Tennis Tuesday

 

Julian Castro is a man of many talents, as you will see BELOW.

Remains of the Day (09/01)

People: "Hot Priest" responds to NSFW comments after he's accused of posting thirst trap 

Greg in Hollywood: Olympic legend Greg Louganis sells house, three of his medals, and starts new chapter in Panama at 65

UPI: Pope Leo XIV accepts LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic Church

Queerty: Did David Geffen and Donovan Michael’s divorce turn nasty over this one prized asset?

Pride: Freddie Stroma goes viral in his tighty whities

People: Ricki Lake's old friend replaced "Hairspray" shirt she lost in L.A. wildfires

NYT: Rep. Jerry Nadler will not seek re-election, ending a 34-year career as one of Congress’s leading liberal voices

People: Sarah Jessica Parker celebrates "Sex and the City" fans' love of show

Instagram: Did this song inspire the Pet Shop Boys to write "West End Girls"?

AP: A man who took tennis player Kamil Majchrzak's hat from a young fan at the U.S. Open has apologized on social media and said he has returned it ... after being publicly shamed

Variety: Oscar Nuñez on returning for "The Office" spinoff, why Oscar ends up in the Midwest (at "The Paper") and how his character became a gay icon

UCR: Watch Cher and Joni Mitchell join Cyndi Lauper's farewell tour at the Hollywood Bowl

Out: Antoni Porowski's single era ends, but ... 

DNA: Two men who appeared on different iterations of "Married at Fight Sight" are now engaged 

GCN: Michael Seltzer, visionary in gay and AIDS philanthropy, has died at 78

Hot Cat of the Day: When you're even as cute as your stacked older brother

Song of the Day: I might have shelled out the small fortune being charged for Debbie Harry's Carlyle Cafe residency back in 2014 if I had known she performed "Strike Me Pink," the standout track from 1993's "Debravation." Listen HERE.

Red Eye: If you're in the NYC area, do yourself a favor and catch David Miller's "Riot Act" stand-up cabaret for the end of times on Sept. 6, Oct. 4 or Nov. 15. Tickets HERE.

Weekend Tennis Roundup

 

We'll know who won the 2025 U.S. Open by this time next week. But until then, enjoy the beefy highlights BELOW. 

Acting Out: No Anachronisms, Please!

If you've ever wondered what it was like to attend an ACT UP meeting during the height of the AIDS epidemic, then David Wise's "Fight Back" is the immersive outing for you. 

There are no actors and no script. Instead, each attendee is assigned a real-life persona ahead of time, whose level of participation you work out with David in the days leading up to the event.

From the second you arrive at the New York LGBT Community Center in the West Village, everyone is asked to live and breathe in character as if it's March 13, 1989 -- and we're all getting together to organize the next big protest of Mayor Ed Koch's impotent policies outside City Hall. 

Even your small talk has to be time-specific (suggested topics): 

"Did you hear that Robert Mapplethorpe died this week?" 

"Do you think Pepsi will pull Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' commercial because conservative groups are calling it blasphemous?" 

"Are you going to go see Jerome Robbins' Broadway?"

Though I chose not to speak, I felt fortunate that I was assigned to "embody" Andy Velez, who happened to have been close to an actual pal of mine. With the information I gleaned, I felt like I was paying homage to Andy as I participated in the night's proceedings, wearing two strings of his signature beads. (Typically you would just read up on them or watch videos if they're available online.) 

The meeting, for better or worse, is much like any gathering of eclectic people; some are great -- one man moved me to tears announcing the news that a fellow ACT UP member had succumbed to AIDS since the last meeting -- while others drive you nuts by repeatedly asking irrelevant questions or being so pedantic you want to punch them. So while it would be impossible to recreate the sense of urgency and despair that was happening at the time -- thank you, modern medicine -- one thing's for sure: the exercise will give you a fresh perspective on a dark time in gay history. A big thank-you to David for inviting us. Learn more about "Fight Back" HERE. 

P.S. Damian and I attended with our friend Tim Teeman, whose writeup you can read HERE.

(Photos by Hong-An Tran)

Wanted, Indeed

 

6-2, 195 with black hair? I'm assuming it was grand larceny of the heart.

Remains of the Day (08/28)

Attitude: Mitch Brown is the first AFL player to come out publicly as bisexual

Washington Blade: Doctor who led mpox response resigns from CDC, slams administration

NBC News: While straight men face educational crisis, gay men excel academically, study finds

Interview: Novak Djokovic is back for another U.S. Open, but don't call it a farewell tour

Vogue: Brian Vahaly is (still) leading the conversation around gay representation in pro tennis

Saturday 'Stache: It sure is thick

Outtake: My pal Jeff Copeland discusses his new book, "Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn"

Dallas Voice: Minneapolis school shooter identified as a trans woman, 23-year-old Robin Westman

PinkNews: Official first look at Charlie Hunnam as serial killer Ed Gein in "Monsters" season three

Page Six: Austin Butler's grueling workout routine that took his body to "the next level"

NYP: Photographer who walked on court at match point during Medvedev-Bonzi math breaks silence 

Speedo Sunday: Cruz Beckham's packing heat

SCMP: How a daily drinker’s health scare saw him lose weight, get fit and transform his body

WBUR: B-52s legend Kate Pierson finds a new groove on the Cape

CNN: Cracker Barrel and the gays, again

Out: Former Disney Channel star Franek Skywalker teases the sexy content on his OnlyFans

US Weekly: Venus Williams's hunky Italian fiance, Andrea Preti, spotted at U.S. Open

The Advocate: Ex-cop pleads not guilty to killing gay TV host and boyfriend

Hot Cat of the Day: Met this little cutie while walking around the Upper West Side!

Boy Culture: My pal Matt Rettenmund is ending his blog -- which started at the same time as mine in 2005 -- after learning his host is closing up shop. (What an incredible run!) Not to worry, though: He will continue posting on social media and on his juicy Substack, which you can find below: 

Boystack: The naked truth about vintage physique imagery (NSFW)