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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 >>

George Caleb Bingham, "The County Election" (1852)

Election Guide & Noteworthy Articles

October 21, 2020

Election guide, plus ACB’s big lie, photographs by Melissa Ianniello and Sunil Gupta, the WR 2021 calendar—and who knew glitter was bad? >> 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)

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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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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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