Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Ars In Memoriam 2014

Photography by Kent Hutchinson of KH Photo

Joseph Douglas Wilson Jr. a.k.a
Ars Northmead
★ April 21, 1953 (first life)
 October 25, 2006 (SecondLife)
 March 12, 2010

On this day four years ago my beloved husband Ars passed away after a short illness.

Ars' brothers Dejerrity Mycron and Jeb Nicholls arranged a Memorial Service at Calas Galadhon where Truck Meredith and Tymus Tenk kindly let us use the homestead sim Mirromere for a week before, and their main sim for the big Memorial Service on March 20, 2010. Bora Rossini had created a beautiful setting for the memorial.

All of Ars' family and friends in SecondLife gathered there as well as Doug's parents, one of his sisters, his brothers and and even some of his nephews, nieces and cousins, who joined us in front of a computer screen using an avatar they had created.

I have asked for pictures from that memorial service earlier and this year I was happy to receive two from our friend elis Eun.
Photography by elis Eun
Photography by elis Eun
Although I never at the time thought that I would find love and true joy again, as it turns out life can work miracles and today I am happily married to my darling Tomais. I know that Ars would have wished this for me.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Fashion Pride Opening Today

"As you know, HIV and AIDS still impacts the lives of millions throughout the world today. Its impact in urban areas is often understated publicly, but the effect it has on those it touches is profound, transforming lives, destroying health, and devastating families.

Second Pride, the organization that creates Second Life's largest pride celebration, is holding a fundraiser for AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT), to raise funds to increase awareness of the disease, assist those living with HIV, and service the community, while researching its impact on various segments of society.

Fashion Pride is an exciting shopping event that will take place from March 10th through March 17th 2014. It will include fabulous shopping, fashion shows, entertainment events, and a final art auction to raise funds for both the Second Pride main festival in June and ACT.

Marcus Lefevre has generously donated the use of one sim for the Fashion Pride event. We are grateful for his generosity."

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Still have questions? Look at the Fashion Pride website

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Picture of the Day - 21

"Destroyed City" Photography by Revan Jinn
If you wish to see more of Revan's photography, please visit his Flickr photostream here.

SP Meeting - March 9, 2014, 12PM (noon) SLT

 There is a Second Pride public board meeting today at noon SLT, at the conference hall at Second Pride sim (SLurl).
For complete information on the vendor/sponsor packs for the Pride Festival please visit the Second Pride website.

Come one, come all!

Miss Wigstock 2014 - Seeking Contestants, Bloggers, a Videographer & Sponsors

I am pleased to share this press release from Gay Archipelago with you all, as my family has a stake in this contest ever since my brother Dejerrity Mycron won third place a couple of years ago. (Between us, he should have won of course!)

Dates to remember for Miss Wigstock 2014  
  • March 21 - Contestant entries due
  • April 19 - Preliminary events  
  • April 27 - Miss Wigstock 2014, final event

Contestants 

Sign-ups for Miss Wigstock 2014 contestants are due by March 21st, 2014.  

Please fill out a notecard that you have named "Miss Wigstock 2014 Entry (your name)" with the required information (see below) and send it to Ricogenu and/or Parvin (a.k.a. Xcept Atlas) prior to March 21, 2014. 
SL Avatar Name: (your name)
Drag Stage name: (your preferred stage name) 
PRELIMINARY EVENTs on Saturday April 19 at 12 PM and 4 PM SLT, theme Burlesque:
  1. Your choice of time for the preliminary event  12 PM or 4 PM SLT?:
  2. Pick two songs you will perform at the preliminary event. 
  3. Add a file of both the songs for the preliminary:
FINAL EVENT on Sunday April 27 at 12 PM SLT, theme Disco:
  1. Please pick three songs you would be willing to perform (Only one will be performed)
  2. File of the 3 songs for the final:
  3. Do you require any background set or props?:
  4. Additional notes for the organizers?


Oliver Elton will assist each contestant to get them ready for the shows.

Bloggers & a Videographer

Gay Archipelago are also seeking a videographer for the final event as well as bloggers to live blog the events.

Please contact Ricogenu and/or Parvin (a.k.a. Xcept Atlas) if you are interested in participating.

Sponsors

Gay Archipelago thanks its current sponsors who have signed on. They have donated cash, gift cards, their sims, and items:  GreyMyst EstatesJCNY, RGDW, Roby's style, Empire Emporium, N4RS, Corinthia Isle, GAYstar and HUG's.

Please contact Ricogenu and/or Xcept Atlas is you are considering sponsoring this event.

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*Two preliminary Miss Wigstock shows at Corinthia Isle's "Cawk & Heels Drag Club"*
Each contestant will participate in one of the two shows where they will each perform two songs.

When: Saturday April 19 at 12 PM and 4 PM SLT
Theme: Burlesque
Host:: Edwin Wilmot of Corinthia Isle
DJ: TBD
Voting: Audience favorite, the contest board will be set to group allowed voting only. (Group tags will be given out during the show.)
Builder: Rene Bonaparte
Prize: Gift Cards/Gifts
                  
**  Miss Wigstock Finals will be on the big stage at GreyMyst **
We will have two full sims together, contestants on one sim, audience on the other. Each contestant needs to pick three songs, however they will only perform one at the finals. (This is to prevent duplicates among contestants.)

When: Sunday, April 27 at 12 PM SLT
Theme: Disco
DJ:  TBD
Builder: GreyMyst's builders
MC: Chris Magic Blackheart
Prizes: 
  • L$15,000 First, 
  • L$5,000 Second, 
  • L$2,500 Third 
  • Gift Cards/Gifts 

Judging: 
Judging will be handled by three impartial judges to be determined. Anyone connected to a contestant or a sim will not be permitted to judge. Each judge will have a scorecard, with scoring guidelines. The judges will give their scores to a scorekeeper who will total the points independently.


If you have any questions or comments please contact Parvin (a.k.a. Xcept Atlas).

Ricogenu & Parvin

The Best Gay Possible


(via J.M.G.)

Irishman Rory O'Neill is a drag queen and gay rights activist. His drag persona Panti Bliss is an institution in Ireland.

In January 2014 O'Neill appeared on an Irish television program where homophobia was being discussed. O'Neill alleged that some individuals involved in Irish journalism were homophobic. The persons mentioned by O'Neill were the journalists John Waters and Breda O'Brien of the Irish Times, David Quinn, head of the Iona Institute, and three other members of that same institute. The homophobes later threatened the television company and O'Neill with legal action.

The television company gave in to the pressure and forthwith removed that section of the interview from their online archive and issued a public apology to the homophobes. The company also paid a hefty settlement of €85,000 to the six homophobes.

On February 1, 2014, O'Neill (as Panti) gave a speech at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in response to the events surrounding the controversy. This speech has now been set to music by the Pet Shop Boys.