THIS ISSUE takes us back to the dawn of LGBT identity as we explore some of the 19th-century writers who first put legibly queer characters and behaviors on the…More

THIS ISSUE marks a bit of a departure for The G&LR, as we crack open the bedroom door to explore the practices and paraphilias that interest or obsess some…More

WHAT FOLLOW are “ethnographic journeys” not only in the sense that they transport us to non-Western cultures, but also because they represent a personal journey for writers in search…More

NOTWITHSTANDING this issue’s theme, the cover features Charles Hefling’s gentle caricature of writer Edmund White, who passed away in June and is remembered here by three friends. …

BY “THE SITUATION” we* have in mind the current state of American politics and LGBT rights. But because things are changing so rapidly, and because this is a bimonthly…More

THIS ENCORE ISSUE takes up the age-old question: when and where did the LGBT movement truly begin? The convention of dating its origins to the Stonewall Riots of June…More

THE TITLE of this issue borrows a phrase from Billie Holiday’s signature song, “Strange Fruit,” but without the lurid imagery (the song is about a lynching). Repurposed, the phrase…More

From the Editor.

From the Editor