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Aging in a Transgender Body

Emory Oakley — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:06:26 +0000

By Emory Oakley
I didn’t really feel like myself until my late twenties because of the awkwardness of second puberty. So how many years did I really get as a man before feeling the impacts of aging? Not enough.

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François Ozon on The Stranger’s Homoeroticism

Brandon Judell — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:13:11 +0000

By Brandon Judell
Ozon’s adaptation of Albert Camus’ novel was the highlight of Lincoln Center’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in March and will have a limited release in the United States on April 3.

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Botching the Threesome

GREG WALTERS — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:08:49 +0000

By Gregory Walters
Before getting into another relationship—if another should come along—I decided I needed to explore my sexuality, learn a few things, gain confidence, and lose the prude aura.

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A Transgender Kashmiri Artist’s Struggle

Danish Showkat and Mehendi Mehraj — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:25:45 +0000

By Danish Showkat and Mehendi Mehraj
I grew up learning from an early age that I was not like the others. I didn’t have the words for it then, but I felt it everywhere: in classrooms, on the streets, inside my own home.

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Writing Our Own Happy Endings

Ash Perez — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:16:22 +0000

By Ash Perez
My name is Ash Perez, 36, male, a TV writer living in LA. If you have no idea who that is, you may remember me from the mid-2010s, when I was Ashly Perez, the “awkward Asian girl” on BuzzFeed.

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Keeping Queer Culture Alive in Wartime Kyiv

Finbarr Toesland — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:10:34 +0000

By Finbarr Toesland
Members of Kyiv’s queer community are working to keep creativity alive as their city undergoes seismic changes. Queer nightlife and connection are still possible.

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A Higher Calling for Felipe

Michael Varga — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:48:48 +0000

By Michael Varga
I met him at a Paris disco in 1986 when I was on leave from my assignment in Dubai. Over the next seven years we didn’t see each other often, but we got together whenever we could.

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Let’s Choose Each Other Again

Randal Smith — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:03:45 +0000

By Randal C. Smith
No relationship is perfect. No love is untouched by disappointment. No bond survives without negotiation, humility, and repair. What matters isn’t whether love lasts forever.

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A Decade of Fellow Travelers

Kevin Newbury — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:34:58 +0000

By Kevin Newbury
The Fellow Travelers opera is based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel, a powerful gay love story set against the backdrop of the McCarthy-era Lavender Scare.

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Was Achilles Gay? Wrong Question.

Asa Williams — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:19:31 +0000

By Asa Williams
Before we call Achilles and Patroklos “gay lovers,” we must examine both the Greek language of love and the dangers of retroactively imposing modern categories.

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