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…
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
By Francis Buseko
While Dakan made waves as the first openly West African queer love story, its significance extends far beyond its historic debut.
By Gregory Walters
Here was Rod Stewart, unabashedly telling anyone who would listen he was friends with a gay man. It’s important that he describes George as “the kindest guy I ever knew.”
By Brian Alessandro
Like the novel by William S. Burroughs on which it is based, Luca Guadagnino’s film adaptation of Queer is less about homosexuality than about the agonies and ecstasies of being a soul trapped in an aging, alienated body.
By Tae Ho Kim
An adaptation of the novel of the same name, which was long-listed for the International Booker Prize, the show will interest anyone curious about learning more about the gay scene in Korea, not merely as a piece of entertainment, but also as a sociological documentary.
