The one and only gay store with gifts, sportswear & underwear for all fabulous LGBTQ+ people & From the best menswear brands such as Mr.
With the goal in mind, to have a place that provides quality products that every gay man needs, G**s & Gadgets opened in 2004. Over the years the store has grown from a gift shop to a store that has a varied collection of menswear, underwear & party wear, next to the unique gifts, pride merchandise and much more. S Leather, TOF Paris, Gigo, Code 22 & Lockergear to books and accessories from the lo
cal community, ornaments by December Diamonds and an all year Pride corner. Throughout the years we have been actively supporting many events and organisations and are proudly present in the heart of our community.
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Today, 1 December, is World Aids Day, a day where we remember all of those that we have lost to the disease and the continuous fight against it in search for a cure.
We're lucky to live in a time where treatment has made HIV manageable, for those who have access to the right medication. But there are still many people affected by HIV and Aids that don't have access to proper care or medication.
So we must fight on, not only for the people close to us, but for everyone!
Now that the summer sun has left us, it is time to get cozy again and have a game night. Of course we have the perfect game to play, get the Drag Queen Memory game now!
Sunday 18 September we're sadly enough closed.
Swipe for apology p***y đș
2023 here we come! The calendars are in store!
https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/category/calendars-2023/
As some of you might've noticed, we're closed a bit more often lately due to staff shortage. We're sorry if you've stood before our closed door.
However when we are open, you'll be welcomed by Tjeerd, the brattiest, adorable cat in town.
Hey kijk! Wij zoeken een nieuwe collega om ons te vergezellen in de winkel voor 21-28 uur per week.
Kijk voor alle informatie hier: https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/vacatures/
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Have you seen that we've added the sport harnesses from TOF Paris to our collection?
These elastic harnesses are a s*xy addition to any party outfit.
Available in two styles, three sizes and several colors!
It's Drag Week! That means that up until Sunday the 24th, our Drag Queen Memory Game -with all kinds of inspiring Dutch Drag performers- is 25% off!
Find it online at https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/product/drag-queen-memory-game/ or come by at our store on Spuistraat 44!
Check out the new Mr. S Leather reflector line! Available in four colors contrasting shiny black and with the reflective binding you're sure to get noticed!
Want to get frisky? The singlet and shorts have a backzip that'll be sure to come in handy!
https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/2022/07/15/reflector-gear-by-mr-s/
Today is Non-Binary People's Day!
Want to know more about non-binary people? Read this post!
Our shop will be closed on Wednesday 06-07, due to unforeseen circumstances.
We know it is not the same, but our webshop is always open for a visit! www.gaysandgadgets.com
Our apologies for the inconvenience.
How to disinfect your toys and douches safely and properly... has made a handy instruction card that teaches you the way, with text both in Dutch and English â€ïž
English below:
Mocht je van ons een e-mail hebben gehad, dat er een account is aangemaakt, dan kwam dit door een fout in ons systeem. Waarschijnlijk sta je in ons systeem omdat je bij www.underground-fe**sh.com of www.gaysandgadgets.com iets gekocht hebt in het verleden. Beide websites zijn van ons en achter de schermen aan elkaar gekoppeld. Hierbij werd bij verkoop voor beide een account aangemaakt, dit zijn instellingen die wij momenteel aanpassen om dit te voorkomen en beter te maken.
Wij zijn aan het uitzoeken waardoor de e-mails precies zijn verstuurd, mocht u de account verwijderd willen hebben, stuur ons even een mailtje en dan gaan we dit voor u doen zodra we weten dat het niet nogmaal gaat gebeuren.
Natuurlijk onze excuses voor dit ongemak, wij begrijpen dat dit voor velen erg vervelend kan zijn.
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If you've received an e-mail from us regarding an account being created, then this is likely caused by a fault in our system. You are probably in our system because you purchased something in the past at either www.underground-fe**sh.com or www.gaysandgadgets.com. These websites are both linked by the same system in our store and we are currently working on separating the account registry for both of them as they were linked together at first as well.
We're currently looking into what caused the e-mails to be sent. If you want your account deleted, send us an e-mail and we'll do this as soon as we know the system is stable and it won't happen again.
Our sincere apologies for this inconvenience, we understand that this can be troublesome to many.
Thatâs it, the third edition of the Amsterdam Sportswear Weekend is almost over⊠We hope you have had lots of fun, and hope to welcome you next year from 25-28 May 2023 for the next edition!
