Monthly Archives: April 2000

The Anniversary Conundrum

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(Recycled from the House of Love)

Brent and I have been weighing up a thorny question: when is our anniversary? Seems like a simple enough thing to figure out, but it’s more complicated than it first seems. Unlike members of the straight hegemony, we are not allowed to marry (not that we would anyway) so we don’t have a convenient pre-ordained formal date from which to calculate, and thus there are several alternative anniversaries, each with its own attractions. Here they are, in chronological order: Continue reading →

Notes from the Forbes Street Fair

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(Recycled from the House of Love)

There’s something not quite right about leather and sunshine. They don’t really agree with one another, you know what I mean? What is, in the dark of a bar or club, a sexy and powerful statement becomes, in the full glare of daylight, just … drag.

Paul & Brent at Forbes St Fair. (Pic: Jamie Taylor)

Fortunately, those of us not living the full 24/7 leather lifestyle don’t often have to worry. There’s just one day a year in this town when the leather “tribes” venture out into the full glare of daylight, and that’s the Forbes Street Fair. It’s a mercifully brief interruption to an otherwise entirely nocturnal existence for the S&M community. Continue reading →