Darling by David Bailey, 1973 November 24, 1944– Candy Darling: 'I am a star because I have always felt so alienated and I project this feeling to others.' She was a film star, a socialite, a model, a celebrity, Manhattan Bohemian royalty and inspiration to … [Read more...]
#OnThisDay: 1963, President John F. Kennedy is Murdered in Dallas
November 22, 1963- President John F. Kennedy is Murdered in Dallas The school principal made an announcement over the intercom. With the news, the elementary school secretary had been calling parents for permission to send students home if possible. I decided I wanted to walk … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “It is Better to Be Hated for What You Are Than to Be Loved for Something You Are Not.” -André Gide
Bob Dylan refused to attend the 2016 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, so did Alice Munro in 2013. In 1958, Soviet dissident poet Boris Pasternak refused the Nobel Prize he was awarded for his popular novel Doctor Zhivago. In 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre declined his … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Composer, Benjamin Britten
November 22, 1913– Benjamin Britten: "It is cruel that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony." Although I … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Look, I Know Lots of Gays in Hollywood, and Most of Them Are Nice Guys. Some Have Tried It On Me, but I’ve Said, ‘Come On, Now. You’ve Got the Wrong Guy.” – Rock Hudson
In Iron Man (1951), photo by Ed Estabrook, Universal Pictures via YouTube The quote is from an interview in 1980 when Hudson was asked if he were gay. We all know how that turned out. Mr. & Mrs, Rock Hudson in 1955 Phyllis Gates worked as a clerk in a department … [Read more...]
#FlashBack1985: When the World Found Out Rock Hudson Was Gay and Had AIDS
Rock Hudson was a good actor; in the right project he could even be very good. But, he also had something extra special from the very start, a sparkling screen presence. He could totally fill up the screen. Hudson was unworldly handsome, with a broad chest, a … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove – Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is one of the 20th century's greatest American painters. She was a pioneer of modernism, known for her paintings of skyscrapers, animal skulls and Western landscapes, but most especially for her enchanting paintings of flowers, now a deeply ingrained … [Read more...]
The Case for Grace Kelly as Gay Icon?
To Catch A Thief via YouTube People of a certain age know all about the stately, beautiful actor Grace Kelly (1929-1982), who became the Princess of Monaco at 25 years old, walking away from Hollywood at the height of her career. It didn’t matter if she was playing an heiress … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gay RMS Titanic Passenger, Francis Davis Millet
Francis Millet, photo via Wikimedia Commons November 11, 1848 - Francis Davis Millet Francis Davis Millet was a polymath and a real overachiever; a Harvard educated painter, sculptor, and writer, who went down with the ship in 1912. He studied at Royal Academy of Fine … [Read more...]
LOVE THEM! ‘Old Gays React to Sex Toys’
Now, you would think that after a certain age there would be no more surprises in sex, that you would have seen it all. NOT SO FAST. The Old Gays are back for another rollicking episode, this time checking out the hot, new sex toys on the market. And they are SHOCKED and … [Read more...]
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