making our way back: reclaiming queer space in the SPRING of 2021//LGBTQIA+ Vaccine ed.

trying to figure out why i ever thought lockwood51 was cool. "stay queer as fuck" okkkkk it's not like i have to try???

lol i get sponcon from them on FB a lot and most of it looks pretty bad to me

'sponcon' - a perfect word haha

I only just realized that the inversion of "holy shit" is "shitty hole"

Or maybe devilish douche.

i'm feeling gay today.

i was in the leg equipment section of the gym today and goddamn i have never seen so many rudely staring motherfuckers in my life. like cats eyeing each other.

can i be a little bit insufferably edgy and say that this is like really hot?

Taken in 1967 by Rocco Morabito, this photo called “The Kiss of Life” shows a utility worker named J.D. Thompson giving mouth-to-mouth to co-worker Randall G. Champion after he went unconscious following contact with a low voltage line https://t.co/vW6QidVvA4 pic.twitter.com/6kpu1N6j52

— Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) March 26, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOqxI97CoDM

watched this the other night, a documentary about Glitterbox, which is a clubnight based in Ibiza but travels all over the world. First five mins and last five mins are standard "woo our club is the best" hagiography, and some of the material about the birth of disco and Larry Levan feels too familiar for anyone with a passing interest - but I otherwise really enjoyed this. It's about the dancers and their personal journeys as LGBT+ individuals, and it's got Billy Porter talking about how clubbing saved his life.

Oh cool, thanks for sharing. Saving for later.

That looks amazing

Just put a hefty down payment on my trip to fire Island this summer, I think it’s so weird that I am becoming a fire Island person,
But I am feeling good about it

Appointment with J&J on Thursday

i have some questions about basic suburb gay fashion

does volcom code as gay?
does hurley code as gay?

do they mean gay-but-not-out? gay-but-trying-to-pass?

so y'all gonna require tricks to flash their jab cards before inviting them over

jab card 4 jab ONLY

mask4mask

i'm not on them anymore but i heard it's a thing on the apps now, stating whether or not you've been vaxed. not happy about that development tbh.

Philosophically yes, sexually no.

No Johnson & Johnson, no johnson and johnson

You got to have a J-A-B / If you wanna be with me

Get into that Pfizer, before you get into my thighs-zer.

If you like Piña Moderna / and jabs in the vein

No head, no backstage vaxxes.

ooh stick you
your mama, too
and your DADDY

Test

I had a date thing the other night that didn’t go so well. We had hooked up years ago and then found each other again online, so I was excited to see him. Well I invited him over, and it turns out there was a bit of a drunk goggles situation. It got kind of awkward and he stayed a reallllllly long time. He’s super nice it just wasn’t the right chemistry. I have to get better at my prescreen

Fully vaccinated (i.e. second jab + two weeks) tomorrow.

💜

i got the J&J shot yesterday and i'm still reeling from it. awful throbbing headache going on about 18 hours now, and last night i had full-body chills and aches all over

I am not particularly looking forward to my second shot but the first one was largely uneventful. Just a low-level all-day headache and fatigue.

sorry donna hope you feel better soon. i felt a little "off" after the first shot but nothing major.. just kind of weak and emotional tbh. also not looking forward to the second one.

To be clear, y'all may feel nothing after the second. I didn't other than cottonmouth.

Happy D Day, Alfred

Donna I had my J&J on Saturday and subsequently had the second-worst "flu" I've ever experienced, it was brutal

I felt 50% better after 24 hours and 100% better after 48, fwiw :)

hey, fuck these companies
https://popular.info/p/these-rainbow-flag-waving-corporations

Duke Energy has donated $75,200 to the sponsors of S514 over the last three years. That makes Duke Energy the top corporate donor to the politicians pushing this anti-trans measure.

Duke Energy has donated $16,800 to Senator Ralph Hise (R), who authored S514, including $10,800 last year. Hise also vocally supported North Carolina's notorious "bathroom bill," which prohibited trans people from using the bathroom that matched their gender identity, in 2016. Hise voted against the successful repeal of HB2 the following year.

