FOF #884 – Tunnel of Love
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18 commentsA healthy booty is a happy one! The butt is the final frontier, not just for food leaving the body, but it’s also a psychological, sexual place wherein lies desire and identity.
In many ways, to ask people to accept gay men, is to ask them to understand and embrace anal sex. Yes, that is not ALL we do in the bedroom, but it’s one of the important things in our sexual lives.
Whenever I hear the statement that “gay/butt sex is not natural,” I wonder if this person knows anything about biology or animals that live in groups. All of nature loves some back door hanky panky; monkeys do it, dolphins do it, even… ok, I’ll stop now before it turns into a Cole Porter song.
Have we always been so shy about our behinds? In the late 1800s French professional farter and entertainer Joseph Pujol, known as Le Pétomane, was a staple at the Moulin Rouge nightclub where he would play musical instruments with his butt, blow out candles from several feet away. He wasn’t farting though, he would suck air in through his butt and then forcibly expel it. He could also suck water out of a bowl with his backside. Now, that’s a power bottom.
Today we’re shining some light into the place where the sun doesn’t shine. What are some common misconceptions about anal sex? How do porn stars do all that sex in movies? Besides using condoms, what are some new ways you can protect yourself from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases?
Taped live at the Center on Halsted in Chicago Illinois- we’re joined by our bootylicious group of sex-experts: Chicago Porn Star J.C. Carter, Dr. Will Wong of the Chicago Department of Public Health and our very own Jim Pickett of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and Project IRMA.
Click here for a complete photo gallery of the event.
We loved getting our picture taken pretending to enter the Tunnel of Love in Swan Boat created by Scott Bradley and Mike Miller from the Scooty and JoJo Show. Thank you boys! It was very romantic!
Thank you to all the sponosrs of the event- Steamworks, Center on Halsted, Project Crysp and Lifelube.
•• To find a GLBT friendly doctor, visit the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association’s website search engine.
•• To anonymously notify a sexual partner about an STD, go to InSpot.org.
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Join us for a Live Podcast- “Tunnel of Love”
A healthy booty is a happy one!
If you ever wanted to see a live taping of the Feast of Fools, next week is your chance. Join LifeLube, Project CRYSP, Steamworks and FeastofFools.net for “Tunnel of…
A healthy booty is a happy one!
If you ever wanted to see a live taping of the Feast of Fools, next week is your chance. Join LifeLube, Project CRYSP, Steamworks and FeastofFools.net for “Tunnel of Love” a Live Podcast Forum on keeping your butt happy and healthy. It’s the last one of 2008.
What are some common misconceptions gay men have on anal sex? How do porn stars do all that sex in movies? Besides using condoms, what are some new ways you can protect yourself from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases?
Tunnel of Love
A Live Podcast Forum
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Center on Halsted, Chicago [directions]
Doors open at 6p, program begins at 7p
Light refreshments and food will be served
FREE • RSVP here
Panelists include Chicago porn star J.C. Carter, Dr. Will Wong of the Chicago Department of Public Health, and our very own Jim Pickett of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and IRMA.
If you ever had any question you wanted to ask a porn star about behind the scenes of making adult films, or challenged Jim Picket or one of Chicago’s most knowledgeable doctors on the state of gay men’s health, now’s your chance! Check out this wonderful article about the upcoming event by Jason Steele of the Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye.
Plus, after the event, come get photographed with a giant swan made by Scooty and Jojo!
The event is close to selling out, there are around 20 seats left. Please reserve your seat now.
FOF #807 – Let’s Take a Glass Together
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“Walter, fix me a drink!” In the 1960s, 70s and early 80s we always saw characters on TV drinking all the time, either at home, after work, during lunch, or pretty much all the time.
Everybody seemed to have a little cocktail bar set up in their living room. And then all of a sudden, everyone got rid of them. Except for TV shows like Absolutely Fabulous and Sex and the City, we seldom see TV characters getting drunk like we used to. What happened?
Are we drinking less today, or are we hiding it better?
On today’s show, Feast of Fools teams up with Project CRYSP, Chicago Task Force on LGBT Substance Abuse and Sidetrack to bring you a very special live podcast forum about our complicated relationship with alcohol.
Meet the experts-
Dr. David McKirnan, Professor of Psychology at University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Research Investigator at Howard Brown. He began studying alcohol & drug use among GLBT people in the mid-80s and he later examined the intersection of substance use & HIV risk. Think of him as the Dr. Kinsey of booze!
Lisa Rivitz, the Program Manager for Recovering with Pride Substance Abuse Program at Howard Brown Health Center. Her work focuses on addictions, 12-step recovery for substance abuse and other compulsive behaviors, working with individuals to overcome their abuse with drugs and alcohol.
And meet two bartenders from your favorite gay bars in Chicago, from Sidetrack Paul Davis and from Minibar, Tom Andrika. Paul’s been in recovery for as long as he’s been a bartender at Sidetrack, which has been called the “best gay bar in America.” What’s it like to be a bartender at such a well visited place when you don’t touch the sauce?
