Remains of the Day (10/02)

The Cut: Jason Lewis, Eric Nies, Ian Somerhalder, Tom Welling and others remember the wild, sexy and decidedly pre-Instagram world of 1990s modeling

QulturVultur: Out actor Andrew Bonomolo says he was fired from a professional theater production after the company learned of his past as adult performer Troye Jacobs, and he isn't going quietly

KIT212: Adorable college basketball coach engaged to his adorable boyfriend and fellow coach

BF: Brian Ferrari looks back on a magical summer performing under the stars in Medora, North Dakota, in a poignant poem dedicated to his late dance partner, Jennifer Kay, who died suddenly this summer

Saturday 'Stache: Beach wood

DNA: Nik Ball by Jade Young Part II

The 74: The Education Department has formally scrapped Biden-era Title IX protections for LGBTQ students, with a new rule defining sex strictly as male or female expected next

PinkNews: Tom Ford’s Spring 2027 collection declares skimpy briefs are so in

Out: Joey Pollari is the newest hunky star of "American Horror Story: 13"

Washington Blade: House Democrats urge White House to confront Turkish government over anti-LGBTQ crackdown

NYP: Therapist who ran NYC gay men's group busted for sexually assaulting two "vulnerable" patients

Advocate: Transgender and intersex Kansans are challenging a sweeping new law that voided some 1,700 driver's licenses and requires gender markers to reflect sex assigned at birth

Instinct: Meet Ashton Summers, the gay porn star whose viral thrust has racked up more than 30 million views and inspired countless imitations

The Trevor Project: The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has restored its “Press 3” specialized services for LGBTQ youth, more than a year after the federal government eliminated them

Speedo Sunday: Animal attraction

Hot Cat Dumb Bitch of the Day: Get a new boyfriend -- I speak from experience

Happy Birthday: Julie Andrews is 91 ... and Greg Brady is 72!

Eugene O'Neill Goes to Equinox: Toxic masculinity, no matter how artful, isn't really my cup of tea. But major props to Jon Beavers (as Yank), Harrison Tipping and the rest of the cast for bringing depth and humanity to the Irish Repertory Theatre's production of "The Hairy Ape," a bleak portrait of a man whose strength is useless against a world that he is convinced sees him as "less than." Tickets HERE.

Barney Greengrass: Now who's the sturgeon king? 

On the Rag, Vol. 927

 

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Theo James, Aydin Eyikan, Nik Ball, Dan Levy, Hady Habib, Tom Rhys Harries and more BELOW.

Remains of the Day (09/3)

KIT212: Feast your eyes on the 12 men who were selected for the first Men of ASU calendar back in 1981

EW: Will Reeve, the youngest child of the late Christopher Reeve, reveals he ‘worried about being a burden’ in emotional update after announcing his testicular cancer

PinkNews: Serbia has become the first Balkan country to have an openly gay president, as former prime minister Ana Brnabic takes over on an interim basis following Aleksandar Vucic's resignation

Instinct: Meet five other openly gay leaders reshaping Europe's political landscape, from prime ministers and presidents to mayors and ministers

Wrestle Wednesday: Where do you even start?

Fox: I'm not surprised that the virulently transphobic New York Post, Daily Mail et al. are breathlessly reporting on the trans New York Times executive who was gunned down in broad daylight by his own in-laws. (The older couple allegedly taunted and abused him about his gender identity for years.) What I can't figure out is why these media outlets are suddenly using the correct pronouns for the victim, something they seem to relish not doing -- no matter how confusing it makes their articles. (Baby steps?)

Socialite Life: Former child star Jonathan Lipnicki goes full frontal -- and very dark -- for his eye-opening role in A24's "Primetime"

People: Absolutely heartbreaking that a 13-year-old girl would take her own life. Condolences to Chad Lowe and his family.

New Times: Gay-owned Brick Road Coffee -- in Mesa, Tempe and now Phoenix -- is proving that this isn't the Valley of the Sun I grew up in

The Reel Murts: Let a hot Irishman explain to you the history of the first "Guinness Book of Records"

HBO Max: Has anyone watched the documentary "Anni: The Honeymoon Murder," about the Anni Dewani case, in which her husband was accused of arranging her killing? Would love to hear your thoughts. (I don't want to spoil anything so that's all I'll say!) 

Billboard: Dolly Parton stars in "9 to 5"-themed coffee commercial filmed a month before her death

MNPP: Welsh actor Dino Fetscher, mustachioed and tank-topped for your pleasure

Out: 11 gay thriller movies to binge and where to watch them

RIP: Dennis Haskins, Mr. Belding on TV’s ‘Saved by the Bell,’ dies at 75

 

Hot Cat of the Day: This little cutie reminds me of my late Larry, whose own dental-hygiene skills made him the only cat I ever owned that vets weren't constantly trying to bully me into a $5,000 cleaning (that didn't even include laser-whitening).

'Lived to Tell': A haunting Memorial Day 1981 photo of six friends in Laguna Beach became the inspiration for (leggy blond) David Churchill’s memoir of gay life before AIDS and the friends he lost to the epidemic. 

Order HERE.

Listen to the author speak about growing up gay HERE.

Tennis Tuesday

 Fair to say his serve is about the only weak thing about this one. See for yourself BELOW.

Abercrombie & Pinch

 

Ha. I first wrote about this 1995 A&F ad on my blog more than 20 years ago. Read HERE.

UPDATE: No need to hector; I can see what color the models are and I'm very aware of the well-documented charges against former A&F CEO Mike Jeffries. My post is about the effect this ad had on me in 1995.

Weekend Tennis Roundup

Team Europe reclaimed the Laver Cup; Czechia captured the BJK Cup; and titles for Daniil Medvedev, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Leylah Fernandez and Kimberly Birrell. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.