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Sometimes LGBT activism is about getting out there in the streets and yelling your head off about how the world just isn't treating you to humane enough standards and, then, sometimes it's about showing the world just how normal (and, maybe, perhaps a little bit boring) you as a Gay individual can truly be.

This is one of those latter times.

Furthermore, though we here at TheOccasionalFag wish the fundamentalist fantasy that Homosexuals can actually recruit the youths of the world to our ways of living and loving were true, we can't...  And we can't because it's always been a lie, but we can borrow our friend's kids when we need an excuse to play uncle and get a little bit of normal family time and energy in our lives.

This again is one of those times.

Nothing special, but sweet none the less, join us at Rye Playland and in the carwash with Karen and Roan, the two occasionalfags best friends...

Enjoy!

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On October the 8th, a 49 year old gay man named Jack Price was savagely beaten within an inch of his life in College Point, a quiet neighborhood out near Flushing, Queens.

On October the 17th a march and rally were held to provide a focal point for the community's support for Jack and to let those who perpetrated this act and those who support them know that their violence is neither accepted nor welcome.

OccasionalFag Brian G. went to the march and rally.  Here is a short video recap of what he found.

It should be noted that after having been placed in a medically induced coma to save his life, Jack Price is doing better and should recover.  It will, however, be a long recovery...

It's another one of those talking podcasts for David b and Brian G. Learn how to stalk Brian on the web at his new blog Entertaining the Dog, and maybe even on manhunt!!!

Joe.My.God post about queens demo.

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We went.  We marched.  It was good...

Very little about the Rally in this video.  You want to watch images of that then head over to CSPAN.  They did an amazing job of covering it and if you look closely, at one point you can see OccasionalFag David b!

Enjoy!

If you couldn't make it to the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Grand Auction and Flea Market here in New York City this last Sunday, September the 27th, well...  don't worry, we here at TheOccasionalFag did!

Flip Camera in hand, when not lending a hand to help set up the event, Brian G. was recording all that he could so that you can take in the experience vicariously.  Aahh!  And even with the rain, the show went on!

Enjoy!

Cleve Jones was recently at the New York City LGBT Center talking about the National Equality March.  Listen here to that speech.

Brian G and David b have a nice chat and invite you to join them at the National Equality March.

Call the complaint line 206.339.4512

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Each week through the summer, Coney Island USA presents burlesque shows of superlative quality and distinction, keeping the fine art of the striptease alive.

One of these shows is all men (Yeah, I know, just one?  Ah well, striping is a woman's art form). 

On a tip from our good friend Jon, TheOccasionalFags travel out to meet him in southern Brooklyn to take in an evening of boy-lesque.  And, oh!  What an evening it was!

Enjoy!

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Many is the weekend this summer on the Northeast Coast that has been a wash out due to ungodly amounts of rain (global warming or weirding?).  Fortunately we had one great one several weeks back in the middle of August that allowed for a truly spectacular Illuminations weekend at The Woods Campgrounds in the southern Poconos.  TheOccasionalfag was there last year and we're here again.

Enjoy the video of the evening...

In editing this year's video of DRA's (Dancers Responding to AIDS) 15th Annual Fire Island Dance Festival, Occasional Fag Brian G., who volunteers each year to help load in and strike the show, wanted to go back to making a series of still photos set to music, like the earlier videos of the festival that he has made. 

Not gonna happen...

Just a few still Photos into the edit and Brian G. was bored.  So he started playing with ideas of timing motion against stillness.  Simple ideas, really.   Then it became just about presenting the festival.  And here is the video you get.

Enjoy!

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Underlining a great deal of this year's Fire Island Dance Festival for OccasionalFag Brian G. - who volunteers to help set up and strike it every year - is how much he has become a part of the theatre community here in New York City.  So much so that he forgets the he, like most of the theatre viewing public, used to have no idea how much work actually goes into putting up even the smallest of productions, like, say... umm, the Fire Island Dance Festival.

So, not that this video is going to rectify any such workload ignorance - especially with all the shots of Brian G. in the pool (hey, a girl's gotta cool off somehow), but it is a start.  The video of the dance festival itself is to come, but for now, here are images of the men and woman who get this show on the road, or in this case, the boardwalk.

Enjoy

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On July 15th International Mr. Leather announced that they would stop the sale of bareback porn at their event.  Brian G and David b spoke with Will Clark and Eric Leven about IML's announcement, bareback porn and safer sex.

Will Clark blogs about IML's annoucement.

Eric Leven blogs about IML's annoucement.

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TheOccasionalFags take in Gay Pride Weekend in New York City.

Their Schedule?

Friday evening - the Drag March in the Village.

Saturday afternoon - the Church Ladies for Choice salute the Dyke March on Fifth Avenue.

