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A Roller Coaster Ride of a Transition By Sabrina Godlewski In 2016, I was in the military, about to visit my therapist for depression and gender dysphoria. I cried before I went in, staring up […]

Freud’s Last Session, A Review By Irene Javors Freud’s Last Session takes up the challenge of offering the audience yet another perspective on the highly controversial p […]

My Stepfather’s Abuse By Mary McGrath My partner and I went home. I was crushed that my mom didn’t defend me. I was her daughter. He was a newcomer. When she picked him over m […]

All of Us Strangers, A Review By Phil Tarley Rustin, Maestro, Fellow Travelers, and now a ghost story, All of Us Strangers, are among a number of films released last year, driven by […]

Funny Boy: A Labor of Love By Max Stein As I uncovered Hunt’s story, I was touched by how he came to terms with his sexuality over the course of his life. Hunt’s experience ref […]

Building a Gay World By Blake Smith While there were a handful of openly gay publishers (such as Felice Picano and Winston Leyland) at small independent presses throughout the […]

Resolve & Resiliency By Cory Allen I was intent on having children; it was always a deal-breaker for me. I uprooted and relocated to San Francisco two years after our breakup in […]

We Live Here: The Midwest, A Short Review By Steve Warren We Live Here: The Midwest, a documentary by Melinda Maerker, profiles five queer families who have managed to make lives for themselves in […]

There Goes the Neighborhood By Richard Schneider There could be any number of reasons for painting your apartment building to look like a gay flag. The post There Goes the Neighborhood appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.

Authenticity By Wynne Nowland I decided to draft an email to my colleagues explaining that, the next day, I would be coming to work as Wynne — donning a woman’s bus […]

My Time with Glenn By Paddy Reid Ethel asked to speak to me privately, and told me about Glenn, her son, who was gay; he was their pride and joy. But now was in Madison […]

Who Was Howard Jeffrey? By Kevin Winkler It wouldn’t be fair to call Howard Jeffrey a forgotten name since he was never particularly well-known. But as a dancer, choreographer, a […]

How Russian TV Made Gay People the Regime’s Main Enemies By Diana Sadretdinova Since 2014, however, the majority of Russian TV has turned LGBT people into the regime’s main enemy. Viewers are fed a steady stream o […]

Review of “Positive Masculinity” Exhibit By Andrew Binks In this new space which opened this fall, Depoivre and Doussot hope to a have one room dedicated to queer art year-round. The theme will […]

How Roy Cohn Saved My Life By James Gaynor So I found myself telling a camera about how Roy Cohn had saved my life — because, during the two years when the virus was at its most t […]

Dirk Bogarde: Icon in Leather Pants By Erik Lewis He might not have been famous in America, or enjoyed the massive success of other stars of his day, but there’s no denying that Dirk Bogarde l […]

Embracing Change as a Mother By Lena Milam There was no moment in Max’s childhood where I thought he might identify as someone other than a woman. The post Embracing Change as a Mother appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.

The Ripple Effect of Visibility By Shaley Howard What an incredibly brave seven year-old girl. I couldn’t imagine grasping my sexual orientation at that age, let alone having the courage t […]

The Lure of Marlene Dietrich: Exhibit Review By Irene Javors Play The Part: Marlene Dietrich, on view at the International Center of Photography (ICP), is an exhibit that focuses on Dietrich’s e […]

The Girl With Two Moms By Jessica Mills While in elementary school I, like most children, grasped the concept of gender but hadn’t yet faced the term’s social significance. I rem […]