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Spring 2009: The Pitcher with a Secret Move
When I moved to Upstate New York in the fall of 2008, my social calendar was soon crowded with invitations from members of the Gang of Twelve, guys who had known each other for years, and who shared...
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Fall 2007: Erotic Daydreams in Class
There's a secret that all college professors know, but students don't.We can see what they are doing in class.We're standing, and they're sitting, so we always have an excellent view of the first row....
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Brian Kerwin: Not Just a Deputy
Boomer kids know Brian Kerwin as the bumbling, naive deputy Birdie Hawkins on the trucker drama BJ and the Bear (1979) and its spin off, Sheriff Lobo (1979-81). Though he played second banana to the...
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Rod and Al Stewart: Coming Out in the Year of the Cat
Over thirty years ago, I was struggling to "figure it out" in the Year of the Cat, and my quest was illustrated by the songs of Rod/Al Stewart. I couldn't turn on the radio without hearing his wheezy,...
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Spring 2009: The Stonewall Veteran and the Bodybuilder in the Park
When I moved to Upstate New York in the fall of 2008, my social calendar was soon crowded with invitations from members of the Gang of Twelve, guys who had known each other for years, and who shared...
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The Eagles: Gay Symbolism in "Hotel California"
Formed in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner, the Eagles were one of the biggest bands of the 1970s. Like Rod and Al Stewart, their songs were ballads, sung in a haunting...
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Toka, Jungle King: A Tarzan Clone Who Doesn't Like Girls
When I was a kid in the 1970s, I bought any comic book with a loincloth-clad muscleman on the cover: endless Tarzan clones with chittering monkeys on their shoulders, sword-wielding barbarians withi...
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Takanakuy: The Beefcake Festival of the Andes
None of my Spanish teachers or textbooks ever mentioned Takanakuy, the beefcake festival held every Christmas Day in the Quechua-speaking villages of Peru.On Christmas morning, everyone in the village...
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Nickelodeon's Gay Programming Blocks
Like the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon's teencoms and animated series are usually broadcast in programming blocks, with introductions, game shows, interviews, and interstitial comments by teen hosts,...
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The 12 Most Homphobic, Heterosexist, and Horrible Songs
Heterosexism is commonplace in the "girl! girl! girl!' banter of popular music. But some songs are so heterosexist, homophobic, or otherwise horrible that I literally can't stand to hear them. If...
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The Top 12 Beefcake Stars of "Fringe"
I'm being forced to watch a sci-fi series about FBI agents investigating the paranormal. No, not the The X-Files, Fringe (2008-2013). The difference is: Mulder and Scully...um, I mean Peter (Joshua...
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Jack and Arthur Wild: Psychedelic Brothers
In 1967, 16-year old Arthur Wild (left) originated the role of Oliver! on London's West End, with future pop superstar Phil Collins as the Artful Dodger. His 15-year old brother, Jack (right), played...
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Culture Club: From Hinting that You're Gay to Yelling That You're Straight
In 1982, the conservative retrenchment had not quite set in yet, and pretending to be gay still marked you as cool. So the Culture Club did.Only lead singer Boy George was actually gay, and drummer...
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My Fair Lady: A Gay Couple in Edwardian England
My Fair Lady (1956) is one of my all-time favorite musicals, but there is no beefcake, so I'll illustrate it with some nude shots of actors who have played Henry Higgins in their other roles..It's...
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The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985) wasn't really a hillbilly show, though the "backwood Adonis" theme can be traced back through Jethro Bodine to L'il Abner. It was set in the country (Hazzard,...
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Ryan Ochoa and the Gay Boyz You Like
Ryan Ochoa became a Disney kid after The Perfect Game (2009), about a down-and-out Mexican Little League team. He became friends with Jake T. Austin and Moises Arias, and parlayed his way onto the...
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Annie Get Your Gun: Beefcake and a Gay Couple
I have mixed feelings about Annie Get Your Gun, the 1946 musical that was made into a half dozen movies, revived a dozen times, and remains a favorite of high school and college drama clubs. Maybe...
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Every Gay Man Should Have a Pair of Lederhosen
Like the kilt, lederhosen has gotten mired down in cliches and stereotypes, blond people yodeling and saying "Yah" to each other, like that crazy Aryan kid who sells "Toaster strudel."But lederhosen...
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Top 10 Public Penises of the South
Many people in the northern states of the U.S. are afraid of the South, that vast territory that extends from Washington DC, 1200 miles to Miami Beach, and west 1000 miles to Kansas City. It's full of...
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Top 12 Public Penises of Spain, Part 1
Spain is my favorite country in Europe. Interesting cultural and archaeological sites, multiple languages, vibrant gay culture, and the cutest men this side of Estonia. And an extraordinary amount of...
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