The Gay & Lesbian Review https://glreview.org/ A Bimonthly Magazine of History, Culture, and Politics Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:10:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.5 Policing Public Sex in Palm Springs https://glreview.org/policing-public-sex-in-palm-springs/ https://glreview.org/policing-public-sex-in-palm-springs/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:10:45 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68633 A photo of palm trees and low-slung architecture in the Warm Sands neighborhood of Palm Springs.By Matthew Bamberg
Warm Sands’ nightly gatherings drew crowds of gay men cruising outside the clothing-optional resorts to attract partners. Any gap in the foliage could provide sufficient privacy.

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“I don’t think I was prepared when it came to stress regulation. I went in there without the tools to control my emotions. It sucks that I did everything on TV.”

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]]> https://glreview.org/drag-race-contestant-arrietty-spills-the-tea/feed/ 0 The LGBTQ+ Students No One Warns https://glreview.org/the-lgbtq-students-no-one-warns/ https://glreview.org/the-lgbtq-students-no-one-warns/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:08:01 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68556 By Dimitrios Aletras Jr.
Every September, institutions tell their students that they take sexual violence seriously. For LGBTQ+ students, that promise has always arrived with an asterisk. We can remove it.

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]]> https://glreview.org/the-lgbtq-students-no-one-warns/feed/ 0 Remembering a Pioneer in LGBTQ+ Activism https://glreview.org/remembering-a-pioneer-in-lgbtq-activism/ https://glreview.org/remembering-a-pioneer-in-lgbtq-activism/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:38:15 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68551 A photograph of Michael Hendricks and dozens of other protesters at an ACT UP Montreal rally in the 1990s.By Matthew Hays
Michael Hendricks was a core member of ACT UP Montreal, which he co-founded in 1989. He went on to help form a crucial bridge between the LGBTQ+ community and Montreal police.

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The gathering was organized around spectatorship more than physical contact. Most of the men never touched. What held them together was a shared silence and a language of glances.

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Whenever I skip down the stairs to the Broadway Line and drop my token into the turnstile, I realize what a lucky boy I am to live in a place like this. I love New York. It’s the best city in the world.

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]]> https://glreview.org/underground-sex-in-the-new-york-subway/feed/ 2 A Night at The Locker Room https://glreview.org/a-night-at-the-locker-room/ https://glreview.org/a-night-at-the-locker-room/#respond Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:44:21 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68493 By Joseph Shapiro
I saw a maze of narrow passageways with doors on each side. Some doors were open, and I could see guys walking up and down the passageways, peering into rooms as they walked by.

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]]> https://glreview.org/a-night-at-the-locker-room/feed/ 0 Supporting LGBTQ+ Students in Red States https://glreview.org/supporting-lgbtq-students-in-red-states/ https://glreview.org/supporting-lgbtq-students-in-red-states/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:54:31 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68470 By Brad Archer
Educators can meet the needs of their LGBTQ+ students while also mitigating the personal and professional risks they face within a rights-regressive legal and political environment.

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“I’m against topical plays. I don’t want to see a play about the pandemic. I’m really against plays that have no sense of magic. For me, theater is magic. I don’t want realism.”

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]]> https://glreview.org/tyler-anthony-smith-the-theater-of-camp/feed/ 0 I’m Bi, Actually https://glreview.org/im-bi-actually/ https://glreview.org/im-bi-actually/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:44:57 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68449 A photo of Emir Avilés Pagán at seventeen, visiting the Vatican during a missionary youth retreat in Italy.By Emir Avilés Pagán
I had a budding curiosity about my body and the bodies of other boys, though I still found myself splitting my attention between the protagonists of the movie The Mummy.

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