From left to right: Christine Vachon, Ben Foster, Dane DeHaan, Daniel Radcliffe, John Krokidis, Ira Sachs. (Photo courtesy of the author)While Allen Ginsberg might have “seen the greatest minds of [his]generation destroyed by madness,” the Lower East Side’s Metrograph theater hosted some of the greatest minds of ours on Sunday, October 7th, to celebrate the seventieth anniversary public reading of Ginsberg’s Howl in San Francisco’s Six Gallery, an event that announced the birth of t...| The Gay & Lesbian Review
By Charnice Nelson Once I tried pulling my oversized shirt tighter and arching my back slightly to emphasize the fact that, yes, I have curves. It seemed to make them more uncomfortable than the lineup on my fade. The post In the Right Bathroom appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.| The Gay & Lesbian Review
By Anne Marie Molloy From the late 1960s until a peace agreement was reached in 1998, Northern Ireland—particularly its capital, Belfast—was devastated by bitter sectarian violence dubbed “The Troubles.” The post The Troubles: Northern Ireland Punk appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.| The Gay & Lesbian Review
A street in Boston’s South End.It was during a brief, liminal period that I became a Daddy. I was in the process of moving back to Boston after years in the Bay Area. San Francisco had become too glossy, too curated—a city of filtered light and startup ambition that no longer felt like mine. Boston, with its stubborn seasons and stone-faced honesty, had a gravity I needed. My business was bi-coastal, which meant I was bi-coastal—I spent two long months living out of a suitcase, shuttlin...| glreview.org
By Jason Jenn A pattern of bird-inspired bar names can be found in cities across the world, and while no formal conspiracy is confirmed and not all queer bars use bird names, this avian trend was... The post Avian Art Mysteries for Queer-Coded Histories appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.| The Gay & Lesbian Review
The author standing next to the Coffee and Class Solidarity sign (Photo courtesy of the author).My name is rev. lenny duncan (they/them) and I grew up on the sidewalks of the gayborhood. I mean the gayborhood as a concept in the United States of America, but really, almost all those places personally shaped me.| The Gay & Lesbian Review
By Umar Ibrahim Agaie In early 2020, as the deadly Covid-19 pandemic descended and the George Floyd protests lay ahead, a quiet transformation surfaced in queer literature. The post Revisiting 2020: Then and Now appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.| The Gay & Lesbian Review
The author’s mother (left) and Aunt Alice (right), 1996. Photo courtesy of the author.When I was in grade school, my mother bought me a sweatshirt that read: “Dirty air makes you pick your nose!” On the front were many different people and some animals (I specifically remember a crow) in a cloud of gray pollution, all picking their noses (the crow picked its beak with its wing). She thought it was funny. She probably said it “tickled” her. Maybe because of that, I instinctively felt...| The Gay & Lesbian Review
By Mala Kumar ...Philosopher Karl Popper theorized that a tolerant society cannot allow intolerant ideologies to fester, lest authoritarian or oppressive practices grow and eventually erode the community. The post The Paradox of “Tolerant” LGBT Communities appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.| The Gay & Lesbian Review
I couldn’t reconcile such an extreme instruction with what I felt inside. I knew I was different, but I couldn’t explain why. A lot of my male peers were interested in girls, soccer, and Power Rangers. That wasn’t the case for me. I loved drawing and playing with dolls, and I knew I was attracted to the same sex. This was confusing, and it made me feel as though expressing what was inside me was a huge risk. I couldn’t relate to other boys and men at school or home. I didn’t want to...| The Gay & Lesbian Review
This story is based on real patterns of queer survival in Nigeria and real conversations. Names and identifying details have been changed for protection.| The Gay & Lesbian Review
