I don't even know what to think about this well-intentioned charity calendar by the FCK H8 people (other than I really, really, really want one). I guess if it's for charity calendar, then these guys aren't "str8 for pay." Could they be the real deal? What do you think?
Making of Video: FCKH8 "STR8 AGAINST H8" 2011 Calendar from FCKH8.com on Vimeo.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the story of Defarra Gaymon, the Atlanta Credit Union CEO who was shot dead by an undercover sherriff's officer he solicited in a Newark park. At least the officer has finally been named (via The Star Ledger)
This story also surfaces an ethics issue in journalism. Here you have a high-powered executive, a married father of four, caught in a compromising situation. Defarra Gaymon's name has been all over the web these past couple weeks. Clearly this is an embarrassing and very personal issue for his family, but a bonafide news story of interest to the public. On one hand you've got a family in mourning and perhaps in shock that their husband and father lead a double life. On the other hand this story heeds a warning about the dangers associated with cruising for gay sex in public places; particularly when you've got an overzealous Barney Fife conducting a homophobic sting operation. And you can file that under "Yep, I said it!"
It's been three weeks since The View aired a segment in which Sherri Shepherd made statements that further perpetuate myths about the black gay community and the show (nor ABC) still hasn't issued a clarifying retraction. I don't mean to go "all militant" and stuff but the show's silence on this issue seems to me to be another example of mainstream media demonizing black men. Especially when experts at the CDC were quick to bring to their attention the inaccuracies of the statements made. This ad ran in Variety Magazine today and is sponsored by GLAAD, The Black AIDS Institute, and The National Black Justice Coalition.
Sometimes called the Hugh Hefner of gay publishing for his pioneering magazine, Bob Mizer influenced figures in art and society in similar ways as Hef, from David Hockney to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who modeled for Mizer in 1975. Bob's World: The Life and Boys of AMG's Bob Mizer is the first book to celebrate the full color, uninhibited second half of Bob Mizer's career. Over 250 vivid photos are accompanied by an oral history, with contributing artists David Hockney, Jack Pierson and John Sonsini, photographers David Hurles and Hal Roth, models Ben Sorensen and Andrew Sears, and Wayne Stanley. The book includes a one-hour DVD of Mizer films, spanning 1958 to 1980, specially edited for this edition.For more information click here
For more then 20 years, Brian Brennan has been photographing the now infamous brooding young Latin men from the sweaty streets of Spanish Harlem in New York City. This beautifully printed coffee table book offers a collection of the most popular Puerto Rican ruffnecks from his private collection. A must have for the serious Latino Lover! Brennan s men are perfectly captured in crisp FULL-COLOR photos, on unaltered negative film. This is all pre-digital photography at it's best! For more information click here
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Jay Diers is at it again! The young photographer from Iowa took a chance looking into American motel rooms and surprises us anew with unusually intimate, warm-hearted and yet in-your-face portraits. The bored farm boys of the American Midwest seem as if they've just been waiting for their chance to finally show themselves to the world! And so they pose, beguile with their young bodies and seem to be saying just one thing - "Take me!" But the photos never seem blatant or exploitative thanks to Diers' respectful and dignified handling of his models. This is a magnificent portrait of American youth! For more information click here
Seldom has a photographer created such an authentic work as Jack Slomovits has in this book. From the middle of the sexual action the artist captures us from the first photos onward. Slomovits' semi-documentary style leaves little to the imagination; high-contrast detailed photos are interspersed with portraits in a snapshot aesthetic. His protagonists are the lads of the West Village in New York, lads of impressive naivety and tantalizing innocence. A fast book from a fast city. Sexy! For more information click here
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