of the season: a teacup Maltese under your arm! Call 212-391-3604 for reservations.
Lord & Taylor
424 5th Avenue
New York
December 6, 5 to 8 PM
If you’ve ever wanted a day to roam a New York department store at Christmas time and simultaneously cruise guys with abandon (wait, isn’t that called “Saturday”?), check out Lord & Taylor’s man-themed shopping event hosted by Details, 1050ESPN NY, Buffalo Jeans, Hawke & Company Outfitters and 7 Diamonds. Your retail therapy this evening will be accompanied by DJ Marc, and comes with a 20% discount and a gift bag. Don’t forget to wear the accessory of the season: a teacup Maltese under your arm! Call 212-391-3604 for reservations.
Daft Punk Alive 2007
Tokyo
December 8-9, 2007
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, aka Daft Punk are human after all, but their relentless touring and torrential blowing of minds certainly doesn’t show it. Donning motorcycle helmets and leather biker gear specially designed by Hedi Slimane for the French house masters, Daft Punk is wrapping up their mythic tour with a string of shows in Tokyo followed by a brief and conclusive outing in Australia. This will be your last chance to check out the LED-crazy visual mega-trip that elicited rapturous praise from concert-goers worldwide and elicted apologies from music critics that had misjudged them in the past. ALIVE 2007 is THE concert of the year. Don’t be tragic, touch the magic. http://www.daftpunk.com
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Tokyo
December 8-9, 2007
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, aka Daft Punk are human after all, but their relentless touring and torrential blowing of minds certainly doesn’t show it. Donning motorcycle helmets and leather biker gear specially designed by Hedi Slimane for the French house masters, Daft Punk is wrapping up their mythic tour with a string of shows in Tokyo followed by a brief and conclusive outing in Australia. This will be your last chance to check out the LED-crazy visual mega-trip that elicited rapturous praise from concert-goers worldwide and elicted apologies from music critics that had misjudged them in the past. ALIVE 2007 is THE concert of the year. Don’t be tragic, touch the magic. http://www.daftpunk.com
Hookers Ball
Discovery Nightclub, 89 Mitchell Street
Darwin, Australia
December 2
C-lister Tara Reid (billed on the flyer as “Hollywood A-lister”… umm, no), tired of taking shit on the Sunset Strip for her botched boob job and blackout drunkenness, now apparently makes appearances at random-ass international fêtes in order to pay the bills. So, if you happen to be Darwin, Australia the first weekend in December, and you happen to be dressed like a hooker, it’s a mere $25 at the door ($35 if you’re not dressed “in theme”). Doors at 8PM. myspace/discovery_nightclub
Discovery Nightclub, 89 Mitchell Street
Darwin, Australia
December 2
C-lister Tara Reid (billed on the flyer as “Hollywood A-lister”… umm, no), tired of taking shit on the Sunset Strip for her botched boob job and blackout drunkenness, now apparently makes appearances at random-ass international fêtes in order to pay the bills. So, if you happen to be Darwin, Australia the first weekend in December, and you happen to be dressed like a hooker, it’s a mere $25 at the door ($35 if you’re not dressed “in theme”). Doors at 8PM. myspace/discovery_nightclub
MiX Brazil: Festival of Sexual Diversity
São Paulo
November 13 – December 23, 2007
A celebration of sexual diversity in Latin America? That sounds good to us! The event begins in São Paulo, then goes on a tour of Brazil to spread sex and empowerment to the masses. An estimated 25,000 viewers watch over 200 films, shorts, and videos on offer from 19 different countries, and enjoy the accompanying cultural events like performances, parties, and art shows. The festival is divided into adult entertainment, a video competition, and analyses of popular television. Take sex out of the subtext and get down to MiX! http://www.mixbrasil.com.br
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São Paulo
November 13 – December 23, 2007
A celebration of sexual diversity in Latin America? That sounds good to us! The event begins in São Paulo, then goes on a tour of Brazil to spread sex and empowerment to the masses. An estimated 25,000 viewers watch over 200 films, shorts, and videos on offer from 19 different countries, and enjoy the accompanying cultural events like performances, parties, and art shows. The festival is divided into adult entertainment, a video competition, and analyses of popular television. Take sex out of the subtext and get down to MiX! http://www.mixbrasil.com.br
