Feast of Fun

FOF #1158 – Butching It up with Sinclair Sexsmith – 03.14.10

Marc Felion — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:36:52 +0000

For gay, lesbian, bi and trans folks telling our stories is vital to our personal growth.

The internet creates a safe space for people to discover the sexier side of themselves by reflecting on their experiences with others.

Today we continue our series of interviews with well known bloggers who know how make it happen. We have kinky writer, queer butch top, Sinclair Sexsmith of the Sugarbutch Chronicles.

Listen as we chat with Sinclair about her journey writing erotica, coming out in your blog and New York City’s Lesbian Sex Mafia!

How do you avoid getting your site blocked because of its sexy content?

The controversy over Hot Top Butches, dealing with haters on your blog and why losing guilt over sex may be the most important thing you can do.

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Trollol Guy Remixed

Marc Felion — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:42:20 +0000

You may have seen the creepy Trollol guy form this video with the title “I’m happy to be on my way home.”

Now he’s been remixed-

–Via

Cameron Esposito’s Comedy Album Debuts

Marc Felion — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:18:10 +0000

Congratulations to “America’s Lesbian Sweetheart” Cameron Esposito on the debut of her first comedy album. It was a real pleasure watching the taping of the album at the Lincoln Lodge on a cold winter night this past January.

We look forward to hearing many more albums in the future form this amazingly talented person. You go girl!

And please note- Cameron’s wearing a pearl necklace on the album cover. Do you think she knows what a “pearl necklace”means?

Buy it on iTunes or Amazon and please rate it!

Lady Gaga and Beyoncé Telephone

Marc Felion — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:12:01 +0000

New York fashion has a “The Ten Best Things About Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s ‘Telephone’ Video.” Can you name any more?

Help End DADT

tomgossmusic — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:47:00 +0000

“Who We Are”, a new song by Matt Alber and Tom Goss. All proceeds benefit SLDN.

Download the song for free here.

Share widely and help put an end to DADT.

EVENT: SXSW Queer Blogger Tweetup

Fausto Fernós — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:22:52 +0000

Are you in Austin, Texas?

Come join some of the biggest names in queer online culture and view some of the best viral videos of 2009.

Network with other queer/LGBT bloggers, filmmakers and musicians including Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion from the Feast of Fun podcast, Trish Bendix from After Ellen, Bil Browning from the Bilerico Project and Sinclair Sexsmith from the Sugarbutch Chronicles.

SXSW Queer Blogger Tweetup
Sunday, March 14 at 09:00 PM
Oil Can Harry’s
Facebook Link | Special hookup for SXSW Attendees (bring your badge) or
folks who follow @oilcanharrys on Twitter. (Bring your smartphone or proof)

Every year in the spring, thousands of internet and filmmaking rock stars (and rock-star-rock-stars) gather in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest, the interactive, film, and music conference that originally began as a music festival in the late 80s. Today it’s a big deal, bringing the biggest names in the industry together with everyday people in a mixing of the minds, a delicious burrito full of culture and fun.

And we’re in the thick of it. My gal pal Trish Bendix and I are moderating “Engaging The Queer Community” an in-depth discussion with Bil Browning and Sinclair Sexsmith on how to make your blogs, twitters, podcasts and youtube videos fabulous.

We’re sifting through the issues of blogging from a queer identity or perspective. How do you get people interested and chatting you up without turning them into an angry mob? What about being in the closet as a blogger? How do you keep your site from being banned when you write about all that hot dirty sex you’ve been having?

How is new media changing how we push politicians and society forward towards embracing our rights?

As a way to say thanks to all the fabulous people who live in Texas, we’re throwing a party on Sunday, March 14 at 9pm at Oil Can Harry’s -the- oldest gay bar with the cutest guys and gals.

Come meet me (Fausto Fernós), Marc Felion, Trish Bendix (After Ellen), Sinclair Sexsmith (Sugarbutch Chronicles), Bil Browning (Bilerico Project) and dozens of other fab internet rock stars knocking down the drinks and having a great time.

Bring a camera and your iPhone, these things usually get wild.

FOF #1157 – Craig Seymour Bares it All – 03.11.10

Marc Felion — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:03:13 +0000

Visiting a strip club when you first come out can be a very liberating experience as it validates your desire to look at other men. For Craig Seymour, he was so fascinated by his experience at the strip club, he did his college thesis on the subject of stripping and interviewed many male dancers and their clients. He eventually felt that if he was really going to know what it’s like to be one of them he’ll have to take it all off and work the pole.

The seedy clubs where Craig worked were famous for full-on nude men and he would spend hours working the crowd in his birthday suit to get just the right angle for his thesis. Now that’s research!

