A Letter to ‘Donnie,’ from Tennessee
FROM: Tennessee Williams’ Letters to Donald Windham, 1940–1965.
July, 29 and 30, 1940
Captain Jack’s Wharf, Provincetown, Mass.
Blog Posts
The Broken Dandy
Byron went on to have a yearlong affair with a Greek-born French teenager named Nicolo Giraud when he moved to Athens.
More
‘I always had crazy boyfriends.’ Phil Tarley talks with a (very) independent filmmaker
BRUCE LABRUCE’S CINEMA occupies a liminal space between haute couture pornography and experimental narrative film. The prolific artist-provocateur is releasing his new book, The Revolution Is My Boyfriend, to coincide with his fifteenth feature film, The Visitor.
MoreFall Rising: The Scientists
From the Editor
MoreLetters to the Editor
Thoughts from our readers.
More
Pervert Patient Zero
In late 19th-century America, most physicians shared Dr. Monroe’s revulsion at the very idea of same-sex activity, but an enlightened few noted that in Europe things were beginning to change, and they asked their fellow physicians to reconsider their loathing.
More
How Evelyn Hooker Rattled the APA
It was Evelyn Hooker who pointed out that defining homosexuality as a “mental illness” was based on an untested assumption.
More
The Birth of Transgender Science
Harry Benjamin spearheaded the medicalization and the legitimization of transgender health care.
More
Secrets & Truths & Claude Schwob
Developing the bomb was not the only secret that Schwob was harboring. There was also the matter of his sexuality—something of an open secret.
More