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An Unconventional Coming Out By Thomasin Lockwood I frequently thought of women, but could barely admit it to myself, let alone go out and explore it. A drunk make out with a female […]

Queerbaiting History: Maestro and Fellow Travelers (Part Two) By Jonathan Alexander I didn’t realize at first that this series, especially when seen alongside Maestro, actually epitomizes queerbaiting: it titillates w […]

Queerbaiting History: Maestro and Fellow Travelers (Part One) By Jonathan Alexander Both of these shows also offer us portraits of queer life and love amidst the homophobia of the mid to late twentieth century. But as […]

The Straight Men that Made Me Gay By Gregory Walters I grew up at a time when there weren’t any visible or out homosexuals. Liberace had stated under oath he wasn’t gay. Elton John was mar […]

Companionship & Transformation: Linus Borgo By Cassandra Langer “Visceral and shocking to many, Linus Borgo’s first solo show, Monstrum, at Yossi Milo Gallery on Tenth Avenue in the trendy, Chelsea a […]

Remembering Edwin By Ronald Valdiserri It began with the illness and death of my brother’s partner Tommy, the loss of our dear college friend (the character Lenny in the n […]

A Writer’s Beginning By Laury Egan I don’t consider myself an LGTBQ+ writer; I am simply a writer who sometimes creates stories that include LGTBQ+ characters, though they are t […]

Bruno Isaković: Performer, Artist, Teacher By Mike Dressel It’s an hour before the Queer New York International Arts Festival (QNYIAF) is about to begin, which brings together an assortment of g […]

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 […]