Remains of the Day (08/30)

PinkNews: "Fellow Travelers" stars were told to go “too far” in show's sex scenes

WaPo: In a grim Russian cell, a hippie LGBT artist survived with her inner joy

Undercover Kept: Whatcha gonna do with all that junk in the trunk?

The Randy Report: DEI is the new critical race theory "boogeyman" 

Saturday 'Stache: Three "regular" men who’ll get you going

Brian Ferrari: Full-frontal cowboy from “The Boys in the Band" (1970)

Dallas Voice: LGBT attendance strong at DNC

The Advocate: A gay man was the only applicant for a town council seat in Ohio. He lost anyway -- because of his sexuality.

Variety: Scott Thorson, Liberace ex-lover, Wonderland murders witness, dies at 65

Speedo Sunday: That skimpy orange number definitely works on him

MetroWeekly: Dan Link is unafraid to get naked in the wild 

AP: It’s official, the census says: Gay male couples like San Francisco. Lesbians like the Berkshires.

Mashable: When Ron Galella photographed Sylvester Stallone in black briefs in 1979

HRW: Remind me to never give the Dominican Republic one cent in tourism revenue

Reuters: Gay Brazilians targeted in deadly stickups, lured by dating apps

Hot Cat of the Day: Who's a little cry-baby? 

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Au revoir: Les Hommes, NYC's oldest gay adult store on the Upper West Side, has closed forever 

Recommended viewing: Watched two gay movies last weekend and really enjoyed them. (Are we getting better at this, or has the democratization of filmmaking really broken the gay dam?) The less you know going into both the better. But to whet your appetite I'll quickly tell you that Corey Sherman's "Big Boys" examines a teen's sexual awakening when he goes on a camping trip with his brother and college-age cousin, who brings along her hunky boyfriend. And Giuseppe Fiorello's "Fireworks" is about two gay teens who discover their blossoming romance is not going unnoticed in virulently homophobic Sicily in the early '80s.  

SPOILER ADJACENT: If you have seen both -- or if you end up watching them -- I'd be curious to hear if anyone else noticed how the filmmakers dealt with the depiction of gay sex/romance involving minors. (Don't ruin things for yourself, but in one case your research will reveal something I'm not sure was necessary.) Email me HERE or send me on a message on Facebook HERE.

The corrections: Don't feel bad, National Enquirer. The newswire where I was working at the time accidentally changed her name to Princess Diana of Whales, which undoubtedly would have triggered a whole new eating disorder had Harry's mom lived.