In 1946 Tom Adrinka’s grandfather opened up a bar in a small town in Ohio called “The Gay Bar” but it wasn’t a gay bar. But as gays became more visible in the coming years, his grandfather changed it to the “Twin Rivers Tavern.” It’s funny that fate allowed him to have two gay grandsons!
Today he works at Minibar, a gay bar in Chicago known for their sexy male bartenders.
Listen as we talk about what it means to drink responsibly, how to avoid those nasty hangovers and clear up some misconceptions on mixing your drinks.
True stories about boozing it up from Chicago’s gay bars plus questions from you in our audience! Click here for a photo gallery from the event (pictures by Fausto Fernós and Rick Aiello).
The podcast that comes with a little extra sauce on the side- Feast of Fools.
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Fun Week With FOF
Saturday July 19 – HRC-Chicago’s Annual Gala
Saturday July 19 – HRC-Chicago’s Annual Gala
6pm, Hyatt Regency. Join us at HRC-Chicago’s Annual Gala “Summer Chic” Saturday, July 19th at the Hyatt Regency with special celebrity guests actress and comedian Jane Lynch and hunky performers from Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity. It’s always an incredible party and we’ll be there to celebrate! Get your tickets here
Monday, July 21 – The M-Network
6pm-9pm, Center on Halsted. The Feast of Fools is proud to host the first ever M Network event on Monday, July 21, 2008, from 6-9PM at the Center on Halsted’s roof with comedian Adam Guerino and special guest, the internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller.
The M Network is a men’s social group at Center on Halsted where men and their admirers can meet in a safe, supportive atmosphere outside of the bars to build community, discuss life topics, and network. One complimentary drink ticket is included in the $20 admittance, which also includes food, music and comedy.
Wednesday, July 23 – Live Podcast Forum
“Let’s Take a Glass Together”
6pm, Sidetrack. Please join the Feast of Fools as we record a live podcast forum on the LGBT community and alcohol at Sidetrack. Come discover how we can have a healthier relationship with alcohol in this unique event presented by LifeLube, Project CRYSP and the Chicago Task Force on LGBT Substance Use and Abuse.
Light food and refreshments and a cash bar. You must be over 21 with a valid photo ID to attend on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Sidetrack. Doors open at 6 p.m. Please RSVP here.
Thursday, July 24 – What Not to Wear, Reveal Party
5-8PM at Green Dolphin Street. We can finally announce it! Come see Amanda Steinstein as you’ve never seen her before as we celebrate and react to the transformation, courtesy of TLC’s hit reality tv show “What Not To Wear.” Show your support for the brand new Amanda.
This is your chance to be a part of our exciting reality tv show project. Green Dolphin Street is located at 2200 N. Ashland St. Chicago, IL 60614
FOF #792 – Sex on the Superhighway
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How do you get off and have a good time on the internet superhighway without a fender bender?
On today’s show we have the recording of the live forum that Marc Felion and I, Fausto Fernós, moderated at the Center on Halsted last month. The forum was developed and sponsored by our friends at Lifelube to figure out how to have fun and be safe while looking for sex or love online. This forum featured three great experts on how the internet is changing our sexuality.
First, Stephan Adelson, former general manager of Manhunt, a hook up site for men seeking sex with men. He was part of the team that introduced the idea of displaying one’s HIV status in online personal profiles.
Stephan currently works as the Executive Director of the nonprofit Internet Intervention Incorporated. He also works as an internet consultant on privacy issues and recently developed National Guidelines for Internet Interventions (PDF).
Second, Beau Gratzer, director of HIV and STD prevention at Howard Brown Health Center. Beau oversees many sexual health programs including those targeted to gay men online in Chicago.
Beau served on the National Coalition of STD Directors’ expert advisory committee that recently published the “Internet Interventions Guidelines” which provide guidance to health departments and community organizations providing HIV/STI related health information and programs online
And Third, Doctor Brian Mustanski, Assistant professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Brian is among the first to study how gay, lesbian and bisexual people interact online.
He developed one of the first online studies of gay lesbian and bisexual people. The majority of his work focuses on the development of “sexual minority” people and how the Internet affects us. He is also working on a study on the health and development of LGBT youth.
Listen as we talk about looking for sex and love online, the mysterious bug chasers, internet addiction and the the hunting instinct,
We also take questions from the fabulous people who attended this very fun and informative questions from the audience.
You can also read a blow by blow account of the forum at Michael Lehet’s blog, “What’s A Boy To Do.” Thank you Michael!
Check out today’s sponsor:
Gay, Sexy, Health- Lifelube.org
Your “big tent” guide to gay men’s health,
from sex and drugs to Faeries and Bears
Your friendly concierge for all that’s gay, sexy and healthy.
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