"When I grow up, mom and dad, I want to be a.... HOUSEWIFE!" New music video by JAY BRANNAN premieres!!!

Hi y'all. I am officially turning F6 over to Jay Brannan for this unscheduled Friday post. Housewife, the second song Jay ever wrote, now has its own spankingly awesome music video. If I knew how to gank the codes, I would have it up here in a half a heart beat!! Below you will find some other things that Jay wanted everyone to know about regarding his new album "goddamned", upcoming concert schedule, contact information, and other random bits of intellect or wisdom. As always you can find contact information, more reviews and articles by or about Jay, on F6's Links Page in the top left corner. The picture to the above right was taken by Walter Briski Jr. and used with permission.

Well, there's a lot of cool stuff happening RIGHT THIS SECOND. so I'm writing to give you the info. Keep in mind that I need your help with this shit. the music industry is changing because people who listen to music are the new power players, not all the rich conservative types. So if you like any of the stuff I'm doing, tell people about it! not just for me, but for the next generation. (cue theme music)

1. Click here to view the music video for "housewife"!! It is exclusively available on the homepage of spinner.com (part of AOL Music) and I need you and all your friends to watch it a billion times so these people realize that us freaky independent types are not to be ignored. Get the single on MAY 27 thru iTunes and other digital download stores.

2. Click here to pre-order your CD copy of goddamned!! although it will eventually be in stores, I am a small, unknown person who can't pay big retail chains to carry & advertise my album -- they need people like you and me to show them what they are missing out on. Reserve your copy NOW before it goes on backorder, and have all your friends do the same.

3. Uh, I made some t-shirts (also at the above link http://jaybrannanstore.com/ more coming soon). I have to quit my day job soon, and things like t-shirts will help put food on my table (not that i have a table. and not that i actually need more food in my life)

4. "HOUSEWIFE" will be available as a digital SINGLE on MAY 27 on iTunes and other digital retailers. The entire album will be available for download worldwide (I believe) on the 1st of July.

5. Click here for my TOUR DATES and the links where you can get tickets! (the last few are going up tomorrow (saturday). I feel really bad, cuz I know Madonna's tour is going on sale this weekend too...and I don't want to steal her thunder or anything, but PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE SHOWS!!! so these bitches will let me come back someday and so I can pay for the fucking plane tickets to get there. You asked for it, so I'm comin! ......one thing you can do to help is add the Facebook events for my tour dates and invite your friends (only the ones you think might care -- no spamming)

6. I lost my virginity to Paula Cole's album This Fire. I just thought you should know.

xo jay

jaybrannan (main site)
myspace | youtube
The Morning After (blog)
... and coming soon to a cd player near you!!

Support 3 Rivers Athletics: Spring into Summer, part 1

I am running so far behind these days. It is not even funny. I have been sitting here debating on what to post for this Wednesday. I am left with three options: social/gender Sci Fi show casting molds, another tirade about what our local elected officials have done or said this time around and local politics as usual, or a general queer community update. I thought to myself, "Meh, let's talk about something that interests everyone and has hot guys involved." So here goes another installment of Support Three Rivers Athletics:

Fort Wayne Komets wins fifth Turner Cup Crown

When even veteran news anchors Linda Jackson and Mellisa Long are sitting on the edge of their seats during Indiana News Center's 11p.m. simultaneous broadcast, waiting to see with bare knuckle anticipation, who would win in the tied for two, triple overtime, seventh game, in the series, between the Fort Wayne Komets and the Port Huron Ice Hawks, for the 2008 Turner Cup Championship you know it had to be a good game. The sold out crowd of over ten thousand fans were not disappointed either when the Komets scored early into the third overtime making this a fifth time to carry the IHL championship. The next day Komet Hockey Club held its end of season party and raised just over thirty five thousand dollars to go to local unnamed charities.

On another note regarding the Fort Wayne Komets, Blake Sebring's blog Tailing The Komets was reactivated for the season and it is nice to see the local author, commentator, and journalist from the News-Sentinel back on his blog which went on an unfortunate hiatus last year. His second book Legends of the Komets is almost complete his recent book Tales of the Komets is for sale and available via Roof Top Publishing.

