Steve Neil Johnson, a Weaver of Mysteries
A PIONEERING gay author of nine novels for adults, young adults, and children, Steve Neil Johnson died in Los Angeles on December 13, 2021, just one day shy of…More
Browsing: July-August 2022
July-August 2022 Issue
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Letters to the Editor
MoreSummertime: ‘The Lure of the Sea’
THE PHRASE “land’s end” has been applied to any number of seaside locales, perhaps most famously to three places in the U.S.: Provincetown, Key West, and San Francisco. The…More
A New England Romance 
While still in college, F. O. Matthiessen met Russell Cheney on a ship coming back from Europe. It was love at first sight—on Matthiessen’s part at least.
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Sex and Gender in Native America
Since 1990, the term Two-Spirit has come to mean many things: “LGBT Native Americans”; or those who blend male and female spirits.
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Paul Cadmus’ Art of Cruising
WHEN PAUL CADMUS died … there was barely a ripple in the art world. It’s hard to recall that 65 years earlier he had been the enfant terribleof the art world when his painting of frolicking sailors, The Fleet’s In!, caused an epic scandal.
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‘A Dab of Tar on a Sailor’s Posteriors’
Commander Uliah Levy’s 1842 trial concerned homosexual liaisons among members of his crew and the role of shame in the exposure of the male body.
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The Fastest Woman of Her Day
NINETEEN TWENTY-SIX proved a banner year for Joe Carstairs—yes, she called herself Joe, not Jo—marking her try as a champion speedboat racer and winning the Duke of York trophy, then the most prestigious in speed racing.
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The Incubator Decade
The Fifties does vividly remind us that the brave activists chronicled in this book started out as preternaturally smart, motivated young people with a broad streak of wildcat in them.
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Gained in Translation
Eleven-Inch is ultimately about more than the dame aux camélias world of teenage gay prostitution. It’s also a scathing portrait of the West’s obsession with beauty, money, and the baubles—bling and boys—that money can buy.
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