The Floating Beards of Photographer Austin Caine!

Photographer Austin Caine's Floating Beards project is pretty much sure to bring a smile to even the staunchest grump. Caine teamed up with a band of good-natured lads from the Beard and Mustache Club of North Carolina at their annual competition in Charlotte last weekend and the results are pure magic. Caine captures each of these hirsute gentlemen's whimsical inner-selves in a way that is undeniably endearing and often quite hilarious.

To see the complete collection or more of Caine's photography, visit his website! Enjoy!

Exclusive Podcast: Treklenburg Episode #62

Hosts Michael Earle and Molly Jay hilariously talk all things Star Trek.
In this episode, Mike and Molly come up with their Star Trek dream band! Also, in depth discussions on TOS episodes "I, Mudd" and "Metamorphosis." Psst...listen in for Molly's band name Five Six Seven of Nines.

Original broadcasts of Treklenburg are Monday nights at 8pm EST on www.pmcradio.org.



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BBC World Service Discusses Discrimination With Gay Football Club London Titans

Recently, the BBC World Service interviewed LGBT football club London Titans about discrimination, comradery, and the vocal minority who would see them fail. All the while, the Titans participate in three levels of competitive soccer so that everyone of any ability gets a chance to play. And, of course, as with most LGBT sports clubs, the Titans do a lot of charity fundraising to give something back to the community that supports them.

Anyway, take a listen to the interview. It's pretty great, especially the part where the Titans' players admit the best revenge for name calling is beating an opponent on the soccer field.

Monday Morning Dance Party: Passion Pit "Lifted Up (1985)"

Watch the fun video for Passion Pit’s “Lifted Up (1985),” the first track from the highly-anticipated forthcoming album Kindred. Video concept by Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos and directed by Phil Andelman. Kindred is out April 21 on Columbia Records.

Things Have Been Hectic: The Wonderful Illustrations of Polly Guo

Illustrator/artist/animator Polly Guo has stolen my heart. Her artwork often captures the most intimate moments in LGBT life in a whimsical yet romantic way. Well...at least the life gay geeks like me dream about having. These are the types images that drew me into Polly's rich and diverse world. But, in truth, Polly Guo's illustrations have no such boundaries. She is just as adept at drawing western themed graphic novels as she is at modern super heroes and cartoons.

Currently, Polly Guo makes her home in the LA area where she works on the beloved cartoon Adventure Time. In the past, she has done work for StoryCorps animated shorts and FoxADHD, including the This Week In History GIF series. She has also done comics and  graphic novels for Archaia, Image, and BOOM! Studios.

Her list of titles includes Houdini & Holmes, a graphic novel series in which Houdini is accused of murder and seeks out Sherlock Holmes help in clearing his name, The Hair-Raising Tale of Gabriel Birdsong, Adel's Hammer, Morningstar, and the yet to be published Strongman and Pianist.  Via email,  Polly also added, "I'm doing a comic for Pam Buchanam's Divinity Reimagined anthology based on the Ba She legend. It's about a snake that's so big it eats elephants. It takes 10 years for the elephants to pass through its body. I've also boarded a Digital Graybles short for Adventure Time that's currently in production. It's about Death. Most recently I've done an erotic comic about a girl who gets taken to a sexy spa by her best male friend called Ben's Day Spa."

Polly studied animation at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Though prior to that, she was mostly self-taught. Via our email conversation, she explains, "My first tablet was a small 4 inch Chinese writing tool that we originally bought for my Grandma to write Chinese characters on the computer. I'd steal art supplies from my public high school's art dept and paint still lives at home alone. Some times I'd go to figure drawing classes on weekend hosted by the local community college."

When asked how to pronounce her last name, "I’ve heard it pronounced several different ways, so it doesn’t matter too much to me. My two preferred ways are “G’whoa” and “Go." I think I am going with G'whoa! It just seems fitting based on her talent.

If you would like to explore Polly Guo on your own, I suggest you start with her website Pollums.com, Tumblr, and Behance. Also, check out this great interview from Graphic Policy.

Polly Guo - Co-director w/ Mariel Cartwright!

Polly Guo - lead character designer

The Gay Sweater: The World's First and Only Gay Object!

So, you gotta check out this great video from The Gay Sweater! The Canadian Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity got tired of hearing people say "that's so gay" when describing something negative that they decided to make the world's only object that could truly be defined as "so gay." It's a sweater knit from 100% donated human hair from LGBTQ participants! Their hopes are to help make people more conscience of their word choices and eventually eliminate all bullying, homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of discrimination in schools and youth communities.

Anyway, watch the video below. If you feel like donating a few dollars to their cause, you can do so here!

I Choose You, Marmot: Catching Up With Artist Henry Schreiber

About a year ago, we ran a story on rodent loving artist Henry Schreiber. Henry has made quite the career of inserting small woodland creatures into what might otherwise be traditional paintings. His favorite subject? The marmot (or groundhog as they are more commonly known in the Eastern US).

In the year since we last spoke to Henry, he has been busy re-imagining marmots as his favorite childhood pastimes - Pokemon, Japanese cartoons, sci-fi movies, and video games. The work you will see below was included in a recent show at Screaming Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon. The show was fittingly enough titled Dr. Groundsquirrel.

Of course, I had to ask Henry about his inspiration for the Pokemon groundhogs. He explained, "I had a Pokemon red cartridge way back in the day on the original Gameboy. So when I concept out shows, I usually come up with dozens, if not hundreds of concepts. For this, I thought it would be great to have marmots pretending to be Pokemon."

So, I just had to ask the follow up question - who is your favorite Pokemon starter?
"Charmander. Hands down."

Be sure to visit Henry Schreiber's website to view his entire body of work.  You can find prints for sale on his Etsy shop or Nuvango shop! And, there might just be an original or two still available at Screaming Sky!

I Choose You, Marmot! (Pikachu)

I Choose You, Marmot! (Bulbasaur)

I Choose You, Marmot! (Squirtle)

I Choose You, Marmot! (Charmander)

A Marmot To The Past

Super Marmot Bros 3

Defender Of The Universe

Mega Marmot

Watch: Gay Guys React To Gay Grindr Messages

YouTubers Trent and Luke are at it again with the funny Grindr messages! Check out their new video where they have their friends join them in reading those gross Grindr conversations we all wind up getting. Some of the messages are downright clever, but sadly, most are just the awful come ons we have all come to know and love.

Be sure to check out Trent and Luke's YouTube Channel and Facebook page for more great videos!