Blog Posts
Wrestling with Greco-Roman Mores
NOW in his eighties, Charles Rowan Beye holds the title Distinguished Professor of Classics Emeritus at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Beye…More
Cuba: How Real Is the Thaw?
THERE WERE three of them. The one on the left was a macho boy, all muscles and cool hair. On the right, linking arms with him, was a petite, girly…More
Sidney Abbott: Sappho’s ‘Right-On Woman’
SIDNEY ABBOTT, well-known lesbian feminist activist, died in a fire on April 15, 2015, in her home in Southold, Long Island. She was 77. Those of us who knew…More
Reader’s Thought
The Early Riots Did Make a Difference To the Editor: I take issue with you saying early riots in San Francisco and Los Angeles ended with a thud [in…More
Takes on News of the Day
File Under When These Things Write Themselves Could this be one of those times when one segment of the population can only see something hilarious, while another (the majority?)…More
In Mumbai, a Community Struggling to Be Born
YOU COULD BE on Oxford Street, or anywhere else in the world’s large cities where young gay men congregate. But the four immaculately styled men, clearly gay, are sitting…More
“Harness My Zebras!”
“WHO IS THE WOMAN on the cover,” Richard Lindsay asks in the opening line of his book on Bible-based epic movies, “and why is she in a chariot being…More
How Horror Thwarted ‘The Code’
AS A GENRE known for pushing the boundaries of good taste, horror films occupy a unique position within American cinema. Because horror triggers an emotional response in audiences through…More
A Cinematic Trend Emerges: ‘Gays Gone Bad’
EARLIER THIS YEAR, my film programming colleagues and I at Frameline—the San Francisco International lgbtq Film Festival—met to begin the always agonizing process of selecting our favorites from several…More