Remains of the Day (06/12)

DNA: Jack Innanen campaigned hard for “Heated Rivalry” role on season 2, then turned it down due to scheduling conflicts

SCMP: 5 Mpox cases linked to Hong Kong "premier" gay sauna, contact tracing under way

RIP: Pioneering gay artist David Hockney dies at 88 ... and Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic, dies at 100

Instinct: Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher marries longtime love Étienne Bousquet-Cassagne

Speedo Sunday: But does the 'stache match the swimsuit?

The Randy Report: Has anyone heard of much less watched "Finding Fire Island," which apparently has a new season coming? 

PinkNews: 10 years after the Pulse nightclub shooting, survivors say their recovery may never truly be over 

MetroWeekly: A New York jury convicted Dmitriy Popov of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime in the killing of dancer O'Shae Sibley, while acquitting him of second-degree murder

Greg in Hollywood: Glenn Close is finally getting an Oscar

Pride: The hunks of "Off Campus" compare their spicy sex scenes to "Heated Rivalry"

Instinct: Paul Anthony Kelly is entering "The Housemaid" universe

Out: Everything gay soccer fans should know about the World Cup

Them: Administration confirms it’s restoring LGBTQ youth crisis line it eliminated last year

Advocate: Trans troops ask judge to protect everyone targeted by U.S. military ban

Your Ex: "Boots" star Max Parker posts sexy viral shirtless selfie at WeHo Pride

Hot Cat of the Day: Good morning, Harvey! (Do some people actually wake up without a wild animal draped across their bodies?)

Song of the Day: Carly Simon announces first album of original songs in 18 years -- and the lead single called "Howl" is quite good! 

Fatal Falls: Caught a screening of "Niagara" (1953) over at the Film Forum's festival to mark the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe. It was one of her rare films I had never seen -- it's really good! -- and what a surprise to learn that the hunk she's scheming with, played by Richard Allan, turned out to be gay in real life! 

Dial "M" for manhole

"Bang My Box": A review of the new Robin Byrd documentary, coming soon to HBO Max

Young Man in Bar #3: John Starr recalls when he was (briefly) in Arthur Hiller's "Making Love" (!982), widely considered the first mainstream Hollywood studio feature to (sort of) depict a gay romance in a sympathetic, positive light.

Remains of the Day (06/09)

Seeing Double: Twin 1 or 2?

West Side Rag: Wimbledon to install a temporary grass tennis court on Wollman Rink in Central Park

Boystack: New York’s legendary Mineshaft gets a fresh look in a review of the acclaimed documentary chronicling its rise, influence and enduring mystique

Greg in Hollywood: Steve Kmetko interviews “Adam 12” star Kent McCord, one of the hottest men to ever star on TV 

The Caftan Chronicles: 10 years after the Pulse massacre inspired the creation of Gays Against Guns, co-founders Kevin Hertzog and John Grauwiler reflect on grief, activism and the long fight against gun violence

Page Six: "Saved by the Bell" alum Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 52, titillates fans in crop top and booty shorts 

Washington Blade: Nancy Pelosi reflects on four decades of LGBTQ advocacy

ACLU: How current efforts targeting LGBTQ Americans echo tactics used during the Cold War-era Lavender Scare, when thousands were pushed out of government service

PinkNews: Rugby star Kane Williams comes out as gay: "I’ve been fighting a war within"

NYP: Son of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon admits to choking woman during sex as part of no-jail deal

People: Patrick Wilson says he turned down "fake" prop weights for viral workout scene in "Cape Fear"

Erasing 76 Crimes: A new survey suggests Ghanaians are far from united behind a proposed anti-LGBTQ bill, challenging claims that the legislation reflects overwhelming public support

Truthout: As anti-LGBTQ censorship expands, these cities have cancelled Pride this year

Instinct: Justin Trudeau's 18-year-old son is also a hot piece of ass

Attitude: Steven Spielberg names “Philadelphia” his favorite LGBTQ-themed film, calling the groundbreaking Tom Hanks drama a “breakthrough” and a watershed moment in Hollywood

Hot Cat of the Day: Pudding is a real Daddy's girl 

Remains of the Day (06/05)

Adam Turner: I was the face of NY Magazine's controversial "Trophy Boys" cover story 

