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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 7h

From runway to wrestling ring! Season 17 #DragRace alum @arriettytheelf.bsky.social spills the tea on life after the show. For #HispanicHeritageMonth, the #MexicanAmerican #dragwrestler talks #bicultural roots & why she’s ready for #AllStars: glreview.org/drag-race-contestant-arrietty-spills-the-tea

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October is #LGBTQHistoryMonth! 🏳️‍🌈 Missouri teacher Rodney Wilson started the tradition in 1994 to elevate #queerhistory and align with #NationalComingOutDay. EqualityForum.com just announced its 31 #LGBTIcons for 2026. Watch this space, or visit www.glreview.org to read our archives!

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#TrumanCapote was #BOTD 102 years ago. He shook up the literary world with razor-sharp prose and became a gay icon long before the modern #LGBTQ+ movement. Regular contributor Daniel Burr explores this complicated legacy in our #archives: glreview.org/article/capotes-legacy-on-the-line

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tired of the “U-Haul vs. f**kboi” binary? Us too. Julia Colborn explores the myth of #lesbian #cruising and the nuanced, emotionally driven ways #queer #women actually connect. Casual intimacy isn’t just a #hookup; it’s often how they bond: glreview.org/article/what-some-women-want

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Campus #sexualassault seminars rarely include #LGBTQ+ students. Prevention educator Dimitrios Aletras Jr. breaks down how this blind spot leaves #trans & #nonbinary survivors to face the aftermath alone: glreview.org/the-lgbtq-students-no-one-warns (RAINN 24/7 hotline: 800-656-HOPE)

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Longtime G&LR contributor Irene Javors has co-written a new play, “Dreamers at the Precipice,” premiering in New York City! Catch this 75-minute show at the ADA-accessible Chain Theatre (312 W 36th St). Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/dreamers-at-the-precipice-tickets-2000664852430

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In 1938, a #Pasadena police sting targeted 29 men. Courts offered them a choice: hard labor or experimental hormone treatments meant to “cure” them. Contributor Denny Nivens uncovers this chilling history in our latest issue: glreview.org/article/a-cure-for-public-sex-in-pasadena

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A fierce advocate, a #marriageequality trailblazer, & a dear friend. Today on The G&LR Blog, Matthew Hays honors the life of #MichaelHendricks, the ACT UP Montréal co-founder whose activism & loud, raucous laugh changed #LGBTQ+ history: glreview.org/remembering-a-pioneer-in-lgbtq-activism

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

To cap off #BiWeek & #CelebrateBisexualityDay, we’re revisiting our 2024 review of “Bitter Crop.” @reggieh.bsky.social tackles compelling archival evidence of Billie Holiday’s relationships with women & her lifelong unwillingness to hide who she was: glreview.org/article/lady-day-of-the-night

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy #DearDiaryDay! Our archive at www.glreview.org is packed with essays & reviews on #LGBTQ+ #diarists, from #VirginiaWoolf & #YukioMishima to #AudreLorde & #ChristopherIsherwood. Who’s your favorite #queer #diarist & what’s your favorite journal of theirs? 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy #BiWeek! 💖💜💙 Why is it so hard for our culture to wrap its head around bisexuality? In our July–August 2005 issue, journalist @fairyington.bsky.social confronted how the persistent “hetero-homo dichotomy” marginalizes bi identities: glreview.org/article/article-1129

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

During the pandemic, Oleg Olizev noticed a shift in #cruising: men forming silent circles in the park. The erotic charge came from seeing and being seen, not touch. Read it on our blog today: glreview.org/theater-of-desire-cruising-beyond-contact

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Back in 1964, dropping a nickel into a subway restroom door unlocked a secret side of #NYC. For our latest #HeresMyStory, art curator & adult filmmaker @philtarley.bsky.social takes us to the ”subways of Manhattan ... the best class in the world”: glreview.org/underground-sex-in-the-new-york-subway

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The true story behind Al Pacino’s #DogDayAfternoon is much more complex than what #Hollywood showed us. In our latest issue, Max Phillips reviews two new books that dig into the 1972 bank robbery and the history left off screen: glreview.org/article/a-dog-day-in-the-making @headpress.com

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

September 16–23 is #BisexualAwarenessWeek, and Sept 23 is #CelebrateBisexualityDay! Human Rights Campaign data shows bi+ adults make up the largest group in the LGBTQ+ community at over 7% of all U.S. adults. Happy #BiWeek!

