Be Very Afraid

If @BorisJohnson gets elected to become the new British PM it would mean we would have two unhinged narcissists as leaders of two superpowers with nuclear capacity and a power-hungry megalomaniac Russian as leader of the third. Yikes, scary thought!#HowtheWorldEnds

— Bock McMillan™ (@BockMcMillan) July 23, 2019

Love Made in SecondLife

Draxtor Despres and SecondLife have a series of documentaries (five so far, but more to come) running on YouTube about how people meet and fall in love in SecondLife and carry that love over into first life.

Imagine being 71 y.o. living comfortably in the USA and then packing everything up to move to the UK after meeting the love of your life in SecondLife. Well, they had known each other for over ten years in SecondLife so it wasn't as if they were strangers.

You can find the YouTube playlist here: Love Made in SecondLife (url) (As always like, comment and share!)

Draxtor has told me that he is still looking for couples who want to share their stories with us. If you feel like it, you should drop a notecard on his profile in-world or better yet send him an email: drax@draxtor.com. 

Nivea: "We Don't Do Gay!"

Since Beiersdorf, the owner of the Nivea-brand, has declared they "don't do gay", this gay no longer does Nivea, Eucerin, La Prarie or Hansaplast.

I most certainly do not wish to sully their pure white coffers with my pink dollars.

New Blog Header - Summer 2019

The blogs creative director has today supplied me with this fabulous and action-packed new header for Summer 2019. You may think it is a bit late, but we have both been tremendously busy with the Second Pride Festival.

BiSL Summer 2019 by Tomais Ashdene

If Bock Was A Doll...

If Bock was a doll, this is what his head would look like, according to the creative director of this blog,  His Royal Highness Tomais Ashdene, Prince Consort of Southern Charm & Duke of Erat.

Quite cute, don't you think?

Closing Speech by Chair @SP2019

"DJ Regi will be up momentarily with our Grand Finale party until who knows when, but we wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you, present and not, who has come out and danced and played and had an amazing Pride celebration with us. Without you, there’d be no reason for us to do this. We deserve to feel good about who we are, to be proud of who we are, and boy have we done that this week!"

Chairperson Lee McKay by Fornith Cayshun

"I want to tell you that I have been overwhelmed by the compliments that I have received personally this week, and I know my fellow board members have also been receiving them. We’ve heard that this is your favorite Pride celebration, the best you’ve been to in Second Life, and so many other accolades. I can’t tell you how it makes us feel. It’s not that we want praise, it’s that we want YOU to be happy and enjoy yourselves in the best way possible, and it sounds like we may just have gotten it right.

I told you last week in my opening remarks that I would forget to thank someone, and I did. I want to recognize Andy Bates and Souix for three amazing art installations around the region. Two are called “Faces of Pride” and one is our “Stonewall 50” exhibit, which is a history in photographs. If you haven’t seen those, please take the time to check them out.  We have already been invited to present those exhibits at another venue!

That brings me to a reminder that this is not the end of Second Pride for the year…it’s more a beginning. The region will stay as it is, everything will be right here, shops and all, for you to visit anytime, bring friends, hang out, just enjoy yourselves. AND, we will begin soon having smaller events on a fairly regular basis, and you can definitely look forward to larger events and activities for Halloween, Winter, and other special times of the year. Please, remain a member of the Second Pride Festival Group to be kept up to date on what’s going on, and also check on our website at www.second-pride.com. In fact, coming up next weekend, we have Pride Fest, presented by FMD and The 40 Thieves in conjunction with Second Pride. All proceeds benefit Rainbow Railroad. Click one of the white posters outside the dance area to receive a landmark, and we definitely hope to see all of you there!

I want to thank Tootsie and her team for their hard work in keeping us secure for the last ten days, and tell her to go get some much needed sleep!

On July 13^th at noon (date corrected, 2019-07-06), in accordance with the Second Pride Bylaws, we will hold the annual meeting of the Board and Members. Also, you may remember that we tried to vote on a minor Bylaw change at the start of Pride, and the lag killed the voting machines immediately. We will complete that voting before the 14^th if all goes well now that the lag is gone.

Okay, thank you all again, and without further delay, Regi….take it home for us….let the Grand Finale begin!"

Tenth & Final Day of Second Pride Festival 2019

It's the last day of Pride and it feels a bit bitter-sweet, but let's make the most of it! Here is today's line-up of entertainment. Please enjoy!