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''By all mean let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.''
Richard Dawkins
Rocky Horror Picture Show performance @ Helsinki Pride 2016
Helsinki, Finland 2016 (ReUp)
Nikon F5 + AF Nikkor (With probability of 99% it was AF Nikkor 85/1.8)
AgfaPhoto APX 100 @100 (expired)
D-76 stock
Epson F-3200
"My baby don't care for shows
My baby don't care for clothes
My baby just cares for me
My baby don't care for cars and races
My baby don't care for High-tone Places
Liz Taylor is not her style
And even Lana Turner's smile
Is somethin' she can't see
My baby don't care who knows
My baby just cares for me
Baby, my baby don't care for shows
And she don't even care for clothes
She cares for me
My baby don't care for cars and races
Baby don't care for
She don't care for high-tone places
Liz Taylor is not her style
And even Liberace's smile
Is somethin' she can't see
Is somethin' she can't see
I wonder what's wrong with baby
My baby just cares for
My baby just cares for
My baby just cares for me"
- Paraphrased from "My Baby Just Cares For Me" by Nina Simone
Thank you Ms Parx for just caring...for me. I love you very, very much. I look forward to more time together with you.
- With Tremendous Caring,
Katherine...xoxo
I love my country; I love the Netherlands. Over here I can be my girly self without worries. No grannies to attend to and no bad wolves on my path for this red forest girl, but also no worries when I encounter people during my countryside stroll. Sure, I stand out and people will definitely notice me, yet they will just leave me alone or better still: react very positively. On such walks outside people have made compliments on my looks, made nice chats and even invited me for drinks and picnics. Negative reactions: maybe once or twice in 20 years, not worth mentioning really. Thank you Dutch compatriots for being so openminded, positive and sweet.
And btw, the same goes for the Flickr community, also positive and encouraging, so compliments to you too ❤
"Here comes my happiness again
Right back to where it should have been
'Cause now she's gone and I am free
And she can't do a thing to me
I just wanna dance the night away
With senoritas who can sway
Right now tomorrow's lookin' bright
Just like the sunny mornin' light
And if you should see her
Please let her know that I'm well
As you can tell
And if she should tell you
That she wants me back
Tell her no
I gotta go"
From "Dance The Night Away" by The Mavericks
Ms Katie Parx has been a near and dear friend to THIS Katie for some time now. She has not been just a good friend, but she is a shoulder, a supporter and a deliverer of reassurance.
For months we have been going on friend dates as our times permit. We both struggle with some RL things which can prevent one or both of us from making it to meet for them, but we are ok though with that as we both understand how it is and know we will see each other soon enough! Maturity prevails!
Each time we go out, we talk, we dance, we explore.
Each time we stay in, we talk, we cuddle and we care.
She's been a fan of the Red Rum Revue for ages now and indeed has her own Reserved Seat! Madame Katie's Orders! Every show! She does her darndest to fill that chair! Her lovely daughter Amy is one of my amazing dancers! :-)
I have smiled with glee though every time the cutest blonde Neko known as Pretty Katie comes into my little burlie club. I blush in RL as I hug her in greeting in SL. I have liked the prettier of the Katies - her - for some time now as more then a friend, but we have had such a lovely time together as friends and our RL's so unpredictable that I never thought more then friends possible...
Until last week...
Also I didn't want to mess up a wonderful friendship...dear goddess never ever...
Apparently Ms Parx had similar sentiments that have grown with mine over time together and this last week I threw chance to the wind and just asked her on a "DATE date" as I laid on her shoulder, enveloped in her caring arms.
She said "I would love to."
Then giggled. :-)
It just has developed slowly, naturally and lately - lovingly. We still have our RL challenges, but we make up for it with our talks and times together. We will go with the flow and love that it is slow.
I can now vouch that she INDEED gives THE BEST cuddles in SL! Her daughter Amy was right! I think it was the cuddles that gave me the courage to ask.
With you, I just want to dance the night away...
Know you are loved and cared for Pretty Katie. Very much.
- The Madame Katie
Cynthia? When we started dating, you showed me such compassion and caring. You helped me break the memories of the bitch who I thought had broken me forever.
You made me feel wanted.