For more information, see the website www.AmsterdamSportswearWeekend.com
Oh no! Tomorrow (June 5th) is already the last day of the Amsterdam Sportswear Weekend⊠Luckily there are still some fun events you can enjoy. How about a meet&greet with the freshly chosen Mr Sportswear Europe at The Web from 16.00-17.00hr? Followed by the Sportswear Runway at cocktail bar Prik (17.00-20.00hr).
To top it all off, there is another (Z)onderbroek Underwear Party at Club Church, a special Pinkster Edition: theme is Underwear, Sneakers & Socks. You can dance, and appreciate your fellow sportswear lovers (in all sorts of ways) from 22.00-05.00hr here.
As a token of our love for sportswear (and the guys who wear it!), you will receive an exclusive gift with every purchase of over âŹ25,00 in our Amsterdam store. This goes for all days of the event: from 2 till 5 June.
For more information, see the website www.AmsterdamSportswearWeekend.com
It's the second day of the Amsterdam Sportswear Weekend already!
Tomorrow (June 4th) the Sneakerness convention starts, a platform for sneaker-related topics of all kinds. It takes place in the Kromhouthal, Gedempt Hamerkanaal 231 in Amsterdam North. It is open from 11.00-19.00hr on both days. Just in time for the Mr Sportswear Europe contest, at The Web from 19.00-22.00hr.
Looking for hot evening plans? Club Church hosts their infamous Ladz party (22.00-05.00hr), for guys who like it sporty! There is a strict dress code at this party, so be sure to select your hottest sportswear outfit.
As a token of our love for sportswear (and the guys who wear it!), you will receive an exclusive gift with every purchase of over âŹ25,00 in our Amsterdam store. This goes for all days of the event: from 2 till 5 June.
For more information, see the website www.AmsterdamSportswearWeekend.com
The Amsterdam Sportswear Weekend has begun!
Tomorrow (June 3th) and Saturday you can enjoy the photos of Henry Falcoâs series âFe**sh Lifeâ in the pop up expo at The Cuckooâs Nest, open from 17.00-19.00hr.
Afterwards you can party at the Eagle from 21.00-00.00hr Later you can also go to Club Church, where you can show off your underwear (or less!) at the (Z)onderbroek Underwear Party from 00.00-05.00hr.
As a token of our love for sportswear (and the guys who wear it!), you will receive an exclusive gift with every purchase of over âŹ25,00 in our Amsterdam store. This goes for all days of the event: from 2 till 5 June.
For more information, see the website www.AmsterdamSportswearWeekend.com
Tomorrow, June 2nd, is the start of the 3th edition of the Amsterdam Sportswear Weekend: a long weekend filled with all sorts of s*xy events, parties and more. Throughout the weekend, we will be sharing with you some highlights you donât want to miss!
For example, why not do a warming up tomorrow at Club Church, where Blue Sports will take place from 22.00-04.00hr. Blue is a hot and inclusive party where all genders are welcome, this time with a special sports theme.
As a token of our love for sportswear (and the guys who wear it!), you will receive an exclusive gift with every purchase of over âŹ25,00 in our Amsterdam store. This goes for all days of the event: from 2 till 5 June.
For more information, see the website www.AmsterdamSportswearWeekend.com
Don't mind the construction work outside the store, we're open and ready to welcome you!
Opening hours: every day from 12.00-19.00hr, and Friday and Saturday from 11.00-19.00hr
The Amsterdam store will be closed from Wednesday 04-05 to Monday 09-05 due to Darklands Antwerp.
All weborders wonât be processed or shipped in this period. We can also not guarantee that the stock on the webshop is accurate, as we bring a lot of gear with us.
If you order products weâve brought to Antwerp, we will keep them separate for you if they are still available. If the product is out of stock, we will let you know, as well as ordering the product with our suppliers.
We will do our best to fulfill the order as soon as
possible.
We're closed this Kingsday (27-04) and will be enjoying a day of orange fun!
We'll be open again Thursday.
Today, the 26th of April, is Le***an Visibility Day.
Because of this we would like to highlight one particular photographer: German photo artist Julia Gunther. Her work explores themes of representation, gender, visual identity and social activism, specifically, the role of women in society.
