Look back in anger. The first national
march in 1979 had a defiant
tone, coming as it did in the wake of the
Harvey Milk slaying and
efforts by Anita Bryant and others to
strip gays of their civil rights.
More than twice as many police as
participants
showed up at the annual gay pride march in
Bucharest, Romania. Gay
leaders said this wasn't necessarily a bad
thing.
Leaders of all the major gay
organizations expressed outrage
last month when the Obama administration
fought against the repeal of
the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act using
the same arguments advanced
by the George W Bush administration.
Are these up-and-coming gay destinations
really hip, or is it all just
hype?
A couple of promoters have made sure
that you won't want to go to bed
in the city that doesn't sleep
Comedian Casey Ley says nothing is
off-limits in his stand-up routine
One of the country's largest publishers of
sexually oriented magazines
is turning a page -- or rather, closing a
chapter -- in gay
history as it ceases publication of many
of its gay titles.
Hot under the collar. JC Leyendecker's
Arrow collar advertisements
often seemed more than a bit
homoerotic.
Treasures of Gay Art (All Saints Press,
$69.95) is an extraordinary
collection celebrating the history of
gay male art. Edited by Peter
Weiermair, it includes everything from
classic male physique
photography to overtly sexual images.
The breadth of the collection
from the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art
Foundation is impressive. You'll
recognize the names of familiar artists,
but there are also plenty of
new delights from lesser-known and up-
and-coming contributors. And it
is sad to reflect that we have lost so
many of the great artists in
this volume. What's important is that
archivists like Charles Leslie
and Fritz Lohman have created a
historical document and a thing of
great beauty. This is a title any
serious collector should have on the
shelf.
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