Short Reviews
Review of the book Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion, and the film: The Skeleton Twins.
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March-April 2015
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The Codpiece: Life and Times
YOU’VE ALL SEEN THEM—that pommel in the dress of Henry VIII and others—prominent, like something to rest your hand on, dependable, serviceable: the codpiece. Where did it come from and…More
Jesus’ Penis and the Seed of Faith
THE INTERSECTION of sex and the Catholic priesthood has long been fraught, and recent scandals involving priests and choirboys have revealed to the modern public that there’s considerable overlap between…More
Filling the Void in Lesbian Art
CHRISTINA SCHLESINGER is a wickedly interesting, unapologetic, and high-spirited visual artist whose erotic works were featured in a “pop-up” exhibition at the Leslie Lohman Museum in New York’s Soho district…More
The Many Genders of Old India
TRADITIONAL INDIAN CULTURE is replete with legends and mythologies where heroes and heroines have chosen various genders without guilt, and their choices have been accepted and respected by the community.…More
An English Martyr
“BASED ON A TRUE STORY” are probably the most ominous words in film, but that’s what flashes across the screen at the opening of The Imitation Game, the new biopic about the British mathematician Alan Turing.
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A Family in Exile, A Poet in the Making
RICHARD BLANCO was catapulted into fame on January 21st, 2013, when he recited his poem “One Today” at President Oba-ma’s second inauguration ceremony. As an openly gay Cuban-American poet, Blanco was at once a revolutionary choice for the occasion and a bold statement by Obama about his own vision for America. In his new memoir, The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood, Blanco tries his hand at a second memoir, … and the end result is as mesmerizing as the flight of lightning bugs (cocuyos) illuminating a sultry summer night sky in South Florida.
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The Mainstreaming of Marriage Equality
Redeeming the Dream traces how he and David Boies moved from being adversaries to being friends, how they were hired by the newly formed American Foundation for Equal Rights to lead the court fight against Proposition 8, and how they again argued a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, this time on the same side.
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Why Gay Ghettos Are Breaking Up
There Goes the Gayborhood? by Amin Ghaziani Princeton University Press 360 pages, $35. FIRST COMES LOVE, then comes gay marriage, then comes… a straight couple with a baby carriage.…More
A Scot on the Rocks
Not My Father’s Son: A Memoirby Alan CummingHarperCollins. 394 pages, $26.99 WHEN WE FIRST meet Blanche Dubois, she’s enveloped by a fog that we soon come to realize represents…More