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Fall 1986: I Bankrupt the Gay Porn Industry
On November 19th, 1986, my roommate Alan the ex-porn star, who kept trying to steal my boyfriends, threw me a surprise birthday party. After the present-unwrapping and cake, he introduced Raul and me...
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Stephen Lang: Avatar Villain Plays Gay
Who says you can't be hot over 60? Stephen Lang is 62, and more buffed now than ever before. And more than willing to show off his ripped physique.You've seen him in a muscle shirt as the evil...
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J.C. Leyendecker: Your Grandfather's Gay Artist
In The Web and the Rock (1940), a classic American novel by Thomas Wolfe, the teenage George goes off to college, where he falls into star-struck, stammering love at first sight with Jim Randolph:A...
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Fall 1986: The Houseboy and the Plane Tickets
During the fall of 1986, I was dating Raul from East L.A., a cook in a Filipino restaurant. To this day, I am haunted by the memory of his chicken adobo, arroz caldo, and bibingka (a coconut-rice...
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What the Butler Saw: Crossdressing, Nudity, and Churchill's Penis
Your high school drama club won't be performing What the Butler Saw (1969) anytime soon. 45 years after it opened, the play by gay playwright Joe Orton is still scandalous, homoerotic, and very...
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Spring 1987: My Celebrity Boyfriend
When I moved to West Hollywood in 1985, I found that half of the residents were aspiring actors, directors, writers, models, dancers, or singers. Most of my friends and acquaintances had been in...
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Parry Glasspool: Naked and Proud on Hollyoaks
Parry Glasspool has been making his mark on the British stage in comedies and dramas of gay interest:Proud (2012): Lewis, an 18-year old Olympic boxing hopeful with a 40-ish boyfriend who comes out to...
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The Gay Rat Pack
Between 1960 and 1965, when all-American beefcake was giving way to suave, sophisticated, and cool, The Rat Pack ruled Las Vegas. They were five actors and singers, performing regularly at casinos...
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David A. Gregory: Shirtless for a Cause
Gynecomastia is a swelling of men's breasts caused by excessive estrogen production, usually occurring during puberty or old age. Sometimes it requires corrective surgery. And it can cause confusion,...
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Fall 1987: My Date with Richard Dreyfuss
In the fall of 1987, my roommate Alan moved to Thailand in yet another attempt to start a gay Pentecostal church among cute Asian guys (he tried in Japan in 1986), so I needed a new place to live. I...
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Fall 1987: My Boyfriend Gets a BFF
Heinz flexes and cooks weinersIn West Hollywood in the 1980s, the boundary between friend and lover was fluid. A friend might invite you into his bed; a lover might cruise someone else. You might have...
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The Most Homophobic Statement I Have Ever Heard
"What do they think causes it?"I've heard lots of homophobic statements over the years, ranging from the ignorant (mostly from "friends"):"Are you the boy or girl in your relationship?""What do they...
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Russell Johnson: The Professor and His Gay Son
Everyone in West Hollywood knew Russell Johnson, who played the Professor on Gilligan's Island. I met him once, and saw him a few times at events. He was a gay ally, primarily due to his son...
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All About Eve: The Gayest Movie Ever Made
The Four FriendsAll about Eve (1950) is gayest movie ever made with no "real" gay characters.Bette Davis stars as Margo Channing, a renowned theatrical actress who just reached age 40. She is dating...
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Two Broke Girls: Gay Guy Creates Homophobic Mess
I heard that Two Broke Girls was created by a gay man, Michael Patrick King, so I watched an episode to see if there were any gay characters or subtexts.The Two Broke Girls are street-smart,...
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The Top 10 Hunks of "The Great Gatsby"
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel of the Jazz Age, is loaded down with gay subtexts. Young aspiring writer Nick Carraway moves into a house on Long Island next to the mansion of...
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Spring 1988: Fred and the Cute Young Thing
Derek in the ShowerIf you sit at one of the tables outside the French Quarter on Santa Monica Boulevard long enough, every gay person you know will walk by. David Johnson, son of the Professor on...
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The Naked Man Festival of Japan
You can see lots of public penises in Prague, but if you want to see real, live naked men, head for Japan.When I was in Osaka in 1986, I noticed that there were many more opportunities to see the nude...
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Equus: Nudity, Gay Symbolism, and a Religion of Maleness
Daniel Radcliffe made headlines when he moved from the sexless heterosexual wizard-in-training Harry Potter to the overtly sexual, gay-coded -- and fully nude -- Alan Strang in Equus.We shouldn't have...
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Summer 2000: I Meet the Hottest Guy in the World
I am attracted to the following traits:1. Clergy. Preachers, priests, monks, rabbis, imams, seminary students, Mormon missionaries.2. Dark skinned. Black, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Hispanic....
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