Life Celebrates Diversity

Birthday celebrations for Dominic & Dylan Cast: HappyChow Tags: happy, birthday and janslim

Making this video left me feeling a little bittersweet because for the first time our beloved departed dog Samson wasn’t part of the family album. Still, we knew he would always be with us in spirit, perhaps peeking out from the corner of a video frame, smiling, wagging his tail and watching over us while we celebrated love and friendship. Cast: HappyChow Tags: christmas, new, year, chinese, lunar, festive and janslim

I had no initial desire to make this video but after looking at the footage that I'd shot for fun, I thought: oh, what the heck! Cast: HappyChow Tags: art, stage, singapore and janslim

Download Chris' music here: tinyurl.com/TheFirstBiteEP Director: Worm Carnevale | wormc.com Concept By: Chris Crocker | twitter.com/chriscrocker Cinematographer: Steve Prue | teamrockstarimages.com Hair: Kristin Jackson | kristinjacksonhair.com Makeup: Valissa Yoe | valissayoe.com Models: Felipe Cordero, Sam Fox, Monica Ozarek, Sasha Tarasenko, Joshua Dreisacker Copyright © 2011 Chris Crocker Cast: chris crocker Tags: Chris Crocker, Freak of Nature, official and music video

**UPDATED** - a lot of new footage. A somber mood piece about the Hollywood nightlife, compiled from about three weeks of partying. For the tech heads, I shot this all with the amazing new Sony RX100 pocket camera. Details at my blog: rungunshoot.com/testing-the-rx100-as-a-life-vlogging-camera/ Music: Scala and Kolacny Brothers Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover) Cast: Brandon Li Tags: sony, rx100, test, night, low light, hollywood, california, nightclub, clubbing, short film, mood and tone

Hearty meals with friends in Taipei + furry encounters of my favourie kind. Cast: HappyChow Tags: taipei, taiwan, friends, food and janslim

Hot springs, thermal valley & acres of verdancy - a refeshing antidote to the hustle and bustle of city life. Cast: HappyChow Tags: beitou, xinbeitou, taipei, taiwan and janslim

bit.ly/FREE_DVDS We are in the final days of our FREE DVDS for Foster Youth Campaign--Please support this project-- for the price of a latte or a fancy sandwich you can change the life of a foster youth and give them HOPE for a different future. AMERICA’S MOST UNWANTED is a video project focusing on LGBT foster youth who have emancipated and what their current lives look like. This inspirational expose will inspire empty-nesters to become foster parents, politicians to change policy and foster youth supporters to feel empowered! Cast: shani heckman Tags: foster youth film, bully, lgbt, youth, foster care, emancipation, america's most unwanted, teruko, savi, shani heckman, sfist, san francisco, foster and gay

We lit and raised lanterns in appreciation of the blessings and challenges in our lives and in memory of the deceased, as well as to convey prayers for families, loved ones and friends. I can't think of a better way to welcome 2013. Cast: HappyChow Tags: pingxi, shifen, taipei, lanterns, sky, taiwan and janslim

‘Talking Rape In India’, is a New-Topical-Song about the horrifying kidnap gang-rape and murder of a 23 years young Indian woman in a Delhi bus that lead to a nationwide shock and outrage. All over the world a change of attitude towards women is needed to secure respect, equality, freedom, education and justice for every woman and girl on earth. Only then can we truly build nations that are free of rape, corruption and violence. Women of all ages are the all-important economic, social, cultural and ethical work-power that sustains the life of every nation. Michel Montecrossa in his New-Topical-Song ‘Talking Rape In India’ takes a passionate stand for the recognition of women's rights everywhere and for this liberating change of attitude towards women which every nation needs. Michel Montecrossa says about ‘Talking Rape In India’: “I wrote the song ‘Talking Rape In India’ at a time when more and more governments all over the world got poisoned by corruption, lost contact with reality...

