Remains of the Day (03/31)

Poz: Irish documentary explores HIV stigma and fear

Die Alone With Me: The trials of Man Solo: It's a puzzlement!

NY Magazine: The meltdown of a gay bank: What went wrong when an LGBT start-up set out to disrupt finance

HuffPost: Biden celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility, calls out hateful 'MAGA extremists'

Susan V. Meyers: I wanted to get pregnant with my gay friend's sperm, but had no idea of the fight we were in for

TV Insider: Eric McCormack and Steven Weber launch podcast: Find out who’s joining them

Gayety: 18 ’90s heartthrobs every closeted gay boy secretly loved

Medical XPress: Gay, lesbian, bisexual preteens spend four more hours on screens daily, finds study

Back2Stonewall: When Coretta Scott King advocated for gay rights

Boy Culture: Highlights from last night's GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles

HotSpots: Jason T. Gaffney’s new series on Dekkoo, 'Marriage of Convenience,' is a family affair

BosGuy: Who's ready to catch up on Furry Friday?

MetroWeekly: Alabama school district settles with family of bullied gay student who killed himself

Pride: Amazon is turning black gay novel 'Boys Come First' into a series

Matthew's Island: Black Speedo alert HERE and HERE!

Hot Cat of the Day: I've never met a kitty who would go along with this, but I'm glad the World Wide Web is around to educate me!

On the Rag, Vol. 753

A weekly look at what's making news in the gay magazines:

HotSpots: Sandra Bernhard talks hosting the VIP beach affair at Miami Beach Pride 2023

Follow cover man Bar Mizi HERE.

Grab: Palm Springs getaway

Between the Lines: The complete timeline of LGBT civil rights expansion in Michigan, 50 years in the making

DNA: Russian model and personal trainer Konstantin Kostyn finds himself living on the Indonesian island of Bali while Russia’s war against Ukraine drags on

Out: Billy Porter talks importance of representation and big return to music

Poz: A new generation is using TikTok to promote sexual health

Adelante: Andrew Velazquez on fire

Gay Times: Sasha Colby says 'Drag Race' needed someone like her

Dallas Voice: And the winner is …Nando Moreno

Got That Rite

 

Although I am fortunate to make a living wage in a two-income household, I still cannot believe how much more expensive CVS and Duane Reade stores are than Rite Aid. (My loyalty status gave me 20% off everything in the joint!) The one by me closed last year in some merger bullshit as did the one by my ex-workwife, who knows me so well. I honestly don't understand how most people live in this city.

Page 1 Roundup (03/31)

Daily  News: Trump indicted by grand jury in Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s ‘hush money’ probe; surrender expected Tuesday

New York Post: Donald Trump indicted in Stormy Daniels hush money probe by Manhattan grand jury

The New York Times: Donald Trump is indicted in New York

 A president faces prosecution, and a democracy is tested

At Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s camp is caught off guard

The Wall Street Journal: Grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump

Trump hush-money case will likely hinge on evidence of coverup

The Washington Post: Trump indicted by N.Y. grand jury, first ex-president charged with crime

The porn star, the checks and the president: Trump’s tawdry path to peril

Trump indictment follows 50 years of investigation on many fronts

Queens Daily Eagle: Queens man inndicted

Remains of the Day (03/30)

The Guardian: Wearing gayness on their sleeves’: 60 years of LGBT T-shirts

CNN: A secret deal between Justices John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy on gay rights and what it means today

Socialite Life: 6-foot-2 Ethan Vaughan in the male model spotlight 

Back2Stonewall: Elon 'The King of Free Speech' Musk's Twitter deletes thousands of tweets about planned trans-rights protest

Fortune: Roddick, Agassi, McEnroe, Chang are all selling their souls to pickle ball

Queerty: The true story of the 'Grey Gardens' gay handyman is being turned into a movie, based on a book published by the same man who edited my memoir!

The Real Deal: Flatiron Building auction winner fails to pay $19 million deposit

She's the Femme: Recently retired tennis player Carla Suarez Nava announces she's pregnant with twins

WSJ: A $140,000-a-month apartment lets you live like a rich New Yorker -- for 30 days at a time, at least 

WaPo: Cats save lives ... and so do dogs ... when they're not mauling people

Various: Martina Navratilova was blacklisted for saying there needs to be more than just self-ID for trans women to compete in elite sports -- and now someone is hilariously driving the point home ... to the dismay of a champion trans(!) power-lifter in Alberta. BTW: No one is saying average trans people are "obsessed" with sports -- that's what rightwing lunatics do, blow issues that affect very few out of proportion. But by not getting AHEAD of this, activists hurt all LGBT people by letting extremist views -- allowing someone with XY chromosomes who has taken zero measures to transition to compete in girls' sports -- help ignite a culture war, a war we were winning just a few years ago.

AP: Biden administration condemns Russia's bogus detention of Wall Street Journal reporter

Boy Culture: 21-year-old Carson Garrett is the twink of the moment

OMG Blog: Troye Sivan posts picture of his daily PrEP and Metamucil regimen, says the combo 'keeps him gay'

RN: Mothers with gay children beg Ugandan president not to sign anti-homosexuality bill into law

Hot Cat of the Day: When the photographer called him a pretty boy!

Indoorsy

I would totally buy one of these ... if I ever had the desire to spend time outside.

Related: Eight places to see art by Keith Haring in New York City

Postcard From Xmas 1988

Came across this impossibly great postcard my brother Bill sent me from London over the holidays back in 1988. (Yes, only in Britain would you find a postcard of Annabel Croft, who of course is now a television "presenter.” the U.K.'s most-ubiquitous profession.) 

The references to Kate Brasher, Shakin' Stevens, bootleg cassettes and young Madonna sure take me back, as does cat-sitting for Twinkie. I do occasionally come across old emails from friends and family, but never do they move me the way an old letter or card does. xo

Bill and the feline in question 

P.S. I happen to follow Croft on Twitter but haven't heard back about this find!