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The article discusses the history and cultural significance of the jockstrap, particularly its association with the gay community. The jockstrap originated as a practical sports gear in the 19th century and later became popular among football and rugby athletes. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was embraced by the gay community as a symbol of hypermasculinity. Today, jockstraps have evolved into a fetish item, fashion statement, and gear for athletes. The article also highlights the impact of Nasty Pig, a gay clothing brand, in shaping the perception and popularity of jockstraps in gay culture. [Extracted from the article]

by DANIEL REYNOLDS (COURTESY GAY SCIENCE) Rob Anderson is a comedian and influencer known for hilarious recaps of nostalgic millennial content, from Berenstain Bears books to Seventh Heaven episodes to [...]

The article "Tim's Time" highlights the career of actor Tim Bagley, emphasizing his significant contributions to queer representation in Hollywood as an out gay actor. Bagley, known for his comedic timing and heartfelt performances, has faced challenges in the industry due to his sexuality but has remained authentic to himself. Despite personal tragedy, including the loss of his partner to HIV-related complications, Bagley continues to find fulfillment in his work, particularly in his role on the HBO series Somebody Somewhere, which showcases the depth of gay love stories. Through his career, Bagley hopes to have opened doors for others in the industry. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the introduction of an AI wingman feature on the dating app Grindr, which aims to help users find matches. It also explores the cultural impact of Grindr beyond queer men, highlighting controversies and issues such as user data privacy and safety concerns. The article further delves into alternative dating apps like Feeld and Collective, which cater to nontraditional relationships and queer-friendly communities. Lastly, it touches on the resurgence of analog cruising as a response to app fatigue and privacy concerns, as discussed by queer author Leo Herrera in his book "analog Cruising." [Extracted from the article]

BY DONALD PADGETT BY DONALD PADGETT BY DONALD PADGETT Descanso Resort (JEPHOTO) Gay men’s clothing-optional resorts have made a resurgence in recent years but, like the community to which it [...]

Comedian Rob Anderson has released a satirical textbook called "Gay Science," which applies the scientific method to gay stereotypes. The book explores various tropes through pie charts, pictographs, and informative sidebars, offering a humorous take on queer behavior without making queer people the punchline. Anderson's comedy aims to entertain while also addressing serious topics and holding up a mirror to oppression. The book's design mimics a traditional textbook, with nostalgic elements and specific attention to detail. Anderson encourages readers to support queer artists and small businesses during Pride season. [Extracted from the article]

ART John Deeriere is a man of many contradictions, at least on the surface. With John Deeriere photos, I was really mobilized by a desire to showcase my body, to present my body, to garner attention with my body, to confront the viewer with my body. While Jacobsen never fully became Deeriere, his latest body of work, titled "taking care of roots", narrows the ravine between the two. [Extracted from the article]

Eichner sees Bros as part of this fight, as it screens in movie theaters and multiplexes alongside straight-centered franchise films. It was a Dior death match at Out's photo shoot of Bros stars Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane. The influence of these classic rom-coms is evident in Bros, in which podcaster Bobby (Eichner) and estate lawyer Aaron (Macfarlane) navigate a budding romance with the Big Apple as a backdrop. In his writing, Eichner was inspired by the romantic comedies he adored growing up, what he calls the "movies that made me fall in love with movies.". [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses various events and experiences related to LGBTQ+ pride celebrations. It mentions a Pride Month event in New York, as well as Pride receptions at the White House. The author also shares a personal experience in Switzerland, where they attended Zurich Pride and had a conversation with Susanne Bartsch, a prominent figure in New York's nightlife. The article highlights the bravery and determination of LGBTQ+ individuals in pursuing their passions and dreams. It also features interviews and stories of individuals who have achieved success in their respective fields. The article concludes by expressing gratitude to readers for their support. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores the relationship between gay men and fitness, specifically focusing on the pursuit of the "perfect body" and its potential negative effects on mental health. The author discusses the historical roots of this connection, as well as the current prevalence of body dysmorphia and steroid use among gay men. The article also highlights the conflicting experiences of individuals who engage in fitness activities, with some finding empowerment and liberation while others face body shaming and insecurity. The author suggests promoting honesty and harm reduction within gym culture, as well as emphasizing the non-aesthetic aspects of fitness, such as personal growth and community building. [Extracted from the article]

