The Honeymooners

 

And away we go … to Amsterdam, Paris, Mont-Saint-Michel, Brittany and Carnac before ferrying to Ireland for an extensive visit of McMotherland! 

Weekend Tennis Roundup

Titles for Sakkari, Wang, Zverev, Khachanov and Team World. Plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

Remains of the Day (09/22)

Between the Lines: A gay Michigan couple is flipping homes in Detroit on their own HGTV show, "Bargain Block"

It's Either Sadness or Bookphoria: A gay man's review of Tim Murphy's "Speech Team"

KJZZ: LGBT elders are at high risk of social isolation, loneliness and suicide

The Randy Report: Try to guess if Erdogan is being a pain in the ass about gay people again

Saturday 'Stache: Talk about a package deal -- "My mustache is up here"

Lavender: Michael Carbonaro has made magic cool again

People: Magic Johnson praises son EJ as a 'beautiful gay man' as NBA star is honored at End AIDS gala

Socialite Life: Hello, Brendan 💪

HIV Plus: Ghana's newest anti-gay law sparks protests

Speedo Sunday: A whiter shade of pale?

Mix: Beloved Stud gay bar in San Francisco to reopen next year in new location

Al Jazeera: The handsome rising star of the Greek left, Stefanos Kasselakis, is a gay former Goldman Sachs investment banker

HuffPost: What's the connection between Pauly Shore and Richard Simmons?

EW: Gay country star cancels show amid anti-LGBT protests

The Advocate: LGBT resource center reopens at Missouri University

Hot Cat of the Day: A Facebook pal made a new friend in Morocco -- one of the best parts of travel! 

On the Rag, Vol. 778

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

Georgia Voice: Best of the fest / Out on Film in review

Trending: A winning Grecian formula

Grab: Chicago native Jaime Adrian serves a licking in “Lollipop,” the first single from his upcoming album

Lavender: Minneapolis firefighter Akeela Al-Hameed proves she’s tough as nails

Between the Lines: When Garnet Lewis was targeted by small-town extremists, the Saugatuck City Councilmember fought back

Gloss: The Leather Issue Part 2

Dallas Voice: LGBT business, cultural expo offers three days of panels and programs with celebrities, community leaders and influencers

Q Salt Lake: Damn These Heels announces special guest Miss Coco Peru

Metro Weekly: Film preview / Classical and choral music preview / Dance preview

San Francisco Bay Times: Welcome to the 49th annual Castro Street Fair

Remains of the Day (09/21)

NYP: Sounds like entrapment to me -- surprised he wasn't eaten alive

The Randy Report: Defense Department to begin proactively restoring honorable discharges to LGBT veterans

Tennis: Four decades ago, Terry Holladay -- with whom I flew back from Roland Garros in 1987 -- was the WTA's pioneering mom

Thursday Ad Watch: I'd like to take a bite out of that

CNN: "Will & Grace" premiered 25 years ago today

Queerty: Sounds like Colton Underwood is missing the spotlight 

Deadline: Gay comedian Matteo Lane strikes deal with Studio71 as part of expanded stand-up roster

The WoW Report: Leslie Jones quit comedy for 6 years after bombing, new memoir reveals

Tennis: Tracy Austin tells us where she was during the "Battle of the Sexes," which happened 50 years ago this week

The Hill: Democrats call for removal of anti-LGBT provisions in annual defense bill

NYT: Brooke Shields dishes Trump and Madonna in a new cabaret show

Greg in Hollywood: See the trailer for Andrew Haigh’s (“Weekend”) highly anticipated “All of Us Strangers,” starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal

Hot Cat of the Day: Someone got lost!

#ThrowbackThursday

Was tickled to death to receive this old photo from my childhood friend Lisa in Detroit the other day. From my hair I'd guess it was the summer of '85, at the height of my Paul Weller/Style Council obsession -- right before my friends and I drove up to Toronto to basically go record shopping! (I was walking alone one night on Yonge Street when I got cruised for the first time, which scared the hell out of me!) I wish there were an app that could magically send everyone photos others have of them that they never knew existed -- what a wonderful world it would be! 

Age Isn't Just a Number

Yikes. So I'm three years older than the oldest person on here and 17 years older than the youngest?!!!

*Although it sort of looks like a seven, I believe the number under Rue McClanahan is a one, because she turned 51 the year "The Golden Girls" premiered. 

Remains of the Day (09/20)

Collider: Hulu's ‘Never Let Him Go’ docuseries examines a man's 35-year quest to prove his gay brother was murdered

ABC 15: David Muir to receive Cronkite Award for journalism excellence at my alma mater (but will I get an invite to the ceremony?!)

The Second Disc: Carly Simon reflects on her early career with Elektra's Jac Holzman on "These Are The Good Old Days," featuring a never-before-heard demo called "Alone"

WaPo: The teens fighting to keep Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s trans policies out of their schools

Vance: When your yoga instructor moonlights on OnlyFans

WaPo: At Gay Talese’s book party, a glimpse of New York’s literary golden age

AfricaNews: Kenya's anti-gay bill proposes 50-year jail term

AP: A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit

The Hill: Wall Street Journal issues correction on article from 1963 quoting John Lewis

Wrestle Wednesday: Talk about a striptease

Jon Wertheim: Breaking down the complicated case of Simona Halep’s doping ban

The WoW Report: Stephen Rutledge remembers the great Cass Elliot

The Guardian: Egon Schiele art to be returned to heirs of Jewish cabaret star killed by Nazis

PinkNews: 69 people arrested for attending ‘gay wedding’ in Nigeria freed on bail

Gr8er Days: Nicholas Clay died of cancer at 53 -- so is forever a thing of beauty in "The Night Digger" and "Evil Under the Sun"

Hot Cat of the Day: Talk about an improvement in leadership over the past dozen-plus years!