World AIDS Day
Copenhagen
December 1, 2007
World AIDS Day is December 1st every year, and no one shows their solidarity and fight for the cause like the great Danes. Peaceful demonstrations, free condoms, marches, benefit parties, and memorial ceremonies decorate the town as the city commemorates the international day of action against HIV and AIDS. http://www.aidsfondet.dk/
Copenhagen
December 1, 2007
World AIDS Day is December 1st every year, and no one shows their solidarity and fight for the cause like the great Danes. Peaceful demonstrations, free condoms, marches, benefit parties, and memorial ceremonies decorate the town as the city commemorates the international day of action against HIV and AIDS. http://www.aidsfondet.dk/
Catacombs
Rome
December 7-14, 2007
For five years and counting, the Leather Club Roma hosts the hottest leather-fetish event in Italy, grimly titled Catacombs. What happens when you take Folsom Street Fair and relocate it to one of Europe’s most beautiful cities (filled with some of the world’s most beautiful men)? Apparently you get seven days of bull whips, ball gags, and nonstop sex. “Perhaps the crown jewel of the theme parties, spread throughout the long weekend, is the Black Leather Uniform Fans party. Strict dress codes apply: black leather only.” Wearing a uniform never felt so freeing. http://www.lcroma.com/catacombs.htm
Rome
December 7-14, 2007
For five years and counting, the Leather Club Roma hosts the hottest leather-fetish event in Italy, grimly titled Catacombs. What happens when you take Folsom Street Fair and relocate it to one of Europe’s most beautiful cities (filled with some of the world’s most beautiful men)? Apparently you get seven days of bull whips, ball gags, and nonstop sex. “Perhaps the crown jewel of the theme parties, spread throughout the long weekend, is the Black Leather Uniform Fans party. Strict dress codes apply: black leather only.” Wearing a uniform never felt so freeing. http://www.lcroma.com/catacombs.htm
Catacombs
Rome
December 7-14, 2007
For five years and counting, the Leather Club Roma hosts the hottest leather-fetish event in Italy, grimly titled Catacombs. What happens when you take Folsom Street Fair and relocate it to one of Europe’s most beautiful cities (filled with some of the world’s most beautiful men)? Apparently you get seven days of bull whips, ball gags, and nonstop sex. “Perhaps the crown jewel of the theme parties, spread throughout the long weekend, is the Black Leather Uniform Fans party. Strict dress codes apply: black leather only.” Wearing a uniform never felt so freeing. http://www.lcroma.com/catacombs.htm
Rome
December 7-14, 2007
For five years and counting, the Leather Club Roma hosts the hottest leather-fetish event in Italy, grimly titled Catacombs. What happens when you take Folsom Street Fair and relocate it to one of Europe’s most beautiful cities (filled with some of the world’s most beautiful men)? Apparently you get seven days of bull whips, ball gags, and nonstop sex. “Perhaps the crown jewel of the theme parties, spread throughout the long weekend, is the Black Leather Uniform Fans party. Strict dress codes apply: black leather only.” Wearing a uniform never felt so freeing. http://www.lcroma.com/catacombs.htm
Catacombs
Rome
December 7-14, 2007
For five years and counting, the Leather Club Roma hosts the hottest leather-fetish event in Italy, grimly titled Catacombs. What happens when you take Folsom Street Fair and relocate it to one of Europe’s most beautiful cities (filled with some of the world’s most beautiful men)? Apparently you get seven days of bull whips, ball gags, and nonstop sex. “Perhaps the crown jewel of the theme parties, spread throughout the long weekend, is the Black Leather Uniform Fans party. Strict dress codes apply: black leather only.” Wearing a uniform never felt so freeing. http://www.lcroma.com/catacombs.htm
Rome
December 7-14, 2007
For five years and counting, the Leather Club Roma hosts the hottest leather-fetish event in Italy, grimly titled Catacombs. What happens when you take Folsom Street Fair and relocate it to one of Europe’s most beautiful cities (filled with some of the world’s most beautiful men)? Apparently you get seven days of bull whips, ball gags, and nonstop sex. “Perhaps the crown jewel of the theme parties, spread throughout the long weekend, is the Black Leather Uniform Fans party. Strict dress codes apply: black leather only.” Wearing a uniform never felt so freeing. http://www.lcroma.com/catacombs.htm
