Sonequa Martin-Green, Jordan Stone, Sam Jay, Nashom Benjamin Wooden, Raquel Willis, Steven Reigns, William Shatner, Neal Brennan, Wanda Sykes, Sam J. Miller, Dekker Dreyer, NY Comic-Con, and More: #GAYNRD DAILY
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#GAYNRD DAILY Our news, art, and ephemera round-up from around the web, social media, and around the world for Saturday October 9, 2021.
Quote of the Day: “Lastly, I’ll just say one of the greatest tells that he [Dave Chappelle] is disingenuous is that he in one breath claims Twitter isn’t a real place (or the concerns of trans folks don’t matter), but that the trans people on Twitter led to Daphne’s demise. It’s all nonsensical.” Raquel Willis
Above: a plane departing Logan International airport.
NYCC Sonequa Martin-Green and the cast of Star Trek: Discovery arrived together.
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The cast did a panel and brought the fresh official trailer for season 4. Star Trek: Discovery returns to Paramount+ November 18.
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THE BURN
SOLIDARITY Wanda Sykes tweeted: “Just sending some love to my trans sisters.”
Just sending some love to my trans sisters. ????️⚧️
— Wanda Sykes (@iamwandasykes) October 10, 2021
A TIMELY REMINDER from George Carlin to joke about anything.
Ohhh, some people don’t like you to talk like that. Ohh, some people like to shut you up for saying those things.
You know that. Lots of people. Lots of groups in this country want to tell you how to talk.
Tell you what you can’t talk about. Well, sometimes they’ll say, well you can talk about something but you can’t joke about it.
Say you can’t joke about something because it’s not funny. Comedians run into that sh*t all the time.
Like rape. They’ll say, “you can’t joke about rape. Rape’s not funny.”
I say, “f**k you, I think it’s hilarious. How do you like that?”
I can prove to you that rape is funny. Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd.
See, hey why do you think they call him “Porky, ” eh? I know what you’re going to say.
“Elmer was asking for it. Elmer was coming on to Porky.
Porky couldn’t help himself, he got a hard- on, he got horney, he lost control, he went out of his mind.”
A lot of men talk like that. A lot of men think that way. They think it’s the woman’s fault.
They like to blame the rape on the woman. Say, “she had it coming, she was wearing a short skirt.”
These guys think women ought to go to prison for being c**k teasers. Don’t seem fair to me.
Don’t seem right, but you can joke about it. I believe you can joke about anything. #davechappelle #georgecarlin #georgecarlinquotes #thecloser #terf #comedy #justjokesfolks #justjoke #justjokes
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SEX IN FASHION? ground breaking.
Forget the summer of love; welcome to the season of sex.
When Versace and Prada — the id and the ego of the Italian fashion industry — both start getting fleshy, something is going on.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 4, 2021
@femaleiconss my favourite meryl streep movie quotes ???? #merylstreep #foryou #fyp #movie #quotes #mirandapriestly #donnasheridan ♬ original sound – ✨ i c o n i c ✨
KRYPTO is doge.
STREET ART in Seattle by Brenden Shucart.
HOWABOUT THAT?
Squid Game #1 show in 90 countries on Netflix but no big “name” actors for anyone that isn’t familiar with Korean media ????
It’s almost like people are willing to watch anyone as long it’s a strong story that’s well told, well made, and well acted when it’s given a platform
— James Tang (@jamesthetang) October 9, 2021
SAM JAY on Elon Mosk.
SPACE THE FINAL FRONTIER Space.com: Days after news broke that William Shatner would reach space with Blue Origin on Oct. 12, the “Star Trek” actor admitted that he’s experiencing some pre-flight jitters.
During a panel on Thursday evening (Oct. 7) at New York Comic Con, Shatner shared his feelings ahead of the Blue Origin mission and talked about the importance of civilian space initiatives like these suborbital flights. Shatner is due to blast off from Blue Origin‘s west Texas launch site aboard a New Shepard vehicle in just four days; you can follow the mission live with Space.com.
I found this on FB. With the protective shield at the cons I’d been thinking for the longest time somebody needs to do this and I finally found someone who did ???????????? pic.twitter.com/ylhtPLx4An
— 24thCentury Man (Starting Over) (@24thCenturyMan) October 8, 2021
But his excitement doesn’t mean the nerves aren’t setting in. “I’m terrified,” Shatner said. “I know!…I’m Captain bloody Kirk and I’m terrified!”
Y’all know there’s no such thing as a real ferengi right
— Marcie ???? (@MarcieLondonArt) October 9, 2021
THIS.
#NEVERFORGET
be yo biggest fan. stop waiting for everybody else to give u credit.