Sunday day - The Pride March with the NYC Gay Bloggers and Digital Activists.

Enjoy!

Brian G and David b chat.

The links mentioned are Farmboys / Perge Modo and The Bilerico Project.

What with Gay Pride weekend just a few days past, we've had no time to put together something of substance for you viewing pleasure.  Don't fret though, we won't let that stop us from posting something; and something it is!

This is probably the worst video we've ever put up here at the OccasionalFag.  These are sounds and images from our recent trip to Six Flags New England - one of the better Six Flags Parks.  The oft repeated and incredibly annoying theme music is from a travel show for "the Gays" that must have been made in hell - gay hell.  It all adds up to a bitter and biting time to be had by all.  If only we really had more fags.  Six Flags is only made palletable on Gay Days.  Again, more fags, more fun...

Enjoy! (or at least try...)

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Once again it's back to the theatre district and into the Roseland Ballroom for another "Big Gay Bob the Builder" look into how Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS puts up it's huge annual fund-raising super show "Broadway Bares"!

There is an incredible set of photos from the show to be found here!

Enjoy!

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Here in New York, LGBTI Pride comes early to the city in the Borough of Queens. 

The first Sunday in the month of Pride (June) is always Queen's Pride in Jackson Heights, Queens. 

Queens love LGBTI Pride in Queens, and flock to it by taking the 7 Train (the Queens express) to be with other Queens in Queens.

Here is a taste of this year's Queen's Pride Day.

Enjoy!

Brian G and David b chat the recent coupe in the NY State senate, and things they are doing for pride month.  Things like Broadway Bares, Pride48, the NYC Drag March, the NYC Dyke March.
Enjoy!

What with Marriage Equality so under attack, we've all been so busy acting up, fighting back!

To recharge our souls and spirits, theoccasionalfags travel just one hour north of the George Washington Bridge to take in the Storm King Art Center: an outdoor art museum mostly dedicated to monumental sculpture and earthworks.

When it comes to talking about the art, please forgive Brian G. his ramblings.  We all know that he is no Sister Wendy, and never will be.

It was a beautiful day and there was no better way to spend it.

Enjoy!

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Today we hear from Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum form Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, New York City's LGBTi Synagogue.

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We've presented to you audio podcasts of the speeches from the majority of the political representatives who were present at the Marriage Equality Rally on sixth Avenue in Manhattan.

Now TheOccasionalFag presents to you a video of and surrounding the May 17th rallys, both pro and - unfortunately - against Marriage Equality.

Enjoy!

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The fourth in our series of speeches from the May 14th marriage equality rally in NYC, today we hear form Christine C. Quinn.

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Continuing our series of speaches given at the May 17th marriage equality  rally in NYC, today we hear form New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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Today we hear form New York  State assembly member Daniel J. O'Donnell,  yes he's Rosie's brother!

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Today we are at the ACTION = MARRIAGE EQUALITY rally held in New York City on May 17th and organized by Broadway Impact.

Hear some music from the cast of the musical HAIR and the speech given by New York Governor David Paterson.

More to come.

Is there anything quite so fluffy as OccasionalFag Brian G.'s Fire Island Diaries?

We think not, but we also refuse to stop presenting them.

Why?

Because they, like Fire Island itself, are there, and that is Love, Valour and Compassion enough.

Enjoy!

OccasionalFags David b and Brian G. have a delightful First Monday chat about the origins of the First Monday chat.

The they each share, respectively, some of the going ons in each of their lives.

Brian G. talks about Gay Getaways, 33 Variations and Jane Fonda's birthday operation.

David b talks about cherry blossoms in Brooklyn and people who dress up as cartoons for fun.

Download from itunes or click on the small pod button in the upper left corner of this post to listen to.

Enjoy!

Jane Fonda's blog

Sakura Matsuri

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Taiko Masala

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Part two of OccasionalFags Brian G and Mr. Who's recent trip to Puerto Rico.

Enjoy!

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Yes, it's true, OccasionalFag Brian G. wants nothing more in this life than to be Samantha Brown, that penultimately perky blond of a professional exhibitionist from the Travel Channel who goes everywhere and does everything.  She is also, just about, on every channel on the television in your room if you stay at an on property resort hotel at the Disney World complex, but we digress...

So here is Brian G. on vacation (part 1) in beautiful Puerto Rico (you lovely island...) with his beloved life partner Mr. Who - who just so happens to be 1/2 Puerto Rican and paid for the vacation package during Brian G.'s work slowdown.

Both wish every day that they were back there now...

Enjoy!

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We bring you a few of the protests that happened in NYC last week. 

First, a rally to celebrate marriage victory in Vermont, and shame New York State for still not having marriage.  Then a protest at the Iraqi embassy in response to the recent killings of gay men in Sadr City.  Read more here and here.

