The Gay & Lesbian Review September–October 2022 • VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 5 The Gay & Lesbian Review/WORLDWIDE®(formerly The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, 1994-1999) is published bimonthly (six times per year) by The Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc., a 501(c)(3) educational corporation located in Boston, Mass. Subscriptions: Call 844-752-7829. Rates: U.S.: $35.70 per year (6 issues). Canada and Mexico: $45.70(US). All other countries: $55.70(US). All non-U.S. copies are sent via air mail. Back issues available for $12 each. All correspondence is sent in a plain envelope marked “G&LR.” © 2022 by The Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc. All rights reserved. POEMS &DEPARTMENTS Genderfluid Master of the Bizarre 10 WILLIAMBENEMANN In 1798, Congressman John Randolph went to Washington From Camp Performer to Camp Inmate 13 LAURENCE SENELICK Paul O’Montis headlined a racy cabaret act in Weimar Berlin The House that Hirschfeld Built 17 FINNBALLARD His Institute of Sexual Science pioneered sex and gender research Truman and His Swans 21 ANDREWHOLLERAN Capote’s bond with glamorous women belongs to a bygone age A Painter of Multitudes 24 ALLENELLENZWEIG Florine Stettheimer’s busy scenes played with gender conventions Cruising As an Institution 28 FELICE PICANO A gay male pastime in theory (queer) and practice (Fire Island) CONTENTS FEATURES REVIEWS CORRESPONDENCE 4 BTW 8 RICHARDSCHNEIDER JR. ART MEMO — How Garbo Complicated Queen Christina 16 IRENE JAVORS POEM— “That night” 32 CRAIGCOTTER POEM— “Inventory” 44 WES HARTLEY CULTURAL CALENDAR 45 ARTIST’S PROFILE— Angelo Madsen Minax’ Surreal Documentaries 46 JOHNR. KILLACKY POEM— “Do Not Go In” 49 KATIE HENSON Matthew Aucoin —The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera 31 PHILIP GAMBONE Matthew Sturgis —Oscar Wilde: A Life 32 ANDREWLEAR Nicholas Frankel —The Invention of Oscar Wilde Andrew Holleran —The Kingdom of Sand 34 DENNIS ALTMAN Tison Pugh —On the Queerness of Early English Drama 35 NILS CLAUSSON John D’Emilio —Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood 36 DANIEL A. BURR Carla Guelfenbein —One in Me I Never Loved: A Novel 37 ANNE CHARLES BRIEFS 38 Neil Bartlett —Address Book 40 MICHAEL SCHWARTZ Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller —Bad Gays: A Homosexual History 42 MATTHEWHAYS Casey Parks —Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery 42 TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER Douglas Stuart —Young Mungo 43 THOMAS KEITH Jeremy Denk —Every Good Boy Does Fine 44 CHARLES GREEN From Around the World, Four Films 47 RICHARDSCHNEIDER JR. Andrew Ahn, director —Fire Island 50 COLINCARMAN WEBSITE: www.GLReview.org • SUBSCRIPTIONS: 847-504-8893 • ADVERTISING: 617-421-0082 • SUBMISSIONS: Editor@GLReview.org Editor-in-Chief and Founder RICHARDSCHNEIDER JR. ____________________________________ Literary Editor MARTHAE. STONE Poetry Editor DAVIDBERGMAN Associate Editors SAMDAPANAS PAULFALLON JEREMYFOX MICHAELSCHWARTZ Contributing Writers ROSEMARYBOOTH DANIELA. BURR COLINCARMAN ALFREDCORN ALLENELLENZWEIG CHRIS FREEMAN PHILIP GAMBONE MATTHEWHAYS ANDREWHOLLERAN IRENE JAVORS JOHNR. KILLACKY CASSANDRALANGER ANDREWLEAR DAVIDMASELLO FELICE PICANO JAMES POLCHIN JEANROBERTA VERNONROSARIO Contributing Artist CHARLES HEFLING Publisher STEPHENHEMRICK Webmaster BOSTONWEBGROUP Web Editor KELSEYMYERS ____________________________________ Board of Directors ART COHEN(CHAIR) EDUARDOFEBLES DONALDGORTON(CLERK) ROBERT HARDMAN JAMES HARRISON DAVIDLAFONTAINE ANDREWLEAR RICHARDSCHNEIDER, JR. (PRESIDENT) MARTHAE. STONE THOMAS YOUNGREN(TREASURER) STEWARTCLIFFORD(CHAIR EMER.) WARRENGOLDFARB(SR. ADVISOR EMER.) WORLDWIDE The Gay & Lesbian Review® PO Box 180300, Boston, MA 02118 Queens and Kings WORLDWIDE September–October 2022 3
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