I love being around you, being in your arms, being in the funnest places, being on your boat...but most importantly: Being a Girlfriend with you.
When things went so dark again, you took such loving time to stay in touch and always kept me feeling desired and cared for.
I love every time we go out or every time we stay in.
I am glad I get to go OUT with you and am not stuck to a phone being a damn trucker's wife for that is no life.
You give me hope, support and love. You fulfill my desires while taking care to make sure I am fulfilling yours.
You are truly Cynfully Delightful. I am so happy to be in your world and allowed to share it with you.
Plus you are tall with a rack that I always want to climb and attack ;-)
Ms Katherine Marie McAuley
We need to anchor that Bandit soon and see what's belowdecks ;-)
Our Daily Challenge - Our Parents War
24:365
My Mom is a Powerhouse. Raised in the Apartheid era, she defied conformity.
She lived in Townships, she visited prisoners on Robben Island, she helped break the up the Group Areas Act in Durban by helping people of colour live in a "Whites Only" suburb, she was harassed by the security forces regularly.
She had courage and conviction.
She was an absent mother, but taught her children that being fair and openminded was an important part of basic humanity.
And as the political landscape in South Africa starts to simmer I see a glint in her eye in anticipation of change.
I once overheard her say to someone that called her a 'Bleeding Heart Liberal'
"I am not a f*@cking liberal, I am a Revolutionary"
This composite started with the idea of the threads that bind.
Handsome, romantic single black Blowy with big tongue seeks open minded female into faeces, buzzing and perverted sex. Favourite pastimes include making love in warm compost, spreading germs and foraging in open sewers. Ready to settle down and spawn maggots with the right lady.
PS: I know this isn't technically good; the focus is out, it's dark and it's noisy, but that tongue freaked me out and I had to share! Probably looks a bit better large www.flickr.com/photos/davidh3160/3049436048/sizes/l/
Rocky Horror Picture Show performance @ Helsinki Pride 2016
Helsinki, Finland 2016 (ReUp)
Nikon F5 + AF Nikkor (With probability of 99% it was AF Nikkor 85/1.8)
AgfaPhoto APX 100 @100 (expired)
D-76 stock
Epson F-3200
Last Sunday I made a photo reportage of the 40th wedding anniversary of a befriended couple in our village. The party took place outside and ultimately it resulted in 125 photos. Among the guests were these two children.
Zondag jl. maakte ik een fotoreportage van het 40-jarig huwelijksfeest van een bevriend echtpaar in ons dorp. Het feest vond buiten plaats en het resulteerde uiteindelijk in 125 foto's. Tot de gasten behoorden ook deze twee kinderen.
We had endless but interesting talks and exchanges during the full hour in the full train to Bruges, Belgium. Baby was pleased with the big cookie we offered her.
Club Bounce - Where size & style meet is open every Saturday night at La Fonda!
2501 Wilshire Blvd La Ca 90057
The hot spot in LA for the curvy classy and cuties who love to party! All size and shapes welcome, men and women of all races and shapes and background who are openminded and fun and who love to dance and drink and smile! Maybe even hook up or just find new friends!
Reservations or more info call or email or join our email list at www.clubbounce.net
562-243-5758
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Club Bounce - Where size & style meet is open every Saturday night at La Fonda!
2501 Wilshire Blvd La Ca 90057
The hot spot in LA for the curvy classy and cuties who love to party! All size and shapes welcome, men and women of all races and shapes and background who are openminded and fun and who love to dance and drink and smile! Maybe even hook up or just find new friends!
Reservations or more info call or email or join our email list at www.clubbounce.net
562-243-5758
bouncereserve@aol.com
I'm at my favourite T-girl party again; I go there every month. It's such a delight to be feminine together with my T-girl friends and other openminded people who treat you like a princess. For privacy reasons I cannot make pictures inside the clubhouse so I often go outside and make some pictures in the garden at the pool.
Photo Credit: Pauline Clary
Zoe Foodiboo: Well then, shall we get started?
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): OK!
AlasAndAlack nods.
Zoe Foodiboo: I do want to mention that I've only read up to chapter 2
Zoe Foodiboo: So...ummm....if I don't say much about the other chapters, that's why
Zoe Foodiboo: :P
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): We are supposed to read up to…
Zoe Foodiboo: oh, Chapter 4
AlasAndAlack: Chapter 4.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Ah, OK!
