A Riot in Name Only
It’s rare that The G&LR itself makes it into this column, but here goes. A well-researched piece in LGBTQNation.com has called us out for an essay that appeared in…More
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A Turandot That Strips Away the Excess
By Jeffrey Round
THE TALE of Puccini’s final opera is well known: the icy princess Turandot refuses to give up her body or her heart to any man, conferring a death sentence on all who attempt to win her hand in marriage by answering three riddles, until …
This Guy Was Straight?
If the “sexual purity” movement has escaped your gaze, suffice it to say it is a Christian campaign that’s all about virginity and sexual abstinence until marriage, and it…More
In DNA Veritas
First it was a couple formerly known as “the Two Maidens”—two bodies buried in frozen embrace at Pompeii in 70 AD—who turned out to be two dudes (see the…More
In DNA Veritas 2
When the concept of the “gay gene” emerged in the 1990s, it was warmly embraced by LGBT leaders, who saw the gene theory as bolstering their argument that sexual…More
Are You the One: Come One Come Most — What is Missing in MTV’s Sexually Fluid Reality Show
By Lilian McCarthy
MTV recently decided to morph its Are You the One? franchise into a “sexually fluid” experiment. In the new season of the show, coined Come One Come All, sixteen people live in a mansion together …
The Best and Worst Destinations for LGBT Travelers
When it’s time to book your next getaway, you might like to visit one of the world’s more welcoming LGBT hotspots, and there are plenty to choose from. Listed below are some unmissable destinations …
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Sign of the Times
After the ’69 riots, the word “gay” was widely adopted and had a pretty good run. The profusion of identities—some that would have been covered under “gay” but also a few new ones—is nicely captured by the pileup of signs.
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An Almost Ordinary Summer
Start with a wildly improbable premise, throw in a huge cast of characters, let them all be Italians, and you’re in for a madcap romp that must set a record for number of words spoken in a 100-minute film.
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End of the Century
The structure of this film may be puzzling and some of the plot devices implausible, but the charisma between its two central characters is enough to draw the viewer into its insular world.
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