Short Reviews
Reviews of the books: The Man Who Loved Birds, Gay American Novels, 1870-–1970: A Reader’s Guide, The Argonauts, and Communal Nude: Collected Essays and the album Love You to Death.
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Australian Rules Were Made to Be Broken
Holding the Man Directed by Neil Armfield Screen Australia, et al. WHILE Australian movies have pursued gay themes before, few until recently have dared to go much…More
The Light of Day
Review of Packed in a Trunk documentary about Edith Lake Wilkinson
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The Beatniks Smoldered in 1960
A CHEAPLY MADE black-and-white film, The Beatniks (1960) was voice actor Paul Frees’ only directing venture. It succeeded with neither critics nor the public, and it boasts a…More
Short Reviews
Reviews of the books: Out in the Periphery: Latin America’s Gay Rights Revolution, Dog Men, and Some Go Hungry and the film: Clambake : 30 Years of Women’s Week in Provincetown.
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A Night to Remember
Firefighters were met by a grisly, horrific scene. The lifeless body of Bill Larson, pastor of the newly formed local Metropolitan Community Church, was wedged in a window, his face and right arm protruding stiffly over the street. Several bodies were huddled in a corner, burned and fused to each other. Many of the dead were burned beyond recognition …
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A Child of the Sixties
Big Joy The Adventures of James Broughton Directed by Stephen Silha and Eric Slade Frisky Divinity Productions JUST AS Deep Throat made hard-core pornography more acceptable for the…More
Short Reviews
Review of the book Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion, and the film: The Skeleton Twins.
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Short Reviews
Reviews of the books: More Than We Know and Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin, and the movie Spotlight.
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Holly Woodlawn, Warhol Superstar, Dead at 69
LOU REED immortalized Holly Woodlawn in the first verse of “Walk on the Wild Side,” on his 1972 Transformer album with the lyrics: Holly came from Miami, F-L-A. Hitch-hiked…More