In Santiago, Chile
By Dale Corvino
THIS PAST NOVEMBER, I found myself with some wonderment wandering through daily life in Santiago, Chile, in the midst of one of the largest populist uprisings in the world.
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Rock Hudson: A Tragedy of the Closet
By Rafaelito Sy
The 1950s hunk was all about the American outdoors. In Giant (1956), Hudson is the quintessential cowboy, a strapping figure who races on horseback across the Texas plains amid a panorama of mountains and sky.
The Science of Silencing Hate
A while back we reported (Sept.-Oct. 2018) on a clever device to stop the serial incineration of a gay flag in a Warsaw square—a “water rainbow” that couldn’t be ignited.…More
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
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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