Tag: Personal life
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Hot Homo Summer
Michael Henry has a new series about the unlocking of queer desire this summer called ‘Hot Homo Summer’ and I am here for it! It is really weird trying to get back into the swing of things after nearly a year and a half…
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John Criscitello and Seattle Gentrification
Loving these images from John Criscitello, a queer artist responding to the gentrification and changing nature of Capitol Hill in Seattle, previously a gay enclave but invaded by ‘Tech Bros’ and ‘Woo girls’. Amazon has taken over Seattle in part, and the ‘bros’ and hen-party good-time girls have flocked to the new bars in the…
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Bottom line not people at the bottom
Reflecting on the distasteful news that Nike is again cashing in on Pride month with their #BeTrue campaign, after their lack of any action over Sochi and the LGBTQ abuses in Russia. It’s one thing to flog rainbow gear made in coutnries where the locals aren’t free to express their seuxality and gender to people…
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First Ugandan Pride
Great to hear that about 100 brave LGBTQ activists in Uganda held their very first Pride on Saturday! According to this blog post and the New Yorker article it was in Entebbe and mostly went off without hitch, apart from police arrests later on in the day because someone complained there was either two men…