Yeah the fireworks this year in Philly have been intense.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Thursday, 2 July 2020 11:14 (three years ago) link
we’re going camping in idyllwild tomorrow, very much looking forward to getting out of the city for a spellthere’s usually a weeks-long lead up to 4th of july fireworks in LA, but it does seem a bit more pronounced this year. they’re definitely louder than usual, but they usually subside by the time we go to bed
― donna rouge, Thursday, 2 July 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
I have no sense of it being a hot NYC summer, bcz except for one ambulance ride i've been indoors since May 8.
However, things are looking up medically, and it seems quite possible I'll be sprung from the hospital SOMEtime this month.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 July 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
mazel!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 2 July 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
glad things are lookin up Dr M!Julius’ in NYC (the site of what I’m pretty sure was the largest gayLXor gathering to date) is in trouble - gofundme here: https://gf.me/u/ydjrdq
― donna rouge, Friday, 3 July 2020 00:35 (three years ago) link
oh damn... they were closed and like boarded up on pride which was weird bcuz all the other bars around there were open to ppl
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 July 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
you've been in the hospital a long time Morbs
― Dan S, Friday, 3 July 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
my last time out...was at Julius' in March.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 July 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
..which i skipped, as i was already transitioning to lockdown.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 July 2020 01:05 (three years ago) link
I remember a lovely evening at Julius!
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Friday, 3 July 2020 01:11 (three years ago) link
now I reread The Golden Bowl and fantasize about assignments on staircases.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 July 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
That's good news, Morbs!
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Friday, 3 July 2020 12:19 (three years ago) link
thx dear, and happy birthday (32 again?).
The gayest show on WFMU played way too much Sylvester this week, but there was a surprise at the end.
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/94299
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 July 2020 13:10 (three years ago) link
they were closed and like boarded up on pride
It's a noise issue bcz the clientele at Julius' needs to shout to be heard from 6 feet away.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 July 2020 13:13 (three years ago) link
I had no idea Sylvester sang on Herbie's "Magic Number"!
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Friday, 3 July 2020 13:14 (three years ago) link
well, there's my present
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 July 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
The clientele at Julius' needs to be closed and boarded up on Pride.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 July 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link
Eric! Happy birthday, welcome home, and we-who-are-about-to-die-salute-you!
So many quiet qualities.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Friday, 3 July 2020 13:31 (three years ago) link
Morbzzz I am so happy to hear that. Hang tough these coming weeksI have to say, I have never been able to get over the smell of fried food at Julius But people like it so I go!I’m holing up big-time this weekend, trying to recharge after way too much thinking this week. My phone is off and anyone who needs me can take. a. seat.
Let freedom ring!
― surm, Friday, 3 July 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
https://vmagazine.com/article/nycs-oldest-gay-bar-may-close/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 July 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
Noooooo my favourite hang-out. That and The Townhouse, was always my favourite joint to listen to show tunes and smile while old businessmen bought me drinks
― wet pockets (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 10 July 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
i am slipsliding into the core demographic there
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 July 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
They're selling T-shirts on their website and I just emailed them to confirm they're still currently selling them (they are)
https://www.juliusbarny.com/
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 10 July 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
Queer public sex is at the heart of a culture war b/t radical queers vs reformists. Under the surface, anti-public sex views are steeped in racism, classism, gentrification, and police surveillance.Why public sex is integral to queerness. For @dailydot.https://t.co/KVj3Qhs8fu— Ana Valens 🏴 (@acvalens) July 17, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 July 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
o boy
― surm, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
lol is all I can say
― surm, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
anti-public sex views are steeped in racism
I keep typing and deleting and honestly all I feel comfortable saying here is: o rly
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
😆 same
― surm, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:26 (three years ago) link
I have to put my ex’s pictures away tomorrowIt’s been almost a yearWe are still good friends so it hasn’t felt that weird to have them up until nowIt’s not exactly that I am heartbroken. it’s just he’s moving on so fast. I guess it’s the closeness of such a good friend that I miss the most. He was my family. And the fear that he just didn t love me as much, there’s shame. I feel like a cliché, letting myself get sad because he’s on a beach somewhere with his new boyfriend. overall I’ve been fine, I just didn’t expect my first year as a single person to be in lockdown. I need to get creative. Truckin’ on.
