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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
GLR Editor Discusses Magazine’s History as a Boston Institution
The following talk was delivered at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association conference, which is in Boston this year, August 22 to 25. As editor and founder of The…More
Is the Anti-Equality Crowd Resorting to Dirty Tricks?
WHAT are we to make of an erstwhile Republican strategist and vocal opponent of marriage equality who does a complete 180 and decides that not only is he now pro-gay…More
After DOMA: The Constitutional Case for Full Marriage Equality
IN THE NOW largely forgotten 1950 case Sweatt v. Painter, the Supreme Court struck down a scheme that the state of Texas had concocted to continue to keep black applicants…More
Gay poet: breaking taboo subjects can be revelatory
Via G(&)LIT: “It’s naughty, I know, to talk about the ass,” writes gay poet Angelo Nikolopoulos, “but why should the lowly—the seemingly base—be exempt from our attention, when they provide…More
In Croatia: “There is no official gay beach here.”
I had been waiting patiently until the other tourists had left the office in this seaside Croatian town on the peninsula of Istria to ask my question: “Where is the…More
Searching in Urdu
“Why is gay porn so popular in Pakistan?” asked a recent headline in Mother Jones magazine (June 2013). After adjusting to this somewhat surprising revelation, the mind reeled with hypotheses.…More
How Poet Frank O’Hara Taught Us to Be Gay
Recently G(&)LIT (the new gay literary tumblr for The GLR) was excited to get a review copy of Poems Retrieved: Frank O’Hara. So, this article, which nominates O’Hara as one of the foundational…More
From Salomé to Kinky Sex
In this video, frequent GLR contributor Richard M. Berrong discusses the catalog of a recent art exhibit centered around a single painting, Gustave Moreau’s Salomé Dancing Before Herod. Joris-Karl Huysmans…More
Windsor Decision Sets Precedent on Anti-Gay Animus
U.S. v. Windsor recognized a proposition with potentially far-reaching effects: the idea that bans on same-sex marriage, which exist in most states, embody constitutionally impermissible prejudice against gays and lesbians.…More