Issue 300: Orlando Boldewij, Jussie Smollett, AOC, Nakhane, Michael Sam, Félix Maritaud, Jackie Shane, Joey Mills, and more...

Left &
Found

Media

Does LGBT media have a future? "It’s a dark time for media — LGBT media, especially. What got us here? And how might we survive?"

Abused

Male domestic abuse survivors describe their experiences. "One in three survivors of domestic abuse are male, but there is comparatively little discussion of how men end up in abusive relationships and the obstacles they face when getting help."

Masc 4 masc

The problem when gay culture fetishises masculinity above all else. "If we deny the diversity of our bodies, we’re becoming siloed in our desire - and ultimately in our solidarity."

History lesson

Moments from LGBT history: London Metropolitan Archives.

Famous LGBT people: historical icons you might not know were queer.

Polari: how the secret language Britain’s gay men used to survive died.

How San Francisco's queer nightlife became a refuge at the height of AIDS.

Langston Hughes

On Langston Hughes’s 115th birthday, read his ambivalent ode to America.

Scandal

Eleven famous queer scandals that deserve their own documentary.

Gallery

Satyrs MC Archives - the largest collection of gay motorcycle historical documents, photographs, film, video and club memorabilia of the oldest gay organisation in the world, in pictures.

Intersex

What is intersex? A personal explainer.

Big

Men who want to be liked more likely to claim they have a big penis.

Right on

The new reactionaries. "Two new books reveal the coalition of far-right nationalists and anti-PC warriors who define the modern political right."

US
News

Holocaust

Why are murders of gay men up a staggering 400 percent?

The Doodler

Police seek serial killer The Doodler, who murdered gay men in the 1970s.

Who was San Francisco's Doodler killer, and why wasn't he caught?

Texas

Four arrested over brutal attack on gay couple. Brothers Frank and Miguel Macias, and Quinn O’Connor and Kolby Monnell, kicked and punched Spencer Deehring and Tristan Perry to the ground in Austin.

Moody

This is 24-year-old Sherry Shelsey Moody. She's been charged with felony battery for a homophobic attack on Jose Gonzalez, with whom she was sharing a Lyft.

Moody

Teenager Randolph Goodwin used fake Middle Eastern accent to phone in bomb threat on gay bar.

Cop

Massachusetts police officer Carlos Vieira accused of rape of 13-year-old boy he met on Grindr.

Cruising

Gay federal government workers Peter Melendez and Robert Koehler arrested for drug trafficking on cruise.

Publix

Grocery store chain sued for firing gay employee after he complained of homophobic harassment.

Coachella

Coachella’s owner Philip Anschutz still tied to broad array of toxic homophobic groups.

Club Z

Are you looking to buy a gay bathhouse? Capitol Hill's Club Z is for sale.

Tragic

Iconic San Francisco gay bar now $6 million home; Lion Pub closed in 2016 after almost fifty years.

Eagle Plaza

San Francisco approves leather-themed "Eagle Plaza" in gay district.

Kids

Nearly two in ten black LGBT youth in the US have been forced into sexual acts. (Image)

Suicide

One in four preteen suicides are made up of LGBT youth.

Overruled

Judge overrules government to grant US citizenship to son of gay parents.

Florida

Inside the town where the government is 100 percent LGBT.

Gone

New homophobic lobbying group Gone Too Far compares gays to Hitler.

AOC

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “lightning round” on money in politics goes viral.

Makes no Pence

Here’s a recap of Mike Pence’s attacks on LGBT rights.

Pence tweeted out Olympian Adam Rippon, claiming reports he's homophobic are “fake news.”

tRump

Trump administration dismantles LGBT-friendly policies.

Trump has no clue about his own administration's plan to decriminalise homosexuality.

Trump’s a racist conman – and that’s the brand America bought.

Trump's bad hair day

Enjoy.

Abuse of faith

20 years, 700 victims. "Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms."

Chicago

This, too, was history. "The battle over police-torture and reparations in Chicago’s schools."

Blackface

A strange ghost that haunts America. "The growing political scandal in Virginia forces us to look at the legacy of blackface and ask: why is it so enduring?"

Lorena

Why we’re finally talking about Lorena Bobbitt and domestic abuse.

Watch

Thames TV takes us back to 1980's South Bronx.

UK
News

Country

What it’s like to grow up LGBT in rural Britain.