Pauline Clary: you could have fooled me, Zoe :)
AlasAndAlack: I've read to Chapter 4, but I'm hardly an expert on this subject, so I'm hoping to let others lead.
AlasAndAlack: Yay, Eloise.
Zoe Foodiboo smiles at Eloise
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam) shamefully admits he hasn't read anything
Zoe Foodiboo: oh good, it felt weird with you over there
Zoe Foodiboo: Oh, you haven't?
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): (There, I made it over, I thought there wasn't room, but there is! LOL)
AlasAndAlack: No problem, Abi, an audience is good too.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Well, firstly I thought the book is more about Berlin gay scene, but actually it's focusing more on the human rights movement.
Zoe Foodiboo: Well, I can tell you that Chapter 1 is about Karl Urning
Zoe Foodiboo: oh wait, Karl Ulrichs
Zoe Foodiboo: lol
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes, Karl's history is amazing.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): ah yes, i know about him
Zoe Foodiboo: he was a kind of intellectual freedom fighter too
AlasAndAlack: How brave of him, to speak up like that. When what he was saying could have put him in jail.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005) nods
Zoe Foodiboo: Fighting for the right to get his writings published
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): What he was doing was just the same as 20th and 21st century. It's really amazing and interesting.
Zoe Foodiboo: and yes, I thought he was very brace, standing up and coming out to his colleagues like that
Zoe Foodiboo: brave, rather
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes, Zoe. And I'm still wondering how he got to that place.
AlasAndAlack: Even to his family, who weren't happy about it, but kept telling him they loved him anyway. Lucky man.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): I mean....self-recognition, self-esteem.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes, Alas, that's amazing, too.
Zoe Foodiboo: I think that had something to do with it...having a supportive family. I mean, they weren't supportive in the contemporary sense but they didn't shun him.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Oh, I think they're really supportive enough even in the sense of today.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): There are lots of families abandon their children because of their sexuality.
Zoe Foodiboo nods
AlasAndAlack: I have to say I was confused by the first chapter. The author seemed to be saying there was no recognition or tolerance of homosexuality before the 1890-1920s time period, but - what about ancient Greece? What about some of the Roman military legions? There are other examples throughout history.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): In that sense, Karl's family was far ahead of the time, too.
Zoe Foodiboo: That's true, Gustav
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): did the book elaborate on his ideas of Urning/Uranian? i've always found it a bit odd, but i guess that's the best way they could describe what they were feeling
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): I think, Christianity suppressed that history, Abi.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes, that Uranian part was bit missing.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): I think the author just gave us very rough outline of the history.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): i mean, he described it as having 'female psyche in male body', or something to that effect. not quite how we would understand it today
Zoe Foodiboo: psychological hermaphodites
Duncan Armundsen: hmm, but that's not homosexuality
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yup
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): Uranians had such ideas
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): But for the most of people, it's quite easy to understand.
AlasAndAlack: Ulrich had to come up with his own word because there was not one to describe himself.
Zoe Foodiboo: Was that what Karl said or someone else said it?
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005) nods to Alas.
Duncan Armundsen: That causes misunderstandings
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): i think it was him, but i would need to look it up and check
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yup, it was him
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): wikipedia…
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): His first five essays, collected as Forschungen über das Rätsel der mannmännlichen Liebe (Studies on the Riddle of Male-Male Love), explained such love as natural and biological, summed up with the Latin phrase anima muliebris virili corpore inclusa (a female psyche confined in a male body).
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): I'm not sure about but there were some movement to try to capture the image of homosexuality in that way in psychology.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): ((OK :) ))
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): I think that's how they could understand homosexuality at most in those days....
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yes, i was wondering
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): ...if that would be a more acceptable theory for people
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): at that time
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes.