Our Lady J, a multi-talented writer, director, and musician, has released her first song in a decade titled "Future of Us." After taking a break from music to focus on television, Our Lady J returned to her first artistic passion due to the WGA strike last year. The song, a collaboration with the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, debuted at the Met Gala and is a powerful anthem about resilience and love in a chaotic world. Our Lady J also discussed her upcoming song "Little Queen," which is a reminder for trans and queer individuals to be themselves. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses three boutique gay men's resorts in Palm Springs, California: the Santiago, Descanso, and Twin Palms. The resorts aim to challenge preconceived notions of what a gay resort is like, offering a more sophisticated and elevated hotel experience. While the resorts provide opportunities for socializing and meeting other guests, they emphasize that they are not sex clubs. Each resort has its own unique features and atmosphere, attracting a diverse crowd of guests. [Extracted from the article]

"If we're going to do this, we have to do it as a de!nitive act", says Go#, who had to ask Interview editor Ingrid Sischy to use the name, since her publication already had a party column called "Out." Goff's most important hire was executive editor Sarah Pettit, a lesbian Yale graduate who previously helped edit the queer alternative newspaper OutWeek, which went belly up in 1991. Pettit and Goff ran in the same East Village circles and were both involved in ACT UP. [Extracted from the article]

Millions of viewers tune in weekly to watch Jake Borelli's character, Dr. Levi Schmitt, save lives on ABC's Grey's Anatomy. And so, I immediately called Krista back and said, 'Let's do Borelli came out publicly on Instagram the same night millions of viewers watched Dr. Schmitt come out (in 2018). Borelli credits showrunners like Vernoff, who handled Dr. Schmitt's coming out story with compassion and thoughtfulness, for helping to carve avenues we desperately need. [Extracted from the article]

A Nasty Pig jockstrap nodded campily to the athletic supporter, but it was the gay version, aware of its sexiness. Mark, its gay owner, lives in Brooklyn and can now face legal discrimination in America for being both an immigrant and a gay man. The NP look has evolved, but its earlier style was punk and fetish - party clothes for NYC gays with buzz cuts and bullrings in their noses. [Extracted from the article]

@derekjhair - DA Miss Lawrence With a personality and talent of a star, gender-nonconforming hairstylist-turned-actor Miss Lawrence was made for a city like Atlanta. OUT IN AMERICA "Atlanta is the place where I found early champions of my talent", Burnside says of the city he considers a thriving incubator for Black creators. "Atlanta is an amazing place for people in the LGBTQ community and especially people of color", says J. "Atlanta was the first place I was able to see gay Black men during the daytime be themselves. [Extracted from the article]

TRAVEL "I've been on other gay cruises where I've sat in a Jacuzzi with 10 people and no one talked to each other", my new friend Thomas from New Jersey said. In February, I joined them and 2,700 new friends on VACAYA's Caribbean cruise out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., celebrating the company's fifth anniversary. Lesbian Concentrate A women's record company hit the seas and never looked back VACAYA isn't the only LGBTQ+ cruise company celebrating a milestone this year. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents information on the experiences of the actor Andrew Garfield in the play "Angels in America" by the Tony Kushner produced by the National Theater. Topics include the reason for Garfield's decision of playing the role of a gay man suffering from the disease AIDS, his career, and his favourite scene from the play.

Ethan Baldwin, Creative director in marketing, design, and advertising EthanBaldwin.com I'm not a huge Broadway or musical guy, mainly because all the seats are too tiny. Produced by Black royalty like RuPaul, Billy Porter, and Jennifer Hudson, the groundbreaking musical follows Usher, a Broadway usher and aspiring playwright. THEATER This year, Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Strange Loop became the most Tony-nominated production of the season. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the actor Jussie Smollett who is well known for his character in the television (TV) program "Empire." Topics discussed include his knowledge about uncertainty of film career; nomination of the "Empire" for best TV drama; love of Jussie for his family; Jussie's acknowledgement of being a gay man with his role as activist and his role as a guest in TV program "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in March 2015.

An interview with film director Andrew Haigh is presented. Topics discussed include his first film that he saw in theater , Watership Down, which was an animated English film; his interest for old films such as "The Goonies;" his childhood escape movie such as "Nine to Five" which he used to watch every day; his awareness for being a gay man and interest for sad films such as "Uzak" by director Nuri Bilge Ceylan when he feels sad.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences as a gay man using the location-based dating app Tinder to meet other men.