― surm, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:43 (three years ago) link
I mean, I don't really get what's so lol about the public sex thing, but maybe that's just me.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Friday, 24 July 2020 11:16 (three years ago) link
And I should say: I am all for public sex, and have participated in such a number of times
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Friday, 24 July 2020 11:17 (three years ago) link
They mention in that article that "all public sex is quasi-public sex" and I like that.
I don't like that they try and pawn off anti-public sex views as being heteronormative or a product of complacent capitalism or w/e. Maybe it's the case but I don't actually know anybody who is arguing that?
I feel like there are four environments:
1. Places where nudity is discouraged and the atmosphere is non-sexual (the workplace, public transit)2. Places where nudity is discouraged and the atmosphere is sexual (a bar, the dance floor)3. Places where nudity is encouraged and the atmosphere is non-sexual (the nude beach, the changeroom)4. Places where nudity is encouraged and the atmosphere is sexual (the bathhouse)
For me, it does feel like a violation of consent when these lines are blurred. I don't want to suddenly find myself in a sexual environment without agreeing to be in that environment! This doesn't feel like surveillance or capitalism or whatever... to me, suddenly being exposed to "people fucking" in an environment where fucking is not encouraged feels about as cool and OK as a stranger exposing themselves to me on a subway
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 24 July 2020 11:30 (three years ago) link
I'm pretty sure I've had all my public sex in "expected" environments.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 July 2020 12:38 (three years ago) link
fgti, I get yr point. But I also think that in many communities, there's still a lot of stigma around homosexuality, so much so that "public sex," even if it is hidden or obscured, is among the only safe ways for people to get off. I think of the cruising that happens among mostly Black and Latino men in Buena Vista Park in SF, for example.
That said, I personally believe that if yr in the Folsom Gulch area of that same city, don't be all shocked if you see some dudes sucking dicks in an alley or on a stoop. And don't go to the Powerhouse or the Hole in the Wall lol.
Most of the instances of public sex I've participated in have been in queer cruising bars, BDSM festivals, and in the woods.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Friday, 24 July 2020 13:43 (three years ago) link
Oh no, for sure. There are some sexy bushes by the nude beach in Toronto and it's like... that's the place where the bushes are sexy! Be warned.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 24 July 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
ditto the Central Park Ramble (at least 20 years ago)
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 July 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
just don't scare the birdwatchers
oh shit y'all I forgot to hype this but my boyfriend's film festival is all online this year and can be streamed from anywhere in the US, and like yeah I'm his bf and wanna promote his shit and all but I've been poking around the lineup and it is an embarrassment of riches, there is an absurd amount of awesome-looking shit
https://www.wickedqueer.org/festival
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 24 July 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
Very cool
― surm, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
My ex from a decade ago, with whom I remain amicably but distantly intimate, is calling again. Ostensibly he wants us to "walk" together; I suspect he wants to fuck. It's been four months. I'd like to as a pipe-clearing exercise but, gad, dunno if I want THIS again (THIS meaning the throwback gesture; I'm sure he's been a hermit).
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
we don't get many opportunities now
― Dan S, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:15 (three years ago) link
SeriouslyI have a friend down the block who is great and all butUGG I’m getting back on Grindr now and I’m not looking forward to it
― surm, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
Question: what is a good thread to ask about how to be a good parent to an LGBTQ teenager?
If it is not this one, I will go to a different one; if a thread needs to be created I can do so. Thanks.
― forbidden froot loop (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
Hi! I’m sure there are some good parenting threads out there, I don’t know which ones would apply but others may be able to weigh in. That said, we used to all be teenagers with parents so feel free to put any questions or thoughts here ♥️
― surm, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:26 (three years ago) link
I just miss cock
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:38 (three years ago) link
honestly would love to have the experience of being a good parent to an LGBTQ teenager
― Dan S, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
rather than men, yes xp
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
I understand my friend
― surm, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
I had changed my name to Doggie on Grindr and I think people think it means the sexual position but that’s not how it was intended, but now I don’t feel like changing it because it always takes me a minute to come up with a new name
― surm, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link