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Gay. And Ugandan. Click the image for more via...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:51:37 -0500

Gay. And Ugandan. Click the image for more via Fransee

Bloc Party lead singer (and cutie) Kele Okereke covers BUTT...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:48:30 -0500

Bloc Party lead singer (and cutie) Kele Okereke covers BUTT magazine this month. Word is, he was photographed in and out of the shower by Wolfgang Tillmans. niiicceee.

South African government minister Lulu Xingwana walked out of an...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:31:43 -0500

South African government minister Lulu Xingwana walked out of an “innovative Women” exhibit because it featured Zanele Muholi’s photographs of nude lesbian couples. She reportedly found the photos “immoral” and “against nation-building” even though she donated money to the exhibit where Zanele’s work was listed in the exhibition’s catalogue as:”without precedent in South Africa, where there are very few instances of black women openly portraying female same-sex practices.”

Here’s what Zanele had to say in response:

“There is nothing pornographic. We live in a space where rape is a common thing, so there is nothing we can hide from our children…Those pictures are based on experience and issues. Where else can we express ourselves if not in our democratic country?”

She added: “Children need to know about these things. A lot of people have no understanding of sexual orientation, people are suffering in silence. We need to educate people about homosexuality. We need to have very good treatment and respect from the minister.”

The Innovative Women exhibition features work by 10 artists including Muholi, photographer Nandipha Mntambo, and painter Bongi Bengu, who also curated it.

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“For me, what I love most about my social life now is that...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:21:00 -0500

“For me, what I love most about my social life now is that it’s exactly the same as it was before: hole-in-the-wall restaurants, bad movies, and a lot of sitting around with friends doing absolutely nothing. All my closest friends are the ones I made while in college or who knew me growing up. They keep me grounded, and I adore that about them.”

Alexander Wang = seeesssssiiiiiiii.

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Meet the First DC Couples to Apply for Marriage Licenses!

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:15:43 -0500

Meet the First DC Couples to Apply for Marriage Licenses!

ahhhh, pretty ladies in bow-ties… (source)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:42:58 -0500

ahhhh, pretty ladies in bow-ties…

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Inspired by the Amazing Gentlemen of the Bacongo, Paul Smith...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:38:06 -0500

Inspired by the Amazing Gentlemen of the Bacongo, Paul Smith creates an eclectic womenswear collection of dapper suits, layered separates, and textural accents.

I Absolutely Love tailored suits on women. Paul Smith did a great job of being inspired by the book, but creating something totally new. Hopefully this also gets more people interested in vibrant street style of ‘Sapeurs’ and the beautiful photo book.

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Khane, the promoter that will make you SWEAT!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:20:31 -0500

Khane, the promoter that will make you SWEAT!

YASSSSSSSS miss honey! This video is giving me everything I need...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:16:18 -0500

YASSSSSSSS miss honey! This video is giving me everything I need right now. Extra points for creative use of a ketchup bottle & fingerless gloves! weeerkkk

randyisalwaysright:

I was kinda throwin shade at Beyonce for a min….but her ~~fans~~ stans have re-convinced me that Team B is where it’s at!

Oh, gender. You so sexy! (via infiniteavenue)

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:52:34 -0500

Oh, gender. You so sexy! (via infiniteavenue)

“A boi is…” : a video made to educate...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:07:10 -0500

“A boi is…” : a video made to educate folks on gender theory. It’s tongue in cheek and heavily influenced by Sesame street.

love this + want more!

(via su-real / thirdstitch)

8 Black gays you will meet in your lifetime

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:06:00 -0500

8 Black gays you will meet in your lifetime:

this is basically a hot, boiling, scorching, torching mess - but it will make you laugh.

(via novaslim)

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:54:16 -0500

"The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That..."

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:59:31 -0500

“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love heterosexuals. It’s just that they need more supervision.”

- Lynn Lavner (via gayshitgoeshere)

Coming Out Stories: Xem Van Adams (via gayshitgoeshere)

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:54:28 -0500

Coming Out Stories: Xem Van Adams

(via gayshitgoeshere)

“Contemporary artist Titus Kaphar makes oil-on-canvas copies of...

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:10:24 -0500

“Contemporary artist Titus Kaphar makes oil-on-canvas copies of European and American portrait paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries and reconfigures them in strategic ways to create a dialogue about race, art and representation. His work is at once beautiful and halting as he dances between fictional narrative and history.”

These really make you look twice. They’re both eerie and thoughtful with a strong sense of history.

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I absolutely LOVE the way he is re-presenting visual history. so dope.

(via seaponies:tobia:gallerygirl)

love the outfit… (via sweaterves)

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:42:42 -0500

love the outfit…

(via sweaterves)

How public bathrooms strike the fear of someone’s God into most...

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:38:54 -0500

How public bathrooms strike the fear of someone’s God into most trans people’s hearts.

(via sweaterves)

Trans Photographer Amos Mac Interviewed

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:35:55 -0500

Trans Photographer Amos Mac Interviewed:

Amos Mac, photographer and editor-in-chief of the groundbreaking magazine, Original Plumbing, talks to Laneia about being a trans guy, the power of photography and (briefly) Girl Scouts. (via autostraddle)

Margaret Bowland, Olympia Series #7 (Queering/Re-envisioning...

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:11:21 -0500

Margaret Bowland, Olympia Series #7 (Queering/Re-envisioning Manet’s Olympia)

“We inhabit a purely relative world, in terms of belief structures, yet each of us knows and in a sense, believes in, the need to be beautiful. My work is about beauty—what it means to be beautiful and what significance the idea has in the twenty-first century in the world of art. We all know that being beautiful is as important as being rich, that being beautiful is itself a form of wealth. One must be tall, thin and white. One’s features must be diminutive and regular. We recognize deviations from this norm, but recognize that these deviations, even if appealing, are far from ideal. The need to be beautiful fuels one of the largest and most ruthless industries in our world.

Beauty makes sense to me, has weight for me, only when it falls from grace. It starts to matter when it carries damage. Sorrow allows it to cast a shadow. It becomes three-dimensional. It enters our world.

Looking at Manet’s Olympia, I wondered about the two women depicted—the young, naked prostitute and the black maid servant—about the relationship between them and to the man observing them. His implied presence began to unite them to me, not as lovers, but as the prey sharing a foxhole. In my imagination, the women of my paintings entered that room. What my century brings to the ideas of race and beauty and sexual allure began to overlay Manet’s.