Philly.com reports that attacks on LGBT people aren't considered hate crimes in Pennsylvania. What a surprise in that state ( Read more... )

I'm just catching up on this public service announcement by the New York City Department of Health warning of that there are still dangers to acquiring HIV. If you haven't seen it, have a look.

The ad is reported to have met with an outpouring of negative feedback, saying that it's using scare tactics to make gay men conform to safe sex ( Read more... )

OK, I don't want to be mean (so you know what's coming).


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I need better photos of myself taken for consideration of tattoo placement. I want to have a textual tattoo (something I never thought I’d have) reading “Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre/Au défaut d’un cordon pour étrangler les rois”. It’s from Diderot: “And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails / For want of a rope, to ( Read more... )

What follows is a rant, a tirade, a temper tantrum. If you've been with me thus far, you are used to that. I've been holding back, but here we go again ( Read more... )

I have a recurring theme in my dreaming. I find myself either in or contemplating going into a spa, either a building or set of buildings with a garden and water features, full of gay men. They're all naked, and doing spa things: bathing, taking a steam bath or a sauna, sitting in a jacuzzi, getting a massage or just relaxing. It's entirely ( Read more... )