Adam's Nest Blog
NYC AIDS Memorial + Adam's Nest
Many people have found Adam's Nest through the work we do with The AIDS Memorial on Instagram. It is an endeavor that is our way of giving back to the community and honoring all those we lost, those living with, and those who fought and continue to fight to end AIDS.
As someone who came out in 1985, whose first apartment in NYC was across the street from Uncle Charlie's, and around the corner from Saint Vincent’s Hospital, it was humbling, to say the least, when The NYC AIDS Memorial reached out to ask if we'd help get the word out and sell these limited edition tees from Red Hot. We own the original Red, Hot + Blue album from 30 years ago, and it's been playing in store this past week in Provincetown. Everyone of a certain age that has entered has commented on the music.
Democracy without CLITERACY? Phallusy!
Dr. Helen O'Connell was the first to extract the full female clitoris from the body in 1998; we put a man on the moon in 1969." As we have clarified the mission of Adam's Nest as being sex positive and an open safe space for all variety of discussion, we have regularly come up against Facebook's Terms of Service and Community Standards.
As we prepare for our sixth season in Provincetown and are battling censorship over discussing sex and pleasure on Facebook, we are excited that our queer radical politics drew us to the clit as a symbol of liberation through pleasure. As we have clarified the mission of Adam's Nest as being sex positive and an open safe space for all variety of discussion, we have regularly come up against Facebook's Terms of Service and Community Standards.
Provincetown, what better looks like! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
“All men are created equal. No matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about.” Harvey Milk We know why we set up shop in Provincetown; its overwhelming you-be-you, accepting environment and community. When the 2016 election was decided it was so important to us that queer kids today did not experience progress moving backwards. Today, we read the headlines of the various legislation being proposed around the country about transgender rights and our heart breaks. We watched Lil Nas X's response to the critics and are grateful these voices exist and are...
GUN REFORM NOW! Supporting Gays Against Guns
As we enter season six following another two mass shootings, we know that the fight for sensible gun reform remains as important as ever. We've updated our t-shirt graphic for Summer 2021; the need for sensible gun reform remains and our “shoot loads not guns” items continue to support Gays Against Guns. In recent polling by Gallup, “Fifty-six percent of Americans say they are dissatisfied with U.S. gun laws and policies, marking the ninth consecutive year of majority-level dissatisfaction since the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut" Have we had enough yet? Will our representatives do anything?
Free Hugs Coming Soon!
This week we became eligible to be vaccinated, and we were surprised, after hours trying to get an appointment, we were offered a vaccine. We readily got jabbed and felt a major weight had been lifted. We caught the above graphic from Jeremy Novy and it really resonated with us thinking about the summer ahead in Provincetown!