Friday, December 25, 2009

The Pope Got Knocked Down, Oh My!


(If the video gets pulled from YouTube, you can probably search and find it.)

Gee I hope she didn’t tear his dress!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Beautiful Guy In White Underwear


Beautiful Guy, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

Here's a present for you. It's a few more photos of one of my favorite beautiful guys from Gay Pride in NYC. Enjoy!

Beautiful, Eyes Shut


Beautiful Guy, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

Maybe he was waiting for a kiss. I took this photo at Gay Pride in NYC.

If You're Into Nice Pits...


Beautiful Guy, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

...then this photo I took at Gay Pride in NYC is for you. Enjoy!

Two Hot Men


Beautiful Guys, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

All is calm, all is bright! I took this photo at Gay Pride in NYC.

Want a Lollipop?


Beautiful Guy, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

It looks like this handsome guy has at least one lollipop to spare. I took this photo at Gay Pride in NYC.

Hairy Leg, White Briefs


Beautiful Guy, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

Looks great, and I wish I'd see sights like this a lot more often! I took this photo at Gay Pride in NYC.

If You Like A Nice Bottom...


Beautiful Guy, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

...then this photo I took at Gay Pride in NYC is for you. Enjoy!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Oh Tiger!


Beautiful Guy, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

Here's a photo of a beautiful guy I took at Gay Pride in NYC. If I didn't know better, I might think he was looking just a bit upset that Tiger Woods has gotten himself into such a bind!

Tiger Woods: Porn star Joslyn James is tenth woman linked to disgraced golfer

Click this link to read more about the Tiger Woods marriage fiasco.

Monday, December 7, 2009

PORN star Holly Sampson last night became the seventh woman alleged to be a mistress of golf star Tiger Woods


Mindy said she romped with Tiger under the nose of his blonde wife Elin, 29, who was pregnant. Mindy said: "All he wanted me for was sex."

Isn't that special?




Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Some Thoughts About Marriage Equality


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

Today, the senate in New York State defeated the same-sex marriage bill and missed a glorious opportunity today to assume a leadership position in human rights. In the words of Senator Duane, referring to large looming problems like war and the economy, "There is never a good time for civil rights — it’s never, ever the right time for civil rights, I know,” he added. “But the paradox is it’s always a good time to be on the right side of history.” Today, it was very painful to watch my own state's representatives vote to let bigotry stand, to actually listen to individual senators call out their "NO" votes and impact my reality like this.

Our day WILL come.

Today, I am celebrating the future by posting a series of some of my favorite photos that I took at Gay Pride in NYC.

Everyday is Gay Pride Day


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

This beautiful sight that I photographed at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC is a rousing image that I hold in my mind everyday as I consider where gay people have been, progress that's been made and what we deserve to achieve in the future. Nothing less than full equality will do.

Love is Beautiful, Love is Real!


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

Love makes the world a better place for everyone. Too bad that fear and ignorance continue to blind too many of the people in political power here in the USA. The darkness will get dispelled in time so that equal rights and justice will ultimately prevail. I took this photo at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC.

Support Marriage Equality!


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

If you are gay, whether or not you ever want to get married, it is a right that should be available to you here in the USA, a country which prides itself on equal treatment for all under the law. I took this photo at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC.

Joy, Light & Love


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

I assume these two young men who I photographed at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC are a couple. If they are, they cannot get married, today, in New York or most other states in the USA. No matter how long a same-sex couple has been together, or how committed they are to each other, or how upstanding a citizen each person in a same-sex couple is, no matter what they each contribute to society in America, regardless of the taxes that they pay to support EVERYONE in America, same-sex couples who want to get married are being denied equal status due to sheer bigotry and ignorance. This must not stand.

It's Been 40 Years Since the Stonewall Rebellion


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

40 years after Stonewall, and we still don't have marriage equality. The excerpt below, from NYS senate bill S66003, explains the situation of many of you in the good old USA, and/or your friends and members of your family quite well. I took this photo at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC.

Partners unable to enter into a civil marriage - and their children - lack basic legal protections taken for granted by married couples. In such areas as property ownership, inheritance, health care, hospital visitation, taxation, insurance coverage, child custody, pension benefits and testimonial privileges, married couples receive important safe-guards against the loss or injury of a spouse, and crucial assurances against legal intrusion into their marital privacy. As important, unions lacking the State's recognition are denoted, by force of law, as somehow not equal to other comparable relationships. Civil marriage is the means by which the State defines a couple's place in society. Those who are excluded from its rubric are told by the institutions of the State, in essence, that their solemn commitment to one another has no legal weight.

Out Loud and Proud!


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

The defeat of the gay marriage vote in the New York State senate today is disappointing and deplorable. But progress is unstoppable. We WILL attain marriage equality! I took this photo at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC.

Love is Beautiful


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

Two young men are the image of health, joy and beauty in this photo I took at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC.

Gay Pride Forever!


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

I love the strength that emanates from this flag bearer in a photo I took at Gay Pride 2008 in NYC.

Two Friends


Gay Pride, originally uploaded by funfotoguy2.

