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The Stonewall Inn: The Gay Ground Zero
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Jun 29, 2009 5:58 pm
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This afternoon I and some friends made a spontaneous stop at a world famous place in the West Village section of Manhattan. It's located halfway down Christopher Street from 6th Avenue to the Hudson River.
The place is the Stonewall Inn. site of the riots that, for all intents and purposes, began the Gay Pride movement worldwide.
The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar, a dive that catered to drag queens, hustlers and even gay mafiosi (who ran the place). At 1:30 in the morning on June 28th, 1969 the cops made another one of their standard raids, pretending to ask for the liquor license they knew the owners didn't have.
They actually used to arrest drag queens because cross dressing was illegal back then. But that night it was a group made up mostly of young fem boys that had had enough. A bull dike was resisting arrest, and that ignited the fury in these boys who started throwing rocks and hollering at the police. They even used NY parking meters as battering rams. Soon the police were overwhelmed by the shear volume of rioters.
What had once been easy pickings for the cops; They used to steal the cash register of the place, harass and bully the customers figuring all the gays would not want to out themselves by publically complaining.
But because of the melee, dozens of newspaper and television reporters were attracted to scene.
And the rest is history.
Around the world, cities and towns now have Pride Day, Gay Pride Week, Gay Pride Month, Christopher Street Day or CSD and even the White House sponsored a gay pride ball this week for the first time.
I'll bet most people, even most New Yorkers straight or gay, don't know how and where that all started and why we celebrate it all at the end of June every year.
It's amazing for me to believe that there was once a time where gays, who feared getting busted in parks or tea rooms, or risking a busted lip (or worse) when flirting in a straight locale, were nevertheless harassed and humiliated in their own gay establishments.
But wait! Some of that still continues. Even in America, Even in Europe where gay bars are still only found in whore house districts or in hidden alleys.
We've come a long way, but we still have a way to go.
The Stonewall Inn has been recently renovated. It basically looks like almost any bar, gay or straight. But it's still worth seeing if you're in New York. Greenwich Village itself is a definite must for any gay visitor to the Big Apple.
It's where WE outnumber THEM, and by a lot. lol
I once asked why Greenwich Village is gay. For the answer you have to look way back in history to the 17th century. In New Amsterdam, the Dutch banished misfits, lepers and other undesirables to a village north of the old wall (now Wall St.). Even the deposed Dutch Governor, Peter Stuyvesant was banished there once the English took over. You can see his grave in the East Village. Through the years, artists, writers and poets found refuge there. They were and are known for more liberal attitudes toward homosexuals.
Maybe because half of them are gay themselves. lol
You can still see where "The Village" was once on it's own. Instead of the common north, south, east ,west grid of streets, Greenwich Village is an almost European jumble of streets.
It's one of the few places on earth where you can give tongue to your boyfriend (or not your boyfriend) and no one cares.
If you take one message from this post it is this: God hath no fury like a pissed off twink.
Scroll down for more photos.
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This is a Joke!
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Jun 24, 2009 9:08 pm
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What do you call a gay dude who likes to eat arabic food?
A hummus sexual. 
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Where are the Posts? Where are the Voices?
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Jun 23, 2009 12:56 pm
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I find it fascinating how in a week where major events are taking place for all the world to see, not a word has been written here in the OP blogs, as far as I know, on the tragedy unfolding in Iran.
While the debate rages here on questions such as nationalized health care etc, and they are legitimate issues, it seems my friends on the left can't find a single line to waste on that particular calamity.
Yes, they can put a spotlight on all the so-called shortcomings of the U.S.A., all the human rights we supposedly violated, all the countries we invaded. We can discuss how we terrorize the terrorists in Guantanamo or at renditioned sites.
they can talk freely about so-called cooperate greed in America and which CEO flies which jet to where.
But they can't find the time to post a thing about real oppressive regimes like they have in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Most of my friends on the left are honest brokers. Although I disagree with guys like Newfinder and bondageboy and Maine on most issues, I see that they genuinely mean well however misguided their positions may be. They want what the feel is good for America.
A few on the left, on the far left, some of whom have peddled their vitriol on this site ever since I've been a member obviously do not wish my country well at all.
They may pontificate freely on why they believe the U.S.A. to be the bain of humanity, but what they're really saying is the only good American is a socialist American.
Where is the outrage over Tehran?
Maybe they are letting the grand anointed one, our president take the lead? After all, he did come out with condemning word over the events in Iran a week after it had started. Last week he said he wanted to avoid the appearance of "American meddling" in the current situation.
Maybe tomorrow Obama will write a sternly worded letter to the Ayatollah?
I'm sure to see how many on the left can show how incensed they are over the Iranian sham election and the brutal put down by that oppressive regime without blaming the U.S. for "meddling" back when the C.I.A. deposed a Soviet stooge for a Shah?
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The Joy of Flying
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Jun 20, 2009 10:19 am
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No, this is not a posting on joining the mile high club. lol
When the Boeing 747 first entered service in 1970, the airlines that flew it advertised it's luxury and spaciousness. They even had piano bars or luxury lounges where passengers could spend some time on long flights. Where are these piano bars and lounges now?
My grandfather who flew as a passenger in these planes explained to me, it's all economics. The airlines weren't going to waste valuable seating space on lounges etc... So the lounges didn't last long.
So what are we to think of the new Airbus 380 which is significantly larger than the old jumbo? The "Super Jumbo" is advertised to carry 525 passengers in the typical 3 class configuration with lounges, duty free shops and even a fitness center.
