Come On, Get Happy (Hour)!

Bring Your Own Beverage + Internet Connection

Sep 05, 2025

We made it through the short week, friends—and that calls for a little celebration!

Whether you’re sipping on a fancy cocktail, a fizzy soda, or just a tall glass of water, you are cordially invited to kick back with our community later today.

Let’s raise a glass to surviving the week, share some laughs, and hang out!

I’d love to put some faces with names—or at least hear your voices. But no pressure: cameras on if you’re comfortable, or keep your mic on if you’d rather not be seen.

So, come on, get happy (hour)! I hope to see you there.

Cheers, my dears, nears, and/or queers!
Clint 🌈✌️

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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

Queer Joy is Resistance (Coach Ricky Vaughn)
The Other Reason We Do Therapy… (Karl Dunn)
Good Queer News Enters YEAR TWO! (Ben Greene)
Film Recommendation = Do I Sound Gay? (2015) (David Thorpe)

Film Recommendation = The Roses (2025) (Searchlight Pictures)

ON THIS DAY = SEPTEMBER 5

BIRTHDAYS

1847 = Jesse James = American outlaw
1897 = Arthur Nielsen = American market analyst and ACNielsen founder
1901 = Florence Eldridge = American actor
1902 = Darryl F. Zanuck = American producer and executive
1906 = Ralston Crawford = American painter, lithographer, and photographer
1912 = Frank Thomas = American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter
1912 = John Cage = American composer and theorist 🌈
1921 = Jack Valenti = American businessman and MPAA film rating creator
1924 = Frank Armitage = Australian-American artist
1927 = Paul Volcker = American economist and academic
1929 = Bob Newhart = American comedian and actor
1932 = Carol Lawrence = American actor and singer
1935 = Lucille Soong = Chinese-American actor
1939 = William Devane = American actor, director, and screenwriter
1940 = Raquel Welch = American actor and singer
1942 = Werner Herzog = German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 = Dennis Dugan = American actor and director
1946 = Freddie Mercury = British singer-songwriter 🌈
1947 = Buddy Miles = American singer-songwriter
1951 = Michael Keaton = American actor and producer
1963 = Terry Ellis = American R&B singer–songwriter and actor
1969 = Dweezil Zappa = American actor and musician

EVENTS

1698 = Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1774 = First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
1836 = Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1941 = Citizen Kane is released in theaters.
1967 = The television series N.Y.P.D. was the first television series in the US to air an episode with a gay theme.
1987 = The Homomonument, a pink granite triangle memorial to LGBT victims of the Nazis, is dedicated in Amsterdam.