Berlin Tattoo Convention
Berlin
December 7-9, 2007
Show off your ink with the world’s most well-drawn at this three-day world-renowned convention. The marathon of sensory-overload includes contests, tattoo showings, inking and piercing sessions, and a stage program with entertainment, magic, acrobats, and even snake charmers. Evidently, the freaks come out in December. When in Berlin, do as the Berliners do and you might just walk away branded. http://www.tattoo-convention.de
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Berlin
December 7-9, 2007
Show off your ink with the world’s most well-drawn at this three-day world-renowned convention. The marathon of sensory-overload includes contests, tattoo showings, inking and piercing sessions, and a stage program with entertainment, magic, acrobats, and even snake charmers. Evidently, the freaks come out in December. When in Berlin, do as the Berliners do and you might just walk away branded. http://www.tattoo-convention.de
Horse Meat Disco X-Mas Party
London
December 16, 2007
London’s most out-of-control tea dance party celebrates the birth of Christ through raunchy disco, classics and punk funk, all in the name of a horse’s erection. Every Sunday South London goes berserk at Horse Meat Disco. Ditch your office party for this sausage-fest and find something sizable to stuff in a stocking! With drink giveaways and free swag, trade in your usual horse for a reindeer, throw some bells on and jingle all the way to a stranger’s bed. http://www.horsemeatdisco.co.uk
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London
December 16, 2007
London’s most out-of-control tea dance party celebrates the birth of Christ through raunchy disco, classics and punk funk, all in the name of a horse’s erection. Every Sunday South London goes berserk at Horse Meat Disco. Ditch your office party for this sausage-fest and find something sizable to stuff in a stocking! With drink giveaways and free swag, trade in your usual horse for a reindeer, throw some bells on and jingle all the way to a stranger’s bed. http://www.horsemeatdisco.co.uk
Screening of Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park
Letterman Digital Arts Center Premiere Theater
San Francisco
December 8, 7PM
After closing out his “death trilogy” with Last Days, the critically polarizing Van Sant heads in a new direction with Paranoid Park. A dreamlike portrait of teen alienation and presented as a Super-8 diary by the central adolescent character, the film won the 60th Anniversary Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. This is your chance to see it before its U.S. release, and the director himself is expected to appear at the screening. $15. Tickets available here.
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Letterman Digital Arts Center Premiere Theater
San Francisco
December 8, 7PM
After closing out his “death trilogy” with Last Days, the critically polarizing Van Sant heads in a new direction with Paranoid Park. A dreamlike portrait of teen alienation and presented as a Super-8 diary by the central adolescent character, the film won the 60th Anniversary Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. This is your chance to see it before its U.S. release, and the director himself is expected to appear at the screening. $15. Tickets available here.
Hot Mess!
The Stud
9th & Harrison
San Francisco
Saturdays 10PM – 4AM
The sloppiest kids in town are colonizing the Stud for this new Saturday party, featuring drink specials for exhibitionists, live whipped-cream wrestling and Frat House DJ Kidd Sysko.
The Stud
9th & Harrison
San Francisco
Saturdays 10PM – 4AM
The sloppiest kids in town are colonizing the Stud for this new Saturday party, featuring drink specials for exhibitionists, live whipped-cream wrestling and Frat House DJ Kidd Sysko.
Star Fridays
Star Lounge
Chelsea Hotel Basement
222 W 23rd Street
New York
Fridays 10PM – 4AM
It’s a fun scene and it won an HX Award for Best Small Club Night. So come back to Chelsea for some red velvet-and- chandelier-style glamour, brought to you by Josh Wood (Garden of ONO), Matt Tratner and Nick Van Bremen, with DJ Lina.
Star Lounge
Chelsea Hotel Basement
222 W 23rd Street
New York
Fridays 10PM – 4AM
It’s a fun scene and it won an HX Award for Best Small Club Night. So come back to Chelsea for some red velvet-and- chandelier-style glamour, brought to you by Josh Wood (Garden of ONO), Matt Tratner and Nick Van Bremen, with DJ Lina.
