RAPTURE BLISTER BURNS

Ríhanna Kelver, a bartender and trans rights advocate in Laramie, has been charged with aggravated assault and possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent after a 13 September 2025 confrontation outside the Crowbar & Grill, whereshe worked. Kelver could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if convicted on both charges.

Despite Wyoming’s “Stand Your Ground” statute, which allows people to use reasonable force in moments of self defense, Kelver faces up to 15 years in prison for both charges, as well as up to $11,000 in fines, per Cowboy State Daily. Kelver faces an additional year and $1,000 fine for a charge of interference with a peace officer. [...]

Votive Offering (Saint Sebastian), Ángel Zárraga

oil on canvas

Mexico, c. 1946

currently held in Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City

Have you ever kissed a man?

Damon: “Oh yeah. Loads of times. Having a laugh, I suppose. I like it. I don’t mind kissing men at all, though it’s not as easy as kissing women. Graham likes kissing me. I’m more likely to do it when I’m sober; he’s more likely to do it when he’s drunk. But I don’t wank over men. If you think about men when you’re on your own and you want to have a wank, then you’ve got an interest in men that’s homosexual. I don’t think I could sustain an erection long enough to give someone it up the arse.”

Alex: “Only when very drunk. I think the first time was at the Slade private view, the legendary night when Damon woke up in a prison with a Gurkha, I woke up walking along the road in Kent and Graham woke up in a bid with a girl and a bottle of vodka - typically landing on his feet. I think we all decided to song each other that night, me, Damon, and Graham. Damaon was going ‘You gotta do it, Alex! You gotta do it!’ So I snagged both of them. Male bonding. I like girls; maybe I’m just scared of exploring my sexuality. I don’t know. I would have thought I would have shagged Graham by now, or at least got a hand job off him or something, but there always seems to be something better to do.”

Graham: “ Damon and I especially have done that. I’d give him lovebites and he’d give me lovebites. A cruel trick. But it’s never really soberly. And after kissing him… it’s a bit like when farmers for sheep into sheep dips. When they come out the other side they’re probably quite similar to how I feel after kissing him. To quote Justine, he’s a washing machine mouth. He’s got a very large tongue, you see, and I haven’t.”