Unstable

Bisexual neo-Nazi Ethan Stables convicted for planning terror attack at gay pride event.

Tory sleaze

MP Ross Thomson accused of groping men in Commons bar.

Daily fail

Natwest, Centre Parcs, Southbank Centre, and EA (Electronic Arts) among the advertisers pulling ads from rightwing hate-rag Daily Mail, following Richard Littlejohn's homophobic attack on Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black's parenting.

Asexual

Three-quarters of people can’t define asexuality.

Twinning

Husbands who fathered one twin each call for UK surrogacy law changes.

Leicester

Gay couple Sam Anderson and Angus Reilly walk out of "family friendly" restaurant after owner scolds them for kiss.

Derby

Gay couple had faeces smeared on door as part of hate campaign.

Gaymers

What the UK's gay gamers have been waiting for. "We want to create a community where people can make new friends without having to go to bars or clubs, which is a lot of what the LGBT scene in London is about."

UK LGBT Archive

Jonathan Harbourne wins major award for his groundbreaking Wikipedia-style LGBT website, the UK LGBT Archive.

London

Derek Jarman honoured with blue plaque 25 years after he died from HIV.

Teenager shot at London tube station in serious condition.

Police name London teenager stabbed to death by cycle gang. 19-year-old Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck was killed in Wood Green after being shot and stabbed.

Five teenagers jailed for murder of 17-year-old Lord Promise Nkenda in east London. Anton Muir, Ephraim Idris, Ishaq Abdille and Shemar Dawes, above, were all found guilty, along with a 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

What is your London? "A group of young people were asked 'What is your London?' The aim was to capture their London, to offer an alternative view of the capital to that seen on picture postcards. This is a selection of photographs from the five-week intensive course mentored by photographer Lua Ribeira."

Tate Modern wins privacy case brought by owners of £4m flats. "Residents had complained of ‘near constant surveillance’ by visitors to London gallery."

Tate Modern’s neighbours missed the point: cities make voyeurs of us all. "If you buy a flat within a stone’s throw of one of London’s leading attractions, you’re going to get some attention too."

Watch

Black Britishness deserves respect, not tokenism.

The Scum

Page 3, puns and politics: has the Sun lost its shine?

World
News

Algeria

This is 21-year-old Assil Belalta. He had his throat slit, and "gay" smeared in blood on the wall of his student accommodation, in Algiers.

Australia

Brutal and dogmatic, George Pell waged war on sex – even as he abused children.

The commercialisation of Mardi Gras. “Just a few months after Australia legalized same-sex marriage, the corporate vibe is stirring up a new — or at least revived — debate about the coupling of politics and commercialism. Organizers see corporate involvement as a sign of increased acceptance, an acknowledgment of gays’ spending power and necessary to keeping the festival alive and growing. But critics contend that corporatising the event risks losing its activist roots and community spirit.”

Glitter banned from Mardi Gras.

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade warehouse, in pictures.

Is Hillsong Church anti-LGBT? What you need to know about its views.

Bermuda

Law removing marriage rights from gay people [see The Kaos Theory Issue 296] takes effect.

Brazil

Bolsonaro to erase LGBT content from schools.

Canada

Why didn’t cops catch Toronto gay village serial killer Brian McArthur suspect sooner?

McArthur staged photos of his victim's corpses in fur coats.

Alleged serial killer victim Dean Lisowick remembered as protective, "sweet guy" and fixture of Gay Village.

Far-right group’s web domain turned into gay furry erotica.

Colombia

A gay couple’s guide to 5 great things to do in Bogota.

India

Gay couple holds the first same-sex wedding party in Mumbai.

Mumbai’s first Pride parade since India decriminalised homosexuality, in pictures.

Ireland

Teenager given jail sentence for homophobic attack.

Israel

Jerusalem pizzeria fined $4500 for refusing to serve gay man.

Italy

Eight in ten Vatican priests are gay, explosive new book claims.

Kenya

Judges to rule on gay rights as African neighbours look on. "Decision has implications for rest of continent, where LGBT people face widespread discrimination."

Where did all those 90s rollerblades end up? Nairobi. "There’s a whole new craze in east Africa, fuelled by secondhand inline skates – and a desire to unite."

Japan

First LGBT safe house launched in Tokyo.

Malaysia

Newspaper publishes "how to spot a gay person" checklist.

Mexico

Oscar Cazorla, the pioneering LGBT activist, is dead. He was 68. Cazorla was killed in his home in Oaxaca.

