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When the master of the gay universe turns 57, Atlanta turns it out. Madonna’s birthday is on Tuesday, and fans do it up right on the weekend. Catch a Truth or Dare at City Winery on Wednesday, and read Madonna's Life Lessons on Page 32.
Remember that the Orlando shooter supposedly saw two guys kissing before his rampage? Familiar Roots Photography does. In the tradition of NOH8, couples and friends get snapped kissing. Open to all. Preview the details in this issue of David Atlanta.
To celebrate and raise money for the ongoing work of the Living Room HIV housing program, gather your gays for food, wine, fun and awards. Enjoy live music, an amaing silent auction, and curated tastings from local culinary, wine, beer and cocktail connoisseurs.
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Thursday, Aug. 18, 9 p.m. • Ten Atlanta, 990 Piedmont Ave. NE Friday, Aug. 19, 10 p.m. • Mary’s, 1287 Glenwood Ave. SE.
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Abstract art to soothe the soul meets a theme of plenty and prosperity in the latest works by local queer artist Alli Royce Soble. Her confluence of colors and textures collide with a reception of summer snacks, libations and a crowd of friendly art lovers at this day-long celebration.
If you want to make a bigger impact on the Clinton campaign than buying a shirt and posting your views on social media, drop a few hundred on organizers at this Atlanta LGBT fundraiser. Food, raffles, fun, gay Democrats galore, and a surprise big-name political guest are in store.
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Her name itself isn’t selling songs like it used to. I AM STILL HAPPY WITH THE SONG, though. Once you swallow the big ass pill of OK, this isn’t a “Toxic” type of song and actually play the track a few more times, you’ll get it. I promise you. I’m not just saying “Make Me” is a great song because Britney is my spirit animal. As the lead single from her ninth studio album, the singer has said this album will be more “artsy-fartsy” (whatever that means), so maybe she’s trying to prove it by releasing this song first. The problem is that Britney and her team, as of this writing, are doing zero promotion for it. Zero!
BRIT-BRIT can’t ‘Make Me’ a hit by DJ Marc J Cubs
AFTER A LIFETIME OF TEASES, “MAKE ME” FROM BRITNEY SPEARS’ NEW ALBUM IS FINALLY HERE, AND I AM REJOICING WITH HAPPINESS AND, QUITE HONESTLY, A LITTLE BIT OF TEARS. “BUT DJ MARC J CUBS, WHY are you happy and sad at the same time?” Well, I will tell you why I am crying as hard as I did this past weekend when I lost that hot muscle daddy’s number – I’m still waiting for his FB friend request.
There’s no accompanying video – reportedly she made one and then scrapped it – so there’s nothing to stream over and over again, and she hasn’t been performing it anywhere. Fans have been trying to promote the track as much as possible, but it’s like scratching someone else’s back: You want them to scratch yours as well. Well Britney, we are over here scratching the hell out of your back! When is our turn? Release a music video! Do a promotional tour! Do surprise shows! Don’t just sit there. Hopefully Team B has a plan that they’ll implement sooner rather than later, but as of right now, “Make Me” is making it’s way down the charts. IT ALSO DOESN’T HELP at all that the song isn’t linked to anything other than a new album. She does have a new perfume coming out, but the song isn’t featured in the commercial for it (missed opportunity). She’s not smashing cars with umbrellas. Nothing.
she hasn’t been able to sell records lately. Her Vegas residency is making it rain, but that show is basically a Greatest Hits concert. So why has it been so impossible to actually make a good song and have it be one that we will still play 10 years down Katy Perry’s new song “Rise” is the offithe road? If you’re keeping track, “Toxic” cial song for Team USA’s Olympics squad. I am like literally crying right now. Well came out 13 years ago! It came out on the exact same day as not literally like tears are falling from my “Make Me” – Shots fired! – so every time face but like in a Valley Girl literally sense. Britney’s tried and true method of re- we see a commercial for the Olympics, What the H-E-double hockey sticks is go- leasing a club banger as a first track there’s that stupid song. ing on with Britney Spears?! I am so sad seemed to be a sure-fire way to launch right now. Britney’s latest-newest-shoul- the new album. “Work Bitch,” “Hold It So come on BriBri! You got this! I’ll still da-been-a-sure-hit-first track “Make Me” Against Me,” “Womanizer” and “Gimme support you no matter what you do. debuted a few weeks ago, and it’s already More” were all monster hits as lead Whatever you do! Well, I’ll support anyat the bottom of the charts. tracks. So why did she go the route of thing that you do besides you getting back a slow burning, “lets get it on” type of with Kevin Federline. That was a hot mess She is an icon-living legend-perfume jam instead of a typical “It’s Britney, express, and I still can’t forget it. master-gift from the big guy upstairs, but bitch” track? 18 | 8.17.16
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HABITS YOU NEED TO DROP by Mike Fleming
KEEPING OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT LEADS US TO WHAT’S GOT – TO GO. NOW.
