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Thanks for bring back the best part of that which I bought and valued in Canadian and American gay men's magazines with queer art. You make my heart sing!
30 years later a houseguest (of my roommate0 asked if he could decorate my room for a date that I had, that night. Within reason as it is a rental property! 3 hours later, I entered to find all 97 of my finest After Dark, Honcho, Playguy, etc, magazines cut up and colagued on the wall. I was horrified. almost 100 magazines shredded and glued to the wall!
I didn't rock the boat. Date was there. Had a great night. It was hard to not grieve until date left in the morning. Back when dates stayed the night!
Next day I told my roommate - YOU BOTH GO. DESTRUCTION OF PERSON PROPERTY IS NOT ART.
IT IS VANDALISM. HE DESTROYED 4.5 DECADES OF THE BEST OF LITERATURE, TRAVEL INFOR, GAY PHOTO ART, PHOTOGRAPHS, STORIES etc, IT'S OVER!!! YOU, YOUR SHIT, YOUR COMPANION, OUTTA HERE! ADDED NOTHING. AND NOT PAYING RENT IN 14 MONTHS - GET OUT.
3 HOURS NOTICE. 9 AM TO NOON! YOU HAVE NON RIGHTS AS A SUBLET. YOU HAVE CRAP TASTE IN COMPANIONS. THERE ARE DRUGS INVOLVED. BEFORE I CALL THE POLICE TO SEARCH THIS PLACE, GTFO!
He refused. I called police - and reported illegal drugs and pipes by my roommate. Not pay rent almost a year. Send someone to arrest him. BOOM! BOTH gone in 12 minutes.
I savored this collection. It was not wank material - it was a Odessy of my psycho sexual and spiritual journey through the 1970's to 2005's growing gay culture, inteligensia, culture, international travel info, art, models and happy times that were my Time Travel Machine to happier days..
I was looking for a great excuse to get him out. He Stayed Away!
He ended in prison for drug possession - trafficking, and assault. Went from 6'3" dark - italian first nations CREE - Greek God Adonis with better bubble butt than DAVID by Michelangelo!
By the next meeting - 10/2007 - obese 90 lbs weight gain and in a vegetative state.
Glad I was spared from witnessing his psychotic break and fall from grace!
I still mourn the loss of my GALLERY of men's magazines. Your articles are a huge inspiration and were officially in the books as a forward legal safe haven for LGBTQ countries - 97 plus or minus destroyed.
The spanned the start of 1970s gay book stores, sex shops and unlimited world magazines into 2005.
My history in Vancouver. 1967 - Justice Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau - bi on campus in Montreal was saving his Ministerial Members of Parliament by revising Justice Bill - 480 pages, to protect bi and gay men in government. It flew through late night Parliament. Inside was the de legalization of homosexuality. 4th in the world of many to come! Your work keeps my mind and heart in a very happy place. Carry on, our wayward son! You are keeping the torch alive and the beauty of my youth sacred! THANK YOU!
Thanks for bring back the best part of that which I bought and valued in Canadian and American gay men's magazines with queer art. You make my heart sing!
30 years later a houseguest (of my roommate0 asked if he could decorate my room for a date that I had, that night. Within reason as it is a rental property! 3 hours later, I entered to find all 97 of my finest After Dark, Honcho, Playguy, etc, magazines cut up and colagued on the wall. I was horrified. almost 100 magazines shredded and glued to the wall!
I didn't rock the boat. Date was there. Had a great night. It was hard to not grieve until date left in the morning. Back when dates stayed the night!
Next day I told my roommate - YOU BOTH GO. DESTRUCTION OF PERSON PROPERTY IS NOT ART.
IT IS VANDALISM. HE DESTROYED 4.5 DECADES OF THE BEST OF LITERATURE, TRAVEL INFOR, GAY PHOTO ART, PHOTOGRAPHS, STORIES etc, IT'S OVER!!! YOU, YOUR SHIT, YOUR COMPANION, OUTTA HERE! ADDED NOTHING. AND NOT PAYING RENT IN 14 MONTHS - GET OUT.
3 HOURS NOTICE. 9 AM TO NOON! YOU HAVE NON RIGHTS AS A SUBLET. YOU HAVE CRAP TASTE IN COMPANIONS. THERE ARE DRUGS INVOLVED. BEFORE I CALL THE POLICE TO SEARCH THIS PLACE, GTFO!
He refused. I called police - and reported illegal drugs and pipes by my roommate. Not pay rent almost a year. Send someone to arrest him. BOOM! BOTH gone in 12 minutes.
I savored this collection. It was not wank material - it was a Odessy of my psycho sexual and spiritual journey through the 1970's to 2005's growing gay culture, inteligensia, culture, international travel info, art, models and happy times that were my Time Travel Machine to happier days..
I was looking for a great excuse to get him out. He Stayed Away!
He ended in prison for drug possession - trafficking, and assault. Went from 6'3" dark - italian first nations CREE - Greek God Adonis with better bubble butt than DAVID by Michelangelo!
By the next meeting - 10/2007 - obese 90 lbs weight gain and in a vegetative state.
Glad I was spared from witnessing his psychotic break and fall from grace!
I still mourn the loss of my GALLERY of men's magazines. Your articles are a huge inspiration and were officially in the books as a forward legal safe haven for LGBTQ countries - 97 plus or minus destroyed.
The spanned the start of 1970s gay book stores, sex shops and unlimited world magazines into 2005.
My history in Vancouver. 1967 - Justice Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau - bi on campus in Montreal was saving his Ministerial Members of Parliament by revising Justice Bill - 480 pages, to protect bi and gay men in government. It flew through late night Parliament. Inside was the de legalization of homosexuality. 4th in the world of many to come! Your work keeps my mind and heart in a very happy place. Carry on, our wayward son! You are keeping the torch alive and the beauty of my youth sacred! THANK YOU!