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Two years after its release, Martin Duberman’s “The Line of Dissent” remains an essential title in our catalog. Instead of a dry historical timeline, Duberman’s essays bring to life the artists, daredevils, and activists who built the modern #LGBTQ+ world: glreview.org/the-line-of-dissent

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What happened to #OscarWilde after the scandal that shocked #VictorianEngland? Allen Ellenzweig reviews two books, including one by Wilde’s grandson, to trace the author’s reinvention in #Paris, & how his sons were forced to hide their ancestry: glreview.org/article/afterlife-of-oscar-and-the-wildes

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What happens before an iconic photo makes the cut? Michael Quinn pores over raw contact sheets of #PeterHujar at The Morgan Library & Museum. Glimpse alternate frames of #SusanSontag, #CandyDarling, & the evolution of #NYC #queerculture: glreview.org/article/peter-hujars-photographic-choices

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Out now: Our Sept-Oct “Cruising” issue probes the hidden histories of queer spaces! Feat. a review of “Sex in Public” by @drjonessoc.bsky.social, plus pieces on the wild legacy of #CafeLafitte, #EdmoniaLewis, AIDS in #SovietRussia, 1970s London #punkfiction & more: glreview.org/issue/issue-184

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Long before #Stonewall, cruising flourished in #Roman thermae and #Ottoman hammams. Mathias Foit explores how public #bathhouses became spaces that blurred social class lines and helped forge shared sexual identities: glreview.org/article/genealogy-of-the-gay-bathhouse

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Catch our EIC jeremycfox.bsky.social & contributor Denny Nivens at the 35th annual nlgjaofficial.bsky.social convention! They’ll join moatmanjourno.bsky.social, Terra King, & meganululani.bsky.social for a narrative writing masterclass panel. More info at nlgja.org.

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

From #sapphic romances to ‘80s #queercinema scandals, our critics have been busy! Get lost in our Sept-Oct issue for reviews of #HayleyKiyoko’s “Girls Like Girls,” the edgy drama “Blue Film,” new @hbo.bsky.social original series, RuPaul’s latest drag disaster, etc.: glreview.org/issue/issue-184

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Six weeks before his 1976 wedding, memoirist Joseph Shapiro took a detour to a #bathhouse that changed everything. He finally gave in to long-denied desires and walked away with a secret to carry down the aisle: glreview.org/a-night-at-the-locker-room

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Headpress @headpress.com · 05/09/2026

We're so pleased to see Rachel Walther's Born to Lose reviewed in the latest issue of @glreview.bsky.social! Special mention for Rachel's "emotionally intimate" chapter on Liz Eden. Get the July/August issue here: glreview.org

Image of an orange and black book cover, depicting a man standing on a street and raising his arm triumphantly. The title is Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon, by Rachel Walther.

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Did #AliceBToklas have a horn? That’s the premise of the #mysterynovel “Bone Horn.” In our latest issue, @annelaughlin.bsky.social unpacks this story about a grieving scholar-turned-P.I. tracking down the bone on #GertrudeStein’s partner’s head: glreview.org/article/did-alice-b-toklas-have-horns

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Comply with anti-#LGBTQ+ laws, or risk your career? #Educators in #RedStates face an impossible choice. But there is a “Middle Way.” Brad Archer explains how teachers can maneuver around forced-outing laws and safely protect #queer kids: glreview.org/supporting-lgbtq-students-in-red-states

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Sept-Oct 2026 issue of The G&LR is here! Our new theme: “Cruising.” We trace the history of queer public spaces, from Roman and Ottoman bathhouses & 18th-c. cottaging in Old London to lesbian cruising. Plus: Sondheim, Oscar Wilde, & Al Pacino’s “Cruising.” Read here: glreview.org/issue/issue-184

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As we close out #TransHistoryMonth, we’re reflecting on where our movement has been and where it stands today. In our May-June issue, elierlick.bsky.social sits down with susanstryker.bsky.social to discuss the new edition of “Transgender History”: glreview.org/article/trans-oppression-updated

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Our stance on AI is set in stone: we have zero tolerance for AI-generated slop. We’ve officially updated our Writers’ Guidelines to reflect this policy. Head over to our site to read the full details: glreview.org/writers-guidelines-for-submission

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

How do we present ourselves to a world that demands we edit who we are? Randy C. Blakely dissects how Clifford Prince King’s art renders the delicate interplay of Black queer self-presentation and shifting masculinities: glreview.org/article/clifford-prince-king-and-black-queer-manhood

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Queen Elizabeth I, Halston & Liza Minnelli walk into a room... and you get Tyler Anthony Smith’s #QueenForADay. Domenic DeSocio talks all things #camp with the creator: on John Waters-style cast loyalty & his strict ‘no pandemic plays’ rule: glreview.org/tyler-anthony-smith-the-theater-of-camp

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Emir Avilés Pagán @handle.invalid · 28/08/2026

Becoming your authentic can require rejecting the categories imposed on you, even when inhabiting them can feel safer. It’s been a long journey, but I am and remain a proud bisexual man! Thank you to @glreview.bsky.social for allowing me to share my story 💙💜🩷