The article features 12 gay men who are listed as Tastemakers 2015 by the journal. Topics discussed include street style icon Nickelson Wooster, wine maker and boat builder Trent Preszler and perfume maker Carlos Huber. Also mentioned are the performance duo Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly, dancer Dashaun Wesley and pastry chef Peter Endriss.

The article presents the experiences of former wives of married men who came out. Topics include Bonnie Kaye who was married to a gay man in the 1970s, statistics regarding the number of women married to gay men in the U.S., and the concept of gay-lighting. It also discusses the psychological abuse, physical abuse, and manipulation in the marriages involving gay men.

In this article, the author discusses the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons and "The Official Preppy Handbook" came out six months ago and transformed the fashion habits of the entire white population of the school. It also mentions story of a gay men marries neuroscience and family lore to tell his story of growing up gay in 1970s.

The article focuses on gay man E.J. Johnson, son of basketball legend and philanthropist Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. Johnson is an undergraduate at New York University where he studies event planning and hospitality management. He says that he loves singer Beyonce Knowles and wants to attend a dance class with the singer.

There is a compulsive need among gay men to go somewhere else, to trot the globe. Queer people make yearly pilgrimages Folsom because we need to be reminded that we're not the only ones. Closets are why so many gay men flit glamorously through cities to play and fuck - because once you learn that traveling saves you, it's hard to stop. [Extracted from the article]

The author reflects on issues affecting gay men and his experience at the GLAAD media awards. He talks about the homophobia of the sports world, including the coming out of basketball player Jason Collins. He says he has no idea that GLAAD has resentments against a gay man who expresses his distaste with the stereotypical representation of gays. He cites his objection to the way gay people have been portrayed in the media.

The article offers information on gay men and women included in the 7th annual ranked list of "Out" magazine. Topping the list is Tim Cook, chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple. Under his management, the company has undergone significant upgrades on its product lines and increase in the brand's market share. Other people in the list included talk show host/producer Ellen Degeneres and writer/director/producer Ryan Murphy.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's view on homosexual men kissing on television.

The article highlights Ricky Martin's decision to reveal himself as a homosexual man. It cites his memoir "Me" where he shares his journey from teen group Menudo to fatherhood which includes his first passionate affairs with both genders and his struggle to his conflicted yearnings with his rapid ascent in America. He became a single parent two years ago through a surrogate mother and rejects criticism of his choice to raise his twin boys Matteo and Valentino alone. It notes his dream of walking the red carpet with his male partner.

An interview with the most influential gay men in Washington, D.C. is presented which includes Marc Ambinder of The Distillery, Andrew Dimpfl of the Egalitarians, and Matthew LeBlanc of the Do-Gooders. When asked about the city's gay boom, Ambinder replies that the city has a bias towards historical events and a new era of possibility for gay people. Dimpfl cites that the city has the ability to become something different, while LeBlanc mentions the people in Washington are invested in a definite and personal gay policy.

The article features the fourth Annual Power 50 Most Influential gay men and women. Featured personalities in this article include Ellen DeGeneres, Barney Frank, Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Adam Lambert, Barry Diller, Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Solmonese, Tammy Baldwin, Jared Polls, and Marc Jacobs.

The article profiles gay and member of several fraternities, Stewart Howe. He was a member of several fraternities including Phi Eta Sigma, a freshman honor society which he helped established at the University of Illinois, Sigma Delta Chi, a professional fraternity for journalists, and other social fraternities. In 2006, Nicholas Syrett from University of Northern Colorado discovered dozens of letters written to Howe from 1936 until his death in 1973, which revealed that Howe used his own organizations as a procurement agency for his sexual appetite.

The article focuses on research conducted by scholar Bill Leap on Harlemese, the language of the Harlem Renaissance. It mentions that the site has dynamic queer presence and way of speaking that influenced queer and gay. It presents views of scholar Paul Baker on Polari language used by gay men but unrecognizable by English speakers.

The article discusses the role Ruth Coker Burks, who works in University Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, to help care for a friend who had cancer and cared for hundreds of dying people, many of them gay men who had been abandoned by their families. It informs that she buried more than three dozen of them herself, after their families refused to claim their bodies. It also informs that she takes the help of her daughter in digging and a do-it-yourself funeral.

