I Blew Up the Internet by Wearing a Dress to a Gender Conference

The fury over a “man in a dress” shows that the “gender-critical“ movement has become just another authoritarian cult.

H - CultureDiana RamosJuly 4, 2024Currents, Phil Illy, C - Autoheterosexuality, C - QUERFS

The People’s Joker and Her Army of Queer Rebels

“How do you stay humble knowing you made Gay Citizen Kane?”

12 AF Slava, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 1000 Clouds, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 MBOA, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Yentl, 12 Whiz BamDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Vera Drew, C - Leather

Artist Feature: Slava Mogutin’s Sexy Underground Hooliganism

Slava Mogutin fled Russia to the US as a political refugee, but his true home is wherever artistic freedom thrives.

Artist Feature, 12 Joker, 12 1000 Clouds, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 MBOA, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 YentlDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Bradford Nordeen, Artist Feature, AF Slava, C - Rick Castro, C - UK Riots, C - Karim, C - Homophobic Conspiracies

Family Values, Gay Ghosts, and Taiwan’s Queer Blockbusters

For queer cinema in Taiwan, embracing modernity means embracing tradition too.

12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 YentlDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024Zheng Yi Sung, ISSUE12, C - Pick Me

A Thousand Clouds of Peace and Rainbows: Mexico’s Queer Film Trailblazers

When it comes to Mexican films, the sexual is political.

12 Yentl, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 TSAI MING, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 MBOA, 12 Joker, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 AF SlavaDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Julián Hernández, C - Pick Me, C - Leather

The In-Between: Erotica and Porn

Bruce LaBruce has been told his work is too pornographic for the art world, and too artsy for the porn world.

12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 Yentl, The In-betweenDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Bruce LaBruce, The In-Between, C - Rick Castro

The Censored Canvas: Queer Art in the Age of Online Censorship

As culture migrates to digital spaces, the two most dreaded words for queer artists are “community guidelines.”

12 AF Slava, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 Yentl, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 1000 CloudsDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Slava Mogutin, C - Homophobic Conspiracies, C - Porn Tycoon

My Body and Other Adventures: My Pregnancy in Movies

What Gattaca, Venom, Bridget Jones, and Mad Max taught me about my pregnancy.

My Body and Other Adventu, Talia Squires, 12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 YentlDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Talia Squires, My Body and Other Adventures, C - Lying Bi

The Cruising Grounds of Tsai Ming-liang’s Slow Cinema

Amid the neon wash of urbanscapes thrumming with erotic energy, Tsai Ming-liang reveals the queerness beneath the surface of all things.

12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 YentlDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Travis Jeppesen

Yentl, the Wonderfully Queer Yeshiva Boy

The unlikely tale of how a cross-dressing Jewish girl from the Old World inspired a Cuban-American lesbian in the New World.

12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Whiz BamDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Anna Margarita Albelo, C - Pick Me

Whiz Bam!: The Video Gays That Made Me

For a gay teen in the 90s St. Louis, this queer video store was a top pick.

12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 TSAI MING, 12 YentlDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Bradford Nordeen

The Messy Truths About False Rape Allegations

The online kangaroo court of public opinion is where due process and women’s safety go to die.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosJune 28, 2024Currents, Chris Ferguson

The Hypocrisy and Homophobia of Anti-Surrogacy Radicals

How far-right homophobia and radfem misandry have teamed up, once again, to stop the gays from having families.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosJune 13, 2024Currents, Daniel DeStefano, C - Can SAH Dads

The Common Ground We Dare Not Speak

In a time of supposedly universal polarization, highlighting common ground is a revolutionary act.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMay 24, 2024Currents, Chris Ferguson, C - Conspiracy, C - Academia Assholes, C - Liberal Socialism

Is Feminism Starting To Resemble the Religious Right?

Is Gen Z’s revolt against sex an act of rebellion or just conservative prudery?

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMay 17, 2024Currents, Sophie Saint Thomas, C - Anti-Surrogacy, C - QUERFS, Featured, C - Porn Tycoon, C - Polarized and Lonely

The Long, Whitewashed History of Communist Homophobia

Many activists insist that LGBT rights are an extension of communist ideology, but history says otherwise.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMay 9, 2024Currents, Alexander Von Sternberg, C - Karim, C - Homophobic Conspiracies

When It Comes to Free Speech, Elon Musk Is a Cissy

Elon Musk rode into Twitter headquarters like a conquering free speech warrior. But all he did was choose different targets for censorship.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMay 3, 2024Currents, Jamie Paul, C - Swallowed Machine

The Manic Pixie Bi Boys

In the 2000s, male writers dreamed up a trope of the ultimate fantasy woman. Now, female writers are creating their version.

Talia Squires, H - CultureDiana RamosApril 26, 2024Currents, Talia Squires, C - Cinderella, C - Leo Grande, C - Maestro, C - Shadows, C - Lying Bi, C - Pick Me, Featured, Featured Jan 2025, Featured Jan 2025’, C - Zeudi

LGBT Culture Wars: America’s Most Dangerous Export

American culture wars get halfway around the world before civil dialogue can get its pants on.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosApril 19, 2024Currents, Frances An, C - DnD Woke, C - Untapped

The Phantom “Queer” Menace

Critics are convinced that the rise in LGBTQ+ identification is driven by the TQ+, but that’s not what the data says.

H - Ideas, H - ScienceDiana RamosApril 9, 2024Currents, Jamie Paul, Featured Jan 2025

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