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Giovanni Lancranco, "Saint Sebastian," 1596-1647 (National Gallery of Denmark)

House Passes Equality Act

March 2, 2021

But is it doomed in the Senate? Plus more books, art, and news, including: Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen in a red convertible, Pete Buttigieg bikes to work, and Ghana LGBTQ center shut down... >> Read More >>

Sundance Film Festival sign, Travis Wise/CC BY 2.0

Sundance Highlights Gay Films

February 2, 2021

Plus Alan Hollinghurst, Lil Nas X, Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth in "Supernova," an all-LGBTQ mariachi band, politics, news, and more... >> Read More >>

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

February 18, 2021December 7, 2020

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

“Every person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love.” —Joe Biden (2021)

Noteworthy

John Waters learns his history on Finding Your Roots · Biography · and shares his wisdom in Mr. Know-It-All · Essays
Dr. Martens x Keith Haring Oxfords are fab, but scarce · Style
David Hockney: Drawing from Life on view at the Morgan · Art
Eclectic queer collection edited by Wolbergs & Klos · Photography
Karsten Thormaehlen moves with sensitive portraits of gay seniors · Photography
James Baldwin’s fab record collection now on Spotify · Music
Remember Will Self’s gender-bending Cock & Bull? · Fiction
Tom of Finland erotic art contest winners named (NSFW) · Art
Ocean Vuong’s acclaimed novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to be a movie · Fiction
Stagy colorful queer portraits by Magnus Hastings · Photography
RuPaul talks Drag Race 13 with Stephen Colbert · Pop Culture
John D’Emilio chronicles Chicago’s Queer Legacies · History
“Le Cockachief” is a bandanna, in case you wondered · Style
David Bowie’s “Lazarus” is pandemically prescient · Music
“Straight males of Reddit, what’s the gayest thing you’ve ever done?” (NSFW) · Pop Culture
The Prophet is a love story about two enslaved gay men in the antebellum South · Fiction
New Cary Grant bio rehashes Randolph Scott “friendship” · Biography
Keith Haring’s life retold in WGBH documentary · Film
The Pink Line offers a global take on LGBTQ issues · History
Eric Rhein’s Lifelines documents AIDS in photos & sculpture · Art
It’s a Sin: New drama about the AIDS years in London · Interview
James Beard retold in The Man Who Ate Too Much · Biography
New Orleans’ Up Stairs Lounge fire remembered · History
Canandian queer life documented in Out North · History
Was Dennis Cooper a modern Genet or Rimbaud? · Biography
Garth Greenwell’s Cleanness is “incandescent” · Fiction
Bert & Ernie—“friends” or “roommates”? · Pop Culture
William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock’n’Roll · Biography
Princess Margaret: Is she a gay icon? · Pop Culture
Andy Warhol drew male beauty like none other · Art
Loving shows vintage images of men in love · Photography
Bryan Washington’s Memorial hits the shelves · Fiction

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News & Politics

Biden orders federal agencies to enforce Bostock v. Clayton · Read
Biden ends ban on transgender military service · Read
U.S. embassies again permitted to fly rainbow flag · Read
Randy Rainbow presents “Seasons of Trump” · Watch
Cicellene to serve as House impeachement manager · Read
Magician Siegfried dead at 81; Roy died last year · Read
Ghanaian vigilantes hunt gays with machetes · Read
Malaysia wants stiffer penalties for LGBTQ “crimes” · Read
Hungary orders “disclaimers for books with gay themes” · Read
LGBTQ rights groups back Trump impeachment · Read
Freemuse documents How LGBTI Freedom of Artistic Expression Is Denied worldwide · Read
Gay literature and censorship in Russia · Read
“When Dakar was the ‘gay capital’ of West Africa” · Listen
Gay partygoers sidestep COVID restrictions in Mexico; party boat sinks · Read
Pierre Cardin dead at 98 · Read
Record 334 LGBTQ candidates elected to office in 2020 · 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
Gay teen suspended for wearing nail polish to school · Read
39 U.S. states still allow “gay panic” defense · Read
Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes surged under Trump · Read
SCOTUS could expand religious right to discriminate · Read
EU unveils new plan to combat homophobia & transphobia · 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

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