what have you done today to make yourself proud

[the pump dance tent at pridefest]

milwaukee's pridefest is amazing. this was my first year in attendance and i had more fun at pridefest than any other summer festival i've attended here (and milwaukee is known as the summer festival capital of the universe].

where else can you see margaret cho, lady bunny, bow wow wow, martha wash, en vogue, female impersonators, half naked men with rippling muscles and wash it all down with the strongest martini of any summer festival around?

i also got my first tattoo there.

i plan on making pridefest a summer tradition, and i plan on making it a tradition to get a tattoo at pridefest every year.

other photos of various pride events around the country:

beautiful tattooed man at nyc leatherfest

checking the dance line at denver pridefest

bare-back duotone at key west pridefest

you'll meet jesus and fire will come out of his eyes! [my photo]