The Gay & Lesbian Review September–October 2025 • VOLUME XXXII, NUMBER 5 The Gay & Lesbian Review/WORLDWIDE®(formerlyThe 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. Subscription rates: U.S.: $41.70 per year (6 issues). Canada and Mexico: $51.70(US). All other countries: $61.70(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.” ISSN: 1077: 6591 © 2025 by Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc. All rights reserved. WEBSITE: www.GLReview.org • SUBSCRIPTIONS: 847-504-8893 • ADVERTISING: 617-421-0082 • SUBMISSIONS: Editor@GLReview.org Editor-in-Chief and Founder RICHARDSCHNEIDER JR. Managing Editor JEREMYC. FOX Literary Editor MARTHAE. STONE Poetry Editor DAVIDBERGMAN Associate Editors SAMDAPANAS PAULFALLON MICHAELSCHWARTZ Contributing Writers ROSEMARYBOOTH DANIELA. BURR COLINCARMAN ANNE CHARLES ALFREDCORN ALLENELLENZWEIG CHRIS FREEMAN PHILIP GAMBONE MATTHEWHAYS HILARYHOLLADAY ANDREWHOLLERAN IRENE JAVORS JOHNR. KILLACKY CASSANDRALANGER ANDREWLEAR JAMES POLCHIN JEANROBERTA VERNONROSARIO Contributing Artist CHARLES HEFLING Publisher STEPHENHEMRICK Webmaster BOSTONWEBGROUP WebEditor ALLISONARMIJO ______________________________ Board of Directors ART COHEN(CHAIR) ROBERT HARDMAN STEPHENHEMRICK HILARYHOLLADAY DAVIDLAFONTAINE JIMJACOBS ANDREWLEAR RICHARDSCHNEIDER, JR. (PRESIDENT) THOMAS YOUNGREN(TREASURER) STEWARTCLIFFORD(CHAIR EMER.) WARRENGOLDFARB(SR. ADVISOR EMER.) WORLDWIDE The Gay & Lesbian Review® PO Box 180300, Boston, MA 02118 WORLDWIDE POEMS &DEPARTMENTS CONTENTS FEATURES REVIEWS INMEMORIAM—Remembrances of Edmund White 5 DIMITRIS YEROS DAVIDBERGMAN LEORACICOT BTW 8 RICHARDSCHNEIDERJR. ART MEMO— Edna St. Vincent Millay, Sexual Adventurer 24 DENISE NOE POEM— “Argentina” 28 TREBORHEALEY POEM—“MRI” 37 BILLYCLEM ARTIST’S PROFILE — Martin Sherman onBent and Its Relevance 42 TIMMILLER POEM— “Meditation” 46 AMYSPADE CULTURAL CALENDAR 47 Nicholas Boggs —Baldwin: A Love Story 31 REGINALDHARRIS Robert W. Fieseler —American Scare 32 FREDFEJES Nathan Kernan —A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler 34 ALANCONTRERAS Frank Pizzoli –Passionate Outlier: Gay Writers and Allies on Their Work 35 HANKTROUT Don Romesburg – Contested Curriculum: LGBTQHistory Goes to School 36 JOHND’EMILIO BOOK BRIEFS 38 David Medina —Shakespeare’s Greatest Love 40 CHARLES GREEN Olivia Wolfgang-Smith —Mutual Interest 41 ANNE CHARLES Brian McNaught —A Prince of a Boy 44 DANIELA. BURR Ria Brodell —More Butch Heroes 44 JOANILACQUA Eli Clare—Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming 45 JOHNR. KILLACKY Michael Koresky —Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age... 46 ROBERTALLENPAPINCHAK ARTS BRIEFS 48 Looking for Love in Mostly Wrong Places (film roundup) 49 RICHARDSCHNEIDERJR. Forgotten Histories The Ascension of the Retail Queen 10 WILLIAMBENEMANN “Counter jumpers” were 19th-c. sales clerks, and so much more The Attraction of Confederate Gents 14 ANDREWHOLLERAN Civil War-era letters and photos hint at soldiers’ intimate relations A Romance Almost Lost to History 17 HARLANGREENE A famous Zionist and an anti-Semitic poet shared a youthful secret The French Evolution of Identities 19 VERNONROSARIO Following WWI, lesbians emerged as a recognizable social type First to Riot: The Girls of Los Guilucos 21 DENNYNIVENS Lesbians led the revolt at the California institution in 1953 Techv. Hate: Can AI Make Us Safer? 26 SHAHEENASHEIKH It can block hate speech, but it can also isolate our online spaces Léon Delafosse of the Belle Époque 29 CHARLES TIMBRELL The celebrated pianist ran with Proust, Sargent, and the smart set September–October 2025 3 GLRk
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