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Antinous, the Gay God
OSCAR WILDE TOURS is in the middle of our gay history and art tour of Italy, and one thing we’re exploring is the extraordinary relationship between Hadrian, Emperor of Rome…More
Up in the Air
“We cannot stop looking at this new Delta ad,” declared the headline of a clever piece by Andrew Richdale, senior editor of Afar.com. We surely don’t need to convince…More
Nero’s Palace and Rome’s Gay History
Who was Rome’s gayest Emperor? That’s a tough one. There were rumors about almost every Emperor: Julius Caesar’s soldiers for instance joshingly called him “the husband of every wife…More
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?) can’t see it at all? The image went…More
Power and Pathos in Hellenistic Greece
When we think of the ancient Greeks, we think of the body beautiful, particularly the male body, and all those graceful gods and Herculean heroes. But a new exhibit and…More
Gay Italy Tour Poised to Explore the Origins of Sexual Identity
WHILE I PREPARE for the first ever gay history and art tour of Italy (click here for more information), which I’ll be leading in five weeks, I’m finding even more…More
When Life Imitates a Movie Crush
I WAS A LATE TEENAGER in 1977 when I saw the not-much-older Robby Benson star in the newly released One on One. I bought a ticket to the 2:10 showing…More
Not a Good Match
At London’s Pride parade this year, CNN reported spotting a banner representing the terrorist organization ISIS. The implied message seemed to be: ISIS is everywhere, even in a gay pride…More
Gay Lovers Were Heroes of Athenian Democracy
WHENEVER I give a GLBT tour at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, I always stop to talk about this fragment from a red-figured Greek vase. It’s…More