the week's
news
& pop
culture,
with a
gay
bias.
Left & Found
We're living LGBT history. Will we remember it?
On the problematic gender politics between masc and fem gays.
PTSD: It comes with the territory if you're LGBT.
What are LGBT organisations doing to support Black Lives Matter?
It's time you realise #AllLivesMatter is racist.
Gay nightlife is dying and Grindr (surprise!) and gentrification are to blame.
Tennessee Williams on queerness, aging and authorship.
News
America
The Federal Appeals Court rules discrimination based on sexual orientation is not covered under the Civil Rights Act.
A war is raging in Ohio over LGBT equality.
An anti-LGBT Christian legal group - who supported rabid bigot Kim Davis - will sue Palm Beach County Commission if it tries to ban gay "cure" therapy.
Chelsea Clinton blasts Republican "child abuse" over gay "cure" therapy.
After Pulse, LA gay venues have been briefed on terror precautions.
Who burgled Pulse nightclub, and why? "Orlando police report someone broke-in to the shuttered club after police released the premises back to its owner, almost a month to the day after the massacre."
Orlando's Pulse nightclub to become a permanent memorial to the forty-nine victims massacred there in June.
One of the officers injured in the sniper attack at a Dallas protest against police brutality was a gay man named Jesus Retana.
Male escorts are making a killing off closeted gay Republicans at Cleveland's Republican National Convention...
HRC President Chad Griffin shreds Trump claims he’s pro-LGBT...
...And how the media allows hatemonger Trump to appear LGBT-friendly.
Rob Smith talks to gay Republicans about why they support the GOP.
Nate Silver’s terrifying prediction: Prepare for President Trump.
What Mike Pence left out of his acceptance speech could kill you.
Twenty-one LGBT people accused of faking a hate crime.
LGBT history lessons are coming to California schools.
Would Harvey Milk object to his name on a warship?
White LGBTs: We need your help with police harassment.
Housing discrimination: A shared experience for LGBTs and Muslims.
Gay Navy sailor opens up about accidentally coming out in Instagram photo.
UN rapporteur expresses concern that atheists can be put to death in thirteen countries.
The $3million lottery winner who invested his money in a crystal meth ring. “[Ronnie Music Jr] 'decided to test his luck by sinking millions of dollars of lottery winnings into the purchase and sale of crystal meth,' U.S. Attorney Ed Tarver said in a statement. 'As a result of his unsound investment strategy, Music now faces decades in a federal prison.'"
Man accused of tricking ex into making porn with teenage son.
Private schools, painful secrets. "More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today."
Downtown is for people (April 1958). “It is not only for amenity but for economics that choice is so vital. Without a mixture on the streets, our downtowns would be superficially standardized, and functionally standardized as well. New construction is necessary, but it is not an unmixed blessing: its inexorable economy is fatal to hundreds of enterprises able to make out successfully in old buildings. Notice that when a new building goes up, the kind of ground-floor tenants it gets are usually the chain store and the chain restaurant. Lack of variety in age and overhead is an unavoidable defect in large new shopping centers and is one reason why even the most successful cannot incubate the unusual--a point overlooked by planners of downtown shopping-center projects.”
From belief to outrage: The decline of the middle class reaches the next American town. “Fast food and hedge funds. That’s where we’re going.”
Why the very poor have become poorer. "More and more Americans are trying to survive on less than $2 a day."
A few things that are right with America right now.
Keen to move to Canada? Here are some things to consider.
CANADA Welcome to the new Toronto: The most fascinatingly boring city in the world.
News
UK
Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith has slammed the UK government over North Carolina trading hub.
There's more to the UK than London: On the hidden pleasures of Liverpool, Blackpool, and
Manchester.
UK justice officials ignored warnings about radical Jihadi "death to gays" pamphlets in UK prisons.
Romanian parents have attacked the UK social services after their two children - who were taken away from them over fears for the children's safety - are adopted by a gay couple.
