The New York Times has a really nice article about George Platt Lynes in Sunday's paper. It's online today, however. George Platt Lynes was born April 15, 1907 in East Orange, New Jersey. His father was a laywer who abandoned his practice shortly after George's birth and became an Episcopalina minis...

There's a new meme going around, begun by a blogger named Julia Miranda and propagated here, to the effect that the celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz's money troubles, which have forced her to pawn the copyright to her photos, were caused by inheritance tax she had to pay on property left to he...

Quentin Crisp: The Naked Bon Vivant! A 100th Birthday Celebration Saturday March 7th, 7-10pm at Santo’s Party House, upstairs at (96 Lafayette Street). The fabulously flamboyant and witty gay icon Quentin Crisp (who died in 1999 at age 90) gets a party fit for a queen. The Naked Bon Vivant! is...

President’s Day, a day where we celebrate the contribution of many of our nation’s great presidents has come and gone, but one thing we’re often asked is which presidents were gay or even a little tranny? Do any of these political leaders look gay to you? On today’s show we e...

While we argue that tossing the "gay" label onto historical figure is problematic, this doesn't mean that the gay identity was a solely 20th Century invention, or that gay history starts with Stonewall. Meet some of the gay and lesbian forebearers who fought for your rights.Read the r...

An interesting article in today's Los Angeles Times attempts to lay out the seminal Hollywood films addressing homosexuality. Their choices: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Cruising (1980) My Own Private Idaho (1991) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Milk (2008) I'm not sure I agree with these. Take the following...

JESUS GOD NO! The Oscar Wilde Bookshop announced today that it will close its doors for good on March 29, 2009. Oscar Wilde Bookshop was founded in 1967 by Craig Rodwell, a 27-year-old ex-hooker and high school graduate who became a gay rights activist. It was the first gay bookstore in the world. R...

Lesbian singer and songwriter Catie Curtis appeared yesterday, January 18, at Lambda Rising bookstore here in D.C. Curtis was in town for the HRC Inaugural Ball, where she will perform for those who can afford the $350-per-person ticket. I and my friend were there perusing the dirty-picture magazine...

I just stumbled onto the 1957–58 diary of Harriet Sohmers Zwerling, the lover identified as "H" in Reborn, Susan Sontag's diary of the same period . If you, like me, have read Sontag's diary and were swept up in its heady melodrama, you will probably not be able to resist peeking at Zwerling's ver...

Fundraiser to Benefit Writer Stuart Timmons Saturday, November 15th 3 to 5 p.m. at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives909 West Adams Blvd - Los Angeles, California Renowned Gay writers and artists will gather on Saturday, November 15, to......