2013 Performance by : Anja Calas Nuno Vasconçelos João Ventura video by: Strangelfreak Cast: Luis Pedro de Castro Tags: performance, art, drag, gay, lgbt, convivio, guimaraes, strangelfreak, anja, nuno and joao

where I photograph everything mundane to show how divesity is evident in our daily lives as an act for LGBT activism. Originally only the life forms in nature was included, but starting in 2012 I have started photographing things which surrounds our everyday life. You might not understand the absurdity of finding myself in tears photographing everything mundane—food, notebooks, travel souvenirs. To you, they are just that—mundane things in life. To me, it is a life long fight for justice and equality.

where I photograph everything mundane to show how divesity is evident in our daily lives as an act for LGBT activism. Originally only the life forms in nature was included, but starting in 2012 I have started photographing things which surrounds our everyday life. You might not understand the absurdity of finding myself in tears photographing everything mundane—food, notebooks, travel souvenirs. To you, they are just that—mundane things in life. To me, it is a life long fight for justice and equality.

It never “gets better.” The campaign which tells you that it does has no idea wtf they are talking about. People who are narrow minded will continue to hate and discriminate you for who you are. But when you grow older you will learn to understand that their hating you is not your fault. You can try to educate and help them understand you better. You can also try to understand why they think the way they do. Investigate. Research. Do not give up. Don't hate them for hating you. Invite a dialog with them. #smlphil #LifeCelebratesDiversity #ccby #smluniverse #smlprojects #philosophy #思想 #gay #lgbt #同志 #people #人 #diversity #多樣 #activism #life #生 #opinions

It never “gets better.” The campaign which tells you that it does has no idea wtf they are talking about. People who are narrow minded will continue to hate and discriminate you for who you are. But when you grow older you will learn to understand that their hating you is not your fault. You can try to educate and help them understand you better. You can also try to understand why they think the way they do. Investigate. Research. Do not give up. Don't hate them for hating you. Invite a dialog with them. #smlphil #LifeCelebratesDiversity #ccby #smluniverse #smlprojects #philosophy #思想 #gay #lgbt #同志 #people #人 #diversity #多樣 #activism #life #生 #opinions

Thanks for contributing via our tip jar: 100% of funds raised will go towards free copies for foster homes! This trailer from the film, America's Most Unwanted captures succinctly the issues of homophobia in foster care that the film wishes to expose. Find out more, and help the town hall tour here: mostunwantedfilm.org Cast: shani heckman Tags: foster youth, documentary, homophobia, fosters, youth, lgbtqi, homeless, emancipation, california, foster care, cps, cyc, sf, social justice, san francisco, shani heckman, shani, america's most unwanted and foster youth film

by Jamie Scott on #Vimeo via Hera Huang on Facebook. #nyc #nature #photography #videography #smllove #smlrec One of the most striking things about New York City is the fall colors and there's no better place to view this then Central Park. I chose 15 locations in the park and revisited them 2 days a week for six months, recording all camera positions and lens information to create consistency in the images. All shots were taken just after sunrise. by Jamie Scott invisiblejam.com Music I get Nervous by Lower Dens Central Park- August 2011-January 2012

by Jamie Scott on #Vimeo via Hera Huang on Facebook. #nyc #nature #photography #videography #smllove #smlrec One of the most striking things about New York City is the fall colors and there's no better place to view this then Central Park. I chose 15 locations in the park and revisited them 2 days a week for six months, recording all camera positions and lens information to create consistency in the images. All shots were taken just after sunrise. by Jamie Scott invisiblejam.com Music I get Nervous by Lower Dens Central Park- August 2011-January 2012

2012-12-06 1930-2130 @ T:ME Bar — hosted by FFR/ #Princeton BTGALA, #Yale GALA, #Harvard GLC We invite gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered men and women alums from the #IvyLeague and #SevenSisters schools and our friends from #NYU, #Stanford, #Duke, #UVA, #Georgetown, #Northwestern, #Amherst, #USC & #Emory Friends to join. Thanks to Yale GALA's See-ming Lee, FFR/Princeton BTGALA's Samson Young & Harvard GLC's Ken Yip for organizing and to our host U Hong Kong's Barry Sum, owner of T:ME!

2012-12-06 1930-2130 @ T:ME Bar — hosted by FFR/ #Princeton BTGALA, #Yale GALA, #Harvard GLC We invite gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered men and women alums from the #IvyLeague and #SevenSisters schools and our friends from #NYU, #Stanford, #Duke, #UVA, #Georgetown, #Northwestern, #Amherst, #USC & #Emory Friends to join. Thanks to Yale GALA's See-ming Lee, FFR/Princeton BTGALA's Samson Young & Harvard GLC's Ken Yip for organizing and to our host U Hong Kong's Barry Sum, owner of T:ME!

