Charlie

I met him eighteen years ago in NYC, when he was on Rentboy, and I think some of those photos date back almost that far. He was intelligent and well educated, and we had a pleasant conversation, but I did not think the sex was worth the money ($200 then). He seemed more focused on watching porn throughout the appointment than on what we were doing together. He was unable to stay hard, and told me that it was because of medication that he was taking for a prostate infection, but he didn't tell me that until after we finished having sex. He used to participate on this board, but I haven't noticed any posts from him here for many years. I didn't realize that he was even still active. I would insist on seeing some photos that are clearly current.

Borna Coric before he let his hair grow long.

And I was older than Treat, so I never encountered him there either, but like Pensant, I was aware of him from his reputation as a performer in college.

I can't believe it: my spam folder has been totally empty for the past week! Have Ace, Lowe's, Home Depot, Walgreen's, etc., stopped giving out free prizes? I haven't won a single new barbecue grill lately.

Yesterday at Target I sifted through the rack of all the shorts on sale ("30% off!"), but when I finally found a pair I liked, it was the wrong size, so no sale.

Checking for crabs?

The glass vials were wrapped in a yellow fabric, so that when you "popped" the vial, the liquid in them soaked the fabric so that you could sniff them safely without cutting your fingers and nose on the glass.

Just smile and say, "Sorry, I don't kiss and tell."

He never used to claim that he was an actor, and that he couldn't show his face for that reason. If this is the same guy who advertised years ago, his pictures were old then.

I agree with the sentiments expressed in all previous posts.

Did you mean to write 16 F ? I hope it is 16 C.

One of the articles linked above says that there is a memorial plaque now at 17th and St. James Sts.

Wow! I didn't start my daily journals until several years after the Dewey's protest, so I was depending entirely on my memory of the details of the event. These articles have brought back aspects that I had forgotten after almost sixty years, so thanks for finding them. It's interesting that none of them mentions the role of the ACLU in advising Clark about how to handle the situation. Spencer Coxe, the head of the Philadelphia branch at that time, was very sympathetic to the gay community, and was instrumental in helping Clark and the kids who were arrested with the legal issues. A couple of the sources you listed mention that the protesters at Independence Hall each July 4th always were conservatively dressed--men in suits and ties, women in dresses--which was something Frank Kameny always insisted upon when he organized a protest (I found it risible that Frank even wore a suit when he went to a gay bar to cruise). If you will notice in the photos of the protest at Dewey's, although one of the issues that the management objected to was the "non-conformist" attire of the gay customers, Clark is wearing a dark suit (something he almost never did except in a courtroom), and the leaflet-givers are also conservatively dressed--I was a student and had only one good suit in those days, but Clark told me to wear it, to let the public know that we were serious about the issue.

That clean-cut Mormon young man whom I mentioned in my post above did take me to my first New York City leather bar.

This reminds me of the story of a protest at a Dewey's restaurant in Philadelphia in 1965. The diner was near Rittenhouse Square, a popular gathering place for gays in the evening. It was open late at night, and gays often stopped there when they left the square. The management was upset when some of them became loud, and one night told them to leave; the next day they posted a sign saying that homosexuals were not welcome and would not be served. The Janus Society, the local LGB organization in Philadelphia in those days, organized a protest at the diner, and gave out leaflets outside explaining the issue to potential customers. When three young gays--two males and one female--entered the diner, took seats and refused to leave, the manager called the cops, and the young gays were arrested, along with Clark Polak, the President of Janus. The picketing continued, the local ACLU chapter got involved, news media picked up the story, and the management of the restaurant quickly backed down. The incident is usually reported in histories of gay Philadelphia, but as far as I know, no memorial to the event, the first of its kind in the city, has ever been erected. (I can attest to the accuracy of the story, because I was one of the those giving out the leaflets.)

You are obviously too young to remember such historical items.

Kasatkina has always been known as a very fair, friendly, good sport. At the end of the Svitolina/Kasatkina match, which Svitolina won, Kasatkina gave a quiet thumbs up to Svitolina, but Svitolina didn't even look at her.

That looks like it would do a lot of damage to any hole it entered.

Many years ago, after a romp with an escort, we were lying in bed pleasantly chatting; he picked up the Advocate pink pages, and we started looking through the ads together to compare notes. To my surprise, we both had had sex with many of the same guys (I had paid, he had enjoyed professional courtesy). He had apparently preferred guys who looked very much like himself, while I had gone for guys who looked very different from me. If you look like the guys in your portfolio, you probably should consider going into business yourself.

Go, Indians!!

Well, at least he hasn't desecrated that face with ink.

It turns out that Svitolina's next opponent will be Daria Kasatkina, whom she probably knows pretty well--they are about the same age and both have been around the top of the sport for a few years. Kasatkina is also one of the only Russians who has voiced any sort of criticism of the Putin regime. It will be interesting to see how she handles that interaction.

Not as much as some people might think. The town has a higher proportion of openly gay residents than most municipalities, and a fair number of tourists to patronize gay businesses, but I don't think that gays are even a majority of residents and visitors. It's not like Cherry Grove, where it is pretty much taken for granted that almost every male you encounter will be gay or bisexual. In Palm Springs, people are not surprised to learn that you are gay, and there is little openly anti-gay activity, but that's all part of the general liberalism of the area.

Strangely enough, Svitolina and Blinkova ended up playing one another again today in an early round at RG, and Svitolina won again, with much more difficulty than on Saturday. Svitolina again refused to shake Blinkova's hand, and this time there was a smattering of boos for her. Svitolina is a passionate supporter of Ukraine--she announced at the trophy presentation on Saturday that she was donating all her prize money to a Ukrainian relief organization--and she is being consistent in her behavior, but this is a sporting match between individuals, not countries. Since she has said that she doesn't think players from Russia should be allowed to compete, it seems to me that it would be more honorable to refuse to play her matches against Blinkova rather than profit from them.

Yours is a more likely scenario, since Wellesley is a town as well as the name of the college, i.e., a "house party" in the town of Wellesley, MA.