the week's
news
& pop
culture,
with a
gay
bias.
left & found
In challenging homophobia, gay men have become our own oppressors. "A new, invitation-only gay dating app is likely to become an exclusive club that rejects anyone who doesn’t fit the ideal of masculine and muscular."
On gay men and fat shaming.
The year we imagined the end of the closet. "From celebrities discussing their identities on Snapchat, to a new generation embracing a “no labels” approach to sexuality, coming out looks different in 2016 than ever before. But could it really no longer be necessary?"
The careless anti-semitism that shames the LGBT community.
My gay Dad is sexist. "I’d always thought that my father’s homosexuality meant he was a card-carrying progressive, but a close-quarters vacation together unveiled the misogyny that’s bothered me my whole life."
How I found myself straight shaming.
Bridging the gap between black and white feminism.
Ten words transgender people want you to know (but not say).
Will the LGBT community be able to retire?
Have we reached peak "peak"?
The relationship between Muslim men and their beards is a tangled one.
news - america
WATCH Four high school wrestlers have been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy on a school bus.
Robert Latham, a gay professor at the University of California, has been fired after telling a male graduate student he had to resist the urge to academically "ride him hard."
Washington, D.C. dentist Bilal Ahmed charged with sexually assaulting a male patient whom he sedated to remove a tooth.
Tennessee city official accused of running gay prostitution service from his office.
Meth use has more than doubled among gay men living in NYC.
WATCH Susan Sarandon slams Hillary Clinton's LGBT equality record: “It’s one thing to be for gay rights and gay marriage once everybody else is for it. That’s not difficult.”
Bernie Sanders stood up for gay soldiers — sixteen years before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ended.
We shouldn’t be enjoying the Trump ascendancy – but who can look away?
New HIV cases continue to decline in Washington D.C.
Elton John AIDS Foundation blames racism for high rates of HIV among African-Americans.
The struggle to finally desegregate American cities.
WATCH Stephen Colbert's hilarious stunt with DeRay McKesson to check his white privilege.
The incredible group fighting suicide in Tennessee.
Unraveling the truth behind gay Mormon youth and suicide.
How medical schools are failing the LGBT community.
news - uk
Gay men are resorting to "clinic-hopping" to get PrEPed.
British tabloids are pissed off that LGBT celebrities can come out without them.
How full-time Airbnb landlords are making the housing crisis even worse.
Why are so many black people being convicted of drug dealing in London?
news - world
JAMAICA The Court of Appeal to decide whether public TV stations have the right to refuse public-service advertisements promoting tolerance of LGBT people.
SWEDEN The anti-refugee vigilantism has revealed the country's dark side.
SWEDEN Why does Sweden have more boys than girls?
BELARUS Russia-style homophobic "gay propaganda" law gets first reading.
ITALY Why Pope Francis is the flip-flopper of our time.
ITALY The disappearing nuns of Italy. "The number of nuns in this staunchly Catholic country is reducing so rapidly there may be none left by 2050. At a cloistered convent, aging sisters worry who will care for them, let alone continue their unwavering mission."
MOROCCO Two young gay men convicted of homosexuality, sentenced to eighteen months in prison.
arena
Out gold medalist Matthew Mitcham retires from diving.
Michael Sam says he wants to give NFL "one more shot".
Josh Norman denies calling Odell Beckham Jr. gay slurs.
picture house
On new thriller B&B, about a gay couple who take revenge on a homophobic bed and breakfast owner.
Hail, Caesar! is the slapstick comedy about economic philosophy you need right now.
Old white actors don’t get the Oscars’ diversity problem. That’s why it’s a problem.
Don't ask actors to fix Hollywood diversity. Ask literally anyone else.
The Hollywood diversity problem is not black and white, it's also queer.
Michael Bay's 13 Hours wants to be the sexiest Benghazi movie ever created.
Hollywood is stuck in a bubble of expanded movie universes. It's time for it to pop.
A conversation with the New York Times’ A.O. Scott. "On the purpose of film criticism, the academy’s diversity problem, and why Leo DiCaprio shouldn’t get an Oscar for 2.5 hours of grunting."
My acerbic aerobics class with O.J. Simpson. "A week before the most infamous murder of my lifetime, I was working as an on-set extra when I saw O.J. sexually harass a woman and make off-color jokes about domestic abuse. If I had spoken up, could I have changed the course of history, or just tanked my acting career?"
Winona, forever. "Ryder has always been trapped in her own anticipatory nostalgia, and the public has always wanted to keep her there."
The epic fail of Hollywood’s hottest algorithm. "According to the trades and his pitch to investors, Ryan Kavanaugh had found film business formula that couldn’t lose. It could. Unraveling a Tinseltown Ponzi scheme."
WATCH Departure (trailer).
the box
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons 2016 Extravaganza Tour announced.