Primary school teacher Hugo Méndez found stabbed to death for being gay.

This HIV-positive gay asylum seeker was granted a stay of deportation. Why did he end up back in Mexico?

Middle East

"They would smash your head to death": escaping homophobia in the Middle East. "Youssef heard the shots that killed his boyfriend. Resettled in Australia, his is one of four stories told in a new documentary."

Netherlands

This is 17-year-old Orlando Boldewij. His body was found in a lake after he went missing after meeting a man on Grindr.

New Zealand

Gay journalist beaten up during pride.

Airport paints massive LGBT rainbow by runway for Pride.

Nigeria

Home coming: Lagos. "An intimate tour of one writer's hometown, one traffic jam at a time."

Peru

The Venezuelans migrating for HIV drugs. Darwin Zerpa is among those who have fled to Peru to get the antiretrovirals he needs. Now he counsels others with the virus.

Philippines

President Rodrigo Duterte claims "40 percent" of rebels are gay.

Poland

Growing up gay made me an activist. "When 20-year-old Sebatian Słowiński found fascist propaganda being distributed around his university, he decided to take a stand and educate his fellow students."

Singapore

Stuart Koe, founder of the LGBT Fridae.com site, convicted of drug trafficking.

South Africa

Recovering addict claims he was raped in rehab, covered in feces for being gay.

Adorable video of two schoolboys kissing goes viral.

South Korea

PrEP approved - but it's expensive.

Sweden

Gay teen fighting for asylum could be executed in Iran.

Tonga

I am a gay Tongan man trying to figure out how we all fit in.

Tunisia

Man gang-raped, robbed, then arrested for homosexuality.

Ukraine

Chernobyl: the end of a three-decade experiment.

Venezuela

Venezuelan police raid offices of HIV and AIDS support group.

Ghetto
Romance

IRL

Nearly two-thirds of gay couples meet online.

Walk away

How to end a relationship and walk away with dignity.

Wedding bells

Russell Tovey announces engagement to rugby player Steve Brockman.

Love boat

Gay couple makes history as the first legally married at sea aboard cruise ship.

Watch

Ask the Aunties; is texting your ex cheating?

Medicine
Ball

HIV

Progress against HIV leaves young Latino men behind.

Men's health

Erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation explained.

Brain

Is our constant use of digital technologies affecting our brain health?

Depression

Why does depression make me want to be alone? "Numbness is a very real symptom of depression; here's what to do when you feel like withdrawing from friends."

Recovery

The exercise “recovery” industry is largely bogus.

Planet
Earth

Things we lost in the fire

Scorched film sets: a Hollywood park after wildfires. "Recent blazes scorched 90% of the federally protected Santa Monica Mountains – destroying a 1950s Hollywood set and affecting biodiversity. But life is slowly coming back."

Watch

On the disturbing resurgence of flat Earth theory.

The White
Heat of This Revolution

Art

How do you preserve art when it was made for people using Netscape Navigator on Windows 98?

Flickr

Flickr will soon start deleting photos — and massive chunks of internet history.

Big five

I cut the "big five" tech giants from my life. It was hell.

Facebook

Deleting your account can make you happier.

The trauma floor. "The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America."

So, how does Facebook train content moderators? "Facebook's former head of training talks about how the company decides whether a person is cut out to look at hateful, violent and graphic content all day."

Instagram

Instagram denies removing gay comic that prompted Indonesia ban threat.

Instagram deletes the account of world famous photographer Tom Bianchi.

Dump

Angry users delete HQ Trivia app after gay Trump supporter Peter Thiel becomes major investor.

Rotten Apple

Apple criticised for "worst emoji of all time".

MaleGeneral

The gay nudes forum used for revenge porn.

Jack’d

Flaw in gay app makes users’ private nudes public.

Grindr

How Grindr’s “explore” feature helped me map my loneliness — and my never-ending breakup.

Betta
Work!

Work it

The joy of pettiness: why everyone needs an office nemesis. "Most people in a survey say they have a workplace enemy. Maybe we all need somebody who can be a cheerily oblivious outlet for our antagonism."

Desk job

Why your desk job is so damn exhausting.


I Own
51% Of This Company


Sears
Sears gets out of bankruptcy alive.

Watch

Ace's Adventures stops by Marley Station Mall in Maryland; Sal is back at Century III Mall in Pennsylvania; Retail Archaeology returns to Fiesta Mall in Arizona; and Faded Commerce is in Auburn Mall in Massachusetts.

