Going Green In '09: I'll have a green Valentine for you? & Remember to Wrap It Up tonight!

Your needle doesn't always have to pointe North to find your destination. I was going to have several post up today but I decided after the three power surges so far in the last two hours to just do the VD post and pray that everyone plays it safe with your significant others or new found romance which ever applies. But seriously though, What is this about a Green Valentine anyway?



I do have one question, cant the environmental wing come up with another phrase like this:
A Ruby Of A Romance: Why Is Red the right colour for Your Lover and the Whole World?

It's not like natural red dye of polished natural fabric undergarments or table cloth specially made for your partners for today is that hard to make and it is environmentally sound. Not to mention the fact that one of the primary fruits used to make the red dye is blackberries and they grow naturally in this area.

Blackberry is the historical translation of our City's previous namesake, Kekionga, the tribal Capital of the Miami Nation. Part of the description of this area from the earliest explorers and settlers of the Three Rivers we call home is a specific commentary of all the blackberries growing up along the tribal and government buildings of the Miami nation.

Plus what better way to say, "I love you. You mean the world to me!" than a hand dyed polished hemp night gown, or organic fiber bikini brief, or table cover for your dinner with your partners. It is cute, economical, environmental, and you made it yourself, that says more than any serving of beef, pork, or chicken, you could have for dinner.

Just an alternative I thought I should pass along, especially in these hard economic times. Now on to the Safe Sex part of this post

Trojan has come out with a new campaign EVOLVE ONE EVOLVE ALL which is actually quite refreshing to see the company embrace all sides of the sexual spectrum in this one clip below with Alan Cummings, including three ways, free love, and the romantic degrees of separation between lovers and friends, which is a serious issue especially in Fort Wayne.



Additionally Perez Hilton has come out with a new video a couple weeks back, which we already added to the video player toward the bottom of this post, called, The Clap, which was Directed by J. B. GHuman, Jr., Owner of Reality Rejectz. It is very much camp and definitively gay.



Both of these videos remind us all very clearly that, this fight is not just about HIV/AIDS but all STDs! If you don't play it safe, ask the right questions, get tested to know your status, and demand the respect from your partners to play safely, you are being a detriment to your own future and offending everyone you love and whom love you, because you failed to take a stand.
Above all remember this: !!!WRAP IT UP!!! May you have a GREEN Valentine waiting for you.

Ironically as I found out after making this post, between this week and next is National Condom Week, in several different countries! So remember to give a 3 pack of prophylactics as a gift, to your children or friends, it will truly save a life. Encourage your friends to have plenty of safe sex only!

Safe Sex Is Hot Sex Campaign continues with several installments

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In The Moment: Gay Soap Opera meets After School Special? & What about the Libertarian Party of Indiana's Annual Convention?

So my apologies for the delay on Saturday's post. I've been sitting on this post for a while so that I could see this 12 episode online series develop just a little bit more; but alas it is just too awesome to wait any further, and this way I have a chance to recover from the past week.

In The Moment is a gay male life and health awareness project started in a two fold web environment. Both the "soap opera meets after school special" episodes and the online community forum are essential for conveying both the necessary questions and educational information. I hope you enjoy the hot guys, awesome stories, and hard questions about what it means to be a complete gay man in this time and place. Click the following links to watch episode one and episode two or the introductory videos. And for goodness sakes people, WRAP IT UP Y'ALL!

As Chi Chi LaRue says, "When having or watching anal sex make sure a condom is involved. It is up to you to get tested and know your status! SAFE SEX IS HOT SEX!"


Some time in the last two days, I twisted or sprang my right ankle. Genuflecting with no equilibrium can be a bitch some times. The Libertarian Party of Allen County held the first part of its Annual Convention last weekend and Douglas Horner, William Larsen, Jonathan Bartels, and I were gone all day yesterday in Indianapolis for the Libertarian Party of Indiana's State Convention. Talk about fun times. It was a pleasure to meet everyone statewide especially Mark, Todd, Mike, Chris, Margaret, Jeff, Steve, Tim, Eric, Andy, and all the rest. Thanks to all of the contenders for the Libertarian nomination for President of the USA (POTUSA) whom showed up yesterday to debate. My personal favorite is Michael Jingozian followed up with George Philles and Mike Gravel, for anyone whom cares. Whom are your favorites for the LP POTUSA nominations?


