A fierce woman, and a modernist literary pioneer and a leading figure of the pre-World War I art circles in Paris, Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946) established a salon, where some of the leading proponents of modernism in both literature and visual art gathered. Her modernity was … [Read more...]
#BlackHistoryMonth: Remembering Filmmaker, Marlon Riggs
via YouTube February 3, 1957 – Marlon Riggs Riggs was a filmmaker who won Emmy and Peabody Awards for his documentaries about gay Black men. He began making films in 1982 after receiving his master's degree from Harvard University, and … [Read more...]
ABBA! Nick Offerman! Murray Bartlett! David Bowie! The WOW Report for Radio Andy!
World of Wonder Co-Founder Fenton Bailey, Chief Creative Officer Tom Campbell, and WOW Report Editor James St. … [Read more...]
#FirstLook: Trevor Project’s ‘Learn With Love’ Series Features Young Trans Voices – Watch
Anti-suicide organization The Trevor Project invited young trans people in America to share their experiences of growing up. Each featured young person shares how the people in their lives affected them, affirmed them, or changed them. The first episode features three young … [Read more...]
#BlackHistoryMonth: “Negroes – Sweet and Docile, Meek, Humble, and Kind. Beware the Day They Change Their Mind.” – Langston Hughes
1936 portrait by by Carl Van Vechten, public domain 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 … [Read more...]
“It Happened One Night” to the “King of Hollywood” Clark Gable
1938 MGM publicity shot, photographer unknown, public domain Clark Gable (1901 - 1960) "The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it. " Somehow Gable's charms eluded me for a long time, odd for a film fan, I know. I … [Read more...]
Was Mucho Macho Filmmaker John Ford Secretly Bi?
Photo by Allan Warren, 1973, Wikimedia Commons John Ford (1894 - 1973): “It’s easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.” In a year filled with great performances in small role, one of my favorite cameos of 2022 was the great filmmaker … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I Think the Republican Party Should be Placed in Drydock and Have the Barnacles Scraped Off Its Bottom.” – Tallulah Bankhead
Today we celebrate the 121st birthday of Miss Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968). I am a gay man of a certain age, and in my time, in my tribe, telling Tallulah stories and imitating the famed personality was de rigueur at brunches and parties. But, nowadays, do the kids even know who … [Read more...]
Adam Joseph Reimagines Loosey LaDuca’s Talent Show Track “Let Loose”- Listen
Adam Joseph has covered the most controversial bop of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15! Loosey LaDuca's talent show selection has been re-interpreted into an early … [Read more...]
Alan Cumming Expands on the “Complicated” Reasons He Just Returned a British Royal Honor
Alan Cumming announced on his 58th birthday that he was returning an honor bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II in 2009: his Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE). He was surprised by the response to his complicated reasons. Fourteen years ago, I was … [Read more...]
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