Michael Carroll’s Characters Tell Their Stories 
SENDING a book out into the world is an act of bravery. The author, hoping for a positive reaction, must be prepared for a less enthusiastic response. For an…More
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Michael Carroll’s Characters Tell Their Stories
Peter Paige and the Making of The Fosters
IN THE TV SERIES Queer as Folk, Emmett Honeycutt was everyone’s favorite Southern queen a decade ago. He was portrayed by Peter Paige, a multi-talented actor, writer, and producer. In…More
The Poster That ‘Normalized’ Gay Sex
“FRIENDS and acquaintances were going to the hospital in droves,” recalled Robert Gray in a recent interview, reflecting upon the situation for gay men in 1984. “I remember men…More
BTW
You Might Be a Rednik Now that the Putin regime in Russia is officially in bed with the U.S. evangelical movement, it’s time for a new coinage: the Rednik.…More
Reader’s Thoughts
Equal Partners in Ancient Times To the Editor: It’s a bit difficult to identify whether certain statements in Toby Johnson’s review (Jan.-Feb. 2014) of Gilles Herrada’s The Missing Myth: A…More
How U.S. Evangelicals Sowed Hatred in Uganda
The following is adapted from a piece that appeared on the website of The Guardian of London, UK, on March 20, 2014 (theguardian.com). GROWING UP in Uganda, homosexuality was not…More
Close Encounters of the Unexpected Kind
Dallas Buyers Club is about a homophobic redneck electrician and part-time rodeo cowboy—based on a real guy named Ron Woodroof, brilliantly played by Matthew McConaughey—a drug addict who’s also a sex addict with a taste for orgies.
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The World According to Grindr
If Looking tells us anything about “the Zeitgeist,” it’s that Patrick and company freely resist the walking clichés that one has come to expect from prime-time TV.
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Glimpses of Moments Unseen
PETER HUJAR (1934–1987) began as commercial photographer’s assistant, then shifted to the world of fashion before turning exclusively to fine art photography.
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Czechoslovakia Unbound
Necessary Errors is an extensive and detailed first novel follows a young American who’s spending a year in Czechoslovakia during 1990, the year after the fall of Communism in that country. Jacob Putnam is an unusual expatriate: gay but not fully out, he spends his days teaching English and his nights slowly, awkwardly getting to know the gay scene in Prague
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