Five years after the riots, tension in Tottenham has not gone away. "For five nights in 2011, London and other cities were engulfed by fire and violence. The anger persists, raising fears British streets could burn again."
How Britain has been kept safe for a decade.
How Tony Blair came to be so unpopular.
David Cameron: a prime minister of broken promises. "He seemed to offer a modern version of Conservatism but no strategy to achieve it. Now he will go down in history as the man who took Britain out of Europe."
The fall and rise of the council estate. "For decades, the Aylesbury estate in south London has been seen as a symbol of the failure of British social housing. But now – just as it is being demolished – many people are starting to think again."
News
World
POLAND What will Brexit mean for Polish "ghost towns"?
SPAIN Police arrest gang members involved in the sexual exploitation of trans women.
At least eight countries allow tests where doctors penetrate men accused of being gay. The international community needs to stand up to this abuse.
BRAZIL With the Rio Olympics almost upon us, the international media has zeroed in on Zika, crime, and political and economic instability. But what about the increasingly desperate plight of LGBT Brazilians.
NIGERIA On the new support line for LGBT Nigerians.
TANZANIA Sexual lubricants banned to limit gay sex.
MOROCCO Two jailed for homosexuality.
EGYPT Leading religious leader Grand Mufti Shawki Allam speaks out against homophobic violence.
IRAQ Shiite clergyman Muqtada al-Sadr has banned the use of violence against gender-non-conforming individuals.
INDIA The out celebrities trying to decriminalise homosexuality.
INDIA If no-one helps you after a car crash, this is why.
JAPAN Manga, the secret to battling homophobia in schools.
Picture
House
Can movie theatres make a comeback?
Twenty-four films every straight person in Hollywood should see.
Outfest filmmakers call for more diversity and intersectionality in LGBT storytelling.
Thirty-one reasons why LGBT directors make better films.
Ten movie remakes that were better than the originals.
They can’t even make a decent Bourne movie anymore. "Greengrass and Damon come off like aging rock stars, back out for an encore of a song they’ve grown tired of singing."
Star Trek Beyond boldly introduced a gay character (Spock!) into its universe. And it paid off with a stellar opening weekend.
INTERVIEW Talking to Macaulay Culkin about about the drug rumours and dodging paparazzi.
WATCH Trailers for Wonderkid; Retake; Front Cover; and Boys On Film 15.
The
Box
Looking creator Michael Lannan: Richie would have gone to a club like Pulse.
...Oh, wait, no he hasn't. It was a joke.
John Barrowman is "in talks" to resurrect Torchwood.
About the unbearable whiteness behind Orange Is the New Black...
...And why I’m finished with the black suffering trauma porn of Orange Is The New Black.
Somehow, HBO is still surprised by criticism of sexualized violence on its shows.
Eighteen unforgivable deaths of LGBT TV characters.
Are we witnessing the birth of TV’s intersex liberation?
Nashville saved by the CMT network after ABC cancelled the country music drama.
The lead role of Doctor Who was previously offered to a black actor, the show's current showrunner has revealed.
Eleven TV shows that went unaccountably batshit crazy: Heroes, Sliders, Lost and more.
WATCH The latest episode of About Him. Plus: An interview with About Him's star, Brandon Karson.
WATCH The latest episodes of BAIT; The (Misguided) Adventures of Daniel & Bradley; and the season finales of Living 4 The Weekend and Go-Go Boy Interrupted.
Shouting
At Night
Art + Design
Word!
Five novels that show why attacks on gay clubs are so devastating.
Twenty-four LGBT books with people of colour in leading roles.
READ An excerpt from Queer Identities and Politics in Germany: A History, 1880-1945, by Clayton J. Whisnant, the new book "about the true stories behind Cabaret, and what was possibly the most thrilling gay party scene the world has ever known."
James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room voted best erotic passage.
James Baldwin's much anticipated new novel (June 1974).
On James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son.