Open Democracy: Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill passes amid chaos as law’s backers call for recall

Report: Despite mixed voting records, Nevada ranks among the most LGBTQ-friendly states and Tennessee is among the worst

SpinCycleNYC: Murray Hill celebrates Father's Day and Pride with drag king brunch

Boystack: The choreographer behind Madonna’s Blond Ambition tour and Michael Jackson’s "Smooth Criminal" looks back on creating some of pop culture’s most enduring moves

The Caftan Chronicles: Drew Sebastian has kinda left porn for other pursuits but is still justifiably proud of his key porn asset

PinkNews: "Gay walking speed" may have surprise health benefits, experts say

Instinct: Robbie G.K. is serving "Meatballs" next in the Bill Murray classic

Advocate: Appeals court clarifies that people living with HIV can join the military again

Beau: When you use anal to sell socks

Tennis Majors: This year's Roland Garros needs to be scrubbed from the record 

Attitude: Porn star Drake Von claims domestic abuse allegations are false after his reported arrest

The Daily Beast: Antoni Porowski leaves "Queer Eye" behind for a globe-spanning travel series filled with food, culture and personal connections

Gallup: The percentage of Americans who identify as LGBTQ has doubled since the polling org first measured in 2012

Speedo Sunday: 100% pure sex

Hot Cat of the Day: At this point I follow Jan-Michael Gambill as much for his kitty content as for his body!

Proud Voice: Broadway stars Jenn Colella and Noah J. Ricketts join the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus for a Pride concert packed with showstoppers, pop classics and an afterparty with DJ Mike Borowski. We got our tickets HERE!

Remains of the Day (06/03)

The Advocate: Martina Navratilova wants Billie Jean King to explain her support for transgender athletes in light of the latter's comments about physical differences between men and women

Boystack: A look at this year’s Night of a Thousand Judys, the beloved New York fundraiser that celebrates Judy Garland’s legacy with music, memories and plenty of Pride-season spirit

Gallup: U.S. support for LGBTQ issues remains down from peak

Shoddy Goods: A look at the forgotten music that once filled Gap stores -- and how those carefully curated playlists helped introduce shoppers to everyone from Bill Withers to underground dance acts before the age of Spotify

Ass Wednesday: When your butt is so huge it's the star of "Family Feud"

Homes of Celebs: Debra Messing’s Upper East Side apartment lists for $6.5 million / David Sedaris has two apartments for his two Picassos

KALW: World’s first Chinese LGBTQ Museum opens in San Francisco

NYT: A newlywed Mary Trump talks romance, resilience and finding happiness with Ronda Cress 

Billboard: The 100 greatest LGBTQ anthems of all time

Hello: Meet Warren Beatty and Annette Bening's four children -- including three who are actors 

ICYMI: My tennis roundup has been fully fleshed out

NYT: The troubled legacy of “Cruising” (1980) is the subject of “Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders,” a documentary premiering at the Tribeca Festival 

Instinct: Alan Cumming stars "Tip Toe," Russell T. Davies's new thriller exploring modern homophobia

Out: "Off Campus" star Stephen Kalyn wears just a towel in steamy viral clip

The Advocate: An Ohio teenager is accused of fatally stabbing his adoptive father and critically injuring his father's husband in a shocking case that has left everyone searching for answers

Hot Cat of the Day: They woke him up from a 17-hour nap and forced him to sell garden furniture

Killer Summer: My pal Frank Spinelli is back with "Precious Friends: Murder in Sag Harbor," a Hamptons-set psychological thriller packed with infidelity, murder and buried secrets. Order HERE.

RIP: Jay Daniel, a veteran television producer who helped broker peace behind the scenes on hit series including “Moonlighting” and “Roseanne,” and later worked on the Michael Keaton film “Clean and Sober” and Cybill Shepherd’s CBS sitcom, has died at 82

Remains of the Day (05/29)

The List: My love of "The Pirate Movie" is well-documented -- and now I'm dying that the cast reunited in L.A. to celebrate the classic cult film

Literary Hub: A love letter to the music that shaped LGBTQ lives

Blobby's Blog: Gay man of a certain age nearly got into his first fistfight -- at a dog park

Washington Blade: Nine Russian LGBTQ groups deemed "extremist" are banned

Saturday 'Stache: Armie Hammer is welcome to eat me up

People: Chelsea Handler saved a horse, rode a cowboy

Out: California city that banned the Pride flag poised to get powerful gay congressman in Robert Garcia

AP: Good to know that you can allegedly rape and murder your teenage stepsister but still stay out of jail awaiting trial if you look like this

CSUF: Nursing professor shares his HIV survival story for LGBTQ archive

Speedo Sunday: Anyone notice how hot guys just swim in their underwear?

