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Donkey Hotey, "Donald Trump Portrait" (2015)

Rights Groups Back Impeachment

January 12, 2021

Plus Randy Rainbow brings us “Sedition,” Tom of Finland erotic art contest winners, RuPaul talks about drag, David Bowie in the news, White Party fallout continues, and more... >> Read More >>

Unknown artist, "Sinking of the Titanic," after 1912 (Smithsonian Institution)

Gay Party Boat Sinks Amid Pandemic

January 12, 2021January 5, 2021

Plus “The Prophet” debuts, gay artists on AIDS, a new Cary Grant bio, David Bowie and the making of “Hunky Dory,” and RIP Pierre Cardin... >> Read More >>

Sir Thomas Lawrence, "George Agar-Ellis," 1823-1824 (Yale Center for British Art)

Gay News, Drag Race #13, Tom of Finland

December 21, 2020December 15, 2020

Plus Biden struggles to keep LGBTQ cabinet promises, a gay teen petitions to wear nail polish, the latest on Bert and Ernie, and more gay news and noteworthy articles... >> Read More >>

American Library Association, World War I poster, 1918

Holiday Book List · 2020

December 8, 2020December 7, 2020

Twelve must-have gay titles for the book lovers on your holiday shopping list... >> Read More >>

Bronzino, "Young Man," 1530s (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Politics, Polar Pride, and Chopin’s Gay Letters

December 10, 2020December 3, 2020

Election postmortem continues, anti-LGBTQ MEP caught at all-male sex party, Chopin’s homoerotic letters—plus, is Princess Margaret a gay icon? >> Read More >>

Piero di Cosimo, "A Hunting Scene," ca. 1494-1500 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Hate Crimes, SCOTUS—and John Waters

November 20, 2020November 18, 2020

Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes against have increased under Trump, plus SCOTUS news, John Waters art donation, and new Andy Warhol book... >> Read More >>

“Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t have one.” —Clarence Page (2004)

Noteworthy

The Prophet is a love story about two enslaved gay men in the antebellum South · Buy
New Cary Grant bio rehashes Randolph Scott “friendship” · Buy
Keith Haring’s life retold in WGBH documentary · Watch
The Pink Line offers a global take on LGBTQ issues · Buy
Eric Rhein Lifelines documents AIDS in photos & sculpture · Buy
It’s a Sin: New drama series about the AIDS years in London · Read
James Beard’s life retold in The Man Who Ate Too Much · Buy
1973 Up Stairs Lounge fire remembered in Tinderbox · Buy
“Why gay holiday films matter,” per Erik Piepenburg · Read
Canandian queer life documented in new book, Out North · Buy
Will asks Santa if God “loves me for being gay” · Read
New bio of gay novelist Dennis Cooper · Buy
Garth Greenwell’s “incandescent 2nd novel” Cleanness (NYT) · Buy
RuPaul season #13 kicks off Jan. 1 with a trans queen · Read
Tom of Finland Foundation erotic arts festival (18+) · View
Bert & Ernie—“friends” or “roommates”? · Read
New book: William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock’n’Roll · Buy
Elton John wins British LGBT Global Impact Award · Read
Chopin’s homoerotic love letters unearthed · Read
Princess Margaret: Is she a gay icon? · Read
Confirmed: Destiny 2’s Saint & Osiris are a gay couple · Read
Andy Warhol drew male beauty like none other · Buy
John Waters gives 375 artworks to Baltimore Museum · Read
Loving: Vintage photographs show male couples in love · Buy
Bryan Washington’s Memorial hits the bookshelves · Buy
Duncan Grant homoerotic drawings rediscovered · Read
Henry Louis Gates Jr. tells RuPaul about his ancestors · Watch
George Takei and gays reclaim #ProudBoys hashtag · Read
James Baldwin talks about voting rights in Alabama in 1963 · Read
“Y.M.C.A.” not about gay sex, says Victor Willis · Read
Schitt’s Creek sweeps Emmys amid movie rumors · Watch · Read
Gore Vidal “never forgave the man who called him queer” · Read
Edmund White shares his pandemic reading list · Read

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News & Politics

Gay partygoers sidestep COVID restrictions in Mexico; party boat sinks · Read
Pierre Cardin dead at 98 · Read
“Lindsey Graham is not a lady,” says James Finn · Read
Record 334 LGBTQ candidates elected to office in 2020 · Read
Buttigieg named transportation secretary · Read
SCOTUS says Indiana must list both same-sex parents on birth certificates · Read
Archbishop Tutu and 400+ religious leaders sign letter in favor of LGBTQ equality · Read
Topeka, Kansas, bans anti-LGBTQ discrimination · Read
China “isn’t the worst in Asia” for gay rights · Read
Gay teen suspended for wearing nail polish to school · Read
DOL allows federal contractors to discriminate vs. LGBTQs · Read
Bhutan parliament votes to decriminalize gay sex · Read
Gay men at higher risk of dementia · osteoporosis
39 U.S. states still allow “gay panic” defense · Read
Anti-LGBTQ Hungarian politician arrested at gay sex party · Read
Ugandan police use COVID as excuse to round up gays · Read
Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes surged under Trump · Read
SCOTUS could expand religious right to discriminate · Read
Biden can take many pro-gay actions without Congress · Read
EU unveils new plan to combat homophobia & transphobia · Read
Nevada voters protect same-sex marriage in constitution · Read
61% of U.S. Catholics support same-sex marriage · Read
69% of U.S. LGBTQ students experience harrassment · Read
Thomas & Alito invite challenges to marriage equality ruling · Read
Pope says God loves gay children “as they are” · Read
Putin orders teachers to report queer students to gov’t · Read
Thousands march as queers flee Poland · Read 1 · Read 2

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