LEE NATIONAL DENIM DAY

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Lee National Denim Day is a single-day fundraiser created by Lee Jeans to support the Women's Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Every year, on the first Friday in October breast cancer awareness month, people nationwide are asked to wear their jeans and donate $5 in support of breast cancer research. Lee National Denim Day is one of the largest single-day fundraisers for breast cancer in the world. Each year, on the first Friday in October National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Lee Jeans encourages millions of people nationwide to wear their favorite jeans and make a $5 donation to support the fight against breast cancer. Now in its 12th year, Lee National Denim Day has raised more than $66 million in the fight against breast cancer. In 2006, people at nearly 18,000 companies and organizations wore denim on Lee National Denim Day.

SEX ¿HOW DO YOU DECIDE?...

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...GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TOP SITUATION...SEX is a natural expression that touches all living things; and WE are no exception to this rule. No matter what satisfies ones appetite, I am sure WE all can agree that SEX is a very IMPORTANT and VITAL part of our existence. Now the strange things for me is that most if NOT all of us has received more NEGATIVE TRAINING and SEXUAL EDUCATION about the HUMANITY of SEXUALITY. It is well-known fact that most of us place OUR SEXUALITY a distant second to the PLEASURE of the act itself. Hence, I beg to ask when it comes to SEX, how does one decide what they want the end result to be?

Within the GAY community, there are LABELS placed on individuals that dictates HOW and WHEN SEX happens. There are TOPS, BOTTOMS, FULLY VERSATILE, VERSATILE, VERSATILE TOPS, VERSATILE BOTTOMS, ORAL, ORAL TOPS and ORAL BOTTOMS. The thing for me is that these titles are PERFECTLY~IMPERFECT because they are not TRUE and don’t represent us well; they are mere SMOKE SCREENS that mask the UNDER BELLY of this WHALE of a problem WE have created in the name of SEX. 

Now we all know that ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL, so what forces come into play when deciding how we want to reach that special place? I FIRMLY believe that how WE have SEX is based solely upon the individual that we are about to copulate with and what part of your appetite that you are seeking to satisfy. However where that is WELL and GOOD, there is still a HUGE amount of us in the community that has the ‘label’ problem. What goes TOTALLY against MY ‘religion’ are the ones that LABEL themselves as being a TOP in every sense of the word when it comes to SEX. If I were to rewind time and look them up, it would not surprise me if I see MOST if NOT all of these MEN engaging in SEX of the PASSIVE kind. I guess there is a WINDOW when SEX is okay to be on the BOTTOM because you are in the exploration phase, but as WE get older the games are over does that mean it is time for serious business?

Those that CRY FOUL or AGONY when asking if they can bottom makes me hang my head in shame. I HATE TO BE THE ONE TO BREAK THE NEWS TO THEM, BUT SEX DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT! I OFTEN WONDER HOW CAN WE GROW AS A COMMUNITY & FOSTER HEATHLY ADULT RELATIONSHIP IF WE CANNOT GET PASS OUR INABILITY TO EMBRACE OUR SEXUALITY AS WE CONNECT WITH OTHERS. If logic were in play then…I do not for one second believes that when SEX happens between two men that it happens simply because the TOP likes to plug another man in HIS ass. As wonderful as it may seem I believe that SEX between two happens because they actually like each other and want to express in ways that ONLY SEX could. However, societal issues come into play and dictates that the PLUGGER is MORE of man than the PLUGGEE. SEX in OUR community simply comes down to SEXUALITY and how it is defined and this is sad because GAY is GAY and there is no way of running from that. How can I be MORE or LESS of a MAN IF I TAKE or RECEIVE A D!CK IN MY ASS? Why does his need to be DOMINANT dictates how SEX occurs? How does his LACK of COMFORT,OPENNESS or RESISTANCE signals how SEX happens? Whether it is because of D!CK size or a MAN that APPEARS to be OVERLY masculine, why have sex with someone that can only satisfy a portion of YOUR or HIS sexuality? 

