#BornThisDay: Marcel Proust

By Stephen Rutledge on July 10, 2020 3:03 am

Proust working in bed, early 20th-century, photographer unknown, public domain July 10, 1871 - Marcel Proust: "Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us."Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust Somehow, the above quote is better in French, but … [Read more...]

OMGEEE!!! Pre-Order BIG FREEDIA’s “God Save The Queen Diva” Memoir (paperback), NOW!!!

By Paisley Dalton on July 9, 2020 10:18 am

Here's your chance to get the super awesome Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva! book in paperback! The memoir follows Big Freedia's peaks and valleys of her personal life and her path from an overweight gay choir boy to the … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Jean Cocteau

By Stephen Rutledge on July 5, 2020 3:00 am

"Cocteau In Bed With A Mask, Paris" (1927) by Berenice Abbott, via YouTube July 5, 1889 - Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau: "Life is a horizontal fall." He was a poet, writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. While still in his teens, Cocteau began to … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Golden Age Star, Olivia de Havilland

By Stephen Rutledge on July 1, 2020 3:03 am

At 100, via YouTube July 1, 1916- Dame Olivia de Havilland: "I would prefer to live forever. but if I must leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of Champagne." At 104 years … [Read more...]

Mary Trump’s On Again/Off Again Tell-All Is… Back Off Again

By James St. James on June 30, 2020 1:52 pm

Flippity flop, flippity flop. A judge ruled today that the tell-all book by President Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, … [Read more...]

#RIP: Carl Reiner is Gone at 98

By Stephen Rutledge on June 30, 2020 8:08 am

In 1963, via YouTube He was one of the best liked people in showbiz. Tall, bald Carl Reiner was a creative force and a welcome presence on television and in films. A skilled, world-class comedian, actor, director, screenwriter, and publisher, his career spanned seven decades. … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: The Cop Friend & Lover to Famous Edwardians, Harry Daley

By Stephen Rutledge on June 24, 2020 3:03 am

Daley (R) with pal, photo by Monty Glover, public domain June 24, 1901 - Harry Daley: ''My life has been delightful and given a chance by God or somebody of another life at the end of this then I’d say without hesitation, Same Again, please!'' Daley was a policeman, … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: King James I (He Was a Queen!)

By Stephen Rutledge on June 21, 2020 3:03 am

Portrait by Daniel Mytens June 21, 1566– King James I He commissioned what we now call The King James Bible and that version of the holy book is dedicated to him. King James loved men and he had sex with them, lots of sex. I wonder if Mike … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote: “I Want People to Know They Don’t Have to Live Their Lives in a Permanent ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Existence. Truth is a Powerful Tool.” – E. Lynn Harris (#BLM)

By Stephen Rutledge on June 20, 2020 7:13 am

Via YouTube E. Lynn Harris (1955-2009) wrote novels that are graphic tales of affluent, ambitious black men: powerful athletes, businessmen, lawyers who struggle with their sexual attraction to both men and women. His work is a hybrid those glamourous jet-setting potboilers … [Read more...]

#BlackLivesMatter: “Negroes – Sweet and Docile, Meek, Humble, and Kind. Beware the Day They Change Their Mind.” – Langston Hughes

By Stephen Rutledge on June 20, 2020 7:07 am

Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967) was a gay man who, because of his era and his community, was deeply in the closet. He remains one of my favorite poets. Hughes was also an inspired novelist, lecturer, columnist, playwright, and one of the very most important and interesting … [Read more...]