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Spring of Hope: ‘Alternative Sexualities’

THIS ISSUE’S THEME refers to sexual orientations that are not generally covered in this magazine, whose style manual recommends the use of “LGBT,” but the phrase could also extend…More

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Book Review

Love, Cole

THE LETTERS of Cole Porter begins with a note in 1905 from the headmaster of Worcester Academy to Porter’s mother about the impracticality of violin lessons for her son and ends with a letter from Porter’s private secretary describing his death in the Waldorf Towers in New York in 1964. In between are almost 700 pages of letters …

Art

How to Read Duane Michals’ Photos

In The Spirit Leaves the Body (1968) he uses double exposure to create ghost-like images. He exploits this and other techniques, such as intricate imagery and the use of mirrors, to convey abstract ideas or belief systems or to communicate emotional states.

Essays

Solo- and Autosexuality 101

Remember the days when homosexuality was considered abnormal here in the West? Now it’s solosexuality that’s challenging what is normal sexuality for an adult. It takes courage to embrace one’s sexuality in a world that remains judgmental and hypocritical about it.

Features

Why Women Watch Gay Porn

While males enjoying lesbian action is a commonplace, its counterpart—women enjoying gay men’s pornography—is not as widely recognized. Yet there is evidence that ladies are looking at erotica created for gay guys in unexpected numbers. That evidence is not just anecdotal but solidly statistical.
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