Tennis Tuesday: Laslo Djere

There are two things we know for sure about sexy Serb Laslo Djere: He likes to play video games and he always wears BLUE BRIEFS.

Remains of the Day (09/18)

Geoff Edgers: What happened to the Breeders?

The WoW Report: Stephen Rutledge asks: Did Greta Garbo really "vant to be alone"?

NYT Style Mag: A designer inspired by Dutch still lives and gay pulp fiction

Washington Blade: Man charged in 2019 D.C. gay MURDER sentenced to 16 years -- while Danny Masterson, obviously a horrific monster, gets 30 for two rapes. (I will never understand the U.S. "justice" system.) 

Manspread Monday: A little wider, please

CRP: Crosby, Holiday, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Garland and Streisand were the major interpreters of the American songbook, and now author Dan Callahan tells the interlocking story of their lives and careers.

The Guardian: Mike Parish hid his sexuality at work and wouldn’t even hold Tom’s hand in the street. How did he end up running an LGBT support group?

EW: John Waters says intimate piece of Divine memorabilia being held hostage: 'They asked for a ludicrous amount of money' ... can you believe the Holy Father of Filth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today?! 

Gay Times: What the writers' strike means for LGBT representation

Boy Culture: Proof that Kyle Chandler has always been a hot piece of ass

WaPo: A Pride flag ban sparks accusations of betrayal in tiny Michigan city

Gay Curmudgeon: What it's like to see Billy Idol, 67, in concert nowadays

ExtraTV: Hunky Billy Miller, 'Young & the Restless,' 'General Hospital' star, dies at 43 -- battled depression

HuffPost: 14 years after 'Mad Men,' Bryan Batt shares a different perspective on gay life

Queerty: Alexander Skarsgaard spent his weekend partying and kissing guys at a gay club in Stockholm

Hot Cat of the Day: It probably won't shock you to learn that Shoe is the first relationship Carrie Bradshaw has ever been in that I approve of! 

(Turns out SJP adopted Shoe in real life too -- his civilian name is Lotus!) 

Weekend Tennis Roundup

Barbora Krejcíkova and Ashlyn Krueger took home titles, while the men battled it out in the rightfully maligned Davis Cup 2.0. Full report BELOW.

Sign Me Up

 

Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box ...

Remains of the Day (09/15)

All Things Considered: Mark Allen on the teacher who had the most influence on him growing up (ICYMI) ... Mark reflects on how appearing on NPR affected his life and career HERE.

NYT: In Japan, an uncertain future for LGBT rights

Melissa Gopp-Warner: I grew up in a homophobic world -- then everybody in my life started coming out as gay

Stereogum: Hear “Shiny Happy People” from Micky Dolenz’s new R.E.M. covers EP

Saturday 'Stache: How did I miss Adam Brody's "CHiPs" mustache?

NYP: Her son dresses up like her in public and uses her ID to buy drinks -- she think it’s hilarious

BNI: It looks like I'm heading to County Cork (part of our honeymoon) just in time for controversy

BosGuy: So you like 'em big 'n' hairy?

CNN: Chick-fil-A returns to U.K. after gay rights backlash forced a retreat

Queerty: Meet the hot daddy who was just named Mr. Gay Great Britain and is fighting for LGBT youth

Out: Meet Kennedy McDowell, Colorado State's out gay football player

The Randy Report: GLAAD finds LGBT representation increases in films, but still room for improvement

Greg in Hollywood: If Tuc Watkins's bare arms in a Chachi shirt doesn't get Hollywood to capitulate, nothing will!

The WoW Report: Your first look at Annette Bening as ‘Nyad,’ who swam from Cuba to Florida at 64

Speedo Sunday: Deck the balls!

Twitter: I don't think anyone has ever better distilled the "mentality" of a gun nut than my friend Tracie did here, referring to the guy who fatally shot a Washington state man who was trying to help deer cross the road. RIP, Dan Spaeth. My blood boils for you and your loved ones. 

People: Does this mean Hugh Jackman can finally come out of the closest as gay, which everyone swears he is?

NBC: Nashville voters elected Tennessee’s first transgender lawmaker Thursday, according to the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund

NPR: Fernando Botero, Colombian artist famous for rotund and oversize figures, dies at 91

AP: Apparently Gloria had an unlisted number, because Laura Branigan's real age didn't come out until 12 years after her death (ICYMI)

Hot Cat of the Day: Cat got your tongue?

On the Rag, Vol. 777

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

The Fight: No Matter What Recovery’s Anthony Arranaga-Grayson and Paulo Arranaga-Grayson on love, sobriety and family

Dallas Voice: Pride in D-town

Q Salt Lake: Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company kicks off 60th anniversary season with retrospective show

Marika: 'Boy Culture: Generation X' star Jason Caceres is a two-time cover boy ahead of the show's upcoming premiere on Dekkoo! Read more about the show HERE.

More HERE.

Metro Weekly: Ethan Heard shines in his role at Signature Theatre 

Déluge: The cinema issue

HotSpots: Miss Florida F.I. Pageantry System returns Oct. 1-2

Icon: After his role in the TV series "Baby" that changed his life, Lorenzo Zurzolo will be in cinemas in October in "Diabolik chi sei?"