What did you think of IN THE MOMENT?

EDITOR'S UPDATE: (11th of July 2008), The Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Scott Gold spotlighted and reviewed IN THE MOMENT and the work behind the scenes of the production, and the reason why its message and presentation is still necessary for today's queer youth and young adults.

EDITOR'S STATEMENT OF POLICY:
F6 has and will continue to discuss at length and promote safe sex as well as challenge racial bias/prejudice in the gay community as the black hole and eye that it is to the fabric of our own hard fight for equality.

WRAP IT UP Y'ALL! (Updated 5x)

"Why don't the Gideons leave condoms in the drawer?
Bibles don't save many people anymore.
We took up quarters in the bathroom there were dollars on the floor.
I looked at you. You said to me, "Jay, we're worth more!"
Jay Brannan, Home
(c) 2006 Great Depression Publishing (BMI)

The Dame Empress, Chi Chi LaRue, owner of Rascal Videos and Channel 1 Releasing and others, has issued a new Public Service Announcement and web page regarding certain sexual practices within the gay adult film industry and its effects on the gay and lesbian community as a whole. It is worth a look at and you can view the video off of the web page or at the bottom of F6's page.

As part of our public service F6 would like to remind our readers that condoms can be retrieved for free locally through the following agencies, businesses, and organizations:

AIDS TASK FORCE OF NORTHEAST INDIANA
525 Oxford Street
(@ Monroe St. between Lafayette Blvd. and Hanna St.)

UP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER
514 East Washington Blvd (between Clay and Monroe Sts.)
(The condoms are located in the alcove @ side entrance)

AFTER DARK NIGHT CLUB
1601 South Harrison
(just south of Powers Hamburgers go under the viaduct)



[Historic Update = Modern Application (updated 04 May 2008)]

According to Gay Porn Blog's Archive for April 2004:

TITAN Media and Man Play Productions started a huge controversy when they went public with their own prohibition on Performers/Actors whose persona or characters names publicly performed in bareback sex scenes or who had been compromised by high risk environment and activities within the gay adult film industry. Although at the time they limited their restriction to certain criteria but the broadcast of the policy in itself stirred up enough controversy that nothing got settled by the gay adult film industry as a whole.

[EDITOR'S COMMENTARY & NOTES:]

This makes Chi-Chi's tirade at the awards show earlier even more necessary as well as this public service alert even more timely. Maybe soon we will all realize nothing is worth giving up someone's life, even sex or money. It's time for the Adult Industry to police its self before the government does and screws up everything including our liberty to celebrate queer love.

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photo 1: Nedim Hasanbegovic Mr Gay Norway 2004 showing proficiency with prophylactics
found @ FLICKR courtesy of Bjorn Smestad and used with cite and permission (thank you!)
Photo 2: Safe Sex Merit Badge Boy Scouts of America Style (Source Unknown! Anyone know?)

To further update this post:

(MAY 2008) Chi Chi La Rue did an awesome two part interview with Victor Hoff over @ Men of Color regarding her life and two very important topics: safe sex and racism. To view part one and part two of "UnMascara-ed" click the appropriate links.

STATEMENT OF POLICY:
F6 has and will continue to discuss at length safe sex as well as challenge racial bias/prejudice in the gay community as the black hole and eye that it is to the fabric of our own hard fight for equality.

Coming from another perspective: Things that happen at SnS at 3 a.m.

