July-August 2003: Animal Magnetism
Sexual attraction has ever been the stuff of popular songs and other cultural artifacts, where it is variously mysterious or heart-breaking or the ultimate fulfillment of one’s destiny. But…More
Browsing: July-August 2003
July-August 2003
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Building a GLBT Literary Tradition in Russia 
When I mentioned to a friend recently that I was writing an article for The Gay & Lesbian Review, the Moscow writer—who keeps his sexual orientation hidden from his…More
Can Will & Grace Be “Queered”?
There is a queer subtext in Will & Grace, but it’s contained inside the gay-but-normalized text, a kind of marginalized Greek chorus that’s embodied in the character of Karen Walker and her relationship with Jack.
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Lord of the Ring Taps a Gay Archetype
Tolkien created a fantasy world from which heterosexual romance is almost entirely absent. Instead, this world comprises a fellowship of nine single men all bound to each other by their solemn word, with the bond of Frodo and Sam at its core.
MoreReflections on Gay Male Porn
In the early years of porn videos, they were far less choreographed. The producers collected a few sexy guys who turned each other on and let them go in front of the camera. Today, reams of credits precede the nitty-gritty: for screenwriters, hairdressers, lighting consultants, costumers, make-up artists…
MorePain and the Lesbian Body
Over the past decade, we have each had pronounced experiences with pain which have punctuated our ongoing conversations about literature, queer theory, feminism, and daily life. While we have…More
John Rechy at Home
Rechy’s autobiographical novel, City of Night, about a lonely hustler drifting across the country, first appeared in 1963, shocking the literary world and becoming a controversial bestseller. It…More
‘The sensual part of beauty is the wound’
Edmund White is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books, including the autobiographical trilogy A Boy’s Own Story, The Beautiful Room is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony, as well as The Joy of Gay, States of Desire, Genet: A Biography, Proust, The Married Man, and, Flâneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris.
MoreHomoeroticism in La cazzaria (1525)
The following passage is excerpted from the author’s introduction to his new translation of a book written in 1525 by Antonio Vignali (1500-1559), a young Italian nobleman from Siena, entitled…More