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9 SMART HABITS
EVERY GAY MAN NEEDS The preceding pages might be a little harsh about our misplaced priorities. Here’s a list of things to worry about instead.
No More Drama Almost nothing is a crisis. People are almost never intentionally hurting you. Find the perspective to stop turning every small setback into a catastrophe.
Dress Up We’re not saying to look good is to feel good, but it does in fact help. Take the time, and it shows to other people as well.
Go to Bed Getting up a half hour earlier – or if you just can’t, going to bed half-an-hour earlier – can change your life.
Get Organized Write things down, give everything a place and put it there, declutter, put systems in place. The stress reduction alone will make you better.
Exercise Gym selfies and shirtless pics are basic AF, but kickstarting your metabolism each day is a great way to love yourself – and as a result, everything and everyone else around you.
Information Breaks “Staccato signals of constant information” isn’t just a Paul Simon lyric. Set time aside to turn off your phone, computer, TV and all other electronics and reconnect with your surroundings.
No Fake Rules Gay men “should” ourselves to death. There’s having values and standards, and there's making up rules for ourselves and everyone else. Think of every “should” as a “could,” then decide if it really matters.
Control Sugar Processed granular sugar and corn syrup is as addictive as cocaine. Yes, really. Beyond that, it’s holding us back. The sweet stuff is linked to colon cancer and heart disease, and it does crazy shit to your mood.
Stay in Touch On the list of things you should actually worry about, keeping up with friends and family should take top priority. One study shows long-term friends are as beneficial as quitting smoking.
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After a dishonorable discharge from the National Guard and one too many arrests for wearing “women’s” clothing in Savannah, Diamond Lil came to Atlanta to start anew. Around 1960, she hit gay Atlanta stages with other gone-but-not-forgotten drag pioneers like Billy Jones and Roskie Fernandez. They headlined bars like Mrs. P’s, Chuck’s, the Roxy and the Rose Room, to name just a few.
Farewell, Diamond Lil by Mike Fleming
ATLANTA DRAG SINGER, LOCAL LEGEND AND OUT LOCAL PIONEER DIES OF CANCER AT AGE 80
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t was with a heavy heart on Tuesday, Aug. 9, that gay Atlanta learned one of its forefathers in the modern gay movement died in a metro-area hospice. It was a humble end to a life lived large, who inspired so many and touched so many more.
the drag legend battled cancer privately, revealing her condition only to her closest friends and even performing through her pain until early July. She entered hospice care over Fourth of July weekend, and there she stayed so that “the legend who brought so much entertainment and history to our community could live her remaining life in comfort and love,” according to her friend, Mark Denton.
