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I Came Out Twice. The Second Time I Chose It.

Saurabh Anand — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:52:54 +0000

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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Luke Yankee: Glimpses of Marilyn

Matthew Hays — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:51:02 +0000

By Matthew Hays
“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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On Twenty Years and Counting

John R. Killacky — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:44:29 +0000

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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Robert Flynt: Desiring the Body

Brendan McCall — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:11:34 +0000

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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Memories of the Eisenhower Administration

G Owen Grant — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:12:39 +0000

By Greg Owen Grant
In 1953 my father told me that homosexual employees in the federal government posed a security risk and handed me a large “I Like Ike” presidential campaign button.

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Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of a Hero

Glenn Drake — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:39:16 +0000

By Glenn Drake
Judy! Cher! Madonna! Gay icons all, but not my gay icon. For me it was all about Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer with the husky voice who helped me survive being a gay teen in the 1980s.

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Flesh & Fluid: A Love Story

Brian Alessandro — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:02:54 +0000

By Brian Alessandro
Jane Schoenbrun’s affinity for B-movies is evident; they recently described Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma as “Friday the 13th meets Portrait of a Lady on Fire.”

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Bryan Safi: Wearing Both Sides of the Shirt

Brendan McCall — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:05:52 +0000

By Brendan McCall
People-pleasing, in all its guises, is the primary theme anchoring the episodic riffs in Bryan Safi’s often-hilarious seventy-minute one-person show Are You Mad at Me??

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James Baldwin Biographer Nicholas Boggs

CHARLES GREEN — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:54:29 +0000

Interview by Charles Green
“I would spend weeks, even months, simply storyboarding and doing timelines, trying to figure out where he was at a given moment. That was the only good thing about the FBI files.”

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Coming Out at 36

Andy Barrow — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:11:18 +0000

By Andy Barrow
Did I always know? There were plenty of signs. When I was three, I draped myself in blankets and declared myself Cinderella. My first CD was Madonna’s The Immaculate Collection.

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