Queer Clicks: August 8, 2016 | ‘The Gay Beards’ Demystify Their Enduring Friendship, Life, Love And Exhibitionism Captured In This Photo Series, & Other News

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‘The Gay Beards’ Demystify Their Enduring Friendship

“Brian Delaurenti and Johnathan Dahl, better known as The Gay Beards, have been best friends ever since they met at the age of 8. “Something between us just very much clicked and from that day forward, we’ve been practically inseparable,” Delaurenti explained.” NBC News

Life, Love And Exhibitionism Captured In This Photo Series

“My personal work is just a document of my life,” photographer Tommy Ga-Ken Wan tells Queerty. “The men who appear in those photographs are people who have featured in my life: friends, lovers, people I met one time at a party. I’ve never been shy about documenting and sharing those aspects.” Queerty

Inside a Fetish Kennel in Upstate New York

“When I met Pup Scrubs at the Cleveland Leather Annual Weekend (CLAW), he was non-verbal, only speaking in barks, and he sported full football pads as well as a custom-made sports jersey that read “Raptor Pups” on the front and “Pup Scrubs” on the back. At the convention, the pup carried a dog bed stuffed with plush toys, and I saw him curled up for a dognap during one of the lectures at the event.” Vice.com

Kinky Photos Chronicle The Men Who Dress Up As Sex Dolls

“Most human beings can empathize with the visceral urge to disguise oneself, temporarily transforming into another person, being or thing. The simple act of wearing a mask, for example, can cast out the responsibilities and expectations that ordinarily govern us, even if only for a brief period. Under the protection and liberation of a mask, we are free.” Huffington Posts