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Stephen Coy reviews BOY ERASED: a harrowing memoir of conversion therapy
Growing up I heard an oft-repeated joke about Church of Christ members. As someone enters heaven, St. Peter leads him on a tour. The newly ascended asks St. Peter, “Who is that group in the corner talking amongst themselves?” St. Peter replies, “Shhh! Those are Church of Christ-ers. They think they are the only…
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Britney Spears headlines Brighton Pride wearing her new ‘gender-free’ pefume
There are not many cities in the world that can date their LGBTQ community’s history back to the 19th Century but Brighton a sunny resort town on the UK’s south coast is one that can. Many men were initially drawn to Brighton by the enormous numbers of soldiers garrisoned in the town during the…
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RED HOT goes man-hunting in Muscle Beach, L.A.
British photographer Thomas Knights and Art Director Elliott James Freize are working on their first ever American edition of their famous Red Hot Boys Calendar. Ther have selected 12 of America’s sexiest redheads from their online model search, using Instagram and Facebook to discover the hottest new talent, and then whizzed over to Muscle Beach…
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Die! Mommie! Die! comes to Fort Lauderdale
Drag performer Amanda Reconwith is about to make her South Florida debut in a new production of Charles Busch’s hilarious funny play Die Mommie Die. Partly spoof and partly homage, it draws heavily on the tropes and themes of American “Psycho-biddy” films and plays from the 1950s and 1960s that featured strong, sometimes dominating female leads,…