According to information from Touching Friends posted on the drag legend’s Up Our Roots, Atlanta’s gay history colFacebook fan page about her passing. The lective, Diamond Lil was born Phillip Forrester in Savannah on Dec. 28, 1935. message was simple. As a young boy, he appeared on local “Dear Friends, Our Diamond Lil passed radio as a torch singer, and over time away this morning. May God bless her he became an entertainer and professional female impersonator, singing live beautiful soul.” for tourists, sailors and Savannah locals Reactions were sad of course, but not in venues on the city’s famous riverfront entirely surprised. For more than a year, through the 1950s. 28 | 8.17.16
Longtime fans know that Diamond Lil loved her Rock & Roll. Until relatively recently, she could take a mic and front a band as raucous as any headed by a younger person. Her many recordings – live at Manuel’s, Silver Grill and other venues well known to this day – earned her the title Queen of the Jukeboxes for their place on record players across the Southeast. She’s been featured on the cover of nearly every local publication, gay and straight, and all the way until her death, Diamond carried CDs in her purse for sale to anyone she met. The legendary trans rock star Jayne County to this day credits Diamond Lil as her key influence and inspiration to launch a music career. Other drag queens with Atlanta roots who give their beginning nods to Diamond include RuPaul and Lady Bunny. In recent years, Diamond Lil could be seen representing SAGE, Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders, in the Pride parade and at multiple events. In 2015, she was honored as one of Atlanta Pride’s “Founding Valentines.” While not an activist per se, her appearances at gay benefits date back to fundraising performances for Georgia Gay Liberation Front and UGA’s Committee on Gay Education in the 1970s. On a personal note, Diamond Lil sent each member of the David Atlanta staff a hand-written Christmas card every year, wishing us well on the week of her own birthday. We’ll miss those this year. Shine on, you crazy Diamond! You will never be forgotten. Love, your “Men of the David.” Photos via queermusicheritage.com
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5 #KeepKissing Campaign things you need to know about
by Mike Fleming
WHY You already know why, but let’s put a finer point on it. The photos not only create great memories for you. They But before you head over to the event, add to the zeitgeist and awareness of here are five facts you need to know. people from all walks of life kissing each other when, where and how ever WHAT they are so moved, without fear of reKissing, of course. You know kissing. It’s taliation or hatred. the thing you do with your lips. Photos are being taken of couples from friends WHEN & WHERE to families and beyond laying one on each Pick your partner, plan your outfits, and mark your calendars for Saturday, other in love and solidarity. Aug. 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at The only thing White & Co. request is that Wisteria, 471 N. Highland Ave. NE. Visit you RSVP on the Facebook event so that Facebook and search Familiar Roots organizers know how many participants to Photography and/or Keep Kissing Open expect. Search Familiar Roots Photography Photo Session. and/or its Keep Kissing invite on Facebook. “Wisteria has supported the LGBTQ community for over 14 years and joins me in WHO You! Everyone of every ilk is welcome to inviting you,” White says on her open injoin the cause. In exchange, donations are vitation. “My goal is to have at least 49 being accepted to the ongoing Equality couples photographed that day.” Florida campaign to aide the families of the Pulse massacre, as well as its dis- HOW placed employees, a memorial in the To bastardize an old saying, just pucker works, and the efforts of the gay rights your lips and blow. White and her cohorts will do the rest, with a treasured saying to organization itself. serve as their mantra. Bring your lover, your partner, your wife, your husband, your friend … and let’s “I will kiss. I will love. I will hug. I will walk Keep Kissing,” White says. hand in hand wherever I go.”
PHOTO SESSION WELCOMES ALL COMERS TO PUCKER UP AND RAISE FUNDS FOR ORLANDO VICTIMS AND RAISE AWARENESS AGAINST HATERS.
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hat smooching sound you hear all the way from Inman Park isn’t your imagination. It’s gay people puckering up to get ready for the Keep Kissing Open Photo Shoot, a heartfelt and tres gay fundraiser set for Saturday at Wisteria restaurant. The photo session, seeks to capture kisses between pairs “in a tiny effort to honor the 49 lives that were lost in the Orlando hate crime at Pulse nightclub,” says Allison L. White, owner of Familiar Roots Photography. The open session at Wisteria Restaurant on Aug. 20 brings a national Huffington Post campaign to Atlanta. #KeepKissing collects pics to encourage gay people to stand up against hate as a response to allegations that the Orlando shooter was motivated to carry out the attacks after seeing two men engaged in a kiss. “To live in fear is to dishonor all of those lives that were lost that night during Latin Pride,” she says.
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AS HER MADGE-ESTY TURNS 57 AND GAY ATLANTA SETS TO CELEBRATE, WE TAKE A LOVING LOOK AT THE LEGEND WHO WON OUR HEARTS THREE DECADES AGO AND JUST WON’T LET GO.
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rue gay icons are hard to come by. Along with a precious few comrades and a ton of pretenders to the title, Madonna stands out. As the one-and-only celebrates another rotation around the sun on Aug. 16, we give you the 10 lessons from her that we couldn’t live without. 1. Reinvent Yourself With a world ready – even if they didn’t know it – for shaking up, Madonna brought the heat in 1983 with her eponymous debut. Music moguls, radio stations and middle America didn’t know what to do with her, and the MTV Generation loved that.