Duncan Armundsen: I think not
AlasAndAlack: Then in Chapter 3, the book talks about Magnus Hirschfeld and his medical description of how there is kind of a continuum of sexual identities. I don't know how relevant that is to us today ( as if I would know what is relevant today), but what sticks with me is that he wanted to scientifically define homosexuality as congenital. Not some perversion caused by bad circumstances in life.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yes, i'm also not so sure, that's why i asked if the book mentions anything
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): No, I don't think I fund anything more explanation in that book.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): the idea of fluid identities is still present in contemporary gender theory
Duncan Armundsen: Yes, it is one of several sexual identities, maybe that was meant.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): The book is just giving us very rough outline of the history and the info based on that.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): right
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): (i need to start reading the books discussed here lol)
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Oh, Magnus is really great. He's adorable.
AlasAndAlack: Just trying to sum up what the historical people thought. And how that affected history.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): ((hahaha))
AlasAndAlack: He's adorable? How do you mean, Gustav?
Duncan Armundsen: I would like, but not easy available here. There is too much german literature about already.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): oh yes
AlasAndAlack: ((I bet you have much better resources than we have in America!))
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): As you said, he tried to establish the human rights of gay people.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Awwww, I envy you, Duncan
Duncan Armundsen: I think not, often also the same, but this book is quite special and not very known in Germany.
AlasAndAlack: Do you think Hirschfeld was misguided, Gustav? A number of his contempories thought his agenda actually delayed the acceptance of gay rights.
Zoe Foodiboo: oh, it hasn't been translated into german?
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): That's a controversial part, Alas.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes, I agree with you, but at the same time,
Duncan Armundsen: Only as orignal import at Amazon available.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): he tried to do his best to liberate the movent.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): *movement
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): So, toward the chapter 7, 8
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): lots of conflicts among gay regarding the human rights movement happened.
AlasAndAlack: If I were there, I think I would have bet on Hirschfeld. The other side, the "masculinists" sound like hotheads to me. Brandt was always getting arrested. The book called him a loose cannon.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes, also it's a pity to see somehow that masculinity idea relates to the aggressive nationalism movement....
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): It's a personal thing, but I'm dealing with gay rights movement in RL almost 30 years. It's quite interesting to see people's perception towards who was right and who was wrong changes a lot.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Someone was doing something for gay at his best at that time, but then later some people start saying he's wrong, what he was doing was not right.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): The history is just the same.
Zoe Foodiboo: I think with any movement that's true. It's easy to judge in retrospect.
AlasAndAlack: Very true.
Duncan Armundsen: I am a bit surprised that this book is about Hirschfeld.
AlasAndAlack: Not just in history. In art. In literature.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes. That's why, for me, Magnus is still adorable because he was trying to liberate the sexual minority in his way as much as possible.
AlasAndAlack: Not about Hirshfeld. He is one chapter.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): How is he recognized in German, Duncan?
Zoe Foodiboo: He's referenced in Chapter 1....oh that's an interesting question, Gustav
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): I wonder, too, as with any movement, the extent to which it should be praised (or not) given its historical context versus our contemporary perception. We say of Ancient Greece it was the birthplace of democracy, but it was a far cry from a democracy by contemporary standards, just as an example.
Duncan Armundsen: different, he got honored but also much critic.
AlasAndAlack: Hirschfeld is an important figure in the field, no doubt.
AlasAndAlack: Good point, Eloise.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005) nods to Eloise
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Honored but also much critic, I totally understand that.
Duncan Armundsen: Well, I am not so sure about, too complicated, and difficult to translate for me. He connected homosexuality with psychology, some kind of insanity.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005) nods
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): I once took a history class that described Ancient Athens as a small speck on the map, surrounded by a great gate, and there--just there--was a time, a place, a culture ... that eventually gave birth to modern philosophy and science. In this case and context, does anyone see Berlin of the 20s in a similar way?
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yes
Zoe Foodiboo: Like a psychological disorder? Something to be treated?
Zoe Foodiboo: I wish I'd read...
Duncan Armundsen: Also he didn't help when it started with the Nazis, he did more the opposite.
Duncan Armundsen: yes, like disorder
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Oh, that's an interesting idea, Eloise. Hmmm, true.
AlasAndAlack: An aberration. But congenital, not something that could be "cured." Which is why the police chose to monitor the grand same-sex balls, rather than try to jail and harrass the participants.