Arena

Michael Sam

First openly gay player [see The Kaos Theory Issue 176] says NFL gave him "a raw deal".

Bowled over

Napoleon Jinnies makes history by performing as a cheerleader at the Super Bowl.

Atlas

Pro wrestler Jake Atlas comes out as gay.

Watch

Gus Kenworthy talks about his instant friendship with fellow out Olympian Adam Rippon.

Mundane

Australian pro boxer and former rugby league player Anthony Mundine thinks gay people should be put to death.

Caster Semenya

Outpouring of love for Caster Semenya (as well as hate).

Justin Fashanu

Justin Fashanu remembered on his 58th birthday.

Art
Skool

Richmond Barthé

Remembering gay African-American sculptor Richmond Barthé.

Doreen Fletcher

Evocative paintings of east London rediscovered, in pictures.

Barbican

The Barbican Centre, in pictures. ""Harry Cory Wright’s photographs of one of Britain’s most radical postwar buildings capture its dramatic spaces, rich textures and carefully selected materials. From its flowing multi-levelled spaces and wood-panelled concert hall to the jungle of its tropical conservatory, the Barbican Centre offers a remarkable variety of experiences within a single building."

Concrete facts

A brief history of concrete: from 10,000BC to 3D printed houses. "The Romans used concrete in everything from bath houses to the Colosseum. Our modern concrete structures will never last as long."

The rise and fall of the utopian socialist material. "From soviet five-year plans to the New Deal in the US and China’s Great Leap Forward to post-war building in Europe, concrete has been the material of choice for revolutionary change."

Visual AIDS

Postcards from the Esge is back.

Gallery

The art of Rusty McPhee, in pictures.

Gallery

The art of Boy Sketches, in pictures.

Gallery

The art of Ivan Bubentcov, in pictures.

Gallery

The photography of Derick Whitson, in pictures.

Gallery

The photography of Nick Mesh, in pictures.

Gallery

The photography Dylan Rosser, in pictures.

Gallery

The mundane beauty of NYC's doors. "Instagrammer Jonathan shares his obsession with the city’s doors, from the grand to the graffiti-ridden."

Gallery

The deadly spectacle of Brazil’s gold mines. "Haunting photographs of Brazilian miners from the 1980s take on a new urgency following recent, man-made disasters in the country."

Word!

Giovanni's Room

It may be about white men, but prejudice is central to the story. "James Baldwin’s story of David’s careless affair depends on discrimination just as much as the ‘negro problem’ novel his publisher wanted."

The fearful side of dauntless James Baldwin. "A love story ever on the brink of ‘self-contempt’, the novel shows the private terrors that beset the fearless public campaigner."

Review

The Music of What Happens, by Bill Konigsberg. "Thrown together by coincidence, Max and Jordan spend the summer together working in a food truck, sweating in the Arizona heat. The truck once belonged to Jordan’s late father; his death and financial hardship have pushed Jordan to take the truck out in order to save up money to keep his family’s home. Max just needs a summer job."

Review

There Will Be No Miracles Here, by Casey Gerald. "One of the most remarkable feats of this memoir is that Gerald repurposes the 'coming out' narrative to capture the complexities and nuances of being a black gay man. The closet is not the central theme of the book and his ability to overcome it. Rather, it becomes an antagonist among many other antagonists, a form of structural violence much like the rest. Identity isn’t something you come out to, but rather an inward discovery."

Review

Leading Men, by Christopher Castellani. "It is broad in scope and lush in detail, without every tipping into sentimentality. It is a love story between two men—two men who existed in a rarefied world that accepted this relationship without judgment, at a time when the world-at-large most certainly did."

Review

Fascination, by Kevin Killian. "An engaging and challenging collection of memoirs."

Review

Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution, by Stephen S. Mills. "In the book’s structure and conceit, Mills makes a conscious gamble with the juxtaposition of two contrasting stories and literary eras. He has a remarkable ear for the vernacular of both early 18th Century America and that of present-day New York, and a versatility in presenting the interior thoughts and emotions of his narrators."

Review

The best recent science fiction and fantasy.

“A Novel”

An article. "Why do so many book covers still use the phrase for works of fiction?"

Uncovered

Welcome to the bold and blocky Instagram era of book covers.

On the rag

The month in gay mags. Week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4.

