Damon Young, Tom Holland, Sam Jay, Jaboukie Young White, Pete Davidson, Olly Alexander, Edmund White, Dylan Geick, Mechan 9, and More: #GAYNRDDAILY
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#GAYNRD DAILY Our (sometimes) daily round-up of news, factoids, art, and ephemera from around the globe, and, you know, social media…. for January 24th, 2022 Anno Domini. Art below: George Perez’ magnificent cover to the JLA/Avengers crossover.
THEY LOST EVERYTHING One of comedy’s and Sam Jay’s most hysterical bits.
@standup Sam Jay did some research to understand white guys. #standupcomedy #madmen #netflix #comedian ♬ original sound – Stand-Up
NEW POST AT THE POST Author Damon Young joins the Washington Post as columnist.
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#NEVERFORGET
PETE DAVIDSON apparently bought a ferry.
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LET’S GO BRANDON Not! Of the court cases connected to the #January6 insurrection and storming of the #CapitolBuilding, MAGA social media influencer #BrandonStraka‘s is one of the most prominent. Today, after a series of delays, Straka received his sentence.
Straka, a New York hairstylist who became a media personality after founding what he called the #WalkAway Campaign urging Democrats to leave the party, was given no jail time but sentenced to house arrest, probation, and a fine. On Jan. 6, he served as a speaker for an event leading up to the insurrection and took part in the storming of the Capitol Building, which he filmed to be later posted online.
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OUR BOY is the face of Prada.
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WERK Nothing in life is constant, but there are a few things you can rely on: the sun will rise, the tides will ebb and flow, and Rihanna will keep making increasingly sexy underwear.
Yes, Valentine’s Day shopping season is upon us, and Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty brand has released its new “Glossy Flossy” collection (all in red, of course). And although we certainly expected the slippery satin boxers, there’s also a surprise that has set the gay Internet a-shrieking: finally, some hot lingerie for men.
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GANGTSA Read that again.
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BILLY MAXIMOFF’S GOT SWAG The Multitude of Madness kind.
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MARVEL at the petty.
JABOUKIE on gay bugs.
@standupWelcome to Jaboukie Young-White’s Intro to Bug’s Sexuality.♬ original sound – Stand-Up
@standup Welcome to Jaboukie Young-White’s Intro to Bug’s Sexuality… PART TWO! #nowlookatthis #bugs #jaboukieyoungwhite #standupcomedy ♬ original sound – Stand-Up
NEW BOOK of hot poems by Dylan Geick are out.
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GRATUITOUS Polish Twink.
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Leo Herrera on Thierry Mugler who died at 73.
Thierry Mugler taught me a man’s influence is measured in the smallest gestures. In 2010 I worked with Mugler on a play he was directing for his muse Joey Arias. I was hired to create projections for the show.
I’ve never been as nervous and starstruck as our first meeting. For gay men from the 80/90s, Mugler was a titan. He used lizards, insects, aliens and angels to wrap supermodels in latex and wings. During AIDS, his aesthetic was about survival, sex and the heavens. His music video for George Michael’s Too Funky was a moment for Queers in small towns, it showed us a world where glamour was resistance.The elevator opened into a penthouse castle in Chelsea.My life was about to change. I was a hungry twink, greeted by Warhol’s Querelle, a Moiro hanging in a room of light, a fireplace the size of my bedroom. In person Manfred (as he preferred to be called) was intimidating and frankly, a little scary. Plastic surgery, implants and exercise had transformed his dancer body into a mountain, his face was almost creature-like. His eyes were lasers. Everyone seemed a bit scared of him……With me, he was attentive, even a little goofy. He spoke with a thick accent in odd sentences (“My apologies if it smells like tuna in here, for my lunch is tuna.”) He sent late night emails, filled with ideas and random commas. He paid close attention to my weird experimental films. When he liked something, he patted me on the back with those enormous hands. I felt anointed. One day, we walked around the stage, brainstorming about the textures of rain, fur and eggs. He was excited, talking with his hands. His bottle of Muscle Milk flew and landed at my feet. I bent to pick it up and he waved at me sternly. “No.” An assistant ran on stage to pick it up. The smallest of gestures.The play was canceled. I was devastated. Manfred sent a long message explaining why and encouraged me to keep working. He didn’t need to do that. Like the Gods, he returned to Mount Olympus. I never saw him again but the mere rumor I worked with Mugler jump started my career in NYC. I put so much beauty into the world because of him. So many others did too.Thierry Manfred Mugler was a man who created galaxies, redefined the body and made it feel effortless, all in the wave of his hand, all in the smallest of gestures.@herreraimages
DREAM COME TRUE for Olly Alexander.
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COVER Vinnie Hacker is hawt.
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PARTING SHOT Monday morning quarter backing indeed.