In our part to provide a full queer service to our readers, we have found that there is an International Gay and Lesbian Ice Hockey Association as well. To find other gay and lesbian etc. athletes like Kevin Battistelli, (pictured above) as copied from an article by Cyd Zeigler, Jr., go behind the locker room doors with the Co Founder of Out Sports and Sports Editor for Genre Magazine for starters.

Another random find while surfing

The Plex on California Road (north of Coliseum Boulevard and east of Parnell Avenue) offers year around opportunities and has three indoor leagues for those with varying skill levels and interests in: InLine Hockey, Flag Football, and Dodge Ball, amongst others.

Fort Wayne Dodge Ball and Yoga
@ Foster Park on Sundays continues

As advertised late last month a few individuals got together last year and started a hard core Dodge Ball Association in Fort Wayne that meets at Foster Park on Sundays @ 5 p.m., weather permitting. For those whom do not want rubber balls being flung in their face at questionable speeds they can participate in a Yoga class that is also free of charge. Please view the respective MySpace profiles of Fort Wayne Dodge Ball or Fort Wayne Yoga to find out more information.

One of the great things about Fort Wayne:
we have woman's semi-proffessional leagues and associations!

And on the subject of womens sports in the Summit City, one can not leave out the Fort Wayne Derby Girls (MySpace) and their "kick ass now and ask questions later" attitude in the local and national arenas. Their schedule is a little on the lengthy side, as it runs from April to October, so I will refer you to a poster here. However later this fall they are hosting a major tournament Fall Brawl on the 20th of September @ The Memorial Coliseum that is open to both women and a limited amount of mens teams.

Wear your cups bois! We dont want to hear you cry about a groin shot or the plexi-glass that got embedded in the wrong place.

The Fort Wayne Flash are in the middle of their first NWFA affiliated season and have a remainder of three home games left this year: this Saturday and next as well as the 14th of June. All home games start at four in the afternoon @ Bishop John Michael D'Arcy Stadium on the campus of St. Francis University and admission is five dollars at the door on game day. Come out and support the women in full contact american football style!

Now for the real game of football aka soccer

The Fort Wayne Fever soccer mens and womens teams are in season from May through July and host their games at Hefner Stadium near The Plex (see above for directions). To find out more specifics and how you can participate in next years team contact Coach Nick Potter @ 260-496-9999 ext 25.

The Fort Wayne Sport Club has begun its season unfortunately their website is undergoing a transition so it was a bit hard to navigate. Tryouts for the junior (ages 11-14) and senior (ages 15-17) travel teams are the second of June for girls and the fifth of June for the boys with backup dates in that same order on the ninth and tenth.

The "German Clubs" (Turners, Sports Club, etc.) as they were called when I was growing up have a rich history in supporting healthy activities and sportsmanship as well as cultural awareness in our youth and young adults.

"Shoot that fucking bird down already!" (inside joke)

I am somewhat biased to the organization. I have a lot of fond memories at the FWSC and I met one of my first boyfriends there when I was half my current age.


Amazing Baseball!, oops, This is fun!

I am probably using the wrong slogan but I never said I was up to date. It is hard when you cant decipher the calendar without a legend for the Fort Wayne Wizards and their game schedule @ The Castle (aka Memorial Stadium) which we just paid off last year and will be torn down in the next two years as planned out by the Harrison Square
...no politics you promised.... downtown development of a new indoor stadium, with retail shoppes and overly priced condominiums.
... I'm just reporting the news .... The condos are in jeopardy of not being built and now may loose the personal purchase support of the Mayor if the builders do what he wants them to do "to kick start" the project in the ass and get it built in time for the 2009 season or at least have some predominance of activity on the construction site.

... see no political commentary just news and information... That is enough sportsmanship and athleticism for one post. I will post more over the next two weeks on an unscheduled post as soon as I verify some of the information I left under my dog's furry little paws. You can also visit F6's Links Page for more information.

UPDATE: The continuation of this post may be found here:
Supporting Three Rivers Athletics: Midsummer, part 2

There was no post for Wednesday?