Duncan Armundsen: I think Berlin in the 20's was more much more openminded then after, the time from 1932 to the end of the 60's or so
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yes, i remember he was criticized for treating homosexuality as a kind of disability, to elicit pity from the "normal" people, rather than having gays treated as equals
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005) nods
Zoe Foodiboo: Did he think that pity was the inbetween step toward acceptance?
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Hmmm, I don't think he was thinking in that way, Zoe.
Zoe Foodiboo nods
Zoe Foodiboo: okay
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): possibly, i don't know. but he was a doctor, right? i think they tended to see it as a kind of humanitarian issue, of sorts
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): He was just believing that homosexuality is a kind of disablity.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yes
Duncan Armundsen: and that made it even worser in the 3rd Reich
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yes
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes, that's sad.
Duncan Armundsen: He also said homosexuals shouldn#t have children because of that disorder.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam) nods
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): But again, as I said, he was doing what he could have done at best at that time. That's why there are cons and pros towards him.
Zoe Foodiboo nods
Duncan Armundsen: That is the reason why he get honored again since the 70's
[2015/07/25 13:52] AlasAndAlack: irschfeld drew his conclusions from his studies of his patients. Then he created his Scientific-Humantarian Commitee, with the police comissioner he helped create the tolerance of the gay bars and costume balls that Berlin and WEimar republic were famous for. But yes, it had a darker side.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005) nods, that's true.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): BTW, I really think we should have more costume parties!
AlasAndAlack: Interesting, that he never said whether he was gay himself.
AlasAndAlack: Yes, costume parties, I vote for that!
Zoe Foodiboo: Sorry, so Hirschfeld himself was a - oh...I was just asking that! lol
Zoe Foodiboo: I just assumed he was....
AlasAndAlack: He never admitted it.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Maybe it's because to deal with authorities.
AlasAndAlack: But he never married.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): He had a partner for a long time.
Zoe Foodiboo: Oh he did?
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes.
AlasAndAlack: It took me a long time to find that information!
AlasAndAlack: Not in the book.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): The partner became the curator of the sexual science museum.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): And helped Magnus.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): what was the name of that film he acted in? i think that one is still available (i might be wrong)
Zoe Foodiboo: Ah, interesting.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): "Different from others".
Duncan Armundsen: Interesting is that they were close to legalize homosexuality in Germany at the end of the 20's.
Zoe Foodiboo: and yet he still affirmed that it was a disorder?
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): ah yes
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): Anders als die Andern
AlasAndAlack: But then there was a sensational sex crime
AlasAndAlack: and public opinion swayed the vote.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes, Duncan. That's why I'm so interested in this period. They're far ahead of time.
AlasAndAlack: Was that the one at the end of the 20s, Duncan? Or was that an earlier time?
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Still even lots of gay think Stonewall Riot in 1969 was the beginning of the human rights movement. Nah, that's not true. 1920s Berlin was far ahead of the time.
Duncan Armundsen: very close to the end, 1929, they wanted to change law about homosexuality completely.
Zoe Foodiboo: Yes, I thought that too. About Stonewall.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Yes, but unfortunately because of the Depression, they gave up. That's really sad.
Duncan Armundsen: legalize "easy homosexuality"
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): (Oh, Gustav, that's a great point, in fact, the author says the same thing at the end of an interview, I sent Zoe the link, let me see if I can find it again.)
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): ((Great! Thank you, Eloise!))
Zoe Foodiboo: if anyone has any articles to share, maybe we can share them in our FB group too. I, for one, feel like I need more information.
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): (Here it is: www.npr.org/2014/12/17/371424790/between-world-wars-gay-c...)
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Thank you!
Duncan Armundsen: But the government got already unable to create new laws, sorry I can't better translate rofl
Zoe Foodiboo: I'm finding everything you're saying very interesting, D.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Unable to create new laws, that's another sad part, Duncan.
Zoe Foodiboo: So what are the laws in Germany today, D?
Zoe Foodiboo: I'm just curious....
Duncan Armundsen: This law is anyway very interesting, it got dtronger in the 1930's and after the war they took the law unchanged for the new republic.
Zoe Foodiboo: ((hold still, I forgot to take a photo))
Pauline Clary: As you may have noticed, my contribution was solely through lenses and oculars :-) I have posted a few in our FB group.
Duncan Armundsen: This law got softer in the end of the 60's and at the reunion it got removed completely.
