the week's
news
& pop
culture,
with a
gay
bias.
Left &
Found
Found
So you want to be an artist? Then let the pros show you how it's done. "DBC Pierre wrote in a fever, Frank Turner dabbled in thrash and Nikki Amuka-Bird jumped off a cliff. Artists reveal how they got to the top – and how you can too."
News
America
America
HIV infection rate falls after two decades of stagnation...
...Suicide attempts by gay teenagers are down too, by seven percent.
Top anti-gay law firm officially designated as hate group.
...and finds himself disinvited from speaking at the American Conservative Union's annual CPac conference...
...his book deal cancelled...
...and forced to resign from Breitbart News.
The rise and fall of Milo Yiannopoulos – how a shallow actor played the bad guy for money. "Like Donald Trump, Yiannopoulos grew out of a grotesque convergence of politics and the internet, and thrived by turning hate speech into showbusiness."
Alleged rapist Julian Assange defends paedophile advocate Milo Yiannopoulos.
Milo Yiannopoulos and the myth of the gay paedophile. "The journalist’s comments suggest gay men enjoy sex with children — an idea that has been widely debunked."
Milo Yiannopoulos’s enablers deserve contempt – and must be confronted.
Milo Yiannopoulos isn't the only bigot Republicans are cozy with.
Conservatives are using the old "gay friend" trick to try to pacify LGBT advocates. Don't fall for it.
Trump’s dangerous delusions about Islam. "The president and his advisers paint Muslims as enemies of modernity. The neglected history of an age of Middle Eastern liberalism proves them wrong."
Democrats raise questions about Trump’s mental health.
Trump family’s lifestyle costing US taxpayers "hundreds of millions of dollars."
America's new heroin addicts. "More Americans now die from drugs than from guns or in car accidents, and increasingly, the victims are young, white and middle class." (November 2016)
The man with no name. "When an anonymous Mexican man was taken to an American hospital after a car crash, a 16-year quest began. Lying in a persistent vegetative state, he became a source of hope for thousands of families looking for lost loved ones."
News
UK
UK
Child carer told not to tell parents she is gay incase they thought she was a paedophile.
The London safe house call for male domestic abuse victims.
Pub chain drops plan to buy Britain’s oldest LGBT venue, Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
News
World
World
FINLAND Parliament votes down efforts to reverse marriage equality.
NIGERIA "The exorcism was over in 15 minutes but nothing changed." On LGBT life in Nigeria.
GAMBIA New President Adama Barrow has apparently shunned his predecessor’s anti-gay stance.
ZIMBABWE Just like Putin, President Mugabe admires Trump too.
SOUTH AFRICA Two lecturers at Durban college suspended for refusing to teach gay student.
TANZANIA Officials want to publish the names of gay people and "arrest them all."
CHINA Why China is building islands in the South China Sea.
MALAYSIA Federal authorities openly endorse harmful gay conversion therapy.
JAPAN Top housing website helping LGBT people find a home.
Arena
Basketball star claims she was bullied for being straight in "98% gay" sport.
Taking a hit: Are US athletes' rights being eroded? "A bill before the Illinois state senate suggests a push to take away retired athletes’ healthcare rights – a distressing sign for those who care about labor rights in sport."
Art +
Design
Design
Word!
Author Philip Pullman on why his new books will remain critical of religious attacks on LGBT people.
The Ladybird phenomenon: the publishing craze that's still flying. "The Books for Grown Ups series is worth nearly £30m – so it’s no wonder that retro books for ‘kids’ have spread to other publishers. Now, serious subjects are getting the toilet-book treatment, too."
Shouting
At Night
At Night
Film
Forever
Forever
The new film about the incredible story of Syrians competing to be Mr Gay Syria is in desperate need of funding.
The tragic lessons of cinema’s first gay love story.
Moonlight and the myth of the pathetic queer. "Black gay lives are fetishized and pitied in the new politically correct movie."
Moonlight shines at the UK box office.
From 21 Jump Street to Baywatch and CHiPs: How Hollywood remade the remake. "The new wave of 80s TV remakes delights in an ironic self-awareness – but when every recognisable brand has been plundered, what next for Hollywood’s directors?"