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If #KarlHeinrichUlrichs (#bornonthisday in 1825) pioneered #gayrights & coined the term “Urning,” why do we say “homosexual” today? In our May-June 2025 issue, Douglas Pretsell unpacks how his rival, #KarlMariaKertbeny, coined the modern term: glreview.org/article/in-the-beginning-was-the-word

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Discovering who you are often means unlearning the binary boxes you were handed. In this week’s #HeresMyStory, @paganemir.bsky.social shares his path from a #Catholic missionary retreat to a straight-seeming marriage and living freely in #SanFrancisco: glreview.org/im-bi-actually

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#LiliElbe made history in 1930 as a trans pioneer. Now, her story is an #opera starring trailblazing #trans baritone #LuciaLucas. G&LR contributor Joseph M. Ortiz reviews the U.S. premiere of Tobias Picker’s “Lili Elbe” at the #SantaFeOpera: glreview.org/singing-the-life-of-a-trans-pioneer

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What happens when the sacred is infused with desire? Sergio Interdonato examines the subversive work of #queerMexican artist #FabiánCháirez. Facing legal threats over his homoerotic #Catholic imagery, Cháirez didn’t back down: glreview.org/saints-and-sinners-in-the-eye-of-fabian-chairez

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

How did a villa famous for homoerotic photography operate freely in a traditional 19th-c. Sicilian town? In our July-Aug 2026 issue, Nicholas Sheppard takes a fresh look at the controversial work of German photographer Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden: glreview.org/article/von-gloedens-improbable-arcadia

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Happy #TransHistoryMonth! Today we celebrate what would have been #MarshaPJohnson’s 81st birthday. Her leadership at the 1969 #StonewallUprising reminds us that Black and brown #transwomen and #transfemmes have always paved the way for #LGBTQ+ rights. Happy birthday, Marsha!

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Missed our July-August issue? We’re spotlighting three powerful #LGBTQ+ stories: #SeattleOpera’s #LavenderScare tragedy “Fellow Travelers,” the haunting #truecrime doc “My Brother’s Killer,” & #StevenSoderbergh’s “The Christophers” starring #IanMcKellen & #MichaelaCoel: glreview.org/issue/issue-183

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“This time, the words belonged to me. They didn’t arrive through someone else’s voice... They arrived because I brought them there.” In our latest #HeresMyStory essay, Saurabh Anand writes about being outed and choosing to claim your truth: glreview.org/i-came-out-twice-the-second-time-i-chose-it

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A friendship forged on the set of “Bus Stop.” We’re still discovering who #MarilynMonroe truly was. Matthew Hays chats with #LukeYankee about the real Marilyn, remembered by his mother, Oscar-winner #EileenHeckart. Discover the woman behind the icon: glreview.org/luke-yankee-glimpses-of-marilyn/

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

You know the statue. Now meet the artist. In the 19th century, #EmmaStebbins and her wife #CharlotteCushman carved out a space for women in a male-dominated #artworld. Discover the history with J. Barnes: glreview.org/issue/issue-183/

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

From #avantgarde performance art to #popdivas, #JohnRKillacky has chronicled it all for The G&LR. In our latest issue, he looks back on 20 years of #queerarts commentary. Read his full retrospective here: glreview.org/on-twenty-years-and-counting/

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

“I’m always interested in exploring how far I can go with the images... trying to be both sexy and smart, not just pretty.” #RobertFlynt talks “art smut” and his collaborative book, “Becoming of Flesh,” with #AshAllen. Read Brendan McCall’s profile: glreview.org/robert-flynt-desiring-the-body

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Before our Sept-Oct issue drops, there’s still time to dive into our July-August queer summer reading list. From royal drama and juicy #Hollywood rumors to #JeffHiller’s memoir and Berlin club scenes, your beach bag is officially packed. Hit this link to grab it: glreview.org/issue/issue-183/

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Growing up gay in the 1950s meant hiding who you were. Decades later, Greg Owen Grant looks back at childhood bullying, the #LavenderScare, and the unexpected kindness that helped him step into his truth. New #HeresMyStory here: glreview.org/memories-of-the-eisenhower-administration/

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Spy reports and Vatican cover-ups in the 17th century. #Caravaggio wasn’t the only source of drama in gay #BaroqueRome. Art historian Franco Mormando uncovers the closeted lives of the popes and cardinals who built the city. glreview.org/article/queer-secrets-of-baroque-rome/

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

How did a husky-voiced Welsh powerhouse become a patron saint of camp and grit for ‘80s LGBTQ+ youth? Glenn Drake pays tribute to the one and only #BonnieTyler in his new essay. glreview.org/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-a-hero

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Catch the latest episode of the #IvoryTowerBoilerRoom podcast! Host Andrew Rimby sits down with contributors James Cahill, Ignacio Darnaude, Randy Blakely, and The G&LR editor Jeremy C. Fox. open.spotify.com/episode/4WpL... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

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