LoveFest San Francisco 2008
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This is the USA’s version of the legendary LoveParade. San Francisco LoveFest 2008 is Saturday, 4 October 2008. PLUR - Peace, Love, Unity, Respect - are the values for the LoveFest. Come on down, dance to the music, meet many friendly people, and celebrate life!
Soldiers and Seamen and Leathermen and Hot Boys at Folsom Street Fair 2008
Filed under: art, fables of fabulous faggotry, friendship, gay culture, health and wellness, men's health, spirituality
Annually, San Francisco’s gay leather community and friends throw the world’s largest street fair dedicated to leather, sex and erotic fetishes, and classic fantasies: the legendary Folsom Street Fair, which turned 25 this year. I usually go and stay for as long as I can tolerate the mass of the crowds, which can get up to a few hundred thousand, and which covers 13 city blocks in the South of Market area, also known as SoMa. Although much of the event is meant to be provocative, I like going to see the creations people wear and celebrate with friends…then there are all of the sexy, hot men to see!
Google comes out against anti-gay California Proposition 8
Filed under: activism, gay culture, health and wellness, technology
Mega-corporation, Google, has taken a clear stand against California’s upcoming Proposition 8, in the company’s official blog, joining such heavyweights as Levi Strauss, maker of the gay-ubiquitous Levi’s 501 jeans worn by many gay men in the 70s and 80s. Proposition 8 (”Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry“) is the state popular initiative that would remove the California constitutional right of same sex couples to marry. In California, propositions can be placed on the state ballot for a direct, popular vote by Californians. These initiatives are a powerful way for citizens to circumvent an often sluggish state legislature, state courts, or governor.
Barack Obama seen at the Edge bar in San Francisco
Filed under: activism, fables of fabulous faggotry, friendship, gay culture, gratitude
San Francisco is heavily for Obama-Biden in the pending federal election and Obama was seen last night at a gay bar in the Castro, the Edge. Here are the photos. Obama for President!
A 12 year journey joyfully ended on 23 September 2008 - I received my PhD
Filed under: gratitude, health and wellness, literature, men's health, spirituality
Back in 1996, I began my doctoral studies in Health and Human Services. Little did I know that about a year later, I would sustain a C5-6 injury in my spine, resulting in a herniated cervical disk. As if that weren’t enough, I developed fibromyalgia (yes, it is a real condition), and then developed a regional pain syndrome. It took me several years to recover and to learn to live with chronic pain. Thankfully, my physical health and fitness resurged - with a lot of determination, persistent effort, and endless gratitude to my loving and supportive family and friends. Were it not for JD, Dan, Sean, and Kathleen, as well as my mother, I doubt I would have returned to a stronger physical health baseline.
Project Censored’s Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009
Project Censored annually issues a top censored stories list. Despite the fundamental right to a free media that predominates in the West and the developed world, the American press is anything but free and is riddled with corporate ownership that sponsors and propagates sensationalism, exploitation, and information repression. If you don’t believe me, check out Fox News: it’s all fluff, biased, and blatantly extremist - and it shows.
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