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Jodie Foster, now unquestionably out (except, maybe, to the 'Times')
Jodie Foster came out, again, but will the media listen this time? More
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For Pride Week, a celebration of queer writing with Ariel Levy and more
“I can’t say I’m proud of everywhere I’ve ever been… or anyone I’ve ever done, “Febos continued, the "anyone" another sly punchline, “but I don’t have a lot of shame about it.” In celebration of Pride Week, Febos was moderating a reading featuring fellow queer writers—Katrina Del Mar, Kelli Dunham, Pamela Sneed, Rachel M. Simon, Ariel Levy, Shelly Oria and Laurie Weeks. More
A complaint from two masseurs gives tabloids many ways of calling John Travolta gay
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
In Christopher Bram's new book, a history of gay writers' influence on American thought
"With gay books by James Baldwin and Gore Vidal that were bestsellers in the past, it's usually assumed that they were crossover hits, and succeeded with straight audiences as well as gay audiences, but we just don't know if that's true," he said. "I'll make a bet that a huge percentage of those readers were gay, and there was nothing else for them to read, so they gobbled up Myra Breckinridge. I assume most of the readers were gay."
Nonetheless, even if just a few thousand gay readers were sufficient to push Myra Breckinridge—Vidal's 1968 novel with a transgender heroine—onto the bestseller lists, that was also enough to get Vidal on television talk shows, where he reached millions who hadn't actually bought his books. More
(3)Carl Paladino and Rabbi Levin create gay mishegoss
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(1)The happy gay mascots of 2010
These days it's a competitive thing, to bring your product to this event. Crain’s reported earlier this month that corporate spending on the event increased 300 percent over last year, much of it from companies that had never before participated, from AOL to Ford to Petco to Puma. Not only do these companies and their employees get to march, but they get coveted spots at PrideFest, the marketing festival that caps off the march, and special tailor-made incentives (Petco, for example, sponsored PetPride, in which gay-owned animals were judged by Michael Musto). More
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