Peter Pretty by Troy Wise for IA Privée Edition, with styling by Rick Guzman and underwear by teamm8, aussieBum, N2N Bodywear and D&G. 
Monday, July 8, 2013
“Audacity And Courage”:
Remembering The First Gay Pride March Of June 1970
From: Queerty
From: Queerty
"One year after the Stonewall Riots galvanized New York’s fearful gay men and lesbians into fighters, a handful of us planned our first march. We had no idea how it would turn out. We weren't even certain we would be granted a permit. And now, here we were, June 28, 1970, with people gathered west of Sixth Avenue at Waverly Place. We wondered if we would be able to get them to move off the curb.This was long before anyone had heard of a ‘Gay Pride March.’ Back then, it took a new sense of audacity and courage to take that giant step into the streets of Midtown Manhattan. One by one, we encouraged people to join the assembly. Finally, we began to move up Sixth Avenue. I stayed at the head of the march the entire way, and at one point, I climbed onto the base of a light pole and looked back. I was astonished; we stretched out as far as I could see, thousands of us. There were no floats, no music, no boys in briefs. The cops turned their backs on us to convey their disdain, but the masses of people kept carrying signs and banners, chanting and waving to surprised onlookers.[...]After nearly a year of 1960s-style back-and-forth consciousness-raising, it’s no wonder that by the time we finally started walking, we were already spent. But, like everyone else that day, we were filled with a new energy and hope.It was only after the march that these gay pioneers realized what might be possible. Of course, at the time, we could never have predicted that our efforts would lead to hundreds of millions of people gathering together around the world.”
– Fred Sargeant, the first manager of the now-defunct Oscar Wilde Bookshop and a participant in the 1969 Stonewall uprising, recalls organizing the first pride march to commemorate the riots in a 2010 Village Voice article.
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Brendon Ayanbadejo asks, "Should I do a butt naked #NOH8 shoot?"
Brendon took his Facebook page today to ask, "Should I do a butt naked #NOH8 shoot? If everyone could just be comfortable in their own skin!"
Yes, I say YES YES YES!
Striking Posers: History's Hottest 100 Male Models
From: Boy Culture
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| Plaidly in love with him |
Michael Flinn
(?, 1959—)
In the '80s, People declared him "the most beautiful male model in the world," but it was GQ that ran his images to the point where he was found there as commonly as the table of contents. For nearly a dozen years, he was the exclusive face of Boss, a feat still widely remembered and documented in print and TV ads.
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