living classy always

Yes indeed

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:59:09 -0500

Yes indeed

designismymuse: Casa Camino in Mexico by studio Parque...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:02:24 -0500

designismymuse:

Casa Camino in Mexico by studio Parque Humano and located in Mexico (via freshome)

comingoutjournal: Photo: John and Lou in Beirut, 1952, and in...

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:29:50 -0500

comingoutjournal:

Photo: John and Lou in Beirut, 1952, and in 2006.
(Courtesy of Lou Halsey and John Morgan)

From New York Magazine’s “Reasons to Love New York 2011” article:

Because After 64 Years Together, Louis Halsey and John Spofford Morgan Finally Got Hitched.
By Jesse Green

When the Columbia Library closed each night at ten, it was the custom of John Spofford Morgan, who was studying for a master’s in international affairs, to hop on the subway and head downtown to the New Verdi on West 72nd. Back then, there were two kinds of bars for gay men, he says: pickup joints and old-friends joints. The New Verdi was the latter, but it turned into the former when at around 10:30 on May 17, 1947, Louis Halsey walked in. “Love at first sight,” says Lou now. “Was it?” John wonders. “For me it was slower.” In any case, Lou and John spent the night together, just as they have spent most nights in the 64 years ensuing. Last month, they got married.

John is 94, recovering from a broken hip but otherwise as hale and handsome as Lou, 88, says he always was. One snapshot shows the pair on a beach in Beirut in 1952. Lou looks like Tony Curtis, glossy and pompadoured. John looks like JFK except, as his mother used to complain when people compared their families, “we have chins.”

Both served in the Navy in World War II, but on different oceans, as in a way they were from different worlds on land. John, who still speaks in the accent of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century elite, worked as an economist. Lou, of Hungarian-immigrant stock, cut hair for decades at the Westbury Hotel. He wears rings and bright colors; John emphatically doesn’t.

But being gay was a great equalizer then. And being married is a great equalizer now. “People say, ‘So if you’re married, where’s the certificate?’ ” Lou explains. “Now we have it.” The pair ignored domestic partnership when it came along (“A halfway step,” says John), and since they had already invested in the complicated legal work-arounds—trusts, powers of attorney—needed to protect one another, they didn’t see the point of claiming marriage rights in, say, Iowa. But when the law passed here in June, they knew they would take the step. “Just to see it in black and white,” says Lou. For John, “it was more like finishing something.”

The small ceremony, with a minister and three witnesses, was held in their Village apartment on November 11, a date they chose because they have for years noticed the time 11:11 on the clock by the bed. They did not exchange rings and got no gifts, “except bourbon!” Lou says. “But he”—he waves at John—“started to cry.”

“Did I?” John wonders.

Another pregnant man steps forward

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:55:27 -0500

Another pregnant man steps forward:

fuckyeahfeminists:

Scott Moore and his husband, Thomas, have decided to follow in the footsteps of Thomas Beatie and Ruben Coronado by going public about Scott’s very much wanted pregnancy and impending delivery in order to raise awareness.

Article continued on:
http://drpate.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/another-pregnant-man-steps-forward/

Searching for my closing argument for this...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:50:00 -0500

Searching for my closing argument for this paper….mmmmmMMMMmmmm

Employers Less Likely to Interview Openly Gay Men

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:16:55 -0500

Employers Less Likely to Interview Openly Gay Men:

gay-men:

A new study suggests that openly gay men face substantial job discrimination in certain parts of the U.S. The study, which is the largest of its kind to look at job discrimination against gay men, found that employers in the South and Midwest were much less likely to offer an interview if an applicant’s resume indicates that he is openly gay. Overall, the study found that gay applicants were 40 percent less likely to be granted an interview than their heterosexual counterparts. Continue reading…

HOT

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:46:44 -0500

HOT

poisonparadise: Brando Eaton | By: Connor Courtland (via...

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:37:00 -0400

poisonparadise:

Brando Eaton | By: Connor Courtland

(via poisonparadise)

Paradise Home, Costa Rica

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:15:50 -0400

Paradise Home, Costa Rica

WTF did I miss something???

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:44:24 -0400

WTF did I miss something???

GIVING IN ON PURPOSE

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:06:09 -0400

I loved you on purpose,
I was open on purpose,
I surrendered my heart on purpose.
For what?
The pain, the hate, the lust, even the drain of my tears that run down my face.
How has or did this come to be,
how come i cannot be free or me,
you said you loved me and only me,
but was it on purpose?
You choose the life you hold,
the life that you lead,
and everything about you said that to me.
Your presents lingers deep in my mind,
and only I could see through those mini blinds,
we agreed we will live forever together,
but that blew away like a baby birds feathers.
My heart hurts tonight,
as I fight and fight,
to drive all of you that is left inside me,
the good, bad, and ugly;
Hell, I liked them all, on purpose.

By: Cory Robinson @4:55 a.m. 10/25/2006

ALONE? or NOT ALONE?

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:37:09 -0400

I hate the fact that I (Cory Robinson) am too stubborn to allow people into my life in a holistic fashion. I merely give people 80% of the real me because I’m afraid of what the world has to say about me all 100% including the flaws. Therefore I ask myself and or anyone else reading this blog to answer; is that a bad thing? and if so am I alone? or not alone?

THESE ARE FUCKING HOT I’D ROCK THEM ON A SATURDAY NIGHT

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:09:27 -0400

THESE ARE FUCKING HOT I’D ROCK THEM ON A SATURDAY NIGHT

PAIN

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:50:18 -0400

What is pain? Why do I constantly feel pain in which I cannot begin to explain? Perhaps I am crazy but who is to judge my feelings but myself if they are hidden within my mind? Sometimes like tonight I simply lay in my bed wondering why? How come I do not have a significant other? have a done something wrong? Of course I tell myself! But really?

Have I successfully hindered myself from experiencing some other feeling besides pain? Fuck I want to say I am screwed, on the account of my reoccurring thoughts in regards to pain but should I? Is it in fact too late to apologize to myself? Or should I even be so pathetic to even apologize to myself?

This pain I feel is not related to anything obvious or is it? Perhaps I have so many things going on all at once within my life that this pain is just an accumulation of all the stress of my daily activities. I cannot even begin to shed a tear, cause it is too hard. It seems as if I am making myself cry nonetheless, thinking of something so heart wrenching that I have no choice but to shed that one tear that I long for.

Perhaps crying is the solution but I have yet to discover that. Discovering something is difficult especially when your premise is unclear. Should I attempt to consult God, or would that be hypocritical? In the gist of things there are way too many questions that ultimately have no answer worthy of accepting on my behalf.

Photo

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:43:39 -0400

San Francisco (Japan-town) this morning at 10 a.m. my view from...

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:41:14 -0400

San Francisco (Japan-town) this morning at 10 a.m. my view from my hotel room

Cute

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:59:51 -0400

Cute

I’m always a classy bitch

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:15:19 -0400

I’m always a classy bitch

hunsonisgroovy: Glass Office on the Forest Floor

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:40:12 -0400

hunsonisgroovy:

Glass Office on the Forest Floor

She’s growing up so fast…and she’s sleeping at...

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:16:52 -0400

She’s growing up so fast…and she’s sleeping at the moment…goodnight Trina Woods