The portraits in Guntherâs series âRainbow Girlsâ chronicle the lives of le***an women living in the Khayelitsha and Gugulethu Townships of Cape Town, South Africa. They are not welcome in their familyâs homes because of their s*xuality, and are not safe on the streets where people want to hurt them because they are women who love women.
The series is taken during the 2012 Miss Le***an Beauty Pageant. This is a special event that was organized by FreeGender, a black le***an organization in Khayelitsha township, Cape Town, South Africa.
It happened right in the middle of Khayelitsha, a township infamous for its treatment of LGBTQIâs. It was started to make fellow le***an women feel celebrated and welcome. Many of the women were kicked out of their parentâs house at a young age, and are only allowed to come back once they have âchangedâ, aka 'become straight'.
"There were two elements I wanted to capture through the âRainbow Girlsâ photographs," Gunther explained of her photography series. "The first: the strength and pride with which these women live, often under very difficult circumstances. And the second: after I had heard about the Miss Le***an competition. For me this was the perfect example of the kind of pride these women feel for who they are. Their unflinching defiance and their refusal to accept the repressive attitudes that dominate South Africa."
Gunther photographs her subjects in bold colors and defiant glances, emphasizing their confidence and iconoclasm in the face of their still ignorant surroundings.
You can see all the photos here, together with the stories of these women: https://juliagunther.com/rainbow-girls
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Today, April 6th, is International As*xuality Day (IAD)!
IAD is a coordinated worldwide campaign promoting the ace umbrella, including demis*xual, grey-as*xual and other ace identities.
The four themes of IAD are:
-Advocacy
-Celebration
-Education
-Solidarity
Around 1 percent of the population is reported to identify as as*xual, which means they experience little to no s*xual attraction.
According to the As*xuality Visibility and Education Network (AVEN), as*xual people âare not drawn to people s*xuallyâ and have no desire to âact upon attraction to others in a s*xual wayâ.
âUnlike celibacy, which is a choice to abstain from s*xual activity, as*xuality is an intrinsic part of who we are, just like other s*xual orientations. As*xuality does not make our lives any worse or better; we just face a different set of needs and challenges than most s*xual people do.
âThere is considerable diversity among the as*xual community in the needs and experiences often associated with s*xuality including relationships, attraction, and arousal,â they say.
While ace people do not experience s*xual attraction, they can still experience romantic attraction and have romantic partners.
Other identities listed under the wider ace umbrella include demis*xual - where s*xual attraction is only experienced after a strong emotional bond is formed - and gray-as*xual, which is when someone âidentifies within the area between as*xuality and s*xualityâ.
Sorry to say we're closed today (Thursday 31-03), but there is a sick puppy that needs care and attention.
We'll be open again on Friday!
Today is Trans Visibility Day!
On this day we pay special attention to some of the wonderful things people from the trans community have done.
Perhaps you have seen or heard about the movie The Matrix (1999), or one of the sequels.
The story tells the story of Neo, a hacker who is invited by a group of rebels to find out the truth about the world: we are all living in a simulation run by an evil cyber-intelligence. What is so trans about this you wonder? Well, first the directors were listed as âthe Wachowski brothersâ in the original credits, but later after the film came out, came out themselves as women. Thatâs right; The Matrix is made by two trans women, sisters even!
In an interview to Netflix one of the sisters, Lilly, said that a well-shared fan theory is actually true: the story of The Matrix is an allegory about transgender people. Lilly doesn't know âhow present my transness was in the background of my brain as we were writingâ The Matrix, she says in the interview. âThe Matrix was all about the desire for transformation, but it was all coming from a closeted point of view,â she told Netflix.
Andrea Long Chu writes in her book Females that to her, the symbolism is quite obvious: âThe symbolism is easy to find: Thomas Andersonâs double life (heâs a hacker by night), his chosen name (Neo), his vague but maddening sense that something is off about the world â âa splinter in your mind,â Morpheus calls it. Neo has dysphoria. The Matrix is the gender binary. The agents are transphobia.â
When protagonist Neo famously has to choose between a blue pill (he will wake up in his bed and nothing happens) and a red pill (he will find out the truth about the world), this is also a link with being trans. When the movie came out in 1999, estrogen pills used by trans women to physically transition were red. Also one character in the first film, called Swich, is a woman in the Matrix but a man in the Real World. In the final scene of THE MATRIX the camera zooms towards the words âSystem Failureâ in code. Neo says, âYouâre afraid of us. Youâre afraid of changeâ as the camera pushes through the letters âMâ and âF,â quite literally creating a space in between, and beyond, the gender binary.
