Happy Pride 2012 Edmonton!
Despite spending all of last night cleaning and trying to fix not one but two shutoff valves that decided to break and leak everywhere (the joys of home ownership) I am still really excited about...
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We had another amazing turn out for BEEF Bear Bash Pride edition. Capacity crowd tons of hot guys in underwear and we raised $1100 for charity. Inevitably the Pride douchebags have irritated me to...
View ArticleOn Pride: Oh you did not just do that! edition
So while I was gone to a wonderful gay wedding in Banff, James was kind enough to comment on my On Pride post. Isn't it amazing how the internet connects us. What really blows me away about his...
View ArticleTime to X the ex
We met a bunch of friends at the #yeg Capital Ex today. I used to love going to the exhibition however this year's incarnation left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I'll ignore the ridiculous lineups...
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Beef Bear Bash Summer 2012
Summer is here and it is time to party with Alberta's Bear Community!PART 1: A BBQ at Victoria Park at 1 PM (weather permitting). See here for a map . Daren will be serving his delicious sloppy pulled...
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Forgetting Yourself
Sometimes things slip. You get into habits. Slide into routines that you never would have been ok with before.Ever since my gym shut down last spring I have not been able to get myself into a...
View Article30 is coming
In four days it's going to happen. I wasn't all that worried about it after all age is jus a number. There is a dark cloud lurking in my mind a restlessness that I can't quite put my finger on. At 30...
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Zombie Life
The party was a big hit. Probably the best theme party I have ever thrown.I am still cleaning up blood spatters... I thank jeebus we put plastic tarps down everywhere or the floors will never be the...
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BEEF Presents: BEARacchus Bear Weekend
BEEF Presents: BEARacchus Bear Weekend - CalgaryThe next BEEF Bear Bash is going to take place in Calgary. We are working with the fine fellows from ARGRA to bring you “BEARacchus Bear Weekend". Not...
View ArticleI haven't gone.
I have been in survival mode for the last 6 months maybe longer. The pressure at work has been insane. The BEEF Bear Bash events have become 10 times more work to organize and the house renovations...
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Beef Presents: The Canadian Bear Weekend
Alberta's biggest bear event has grown! After the huge success of Bearacchus Bear Weekend in Calgary we have partnered up with the best in bear entertainment to bring you the Canadian Bear Weekend!A...
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BEEF Bearbash returns this Friday November 22
After a long wait the Fellowship of Alberta Bears (FAB) are bringing back Alberta's biggest and best bear event.We have found a new home at the fabulous Evolution Wonderlounge. This great new gay...
View ArticleTake your chia pet beard gift and shove it.
What kills me about this duck dynasty asshole is the people defending his right to free speech as if the particular brand of ignorance and bigotry is some sort of benign opinion like the preference...
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Great Canadian Bear Weekend 2014
GREAT CANADIAN BEAR WEEKENDThe Fellowship of Alberta Bears (FAB) are proud to announce the second annual Great Canadian Bear Weekend will be June 6-8.Join us for a full weekend's worth of events...
View Article#MyNameIs Facebook Drag Name Protest Event
Facebook needs to realize that we have the right to be known by whatever alias, moniker, stage name, or pseudonym we want. Forcing LGTBQ people to use real legal names is dangerous and unnecessary.Join...
View ArticleThe PrEP Files: Part 1 Making the Decision
Over new years we were very lucky to get get to spend the holiday in Mexico with the fella's company. I had never been to Puerto Vallarta before but I was amazed at how gay and gay friendly it was....
View ArticleThe PrEP Files: Part 2 Educate Yourself
After making the decision we started researching. PrEP is a relatively new way to use a well established product. I powered up the google machine and started doing research on not only it's uses but...
View ArticleThe PrEP Files: Part 3 It is always darkest before dawn
I had originally planned a number of separate posts detailing talking to my doctor and getting the prescription filled. Having gone through the whole process however I think I need to provide a more...
View ArticleChChChanges
Hey BloggerI missed you.2015 was a year of challenges and discovery. It was a year of cleaning up messes from the clusterfuck that was 2014. Things I am proud of:Tackling the constant negative...
View ArticleBe it destiny or gravity I want no part of it.
The flashing pain of being thrown to the floor.The feeling of his vice like grip around your neck.Your brain screaming, begging for oxygen as you pass out.The panic when you see the rage in his eyes as...
View ArticleThe end of an era
I still remember my first time. I was 24 and after months of renovating my first condo I decided to get out of town for the Canada day long weekend and go to the gay rodeo at Simon's Valley Ranch. I...
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Living Proud and In the Now
The Orlando shootings hit me really hard. I had already been in such a dark place before they happened. My bestie lost one of her trans students to suicide the day before and we were reeling from the...
View ArticleOn Pride and Prejudice
So just some thoughts that have been rolling around in my anxious brain I wanted to share with my queer community. I have avoided wading into this mostly for my own mental health (it has been a...
View ArticleChanging the world one step at a time.
Last night I had the amazing opportunity to attend the historic ribbon cutting at Michael Phair school. I first discovered Michael from the front page of the Edmonton Journal in the early to mid...
View ArticleOn the Alberta Election and the Politics of Fear
I know a lot of my friends and family are tired of the stream of political material I have been putting out.I am tired too.I am tired of being called faggot by UCP supporters.I am tired of getting...
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