Today, we feature the first color of the gay rainbow: red. Red is created by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye. Wavelengths any longer than red can’t be seen by the human eye and are called infrared. Red is also the color of our BASE CHAKRA, if you believe in that stuff. The base chakra deals with our physical identity and is oriented to self-preservation.

Located at the base of the spine, this chakra forms our foundation. It represents the element “earth”, and is therefore related to our survival instincts, and to our sense of grounding and connection to our bodies and the physical plane. Ideally this chakra brings us health, prosperity, security, and dynamic presence. (source)

I’ve chosen these two videos because I feel they express some of the aspects of the Base Chakra, they are gay and funny enough they prominently use the color red. Hope you enjoy them and feel free to embed a YouTube movie in your comment. One caveat though: it must be RED and please give a short description of the clip.

“Red Head Asians”

The above video, “Red Head Asians” shows some hot young Asian guys as they have fun trying on a red wig and striking different poses with it. Who knows if they will be the future drag queens or trannies of the world or not. Maybe they are just exploring their feminine side and this all they need from their experiment. Whatever they are up to, they sure are enjoying themselves. (more…)

Nothing says “Brazil” like winter sports, so Canadian bronze-medal Olympic skater Toller Cranston adds some ruffle sleeves to his black tights and lets loose on “I Go to Rio.” He also demonstrates a simple, ingenious technique for successful lip-synching: Keep that camera (or audience) as far away from your face as possible!

“I Go to Rio” was a hit for its writer, Australia’s flamboyant Peter Allen, a one-time husband of Liza Minnelli whose showbiz nickname was “Mr. Bicoastal.” Years after Peter’s death, Liza revealed that their marriage ended when she found him in bed with—get this—another man! —John Q. Sanchez

Thank you to NYC listener Gary for the clip.

Bonus beats: Peter Allen and Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis rehearse Peter’s composition “Half-Smoked Cigarette.”
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