Shouting
At Night

Ben Platt

Broadway star Ben Platt comes out as gay in poignant music video.

Leave To Remain

Kele Okereke's "Brexit musical" isn't as political as you might think.

A brief history of gay theatre, in three acts.

Broadway's Boys in the Band stars Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, and Jim Parsons cover T magazine.

Review

Woof. Intoxicating look at lust, pain and jealousy. "Every emotion is tangible as Elgan Rhys’s play about a 30-something gay couple races to a violent climax."

Review

Equus. Peter Shaffer's homoerotic classic is exhilarating. "Ned Bennett brilliantly directs the landmark 1973 play about a teenager who has blinded horses."

Eve

All About Eve is a perfect feminist film – how did the play get it so wrong?

Film
Skool

The fifteen top-grossing LGBT movies of the last fifteen years.

Marchard

Marlon Brando and Richard Pryor were lovers, Pryor’s widow Jennifer claims.

Rob Cogen

The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen has been accused of sexual assault by his trans daughter, Valkyrie Weather. "[My father] used my body for his own sexual gratification” when she was “between two and two and a half years old,” Weather wrote on Fcebook. “It was so painful that I couldn’t verbalize it for a long time. Mostly what I remembered was the pain, the memory of the place and time, just being there, in the bath.”

Touched

Brendan Fraser claims he was sexually assaulted by former Golden Globes president Philip Berk.

Lost boys

The lost boys of #MeToo. "When we hear 'sexual abuse' we think 'women and girls.' But Hollywood’s boy actors are suffering in a different way."

Singer

Bryan Singer’s next film Red Sonja "on hold" after sex abuse allegations.

How Esquire lost the Bryan Singer story.

The new scabs
stars who cross the picket line. "'The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude,' wrote George Orwell in 1946, and it still stands."

The Advocate

Why we did not out Kevin Spacey in 2001.

Peachy

Queer film and the reflex of loss. "It’s the best gay movie of the year—and maybe the best movie of any kind to appear in 2017. It’s the story of two young men who, in spite of their own inability to articulate their attraction, come together to wrestle with love in an unforgettable landscape. That movie is God’s Own Country. There’s also another movie out there about a same-sex relationship, a film that has garnered accolades and attention for its script, its performances, and its setting. The film is often moving and always lovely to behold, but it plays into some suspect notions that mainstream movies have about gay desire—and its denouement is dubious. This movie is Call Me by Your Name."

The Call Me By Your Name villa is for sale.

Netflix

Is streaming killing the cinema industry? "Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. This year, the streaming service has also earned its first best picture Oscar nomination for Roma. But what impact is streaming films at home having on the cinema?"

Review

"I'm a faggot": talking to Félix Maritaud about reclaiming a term of abuse.

Review

Sauvage. On the street with a homeless hustler. "Camille Vidal-Naquet kicks off a candid account of the savage realities facing a young sex worker with a startling twist."

Review

Boy Erased. Starry but drab gay conversion drama. "The presence of Joel Edgerton, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe isn’t enough to rescue this adaptation of Garrard Conley’s bestselling memoir."

Review

Capernaum. An angry child lost in a world of pain. "Nadine Labaki’s Oscar-nominated drama about Beirut’s illegal immigrants features a compelling central performance from young Syrian refugee Zain Al Rafeea."

Review

Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me. Soul star stories. "This documentary celebrates the singer’s remarkable return to the stage after a car accident but fails to illuminate the darker corners of the world he lived in."

Watch

Watch trailers for Heartstone; Pit Stop; Desire; and The Jealous Sea.

Writing for the movies

A Letter from Hollywood, 1962. "In this classic essay about a classic American art form, legendary screenwriter Daniel Fuchs reflects on his lifetime learning the trade."

Oscars

Oscar night in Hollywood. "As early as 1948, the Oscars sucked." (March 1948)

The
Box

Jussie Smollett

He still has some supporters — like his TV dad Terrence Howard.

Don’t let Jussie Smollett make you cynical about anything but fame. "We can't let Smollett's alleged deception distract us from the real violence marginalised communities face every day."

No Wayans

Damon Wayans Jr.’s homophobic tweets resurface.

Daddy

Karamo Brown thought "I’m getting punked!" when told he had a son.

The Don

Don Lemon opens up about being gay and black.

Pose

Billy Porter tells Oscars tuxedo gown critics: "You don’t have to look".

