On the Rag, Vol. 478

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

Get Out!: Alan Cumming camps it up as Ted Tinling in "Battle of the Sexes" / Read HERE.

Gay Times (U.K.): Are you still crushing hard on Aaron Samuels of "Mean Girls"? Read HERE.

GCN (Dublin): Gilead continues to block Ireland from sourcing generic Truvada / Read HERE.

The Advocate: U.S. refuses to condemn the death penalty for gays / Read HERE.

The Gay U.K.: Just 15% of the world has marriage equality for gay people / Read HERE.

Grab (Chicago): Demi Lovato on her own terms / Read HERE.

Curve: Tegan and Sara hit the road / Read HERE.

Lavender (Twin Cities): “Ex-Gays: Not a Str8 Remount” Satirizes Praying the Gay Away at SpringHouse / Read HERE.

QX (London): Travis Alabanza: The critically acclaimed artist and performer talks harassment, visibility and perceptions of gender / Read HERE.

What's hot this weekend in the U.K. / Read HERE.

HotSpots (South Florida): OUTshine Film Festival Honors ’13 Reasons Why’ Star Tommy Dorfman / Read HERE.

Flip Flops' October Sunday Tea Dance looks fun / Read HERE.

Out: Lena Waithe on Her Emmy Win, the Power of ‘90s TV & MoMA’s 'Black Intimacy' Film Series / Read HERE.

A&U Magazine: Barney Frank Talks AIDS, Government, and Fending Off the Homophobes in the Early Years of the Epidemic / Read HERE.

Paper: Ex-doorman on surviving NYC's sexy, drug-fueled '80s / Read HERE.

Metro Weekly (D.C.): A man with his own unique story, Louie Ortiz-Fonseca uses both his work and his art to champion queer youth of color / Read HERE.

LGBTQ community demands gun control in wake of Vegas massacre / Read HERE.

Rage Monthly: Trick or treat? Online edition HERE

POZ: I'm not interested in much lately -- am I clinically depressed? Read HERE.

San Francisco Bay Times: Photos from the SF AIDS Foundation's 35th Tribute Celebration HERE.

DNA (Australia): Maybe Russia isn't all bad / From HERE.

Gloss (San Francisco): Meet Miss Juliet Pries, the queen of ice cream / Read HERE.

Winq (U.K.): Madonna's greatest ever gay moments / Read HERE.

Edge Media: Sam Smith spotted canoodling with "13 Reasons Why" star Brandon Flynn / Read HERE.

The Fight: Your complete guide to Palm Springs Leather Pride HERE.

Q Salt Lake: How LGBT-inclusive are the three leading Utah gubernatorial candidates for 2020? Read HERE.

Echo (Phoenix): All about AIDS Walk Arizona 2017 / Read HERE.

2017 Lambda Literary Award Winners Revealed

On Monday, Lambda Literary, the nation’s leading organization advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) literature, announced the winners of the 29th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”) at a ceremony hosted by Justin Vivian Bond at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The ceremony brought together attendees, sponsors and celebrities to celebrate excellence in LGBT literature and 29 years of the groundbreaking literary awards. Complete list of winners HERE.

Gay Memoir/Biography: 

"When We Rise," Cleve Jones, Hachette Books

Alan Cumming Serves Up Charity With a Twist

Attended a nice cocktail party with my friends Greg and Mike the other night at Fishs Eddy, New York's coolest housewares store, to celebrate the launch of Alan Cumming's new line of cocktail glasses -- from which a portion of proceeds go to a great cause:

Description:

Club Cumming was the name giving to Alan Cumming's legendary Cabaret dressing room after-party at Studio 54, where he played host to a guest list as eclectic and starry as the Scotsman himself! Now Alan has created the perfect bar set for Fishs Eddy so everyone can join the party! Plus a portion of every sale will go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS so you can have fun and do good at the same time! This set of four glasses goes perfect with the Club Cumming bar tray!

Stop by the Flatiron store or order yours online HERE -- they're really cute!

Showtime for 'Florent'?

I was a big fan of the trans friendly Meatpacking diner Florent back in the day, so a Showtime series set there might just work ... even with Alan Cumming in the titular role. 

Kevin Sessums Honors 429 Magazine Coverman Alan Cumming

Had a great time with my pal Tim Teeman at Kevin Sessums' party for Alan Cumming Sunday night at the Soho Grand Hotel. Traded book-publishing horror stories with the 429 magazine cover man and "Cabaret" star, then had the pleasure of getting to know Richard Pérez-Feria (far right) and his partner, Marco Medrano, who swapped Gore Vidal stories with Timmy! 

Kevin Sessums: The hostess with the mostess

Hello, Columbus!

Other highlights of the evening included having two young dancers "make" me cup their incredible asses to decide whose was hotter -- and then finding a lost boy (above) near the Xmas tree who had (literally) just gotten off a plane from Columbus, Ohio, Straight, 20, and perhaps the hunkiest young man I have seen in a while, he wants to be a model ...

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Congrats to Kevin and Alan for a wonderful night. Order the men of the hour's new memoirs below:

"Not My Father's Son" HERE.

"I Left It on the Mountain" HERE.