Popular Information asked Duke Energy if the company supported S514 and would continue to provide financial support to its sponsors. A company spokesperson sent this statement:

We remain firmly committed to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and in the communities we serve. We support policymakers on both sides of the aisle to ensure our customers and communities have a voice on key energy topics. We do not always agree with their positions on each and every issue. Our primary focus is on how North Carolina can continue its clean energy transition in a reliable, affordable way to benefit all customers.

Johnson rejected Duke Energy's ambiguous response as self-serving and counterproductive. "Being silent for the sake of your business interests is detrimental to North Carolina," she said. Johnson said that Duke Energy and other corporate donors have an obligation to "stand in opposition" to a bill that is "wrong, harmful, and damaging."

yeah fgti i feel much better today - just vaguely sniffly, no more headache

fgti, are you still in Ontario? The vaccine rollout has been awful here--one guess why--so good for you if you managed to secure the shot, even if I'm wondering how (no need to answer that, of course).

Here in Ontario, my wife and brother have been booked for a first shot on 1 May, but it was a lot of trouble sorting out where to look for it.

(just chiming in to agree that the aftermath of Johnson and Johnson vaccine sucked big-time)

@ crypto, no, I'm working in USA rn. I do live in one of the hot zones that was supposed to get vaccinations presently, but I heard that they've bungled that, even

I'm sorry I kept posting in the old thread! Lol why did no one tell me, you guys are mean.

I slept for most of the day after my second shot, and then I walked downstairs and Theo was cooking shirtless and I became aroused...that was when I knew I felt better! Ha.

Also Stevie, the one time I went to the salon you mention, they gave me a horrible cut :-( I go to that place at 16th and Pine, whatever it's called. My hair also looks awful right now, though it's the longest it's been since 2007.

Omg o no that you were posting to the other thread!
We should have a WDYLL soon no?

Post-pandemic? Perish the thought.

Hahaha ok point taken

I’m trying to set up a “date” soon and let’s just say I hope it’s like riding a bike

Picked up my first dude eating outdoors last week. A waiter. He asked about the Octavia Butler I was reading. A Yale guy! We're having coffee next week.

ka boom, back in business

Oooh I wonder how the Yalees r in bed

grew up just outside nyc and lived there for a time before moving to LA. pretty sure the first time anyone ever called me a faggot was when i was visiting SF for the first time.

i tend against ostentation generally but i've thought a lot about my clothes this year and how boring they all are and how i want to change that. but i also find clothes shopping fundamentally stressful - i know some people love it and are super-good at it but i have never really been one of those people. i just want some fun, stylish, durable clothes that are like...not fast fashion but not bank-breaking either.

What's convenient for you to get to in terms of stores? What general silhouette r u thinking?

It's summer y'all

texting with a beautiful boy I met at a friend's political debut

I see - and what age does boy mean nowadays?

Anyone know what this one's about?

holding poppers while posing for pictures with pop starts isn't a personality but y'all really stay in love with a mediocre white man who said racist shit in the past

— the morally corrupt juan barquin (@woahitsjuanito) July 19, 2021

from a followup tweet: this guy (no, me neither):

lol @ dumb bitch jordan firstman being a super spreader https://t.co/0htv0ZNYFS

— the morally corrupt juan barquin (@woahitsjuanito) July 19, 2021

lol that Tweet's by a friend/former student/local film writer

(no, me neither)

Truly.

Apparently it's this https://www.distractify.com/p/jordan-firstman-tweets

tbh I'm just glad I'm old now

Hello! Do we have a summer thread yet? Cuz it's summer y'all, and "my hair is comin' down" (name the movie and actress without googling and win a fun gif of what I think best represents your posting style! 🌈💰

hi surm! i have no idea but i'd appreciate a gif

New thread?

yes plz

is there a new one

haha you do it i suck at titles

Lucky for you, I got all these daddy issues: Queer Summer, 2021 (LGBTQQIAAP+++)

fill er up!