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Zooming-Out By Charles Roussel At 58, I outed myself through a series of conversations on Zoom, in the middle of the pandemic. The post Zooming-Out appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.

Henry Scott Tuke: Homoeroticism in a Time of Illegality By Samuel Muñoz In the same decade that the trial of Oscar Wilde and the network of male brothels on Cleveland Street swept the headlines and flamed a push […]

Beyond Cabaret: Queer Life in Early Twentieth-Century Germany By Brian Fehler To Be Seen, Queer Lives: 1900-1950 reveals moments of queer life during the emerging explorations of identity after the turn of the century, […]

It’s Gonna Be Huge All in the interest of keeping our finger on the Zeitgeist as it evolves in ways that those over, say, fifty may not have foreseen: there’s a new gay r […]

A Son’s Forgiveness By Migguel Anggelo LatinXoxo is about living the truth of who you are—whether gay, straight, trans, or anything in between. In my case, I was born to live i […]

Review of Our Flag Means Death on HBO Max By Vidal D’Costa After two seasons, Our Flag Means Death has amassed a dedicated fan base, particularly among the LGBT community. The post Review of Our Flag Means Death on HBO Max appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.

Coming Out without the Drama By Susan Olmi It was so easy that for a long time I didn’t understand what that sensation of being constantly ecstatic and slightly breathless was. It f […]

Manuel Muñoz on the Power of LGBTQ Characters Focusing on the valley in which he grew up, Manuel Muñoz’s stories address issues he grew up observing intimately: immigration, poverty, farm labor, family […]

Thank You, Leonard Whiting By Rich Nelson I was sixteen in 1968, when I first saw him. I had remained silent in concealing my emerging and persistent-and terrifying-affection for the […]

Review of Machine Dazzle’s solo exhibit, Queer Maximalism By Mike Dressel Spread out over two full gallery floors like synthetic blossoms, the exhibit was comprised of over eighty creations built for performance; […]

Out In Plain Sight By Bobbi Scopa Even though I had a long career as a firefighter, then fire chief, then assistant director, life was difficult. It wasn’t always as it s […]

From the Ashes We Rise: Exposing American censorship of queer literature By Arend Richard At a time when censorship threatens all, we must uplift independent queer authors to bring much-needed LGBTQ+ representation in young adult […]

A Marriage Skeptic’s Road to Marriage By Janet Mason My relationship with marriage was complicated to say the least. I grew up in a time and place where it was expected that all females should […]

Tell Your Story By Joe Costentino I began with a memory from high school, recalling my first infatuation. Though it was decades earlier, it was as if it had happened […]

Step in to The Lesbian Bar Project By Christina Schlesinger These bars are not just bars, they are living entities with a heartbeat. The post Step in to The Lesbian Bar Project appeared first on The Gay & Lesbian Review.

My Loss of Innocence By Mark Olmstead In the summer of 1970, Chuck Falco was a handsome and charismatic 28-year-old scoutmaster at Camp Waubeeka, in upstate New York. I was […]

Andrii Kravchuk Discusses LGBTQ Activism in Ukraine Andrii Kravchuk is a Ukrainian LGBTQ activist, one of the founders of the Nash Mir (Our World) Gay and Lesbian Centre, Ukraine’s leading LGBTQ advocacy c […]

By Lisa Dordal

A voice inside me said: “This is my story too.”

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By Toby Jaffe

The end result was a euphoric rainy mid-afternoon watching three flawed but wonderful short films on YouTube, all centered around the non-binary experience and featuring non-binary main […]

By Jayson Lara

When I went through with the decision to come out of the closet, my announcement assured myself and other queer youth that we have a place in society, that we do exist, despite living in a world […]