Pauline Clary: No need Zoe!
Zoe Foodiboo: oh you did? I'll just steal yours then
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam) fixes quickly his hair for the photo
Pauline Clary: Will post a few on Flickr also
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): hahaha, Abi
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): lol
Pauline Clary: Too late Abi lol
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): aww
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005) nods to Duncan
Duncan Armundsen: This law denied sex between men and (!) sex between humans and animals, same law
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Oh my goodness!
Zoe Foodiboo: I remember reading about that law in the book
Pauline Clary: heavens
Zoe Foodiboo: But now everyone can marry?
Duncan Armundsen: in the end of the 60's they removed the animals and denied only sex between a man older then 18 years with a man under 18.
AlasAndAlack: Laws can be strange.
Duncan Armundsen: so 2 below 18 were allowed.
Duncan Armundsen: Yes, you can marry, but that is another law.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): So, older and younger, only that combination is prohibited?
Pauline Clary: Sorry folks, I need to leave now.
Duncan Armundsen: was, yes till 1990
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): (Pardon me for a few moments, going to post a picture of us on FB!) :)
Zoe Foodiboo: okies, bye Pauline!
AlasAndAlack: Thanks for coming, Pauline.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): bye Pauline
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): Take care, Pauline!
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Bye Pauline!
Duncan Armundsen: and this law was criminal law
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Ah, yes, that's understandable now.
Zoe Foodiboo: oh....but we still have that law in the US too
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): (Oh wait, those were Pauline's photos, anyway, they're good! LOL)
Zoe Foodiboo: adults/minors
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yes
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005) nods
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): i'm not sure what the age of consent is now here, maybe 16? or 14? not sure
Duncan Armundsen: This law doesn't exist here anymore, it was always unneeded
AlasAndAlack: It varies in the US by state.
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): but it isn't used, it's just formally on the books still
Duncan Armundsen: We have other law that saves children already
Zoe Foodiboo: Oh, I see.
Duncan Armundsen: has also nothing to do with homosexuality
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): but yes, child protection laws are separate
Duncan Armundsen: were always
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005) nods
AlasAndAlack: That is a good way to organize the law.
Zoe Foodiboo nods
Duncan Armundsen: But Zoe asked about marriage
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): yes
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): ((BRB))
Duncan Armundsen: I said you can marry, that is also true, but still in Germany not with all rights.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): ((back))
Zoe Foodiboo: oh?
Duncan Armundsen: Thanks -at this time - our christian government.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Marriage equality!
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): (brb)
Duncan Armundsen: They still say it hurds families.
Zoe Foodiboo: so you can legally marry another man but that marriage does not have the same rights as a heterosexual marriage?
Duncan Armundsen: but merkel cuddles lol
Zoe Foodiboo: heh, merkel
Duncan Armundsen: That is right, Zoe
Zoe Foodiboo: How does it hurt families?
Duncan Armundsen: But we are close to get all rights.
Duncan Armundsen: Because we can't make children.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): awwww
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): (back)
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): ((wb))
Duncan Armundsen: They act a bit like the catholic church ;-)
AlasAndAlack: Are homosexual couples allowed to adopt? Or am I changing the subject?
AlasAndAlack: Well there are children who need homes.
Duncan Armundsen: They are allowed, no problem if it your own child anyway, but judges often prefer man/woman couples.
AlasAndAlack: I know a gay couple who wants to adopt and can't. Just curious.
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): The ability to produce children as a criterion for marriage is absurd. Were that even remotely meaningful, the state would require heterosexual couples to provide--what--sperm samples before marriage licenses would be issued? LOL
Duncan Armundsen: So if my hubby would have a child, I could adopt it easily
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): indeed
AlasAndAlack nods.
Duncan Armundsen: It is, Eloise. but many states in germany are conservative, and they say no the equality.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005): Well, unfortunately I have to go now. I'll be back for the school later though.
Zoe Foodiboo: okay
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): bye G
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): Take care, Gustav!
Eloise (eloiseschiltzen): I'd better run, too, so good to join everyone. :)
Abinoam Nørgaard (abinoam): thank you for hosting the book club, Alas
AlasAndAlack: My pleasure.
