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How to Write a Young Adult Novel About a Gay Kid Without It Being a 'Gay Book'
Justin Sayre's "Husky" approaches adolescent queerness as not just a form of attraction, but as an aesthetic.
'These Schmucks Were Geniuses!': Poet Eileen Myles Remembers Her New York
We sat down with the writer to talk about her career, how New York has changed, and the problems LGBT people still face.
'Closet Monster' Is a Gay Coming-of-Age Tale with a Canadian Sense of Humor
Stephen Dunn's latest film delves into decidedly heavy topics—family violence, divorce, gay bashing, and coming out—with a light touch.
Three's A Crowd?: Finding the Language to Describe My Three-Person Relationship
Please don't call us a throuple.
How to Have Gay Sex Without Being Gay
We spoke to Jane Ward, author of Not Gay: Sex between Straight White Men, about the gay sex straight white guys have been having for centuries.
Why So Many Disney Villains Sound 'Gay'
The new documentary ‘Do I Sound Gay?’ explores the surprising number of mincing, sibilant animated villains with a penchant for extravagant hats.
Back in the Day, Lesbian Drag Kings Worked for the Mafia
Taking a look back at a forgotten chapter of queer history with novelist Lisa Davis.
Filming Mario Diaz, the Man Behind The Cock
In the aftermath of the AIDS crisis, Mario Diaz brought sex-positivity back to New York's gay scene with his balls-out wild club, The Cock. Now, documentary filmmaker Jon Bush is immortalizing Diaz's party life on film in Club King.
Power in the Crisis: Kia LaBeija's Radical Art as a 25 Year Old, HIV Positive Woman of Color
Kia Labeija was born HIV positive to an untested mother. Twenty-six years later, she's thriving as a dancer, visual artist, and advocate for the unseen victims of the ongoing HIV crisis.
Meet the First Black Woman to Play Yitzhak in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' on Broadway
Jones brings her fearless style to one of the most coveted roles in theater today, as a former drag queen and Hedwig's lover.
What It's Like to Use 'Twin Peaks' as Your Guide to Adulthood
Travis Blue imitated Laura Palmer to get through a rough childhood, growing up queer in the Pacific Northwest. Now filmmaker Adam Baran wants to tell Blue's story.
Sassafras Lowrey’s 'Lost Boi' Reimagines Peter Pan for the Genderqueer Generation
Sassafras Lowrey's adaptation of the children's classic features Pan as the "dom" to the submissive lost bois, and Hook dealing with an addiction to heroin.