How much trouble can seven young adults get into at three in the morning without drinking alcohol? During our every other to three day get together last night at the now local blogosphere infamous Coldwater Road Steak~n~Shake, Ramblin Rosko (Harry), Homosef (Josef Holmes), and Caspian Greywolf (my brother, Curt), all decided to honor my request and give me some questions to answer for the F.A.Q.s part of F6's platform. I usually request questions from friends and family about every three months, and in true Fr. Fozy fashion attempt to answer them in an informative manner sometimes using myself as the guinea pig to prove the facts and queries or challenge common false perceptions and thought processes held in legend or myth.

A prime example is one of F6's first articles in its original old media forum several years ago. There was this one time I deep throat a smoked sausage for fifteen minutes to prove that *condoms don't taste bad but that the powdered latex comes off in the mouth and coats the inside; hence condoms don't taste bad but they make you feel numb on the inside of your mouth. They also make flavored and alternative fabric condoms to assist with any other hygienic, allergenic, or sensitivity issues.

[*EDITOR'S NOTE: Safe Sex Practices Advisory (see statement below too)]
One should always use condoms for all forms of penetration intercourse and
latex gloves and saran wrap for mutual play without penetration (rimming).

Ramblin' Rosko (aka, Harry) as a recent newcomer to Fort Wayne from New Orleans, Louisiana and Saint Paul, Minnesota questions have a unique innocence to them for not only is he still trying to figure out this new City but some how he has managed to become good friends with a segment of the gay community. One other note of humor and interest is that we are all watching as the "Curse of Fort Wayne" envelops him in this new adventure of his life. At the same point in time, we had a reverse statistic going on at SnS one other night as everyone was outside in the freezing ass cold to smoke thanks to the stupid ordinance revision by City Council last year we officially achieved a one in six straight versus gay ration, quite hilarious - you just had to be there, especially the look on Harry's face when it was pointed out.

Besides Steak~n~Shake what is your favorite hang out?

Well Harry that question has slight presuppositions, you see, SnS is not exactly one of my favorite hangouts to begin with. The reason I go to SnS is because my friends and end up there or start working there. Steak~n~Shake has the closest thing to an old style diner fountain shoppe atmosphere that one can find at three in the morning. I will say that I like the fact that the food is somewhat more affordable and I don't have to worry about my food allergies attacking since I know the cooks personally. The fact that I can say I know most of the staff by name and personality and it is almost like a large family (two beers short of being Cheers) and they know me, is what draws me back to SnS- it is almost like a virus. There is a sense of community there and that is what draws me to any establishment, common ground and friendships.

The only downside to eating at SnS is that a basic meal there takes my entire calorie intake for the day.

The Original Double Steakburger With Cheese Meal:
(info copied from Adrian):

Food	Calories	Protein(g)	Carbs(g)	Fat(g)	Saturated Fat(g)
Original Double with Cheese	580	32	29	38	16
French Fries, regular	472	4	62	23	5.5
Strawberry, large 1 shake	806	23	124	27	17.5
Deluxe Garden Salad 1 portion	226	13	10	15	9
Grand Total	2084	72	224	103	48

So you see Harry, I truly cant completely take in the entire Steak~n~Shake experience without serious ramifications to my health; but again, it isn't about the food it is about the community and the friendships. With all of that being stated beyond oblivion, the true nature of Fort Wayne hangouts aren't based on the services offered but the atmosphere provided; and with that in mind, here are some of my other favorite hangouts across the three rivers landscape: Powers Hamburgers, The Pointe Restaurant (Fort Wayne Truck Plaza), Jilly's Pub and Rich's Cafe (in New Haven), the (now closed) Hide~n~Seek's Leather & Levi Bar (on Sundays and Thursdays for karaoke), and El Azteca.

There will be more questions from Harry, Joe, and Curt being answered in the two weeks to follow. If you have a question that you would like answered on F6 with an informative yet sarcastic queer view pointe please send them to frfozybearftwin@gmail.com with the subject line starting with "F6 questions:...."

EDITOR'S STATEMENT OF POLICY:
F6 has and will continue to discuss at length and promote safe sex as well as challenge racial bias/prejudice in the gay community as the black hole and eye that it is to the fabric of our own hard fight for equality.