But what really makes Madonna Madonna is how she has taken that reaction, time and again, and successfully changed things up just as we got used to what she was doing. She has continued to blur lines and cross them ever since – in her music, movies, videos, and her ever-changing look. 2. Never, Ever Apologize From the moment she told Dick Clark that her life goal was to rule the world, to the time she told Diane Sawyer to look up “derivative” in the dictionary, Madonna has served us a heaping helping of brash intelligence, focused intent, brand marketing genius and an unapologetic belief in herself. Madonna has always given a middle finger to tradition, to “acceptable” female behavior, and to anyone who would tell her – and by extension, us – what to think or say, who to love or screw, or how to live. Her “Rebel Heart” has always burned bright.
3. Act Boldly No one had seen anything like her rag-bowed hair, torn tops and Madonna moved from Detroit to New York in 1977 with $35 innumerable bracelets, but we were all over it, as well as hits in her pocket, a dream, and no place to sleep. She still calls it like “Holiday,” “Burning Up,” “Lucky Star” and “Borderline.” the “bravest thing I’ve ever done.” One of the richest women 32 | 8.17.16
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in entertainment tought us about paying Kravitz, John F. Kennedy Jr,… the list dues and working hard through scores of goes on, and she’s not done yet. menial jobs like Dunkin Donuts. She even posed nude to pay the bills. 6. Work a Look Which Madonna is your favorite? More Madonna always bravely went for what than one? Thought so. The blonde coshe wanted. She begged bands at CBGBs quette of the 80s became a bobbed bruto let her sing one song. When a band nette, a Marilyn-esque Glamour Goddess, called The Breakfast Club finally did in Geisha, 70s Disco Queen, Retro Princess, 1979, she got a standing ovation, and they and So. Many. More. made her their lead singer. No one teaches us like her that, whatever Much later, Warner Bros. told the super- you’re wearing, have fun, look fierce, and star that she couldn’t publish her book work it like a boss. Sex if it depicted bestiality, religion or children. In response, she broke two of 7. Develop Outside Interests the rules. Not content to live as just another pop star churning out content, Madonna 4. Embrace Your Sexuality broadened her horizons with forays into Long before her book of the same name, Kabbalah, Broadway musicals, children’s Sex was a noun that no article about charities, line-dancing, and movie-makMadonna ever went without. Trendsetting ing, to name just a few. clothes like underwear as outerwear, performances from flirty to aggressive to When she left New York to live in London brazen, video themes from peep shows with husband Guy Ritchie, Madonna imto S&M, and songs from Like a Virgin to mersed herself in British history. Her fasJustify My Love and beyond, she rede- cination grew so intense that she wrote fined sex symbol in ways few can even and directed the movie “W.E.,” about a approach and even fewer have matched. woman obsessed with Edward VIII and his wife, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. 5. Love Wildly Besides doing you, Madonna wants you 8. Court Controversy to do the boys you like – all of them. From her early days wearing crucifixes Answering only to herself, Madonna has and rosaries as jewelry, rolling around had men from boy toys to husbands, from MTV’s live stage in a wedding dress singrelationships to flings, and from famous ing “Like A Virgin,” and playing a pregnant to just plain hot. She’s done them all and teen in her “Papa Don’t Preach” video, cast them aside when she was done. Madonna knew that a little, maybe even a lot, of controversy goes a long way. Just In addition to husbands Sean Penn and last year, she superimposed a swastika Guy Ritchie, she’s been aligned with over the image of a far-right French leader Warren Beatty, Alex Rodriguez, Lenny during a concert in Paris. 34 | 8.17.16
Rather than shy away from scandal, she embraces it, rubs our faces in it, and ultimately justifies every move as her right to artistic expression, freedom of speech, and independent thinking. She may not have invented the phrase “There’s no such thing as bad publicity,” but she turned it into an art form. 9. Put on a Show As her sold-out tours in the world’s biggest venues attest, there’s nothing quite like a Madonna concert. With thousands of rabid gay fans alongside us, we’ve enjoyed dance numbers that trek every corner of the stage, as well as intimate spotlights on just a girl and her guitar. Madonna knows how to please a crowd. The other lesson that gay guys love from her performances? Always leave them wanting just a little bit more, and they’ll always come back. 10. Have a Blast If you aren’t having fun, why are you working so hard to have a life? With her life as the example, Madonna asks that question then answers it time and again. That’s why celebrating her birthday is such a tried-and-true tradition every year in gay Atlanta. This year, two parties, one Thursday, Aug. 18, and one on Friday, Aug. 19, celebrate the Material Girl’s Aug. 16 birthday. On Thursday, check out the Madonna Birthday Party at Ten Atlanta, 990 Piedmont Ave. NE, and on Friday, head over to East Atlanta for Madonna-Rama at Mary’s, 1287 Glenwood Ave. SE. Both will have the music, tributes and Madonna looks that would make the Mother of Reinvention proud.