An Apology and Explanation

I hope you are all doing well. Can I ask if you would say a prayer or two for me. By not being able to work my regular paying jobs since my second heart and kidney failure a year ago, my fiscal liquidity (went to putting gas in the car and other life expenses) is non existent at the moment and my car just dropped his back end thanks to our fine City's collection of potholes. The stress of all that prevented me from posting Wednesday, my apologies. FYI, most ISM/Self Governing Catholic/Orthodox Clergy support themselves and only receive a small stipend for their mission work, so that the resources of the Faith Communities may be better directed to the service of all the people. I am not asking for money, just for prayer, the resources always show up.

Blessings Along The Journey,
+Kenneth

WE HAVE TRAFFIC OUT THE ASS ... LITERALLY!

F6 has received on average over 237 hits/page loads daily due to a picture of James Zinkand from Big Brother Nine upside down naked trading blow jobs on a gay porn soap opera Dirty Tricks, before he started on BB9. You can go to the Palm Sunday post directly if you want to and there are links to the remainder of the pictures courtesy of BILERICO.

I also want to give a shout out to an artist that I recently heard.

He is a local folk artist by the name of Nathaniel Lee and his music project is SOCKS

However the votes are tallied: This is my salute to the local Squirrel Society and Operation Chaos within the GOP

Different and Unique not Deficient and Abnormal!

The other reason for recommending these speeches of Dr. Wright in their full context is because the GLBTIQAS community has an equal length of religious history and documentation of oppression. Gay men specifically have a unique spirituality and understanding of Divinity. When that unique perspective is exclusively celebrated without filter, it challenges the very core in a typical modern Christianity let alone other religions and faith. As Dr. Wright exemplifies in his sermons and speeches it is not deficient it is just different! Our understanding of what it means for mankind to be made in the image and likeness of a Triune Divinity, may be unique but it is not abnormal.

The historic Catholic understanding and mutual play between the three persons of the ONE DEUS for those whom may be offended by their "God" being illustrated in such fashion, sorry but it is valid!

"The Eternal Will as Father and Eternal Word as Son loved each other so much, that in by personification between them as its own entity, their own Eternal Breath as Spirit."
~Historical Doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity

And God saw that it was good, very good!
I guess it gives you something to think about when Elohim said,
"Let us make man in our image."?

The only reason you have to through a tizzy about same sex relationships is because they mirror the relationship "God" has with himself, and that also includes three ways. The only valid gripe can be achieved by misappropriating part of the 'no graven image' clause in the Decalogue (Ten Commandments).

Modern Icon of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Martyrs, Soldiers, and Partners, 3rd Century

You can disagree with my view pointes all you like however before you try to deny God's perspective you might want to go back and read the stories again. Gay men and women are everywhere in Sacred Scripture and it is just a matter of recognizing us in our proper context and culture at the time. We celebrate the mysteries of faith, the journey of life, the adventure of a lifetime, exploring a different way of God's love for all mankind. We invite you to experience our perspective of that which was, is, and always will be, too!

Prelude for Saturdays post: Different and Unique not Deficient and Abnormal!

The controversy surrounding Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright blew up again because of his address to the National Press Club and the NAACP Detroit Branch Annual Dinner. I am frankly tired of this pastor's comments being taken out of context and have had enough of this political pandering both by conservatives and liberals, Democratic candidates and some sponsored delegates.

What really pissed me off was when Barack dissed his own pastor without actually watching what was said or done. For that matter, Barack's actual statement was these ideas "should be denounced" without actually denouncing the statements and then most of the press didn't call Barack out on it.

This the worst excuse of a politician in my opinion and Hillary's campaign staff and cohorts are not far behind the conservative press junkets in earning my displeasure either. But this isn't about politics this is about listening to the speeches in question, without reservation or presumption, in their full context.

I challenge each of you to hear the speeches fully:
NPC: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Q&A: Part 4; Part 5; Part 6
NAACP: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4

Photo of St. Sebastian's Martyrdom by (cant remember artist at this time will correct shortly)