Queer Clicks: May 15, 2017 | A Fascinating Look Inside London’s Secret Gay Past, Here’s Some New Gay Slang And Terminology To Brighten Your Sunday, & Other News
A Fascinating Look Inside London’s Secret Gay Past
“Obviously, gay people have existed since the beginning of time. But little is known about just what it was like to be homosexual 100 or 300 or 500 or 1000+ years ago. Until now.
Peter Ackroyd’s latest book Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day offers up some surprising revelations about London’s secret gay past dating all the way back to the Roman age.” Queerty
Here’s Some New Gay Slang And Terminology To Brighten Your Sunday
“Even in the era of eggplant and peach emojis, Justin Sayre wants to keep gay speech and slang alive.
In his latest video for HuffPost Queer Voices, Sayre teams up with fellow writer-performer Ben Rimalower to introduce some new, cheeky gay terminology to spice up your everyday vocabulary. Sorry, folks ― these phrases aren’t for kids. You’ll never look at “Mulan,” Dropbox, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds the same way again.” Huffington Post
Get Slammed In The Eyes By The Chuck Tingle Adult Coloring Book
“The poet Keats once wrote, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty–that is all/Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” Perhaps he wrote those lines for such an occasion. Even if he didn’t, let’s say he did, because a) he’s been dead for almost two centuries so can’t say much about it and b) the Chuck Tingle coloring book is surely more than worthy.” Nerdist
#GuysThatGive: Male Models Get Cut For A Good Cause
“Ammon Carver Studio, a hybrid hair and photography studio in New York’s herstoric Chelsea gayborhood, rounded up some of the biggest and square-jawiest male models for their new #GuysThatGive campaign. The campaign benefits the studio’s larger Walk the Walk intiaitive, a collective of hairdressers and nonprofits aiming to help their local communities and beyond—from haircuts for the homeless of NYC to providing educational tools to children in Mumbai.” Out