Craig put it all in his book “All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C” and he’s here today to talk about his experiences as a stripper, a professor and journalist.

Listen as Craig chats with us about the escalating costs of higher education, the changing face of LGBT journalism and why digital media is making it harder for conservative closeted politicians to lead double lives.

Plus-

His relationship with the conservative blogger Matt Drudge and why Matt wears those awful hats.

And how Luther Vandross almost came out to Craig during an interview but never quite got there

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Today’s Least Surprising Headline – Sean Hayes is Gay

Heath Bruce — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:17:18 +0000

Just a shade over a decade since his initial portrayal of the outrageously gay icon Jack McFarland on NBC’s “Will & Grace,” actor Sean Hayes has finally decided to come out of the closet about his homosexuality. In an interview with The Advocate, Sean expressed a lot of resentment toward the gay community for pressuring him to come out earlier in his career saying, “What more do you want me to do? Do you want me to stand on a float? And then what? It’s never enough.”

Look, I completely respect other people’s privacy, but once you’ve gotten the part and seven consecutive Emmy nominations and a win with your first nomination, you’re no longer auditioning. You’ve got the part. Time to be proud of who you are. And if you just so happen to be typecast… is that such an awful thing? Even if I were straight, I’d rather be the “go-to” person for playing gay than not have a fucking job… ya know, like 10% of America right now.

So the answer to the question of what more do I want, Sean, is that I want every gay kid growing up in the world right now to have a role-model to look up to. And what better role-model is there than a proud gay man playing a proud gay man on national television?

* Phil Reese Picture Illinois Discriminatory Anti-Gay, Anti-Jobs Bill Gone but Not Forgotten

ameriqueer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:31:56 +0000

Last week I told you about the urgent action needed to stop a bill seeking to water down Illinois’ potent gender identity and sexual orientation inclusive employment non-discrimination law. Republican gubernatorial front-runner, Bill Brady, had quietly introduced a bill to expand “religious exemptions” so much that the law would be nearly nullified. Bill Brady had been vehemently against the law when it was initially introduced, back when he was in the lower house. Now a Senator and GOP Governor hopeful, Brady was seeking to use transgender, gay, lesbian and bisexual folks in Illinois to court favor in rural areas, and shore up his conservative base.

Brady is a right wing nut job. He needn’t worry about his conservative base. I don’t use nut job loosely. Brady is currently campaigning on–among other things–a strong “reform” platform–specifically touting campaign finance reform and term limits. One of the longest serving lawmakers in the Assembly, Brady voted against campaign finance reform bills numerous times, and also voted against a term limits bill. I’m confused…

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VIDEO: Teri Yaki Live at Steamworks, March 2010

Fausto Fernós — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:18:26 +0000

Check out the wonerfully trashy, always hilarious Teri Yaki as she performs her standup routine from the sexiest place on Earth, Steamworks.

Click here to listen to the entire show.

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FOF #1156 – A Gay Man’s Return to the Muslim World – 03.10.10

Marc Felion — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:40:39 +0000

To many, the Middle East is a tantalizing mix of danger and desire. To a gay travel writer it’s an adventure to a world where same-sex affection blurs in the sand.

Today, Michael Luongo joins us to talk about his book tour through the Middle East to promote “Gay Travels in the Muslim World” a collection of true stories of men sexually attracted to other men in places like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s the first gay American book ever translated into Arabic and was the first gay themed book ever presented at an Arabic language book fair.

Listen as Michael shares with us his how his controversial book got translated into Arabic, the difficulty of being in one of the world’s largest book fairs and why it was so hard to do a reading in Israel.

Michael also shares with us some safety issues for Westerners when traveling to the Middle East, his experience meeting Queen Rania of Jordan and why some men fetishize Middle Easterners.

Plus a heart-wrenching letter from a Muslim listener who left an abusive environment in Tajikistan to live as an openly gay man in America.

And what you can do to help gay refugees from the Middle East- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Campaign and Human Rights Watch.

Read more about Michael’s travels on the Huffington Post.

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Bill Cruz’s Dad Died

Marc Felion — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:47:55 +0000

Bill Cruz

For many of you who have enjoyed Bill Cruz on the podcast, Fausto and I very sorry to tell you that Bill’s dad died Feb 24th.

You may have noticed that Bill was scheduled to perform at the Steamworks show but he was in Denver dealing with the loss and taking care of his family.

Our thoughts are with you Bill.

