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Easter: The Hidden Gay Holiday

By RcktMan on March 25, 2008

Check out Curtis Jensen’s fantastic video of San Francisco’s drag queen Easter Bonnet contest. Curtis writes in the forums: “Yes Halloween is totally fucked up in San Francisco, but I’ll just bet you don’t have an Easter Celebration quite like this anywhere BUT San Francisco. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence do it up right in the name of that reanimated corpse of a savior.”

Easter has come and gone. One of the strangest holidays on the calendar, Easter can happen anytime in April or March. It’s very sneaky that way.

The reason Easter’s occurrence is different every year is so confusing has to do with a multitude of different factors. Everything from the patterns of the moon to the occurrence of Jewish Passover to the vernal equinox have their hand in why it plays peekaboo with the calendar.

Of course, Easter is associated with many different traditions. The most obvious is the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, which in modern times is what Easter is really all about. So what do bunnies, bonnets and colorfully dyed eggs have to do with all of that religious symbolism? Read more…

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  • At the Shrine of Ta Yeh, the Gay Rabbit God

    By Marc Felion on March 18, 2008

    4 responses - Posted 03.18.08

    Gays living in Taiwan are now turning to the Gay Rabbit God to answer their prayers. “Ta Yeh” was a man that got killed for cruising a ruling official in 18th-century China in the bathroom.
    The greater gods took pity on him and made him the rabbit god, which is considered by the Chinese to […]

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  • Featured on the FRONT of the iTunes Music Store podcast directory!

    By Fausto Fernós on February 12, 2008

    15 responses - Posted 02.12.08

    I’m so excited, I’m about to lose control and I think I like it.
    Going into our third year of podcasting, the good people at Apple put your favorite podcast on the front page of the iTunes music store podcast directory, which makes it the first time ANY GLBT themed podcast has been featured on the […]

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  • We Won!

    By Marc Felion on August 15, 2007

    41 responses - Posted 08.15.07

    We are proud to announce that we have won The People’s Choice Podcast Award for Best GLBT Podcast.Thanks to YOU, the People, all the wonderful people who voted for us. Even if you just voted once, we truly appreciate the effort. And for those of you who voted everyday, we give you a great big […]

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  • Queers who make Chicago great- Marc Felion & Fausto Fernós

    By The Administrator on December 29, 2006

    no responses - Posted 12.29.06

    Belive it or not, we made into Time Out Chicago’s Personal Best for 2006 for the Feast of Fools Podcast. The article is a “partial list of artists and activists who reshaped the GLBT world in 2006 right here on the Third Coast.”
    On the list is our good gal pal Jessica Halem and her […]

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  • The Fiercest Gay Podcast in the Universe

    By The Administrator on December 5, 2006

    no responses - Posted 12.05.06

    The good people at Camp Magazine based out of Kansas City wrote this fabulous article on your favorite podcast (and fiercest), the Feast of Fools. Did you hear that? We are FIERCE.
    From the article:
    “As the most widely downloaded gay podcast, its availability has brought LGBT-themed programming to listeners in cities, towns, and rural areas across […]

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  • Feast of Fools wins a Gay Bloggie Award for “BEST PODCAST!”

    By Fausto Fernós on November 17, 2006

    no responses - Posted 11.17.06

    Our People’s Choice Podcast Award is getting jealous. Why? Because we won a Gay Bloggie Award for “Best Podcast!” We didn’t think we would win, yet here we are with big pink hearts fluttering around in our heads.
    Thanks to all the listeners who voted for us because we do it for you.

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  • People’s Choice Podcast Award: Best GLBT Podcast

    By Fausto Fernós on October 9, 2006

    no responses - Posted 10.09.06

    Did you see? We’re in the front page of OutInAmerica.com!
    The article reads- “they shocked the predominantly straight audience by accepting their award for ‘Best GLBT Podcast’ with a big gay kiss.”

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  • Feast of Fools wins “Best Dressed Award”

    By Fausto Fernós on October 2, 2006

    no responses - Posted 10.02.06

    Check out the good people at Podcasting News, that put the FOF on the front cover!
    “Among the winners of the People’s Choice Podcast Awards were Fausto Fernos and Marc Felion, above, of the Feast of Fools podcast. If there were an award for best-dressed podcasters, they would have won, hands down. They accepted their award […]

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  • Taking podcasting to new heights

    By The Administrator on September 4, 2006

    no responses - Posted 09.04.06

    “I think Marc is one of the sexiest, funniest and smartest men I’ve ever known, and he’s always surprising me with the brilliantly funny and insightful things he says on the show. If we ever get married, it’s going to be a huge spectacle, and we’re going to market the hell out of it. Pay […]

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