SEX should start in the mind and works itself outward in the form of action, if not we are abusing it. Far too often, we USE or THINK of SEX as a way of SECURING what seems to be PERFECT @ the time, but if you have SEX and are on the receiving end by default, either there needs to be some other way of having SEX or PRAY for an EARLY visit from MR. ERECTILE DISFUNCTION. WHY HAVE A D!CK & NOT USE IT? This is how WE WRONG ourselves and come up short because WE admit defeat. I am of the PERSONAL OPINION that MOST if not ALL MEN want to get HIS ASS tapped by a D!CK every now and then so why not do it? This one-sided ACTION is NOT balance and trying to do whatever it takes to GET SOME is simply UNACCEPTABLE! WE ALL KNOW THAT SEXUAL AROUSAL HAPPENS COMPLETELY OUTSIDE THE CONTROL OR THE SUBCONSCIOUS. HENCE, WHY DO WE CONSTANTLY ALLOW OUR CONSCIOUS MIND TO FORCE US TO TAKE A D!CK & NOT GET ANY ASS? WE need to UNDERSTAND and ACCEPT that the HOMOSEXUALITY sphere by which WE tend to judge each other on is NOT ok and its consistent denial can only destroy OUR sexuality. WE know of this problem and WE continuingly allow this to REFLECT OUR HUMANITY within the community. I just wish that WE could celebrate OUR SEXUALITY, EMPOWER ourselves and ELIMINATE the need for SOCIETAL happiness. 

THE HUMANITY OF HOMO~SEXUALITY

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MAN IS A RELIGIOUG ANIMAL. HE IS THE ONLY RELIGIOUS ANIMAL. HE IS THE ONLY ANIMAL THAT HAS HE TRUE RELIGION—SEVERAL OF THEM. HE IS THE ONLY ANIMAL THAT LOVES HIS NEIGHBOR AS HIMSELF AND CUTS HIS THROAT IF HIS THEOLOGY IS NOT STRAIGHT-- Mark Twain. The sad truth is that religious leaders of all kinds throughout history and around the world have made the claim of DIVINE APPOINTMENT and GUIDANCE that has, more often than not brought INJUSTICE, PERSECUTION and MISERY to many. The thing is that it is WRONG for any one GROUP, MAJORITY or MINORITY to use RELIGION to FORCE its VIEWS or BELIEFS on others. I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT I AM IN TOUCH WITH MY HUMANITY BECAUSE OF HOMOSEXUALITY and NO GROUP or PERSON can ever change that. The CHURCH seeks to OUTLAW apart of my existence in order for me to CONFORM to what THEY feel I should do with my life. The EVIL that they are spreading has left a HOLE in the WALL of SEPARATION that ought to link HUMANITY. Sadly, this SEPARATION is just a blanket disguise of what is really going in our country today; CRIME and VIOLENCE are hitting record numbers and this group do not seem to care. Yet they are ADVOCATING what can only lead to VIOLENCE and this does NOTHING for HUMANITY. It is bad enough that THEY expect each and everyone one of us to die from H. I. V. / A. I. D. S. because it is GOD’s punishment. I would love for someone to tell me where the HUMANITY is in that thought. WHERE IS THE LOVE & THE HUMANITY FOR HOMOSEXUALS? WHY IS THEIR HATE SO STRONG FOR US? Jefferson wrote, BELIEVING WITH YOU THAT RELIGION IS A MATTER WHICH LIES SOLELY BETWEEN MAN & HIS GOD, THAT HE OWES ACCOUNT TO NONE OTHER FOR HIS FAITH OR HIS WORSHIP. This type of RELIGIOUS BULLYING can AND will have DIRE consequences for HUMANITY. Pity all this nonsense got started because ONE LESBIAN decided to ask for a channel that is reflective of what she feels as a HUMAN. Now it has taken a life of its own and shown itself in the form of censorship. Something that is CRAZY because we do LIVE in DEMOCRACTIC country and WE do PARTICIPATE in the COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT; it is OUR HUMAN right. I GUESS I SHOULD FUCK ALL THE ASS & SUCK AS MUCH D!CK THAT COMES MY WAY BECAUSE THEY CHALLENGING MY SEXUALITY? NONETHELESS, I LOVE THIS SH!T. I LOVE THAT SOMEONE DECIDED THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE DOCILE & ALLOW A GROUP OF TYRANTS TO MAKE RETREAT QUIETLY. I AM SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THEY DO NOT MAKE ANY NOISE UNLESS WE STAND UP FOR OURSELVES, AFTER ALL WE TOO SINFUL TO HAVE A VOICE. Oddly enough, these VERY same MEN molest little boys, leave semen stains on the souls of young girls, and hide behind their HUMANITY. In contrast the MAJORITY of HOMOSEXUALS place priority on GETTING THE NEXT ASS or SUCKING AS MUCH D!CK rather than SECURING THEIR RIGHTS TO HUMANITY. Most of them live as if BEING GAY IS A CRIME, sneaking around in the dead of night; hoping they are not caught. IT IS RATHER SAD THAT THEY DO NOT GET TO BE HUMANS BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY. WHAT IS EQUALLY SAD IS THAT THEY DO NOT SEEM TO WANT THEIR HUMANITY.

