Gay Switzerland … Several Countries in One and Each Flavored Differently

Generally one thinks of Switzerland in terms of mountains, cheese and chocolate. While this is true, one could also think of it in terms of Gay women and men. German, French and Italian yet all Swiss!

An Open Letter to Mister Cee: A Response from ‘The Ignant Intellectual’

I won’t belabor you with in depth recaps about your recent media involvement or even about this most recent incident when you were reportedly arrested in an attempt to solicit a male prostitute – as you, unlike the rest of us, were present for it all. I would like to focus less on your actions and more on the things that it seems you are not doing – or perhaps unable to fathom.

Zines

Last Saturday I was on a panel with a bunch of grown-up smarties about archiving, affect, and activism at Giovanni’s Room. I spoke for a little while about zines and my involvement in the Philadelphia zine community. The event went well, and I learned a lot from the other presenters.

The Unofficial ‘Gay Capital’ of Germany is warm, wonderful very welcoming!

Cologne Pride is one of the largest gay and lesbian events in Germany as well as all of Europe. In recent years there have been over one million participants in Cologne with even more expected this July.

Forearms: The Forgotten Muscle

Forearms are usually one of the forgotten muscles to train and if we don’t give them the right attention they could end up making us look like T-REX.

Toto, I Don’t Think We Are in Pennsylvania Any More

Visit the Land Of Oz!

Tel Aviv: The New Gay Travel Hotspot

Hot Dark-haired men and the best hummus in the world – Yum!

Playwright Ain Gordon Tells Hidden Stories of Philadelphia’s Movement Towards Civil Rights

Ain Gordon is an Obie award-winning playwright and actor currently in residence at Painted Bride Art Center in conjunction with Place Philadelphia, an eighteen month project at the Bride intended to unearth unknown stories of the city to share with the community through the Bride’s tradition of collaborative experiential art.

RuPaul’s Final 3 Revealed!

Hey Drag Racers! Well, I hope you had a sweet tooth this week because the ladies served up some candy coated realness. Oh and Roxxxy’s a bitter bitch.

Gay NOLA … The Big Easy, Saints, Voo-Doo, Mardi Gras and Me

New Orleans and I have had an interesting relationship for years and it is not always a good one. A feminine (to me) city, she can be very stately and refined with glorious food, white pillared mansions, pale gloved ‘ladies’ and an elegance all her own.