Tim Miller and Holly Hughes at Fresh Squeezed [Sponsored]

Marc Felion — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:03:43 +0000

Two great shows in The Victory Garden Theater Fresh Squeezed Series- Tim Miller’s “Lay of the Land” and Holly Hughes’ “The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony)”

Tim Miller’s “Lay of the Land”
March 15, 2010-March 21, 2010

“Tim MIller’s Lay of the Land” is Tim Miller’s saucy, sharp-knifed look at the State of the Queer Union during a time of trial! Careening from his sexy misadventures performing in 45 States, to Marriage Equality street protests, to the electoral assaults on queer people all over the country, to his life as a grade-school flag monitor, to choking on cheap meat caught in his 10 year old gay boy’s throat, LAY OF THE LAND friskily gets at that feeling of gay folks being perpetually on trial, on the ballot, and on the menu! “Tim MIller’s Lay of the Land” is a “lay” in all kinds of ways: a sex-assignation, a queer citizenship map, and of course a narrative ballad with a recurrent refrain! (Miller’s favorite way-down-the-list definition for “lay”!)

Here’s a video “Tim Miller’s Lay of the Land”

Holly Hughes’ “The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony)”
March 18, 2010-March 21, 2010

Autobiography, animal behavior, and bald-faced lies create this poetic meditation on midlife crisis in the key of canine. After years as a self described “professional homosexual,” our heroine gives up preaching to the perverted and pestering the religious right. She takes a real job at a prestigious university, acquires a small pack of dogs, and discovers that as we age, the thin membrane that divides the animal from the human dissolves entirely.

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Gay Avatar Sex Parties – Just What We Needed!

Larry La Fountain — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:22:44 +0000

Oh how fun – not! (OK, well, maybe a little bit.) Gay Avatar Sex Parties! Who knew. Includes the following jewel in the comments: “Well, let’s hope these Gayvatards aren’t like Puerto Ricans and don’t migrate to Orlando.”

Husbands and Husbands

Elaine — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:28:33 +0000

In this super cute video, a little boy learns about gay marriage during a Thankgiving gathering.

81 Words… The Story of Changing Homosexuality From a Disease

BASboy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:05:20 +0000

This is a link to This American Life and explains in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declared that homosexuality was not a disease simply by changing the 81-word definition of sexual deviance in its own reference manual. It was a change that attracted a lot of attention at the time, but the story of what led up to that change is one that we hear today, from reporter Alix Spiegel. Part one of Alix’s story details the activities of a closeted group of gay psychiatrists within the APA who met in secret and called themselves the GAYPA … and another, even more secret group of gay psychiatrists among the political echelons of the APA. Alix’s own grandfather was among these psychiatrists, and the president-elect of the APA at the time of the change.

Tranny Makeover

Scott Trout — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:23:33 +0000

Twenty-five yeTwenty-five year old Nicole recently lost almost 60 pounds–but you’d never know that by looking at her wardrobe. Many months have passed since her dramatic weight loss, yet she’s still wearing her “fat clothes” and feeling like the shy, overweight girl she’d always been. Enter Laverne, Jamie and Nina. They’ve all gone through dramatic physical transformations, and they know what it takes to see yourself as you really are. They hope that new clothes, new hair, new makeup and a new sense of self will all help Nicole recognize and embrace her true inner goddess!ar old Nicole recently lost almost 60 pounds–but you’d never know that by looking at her wardrobe. Many months have passed since her dramatic weight loss, yet she’s still wearing her “fat clothes” and feeling like the shy, overweight girl she’d always been. Enter Laverne, Jamie and Nina. They’ve all gone through dramatic physical transformations, and they know what it takes to see yourself as you really are. They hope that new clothes, new hair, new makeup and a new sense of self will all help Nicole recognize and embrace her true inner goddess!

Final Solution for Gays in Utah, or is It?

Curtis — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:34:30 +0000

I have to hand it to whoever came up with this one, becasue kids it is fucking brilliant! Some enterprising and creative activists in Utah have turned the bright lights of poltical theater on how disturbing the the anti-Gay rhetoric has gotten in modern US poltics and where we just might be headed if we don’t nip this bigotry in the bud.
“Patriots for a Moral Utah” held themselves a little press conference that was actually attended by all the major media outlets in Slat Lake CIty where they unvelied their effort to introduce a refendum that would offer a kind of final solution to the problem of all those pesky homos making it real hard for god fearing Utahns to rais etheir kids in an atmosphere of hatred and intolerance. Make them move! And if they don’t, well they want to set up an office that would deal with those nasty “delinquent homosexuals” and give them the boot physically. Genius!
It was all an elaobrate hoax, but one that really shows where we’re headed if we keep indulging bigotry through legislation and public referendum in theis country.

read more about it at http://bit.ly/bIJm8e

Sassy Gay Friend Saves Shakespearean Heroines

Marc Felion — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:57:13 +0000

Would a Sassy Gay Friend have saved Juliet or Ophelia from their fates? Watch and find out!

