Notes from the Gay Days Expo

       The only dogs anyone picked up at Gay Days were, we’re quite sure, one of these beauties from Greyhound Ranch Adoptions Inc . Regal, loyal, gentle and observant, greyhounds have two selling points many other dogs do not: they neither shed nor bark very much. And we like the political bent of their little red jackets.

       
So much for the beautiful dogs; some of the beautiful people we ran into on Saturday were cutie-patootie Danny Garcia (above, on the left) from the ever colorful, informative and funny What's Happening magazine , Joey from Orlando's GLB Community Center , supporting the community with excellent programs including free HIV testing (and knowing how to advertise - dig the Speedo above) and Sandy Anderson, this startling Dolly Parton look-alike with the River Stone Resort and Spa in Pigeon Forge, TN.
 Sandy was as sweet as she looks, and I love that she made sure I knew that the resort was right near Dollywood – as if any any girl attending a Gay Days Expo might not know where Dollywood is (I did try to go once but it was closed for the season and I ended up going to Graceland and becoming an Elvis fan. Who knows? Had I gone to Dollywood I might have ended up with big boobs and a thing for wigs…hey wait a minute…..)

       Outt  home décor really caught my eye with their reproductions and interpretations of classical pieces and while they have many other non-naked varieties of sculpture, things you wouldn't be embarrassed for your grandpa to see, I’m a bit of a butt girl and really dug the piece of ass on the left. Normally I don’t like them quite so rock hard as that, but if you want to buy it for me, it’ll do in a pinch.

       My favorite find of all didn’t involve short-haired bitches, tiny underwear or even free samples. It was GeoVax , the Atlanta biotechnology company that as been licensed to bring an AIDS vaccine to the marketplace. Phase 1 human clinical trial testing has been completed successfully and a press release says that “GeoVax AIDS vaccines may also be effective as therapeutics, treatment for people already infect with the AIDS virus.” It also announced that Chuck Panozzo, bassist for the band Styx who is HIV positive, has become an HIV advocate for GeoVax and the vaccine. That rocks.
        Thanks to ever-advancing medical technologies, HIV/AIDS is now a manageable condition and not the death sentence to which we all have lost so many. If it seems a long time in the making, Mark Mulligan, MD explains in this Atlantaa Journal-Constitution story that perfecting vaccines is often a lengthy process – but when the polio vaccine was introduced the disease was cut by 90%. 

       Now about those lube samples…we’ll reveal more about Empowered Products lubricants in Toy Talk on Tuesday and have a nice little product demo Fairvilla Megastore and Sportsheets later in the week. In the meantime…rays of hope for better health inside and rays of sunshine outside was a damn fine way to spend a Saturday.