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SF: “Rubber: Gear and Kink” with Rick Holte and Seven Mitchell

Leathermen’s Discussion Group Announcement:

“Rubber: Gear and Kink” with Rick Holte and Seven Mitchell

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Mr S. Playspace, 385A Eighth Street

The coordinators of Rubbermen of San Francisco join us for a discussion and demonstration of rubber as gear and as kink:

Kinds of rubber and how to buy it
The care and feeding of rubber and how to store it
Tears, repairs, and how do I get this on?
Playing with rubber
Rubber bondage!

LDG programs start promptly at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 7:00 and close at 8:00 pm.

Leather, gear, fetish wear, even nudity always encouraged, never required. No admission charge. Open to all adults.

Most LDG programs are video-recorded. Ample seating is provided out of camera range.

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RT @leatherarchives: photograp…

RT @leatherarchives: photographer Bruce LaBruce ignites fury in Spain with “Obscenity” http://t.co/43wdbPb3

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http://t.co/6VvG02Rg PSA with …

http://t.co/6VvG02Rg PSA with a solid msg & direction that speaks to many. #dhcx #hs158s12 http://t.co/MUJIJWWL

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How friggen stupid. RT @wicked…

How friggen stupid. RT @wickedgayblog: Groupon Gets Hate Mail Over Charitable Safe-Sex Campaign For Boston LGBT http://t.co/EPUGp8vj

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Eating Right with Nelson Vergel on www.positivelyaware.com

Had a chance to read this well written piece today on HIV and Food on another list I follow and thoughts I would share the link over at Positively Aware. I agree with Nelson – much of the content is useful to over all fit health – but more so with those with additional health concerns as well. (More on Nelson at www.nelsonvergel.com)

Living with a chronic illness like HIV can present certain nutritional challenges. Without effective HIV medication treatment, replicating virus can tax the body, destroying lean body mass and impairing immune function and quality of life.1, 2

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Hitting the digital bricks this week. X

Heading off to Orlando to check out the DHCX conference info

Then on to see pals and our new “Live Fit” contributor in Fort Lauderdale…

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Next stop DHCX http://t.co/Aon…

Next stop DHCX http://t.co/AonXPbxM

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Kingdom Cakes knocked it out o…

Kingdom Cakes knocked it out of the park with its mini’s tonight! http://t.co/Yas9TidO

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The Gay Male Couple’s Guide to Nonmonogamy

One Advocate.com more recent post was a guide for those of us who prefer the concept of non monogamy or open relationships – which in fact differs from from the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” philosophy which some couples adapt. Written by Daniel Vaillancourt – it serves up plenty of food for thought..

Now someone needs to write one on for the nasty queens who have determined that being single gives a person a right to be a cunt online and snark at men in open relationships who use social network sites such as Manhunt, Grindr and Scruff to name but a few – which by the way you stupid fucks IS NOT the same as using dating one – so get off your high horse before you snark at men who openly say they are partnered and looking.

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46th Annual SF Bay Area Leather Community Awards – Cast Your Vote

The 46th Annual SF Bay Area Leather Community Awards dinner, produced by the Leather Alliance, will be held on Friday, March 2, 2012. Local community members may cast their votes for the awards until midnight Saturday, February 11th. Find the voting ballot here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/46TH_LTHR_AWARDS

The 46th Annual SF Bay Area Leather Community Awards Dinner, produced by the Leather Alliance, will be held on Friday, March 2,2012. The 2011 Awards Dinner and the Mr SF
Leather Contest are part of the “Leather Alliance Weekend 2012″.

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Been a while since you had you…

Been a while since you had you equipment checked? Free HIV/STD testing at Gold’s Gym-Castro February 8th (5:30-8:30)

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SAN FRANCISCO’S CASTRO DISTRICT HOSTS AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT | Seasons of Pride

To occur during the week of Valentine’s Day, this free exhibition will honor those loved and lost over the past three decades.

January 26, 2012 – San Francisco, CA – Courtesy of Under One Roof (www.underoneroof.org), the NAMES Project Foundation (www.aidsquilt.org), the AIDS Emergency Fund (www.aef-sf.org), and San Francisco businessman Petyr Kane, sections of the renowned AIDS Memorial Quilt will be shown at various locations in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood the week of February 12 – 20, 2012.

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How AIDS Was Branded: Looking Back at ACT UP Design

Steven Heller | Jan 12, 2012
A conversation with a member of Gran Fury, the “propaganda wing” of the early AIDS-awareness movement

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From the collection of Larry Townsend

Hot Hard Gay Erotica! SF’s Center for Sex and Culture presents: “From the Collection of Larry Townsend”

Artist: “Macbeth” from the collection of Larry Townsend

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Curing Pornophobia; How Watching Pornography Can Change Your Life

Curing Pornophobia; How Watching Pornography Can Change Your Life
Published on January 22, 2012 by Stanley Siegel, LCSW in Intelligent Lust

This interesting article was posting on the Psychology Today website Blog and has a particular spin that I think captures great content for dialogue, debate and discussion.

Excerpt:
The great majority of us watch pornography. Nearly 87 per cent of men and 76 per cent of woman are said to have visited adult entertainment sites. In fact, pornography drives the economy of the Internet and our appetite for it has led to Internet innovation.
That sex sells is hardly a startling discovery. But what attracts us to pornography, and why as a culture we demonize it, might be.

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St. James Infirmary does it again with style for Sex Workers.

The Bay Area’s St. James Infirmary (http://stjamesinfirmary.org/) is one of my favorite pro-sex non-profits in San Francisco is one I served on as both a board member and as a volunteer over the years. In October they launched a new campaign that encourages people too look at Sex Workers and the stereotypes that people often assign to them.

The campaign itself is built on a series of posters with a diverse and often surprising representation of folks.

If you have extra $$ to donate to this truly great program – they are definitely are a deserving group.

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Shit Bears Say…

Now we all have a schtick.. and those that like to feel the Bear” corners the market on the natural man’s arena do too.. this camera across my laptop this week and I think it captures it so well. They guys behind it definitely have an opinion on life..

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Introducing the Newest Category; Art-In-Motion

We’ve have an incredible amount of creativity and talent among gay men. Some rough and growing, some experienced. But I though it would be cool to create a open space for guys to share what they do. My Pal Max, prompted this idea when we were having coffee recently and I saw his excitement about merging his sketches with digital tools like the iPad. Heres on of several of his I hope to see him share along with other emerging gay talent who want a place to share.

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Bear Explosion – British Bears given us a laugh

Love the fact that these cuties can see some humor in life and have some fun with it. Sometimes its good to exhale…

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Jonny McGovern “Take Me To St. Olaf (A Song For Rose)” from “SONGS ABOUT THE GOLDEN GIRLS

Sometimes we need a little Rose in outlives…

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