An interview with the fictional gay man named Brüno is presented. According to Brüno, his first real boyfriend named Jesper Klindl committed suicide after they broke up. Brüno relates that his film shows the good and bad sides of fashion. Brüno has adopted a baby from Africa and named him O.J.

The article highlights the trial of U.S. Armed Forces Captain Devery Lane Taylor, who was accused of raping several men by the use of a date-rape drug. Taylor admitted that he had consensual sex with these men but accusers were too drunk to remember of what happened but they maintained that whatever happened, they did not agree to do anything gay. In March 2007, Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being found guilty on four counts of forcible sodomy.

An interview with Italian dancer and choreographer Bruno Tonioli is presented. Tonioli stresses that he does not intend to return to his hometown in Ferrara, Italy. He notes that the society needs to get over their perceptions of sexuality, race and religion and interact with one another. Tonioli adds that his sexuality as a gay man has hindered his career as an actor in which he has not been offered the role of a leading man.

The article focuses on the Body Electric School and its founder Joseph Kramer. The school teaches gay men to awaken their inner erotic energy. Kramer founded the school in 1984. Kramer has been called a sexual revolutionary for his work rescuing gay male sexuality and, in a larger sense, sexual culture from the fear and panic that proliferated in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1992 he sold the Body Electric School to Collin Brown, a participant in the workshops, who then sold it last year to another devotee of the school, Bob Findle.

The article presents information on openly gay Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil. He is 39th in line to the throne of Rajpipla, a principality in the west-central Indian state of Gujarat. In March 2006, after years of silence that included what he calls a nervous breakdown before a Bombay shrink helped him accept his gayness, the prince told his local paper that not only was he gay but that he had no intention of remarrying. The reactions to his coming-out is mentioned.

The article presents the 50 most powerful and influential gay men and women in North America. They are Ellen DeGeneres, Barney Frank, Anderson Cooper, David Geffen, Tim Gil, Andrew Tobias, Jann Wenner, Joe Solmonese, Marc Jacobs, Peter Thiel, Scott Rudin, Jodie Foster, Rich Ross, Brian Graden, Perez Hilton, Martha Nelson, Christine Quinn, Greg Berlanti and Andrew Sullivan.

This article features Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick, stars of the television series "Gossip Girl." Badgley comments on the popularity of the series among teenage girls and gay men. He is equally nonchalant about the possibility of his character going gay, as he does in the book series on which the show is based. A brief background information on the show is given.

The article features Hot Nude Yoga, a studio founded by Aaron Star in Chelsea, New York City. The studio teaches yoga to nude gay men. The history of the yoga studio is presented. The author relates his experience joining Star's yoga class. Star is featured in his own line of DVD and he has plans to franchise his brand worldwide.

The article features the Abbey gay bar and restaurant in Los Angeles, California, and its evolution over the years. Details related to the life of bar owner David Cooley and how he started the restaurant are presented. Also discussed was Cooley's partnership with SBE Entertainment Group, owned by Sam Nazarian. Events involving how Cooley plans to put up Abbeys in major cities across the U.S. such as Phoenix, Arizona, Miami, Florida, New York City, and Chicago, Illinois were described.

The article features several gay men. As mens' wear director of Louis Vuitton, Paul Helbers has the challenge of creating a line that is as emblematic and resonant as the French luxury giant's leather goods--without the aid of ubiquitously placed logos. Daniel Reich, a former assistant to gallerist Pat Hearn, opened his first gallery in his 200-square-foot apartment. It describes the highlights of the dance career of Benoit-Swan Pouffer, the artistic director of the Cedar Lake Dance Company.

The article presents the views of gay writers, Edmund White, Felice Picano, and Andrew Holleran, on aging for gay men. Picano emphasizes the importance of addressing the aging issue in gay life. White has just released a novella that revolves around the difficulty of growing old gracefully. He believes that it is easier to age as a straight man. Holleran comments on literature's decline as a primary cultural touchstone.

The article evaluates several fashion clothes for gay men including a brown wool trouser from Z Zegna, Navy wool coat from Yohji Yamamoto and long-sleeved button-down shirt from Converse.

The article looks at the relationship between American men and speedo swimsuits. The author claims that men who wear speedos are stereotyped as being gay or foreign. Speedos are viewed as a symbol of gay pride. The history of the Roman baths and the pastime of swimming are discussed. It is suggested that gay men wear speedos more often than straight men because gay men are more likely to be physically fit.