Out on primetime

A brief history Of LGBT characters, people, mentions and moments on (mostly primetime) US TV — 1920s-2000.

Queer as Folk

How Queer as Folk broke the mould for gay people on TV...

...and was a joyful revelation for LGBT viewers like me.

Doctor Who

Ten inclusivity milestones.

Watch

Josh Snares investigates Doctor Who's lost episodes.

Shipwrecked

Gay contestants Chris Jammer and Kush Khanna share their coming out stories.

Killer kweens

Broad City’s final act is giving fans what they want. "As Abbi and Ilana’s love affair comes to an end, the show’s bowing out on a high with boats, booze and celebrity cameos."

"Aha!"

From "Aha!" to zombies: the encyclopedia of Alan Partridge.

Jump the shark

How a flying fence killed Desperate Housewives. "Led by Eva Longoria, the show went from camp fun to tornadoes, plane crashes and relentless deaths."

Antiheroes

The blaming of the shrew. "Golden Age antiheroes and the nasty women who humanised them."

Obituary

Clive Swift, the actor best known for his role as Richard in Keeping Up Appearances, is dead. He was 82.

Beats,
Rhymes
& Life

Dance Battle!

Meet the warring Milli Vanilli of Italo disco. "A new documentary crashes us into one of the crazier music stories you've never heard."

Thank u, next!

Why pop stars fell out of love with albums. "Chart-toppers used to focus on long-players. Now, in the streaming era, they can release tracks whenever they like – and many, including Ariana Grande, have decided to do just that."

Pop 2.0

How globalised music created a new kind of star. "English is no longer the lingua franca of pop music, and its alpha stars – Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga – are an endangered species."

SoundCloud

How SoundCloud rap took over everything. "The trendy DIY teen hip-hop genre went from a goofy punch line to the preposterously lucrative engine driving a whole new golden age in the music biz. But, wow, is it messy."

deadmau5

Musician deadmau5 apologises for homophobic comments after Twitch ban.

Jackie Shane

Jackie Shane, the Grammy-nominated transgender singer, is dead. She was 78.

Jackie Shane: obituary.

Jackie Shane, a force of nature who disappeared, has a story all her own. (October 2017)

Bradley Hunt

Bradley Hunt opens up about homophobic abuse.

Blonde moment

Frank Ocean sues producer Om'Mas Keith over Blonde album rights.

Nakhane

Music at life's intersections: "There's nothing to be ashamed of."

Interview

Talking to Nakhane. "Whether it's music, writing, acting, or more, there's little the queer South African artist hasn't mastered. Just don't call him a virtuoso."

Interview

Talking to out, gay singer Marck Angel.

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan marks three years with Jacob Bixenman.

Matthew Olsheski

Shirtless violinist Matthew Olsheski on gay men’s problems with body image.

Drill

Don’t censor drill music, listen to what it’s trying to tell us.

Sample

A highly scientific breakdown of the weirdest hip-hop samples. "From the sound of a '95 Windows computer starting up to flipping the Annie soundtrack into a Jay Z song, here they are – rated."

Quest

The paths of rhythm. "A Tribe Called Quest’s pioneering music is one of many filaments that connects Americans of color with each other now and back through time."

Interview

Talking to Hanif Abdurraqib about his book Go Ahead In the Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest.

Meat
Market

White out

Sex online is becoming thinner, straighter, and whiter. "Between draconian new laws and tech industry homogeneity, queer and marginalised people are rapidly losing spaces to express their desires online."

Them too

The complicated sex and dating lives of gay male porn stars.

Him too

FleshJack removes Topher DiMaggio and all his products from its site. "FleshJack has dissolved its relationship with Topher DiMaggio. He is no longer a FleshJack Boy, and we are no longer selling his products. While our interactions with Topher were always professional, we could not ignore the negative experiences concerning him that others have reported. We strive to promote positive sexual experiences for everyone, particularly in the gay community, and our association with Topher was not conducive with that mission."

Storytime

Sex: The Series. "Benji Lovari discusses the emergence of the porn web series as a dominant new format in gay adult entertainment."

Gallery

Blatino Oasis, in pictures.

Gallery

Fetish week in Maspalomas, in pictures.

Gallery

The International Bear Convergence, in pictures.

Helix

Joey Mills announces departure from Helix Studios: “I will now be a free agent.”

Helix Studios owner Keith Miller cancels Mills’ Electric Soul nationwide book tour.

