January-February 2025
Louis XIV did indeed have a younger brother named Philippe, but the king was never at risk of being supplanted. Philippe I, Duc d’Orléans, known as Monsieur, is one of history’s most notorious effeminates, whose affections and fortune were lavished on male favorites, from courtiers to opera dancers.
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The story of his encounter with “The Burning Shame” goes back two decades before Huckleberry Finn, to a pitcher of beer that changed the course of American literature.
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Staging back-alley drag balls was one thing; performing for Astors and Vanderbilts was quite another. What’s more, slummers didn’t just indulge in voyeuristic pleasures; they sampled the seafood, so to speak—a metaphor on full display in periodicals like Broadway Brevities, one of several mainstream publications covering the Pansy Craze.
MoreTHE TITLE of this issue borrows a phrase from Billie Holiday’s signature song, “Strange Fruit,” but without the lurid imagery (the song is about a lynching). Repurposed, the phrase…More
THE RESULTS of the November election are both too sweeping and too dismal to cover in a single op-ed piece. Here are a few takes on the election as excerpted from LGBT media sources soon after November 5th.
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Alice Morgan Wright was one of these suffragists. She grew up in Albany, New York, and went on to become a sculptor, an advocate for women’s rights, and a leader of the animal rights movement.
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WHEREAS this is basically a humor column, or at least one that cherishes irony; and whereas the November election sucked all the oxygen out of the cybersphere and left little to laugh about… We bring you a few reruns from past issues that seem apropos for this political moment.
MoreA DEAR FRIEND and mentor to me and many others, Jack Sansolo departed our world last October at age 81. The inimitable “Dr. Jack” had been living in L.A. in recent years with his husband Dean. He was diagnosed last year with Stage 4 prostate cancer.
MoreIN KEEPING WITH TRADITION, we take time to remember of few of the notable LGBT people who died during the previous year. Here are three figures of national stature who left a lasting legacy.
MoreReaders’ thoughts on articles in past issues.
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