#IMPORTANT #africa #lgbt #gay #policy The Ugandan Parliament is set to pass a brutal law that may carry the death penalty for homosexuality. If they do, thousands of Ugandans could face execution or life imprisonment -- just for being gay. We stand with citizens across Uganda who are calling on their government to withdraw once and for all the Anti-Homosexual Bill, and to protect the universal human rights embodied in the Ugandan constitution. We urge Uganda’s leaders and key partner countries to join us in rejecting persecution and upholding values of justice and tolerance.

#IMPORTANT #africa #lgbt #gay #policy The Ugandan Parliament is set to pass a brutal law that may carry the death penalty for homosexuality. If they do, thousands of Ugandans could face execution or life imprisonment -- just for being gay. We stand with citizens across Uganda who are calling on their government to withdraw once and for all the Anti-Homosexual Bill, and to protect the universal human rights embodied in the Ugandan constitution. We urge Uganda’s leaders and key partner countries to join us in rejecting persecution and upholding values of justice and tolerance.

by @CollegeHumor via #an0n; #lgbt #gay #men #m4m #crazyisgood

by @CollegeHumor via #an0n; #lgbt #gay #men #m4m #crazyisgood

—@WSJ #us #energy #startup #future A clean-tech start-up that thinks it has solved a problem that has vexed engineers for decades–how to effectively store energy generated by wind and sunshine–has gained some heavyweight financial backers. Fong, who at the time she co-founded the company had dropped out of a Ph.D. program at Princeton University that she began when she was 17, began thinking that water and compressed air could be combined to solve the energy storage problem. Water spray, because of its high surface area and heat capacity, would work extremely well as a heat exchanger, she reasoned. By spraying water droplets into the air as it compresses in a technique called isothermal compression, the droplets absorb most of the heat, so that the air’s temperature doesn’t change much and most of the energy is still available. The water is then separated from the air and recycled.

—@WSJ #us #energy #startup #future A clean-tech start-up that thinks it has solved a problem that has vexed engineers for decades–how to effectively store energy generated by wind and sunshine–has gained some heavyweight financial backers. Fong, who at the time she co-founded the company had dropped out of a Ph.D. program at Princeton University that she began when she was 17, began thinking that water and compressed air could be combined to solve the energy storage problem. Water spray, because of its high surface area and heat capacity, would work extremely well as a heat exchanger, she reasoned. By spraying water droplets into the air as it compresses in a technique called isothermal compression, the droplets absorb most of the heat, so that the air’s temperature doesn’t change much and most of the energy is still available. The water is then separated from the air and recycled.

When I first listened to DJ Massimo Paramour's podcast, I was instantly ambushed by some of the most hauntingly vibrant dance music I'd ever heard. Check out his great spins at: massimoparamour.com (facebook) paramour.podomatic.com (podOmatic) soundcloud.com/massimoparamour (soundcloud) Cast: HappyChow Tags: taiwan, taipei, pride, massimo, paramour and janslim

by @YaleGALA @YouTube via @DaneMcFadhen #lgbt #smllove :) — A music video for Yale's LGBT Alumni Association. Directed by Charlie Polinger Musically Arranged by Ben Wexler Cinematography by Jeffrey Star Choreography by Michael Rosen Produced by Katherine Nelson Yale GALA is now planning its second LGBT Alumni Reunion February 7 -- 10, 2013 on the Yale campus! More info at yalegala.org/reunion

by @YaleGALA @YouTube via @DaneMcFadhen #lgbt #smllove :) — A music video for Yale's LGBT Alumni Association. Directed by Charlie Polinger Musically Arranged by Ben Wexler Cinematography by Jeffrey Star Choreography by Michael Rosen Produced by Katherine Nelson Yale GALA is now planning its second LGBT Alumni Reunion February 7 -- 10, 2013 on the Yale campus! More info at yalegala.org/reunion

#mil #art by Leyendecker @TheAdvocateMag via @sml8data #lgbt Military recruitment art, and advertising that used military images was produced by men to appeal to men. Sweaty, shirtless men in intimate situations with other sweaty muscular men were rendered to attract impressionable men of age to enlist. So why do they look so homoerotic to the modern eye? Was that the intent? Certainly artists like J.C. Leyendecker were openly gay. What about McClelland Barclay?