Barresi Switch-Hits on Cruise Gay Rumors
Porn director-turned- private investigator Paul Barresi
claims that he’s found no evidence of Tom Cruise’s rumored homosexuality, despite
the connection to Scientology, a gay vague haircut and a seemingly endless
stream of court-challenged claims by former lovers, according to In Touch Weekly. “Everything I’ve
found and everything I know points to Tom being heterosexual,” Paul told
the magazine. Oddly, it was only a year ago that Barresi was in the
opposite situation – facing legal threats from Cruise’s celebrity legal
eagle, Bert Fields, to remove a claim by Barresi that he had found evidence of the star’s sexcapades with a
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Porn director-turned- private investigator Paul Barresi
claims that he’s found no evidence of Tom Cruise’s rumored homosexuality, despite
the connection to Scientology, a gay vague haircut and a seemingly endless
stream of court-challenged claims by former lovers, according to In Touch Weekly. “Everything I’ve
found and everything I know points to Tom being heterosexual,” Paul told
the magazine. Oddly, it was only a year ago that Barresi was in the
opposite situation – facing legal threats from Cruise’s celebrity legal
eagle, Bert Fields, to remove a claim by Barresi that he had found evidence of the star’s sexcapades with a
The Decrying of Lott’s 69
We have no interest at the moment in confirming the validity of Today’s Most Popular Gay Rumor Involving a Possibly Closeted Congressional Republican, and would prefer simply to revel in the delicious, drama-promising, unconfirmed glory of it all. The blog BigHeadDC attempted to break the story yesterday, following Trent Lott’s abrupt resignation announcement and based on some truly slippery email correspondence with obviously attention-loving gay escort-cum-blogger Benjamin Nicholas. The rumor has already been denounced by the HuffPo, spat upon by Wonkette, re-attributed to Gawker and slipperily denied by Nicholas himself, but that doesn’t make it untrue (as Dan Savage has been quick to note).
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We have no interest at the moment in confirming the validity of Today’s Most Popular Gay Rumor Involving a Possibly Closeted Congressional Republican, and would prefer simply to revel in the delicious, drama-promising, unconfirmed glory of it all. The blog BigHeadDC attempted to break the story yesterday, following Trent Lott’s abrupt resignation announcement and based on some truly slippery email correspondence with obviously attention-loving gay escort-cum-blogger Benjamin Nicholas. The rumor has already been denounced by the HuffPo, spat upon by Wonkette, re-attributed to Gawker and slipperily denied by Nicholas himself, but that doesn’t make it untrue (as Dan Savage has been quick to note).
Separated at Birth? Atlantis Cruises v. RSVP Vacations
When RSVP Vacations, the other gay cruise company, got sold to Atlantis Events this past fall, fans of the gay cruise experience blogged and commented on the demise of RSVP and how this consolidation will affect their sarong party plans on next year’s Caribbean Fantasy. We didn’t have the stomach to go on one ourselves, but we did spend a good chunk of one afternoon poking fun at nauseating YouTube photo montages and gouge-your-eyes-out horrific and suicide-grade-boring photo sets of both. While we’ve been told repeatedly that Atlantis was the floating
bathhouse and RSVP was the queeny piano-bar-on-the-sea, we didn’t see
much difference in the people we talked to.
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When RSVP Vacations, the other gay cruise company, got sold to Atlantis Events this past fall, fans of the gay cruise experience blogged and commented on the demise of RSVP and how this consolidation will affect their sarong party plans on next year’s Caribbean Fantasy. We didn’t have the stomach to go on one ourselves, but we did spend a good chunk of one afternoon poking fun at nauseating YouTube photo montages and gouge-your-eyes-out horrific and suicide-grade-boring photo sets of both. While we’ve been told repeatedly that Atlantis was the floating
bathhouse and RSVP was the queeny piano-bar-on-the-sea, we didn’t see
much difference in the people we talked to.
Worst Products: Ese on Down the Road, Anal Edition
What flavored balm goes on smooth and keeps the mustiest puckers fresh as a teenager? If you answered Anal-Ese, well, son, you’re one hell of a
professional. Today as part of our Worst Products Marketed to the Gays series, we feature this desensitizing agent long used on porn sets to keep the loosest goose from squealing after a three-hour Arpad-Miklos pounding. Generally, the benzocaine confection has been marketed to women trying to get over the hump, so to speak. As gays scoop up more products marketed to women (Special K, Juicy Couture, Enchanted), it gets harder to believe that any woman (or alternately, the man who wants to pop her in the pooper) is gonna care that her thumping hole is flavored like a maraschino. Of course, we’re not really sure that a guy who’s numbing himself for a three-day party is at the top of our menu, either… but we digress.
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What flavored balm goes on smooth and keeps the mustiest puckers fresh as a teenager? If you answered Anal-Ese, well, son, you’re one hell of a
professional. Today as part of our Worst Products Marketed to the Gays series, we feature this desensitizing agent long used on porn sets to keep the loosest goose from squealing after a three-hour Arpad-Miklos pounding. Generally, the benzocaine confection has been marketed to women trying to get over the hump, so to speak. As gays scoop up more products marketed to women (Special K, Juicy Couture, Enchanted), it gets harder to believe that any woman (or alternately, the man who wants to pop her in the pooper) is gonna care that her thumping hole is flavored like a maraschino. Of course, we’re not really sure that a guy who’s numbing himself for a three-day party is at the top of our menu, either… but we digress.
