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Artist Jack Walls Survived His Boyfriend, Robert Mapplethorpe—and All the Haters, Too
Here's my (sometimes touchy!) talk with the man who says people thought he'd die, too, of heroin or AIDS. They were wrong.
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"My Fabulous Disease" Writer Mark S. King On His New Book, Surviving HIV and Meth, and That Night He Had Sex with Rock Hudson
For two decades, the Atlanta-based HIV longtimer has been putting all his shit out there with funny, unsparing honesty—and has built a massive…
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Porn Kingpin Michael Lucas Doesn't Seem Very Excited About Porn Anymore
The controversial entrepreneur talks about advising young gays against the adult biz, why he loves the U.S.,and learning to relax after working hard to…
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The Pioneering Trevor Project Is Just One Thread in the Ever-Searching Life of Celeste (formerly James) Lecesne
The creator of the seminal short film "Trevor" and the LGBTQ youth suicide prevention nonprofit on a life of show business, spiritual seeking and…
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Composer Scott Frankel on Turning the Cult Documentary "Grey Gardens" Into a Beloved Musical 20 Years Ago
I had my chance to go deep with Scott about how you break down one cherished art work and reconstitute it into another.
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Charles King's Life of Ministry, Activism and Sexy Walks in the Garden with Jesus
This is the deepest and most intense Caftan interview I have done so far—with the queer evangelical cofounder of the massive NYC nonprofit that…
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Please Bear with Me While I Recover in the Hospital
I should be able to finish up my latest Caftan interview in about a week.
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A Few Quick Cool Things I Want to Tell You About Before The Next Big Caftan Interview
The rediscovered 1979 diary of Black gay L.A. teen Sean DeLear, the June NYC revival of my friend Nora Burns' funny and poignant play "The Village…
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Deep talks with notable gay men "of a certain age" about where we've been, who we are today and where we're going...
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