And of course there are way more amazing things done by trans people, from all times and all over the globe! But to include everything, this post would become way to longâŠ
Today, on the official International Merman Day, we like you to meet some of our new Mermen: Monty the Fisherman, Lido, a Trans Merman and Matt Adore, and 5 more!
They have just arrived, so if you're curious be sure to check them out in our store or at https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/category/decoration/december-diamonds-mermen/mermen/
This Sunday, 20-03, the shop will be closed all day.
We're back in full force on Monday and always open online at www.gaysandgadgets.com
Are you ready for the weekend?? Because it is time to party again, with going full on superhero today!
We don't sell capes, but we do have the hottest new, metallic TOF Paris gear, show up shining!
https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/2022/03/18/time-to-shine-this-weekend-discover-the-metal-star-collection/
Get the ready for the party with these amazing new hoody harnesses from TOF Paris Perfect for any sportswear party.
https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/2022/03/18/introducing-hoody-harness-tof-paris/
Are you ready for the weekend?? Because it is time to party again, with going full on superhero this Saturday!
We don't sell capes, but we do have the hottest new, metallic TOF Paris gear, show up shining!
https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/2022/03/18/time-to-shine-this-weekend-discover-the-metal-star-collection/
Sorry to say, but due to circumstances our physical shop is closed today, Thursday 17-03.
Feel free to browse our online shop www.gaysandgadgets.com 24/7!
On this seventh day of the Roze Filmdagen, we focus on the documentary Rebel D***s (2021, Harri Shanahan / SiĂąn A. Williams), a delightful documentary that celebrates the feminist culture of the 1980s and 90s, which transformed life for countless British women.
Rebel D***s arrives in all its ass-kicking, leather-wearing glory. The film follows a tight-knit group of friends who met at Greenham Common peace camp and went on to become artists, performers, musicians and activists in London.
A judicious mix of new-minted interviews, home video footage and charming animation by Shanahan makes for a delightful, well-tempered package that tells the story of a radical scene: squatters, B**M nightclubs, anti-Thatcher rallies, protests demanding action around AIDS and the fierce ties of chosen family.
In many ways the raddest of the radical feminists, many of the filmâs interviewees either founded â or at least hung out at â Londonâs infamous SM and fe**sh club Chain Reaction, one of the few femme-centric and male-exclusionary club nights in the country at that time (they did welcome trans women).
There are some fantastic archive clips, all shot on greasy looking VHS stock, of meetings where folk fought it out over what is the ârightâ way to have s*x to escape patriarchal norms, all the while deploying talking points that will give viewers of a certain age flashbacks to kitchen-table arguments about pe*******on and phallocentric culture.
Rebel D***s is an extraordinarily privileged glimpse into a bygone world by those who not only lived out their politics with heartfelt conviction but lived to tell the tale. An absolutely unmissable document of le***an herstory.
Rebel D***s can be seen today (16-03-2022) at 17.45hr, in Het Ketelhuis. See the website of Roze Filmdagen for tickets, more info, and other films.
https://rozefilmdagen.nl/
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Check it out, we now have the Progress Pride flag in 2 more sizes! 60x90 cm and 150x250 cm for everyone who likes them big! đ
BACK IN STOCK! We got a new shipment in of the Progress Pride flag, find it in our webshop and store! đ https://www.gaysandgadgets.com/product/progress-pride-flag-printed-90-x-150-cm/
Be your own fabulous disco-ball!
Hey MEIJT! Wij hebben nu ansichtkaarten voor je in de winkel! Echt MEIJT? Ja, de echte officiële MEIJT. kaarten zijn nu te koop bij Gays & Gadget!
In 2004 we started an adventure, the opening of a gay lifestyle store in Amsterdam: G**s&Gadgets. Throughout the years we have been at the heart of our community supporting many events and organisations. In 2009 we opend the Gay Tourist Information Centre (GAYtic) offering independend and comprehensive information on the GLBTI community in Amsterdam. And in 2012 Underground Fe**sh was added with a great collection of fe**sh gear and B**M equipment. Finally we started a cooperation with San Francisco based Mister S Leather in 2014 and Mr. S Amsterdam was added. The adventure became a journey, the road was sometimes bumpy, but the goals stayed the same: providing quality products that every gay man needs. And we intend to do so for the years to come.