Going Gay to Taylor Swift

Delawhere86 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:47:55 +0000

Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” gets a gay music video remake! If only I had a hot, closeted boy right out my window…mmm!

FOF #1155 – Gagalicious Live Show from Steamworks – 03.09.10

Marc Felion — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:03:26 +0000

Get ready to release the pressure! Today we put our homemade gyroscopic metal outfits to the test for a show at the sexiest place on earth: Steamworks gym sauna and baths.

Fausto and I put together a special Gagalicious Slash Fiction Fantasy song medley, complete with an aluminum foil gyroscopic suit. So check out the audience’s response, you won’t believe your ears.

Listen to hilarious performances by comedian Keith Ecker, Teri Yaki, and Cameron Esposito with special musical guest Stephen Leonard!

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like on the inside of a men’s bath house, this is the show for you.

Plus-
Sex scandals rock the Vatican and the California Senate.

A hunky man sues the TV show- the Doctors over embarrassing cosmetic surgery on his penis.

And John McCain’s letter in support of DADT is signed by dead people.

[Recorded live at Steamworks Chicago on March 5, 2010]

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IPad Commercial

BASboy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:29:48 +0000

A take -off of the Mac vs PC ads… with Abs.

Remember… Someone Had to Sign Off on This

BASboy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:03:44 +0000

There is no way I can describe this.

But it is a catchy tune

Song & Dance for Potato Salad

BASboy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:40:37 +0000

A weird trio song and dance for Potato Salad with gymnastics thrown in for no particular reason.

Apparently, There Are 90 Types of Bitches

The Ungay Guy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:24:47 +0000

Found on the floor of a third grade classroom. Awesome.

Cute Gay Boy on Youtube! Chris Rushton

ChrisRushtonable — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:42:54 +0000

This is one of my new youtube videos hope you like it!! Check out my youtube.com/chrisrushtonable

love chris!!!

VIDEO: Why Avatar Didn’t Sweep the Oscars

Fausto Fernós — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:04:18 +0000

Regardless of what you think of Avatar, you can’t deny that it’s one of the most financially successful films ever made. As of today Avatar has brought in $1.3 billion dollars in sales, beating out James Cameron’s earlier hit “Titanic” in sales.

So why didn’t it sweep the Oscars like Titanic? Is it because it made a lot of money, or are there other reasons, maybe like that it has a sloppy story line?

Check out Red Letter Media’s Avatar movie review. It’s not only really funny, but also does an excellent job at explaining why the film fails in storytelling and why it has more to do with James Cameron’s psyche than anything else.

Red Letter Media is a video production company from Milwaukee that puts out regular movie reviews on mostly sci-fi hits with a very biting commentary. I’m not sure what’s going on with the guy doing the voice over commentary, but he’s really brilliant.

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FOF #1154 – Oscarcast 2010 – 03.08.10

Marc Felion — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:26:31 +0000

It’s another year at the gay Superbowl: the Oscars!

Yeah yeah Fausto.. I’m really happy for you; I’mma let you finish. But that crazy red-haired lady had one of the best Oscar speeches of all time!

Who was the woman who pulled a Kanye West at this year’s Academy Awards?

Today our friend Curtis Jensen, a gay Roger Ebert- joins us to look at this year’s winners, all the hot gay moments, and celebrity train wrecks that made the Oscars into a roller coaster of crazy.

Women dominated this year’s ceremonies as they swept the awards for best director, best picture, best actress and best supporting actress!

Sandra Bullock won the best actress Oscar, the worst actress Razzie award, showed up in person to claim them both, and hit on Meryl Streep.

Katherine Bigelow served her ex-husband James Cameron a Hurt Locker as she won the awards that might have gone to his blue baby Avatar. Anyone notice how tight Barbara Streisand held on to the statue before handing it over to Katherine? Jealous Babs?

What famous Hollywood hunks made the audience gasp with their bromantic hugs and kisses? Was Farrah Fawcett overlooked in the Hollywood’s tribute to the dead. And is Oprah going gay for Gabourey!

Ben Stiller shows up as a Na’Vi from Avatar.

Plus tranny tyranny at this weekends T-PAN gala and our recap of our live show from Steamworks.

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PHOTO: Ben Stiller as an Avatar Na’Vi at the Oscars Might Be the Best Moment Yet

Fausto Fernós — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:47:16 +0000

So far this is the best moment from the 2010 Oscars, Ben Stiller dressed up as a Na’Vi from the film Avatar. Amazing making, making James Cameron nervous and the fishing pole connected to the tail really made it for me.

Lady Gaga in Wonderand

Marc Felion — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:56:36 +0000

Lady Gaga pulls an Alice and rescues Wonderland from the clutches of the Red Queen.