These handsome guys were enjoying Gay Pride 2009 in NYC when I took this photo.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Beau of the Ball


beau of the ball, originally uploaded by istolethetv.

Today, I have posted three photos for you depicting guys who have very different looks, but who share a wonderful commonality, that of exhibiting male beauty. Thanks to isolethetv for sharing this super photo with us!

Blue Gris


Bleu gris, originally uploaded by reminiscence7.

Enjoy a beautiful portrait, of blue and grey, shared with us here by reminiscence7.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Looking at You!


Impression, originally uploaded by evanembee.

As evanembee from Flickr explained, "This photo is not diddled with to make it look like an Impressionist painting. The afternoon light, the breeze, the telephoto, and the exposure all conspired together to create this painterly effect in the camera. I think that's kinda cool." Thanks to evanembee for sharing this photo with us! He took it in El Dorado Park, Long Beach.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

GANYMEDE #5 ISSUE RELEASED

GANYMEDE is a literary/art print journal by and for gay men published quarterly in New York as a paperback book. I'm happy to post this announcement regarding the release of issue #5.

GANYMEDE #5 ISSUE RELEASED
Our biggest ever--a whopping 344 pages!
Gay men¹s lit/art print quarterly published quarterly in New York
as a paperback book.

Table of contents and readable sample pages:
http://www.ganymedenyc.com/
Purchase (print or download) at
http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1308479

--EDMUND WHITE on writing gay
--OSCAR WILDE's delicious 1889 dialogue on art, ³The Decay of Lying²
--GLENWAY WESCOTT's 1928 story of a little boy going to a ball in drag
--BERGDORF BOYS by Scott Hess: first of four parts serializing a complete novel about gay party boys in New York
--TEN gay poets--the finest survey of gay poetry in print today
--EIGHT cutting-edge gay visual artists from around the world
--SUSAN GLASPELL's 1917 story ³A Jury of Her Peers²
--INDIE EYE with tips on obscure movies to rent, including the first
gay Bollywood flick!
--The Paris of Our Dreams: the 19th-century transformation of Paris
coincided with the birth of photography, and the rise of archival
photographers who snapped parts of the city either rising or falling.
Our portfolio shows these precious images.

"When I pulled Ganymede #5 out of its box, I held a spine nearly an inch thick, healthy for an annual but unheard-of for a quarterly. And when I reached the end of its 344 pages, my head was spinning. Nothing remotely like Ganymede has been seen in the gay community in my lifetime. After crucial essays by Edmund White and Oscar Wilde, each section, presented with style and snap, leads you deep into gay male experiences of genuine interest and pungency. Ganymede has already been praised for its textual importance and visual splendor, but with this issue, it rises to real historic grandeur. No literate gay man can afford to miss it."
--Erik Mitchell in AssociatedContent.com

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Lots of Gay Blogs Have Been Deactivated

You may have noticed that many gay blogs have been deactivated recently.

Click here to go to a special blog devoted to this issue. I won't rehash the whole story here. You can follow the link I've included here for extensive details on what's been happening as well as updates on which blogs have closed and which blogs have re-opened.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Happy Guy at Vancouver Pride


Vancouver Pride happy guy, originally uploaded by troutwerks.

I hope this photo, shared with us by Flickr member troutwerks, brightens up your day!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Sexy Surfer


surfer, originally uploaded by germanuncut77.

Enjoy this fine portrait of a gorgeous man, shared with us here by germanuncut77 from Flickr!

If You Like Muscle...


Fire Island, originally uploaded by Kevin Coles.

...then you should enjoy this photo taken on Fire Island, and shared with us here by Flickr member Kevin Coles.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

At the Pool in Buenos Aires


Buenos Aires 125A, originally uploaded by evanembee.

Thanks to evanembee on Flickr for sharing another captivating photo of his with us!

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Happy Pride 2009!


Beautiful Guy, originally uploaded by funfotoguy.

This young guy seemed to capture the extremely joyful spirit of Pride NYC 2009, where I took this photo, on the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Broadway's Nick Adams in Debut Solo Concert, at Birdland!


Broadway's NICK ADAMS
in Debut Solo Concert
Broadway at Birdland
Monday, August 17 at 7pm



Jim Caruso's Cast Party is proud to present Broadway favorite Nick Adams in his solo cabaret debut at Birdland on August 17 at 7pm. This event is part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series. James Sampliner will serve as musical director for the concert.

Nick Adams was last seen on Broadway as 'Liver Lips Louie' in the recent revival of Guys & Dolls. He is currently featured on the cover of the July/August 2009 issue of Dance Spirit magazine. He also headlined the debut edition of the sexy dance production “Erotic Broadway” at the Triad Theatre in June. Adams is perhaps best known for his role as Larry in the recent Broadway revival of A Chorus Line opposite Mario Lopez. He also appeared on Broadway in Chicago and The Pirate Queen. Later this year, he will be seen in the film, "An Englishman in New York," starring John Hurt and Cynthia Nixon.