Julian Bell announces departure from troubled Helix Studios — making him the 5th exclusive to quit in the last two months.

Helix Studios issues statement in response to multiple models quitting.

No Johnny

Diego Sans says he’d “rather jump off a building” than bottom for Johnny Rapid.

Twitter war!
Billy Santoro and Donte Thick spar on Twitter over gay-for-pay models, abortions, and dick size.

Big Jesse

Michael Lucas and Lucas Entertainment accused of not paying performers again, this time by Tyler Roberts and Jesse Santana.

Extra Kael

Enrique Vera and Jon Kael do it.

Faris wheel

Enrique Vera and Jordan Faris do it.

Karen in

Andrei Karenin and Niko Vangelis do it.

Max overdrive

Max Thurman flaunts it.

Pheonix rising

Pheonix Fellington, Trent King and Fame do it.

Lot of heart

Pietro Duarte and Damon Heart do it.

Thrown to the Wolfe

Trent King and Kurtis Wolfe do it.

It's a win win

Arad Winwin and Zander Lane do it.

His Beaux

Diego Sans, Beaux Banks And Aston Springs do it.

Bad seed

William Seed and Pierre Fitch do it.

To the max

Max Konnor and Jack Vidra do it.

Big Ben

Ben Masters, Carter Dane, Paul Delay and Sean Ford do it.

Bandit country

Bandit, Kingston and Manny Killa do it.

Ash Wednesday

Ash Hendricks and Miller Axton do it.

Fittness

Jason Vario and Nick Fitt do it.

The Simpsons

Collin Simpson and Travis Youth do it.

Jayden Marcos

Jayden Marcos flaunts it.

Gato raid

Noah Gato flaunts it.

Youth of today

Jayden Marcos and Travis Youth do it.

Parks and recreation

Travis Stevens and Cameron Parks do it.

Taylor made

Ashton Summers and Andy Taylor do it.

Porter service

Luca Rosso and Dimitri Porter do it.

Knowles all about it

Mateo Fernandez and Julian Knowles do it.

Tell someone

Alex Riley and Joel Someone do it.

Hell's
Kitchen

Aphrodisiac foods

Why they don’t work, and why we keep trying them anyway.

Racist

Stop branding food "plantation". "In the most generous light, the word can be a clumsy stand-in for 'Southern.' But the term can't be separated from enslavement."

Fake meat

The origins of fake meat are rooted in Chinese cooking...

...but is lab-grown meat actually worse for the environment?

Ugly

The myth of ugly produce and food waste.

Zoo

Cats

Sumatran tiger killed by potential mate on first meeting in London zoo.

The month in wildlife, in pictures: week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4.

Rag
Trade

Plastic

How plastic from clothing gets into seafood.

Christian duty

Andrew Christian suspends Topher DiMaggio as sexual assault claims pile up.

Karl Lagerfeld

The ugly truth about Karl Lagerfeld’s reign.

Planes, Trains
& Automobiles

UA1175

United Airlines engine disintegrates over Pacific, forcing emergency landing.

Swissair Flight 111

The long fall of one-eleven heavy. "Swissair Flight 111 crashed on September 2, 1998 with 229 souls aboard. No one would ever put it back together again.."

Air Asia

I enjoy airline food, but in a restaurant? Pass the sickbag. "AirAsia is to open an eatery serving its dishes. It seems crackers – who would choose to eat plane fare on terra firma?"

BA

British Airways is still complicit in deporting LGBT asylum seekers.

Bullet

Why California's bullet train remains a distant dream. "The state has trying to build a route from Los Angeles to San Francisco for decades. Why does it keep getting derailed?"

DeLorean

The DeLorean paradox: how it failed and became a legend.

Doughie

Inside South Africa's backstreet BMW Doughie scene.

And
This:

Sex, lies and videotape

The thank you note for a used VHS player that had the world weeping.

Watch

How #$@!% became shorthand for cursing.

Vloglife

Watch

We're back with Back with Ask The Aunties; Walter delves into the Jussie Smollett controversy; Nejhé touches on his hair; and ZednRay do the body challenge.

Life's A
Goddamn
Laugh Riot

Watch

Harry's a twink now; porn stars on Tinder; Joel Kim Booster's got something to say; and Steam Room Stories.

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Issue 300: 01-28 February 2019

On the cover: Orlando Boldewij.

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"You know, we might just as well not have

bothered to come. The whole thing's been ridiculous."

© 2019