THE COWARDLY FEMINIST

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She is unique,

A feminist @ heart.

She walks to the edge of all light,

Willing stepping into the darkness.

She is all she knows,

All she can be.

For her life is divided;

She has learned that two things will happen.

Either she will have something solid to hold her,

Or she will be taught how to fly.

And she has flown so high,

That she has left those that grounded her.

She blames them for what has become of her,

She holds them @ fault when it’s all about her.

For they didn’t ask for her heart n’ soul,

She chose to give it.

Now she needs to find her outlet,

She has such untapped energy.

She has met with triumph and disaster,

And she allowed them to treat her like an imposter.

Pity she cannot accept that she made one heap with her winnings,

And lost from the beginning.

She didn’t do it for the right reasons,

Because she wasn’t praise for her work.

All she feels that I wasted myself,

And she has lost sight of the reason why.

How sad that she can’t seem to not breathe a word of her loss,

She make sure that those she carried pay the cost.

And now she holds on to nothing,

I guess it is her only solice…her peace.

How sad for her though,

She is ignoring her calling.

She did not get that activism transforms from the inside out,

And the order of things are meaningless in her world.

She fights, but only to lose;

And then hate herself for it.

She hates that she has to live in this world,

But she is too much a coward to anything about it;

And she is brave enough to live it.

© tgk

THIS MAN'S LIFE

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AA DECADE OF ME...

Today makes 10 years that I have subconsciously ACCEPTED my SEXUALITY. If I had to describe my journey, I’d say it was my liberated renegade of truth and evolutionary healing, mainly because of how I ultimately view myself in this world. The decision to embrace who I am was not an easy choice; yet I am here. No amount of POEMS or STORIES could capture this BOY’S life. I have overcome SHAME and removed the MASK in my personal journey and waded through the waters of misery that I’ve endured despite RELIGIOUS and SOCIETAL hate. I had no idea what was in store for me, all I know is that I felt AFRAID and ALONE. I was DEMONIZED, DE-VALUDED and DE-HUMANIZED.I have fought against STEREOTYPES, LIES and MYTHS that sought to taint my soul. I sat up so many times remembering when I was 13 years old crying because I knew that I was attracted to other males and I hated myself because I was the THING that the world said that I should not be. It would have been ideal to have been able to talk to someone about those feelings, but I was surrounded by an environment of antipathy for the homosexual lifestyle. So as the ONLY son, knowing that my family would not be exactly fond of having a gay in their midst, I, like many other gay teenagers, tried desperately to suppress my homosexual emotions in order to be considered normal. I grew up having to stomach scripture stuffed down my throat, stating that homosexuality was a sin. Even though I was not engaging in sex, I still knew that I was gay, which ultimately led me to questioning whether or not I was hell-bound and wondering if I was a moral abomination in the eyes of God. Of course, the church told me that being homosexual was very much a choice and a conscious decision…Consequently, I was also told that I chose to be GAY because I just wanted to HURT others… how that works out since   ironically, I was the one treated VIOLENTLY via family members. I LOST my job because of my sexuality; so who really was HURT and who would choose this for themselves if it was not who they are? So I decided to stop the PERPETUATION of the MYTHS, LIES and STEREOTYPES and decided that I should be the MAN I am meant to be. I AM A GAY MAN NO DOUBT, BUT I AM SETTING EXAMPLES FOR THE SONS OF THIS LAND. I WAS PLACED ON THIS PATH TO BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THE WORLD. MUCH LIKE AN ARTIST GIVES LIFE TO A CANVAS, I AM THE CANVAS & GOD IS THE ARTIST AND HE CHOSE MY COLORS BEFORE I KNEW WHO I WAS MEANT TO BE. HENCE I AM A MAN WITH AN EVOLVED MIND WHO IS NOT AFRAID OF HIS BEAUTY OR SEXUALITY…

