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Quipping for Equality
It was one of those stage-managed events in which a politician visits a popular venue and has a few awkward encounters with “real people” for the local press. But this…More
Simone de Beauvoir Comes Alive with Violette
Violette. A film by Martin Provost YOU HAVE TO HAND IT to the French for making a biopic about a writer known in the U.S., if at all, only in academic…More
Yves Saint Laurent’s Genius Is Captured in a New Biopic
Yves Saint Laurent Directed by Jalil Lespert ONE OF THE PITFALLS of the biopic is the lead actor’s temptation to do a full-throttle imitation of the person whose life story is…More
David Roussève’s ‘Stardust’ at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jacob’s Pillow, “the dance center of the nation” (New York Times) welcomes LGBTQ individuals, couples, and families throughout the Festival, and especially during its annual Weekend OUT, which will take…More
Planet of the Gay Apes
THE PARANOID STYLE of American politics is such that it’s a safe bet that eventually every conspiracy theory that can be conceived will be conceived—and then broadcast by some conehead with…More
Images Remembered from The Normal Heart
IF MOVIES are all about images, images that operate on the subconscious, I guess it comes as no surprise that weeks after watching The Normal Heart, the one that keeps…More
Vote for Mona!
A Republican candidate for the state senate named Steve Wiles who’s running as an opponent of marriage equality was revealed to be none other than “Mona Sinclair,” a drag entertainer…More
Finlandization
When news broke that the Finnish government would be commemorating Tom of Finland on a postage stamp, reaction in the Blogosphere was skeptical. Was it a hoax? True, Tom was…More
Uganda’s Anti-Gay Hysteria: An Eyewitness Account
AS A GAY VIDEO HISTORIAN, I hate being late, because documenting the “before” is just as important as the actual event and the aftermath. So I was pissed when Haji,…More