RyanDean

Connor's still looking good -- at least he does in this weird/silly ad.

I always find it perplexing when an exchange with a gent just goes silent as the date approaches. I find myself in just such a situation as I prepare for a trip. I'd made provisional ("can we pencil that in?") plans with a gent with whom I'd begun to enjoy a quite flirty exchange over text message. It was a brisk, fun, professional exchange of messages that inspired my confidence in the gent (and stirred my enthusiasm for our anticipated encounter). I know, through this forum, that the gent's legit, so that potential explanation is probably not relevant. His ad's still active and RM shows that he's logged in recently. And my pattern of contact has followed the terms we originally set ("I be back in touch the week before I travel...") so it's not me getting overenthusiastic. But it's been two texts (one sent the day before yesterday and the other sent today) that have gotten no response. He may yet reply. Or I may send one last text. Or I might choose instead to contact someone else. We shall see. It's definitely not my first time getting (possibly) ghosted by a gent. It's an inevitable part of this hobby. But it always perplexes me... and makes me oddly sad.

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It's neither here nor there, but my wise friend happens to be a fairly legendary drag queen, albeit from the old school (ie. that 90s NYMag cover).

Camp is in the eye of the beholder and, while I don't know that I see camp in Roth's concoction, it seems to be reckoning with the idea of camp more than many of the MetGala attempts. As a wise friend of mine insists, camp is found not made -- hence the many misfires of the MetGala. (For me, camp has to evince both humor and heart and, while I see the heart in Roth's ensemble, I don't see the humor.)

To be fair/er to Roth's ensemble, it is remarkable in action. [MEDIA=twitter]1125560747398959104[/MEDIA] And for the creative context of its conception and design: https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-jordan-roth-iris-van-herpen-glitch

Joining the "keep us posted" chorus...

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William Grant Sherry (artist, masseur, & Bette Davis' 3rd husband)

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This gent is visiting NYC right now...

Ahhh, yes, the old days... I still dream of Kenny (ca 2005/6)

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-men-with-urinals-in-their-homes?curator=MediaREDEF I would totally consider installing an old-style floor mount one.

His instagram (easy to find) suggest that he's definitely the real deal. Not sure I'd know what to do with all that, but he's an intriguing gent.

Just bumped into this SC alum: https://rent.men/Ericturner

I'll be interested to see what this thread yields in the way of suggestions... At a gent's suggestion, we hit one of the midday/midweek bearparties. Was fun, with an attractive mix of guys.

I happened to see him onstage last summer in the park. He was quite scintillating in his leather pants.