A MAN ON THE MOVE...

I AM A GAY MAN & I LIVE IN A WORLD THAT YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND. I'm just your above average 20-ish, pseudo-revolutionary, making his mark on this world. I don't think the Bahamas has waters deep enough for me, but I know that I can leave a significant mark. I have cultivated my craft, honed my skills, and now I am sure they can see that I AM not just your average MAN; I am the summation of all that I want to be. I transition space to exist in my own math. Do you need a calculator? I am the first testimony of CREATION; the SUN, the MOON and STARS. I am a PURE example of the TRUE beauty of how WONDERFUL life can be; I suckle form the very branches swaying to the breeze from GOD’s breathe. Do you see the broadness of back displaying the signs of the struggle on my shoulders; hence the determination in my eyes. Be witness to the ESSENCE, SENSUALITY, STRONGSTRUCTURE and POWER as I embrace both the inner and outer beauty of my soul. I have come a long way and I thank GOD for this path, I wouldn’t want it any other way. I AM on a GODLY mission and I cannot allow ANYTHING or ANYONE to CURTAIL my mobility or LIMIT my mentality. I AM offering my service as the rent I pay for room on this planet. I see the writing on the wall; I do not ASSUME it is addressed to someone else. I have the vision to see the FUTURE through the PAST so I can REINVENT myself as that special someone who, in the eyes of God, is WORTHY of LOVE. This ultimately led me to realize that LIFE IS THE SCHOOL & LOVE IS THE LESSON. Hence, I am a LIFE ACTIVIST and COMMUNITY ORGANIZER who has a PASSION for EVERYONE and EVERYTHING on this planet. I walk a very thin line that others rarely see and this leaves me walking alone more times than others. BUT NO MATTER I KNOW I AM ON THE RIGHT PATH, I KNOW THAT I DO NOT SEE ANYONE IS BECAUSE THEY ARE FOLLOWING ME…

A FULL CIRCLE LIFE...

They say, THE BOUNDARIES WHICH DIVIDE LIFE FROM DEATH ARE @ BEST SHADOWY & VAGUE. WHO SHALL SAY WHERE ONE END & THE OTHER BEGIN? However, before such time comes I would like to this time and acknowledge that I feel that my LIFE has come FULL CIRCLE. There were so many things that I took with me that I did not need; things that kept me back and made things uneasy for me. I did not take the time to ENJOY my life and the things that I was experiencing 10 years ago, now I am. I am NO longer ANGRY or HATE those that hated me; instead I take their poison and made antidote for my soul. I came to a place where I fully understood that I like EVERYONE on this planet, I AM one of GOD’s children and he made me in his very OWN IMAGE and LIKENESS so I need not live in FEAR. Coming into myself should have been a time of CELEBRATION and JOY; instead it was marred with the typical reactions that persons that are like me deal with. I understand that they know that I am so PERFECTLY IMPERFECT that they are jealous of me and the strange thing is that I do not hold this against them…it takes LIFE-ALTERING events to get this place and if you are like them; scared of your OWN shadow then you are doomed. Being a GAY man is not easy, I have to some many time remind myself that even though it may seem as if things are the same, in a lot of ways they are different. I know they are because I can sit down and reflect on myself and write this which shows that CHANGE is the only constant in the CIRCLE of LIFE. THE SOONER WE ACCEPT THAT, THE BETTER OFF WE WILL BE…