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Let’s talk about SEX David Atlanta’s 2016 Sex Survey got down and dirty with our readers, and the results are in. Here’s what gay guys had to say about doing it in the ATL.
17 7 17 YEARS OLD More than half of you lost your “gay” virginity by age 17. Another third did at least one guy by age 21.
7” The average penis size may be 5.1 inches, but in Atlanta, you boys self-reported a whopping 7-inch average.
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BALCONIES & BATHROOMS These two locations tied for most common place to have sex outside the bedroom, with 37% each. Outdoor parks and woods came in third with 26%.
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TOTES VERS More than two-thirds of you are versatile. Verse Tops are equally matched by Verse Bottoms (31% each), with 10% totally versatile.
12.8% BOTTOM Atlanta’s famous “total bottoms”? Not as big a percentage as legend would have it, and the same number of men are “total tops.”
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TOGETHER WE CAN Atlanta is all about its group sex. Who knew? 84.7% have sex with more than one partner at the same time. Of those, more than 60% do so regularly, though 23% keep it to three-ways.
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TOY SOLDIERS More than three-quarters of our survey say they use sex toys, with 41% reporting multiple options in their nightstand. 5% of you DIY it and make your own.
KINK-O-METER Underwear was the top fetish with 37%, Sports Gear came in second with 26%, and Rubber or Leather got 21%. Armpits, Feet and Other Fetishes bring up the rear.
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58% AT LEAST TRIED Some 58% of the survey have had sex with a woman at least once in your lives. 38% wouldn’t know a va-jay-jay if it bit them, and 4% may have done a girl but aren’t sure (?!).
DAILY GRIND More than one-third of guys masturbate once a day. Slightly fewer than that reach down more than once a day. The rest equally divided between once a week, a few times a week, and once a month.
YOU’LL PAY Exactly half of respondents say that they have never paid or been paid for sex. 16% say once, another 16% say sometimes, and yet another 16% say we all pay for it one way or another. Only one guy says, “All the time.”
SAFETY MCSAFERSON 45% of guys prefer condoms. 9% said PrEP, and 12% said noninsertive sex. 27% say they use some combination of the above methods. Zero men self-reported Barebacking or “Party n Play” as options in their repertoire, though 7% said “Other.” davidatlanta.com | 39
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the D list David Atlanta’s weekly list of truths all gay men have come to know
10 best things about being single
Flirting
Free Time
No-Guilt Impromptu Sex
Bed & Closet Space
Friend Zone
No Petty Fights
Free Like a Bird
No Crappy Friends or Family
Farting
Flying solo means that if the urge strikes, you are your only monitor. Come to think of it, this is also a drawback, but oh well.
You may not always hook up with strangers, but when you do, you are free of any obligations to the contrary.
Rest easy. There will be no fights over something stupid – or worse, over nothing – to ruin your day.
You are never under any obligation to hang out with anyone’s boss, buddies or brother but your own.
Every square inch is yours. You deserve to give your stuff more space, and the only cover hog is your dog.
Take a class, read a book, learn a skill, or watch only the shows you want to watch on TV or Netflix.
Chill with the boys without the nagging voice that says you have something to do that won’t leave you with a hangover.
You have a green light to travel, take a new job, chase your dreams or drop everything without regard to anyone but you.
Do it. Any time, anywhere.
Anticipation
Butterflies in your stomach over meeting someone or going out with them for the first time are all yours.
