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Backpacking through Europe
One of my fondest and most memorable trips was backpacking through Europe after I graduated from college in the early 1990s. The trip was my first time traveling abroad, and I remember thinking of it as a grand adventure. I had no idea what to expect but the trip exceeded my wildest dreams and gave me the travel bug.
My parents took this photo of me at Boston’s Logan Airport just before I boarded my flight. When I look at this photo of 22 year old me, I can’t help but smile and think about how amazing that trip was and how much I learned. Although I absolutely fell in love with Europe and traveling, I wouldn’t travel abroad again until I met Sergio in my late 20s. Sergio’s love of travel was one of the reasons we initially connected. When I met him he worked for United Airlines which allowed us to travel frequently.
Sadly, we’ve not been back to Europe since 2016 when we visited Portugal but hopefully we can rectify that soon after this pandemic.
Vintage gay
This week’s photo dates back to 1984 and depicts Ian and Pavlik in London. The photo taken by Sunil Gupta is part of his series Lovers: Ten Years On at the Tate Gallery collection. You can learn more about Gupta’s series as well as Ian and Pavlik, here.
I dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical time where being true to yourself and loving who you want wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like tose share? Email me at bosguymail@gmail.com.
This week on Instagram: gayblacktravel
This week I’m featuring an Instagram account that encourages black men to share their travel photos. The inability to travel outside of New England due to the coronavirus has been tough and seeing photos like the one shared above from Sao Paulo Pride in Brazil reminds me how much I miss traveling.
Until I can safely travel, I’ll be eyeing this and other travel accounts on Instagram to live vicariously through those images. Check out this account and let me know what you think.
You can follow this week’s featured account on Instagram here, and you can check out previously featured IG accounts here.
Caption this photo
Hopefully the caption I’ve shared below inspires you to offer up a caption or two of your own. Leave a funny caption as a comment for this post, and I’ll approve it for readers to enjoy.
“If gay men ran the WWF”
I see a blue wave coming
Updated 12:00 am Wednesday, November 4
The “Blue Wave” seems more like a ripple at this point. Election results in several states won’t be known tonight and it looks as if the Senate will remain in control of the Republican Party.
I don’t think I’m being overly dramatic when I say the world’s attention on COVID-19 has temporarily abated to watch Americans go to the polls today. There is a feeling that everyone’s fate is tied to the results of this election.
Having said that, I’m optimistic about the election for two reasons. First, you either believe in polling or you don’t. I subscribe to the fact that no poll is perfect but in aggregate they can show trends and the “Blue Wall” states Trump barely won in 2016 (Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin) have shown a remarkably consistent lead for Biden since the summer. It is true that polls failed to properly represent voters without a college degree in 2016, but I believe reputable polling companies have corrected this oversight and greater scrutiny has been given to these Blue Wall states.
Second, it’s about the compelling demographics. Biden appears to be doing far better than Hillary Clinton with groups like suburban and older voters, putting Trump on the defensive in states he won in 2016 like Arizona, Florida and North Carolina. Additionally, Gen-Z voters are participating in record numbers and 65% of them support Biden.
There is evidence of Trump doing better with Cubans and Venzuelans in southern Florida but little is mentioned about the 850,000+ Puerto Ricans who can vote and mostly live in central Florida or the millions of Mexican-Americans living in states like Arizona and Texas.
I can understand Biden voters being skittish after Trump’s surprise win in 2016 but this ain’t 2016 and Biden is not Clinton. I’ll be the first to admit I could be wrong, but I see a blue wave coming. The only question in my mind is, how big will that wave be and who will be swept away by it?
Temptation Tuesday
I think I’ll just refer to this week’s post as denim dreams. Are you tempted?
Men in kilts
This is more of a post for a queen than a guy in a kilt but either way it represents readers of this blog. Next week I promise more mancandy. 😉
Monday morning mancandy
This guy’s long torso is so well defined it will certainly distract you from the fact that it is sadly Monday morning all over again. Hope you have a great week.
Where to vote in Boston
If you are a registered voter in Boston and you have not participated in early voting or by mail-in ballot, please make time on Tuesday, November 3rd to get to the polls. If you are a first time voter, new to the area or cannot remember where to vote, I’ve got you covered.
Click here to learn where to vote in Boston on November 3rd
In addition to voting for your candidate, Massachusetts has two state-wide ballot initiatives that you will be asked to vote for in this election.
Massachusetts Question 1, “Right to Repair Law” Vehicle Data Access Requirement Initiative
A “yes” vote supports requiring manufacturers that sell vehicles with telematics systems in Massachusetts to equip them with a standardized open data platform beginning with model year 2022 that vehicle owners and independent repair facilities may access to retrieve mechanical data and run diagnostics through a mobile-based application.
A “no” vote opposes requiring vehicles beginning with model year 2022 to be equipped with a standardized open data platform that vehicle owners and independent repair facilities may access to retrieve mechanical data and run diagnostics through a mobile-based application, thereby maintaining that vehicle owners and independent repair facilities may access mechanical and diagnostic data through a personal computer.
You have to flip your ballot over to read and vote on Question 2.
Massachusetts Question 2, Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative
A “yes” vote supports enacting ranked-choice voting (RCV) for primary and general elections for state executive officials, state legislators, federal congressional and senate seats, and certain county offices beginning in 2022.
A “no” vote opposes changing the existing plurality voting system to ranked-choice voting for primary and general elections for state executive officials, state legislators, federal congressional and senate seats, and county offices.
For what it is worth, I plan on voting YES for both Question 1 and 2, but regardless of whether we agree or not, I’d like to encourage everyone to make sure they vote.
Halloween humor
Maybe this will only make sense to my Italian-American friends.
Saturday morning coffee
Enjoy your morning cup of joe (or whatever you want to call him).
Saturday morning comics
ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about Adam and Andy and purchase a copy of “the definitive collection of Adam and Andy” by visiting, adamandandy.com.
Click on this week’s comic strip to enlarge
Click here if you would like to see the previous Adam & Andy
First snow
Boston’s first snow came surprisingly early this year. Typically snowfall doesn’t start until December but this year it looks like Mother Nature is feeling lonely and trying to cozy up to Ol’ Man Winter.
I took the photo of Union Park in Boston’s South End to capture how beautiful it looked. I forgot how quiet the city gets during a snowfall.
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