— MONTERO ???? (@LilNasX) October 10, 2021
And lil’ Lil Nas X is cuteness overload.
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LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE San Diego, CA by Diane Anderson-Minshall.
HALLOWEEN cupcakes are everything.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE of Nashom Benjamin Wooden. Host and DJ Gant Johnson wrote: Last night’s celebration of life for Nashom’s birthday today was such an honor and privilege to be a part of! I am absolutely OVERJOYED reflecting on it and enjoying all the photos & videos that are flowing in today! THANK YOU ALL for a lovely evening!!
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SUNDAY SERMON The Cock is back on Sundays!
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GOTHAM KNIGHTS‘ Nightwing from the upcoming video game.
I’m ready to see more of Gotham Knights on the 16th! The best of the best rocking that blue scheme, and we have @ChristopherSean on the role of it, pretty GOOD to say ????????????
Gonna be a blast of a game to get on release. May it come soon! @GothamKnights #Nightwing #DCFanDome pic.twitter.com/tGriJndvvU
— Gongasleet (@gongasleet) October 9, 2021
FACTS ON FACTS
PEOPLE ARE AWFUL
ON LANGUAGE brah.
When did tubular, rad, and gnarly go out of style?
— Billy G Edwards (@BillyGEdwardsch) October 9, 2021
FOR YOUR MOOD BOARDS
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— Flutterbug (@doseOFdays) October 9, 2021
WEST HOLLYWOOD’s Poet Laureate Steven Reigns has a new collection of poems A Quilt for David out now by City Lights Books. Get your copy here. 
Reigns created the first-ever autobiographical poetry workshop for LGBT seniors, lectured and taught workshops around the country to queer youth and people living with HIV. He is touring The Gay Rub, an exhibition of rubbings from LGBT landmarks, facilitates the monthly Lambda Lit Book Club, and is at work on a new collection of poetry. More info available HERE.
David is the hidden history of a vulnerable gay man whose life and death were turned into tabloid fodder. In the early 1990s, eight people living in a small conservative Florida town alleged that Dr. David Acer, their dentist, infected them with HIV. David’s gayness, along with his sickly appearance from his own AIDS-related illness, made him the perfect scapegoat and victim of mob mentality. In these early years of the AIDS epidemic, when transmission was little understood, and homophobia rampant, people like David were villainized. Accuser Kimberly Bergalis landed a People magazine cover story, while others went on talk shows and made front page news.
With a poet’s eulogistic and psychological intensity, Steven Reigns recovers the life and death of this man who also stands in for so many lives destroyed not only by HIV, but a diseased society that used stigma against the most vulnerable. It’s impossible not to make connections between this story and how the twenty-first century pandemic has also been defined by medical misinformation and cultural bias.
Inspired by years of investigative research into the lives of David and those who denounced him, Reigns has stitched together a hauntingly poetic narrative that retraces an American history, questioning the fervor of his accusers, and recuperating a gay life previously shrouded in secrecy and shame.
WAKING UP TO BREAKFAST IN BED
UNACCEPTABLE Neal Brennan’s new show.
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SAGA IS BACK thank God. The A/V Club: It’s been more than three years since Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples announced that a) they’d hit the half-way point on their hilarious, violent, ever-changing Image comic series Saga, and, b) they were putting the series on hold for the foreseeable future—albeit not before killing one more beloved character, because that’s just how Saga rolls.
Well, the foreseeable future is finally here, as Vaughan and Staples announced at New York Comic-Con today that “Compendium Two” of their sci-fi epic is finally in the works. Per Polygon, specifics aren’t available on an official return date as of yet, but the series is expected to be back in comic stores some time in 2022.
IF MADONNA CALLS or follows you on TikTok.
A NEW BOOK from Sam J. Miller is always a gift.
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SELLING MOLLY AT THE COUNTRY CLUB
THE COVER we’ve been waiting for.
COVER BOY Jordan Stone went Pool hopping @jeffreestar mansion last night. ???? ????
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IT’S LEG DAY somewhere.
SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT
PHEROMONE stuff.
THE ETERNALS by Alex Ross.
LAST CALL Phantom Astronaut‘s memetic musings. PA’s Dekker Dreyer says about the memes: ‘This is the shit I wrestle with constantly hahaha… We’re in a real cultural rut. I want to do a column called meme critic haha where we just talk about the most batshit memes we can find.”
Poignant. Punny. Sad. But always hysterical. End of the world ennui has never looked so good. Or been this clever.
PARTING SHOT
I’m the hot single in your area
— Himberly Anonymous (@himbo_anonymous) October 9, 2021
