The Gay & Lesbian Review https://glreview.org/ A Bimonthly Magazine of History, Culture, and Politics Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:44:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 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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]]> https://glreview.org/im-bi-actually/feed/ 0 Singing the Life of a Trans Pioneer https://glreview.org/singing-the-life-of-a-trans-pioneer/ https://glreview.org/singing-the-life-of-a-trans-pioneer/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:44:58 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68440 A photo of Sylvia D’Eramo as Gerda Wegener touching the face of Lucia Lucas as Lili Elbe in the Santa Fe Opera production of "Lili Elbe."By Joseph M. Ortiz
Tobias Picker’s score for Lili Elbe is often lively and multilayered, and at several moments it especially captures the jazz styles that were popular in Europe in the 1920s.

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]]> https://glreview.org/singing-the-life-of-a-trans-pioneer/feed/ 0 Saints & Sinners in the Eye of Fabián Cháirez https://glreview.org/saints-and-sinners-in-the-eye-of-fabian-chairez/ https://glreview.org/saints-and-sinners-in-the-eye-of-fabian-chairez/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:35:26 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68430 By Sergio Interdonato
Fabián Cháirez’ series, La Venida del Señor (The Coming of the Lord), recast Catholic iconography as homoerotic devotion and enshrined pleasure, using fetishized æsthetics throughout.

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]]> https://glreview.org/saints-and-sinners-in-the-eye-of-fabian-chairez/feed/ 0 I Came Out Twice. The Second Time I Chose It. https://glreview.org/i-came-out-twice-the-second-time-i-chose-it/ https://glreview.org/i-came-out-twice-the-second-time-i-chose-it/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:52:54 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68338 A photo of Saurabh Anand at age 19, sitting on a grassy field with skyscrapers in the background.By Saurabh Anand
No one shouted, and no one cried. My father leaned back in his chair. My mother sat very still. There was no script for this moment, nor was there any language any of us knew how to use.

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“Marilyn Monroe was different because beneath all that radiance was extraordinary vulnerability. I think many gay men recognize something of themselves in her.”

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]]> https://glreview.org/luke-yankee-glimpses-of-marilyn/feed/ 0 On Twenty Years and Counting https://glreview.org/on-twenty-years-and-counting/ https://glreview.org/on-twenty-years-and-counting/#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:44:29 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68310 Photo of some of the issues of The G&LR in which John Killacky's writing has appeared.By John R. Killacky
One of my most satisfying assignments was writing about the resurgence of interest in Julius Eastman, an outrageous presence in the avant-garde performance scene in ’70s New York.

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]]> https://glreview.org/on-twenty-years-and-counting/feed/ 0 Robert Flynt: Desiring the Body https://glreview.org/robert-flynt-desiring-the-body/ https://glreview.org/robert-flynt-desiring-the-body/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:11:34 +0000 https://glreview.org/?p=68275 By Brendan McCall
Robert Flynt’s images are singular “heightened documents,” each picture containing several layers at once that add depth to the reality of his nude models.

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