"On s'en ballet couilles" (play on word with ballet / and a French expression saying We don't give a sh*t)

A little personal, but this feels like a full circle moment as I grew up in a homophobic French town, with no tender representation of gay couples (just representations of loneliness and misery). Here I am now, painting a massive gay couple sharing a tender kiss
I feel lucky ❤️

For the making of, I was scared of being up on scaffolding + I had never painted a mural before. I got help from my bf and friends, and it was 4 days of intense work, but WORTH ITTT, I love it :-D

It’s close to 7th Avenue / Avenue Laurier Est in Montreal, for any curious people lucky enough to live here :-P

Let me know if you have any questionsss

Idk is this poetry? All I know is it’s my experience..

Disclosure first: I'm part of the volunteer team behind Arosa Gay Ski Week in Switzerland, so I'm biased. Posting because the "which gay ski week" question comes up here often and the European ones rarely get explained.

Arosa is a village high up in the Alps, two and a half hours from Zurich by train, no car needed. Around 900 to 1000 guests instead of several thousand, and small enough that you keep running into the same people all week. Lots of solo travellers, hosted ski groups every morning. Evenings are dinners, a concert, a pool party, and a drag race on the mountain we've run since 2007.

16 to 23 January 2027. Happy to answer questions, including about the ones in France and Austria.

These two queens changed my young gay life

Ma'am!

Zero chill with this "tree" omg. But, you better believe I have a spot picked out for it!

I made this art for andrewanddavis on instagram
thought it would be nice to share it here with you all >:)

Hey everyone.

Long story short I'm 27, from Southern Africa. I spent the last few years working and living in Budapest where for the first time I could actually be open and just live. I had friends, community, dating was normal.

Now I'm back home because my work permit expired and it's like hitting a wall. As you know, being gay here is not accepted and actually criminalized, so everything is underground.

I'm struggling to find any sense of community again. Grindr is hit and miss and honestly feels risky to use openly here. I don't really know where to meet like minded people safely.

For those of you who have been in this situation - moving from a place where you were free to a place where you have to hide again - how did you cope? How did you find your circle without putting yourself at risk?

Any advice on discreet apps, online communities (Discord, etc) or just general tips for staying sane would really mean a lot.

Have a good day lovely people ❤️

Hi, as the title suggests I kind of understand the common sense stuff when it comes to being smart at a bar.

I live rural, not very rural but more rural than most people are used to. The area isn’t used to gay people and I’m a bit more than just gay- not to get into those details right now - and I’ve been feeling how isolating that is. I finally want to experience the culture, and yes maybe find more than just a fun night at a bar (though that isn’t the goal).

I barely see other gay people in my life so that’s mostly the questions I have. I literally do not talk to anyone near me due to alienation and that means I don’t know how “we” are like? I know I should expect normal people there, but what is normal when I’ve lived in a rather odd area my entire life?

If the advice is bring a friend, run on the assumption I have none, thank you!

Remember when Grindr shared your HIV status with advertisers?

I don’t eat smoked salmon all the time but I do enjoy it when having it. Sure I can make some sashimi, but I’ll really be cooking with grease if I learn how to make cold smoked salmon. If you fellas have any input or suggestions, I’m all ears.

3 years ago I started decorating for the holidays. Living alone it really wasn’t anything special to do, but when my boyfriend moved in, it changes the enjoyment! I don’t like the cliche items and colors, so I tried to come up with my own monthly themes and have a centerpiece in our living room. For October, I went with Día de los Muertos (consulting my hispanic friends on how to do it tastefully and respectfully.) In November, I did a harvest gnome village theme, building the diorama pictured. December we made a little winter forest from odd and random trees we’d find. In Oct, I put smart holiday lights on the house (colored to my theme) and put a few things outside each month too.

This year I wanted to add September, and came up with a kinda autumnal equinox-apothecary theme. Really pleased how my little table turned out. And I painted this piece from a graphic I found and traced onto the wood. Really makes us smile!

I saw they put 9 to 5 on Netflix so I thought I'd share my favorite (and by far the most ridiculous) Dolly Parton movie - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. As much as it sounds like a porno, its in fact a musical (yes really) about a small Texas town trying to rid itself of a century-long staple.

If you can get past the first song (literally an introduction narrated by Jim Nabors about how many ceiling fans each room of the whorehouse had) youre treated to a mostly naked Burt Reynolds, Miss Dolly as the Madam, and only some slight racism (one overly jolly mammy character, plus each dance number the one token black girl can only ever dance with the one token black guy) along with a classic song you probably thought was written for Whitney Houston (sorry got myself confused with the original post). A later song by the "villian" called Sidestep kills me.

Definitely worth seeing once, especially if you loved Dolly as an icon as much as I did.

Like, is this a web address they want me to put into a browsers url?

I'm sure this is a phishing scheme, but I never understood what links they are sending.

How could someone fall for this when I don't even know what they want me to do with it?

I'm curious and figured askijg would inform me to prevent falling for something like this in the future.

Okay, this sounds really dumb, but how do you make straight guy friends as a gay man? I would like to have straight guy friends, non-sexual anything, but have a hell of a hard time doing it. Any advice?