Monday 11.23.15
Hi, Christian

Meet Christian! He’s a 23 year old Georgia peach. We asked him about his first sexual experience and he told us that he was “extremely sexual with girls in my early youth. Kissed dozens.” But, fear not queens “girls are not my thing. I never, ever would cum with a chick.” Females aside, Christian says he’s liked boys for as long as he can remember, “probably about six or seven. I remember having fantasies about the male Real World cast members as a kid.” It’s here we must stop and acknowledge that Davis from the Real World Denver was a total twunk. He for sure could have been a Sean Cody model back in 2007; hopefully this was who Christian was fantasizing about, and not that queen Tyler… but at 19 Christian had his first sexual experience with a boy, and lost his virginity to his then boyfriend, at 20. Christian was slow to embrace his own sexuality, saying that he always fought it, but experiencing monogamy with another man opened his eyes. “Once I fell in love, it was like a brick wall. I had to face it and be honest with myself. It was a very passionate experience.”
Christian went to school for communications but hopes to someday work in music. “My dream career would be working as A&R for a record label. Working with artists would be a dream.” He also collects vinyl and loves to frequent record stores. With that being said, it’s not surprising that Christian likes a man who can talk about art and music, “Muscles are nice, but good music taste is even better.” …

City of Lost Souls
Screening and Talk with Juliet Jacques

In Rosa Von Praunheim’s 1983 trans musical spectacular “City of Lost Souls,” iconic Jayne County says, “I don’t want to move to Australia and sell my diamond rings. I’m going to move in with a Reagan and go out with a bang!” (I imagine this is something our beloved Tom said too, when he left Australia for Manhattan, but more on this later).
County’s brush upon Reagan is just one stand out moment of a monologue that is quotable from beginning to end. The culminating line is, “I want to be the one to push the button!” If you haven’t felt like that at some point in your life then you’re basic! County gives a sermon and it’s best you sit up straight and listen up. But anyway, in all seriousness, tonight, Union Docs is screening Praunheim’s film that “captures a unique position within the development of transgender theory.” Juliet Jacques, author of Trans: A Memoir “will discuss how City of Lost Souls has inspired her writing and her process of creating trans art that faithfully documents the messiness of her experience, subverting the transition genre designed for the cis-gaze.”
“At the time it was released, City of Lost Souls was criticized for its messy storyline. Jacques argues that the film has aged remarkably well; in fact it’s flawed or Warholian insistence on character and improvisation forever preserved a nuanced exploration of the alienation that comes with being a gender or sexual minority. It’s fascinating to see the debates in which they worked out their gender identities staged before online communities, transgender-specific fanzines or Queer/Transgender Studies courses — all crucial to the development of organized transgender politics,” Jacques wrote in her review of the film.” …

Wednesday 11.18.15
George Platt Llynes: A Life in Portraits By Allen Ellenzweig

Before Robert Mapplethorpe there was George Platt Lynes. Born in East Orange, New Jersey Lynes quickly became recognized as one of the most revolutionary photographers of the early 20th century. Despite contributing to renown publications such as Vogue and Bazaar, he is primarily known for his photographs of male nudes. Characterized by their homoerotic quality and formal beauty, these photographs are truly stunning and captivating.
Lucky for you the The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art will be hosting an event tonight, November 18, celebrating Lynes’ work. Allen Ellenzweig, author of The Homoerotic Photograph, will be leading a presentation about the incredible life and times of George Platt Lynes. You will get a chance to see several of the amazing photographs taken by the artist, including his images for the New York City Ballet and his Surrealism inspired images, while also listening to a brilliant commentary about the artist’s work as a whole.
FREE, 6:00PM-8:00PM, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, 26 Wooster St. NY, NY.
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