The Gay & Lesbian Review https://glreview.org/ A Bimonthly Magazine of History, Culture, and Politics Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:32:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 What Happens After Trump? https://glreview.org/what-happens-after-trump/ https://glreview.org/what-happens-after-trump/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:31:39 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=69077 By Walter Holland
We don’t fully recognize just how much of the general populace has normalized the most bizarre theories, blatant lies, or daily brutal and sometimes illogical actions of their leader.

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]]> https://glreview.org/what-happens-after-trump/feed/ 0 No Money No Honey Faces Harsh Truths https://glreview.org/no-money-no-honey-faces-harsh-truths/ https://glreview.org/no-money-no-honey-faces-harsh-truths/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:52:04 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=69029 A photo of Máxima Mauricio holding a stuffed rabbit and surrounded by dolls and stuffed animals in “No Money No Honey.”By Lauren Wissot
“In No Money No Honey, Máxima was not only the protagonist, she was also an active collaborator. There was ongoing dialogue about the material and the direction of the film.”

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]]> https://glreview.org/no-money-no-honey-faces-harsh-truths/feed/ 0 Same-Sex Romance on CBS’ Beyond the Gates https://glreview.org/same-sex-romance-on-cbs-beyond-the-gates/ https://glreview.org/same-sex-romance-on-cbs-beyond-the-gates/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:32:58 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=69010 A photograph of actors Brandon Claybon and Mike Manning attending a party in the CBS soap opera “Beyond the Gates.”By Aubrey Garcia Baden III
Series creator Michele Val Jean has put same-sex couples at the show’s center: Martin Richardson and Bradley “Smitty” Smith, as well as Chelsea Hamilton and Dr. Madison Montgomery.

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]]> https://glreview.org/same-sex-romance-on-cbs-beyond-the-gates/feed/ 0 Is Gay Cruising Still Defensible? https://glreview.org/is-gay-cruising-still-defensible/ https://glreview.org/is-gay-cruising-still-defensible/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:26:03 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=69003 A black-and-white photo of urinals in a public men’s room in Londrina, Brazil.By Milan Pribisic
Cruising remains appealing to some men partly because of the tension between communication and uncertainty: Desire becomes legible without becoming completely explicit.

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]]> https://glreview.org/is-gay-cruising-still-defensible/feed/ 0 Urgent Voices from the Past https://glreview.org/urgent-voices-from-the-past/ https://glreview.org/urgent-voices-from-the-past/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:59:03 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68980 A photo of Will Brill as Dr. Anthony Fauci and Thomas Jay Ryan as Larry Kramer standing in a field of soapsuds in the St. Ann's Warehouse Production of "Kramer/Fauci."By Brendan McCall
Kramer/Fauci captures a moment of civil and informed debate. The titular characters argue, but a tremendous amount of affection and respect is also evident.

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]]> https://glreview.org/urgent-voices-from-the-past/feed/ 0 The Gare d’Austerlitz Toilet, 1978 https://glreview.org/the-gare-dausterlitz-toilet-1978/ https://glreview.org/the-gare-dausterlitz-toilet-1978/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:09:02 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68966 An exterior photo of the Gare d’Austerlitz in 2006.By George Perlov
This is the place, I surmise, where boys like me meet other boys like me, because we can’t be like me in other places. I know the secret password and am curious for more.

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]]> https://glreview.org/the-gare-dausterlitz-toilet-1978/feed/ 0 By Hook or by Crook, 25 Years Later https://glreview.org/by-hook-or-by-crook-25-years-later/ https://glreview.org/by-hook-or-by-crook-25-years-later/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:53:02 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68941 A 2001 poster design for "By Hook or by Crook."By Lauren Wissot
“We were kind of the outsiders of the outsiders, as we didn’t really fit into the gay or lesbian ‘scene.’ We were more on the punk side, subscribing to the ‘be gay, do crime’ philosophy.”

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]]> https://glreview.org/by-hook-or-by-crook-25-years-later/feed/ 0 The Plague Years https://glreview.org/the-plague-years/ https://glreview.org/the-plague-years/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:22:31 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68931 A photo of members of the Hispanic AIDS Forum marching in the Queens Pride Parade in 1994.By Matthew Hays
“Panic, Politics, and Policy” will prove fascinating for those interested in the early years of HIV/AIDS, but it also provides educators with an important resource in teaching this period in history.

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]]> https://glreview.org/the-plague-years/feed/ 0 The Queerness of Avatar: The Last Airbender https://glreview.org/the-queerness-of-avatar-the-last-airbender/ https://glreview.org/the-queerness-of-avatar-the-last-airbender/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:55:17 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68915 An image of Firebender Asami Sato and Avatar Korra in an embrace from the animated series “The Legend of Korra”By J. Barnes
The love between Avatar Korra and Firebender Asami Sato has been a groundbreaking romance in animation history. In 2014 the two at last made their relationship official.

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]]> https://glreview.org/the-queerness-of-avatar-the-last-airbender/feed/ 0 Welcome to The Steamworks https://glreview.org/welcome-to-the-steamworks/ https://glreview.org/welcome-to-the-steamworks/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:16:23 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68868 By Robert Leone
Fending off—and sometimes welcoming—sexual advances was a nightly sport. A quickie in the laundry room, with the washing machine sloshing in the background, was pretty standard.

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