REVIEW Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis, by Kevin J. Mumford. "The author has an agenda, to offer insight into how generations of black gay men grappled with racial and sexual oppression, and he achieved this, while also providing blueprints for black gay men today."
REVIEW Arcade, by Drew Nellins Smith. "A book-long vivid, voyeuristic thrill, and he continually takes the novel in unexpected directions."
REVIEW Love Slaves of Helen Hadley Hall, by James Magruder. "His sparkling novel owes much of its success to Magruder’s remarkable ability to manipulate words to get to the heart of all matters, especially matters of the heart."
REVIEW Desert Boys, by Chris McCormick. "Utterly poignant and breathtakingly heartfelt... a stunning debut from a promising voice in contemporary fiction."
REVIEW Marlene, by C. W. Gortner. "As a gay author, Gortner shows a special sensitivity to Dietrich’s queer affinity, her inner lesbian self-identification, and the strong female bonds that shaped her life and career."
REVIEW Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann, by Frederic Spotts. "Klaus was blacklisted and denounced as 'a dangerous half-Jew,' his books were burned around Germany and his German citizenship was revoked. Thus began a life of amazing courage, tragedy and struggle. As a homosexual and a drug addict who suffered from paralyzing bouts of depression and insecurities fostered by the formidable shadow of his famous but aloof and critical father, Klaus became a driven, prolific writer of novels, plays, essays."
REVIEW Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation, by Jim Downs. "The world Downs describes is rapidly disappearing. Gay churches and synagogues have experienced precipitous numerical decline in the recent years. Community-based bookstores and newspapers are suffering a similar fate. Downs challenges our movement not to let the horror of AIDS or the rush to assimilate cloud the memory of our roots."
Beats, Rhymes
& Life
The future of hip-hop is here — and queer as hell.
Has streaming broken the UK singles chart?
What are the highest-charting TV themes of all time?
The 1990s were the best of times... until the Spice Girls ruined everything. "A decade of unbridled musical creativity also saw the rise of brand-pop muses the Spice Girls, celebrity culture and hyper-capitalism."
Aaliyah: Angel so fly. "Baby Girl, better known as Aaliyah, conjured the future between the beats. She was as enigmatic and cutting edge as R&B, pop and the rest of the music world may ever see. We glimpse the brief life of an angel. So fly."
LISTEN Ken Dahl is back, with Dumas.
WATCH The long-awaited return of gay music show The GrooveOUT; Troye Sivan - Wild; Mister Wallace - It Girl; and Ruba - Love Me.
Arena
Vile Mexican soccer fans continue to chant homophobic slur — including at own goalie — even after Orlando.
Why is the straight sports world erasing "gay" and "LGBT" from the Orlando massacre?
The NBA will pull its 2017 All-Star game from North Carolina because of the state's homophobic House Bill 2.
O.J. Simpson's father was a gay man who died from AIDS-related complications in 1986.
...So, how will openly gay athletes be received in Rio?
The first gay Olympian in history competed in 1928.
Australian rugby player Michael Quinn pleads guilty to visiting America to rape six-year-old boy.
How (and why) athletes go broke. "Recession or no recession, many NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball players have a penchant for losing most or all of their money. It doesn't matter how much they make. And the ways they blow it are strikingly familiar."
Red Light
District
Why do straight women prefer lesbian and gay male adult films?
Cameron Diggs: "I prefer to stay inside my race. Why is that so wrong?"
Racist Sean Cody model Jacob Porter is upset over Trump troll Milo Yiannopoulos' Twitter ban.
Tommy Defendi taken by Bel Ami God Kris Evans in his final gay porn scene ever.
Nineteen things on the floor in the Sketchy Sex house, ranked.
WATCH Bryan Hawn - Kiss My Ass.
Ghetto
Romance
Gay couples in open relationships are likely to be closer.
Médecins Sans
Frontières
Over 30,000 LGBT Americans die from smoking every year. Equality California wants to end this silent calamity.
