Kowalski: A Review
By Mike Dressel
This being a memory play, in an appropriate nod to the playwright in question, we’re transported back thirty years prior to Williams’ clapboard beach house in Provincetown…
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The State of LGBTQ Rights
PART 1 By John McCurdy
This collection of excerpts from Walter Holland, John Boyce, and John McCurdy offers insight into the past and present threats to LGBTQ rights and dignity.
Small Town, Big Secret
By Eduardo Martínez-Leyva
I began playing with language, tearing words apart, and putting them back together. The flexibility and wistfulness of poetry allowed me to come to terms with myself, my surroundings…
Christopher Isherwood at Home and Abroad
By Jake Poller
Unfortunately, most of humankind was in thrall in maya, and regarded themselves as separate from other people, disconnected to nature, siloed in an identity–American, queer, straight, male, female…
The Unwritten Rules of Silence
By Fendy Satria Tulodo
In Indonesia, some words carry the weight of culture, faith, and family honor. Some are never meant to be spoken at all.
Surviving a Kito Experience
By Osadolor Edokpayi
“Can you please come around? I’m preparing noodles. My folks went to church.” It seemed harmless. My mind, innocent and unsuspecting, didn’t sense any red flags. It was just a friendly visit.
Bruce and James
By Héctor Vizoso
On Halloween night in 1991, the doorbell rang, and it was Bruce. He was excited and hurried in to tell me to get ready because he had enrolled us in a Halloween competition at the After Dark.
Selamlik and a Bouquet of Wildflowers on Jean Genet’s Grave
By Khaled Alesmael
“Genet wrote about Syria and Palestine!” says Naima, the cemetery caretaker, as she turns the key in the gate’s lock, leading me towards the grave of Jean Genet (1910–1986).
Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men
By Jim Van Buskirk
Three decades after its 1995 exhibition Gustave Caillebotte: Urban Impressionist, the Musée d’Orsay has co-organized another Gustave Caillebotte retrospective.
The Enduring Legacy of Dakan
By Francis Buseko
While Dakan made waves as the first openly West African queer love story, its significance extends far beyond its historic debut.