REVIEW Call Me A Ghost. "As sexy and erotic – if not moreso – as you’d expect from porn, with a touch of the supernatural and meditation of sadness, along with real filmmaking skill, which help make it something a bit more."
WATCH Call Me A Ghost (trailer).
WATCH Counting For Thunder (trailer).
The
Box
Box
WATCH Kevin Keller's hot makeout session with local bad boy Joaquin on Riverdale.
REVIEW When We Rise. "It sets out to be the comprehensive historical record of gay rights in America, but its unwieldy structure and clumsy writing make it more of a footnote."
How the BBC makes wildlife films that look like Hollywood movies.
Big Little Lies looks great. Its actors are superb. The script got lost on the way to set. "HBO’s new Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman miniseries has beautiful moments, let down by clunky words."
WATCH Do not miss SLAYTV’s Other Boys NYC documentary series, which covers the experiences queer minority men living in New York.
WATCH Here's the sizzling trailer for the second season of About Him. Brandon Karson and Rahim Brazil return to their roles as (respectively) Damien and cousin Kendall.
WATCH Here's the trailer for Entercourse: Rocky Love Ballad, a short film that bridges the gap between the first and second season of Entercourse.
Beats, Rhymes
& Life
& Life
Duets from beyond the grave: is this pop’s creepiest trend? "Biggie Smalls is to be resurrected for more posthumous couplings, this time to duet with his widow Faith Evans. Will this gimmick ever die?"
What should we do with an artist’s music after they die?
Chicago rapper CupcakKe comes to the aid of gay kid kicked out of home.
Adele’s tribute to Beyoncé was a frank admission of privilege. I salute it. "Speaking at the Grammys, the white, working-class Londoner shattered the taboo of race and class with a display of solidarity."
Red Light
District
District
Flava Works sues MyVidster.com again for infringement.
Porn's latest trend is scrawny young men who look like pre-teens.
WATCH Drama with the Helix boys.
Ghetto
Romance
Romance
Médecins Sans
Frontières
Frontières
Black bones, gangrene and weeping: the unwelcome return of scurvy. "With cases of scurvy appearing in Sydney and Zimbabwe, Jonathan Lamb looks at the history of a disease that was once thought to belong to the past."
Hell's
Kitchen
Kitchen
Tomato flavor is broken. Can it be fixed?
Fig chutney and jerk chicken: how supermarkets spoiled posh pizza. "Sales of premium pizzas are up by £20m, as the stores try to replicate the outlandish toppings found in trendy restaurants. But the experts aren’t convinced."
Rag
Trade
Trade
Betta
Work!
Work!
The sex workers who sell access to their real lives. "Social media is just the latest marketplace where sex is bought and sold. But a new generation of sex workers are finding their fans are interested in more than just their bodies."
How Uber treats women. "It's a strange, fascinating, and slightly horrifying story that deserves to be told."
One of San Francisco’s best restaurants hires as many ex-felons as it can.
Ten questions you always wanted to ask a nurse. "There are two things I really struggle with – washing penises and cleaning under fingernails. I might be a nurse, but I'm also a human being."
The scientific and personal benefits of quitting your job.
Driverless trucks: economic tsunami may swallow one of most common US jobs. "America is producing more than ever before, but it is doing so with fewer and fewer workers. Once trucks become automated, where will these jobs go?"
I Own 51% Of
This Company!
This Company!
How did Iceland become the top online supermarket? "Store enjoys a surprise revival after taking Aldi and Lidl’s lead in offering cut-price luxury to lure in the middle classes."
Planes, Trains
& Automobiles
& Automobiles
Is Uber lowering NYC Subway ridership?
Tomorrow's
World
World
YouTube to abandon unskippable 30-second ads.
Zoo
And
This:
This:
And finally, Rogue "Marbie" Scott confesses to attempted murder; Jack and Ben on shacking up; Walter ponders on ethnic cleansing; and Davey Wavey confesses to a fetish.
Issue 253: 15-21 February 2017
On the cover: The cast of About Him: Freshman Year.
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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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