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Hannah Gadsby's 'Nanette' Makes Us Realize the Present Tense

Hannah Gadsby's acclaimed Netflix special is a cultural milestone not only because it demands a better future, but because it teaches us about the present moment and where we might go next.

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Historian Martin Duberman Puts Us to Task with 'Has the Gay Movement Failed?'

Has the "gay movement" failed? Not yet, suggests this historian's survey. But it urgently needs to reinvent itself.

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Camp, Satire, and Serious Artistry in Carnival Krewsing

Gay carnival culture in New Orleans offers an interesting parallel to African American culture. This and other observations are offered in Unveiling the Muse: The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans.

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The Price He Was Willing to Pay: 'Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years'

By picking up his subject after the most infamous event in Wilde's life, Frankel is able to rebuild the narrative of Wilde's post-prison life from the detritus of his public undoing.

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United by Default: The Very Diverse Counter-Protesters to the Westboro Haters

WBC’s warped logic that dead soldiers are divine retribution for America’s tolerance of homosexuality aligns bikers, LGBT people and many others in unexpected ways.

A. Loudermilk

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'How to Survive a Plague': Critical Lessons for a New Era

How to Survive a Plague portrays an important era in LGBT history, a time when the gay community banded together in a way that politics or prejudice could never have fostered.

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Homophobia Is Alive and Well on TV at the WWE

With the WWE's biggest event of the year on the horizon, fans and sponsors might want to take a closer look at its blatant homophobia and reconsider the wisdom of handing over their money to a bigoted and retrograde institution.

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Starfleet Unitards for Women

Trekkie compilations and more cocoa in Starfleet to confront viewers with the show's embedded sexism.

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Smoking Popes on Faith, Politics, and Judy Garland

Say It Loud! 100 Great Protest Songs: Part 1 - Beethoven to Janis Ian

'Colette' Upends the Biopic's Stodgy Maleness

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Hannah Gadsby's 'Nanette' Makes Us Realize the Present Tense

Hannah Gadsby's acclaimed Netflix special is a cultural milestone not only because it demands a better future, but because it teaches us about the present moment and where we might go next.

Historian Martin Duberman Puts Us to Task with 'Has the Gay Movement Failed?'

Has the "gay movement" failed? Not yet, suggests this historian's survey. But it urgently needs to reinvent itself.

Camp, Satire, and Serious Artistry in Carnival Krewsing

Gay carnival culture in New Orleans offers an interesting parallel to African American culture. This and other observations are offered in Unveiling the Muse: The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans.

The Price He Was Willing to Pay: 'Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years'

By picking up his subject after the most infamous event in Wilde's life, Frankel is able to rebuild the narrative of Wilde's post-prison life from the detritus of his public undoing.

United by Default: The Very Diverse Counter-Protesters to the Westboro Haters

WBC’s warped logic that dead soldiers are divine retribution for America’s tolerance of homosexuality aligns bikers, LGBT people and many others in unexpected ways.

'How to Survive a Plague': Critical Lessons for a New Era

How to Survive a Plague portrays an important era in LGBT history, a time when the gay community banded together in a way that politics or prejudice could never have fostered.

Homophobia Is Alive and Well on TV at the WWE

With the WWE's biggest event of the year on the horizon, fans and sponsors might want to take a closer look at its blatant homophobia and reconsider the wisdom of handing over their money to a bigoted and retrograde institution.

Starfleet Unitards for Women

Trekkie compilations and more cocoa in Starfleet to confront viewers with the show's embedded sexism.

Smoking Popes on Faith, Politics, and Judy Garland

Leverage Models' Experimental Pop Blossoms Into Glorious Synthpop on "Senators" (premiere)

'Colette' Upends the Biopic's Stodgy Maleness

Fucked Up Holds on to a Never Let Die Attitude on 'Dose Your Dreams'

Paul Kelly Discovers the Poetry of 'Nature'

Leverage Models' Experimental Pop Blossoms Into Glorious Synthpop on "Senators" (premiere)

Lowland Hum Explore 'Youthful Frivolity' Amidst a "Salzburg Summer" (premiere)

The Moles Return With Powerful, Brilliant New LP, 'Code Word' and New Single "Moon in the Daytime" (premiere)

Rachel Taylor Brown Looks at the World and Utters, 'Run Tiny Human' (album stream + interview)

Blonde Roses Refuse to Go Quietly on "Hush Now" (premiere)

Sonny Elliot See the Good Inside of a "Misguided Angel" (premiere)

Mary Lee Kortes Preps New Book, 'Dreaming of Dylan: 115 Dreams About Bob Dylan', Releases New Song (premiere + interview)

Native Sun Take a Walk Down "11th Street" With Glam Attitude (premiere)

Chris Garneau Celebrates Self-Discovery With "Choices" (premiere)