Photographer and friend of Harvey Milk, Dan Nicoletta recently went through his personal archives for eastvillageboys.com (site NSFW) to share some less-publicized photos and stories. Some of the scenes in the photos may look familiar to those who have seen the recent (and Oscar-nominated) Gus Van Sant film. The captions are from the collection of photographs, by Dan Nicoletta.
"San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade, June 1980, from then Mayor Feinstein’s balcony. (1982 brought the addition of “Lesbian” to the name of the event, and 1997 saw the addition of “Bisexuals” and “Transgender”.)"
" The legendary North Beach Black Cat Bar performer Jose Sarria, Supervisor Harvey Milk and beloved drag Diva Mavis at the Emperor and Empress Coronation Drag Ball, October 28, 1978."
See more… at East Village Boys / DAN NICOLETTA: HARVEY MILK AND THE CASTRO OF THE 70S.
The Queer Zine Archive Project receives queer and LGBT ‘zines’ from around the U.S. The ‘zines are available to download as PDF files. Amazing.
The Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) was first launched in November 2003 in an effort to preserve queer zines and make them available to other queers, researchers, historians, punks, and anyone else who has an interest DIY publishing and underground queer communities.
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project
Writer and recovering sex-addict, Benoit Denizet-Lewis recently penned a column in the New York Times, citing anecdotes from his new tell-all book, “America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life” (Simon & Schuster). His exploits might make your “addiction” to pad thai or Rock Band 2 seem rather trivial:
“Later that night, when it was clear that Mike again wasn’t coming, I called Travis from the grocery store parking lot and drove to his place. “You’re hot!” he blurted out, clearly drunk as he invited me inside, informing me that his boyfriend wouldn’t be back until morning.
His boyfriend? I was in no position to pass judgment, but for some reason this news sparked an unwelcome tidal wave of clarity: I had skipped my friend’s wedding and driven more than two hours to hook up with a drunk stranger who was cheating on his boyfriend. I felt disgusted and ashamed. But I had sex with him anyway.
As I sped home, I wanted to cry. What was happening to me? Why couldn’t I stop chasing sex, no matter the consequences? To make myself feel better, I called Mike. He answered, offered a convoluted excuse involving flat tires and dead cellphone batteries, and then we had phone sex. When we were done, I considered driving my car off a cliff.”
via Modern Love - Facing My Obsession, in the Flesh - NYTimes.com.
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