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BLAKE’S TGIF with Doug & Brent 3-9pm • “Deadly Vixens” Drag Show 11pm • Bill Berdeaux Spins Street Level BURKHART’S FEMME FATALE with Destiny Brooks and Justice Taylor at 11PM CLUB RUSH “Got Leche” Free entry until 11pm 18 & up - Open until 4am COCKPIT $6.00 SkyFall Wine EAGLE DJ Dance Party HERETIC PUMP featuring Atlanta’s hottest deejays - Occasional special events. No cover b4 11 HIDEAWAY $5 Smirnoff drinks & Martinis DJ Marc J. Cubs @10pm in back room JUNGLE The Other Show with Edie Cheezburger 9:30pm LIPS ATLANTA Glitz & Glamour Las Vegas Style MODEL T Texas Hold’em Poker 9pm OSCAR’S Music Video Night SWINGING RICHARDS T-Shirt Review,$10 TEN ATLANTA Music & Videos by DJ Daryl Cox 10pm TRIPPS Jeremy Presents “Skin” 4pm - 2am WOOFS Fur Fridays
Tuesday BLAKE’S Latin Night with Guest DJ’s • 1/2 Priced Menu ‘til Midnight BURKHART’S DRAG-EOKE with Angelica D’Paige at 10PM CLUB RUSH “Tipsy Tuesday” 18 & up - Open until 4am COCKPIT $5.00 Smirnoff Drinks FRIENDS Let's Make A Deal with Ken 6pm HIDEAWAY Game night: Poker and blackjack 7:30 Trivia with Jason Walker 8:30 LAS MARGARITAS Cuban Night - $12.95 All You Can Eat Cuban Buffet & $5 Mojitos MODEL T Texas Hold’em Poker 7pm OSCAR’S Show Tune Tuesday SWINGING RICHARDS 1/2 Price cover WOOFS Poker Professional Hour
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minimize your chances of literally getting caught with your pants down, not to mention vulnerable to danger. Scout out places with privacy, some cover, and a wide vantage point that allows you to see anyone approaching. If your preferred spot doesn’t have a good view, consider a lookout. Dark alleys, deserted building sites and late-night transit stations draw characters more unscrupulous than yourself, so hide your valuables or don’t bring any. In restrooms, find the kind with two doors. When someone enters the first door, you have a few extra seconds before they blow through the second. Hey, Daddy! On paper, I know what I want in a guy, but no matter how I try, I’m always ending up with the wrong ones in bed. I want a great husband, but that type of guy doesn’t turn me on. How can I get a guy who’s good for me on the streets and under the sheets? Not Into Proper, Patently Into Creeps & Kooks
HEY,
Daddy!
Dear NIT PICK: This is the classic struggle between big head and little head. Your adult self thinks it’s in charge, but your inner child formed your sexual tastes at a young age. There are a few lines of thought. Some say marry Mr. Right and cheat. Others say literally force yourself to go after a different type, citing high satisfactions rates in arranged marriages.
Hey, Daddy!
Call me a hopeless optimist, but I believe there are plenty of guys you’d love to take home to Mother who would do things I can’t get enough sex in public places. I’ve done it with you that Mom would never approve. It may take a more across our great land in the restrooms and parks focused eye, but hold out hope. that made George Michael as famous as his singing, and I’ve done deeds in bus stations, cemeteries Hey, Daddy! and even a church pew one time (Sadly, not during When I’m about to have sex with a guy, I sneeze. Is Sunday Service). this just me being crazy old me, or is it an actual thing? I love the risk of getting caught having sex in public as part of the foreplay, but actually getting caught prob- Normal Overtly Sneezing, Yo? ably wouldn’t go over well at work, or say, with my parents. How can I still enjoy the adventure but avoid Dear NOSY: the actual threat? It’s both! We’re all crazy, but impending sex does cause some guys to sneeze. When your horny brain titillates spongy areas Can An Upstart Get His Thrill? with lots of capillaries, some signals misfire on the way to raising your flagpole and detour to the nasal passages. Other men Dear CAUGHT: experience tearing and salivation. Half of gay men have nugged and tugged in public, and another 10 percent say they fantasize about it. Since it’s that popular, I Daddy couldn’t stop you if I wanted, but I will reiterate that the thrill in Daddy loves his boys. He knows the answers you need, and the risk does come with a very real risk in the thrill. Going to jail could totally happen. Arrests were made recently in Piedmont Park after three men engaged in oral sex in full view of an officer. That said, there are a few things you can do to 64 | 8.17.16
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fairyscopes ARIES (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19):
LIBRA (Sep. 23 – Oct. 22):
TAURUS (Apr. 20 – May 20):
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21):
GEMINI (May 21- Jun. 20):
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21):
CANCER (Jun. 21- Jul. 22):
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19):
LEO (Jul. 23 – Aug. 22):
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18):
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Don’t dodge the details. They matter, and it’s a great moment to integrate methods for handling them into your overall strategy. Pull together a list of all the little shit, catalogue those loose threads, and neutralize the intrusion of phantom worries. Once on paper, they’ll become real and attackable rather than attempting to shoot moving targets.