Frat House
440 Castro
San Francisco
Wednesdays
Come get it on at the Bar Formerly Known as Daddy’s with a truckload of straight-acting twinks and the gayer gays who love them.
440 Castro
San Francisco
Wednesdays
Come get it on at the Bar Formerly Known as Daddy’s with a truckload of straight-acting twinks and the gayer gays who love them.
Homophobic Joke of the Week
What’s the difference between a fag and a freezer?
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What’s the difference between a fag and a freezer?
Bear Pride Week
Cologne (Koln)
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…
Cologne (Koln)
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…
Will Clark’s Porno Bingo
9th Avenue Bistro
693 9th Ave/48th
New York
Wednesdays 9PM – 11PM
NYC porn stars and others who happen to be passing through town between penetrations…
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9th Avenue Bistro
693 9th Ave/48th
New York
Wednesdays 9PM – 11PM
NYC porn stars and others who happen to be passing through town between penetrations…
Buzz
HK Lounge
523 9th Ave @ 39th
New York
Thursdays
HK Lounge is still coming into its own, but Hell’s Kitchen is where it’s at…
HK Lounge
523 9th Ave @ 39th
New York
Thursdays
HK Lounge is still coming into its own, but Hell’s Kitchen is where it’s at…
Tubesteak Connection
Aunt Charlie’s Lounge
133 Turk Street
Thursdays, 10PM – 2AM
Aunt Charlie’s is one of our favorite bars of all time. The carpet probably hasn’t been replaced since the mid-70s…
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Aunt Charlie’s Lounge
133 Turk Street
Thursdays, 10PM – 2AM
Aunt Charlie’s is one of our favorite bars of all time. The carpet probably hasn’t been replaced since the mid-70s…
San Francisco’s Finest Gay Dives
Aunt Charlie’s Lounge
Tenderloin
The carpet probably hasn’t been replaced since the mid-70s, there’s one of those flammable-stuffed-animal crane games up front, and Anthony the toothless bartender is the sweetest thing to happen to the Tenderloin since the advent of crack. Don’t miss the Hot Boxxx Girls, Fri-Sat 10 PM.
Ginger’s Trois
Downtown
Though Damron Guides cite a “professional crowd” and a recent makeover and change of ownership has brightened up the inside a bit, our experience of Ginger’s leans more toward wheelchairs and Cutty Sark neat on a Tuesday afternoon. Not exactly a late-night destination, but a good bet for a gayische happy hour crowd replete with bobo financiers and retail queens.
Hole in the Wall Saloon
SOMA
Expect a selection of leather daddies and pool-hustling cubs at this Harley-friendly dive recently relocated to Folsom Street. It opens at noon and it’s about bottled beer and hankies around here, so don’t even think about ordering a fucking Cosmo. Also, the occasional patron craps outside the door for our viewing pleasure.
Gangway
Polk Gulch
841 Larkin Street
The bandana’d and rolled-jeans bicycle crew takes the place over twice a month at Chrome and Manquake, but most nights the Gangway is the sort place where old guys have slurred shout-fights about the names of Elizabeth Taylor’s husbands and who got more tail during the war.
The Men’s Room
Castro
3988 18th Street
It’s a bit like a ski lodge in this tiny joint on 18th, complete with 60s canister fireplace in the back corner, and it’s perfect for a weeknight birthday because you and your friends can basically take over the place and own the jukebox, which isn’t half bad. Also, a nice escape from the usual shitshow up the street on a Saturday night–the kind of place you can watch a closed-captioned PBS on Broadway special while sipping some Scotch and working through a breakup.
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Aunt Charlie’s Lounge
Tenderloin
The carpet probably hasn’t been replaced since the mid-70s, there’s one of those flammable-stuffed-animal crane games up front, and Anthony the toothless bartender is the sweetest thing to happen to the Tenderloin since the advent of crack. Don’t miss the Hot Boxxx Girls, Fri-Sat 10 PM.
Ginger’s Trois
Downtown
Though Damron Guides cite a “professional crowd” and a recent makeover and change of ownership has brightened up the inside a bit, our experience of Ginger’s leans more toward wheelchairs and Cutty Sark neat on a Tuesday afternoon. Not exactly a late-night destination, but a good bet for a gayische happy hour crowd replete with bobo financiers and retail queens.
