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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 […]

The Gift of Matthiessen and Cheney By Scott Bane My connection to Matthiessen and Cheney came through my sexuality, their relationship, Maine, and Matthiessen’s chosen field of study: h […]

Night Life By Lucas Hilderbrand Early on, strangers also often teased me, amused by the idea that going to gay bars was “research.” Almost imperceptibly, as the yea […]

Lie with Me, A Review By Allen Ellenzweig Based on the autobiographical novel Arrête avec tes Mensonges by Phillipe Besson, Lie With Me presents Stéphane Belcourt (Guillaume de T […]

Golden Delicious, A Review By Allen Ellenzweig Jake is caught between his demanding father’s (Ryan Mah) expectations for a sports-star son and these new sexual feelings bubbling to t […]

Courageous Queerness & Activism By Dan Glass As a teenager my gay shame and toxic shame took each other hand-in-hand, got married and waltzed into the cauldron of fire. The post Courageous Queerness & Activism appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.

Fellow Travelers, A Review By Allen Ellenzweig The eight-episode miniseries Fellow Travelers written by TV and movie writer Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia; episodes of Ray Donovan and […]

Nyad, A Review By Allen Ellenzweig Bening’s Nyad gives us a take-no-prisoners portrayal of a fiercely independent woman who may still harbor hopes of lesbian romance… The post Nyad, A Review appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.

Notes on Queerness in Quarantine By Francesca Capossela But, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, living with my then-boyfriend, I began to feel that I had lost my bisexuality, like […]

All of Us Strangers, A Review By Allen Ellenzweig The 35th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival—better known as NEWFEST—ran this year from October 12-24. Over 120 films were pre […]

The Splendid Disarray of Beauty, Podcast Conversation By Richard D. Mohr In what turned out to be a rollicking interview on the podcast Wrote about my new book, The Splendid Disarray of Beauty, I spoke about […]

A Season in Delhi By Scott Alexander Hess But what really inspired the idea and emotional heart of A Season in Delhi was how I felt being in Delhi as a recently-married gay […]

Review of Javier Fuentes’ ‘Countries of Origin’ By Phil Gambone Deftly-plotted, Countries of Origin is an impressive debut novel. It features a varied, and sharply-drawn, cast of characters. Fuentes’ p […]

Through an Empty Mirror By David R. Slayton Genre fiction, and adult fantasy especially, has long been the territory of straight, white cisgender men. There are cracks in that wall […]

Minnie Bruce Pratt Changed My Life By Risa Denenberg Minnie Bruce Pratt—cherished poet, teacher, and activist in the LGBTQ+ community—died on July 2. I learned about it on Facebook, and fou […]

Coming Out Queer & the Daughter of a Spy By Leslie Absher I knew intuitively not to talk about the fact that I preferred girls to boys. But when I was called a “lezzie” by a boy on the school bus […]