By bluerasberry on May 10, 2017
When I first moved to New York in 2012 I lived in uptown Manhattan with a housemate whom I liked a lot. It was a great situation for me. She was a long time New Yorker, we both worked in publishing, she was a great conversationalist, we often ate together, and in general was whatever […]
Posted in gay stuff, New York City, presentation | Tagged library, politics, Snowden
By bluerasberry on November 13, 2016
Earlier in the year Ann Matsuuchi (wiki user:Mozucat) and Ximena Gallardo (wiki user:Doctorxgc) had done a pilot project in which several of their students developed the Wikipedia article HIV/AIDS in New York City based on source material and insights collected in the Ed Koch Archives. On Thursday 10 November I visited them at their school […]
Posted in education, gay stuff, HIV, New York City, non-profit, research, Wikipedia | Tagged library
By bluerasberry on September 29, 2016
I was doing some research on the concept of LGBT bookstores, and I started thinking about how LGBT bookstores provided information which was not otherwise available. Nowadays it is harder to identify examples of physical locations which share information of a sort which absolutely cannot be found outside of those locations. I feel like there […]
Posted in gay stuff, religion, Texas | Tagged book, sex
By bluerasberry on July 16, 2016
Since visiting Italy and seeing Ancient Greek art, Roman art, and Renaissance art I have been thinking about gay art. Classical artwork contains a lot of nude imagery, and so does Renaissance artwork. Western culture since classical times has avoided discussing sexuality, and consequently, there has been a disconnect between high art and the values […]
Posted in art, gay stuff, Italy | Tagged Caravaggio, Saint Sebastian
By bluerasberry on April 5, 2016
Should prison inmates be permitted to edit Wikipedia? I assisted a prison inmate in placing a request for Wikipedia edits, and my action was examined in a post at The Wikipedian, which is the blog of Wikipedia commentator William Beutler. I will explain what I did, what context this action has in Wikipedia culture, who […]
Posted in gay stuff, legal, non-profit, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged crime, gay rights, prison
By bluerasberry on July 13, 2015
Puerta Vallarta is a resort town in Mexico. I am in Mexico for the 2015 Wikimania conference. Fabian is joining me for the travel. We left early for tourism and From Friday 10 July – Tuesday 14 we are in Puerta Vallarta. I knew some about the place before arriving but there was not much […]
Posted in gay stuff, Puerta Vallarta, service industry, tour | Tagged botanical garden, expatriate
By bluerasberry on November 21, 2014
Earlier this year the National Museum of American History took in some artifacts related to LGBT history. I saw the news when it was reported, and was glad for that, but also surprised that this needed announcing or that the idea was new. On Tuesday 18 November I visited the museum with Dorothy and we […]
Posted in DC, gay stuff, museum, research, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged Dorothy Howard, Smithsonian
By bluerasberry on August 17, 2013
Sou and I visited the Grand Palace in Bangkok on 14 August 2013. We were returning back from Wikimania and were able to arrange a flight which passed through Bangkok and let us stay overnight, so we did. The night we arrived Sou wanted to visit the gay sleazy district. When we were in Hong […]
Posted in Bangkok, gay stuff, service industry, Thailand | Tagged palace, sex
By bluerasberry on March 3, 2013
Marcus was upset with me when I was in India. I did not feel that he was justified in his original complaint, but in the end, we decided not to talk anymore. It was a bad breakup but I am not sure what could have made it better. While I was in India, I did […]
Posted in gay stuff, love, New York City | Tagged drama, Marcus
By bluerasberry on February 22, 2013
The night of 13 February I returned from Kumbh Mela with Sou, and I had wanted a peaceful 14 February morning and day with him. Hotels were crazy overbooked in Varanasi and I had not been able to find a room, and I asked Nadya if she could share a room with her cameraman so […]
Posted in festival, gay stuff, India, love, religion, tour | Tagged Kumbh Mela, Nadya Kadrevis, Sherwin, wedding