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

Honoring pioneer #ErnestineEckstein as an official #LGBTHistoryIcon! Long before #Stonewall, she was a fearless voice for Black #lesbianvisibility. Read Phil Gambone’s review of “The Stonewall Reader” in our archives: glreview.org/article/the-riots%E2%80%88before-during-and-after

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

From #WWII pilot to a pioneering voice in #gayliterature, #EdwardField (1924–2026) lived with honesty and optimism. In a new piece for The G&LR, poet Walter Holland honors Field’s life, poetry, and legacy: glreview.org/remembering-edward-field-1924-2026

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Happy #NationalComingOutDay! 🏳️‍🌈 Observed every October 11, it celebrates #LGBTQ+ people who live openly & supports those #comingout. Founded in 1988, it began in 18 states & spread to all 50 by 1990. Head over to glreview.org to know more #queerhistory.

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

Spring 1947: #TennesseeWilliams meets a young #MarlonBrando. The rest is #theaterhistory. Read our review of the #Chicago production of #Kowalski, a play imagining the rapid-fire flirtations and barbed zingers of this legendary encounter: glreview.org/the-unkindness-of-strangers

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

#Broadway legend #MichaelBennett is a 2026 #LGBTHistoryIcon! Explore his legacy and Philip Dean Walker’s “Better Davis and Other Stories,” which reconstructs the dawn of the #AIDS crisis through fictionalized vignettes, including Bennett’s perspective: glreview.org/53692-2

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s #BannedBooksWeek, so we returned to Gianna Holiday’s July/August 2025 essay on modern censorship. She breaks down the history of book bans and details the political motives behind targets on historically marginalized stories: glreview.org/article/banning-books-is-back-in-fashion

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! We’re thrilled that EqualityForum.com has named photographer #AlvinBaltrop a 2026 #LGBTHistoryIcon. In the 70s, Baltrop captured a long-vanished #queer subculture along #LowerManhattan’s derelict piers: glreview.org/article/scenes-from-the-golden-age-of-promiscuity

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How did a volcanic temper and no fashion sense yield the genius of #StephenSondheim? #AndrewHolleran explores the life, lovers, and lyrics of the #Americanstage revolutionary in our latest issue: glreview.org/article/sondheims-way-with-words

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In the ‘90s, #PalmSprings’ #WarmSands neighborhood was a thriving #gaycruising hub. Then came the 2009 police stings. Matthew Bamberg details the aggressive crackdowns and the anti-gay scandal that forced the police chief to resign: glreview.org/policing-public-sex-in-palm-springs

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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide @glreview.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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 @paganemir.bsky.social · 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 · 28/08/2026

Thanks, @zagria.bsky.social. Any issues with the title should go to the opera company, or the composer, not the magazine reviewing it. You can also reach out to the reviewer. Everyone’s name is in the article, and you can easily find their contact info online.

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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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