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Men will be men: Public sex from the Tuileries to the Fenway

homoeroticLater this month The History Project’s Out in Public lecture series will host its first event when they discuss the uniquely gay phenomenon  (and somewhat taboo subject) of “cruising”. How did this evolve over time and what can we learn about the men who turned to the public parks of Paris three centuries ago?

This lecture by Stephen Shapiro of Bennington College and Marvin Kabakoff of The History Project will share some of their stories and provide an informative and engaging presentation on the evolution of men’s subterranean sexual activity. Click here to learn more about the Boston-based The History Project.

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Tuileries, Paris, 18th Century

When: Tuesday, March 28th at 6:30PM
Where: Fenway Health – 1340 Boylston Street (10th Floor), Boston

While the event is free and open to the public, seating is limited so reservations are strongly recommended. Reserve your tickets here.

Movie night at Club Cafe: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane

bette davis, joan crawfordTonight is movie night at Club Cafe and host Christopher Nash will be showing What Ever Happened to Baby Jane.

The 1962 film about two aging sisters – one a has-been child star, the other a Hollywood actress whose career was ruined when an accident left her in a wheelchair – live in a dilapidated mansion.

Check out this Academy Award winning Hollywood classic film starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, starting at 6:30PM. For more details link here.

Temptation Tuesday

handsome, hunk abs for daysThis guy has the torso I’ve always dreamt of having but never quite achieved.

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Deadpool 2 trailer has Ryan Reynolds getting a little cheeky

2017 Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year, Ryan Reynolds, gets a little cheeky in this Deadpool 2 trailer that came out over the weekend. Just a heads up that the movie teaser is a little NSFW due to some skin on glass action and swearing.

Deadpool 2 is currently scheduled for release in one year, March 2018. Hopefully future movie teasers will be equally cheeky.

Men in kilts

handsome, hunk, shirtless guyI want to thank my friend and fellow blogger Brenton from Aussielicious for sharing a Buzzfeed post from February, 19 Guys in Kilts Who Just Want You To Know They Are Here If You Need AnythingI’ve included one of my favorite photos from the article in this week’s post.

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What to do this week: March 6-12

Fenway Health Men's Event

Fenway Health Men’s Event is Saturday, March 11, 2017

What to do this week: March 6th – 12th

Men’s Mary Monday Mandarin Meetup is a social group for gay men who will get together at 6:30PM at Mary Chung Restaurant in Cambridge

Boston Gay Men’s Book Club meets to discuss Sphinx – Garréta on Monday, March 6 starting at 7PM at the Trident Bookseller’s Cafe in Boston

Drag Bingo is every Monday starting at 7PM free to play at Club Cafe in Boston

Beantown Soft-Tip Dart league spring season is Monday, March 6 at Cathedral Station in Boston

One of the best cheap eats options in the Boston if you can get a seat. Every Tuesday starting at 5PM

Awesome cheap eats option if you can get a seat. Every Tuesday starting at 5PM

Taco Tuesday is a fun way to socialize and eat on the cheap in the South End; first come, first serve – hosted every Tuesday at Tremont 647 in Boston

Karaoke Night starts at 10PM every Tuesday at Jacques in Boston

Showtune Tuesday hosted by VJ Ryan Grow starts at 9PM every Tuesday at dbar in Dorchester

Geek Trivia is guaranteed fun and has lots of prizes (trivia starts at 8PM) hosted every Tuesday at Club Cafe in Boston

November Project: Stair workout at Harvard takes place at the Harvard Stadium from 6:30-7:30AM every Wednesday in Boston

Sting comes to Boston for one show only this week

Sting comes to Boston for one show only this week on March 8th

Sting is performing at The House of Blues on Wednesday, March 8 in Boston

BAGLY Development Social is a free social that will take place at the Milky Way Lounge starting at 7PM on Thursday, March 9 in Jamaica Plain

Karaoke Thursdays is every Thursday at Machine with Rob Botelho and  Emphysema Menthol 100s in Boston

Detention Thursdays! is hosted every Thursday starting at 9PM with shows at 10:30 & 11:45PM – No Cover – at EGO in Providence

Turnt! Thursday is hosted every Thursday starting at 10PM at Peggy O’Neil’s in Dorchester

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Friday, March 10 is opening night for Topdog / Underdog directed by Billy Porter

Topdog/Underdog directed by Billy Porter has its opening night at the Huntington Theater on Friday, March 10 in Boston

Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders every Friday starting at 6PM in Somerville

Billiards Tournament is hosted each Friday starting at 7PM at Mainestreet in Ogunquit

Controversy is a LGBT Hip-Hop & Reggae party starting at 10PM upstairs at Machine with DJs Begbick in Boston

FUZZ is a monthly gay dance party with DJ Brent Covington and DJ Taffy at Pi Alley in DTX on Friday, March 10 in Boston

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Come to 6B Lounge dressed as your favorite Clueless hero (you may win a prize)

A Very Clueless 90s plays your favorite 90s music: come dressed as your favorite Clueless hero (you may win a prize) Friday, March 10 at 6B Lounge in Boston 

Twerk Fridays at is an 18+ night at Ego in Providence

The Coolidge After Midnight: Shogun Assassin shows at The Coolidge Theater starting at 11:59PM on Friday, March 10 in Brookline

Jocktion 2017 is party hosted by Mr New England Leather to benefit AIDS Care Ocean State at the Providence Eagle Saturday, March 11 in Providence

Fenway Health Men’s Event will gather 1,300+ gay men and their allies for one of Boston’s largest LGBTQ fundraisers on Saturday, March 11 in Boston

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The biggest gay dance party in Boston is across the river in Cambridge at Paradise