Signal your deepest values and establish a precedent for attracting more of them by expressing your preferences aloud. Sounds basic, but you’re hosting a countercurrent lately that’s more about getting reactions than providing yourself reasons to smile. Forget what others are doing and concentrate on maximizing the role of easy pleasures.
Keep a tight lock on your door or on any entrance into your inner-sanctum. Say no to someone, and give yourself the attention they’d otherwise monopolize. Moderate the intensity of romance to preserve its longer-term staying power. In your career, assert your best work/home boundaries while still applying yourself to the task at hand.
Don’t dismiss the relational deed of ‘making nice’ as any less critical than showing up for your shift. You gain social leverage and fortify partnerships by investing in your supposedly ‘inconsequential’ exchanges. Specifically, be meticulous and intentional in your word choice. Also retain a firm grip over the discursive tone to ‘control your message.’
You are responsible for looking after your own economic stakes, though it might require you to forestall, moderate or gradually roll out what you’d most like to do. Keep careful track of your coins, and make sure every expenditure counts toward realizing your happiness. Fiscal responsibility is a vehicle for concretely manifesting the life you really want.
Say what you think, frankly share your anxieties, ask questions, and give explicit props to those who deserve acknowledgment. Should you try to dodge matters, read between the lines, or passive-aggressively jockey against competent colleagues, you’ll obliquely invite a discordant undertow into otherwise smooth waters. Open yourself up.
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Keep most everyone at arm’s-length distance, but do so politely. Effectively keep up expected appearances, but ride out your current limbo now before re-emerging with a renewed sense of possibility, promise, and wonder. Reserve ample psychic space to stay under wraps for a bit longer. Meanwhile, smile pretty and nod your head.
You’ll want to be at once diplomatically accommodating and gently protective of your personal stake. This balancing act demands a delicate touch. Combine an overall easygoing agreeability with the periodic interjection of a question, concern, exception or analysis. Better to say something, though maybe not everything.
Your choices and actions now will have a more lasting effect than at other times. Powerful stakeholders and influential characters are watching your every move, providing far less room for tactical errors or gaffes. Balance courageous forward momentum with a capable handle on the myriad nutsand-bolts specifics.
Stay confidently aimed in the proper direction, no matter what doubt-implying responses you receive from folks who don’t yet ‘get it.’ Sound logic backs your vision, but it won’t match antagonistic voices. Take a faith-based leap. Grounded in your pragmatic ethics and a functional understanding, the future gets increasingly brighter.
Involving yourself more deeply in an intimate friendship, romantic liaison or collaboration could risk ability to play the field, straddle the fence, or stay. Just stay aware of the tradeoff as you overhaul your social network. Close a few doors. Move toward a promising opportunity and away from a stale circumstance.
Frankly discuss your current life-circumstances with trusted allies. You’re not beholden to strictly heed their guidance, but you’ll benefit from the conversations. Allow others to inspire, encourage, appease and awaken you, but steer clear of baring your soul to bosses, VIPs or authority figures, or parental-types who hold their own biases.
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Ugh. Your telling me that you have ED kills the moment!
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Thank you for your enlightened opinion on politics. I'll consider it when you get a job and move out of your mother's basement. A Showpony or a Workhorse! That’s an easy choice for an election, but maybe not for a gay bar manager.
Living with your boyfriends mom and being the only one in the house with a job doesn't count as successful.
You pretended to be First Class but in the end you were just 34B with too much luggage. #sideye
When I tried to keep you as a friend, it was about my own integrity. When you ruined that chance, it was about yours.
The reason all of the "biggest whores" are in relationships is they aren't bitchy cunts like you are.
Maybe you should stop going back and forth between your ex and the rebound guy. Shit on a new guys dick for once.
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Come at me with your thoughts and prayers without any action one. more. time.