“We desperately need to know who the famous people were who were gay so that we can be proud of our history […]” … read more

It was truly a year of queer literary excellence… read more

Chelsea Manning on trans literature, the #ReadNaked campaign, and Larry Kramer bemoans the silence around great lgbt writers… read more

As much as The American People purports to historical authenticity, Kramer’s tome is primarily a masterpiece of the queer art of legend making, a natural byproduct of our occluded historical visibility… read more

This month, Farrar, Straus and Giroux is releasing the long-awaited new novel from author Larry Kramer, The American People: Volume 1: Search for My Heart: A Novel…. read more

Larry Kramer on his new novel, Gary Indiana on his photography exhibition, and more LGBT news…. read more

The $5,000 Walt Whitman Award for poetry, Fun Home heads to Broadway, and other LGBT literary news…. read more

This week in the LGBT-themed arts: This Sunday, May 25th, marks the television premiere of the HBO film The Normal Heart. Directed by Ryan Murphy (the creator of Glee) and written for the screen by Larry Kramer from his semi-autobiographical 1985 Tony-winning play, the film features an ensemble cast headlined by Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Jim Parsons, Taylor Kitsch,… read more

In September of 2010, Dan Parent of Archie Comics added Kevin Keller to the mix, making him the first gay character in the history of Archie Comics. And in February of 2012, Kevin Keller got a series of his own, and around the same time, he also appeared as an adult in Life with Archie… read more

The first time I saw My Best Friend’s Wedding I was dismayed. At eight or nine, I had discovered the 1997 film among my maternal grandparents’ small, seemingly random VHS collection and then settled down for the evening to watch Julia Roberts scheme her way back into old flame Dermot Mulroney’s roguishly handsome heart. What… read more