The Gay & Lesbian Review https://glreview.org/ A Bimonthly Magazine of History, Culture, and Politics Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:36:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Happy Pride! Now Get Out! https://glreview.org/happy-pride-now-get-out/ https://glreview.org/happy-pride-now-get-out/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:33:42 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=67994 Photograph of a sign read "Nagoya" near Nagoya Castle in Japan.By Intesar Toufic
The marchers' presence at the Pride parade didn't represent their opinions. It represented their company’s PR department. It represented “key performance indicators” for diversity.

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]]> https://glreview.org/happy-pride-now-get-out/feed/ 0 How Not to Meet Leonardo DiCaprio https://glreview.org/how-not-to-meet-leonardo-dicaprio/ https://glreview.org/how-not-to-meet-leonardo-dicaprio/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:13:12 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=67975 Oleg Olizev with then-Senator Hillary Clinton at the New York City Pride parade in 2002.By Oleg Olizev
I found myself face to face with Leonardo DiCaprio at a crosswalk on 41st Street. We looked each other in the eye. I panicked, turned around, and ran the other way, something I still can’t explain.

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Who was Frank Maya? I’m sorry to say that I had no idea who he was or why someone was making a show about him before seeing Can I Be Frank? currently playing at the Soho Playhouse.

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The parade goes under the curious name “Family Purity Day.” For many years, this date was reserved for a demonstration opposing anti-LGBT prejudice. But the purpose was turned on its head.

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]]> https://glreview.org/republic-of-georgias-anti-pride-parade/feed/ 1 Neurodiverse Queer Artists Take the Stage https://glreview.org/neurodiverse-queer-artists-take-the-stage/ https://glreview.org/neurodiverse-queer-artists-take-the-stage/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:13:35 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=67868 EPIC Players at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre for Disney Cabaret in December, 2025.By EPIC Players
EPIC Players was established in New York City a decade ago and has offered professional performing arts opportunities to hundreds of neurodivergent and disabled artists.

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In the film Leviticus, nerdy new-in-town teen protagonist Naim becomes fixated on his blond beefcake classmate Ryan after a wrestling match between them evolves into a makeout session.

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]]> https://glreview.org/love-will-tear-us-apart/feed/ 1 Knocking on Hockney’s Door https://glreview.org/knocking-on-hockneys-door/ https://glreview.org/knocking-on-hockneys-door/#respond Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:07:01 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=67838 David Hockney circa 1977By Neal King
My friend Sean and I approached the front door of David Hockney’s home on Montcalm Avenue in the hills above LA one summer evening—perhaps a Saturday, probably 1983. I knocked.

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]]> https://glreview.org/knocking-on-hockneys-door/feed/ 0 Swan Song https://glreview.org/swan-song/ https://glreview.org/swan-song/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:52:36 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=67809 A screen capture of Tadeusz Von Moltke in episode four of "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans"By Julia Motyka
Six months before he died, my father booked an acting job. “It’s directed by Gus Van Sant, Darling!” he’d texted me. He was to play Truman Capote’s therapist in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.

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Stop! That! Train! is a curious confection, partly a throwback to 1980’s Airplane! and the disaster movies that inspired it, and partly a supersized acting challenge from RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.

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]]> https://glreview.org/fasten-your-seatbelt-hunty/feed/ 0 From ‘It Girl’ to Invisible Woman https://glreview.org/from-it-girl-to-invisible-woman/ https://glreview.org/from-it-girl-to-invisible-woman/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:58:08 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=67764 A photo of a sign reading “Senior Corner” in the Eagle LA.By Rachel Powell
Madonna got cosmetically enhanced to preserve her youth. I aged naturally to preserve my wallet and fear of toxic injections. She re-emerged taut and adored. I was merely tolerated.

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