Nick Adams
Monday, August 17 at 7pm
Broadway at Birdland
315 West 44 Street, NYC
212-581-3080
www.BirdlandJazz.com
$25 - General Admission, $35 - Premium Seating
$10 food/drink minimum.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

UPDATE

I've started cleaning up my blog, since Flickr decided to delete my account a few days ago. It will take a while. Thanks for your patience. If Flickr deleted your account, I'd love to hear from you! Link to my profile to send me email.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Bad News...


This is a photo of yours truly, Funfotoguy.

Apparently, Flickr deleted my account of almost 3,000 photos this evening. They sometimes go after accounts that have candid photos, and delete them. I really love the ease of blogging photos from Flickr, as well as Flickr itself. Flickr was the host of the vast majority of photos that appeared here on Beautiful Guys.

There's not much there now, but I opened a new account under the name Funfotoguy2 on Flickr. If you're on Flickr, I hope you'll look for me sometime soon, and add me as a contact. If you're a Flickr member, then try me here, at this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/funfotoguy2/. Also, you can click here to reach me by email.

It's been a fun ride, eh?

It would be nice to find another service to host my tasteful (in my opinion!), candid photos without worrying about the service deleting my account.

For now, my plans for Beautiful Guys are entirely up in the air...but I am thinking on it, and open to your suggestions!

Friday, July 10, 2009

BRUNO is Brilliant!

I saw BRUNO the film this evening. Sacha Baron Cohen is brilliant! The film gets off to a quick start, and once the laughs start, they just keep on coming! GLAAD has criticized the film, stating that it "reinforces negative stereotypes" and "decreases the public's comfort with gay people." Boy, did they get it WRONG! Universal Pictures, on the other hand, got it RIGHT and maintains that "Bruno" is a satire that "uses provocative comedy to powerfully shed light on the absurdity of many kinds of intolerance and ignorance, including homophobia."

Gay people should not be afraid to appear or act differently than straight people, period. BRUNO clearly presents an extreme, provocative example, but it also serves to remind us that there's room for everyone.

WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER! F*&KING GET USED TO IT!

I LOVE BRUNO!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Shirtless Smoker


smokers are jokers, originally uploaded by istolethetv.

I'm not the only guy taking photos in Central Park, NYC. Check out this fine photo shared here by istolethetv, one of my buddies from Flickr!

Long Beach Pride 2009


Long Beach Pride 2009 514A, originally uploaded by evanembee.

June is Pride month across the USA. Enjoy this fine photo by Flickr member evanembee, posted here with his permission.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

ADAMSCANDIDS

Adam is a buddy of mine from Flickr.

He's got exquisite taste in candid guy photos. He disappeared for a while, but his blog is back now!



Harvey Milk (1930 - 1978)


Harvey Milk was the first openly gay politician in California. He was born and raised in New York. He's been a hero of mine ever since I read The Mayor Of Castro Street (1982) by Randy Shilts, and saw The Times of Harvey Milk (1984). Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant is director of the stunning new film, Milk (2008) with a script by Dustin Lance Black.

The power of the film "lies in its uncanny balancing of nuance and scale, its ability to be about nearly everything — love, death, politics, sex, modernity — without losing sight of the intimate particulars of its story. Harvey Milk was an intriguing, inspiring figure. 'Milk' is a marvel." - from The New York Times

Where would we be today without Harvey Milk? How would the AIDs crisis have unfolded differently if he did not get killed in 1978. Will lousy Proposition 8 in California stand, or will it be invalidated by the California Supreme Court?


I will always feel indebted to, and inspired by, Harvey Milk!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Look Back, Cowboy


Look Back, Cowboy, originally uploaded by evanembee.

Here's another fine photo by evanbee, posted here with his permission.

This photo of a naturally beautiful cowboy was taken at Windy City Rodeo.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Pig Handler


Pig Handler, originally uploaded by evanembee.

Here's another fine photo by evanbee, posted here with his permission.

I didn't expect a pig handling man to be so good-looking!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Green Wave


Green Wave, originally uploaded by evanembee.

Here's another fine photo by Flickr member evanembee, posted here with his permission. I'd love to see a 3D version of this surfer photo!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Anderson at Model Men

Today's post features a few of my favorite guys from Model Men.

The site features male models & amateur guys in hot, exclusive photo sets, including naked men. Model Men has increased its update schedule to at least 4 times per week, & I'm told, intends to continue to develop & expand its offerings. Check out the site, and if you feel so inclined, it's a good idea to get a subscription in July before a slight increase.

Brandon at Model Men

Visit Model Men.net

Monday, June 8, 2009

Mike at Model Men

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Two Brothers at Model Men

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Runners


episco, originally uploaded by istolethetv.

On The Beach


On The Beach, originally uploaded by Alan46.

Gimme a K!


gimme a 'k', originally uploaded by istolethetv.

Hairy Guy

Sunday, May 31, 2009

California Dreamin'


california dreamin', originally uploaded by istolethetv.

Basketball Warmup


Street Fair #2: Basketball Warmup, originally uploaded by Alan46.

~ Je m'appelle François

Saturday, April 18, 2009

New Header Banner


I changed the banner image to something new. So long to the one I've been using for quite a while now. Thanks, always, for visiting Beautiful Guys!