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While at Winter Rendezvous, the gay ski week at Stowe Mountain, Vermont, OccasionalFag Mr. Who won two free evenings at The Inn at the Mountain along with two two-day lift tickets. 

So, for Mr. Who and his Partner Brian G. it is "Back to Stowe!"

Actually though, with two two-day lift tickets, when you from as far away from Stowe as New York City is (around 340 miles), you really need three nights in hotel, so for their final evening in Stowe our TOF pair stayed back at The Commodores Inn, one of the host hotels for Winter Rendezvous.

Enjoy this short travelogue video...

David b got a parking ticket and Brian G sleepwalks.  Have a listen and leave comments at the listener complaint line 206.339.4512!

Join TheOccasionalFags as we take in The 16th annual "Original" GLBT Expo at the Jacob Javitts Center in New York City.

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Is there any flower as gay as the stately orchid? 

I mean, other than the riotous pansy, or, maybe, the stoic tulip, hasn't the orchid and its needs been compared throughout the ages to that of same sex love?  Who knows...  Maybe not. 

We at TheOccasionalFag really aren't flower guys in the sense that we make a living out of their preservation and/or presentation.  If you do work in this admirable field, leave us a comment about their history, if you could.

In the meantime, enjoy this short video of our recent trip to The New York Botanical Gardens (in the Bronx) for their yearly Orchid Show.

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A week in the life of OccasionalFag Brian G.

Knowing that some important life events were on the horizon for himself, Brian G. carried around the Flip camera for a week, editing it together into what you have here.  A silly little fluff piece to be sure, but what do you want for nothing?  Rubber biscuits?

(After discussion with David b it has been decided that the "Life Of David b" should be coming down the TOF pipeline soon.  Leave some comments to encourage him!)

David b has a birthday and can no longer take baths in the sink. Brian G does his best to prop up the economy, even though he will soon be on unemployment. Have a listen and leave comments at the listener complaint line 206.339.4512!

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More of all the fun we had this year up at Stowe, Vermont.

You know, most times we edit these videos keeping the viewer in mind.  A "you-are-there" pseudo journalist approach that gives you a sense for what happened and (maybe) why.  These images are just plain and simple home movie fun, 'cause sometimes we're having such a blast that it's easy to forget to whip out the Flip camera and get the image.

We'd love for you to join us next year - or the year after that (and so on, and so on);  Winter Rendezvous is now an official OccasionalFag tradition.  It's just that good!

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Home movies set to song of TheOccasionalFags and VJ of vjnet.wordpress.com at the Winter Rendezvous gay ski week in Stowe, Vermont.

Enjoy!

A relatively new weekend tradition for TheOccasionalFags is Sunday morning Brunch at CUP Diner in Astoria where in which monies can be idled away on the vice of state sanctioned gambling in the form of quick pick numbers.  Hey, you never know...

Actually, you do know, but still and none the less, even in defeat we have fun.

Enjoy...

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Back in December OccasionalFag Brian G. made it to the Light Up The Night Demonstration for Marriage Equality in New York City.  

Much has been made online about how these demos, that took place across the country (similar to the City Hall Demonstrations a month earlier), were not the best use of our community's limited resources.  Not an easy call to make, but if nothing else, we here at TheOccaisonalFag bet that all who were involved with this demo here in NYC wish it could have taken place when the weather was a little less bitter and uninviting.

Enjoy...

Brian and David b have dinner (David cooked) with Jerry, one of the original Occasionals. We talk about Rick Warren and other things. Here is the link to the Max Blumtnthal article David b said he would put in the show notes.

It's the first Monday of the month, and the first Monday of the year, and it is a first Monday chat by the TOF boys.

In truth Christmas has already passed, and you are probably as tired of the season as we are, but we have these video images to share, so share them we must.

A combination of video from David b's incredible Christmas evening dinner and video from Christmas window decorations around town.  (If you have been with us all these years then you must have learned one thing - that we occasional fags love Christmas window decorations almost as much as we love to eat Christmas dinner!).

God rest Eartha Kitt and Andy Williams (even if he isn't dead - yet).

Enjoy...

In celebration of the new underwater/waterproof case for his Flip camera, Brian G. takes and records a shower this fine, blessed morning.

Have yourself a Merry Little War-on-Christmas, and a Happy New Wave!

David b listens as Brian brain farts. Go check out VJnetcast for the chit chat with Brian, David, JT and VJ.

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Each year the MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) of NYC (New York City), in a holiday celebration of itself, lets some of its antique subway cars out to play every Sunday from 10 AM to 4 PM in December (on the "V" line between 2nd Avenue and Queensboro Plaza).

Geek out with Brian G., David b, Leon and Mr. Who, TheOccasionalFags, as we take an old fashioned ride, racing around under the Big Apple, in subway cars of the past.

Enjoy!