Springtime in the City: Sites of San Francisco’
WHAT’S SURPRISING is that we haven’t done a “San Francisco” issue before this in light of the city’s centrality to LGBT history and culture. I believe the only other…More
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Holiday Issue: ‘Notes from Underground’
Overview of November-December 2023 Issue.
MoreEarly Fall: ‘Cracking the Closet’
IN OLDEN TIMES the concept of “the closet” didn’t exist, and the idea of “coming out” had yet to be invented. Nevertheless, starting in the 19th century, a number…More
Letters to the Editor
Readers’ Thoughts.
MoreSummer Getaway: ‘Fantasy Lands’
TODAY’S digital technologies have created possibilities for whole new worlds of immersion and experience, and with them a panoply of subcultures organized around these sites. Under the rubric of “Fantasy Lands,” let us visit a few of these milieux with relevance to LGBT life and culture.
MorePride Issue: ‘The Impresarios’
Introduction to issue.
MoreSpringtime: “The Age of Innocence”
BY “The Age of Innocence” I have in mind the cultural period just before the medicalization of homosexuality in the early 20th century, when it was still possible to…More
If Winter Comes… ‘Larger Than Life’
Intro to the January-February 2023 Issue.
MoreHoliday Issue: ‘The Empty Couch’
LET US celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the American Psychiatric Association’s decision to delist “homosexuality” as a mental illness in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). This is the…More
Autumn Comes: ‘Queens and Kings’
From the Editor.
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