Surge in US meningitis cases affecting gay men baffles health officials.
Zika is coming to a city near you.
Gay men talk about PrEP, chem sex, and smuggling HIV drugs at the 2016 International AIDS Conference's pre-conference.
HIV cure a step closer after scientists remove virus's DNA from living tissue.
HIV cure a step closer after scientists remove virus's DNA from living tissue.
On the landmark study testing an antibody that could potentially protect people from infection by almost all strains of HIV.
HIV-positive in the golden years. "You and your doctor should watch out for depression, substance use, and Alzheimer’s disease."
Five reasons I’m on PrEP but still don’t do bareback.
LGBT PTSD, the ADA, disability rights, and why it matters.
What's the best way to get rid of belly fat?
Drinking wine before bed helps you lose weight. Science says so.
Personality change may be an early sign of dementia.
Hell's
Kitchen
What comes after the death of the lesbian bar?
"Deconstructed flat white" gets Australia hot and frothing.
The tangled web of lies behind many restaurant menus.
Nestlé wants to sell you both sugary snacks and diabetes pills.
The hidden calories in your booze, explained.
The food marketing myths we’ve swallowed whole. "Who says breakfast is the most important meal of the day? And why does spinach make you strong? It sounds like conventional wisdom, but most of it was cooked up by ad men."
Playing chicken. "The agriculture industry has known for 40 years that using antibiotics can create superbugs. Only one company has taken the science seriously."
The twenty-five foods most likely to cause foodborne illness.
If you knew sushi. "In search of the ultimate sushi experience, the author plunges into the frenzy of the world's biggest seafood market—Tokyo's Tsukiji, where a bluefin tuna can fetch more than $170,000 at auction—and discovers the artistry between ocean and plate, as well as some fishy surprises."
Rag
Trade
WATCH Boxers or briefs? And Frank Ocean in his Calvins.
Betta Work!
I Own 51% Of
This Company!
Sweden bans M&M's logo in trademark battle.
London is getting a brand-new flagship Lego shop in Leicester Square.
High street blues: British retail casualties since 2011. "From BHS to Phones 4U, multiple chains have sunk without trace thanks to tough trading conditions and an online shopping surge."
Tomorrow's
World
Butterfly on a bullet - a 6-part investigation of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
The false promise of DNA testing. "The forensic technique is becoming ever more common—and ever less reliable."
Seventeen things you'll only remember if you were an MSN Messenger addict.
Production of the videocassette recorder (VCR) in Japan has ceased.
Verizon’s purchase of Yahoo, explained.
Planes, Trains
& Automobiles
Is Boeing about to end production of its iconic 747 aircraft?
Why German trains don’t run on time any more. "For all the old cliches about Teutonic efficiency, much of Germany’s transport infrastructure is in a terrible state of disrepair, and many major works have been badly botched. A chronic lack of investment is to blame."
The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens in Switzerland.
Nine things you probably didn't know about Waterloo station.
London's rising population will make the Tube system "inoperable" within fifteen years.
London Underground's typeface to change "for digital age".
London's smallest Tube stations.
In praise of the tram: how a love of cars killed the workers' transport system. "At their peak in the late 19th century, trams provided working people with a fast, efficient means of getting around. Now, argues Christian Wolmar, it is time to follow the Swiss model and put them back at the heart of urban transport policies."
Planet
Earth
And Whilst You're
Thinking About That, Think
About This...
The Lego "arms race": Bricks growing more violent, study says.
And finally, Qaadir gets into "White Pride"; Andrew takes on depression; and the Baddie Twinz on being gay twins; and Bianca Del Rio, Jackie Beat, Lady Red Couture, Sherry Vine and a pack of underwear models are the Tuckbusters!
See you kids next week - it's been emotional! Zee Jai
Issue 237: 01 May - 30 July 2016
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"You know, we might just as well not have
bothered to come. The whole thing's been ridiculous."
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