Saga Saturdays Boston’s biggest gay dance party on Saturday, March 11 is at Paradise in Cambridge

So Hot Saturdaes is Boston’s no-attitude gay dance party hosted every Saturday at Peggy O’Neil’s in Dorchester

UNITE Saturdays is the weekly dance party at Club Cafe with DJ Susan Esthera in Boston

The Coolidge After Midnight: Lady Snowblood 2 shows at The Coolidge starting at 11:59PM on Saturday, February 11 in Brookline

Boston Touch, Tantra, Massage & Intimacy for Men workshop requires registering to attend the Sunday, March 12 session in Watertown

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Great music starts at 5PM for Boston’s weekly Tea Dance

Back 2 Basics Tea Dance never has a cover and always has great music from 70s 80s & 90s, starting at 5PM no cover every Sunday at Club Cafe in Boston

Shambhala LGBT Meditation Group is every Sunday from 7-9PM in Brookline

Pajama Party is a weekly dance party hosted every Sunday starting at 10PM at Machine in Boston

Drag Race’s Charlie Hides comes to Candi Bar on Sunday, March 12 in Boston

Send me information about your upcoming programs and events in my blog’s comment section or message me the details on Facebook.

Nearly 1,000 new residential units approved for South End

south end real estateThis past week the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved two more real estate projects in the South End’s SoWa district that combined will result in bringing more than 970 new residential units to Harrison Ave.

The first and larger development is The Harrison Albany Block, (shown above from Albany Street), it will include 650 residential units and span from Harrison Avenue to Albany Street between East Canton and East Dedham streets.

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Aerial view of The Harrison Albany block

The large development will include three levels of below grade parking garage, 29,000 square feet of publicly accessible open space and 65 affordable units (with some designated specifically for working artists). In addition, the developers will pay into a BPDA fund to purchase or subsidize another 65 units someplace else. Originally proposed as a 710 unit development back in the fall of 2015 modest reductions were made in response to neighborhood concerns.

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370-380 Harrison Avenue

The second residential complex approved by the BPDA this past week is for the 370-380 Harrison project, which will include 92 condos and 232 apartments that will be built on the site of the former Quinzani Bakery and Ho Kong Bean Sprout Co. next to the Ink Block. The developer has committed to ensuring at least 20% of the units will be marketed as affordable.

Similar to the Harrison Albany Block, the 370-380 Harrison Ave. project has scaled back slightly from the original proposal shared last March, which initially proposed 280 residential units. It is unclear if their original proposal of including 180 parking spaces and commercial space were changed.

Grab Your Wallet

donald-trumpI was talking to my brother last week and we both agreed that one good thing that has resulted from a Trump presidency is a political activism that neither of us have seen or felt before. A great example of this is Grab Your Wallet, which got a nice shout out from last week’s Sunday New York Times.

Grab Your Wallet has organized like-minded individuals to reach out to specific contacts at key retailers where the Trump brand is sold. Last month Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus removed Ivanka Trump’s name from their websites and employees at T.J. Maxx and Marshalls were instructed not to display her products and remove signage with her name on it. Grab Your Wallet was not cited by these retailers by name when they indicated sales had dropped, but it is hard to imagine all those letters and calls didn’t rattle retailers.

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Grab Your Wallet website now includes a list of places to consider boycotting as well as a short script if you want to voice your concerns. With as many as 32,000 people visiting the website an hour, Grab Your Wallet is one of many grassroots organizations affecting change and it has the attention of the White House as Kellyanne Conway proved when she tried to prop up Ivanka’s brand by illegally hawking Ivanka Trump’s products after it was dropped by Nordstrom.

Sample letter or call you can make from Grab Your Wallet
Hi I am a customer of [Insert Retailer’s Name]. Unfortunately, I can no longer do business with your company because it does business with the Trump family. If your company were to no longer do business with the Trump family I would enthusiastically return as a customer. Please communicate my feedback to management.

If you’d like to see what organizations are recommended to boycott and get personal email addresses or phone numbers of key contacts at those organizations to let your voice be heard, visit: grabyourwallet.org

If you’d like to read the full article, which inspired me to write this post visit, The Anti-Trump Activist Taking on Trump

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UPDATE: I would encourage everyone to reach out to retailers, because they are taking note (see my correspondence with LL Bean below). I’m convinced that Donald Trump cares more about his brand than anything else. Boycotting those who do business with the Trump family sends a very direct and personal message to the president.

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Scruffy Sunday

blue, man in bed, hairy man in bedI think that blue is my new favorite color.

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Boston Gay Men’s Chorus presents “Let’s Hear It for the Boys”

The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) next performance, Let’s Hear It for the Boys, is a raucous revue saluting the music from some of your favorite boy bands and pop musicians. Performances start later this month on Saturday, March 18 at 8 pm and Sunday, March 19 at 3 pm at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston. Tickets are available at www.bgmc.org.

Saturday morning coffee

underwear, coffee, handsome manHere is a dash of sexy to add with your morning cup of coffee.

Saturday morning comic: Adam and Andy

gay comic, gay cartoonClick on the comic strip to enlarge

ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about this strip by visiting, adamandandy.com.  To see previous Adam and Andy cartoons link here.

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absEnjoy the weekend and thanks for stopping by to check out my blog.

Leadership envy: Justin Trudeau

justin-trudeau-canadian-prime-ministerIt is human nature to be drawn to those we find attractive. Typically attraction will wax or wane as you learn more about an individual.

Since his election to office, I’ve found my interest and attraction in Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has continued to grow. He seems to share many of the values I admired in President Obama and miss in our current president.

For those of you who may also be developing a crush on this Prime Minister to the north, I wanted to share a recent post on Unicorn Booty of some new photos of Trudeau when he was younger – enjoy.

Furry Friday

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