INTERVIEW Talking to Black-ish creator Kenya Barris about putting the new black middle class on screen.
Why so many people are still in denial about the Bill Cosby rape allegations.
Sesame Street's move to HBO, explained.
What ABC Family renaming itself "Freeform" really means.
Fresh Prince characters other than Will, ranked, from least to most important.
WATCH Daddyhunt: The Serial, the new PG-13 rated web series from the app Daddyhunt; Ken season 2 trailer; what gay guys do when football is on; and Chloe Sevigny: model!
shouting at night
A revival of Angels in America is due to open at London's National Theatre in 2017.
art + design
Douglas Kirkland, Tom of Finland art auctioned off for the Trevor Project.
word!
The thirty best books you might have missed last year.
I’m reading James Baldwin for the first time and I’m falling in love with his work.
REVIEW The Queen of the Night, by Alexander Chee. An "unforgettable and breathtakingly confident opera of a book."
Meet the professor who wrote an entire book about buttholes' place in culture.
Beatrix Potter story Kitty-in-Boots discovered after hundred years.
Apostrophes, explained.
beats, rhymes & life
The scientific mystery of why humans love music.
Macklemore slams Iggy Azalea, Miley Cyrus in White Privilege II.
Beyonce tries cultural appropriation on for size.
Why the vinyl revival is sucking the life and fun out of music collecting.
Why hip-hop loves conspiracy theories.
I listened to an album each day for a year. Here’s what I learned about culture and taste.
The whitewashing of Michael Jackson, explained.
WATCH BRÅVES - Dust, featuring out (and very naked) model Shaun Ross.
WATCH BRÅVES - Dust, featuring out (and very naked) model Shaun Ross.
red light district
ghetto romance
The ways we tried to erase each other. "Months after I voided my ex, he voided our relationship."
The truth about dating with HIV.
Why a man enjoying a woman’s finger in his butt doesn’t make him gay, explained.
The sex machine. "Jon Gross is having more sex than you. Way, waaaaay more sex, and with way more people’s spouses. So how exactly did this middle-aged New England plumbing-supplies salesman find the secret to free love, make friends with porn stars and multimillionaires, and become America’s king of swingers?"
médecins sans frontières
Huge news! The bionic dick is here. "An enterprising L.A. surgeon has invented a silicone penis implant, which, because we’re sure you have a friend who’ll want to know, costs 13 grand and can nearly double your size. Amy Wallace grills the good doctor on how it works—and asks a few of his very satisfied customers (and their mostly satisfied wives) how it’s working."
HIV found to replicate new cells even when undetectable.
The Foundation for AIDS Research has granted two million dollars to a pair of scientists in a new approach to finding a cure for HIV.
How to talk to your partner about going on PrEP.
Car fumes are killing us. So why isn’t anyone telling us not to drive?
WATCH Shit Gay Guys Say About PrEP.
On coming to terms with sexsomnia.
Cocaine makes the brain eat itself.
hell's kitchen
Feeling the love for LA's dearly departed Circus disco. "Another gay club bites the dust — but this time it's one that welcomed all races and body types."
I want my McDonald’s cheap and fast. Not served by a McWaiter. "McDonald’s success is built on speed, affordability, and that odd blend of sugar, salt and fat that leaves you wanting more. Surely table service is a misdirection?"
WATCH The Bear-Naked Chef prepares another dish.
betta work!
WATCH What it’s like to be gay in the military...
I own 51% of this company!
Amazon is planning to open hundreds of bookstores. Here's why.
planet earth
What will it take to get plastics out of the ocean?
Elephants are being killed on a massive scale. There is a way to stop this.
planes, trains & automobiles
Cheap cab ride? You must have missed Uber’s true cost.
Vagabond express. “We take the bus when we can’t afford to do anything but disappear.”
The devil at 35,000 feet. (January 2009) "There were so many opportunities for the accident not to happen — the collision between a Legacy 600 private jet and a Boeing 737 carrying 154 people. But on September 29, 2006, high above the Amazon, a long, thin thread of acts and omissions brought the two airplanes together. From the vantage point of the pilots, the Brazilian air-traffic controllers, and the Caiapó Indians, whose rain forest became a charnel house, the author reconstructs a fatal intersection between high-performance technology and human fallibility."
inside the spaceship
Yahoo is laying off 1,700 and putting itself up for sale. Here's why.
Apple in 2016: Is the mighty iPhone in decline?
and whilst you're thinking about that, think about this...
And finally, Davey Wavey wants you to respect your elders; Walter on relationships; Andrew on following; the Baddie Twinz on red flags; and gay issues in London...
See you kids next week - it's been emotional! Zee Jai
Issue 229: 25 January - 07 February 2016
On the cover: DeRay Mckesson.
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