Hole in the Wall Saloon
SOMA
Expect a selection of leather daddies and pool-hustling cubs at this Harley-friendly dive recently relocated to Folsom Street. It opens at noon and it’s about bottled beer and hankies around here, so don’t even think about ordering a fucking Cosmo. Also, the occasional patron craps outside the door for our viewing pleasure.
Gangway
Polk Gulch
841 Larkin Street
The bandana’d and rolled-jeans bicycle crew takes the place over twice a month at Chrome and Manquake, but most nights the Gangway is the sort place where old guys have slurred shout-fights about the names of Elizabeth Taylor’s husbands and who got more tail during the war.
The Men’s Room
Castro
3988 18th Street
It’s a bit like a ski lodge in this tiny joint on 18th, complete with 60s canister fireplace in the back corner, and it’s perfect for a weeknight birthday because you and your friends can basically take over the place and own the jukebox, which isn’t half bad. Also, a nice escape from the usual shitshow up the street on a Saturday night–the kind of place you can watch a closed-captioned PBS on Broadway special while sipping some Scotch and working through a breakup.
Cool Bars in NYC
Easternbloc
505 E. 6th Street
The music’s good, the boys are hip, the bartenders are cute and it’s the kind of non-BnT, come-as-you-are booze fest Manhattan needs more of. But we admit we also love it partly because of fond memories the old, seedy Wonder Bar at the same address, with the blackout back room and $2 beers and John Waters movies and projected on the back wall. Check out Bloc Party on Fridays.
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The Ritz
369 W. 46th Street
This swank new midtown space with outdoor patios and a nautical theme got voted Best New Venue by HX in 2007, and has enough parties going on that it’ll keep you oscillating between buzzed and hungover through your entire work week.
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HK Lounge
523 9th Avenue
HK Lounge just is still coming into its own, but Hell’s Kitchen is where it’s at and the space is airy and well designed. The boys tend to be cute, the music more hip than not, and the crowd a mix of professionals and performers from the neighborhood. If you’re in the ‘hood on Thursdays and you’re not swilling late-night happy hour drinks at Barrage, check out Buzz.
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The Cock
29 2nd Avenue
The East Village was ahead of the curve in bringing sleaze back to gay life in the late 90s, and the Cock was at the forefront of that movement. Then the place got more popular and moved to the Hole, but it’s still a really easy answer to the question “where can I get drunk and laid with the most efficiency tonight in Manhattan?” Check out Cock Fight on Saturdays.
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Easternbloc
505 E. 6th Street
The music’s good, the boys are hip, the bartenders are cute and it’s the kind of non-BnT, come-as-you-are booze fest Manhattan needs more of. But we admit we also love it partly because of fond memories the old, seedy Wonder Bar at the same address, with the blackout back room and $2 beers and John Waters movies and projected on the back wall. Check out Bloc Party on Fridays.
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The Ritz
369 W. 46th Street
This swank new midtown space with outdoor patios and a nautical theme got voted Best New Venue by HX in 2007, and has enough parties going on that it’ll keep you oscillating between buzzed and hungover through your entire work week.
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HK Lounge
523 9th Avenue
HK Lounge just is still coming into its own, but Hell’s Kitchen is where it’s at and the space is airy and well designed. The boys tend to be cute, the music more hip than not, and the crowd a mix of professionals and performers from the neighborhood. If you’re in the ‘hood on Thursdays and you’re not swilling late-night happy hour drinks at Barrage, check out Buzz.
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The Cock
29 2nd Avenue
The East Village was ahead of the curve in bringing sleaze back to gay life in the late 90s, and the Cock was at the forefront of that movement. Then the place got more popular and moved to the Hole, but it’s still a really easy answer to the question “where can I get drunk and laid with the most efficiency tonight in Manhattan?” Check out Cock Fight on Saturdays.
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Booty Call
The Bar on Castro
456 Castro Street
San Francisco
Every Wednesday, 9PM – 2AM
At a time when gay nightlife in SF has reached a particularly low ebb-tide, Juanita MORE! and the MOREboys can always be counted on to bring out the cuties and cool kids at this mid-week dance party.
The Bar on Castro
456 Castro Street
San Francisco
Every Wednesday, 9PM – 2AM
At a time when gay nightlife in SF has reached a particularly low ebb-tide, Juanita MORE! and the MOREboys can always be counted on to bring out the cuties and cool kids at this mid-week dance party.
Latin Fever
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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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.
The White Party at Vizcaya
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)
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/