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Ross Bleckner Pretends He's Still an Emerging Artist With Something to Prove
At 75, he wants to use every bit of his remaining time to paint. He also feels our current political crisis is too diffuse for him to play…
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Tim Murphy
Yes, Caftaners, Tom Chase is BACK with New Videos...And Another Great Talk About Sex, Life and Love
This is my third convo with the porn icon, marking a "continuation" (not a comeback!) of his career at 60. I'm not sure why, but our talks are not only…
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A Russian Queer Exile in the U.S. Talks About What Rightward Swings Under Putin and Trump Have (and Don't Have) In Common
"I don't have any more outlets in terms of where to go next. I can't spend my whole life moving around the world."
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Tim Murphy

March 2025

Evan Wolfson, Architect of the Marriage Equality Movement, Says Don't Worry About Losing Gay Marriage—Yet.
But we also disagreed, somewhat, about how braced for "the worst"—and not just regarding gay marriage or rights—we should all be in this moment. He has…
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Tim Murphy
Paul Rudnick's Always Been (Almost Too) Effortlessly Funny. Now He's Going Deeper
In his new novel, "What Is Wrong With You?," he continues to find the nexus between tart one-liners and a deeper hurt and healing. Is his…
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Edmund White Has Nothing He Won't Say At This Point
In a two-hour interview alongside his husband Michael Carroll, the "paterfamilias of gay fiction," 85, didn't even flinch when I asked, after a shocker…
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Tim Murphy
Tony Valenzuela Was Canceled in the '90s for Saying He Loved Bareback Sex. It Hurts Him to This Day.
Now a nonprofit head and hot L.A. daddy at 56, he speaks for the first time about his long road back to the queer community after being shunned merely…
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February 2025

Fades, Mullets, Embracing Gray: The Owner of a Cool, Gay(ish) Hell's Kitchen Barbershop Tells You EVERYTHING About HAIR
The ex-Jehovah's Witness owner of NYC's cool and queer Best Barber talked with me about the styles the gays rock, once rocked, might rock soon...and how…
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An Expert on Gay Men's Health Discusses What's Happening Politically—And How It Will Likely Get Worse
Andrew Spieldenner, head of the global nonprofit MPACT, talks about LGBTQ health rollbacks likely to happen in the U.S.—and whether todays' gays can…
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New Yorkers, You Can Help LGBTQ Young Adults As They Flee Red States and Face Homelessness Here
New Alternatives, started by former homeless queer youth Kate Barnhart, needs folks to step up with donations—and even with places for young…
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Tim Murphy
Donna Summer, Madonna, Gay White Men & Black Divas: Let's Chat With Longtime Billboard Music Writer Larry Flick
The Billboard vet reviewed or interviewed everyone from those divas to Mariah Carey, Adele and Britney. Now living in Wales, he geeked out with me about…
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Longtime Activist Cleve Jones: "Find a Way to Fight Back That Brings You Joy."
I needed someone smart and seasoned to talk to about the moment we're in. Of course I went to the guy who learned at the knee of Harvey Milk and who…
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