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Rainbow Over Sochi
Russia’s growing hostility to gay rights has come to the world’s attention as we anticipate the Winter Olympics in Sochi. When the German team introduced its uniforms this fall, it…More
Triptych of a Price Tag
Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, considered the two most famous British modern artists of their time, explains all the hullabaloo around the sale of the former’s “Three Studies of Lucian…More
Amid the Recent Same-Sex Marriage Victories…
A White Elephant What are we to make of a lifelong Republican strategist and opponent of marriage equality who does a complete 180 and decides, not only that he’s now pro-gay…More
Are You Up for a Little Gay History?
WHAT you are about to see is a five-minute video with Prof. Richard Berrong discussing a new art book called A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World,…More
A Symbol Stands
A recent book has thrown a bucket of ice water onto an icon of GLBT rights. In The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard, author Steve…More
They’re Back! The Gayest Anti-gay Group Ever!
How many erogenous zones can you find in play in this photo? A previous BTW reported on a movement in France devoted to resisting the legalization of same-sex marriage, now a fait accompli, and it quoted an article that asked, “Is this the most homoerotic anti-gay protest ever?” Well, they’re back!
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The Shame of Atlanta Pride
Since coming out in the 1980s, I’ve partied at Pride functions in big and small towns across America. In the conservative South, you sometimes have to walk past uninvited guests: protestors. I never imagined I’d be among them. Regretfully, at Atlanta Pride’s October 11th gay bash at the Georgia Aquarium, I will be chanting, not cheering.
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Russian Crackdown Puts Straight Orgs on the Spot
The international outrage over the new Russian law prohibiting “propaganda on non-traditional sexual relationships”—and the call for a boycott on Russian products—has spilled over into some cultural institutions in the U.S. and elsewhere.”
In New York, the Metropolitan Opera’s gala opening on September 23 was a Russian-themed affair, and
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BTW – Ghosts of Broadcasts Past
Dickens was intrigued by the ways in which the past is never past but continues to haunt our dreams and waking hours. Scrooge’s penalty late in life was the apparition…More
California Split: What Became of Chris
AFTER A SILENCE of more than twenty years, I got a phone call from an old friend of mine, living in San Francisco. Now dying in San Francisco. Upon announcing…More