BULLSHIT!
This double decker can also cram 825 passengers in it's high density configuration. Guess which version we'll be seeing?
The Airbus 380's size also has other disadvantages. So far very few airports have been willing to spend the million required to reconfigure terminals to be able to allow passengers to board and de-plane a multi level aircraft. Also, there are far fewer airports with the proper runway length worldwide. This means the Airbus can only be used as a main hub carrier and many more passengers will have to connect to other flights to get to their final destination than they did with the 747.
Picture this; You're going through duty and customs at JFK, Heathrow or Frankfurt, the next Airbus 380 lands and inundates the already crowded system with another 825 bag and luggage carrying travelers.
Or you are standing on line for hours waiting to go through the airport security checks. Seven other Airbus 380s are scheduled to depart within the same hour. You get to your boarding gate that is more crowded than most small towns and wait for the personell to call the rows for boarding, "rows 45 through 55. B deck are now ready for boarding".
Oh what fun. lol.
After a long trans-oceanic flight, your plane finally arrives at it's gate and 825 people are jamming the aisles for their carry on luggage. You're crawling inch by inch down the aisle to exit the plane behind some Belgian man with a beer gut who hasn't seen a bottle of shampoo in weeks. lol
Personally when I fly long distance, I prefer the Boeing 777 or Airbus 340 or even smaller aircraft if they were available. And I understand the economics of the matter, I think the 747 is sort of too big. For me, the Boeing 737 offers a far more relaxed flight than the big boys can. Too bad they can't fly trans-continental.
It remains to be seen if travelers will take to the Airbus 380. Especially when more passengers will not be offered direct flights to where they want to go.
The new Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" (see photos below in comments section) seems much more enticing to me. It's a wide body jet that can carry between 220 and 330 passengers distances of up to 8,000 to 8,500 nautical miles (14,800 to 15,700 km). Plus it can cruise at Mach .85. Not bad.
In Addition, it's heavy use of carbon fiber, 85% of the fuselage, coupled with it's two fuel saving but powerful jets makes it extremely attractive to the world's long haul carriers. Despite some production delays,m it has broken sales records for a passenger plane not yet flown.
To view additional pics please click on the post title
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☑ Do You Peek?
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Jun 10, 2009 9:47 pm
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Almost everyone has seen one of the restroom stalls with a hole between the stall walls.
And the holes are big enough for----well you know. lol They call these things glory holes because men are known to um----present themselves in all their glory through them---to the person on the other side.
Well enough of Glory Hole 101 for the few who have never heard of or seen one.
Let's assume here that you are not the type to look for sex through one of those glory holes. Let's assume sex in a public place is not your thing.
Honestly, do you peek through when you see one? How do you react?
1. I immediately go to a different stall without looking through the hole
2. I do my business and act like there's no hole there
3. I stuff paper through the hole for privacy
4. I stuff paper through the hole but leave a gap that only I can see through
5. If I see that someone is on the other side I try to sneak a peek without being obvious.
6. I put my face right up to the hole and lick my lips
7. I show what I got after the dude on the other side waves his finger through the hole
8. I just sit back and enjoy the show going on through the hole
9. If someone is on the other side I won't go in. If it's empty I'll go in and read all the dirty messages on the wall.
10. If the guy on the other side is coming on to me I'll pound on the divider with my fist and yell, 'HEY' to scare him off
Tell us what you would do. Or tell us what you,ve done. LOL
Join T.W.I.N.K.S.. for this and other fun topics and converssations.
"Come in and find out"
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Let's Bling-a-Ding-Ding: Final Official Emporium Bling Poll
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Jun 4, 2009 6:59 pm
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The top FIVE official Twink Emporium bling entries are now up.
Click Here to view AND vote. While you're at it, check out our Emporium main page. If you like what you see, go ahead and join.
Our chat room is available to TWINKS and their FRIENDS for carefree, fun and interesting convos. Get ready for a joke or two, or bring some yourself.
See you there.
"Come in and find out"
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☑ Who Said That?
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Jun 2, 2009 6:54 pm
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Who said that?
"I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish"
That's right, Darth Vader himself. lol
Mary, the daughter of the former vice president has been in the same relationship with a woman since 1992. The Dickster is the grandfather of their infant son.
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The Emp Gets it's 500th
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May 28, 2009 7:20 am
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No, not the 500th made up profile from Bret. We only got 400 of those. LOL
But we did get to celebrate our 500th member this weekend.
We congratulate  for becoming the lucky 500th.
Since we started in the beginning of '09 The Twink Emporium "The Emp" has averaged almost 100 new members monthly. And that despite Miss Crocker's (or whatever her name is) efforts at becoming a Kamikaze pilot. And the fact that OP traffic has slowed down this year.
Not bad fellas. The caravan moves on.
Have you checked us out yet? If not, click on The Emp to get to know us. We got cool dudes and cool music. See ya there
"Come in and find out"
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☑ How to Greet a Gay Friend?
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May 17, 2009 12:04 pm
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Gays are gaining more rights year by year with gay marriage at the forefront of issues for main-stream America today. And it appears the president will lift the policy of don't-ask-don't-tell which forbids gays from serving in the military openly. Things are still not perfect but they are looking up.
We strive for a time when telling someone you're gay will be as boring as bragging that you own a cell phone.
In a perfect world, how would you greet a gay friend?
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