Finding the Fit
Even his essays on writers that he doesn’t know personally are insightful. In “The Poetry of Constantine Cavafy,” he notices that Cavafy uses rare words that readers would nevertheless know “by analogy.”
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May-June 2025
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The Conspiracy
THE GLOBAL FIGHT Against LGBTI Rights is based on ten years of intensive research, including firsthand contacts with groups working both for and against strengthening LGBT rights.
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Just Try to Get Out
What Meischen offers in Nopalito, Texas is his own foothold on a path to hope and understanding. It is an impressive accomplishment, achieved through the creation of several indelible characters.
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Short Reviews
Brief reviews of GOOD PICTURES ARE A STRONG WEAPON: Laura Gilpin, Queerness, and Navajo
Sovereignty by Louise Siddons, and THE SUMMER BETWEEN: A Novel by Robert Raasch.
Under the Covers
Without spoiling both series, Black Doves ends with a sacrificial act, on Sam’s part, to ensure Helen’s safety, while Prime Target will shock you inasmuch as Adam’s closeness to Ed may or may not be a Judas kiss.
MoreIs There a ‘Queer Eye’?
IN LIGHT OF the censorship battles that the queer community has faced in bygone eras, the Trump Administration’s recent acts of scrubbing government websites of key parts of our history have created an unwanted sense of déjà vu. Our shared sense of history is already fragile enough. While the concurrence is unintended, the arrival of Calling the Shots: A Queer History of Photography couldn’t be more timely.
MoreLessons for Today from the ‘Lavender Scare’
The Lavender Scare is an example of what sociologists refer to as a “moral panic,” which happens when a perceived social threat is singled out and exaggerated until the public comes to regard it as a serious danger to physical safety and to society’s core values. The response to a moral panic typically involves the enactment of laws and policies designed to “root out” the source of the perceived threat. Recent anti-LGBT legislation and policy directives coming from U.S. federal and state governments provide a more recent example of a moral panic, only this time the threat is gender—specifically transgender—identity.
MoreLetters to the Editor
Readers’ thoughts.
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Transgender Journeys as a Way to Sainthood
In the 3rd century, Saint Eugene, also known as Eugenia of Rome, lived as a man in a monastery—traces of his cult and the sepulture of one of his eunuch companions have been discovered in the catacombs of Rome—before having to reveal his birth gender by exposing his breasts to prove his innocence in a rape accusation. Eugene was martyred in 257 with two eunuchs.
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