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My burlesque club - The Red Rum Revue - had a successful and fun show Saturday night with an amazing turn out of faces new and those faces I love dearly and hadn't been able to see in some time...there was a very special familiar face in particular in the crowd...
Katie Parx, my beautiful Neko girlfriend, was back :-)
Katie, like me, has RL things which prevent her from being online when she wishes at times. Tonight though, she was able to clear the decks to watch Amy, Felina and myself perform. Amy just happens to be Pretty Katie's daughter. :-)
We pulled out all the stops...all three of us...and had a great time. So did Ms Parx!
After the show, when everyone had gone, my dear Katie was tired right out, but spent a precious amount of time just holding me to her...her fingers playing in my blonde locks, sitting cheek to cheek, kissing softly sometimes and sighing happily as we spoke occasionally in caring tones.
I missed my girl...It had been so long and was so wonderful to have her in my arms again and for me to be in hers. I had tears of happiness flowing in Real Life as well as a beaming smile to go with it.
Her and I have irregular schedules that we often can't dictate, but sometimes the stars will align and we are in each others arms again. We play it by ear.
We simply love each other and love being together when we can. No complications, just caring for each other when opportunity presents.
We love being loved and to be able to love.
We made tentative plans as we kissed, coddled and cuddled each other, plans we can do at an opportune chance to meet when the stars align again.
I love my beautiful, blonde haired Neko who simply loves me in the same way that I love and adore her.
Life is too short for complications of the heart and relationship. Luckily we share one big heart and are of relaxed means and moments with our relationship
Be of peace Ms Parx and know you are so very, very loved.
Je t'aime mon belle fille.
Je t'aime...
- Your Katherine, always...
xoxo
"When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you
If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do
Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing
Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true"
"When You Wish Upon a Star" by Cliff Edwards
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEWowjC2dSk
Life lately in my electronic world has been...wonderfully quiet...soooo quiet...serene even....
No drama queens, no dumpster fires wandering in to my life. No Narcissists, insecure gaslighters and women who can never let go. No, instead it's been people who act their age and most importantly:
People who love freely...
Many of them...
My dear Katie Parx is still away often and poor Cynthia can't be on for awhile due to RL, but I still get to speak to them through Discord and they love me simply and freely as I do them.
The Parx Family has been kind to me and although I am not one of them, they all accept me in and care for me as their partner/mother/grandmother Katie Parx is: loving people. Simply so as well. I know why she loves them so much.
My sister Toni and my Twin Felina have their own clan - the Starflares. They intertwine with the Parx family not only through me, but other ways as well. It's been good to just go flop on their couch in a cuddle and pile, be goofy, watch TV and just...be...
I have friends here who take care of their RL struggles outside in RL so they don't bring them here. I always have a shoulder for them and they for I as they are all mature, love SL and their friends and family in it openly, honestly, simply and most importantly - maturely
For three years I have been inundated with walking dumpster fires, narcissists, liars, deniers, schemers and some of the most insecure gas lighting people you never want to meet.
They are all gone now. The bad girls. GONE gone. Now? Now I wish and hope it is back to how I loved SL before: simply.
I get to be me again, DJ wildly, take photos everywhere, flirt like mad, explore SL with fun friends and run my little burlie club.
I get to sail my boat.
I get to sleep peacefully with Hobbes.
I get to love freely...simply...
I wish it would last....dear Goddess please let it last...I want this world to be my freedom once again and not a place of fear and hurt...it is too beautiful for that.
So here I am, with Hobbes as he is a very Brave and Handsome Tiger, on top of little pink and white tear drop camper, parked on the Parx estate and just...gazing at the stars above me in SL and wishing...
Wishing upon those stars...
I hope my dreams come true. All around me do too.
Love you all...
Katherine Marie McAuley
Starstruck Little Prairie Fae
Bisou Bisou to all of you...
Taken with the inherited old n misty lens, Leica Summicron-R 50mm f/2 on Canon eos RP, jpeg, No retouching.
Location SLurl: Satyr ~ Pervert to the bone
Satyr is a SecondLife club dedicated to Libertines, Fetishists, BDSM individuals, for open minded thinkers. A place to Explore your sexual desires and fantasies. Their Dj's will lift your spirit and arouse your senses.