L.A. Inquisitor: What ever happened to William McNamara, who broke our hearts in "Doing Time on Maple Drive"? He was my Morning Wood in 2006!

NPR: LGBTQ community faces high eviction rates, now housing advocates speak out

Out: "Off Campus" star Khobe Clarke goes viral in resurfaced underwear pics

PinkNews: Stephen Colbert's long record of standing up for LGBTQ people 

Just Jared: I wouldn't have recognized former Calvin Klein model Michael Bergin on the set of the new "Baywatch," but I don't say that in a bad way

Hot Cats of the Day: Two of Harvey's cousins are now cohabitating and it looks like they're taking it in stride! 

Fight Back: You've got another chance to experience David Wise's theatrical ACT UP experiment on June 15 in NYC. Details HERE.

Remains of the Day (05/27)

NYT: For one night only, my friend Tim Teeman became the star of "Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody"

Queerty: Yesterday I mentioned I had become a fan of Netflix's "Alpha Males" and had no idea one of the main characters was actually acting straight 4 pay

Edge: Josh Cavallo says gay footballers are still hiding in plain sight

Page Six: "Emily in Paris" star Pierre Deny dead at 69 after "sudden and severe" ALS battle

Wrestle Wednesday. Yikes -- you'd better like hair pulling

KIT212: "Brave" Homer Gere goes shirtless on "Euphoria"

PinkNews: Over 25% of LGBTQ people feel excluded or underrepresented by Pride Month

Out: Theo James and Aaron Taylor-Johnson flex their sexy abs in new film "Fuze"

Advocate: Democrats have a messaging problem. Adam Mockler has solutions

Attitude: Inside the shocking rise of OnlyFans sex stunts -- and why Drake Von is serious about 1,000-man marathon 

West Side Rag: "We’re Having a Blast": UWS roving grammarian goes on the road with award-winning film, "Rebel With a Clause"

CIC News: LGBTQ Americans are getting expedited Canadian citizenship certificates

GLAAD: Meta, X and YouTube’s scores hit new lows in sixth annual LGBTQ social media safety index

Washington Blade: China’s top court acknowledges anti-LGBTQ discrimination

Boystack: Tony-nominated institution Charles Busch went off-script while accepting a Judy Icon Award, reflecting on the loss of his dear friend and collaborator Andy Halliday

Hot Cat of the Day: Here's hoping he knows his limit

Pet Rock 2.0: Robby Hoffman has something to tell the nonbinary community, erstwhile or otherwise

Remains of the Day (05/26)

The Caftan Chronicles: Mark Beard's elegantly homoerotic paintings often begin with weekly sessions sketching nude men

Roro Subs: Rosie O'Donnell writes about having a facelift in January

EW: Broadway vet recalls dancing with Kim Cattrall in "Sex and the City 2": "How gay can this get? And then it only got gayer"

History 1000: The "horror" of coming out in 1977. (Yet "the kids" still don't understand how gays of a certain age are the way we are -- SMH.) 

My Queer Cinema: A handsome drifter and a horny laundromat owner collide in this scrappy 2012 indie full of nudity, flirting and bad decisions

 

ICYMI: After a slow start, my weekend tennis roundup has been fully fleshed out

LGBTQ Nation: Spain displaces Malta as Europe's No. 1 country for LGBTQ rights 

Out: "Heartstopper Forever" new photos tease bittersweet ending for Nick and Charlie 

Al Jazeera: Senegal PM slams West’s "homosexual tyranny," defends LGBTQ crackdown 

Socialite Life: Male Model Monday with Trey Mitcham, Alex Viera, Guilherme Breves and more 

EW: Another look at the "Heated Rivalry" musical parody

PinkNews: Russian boy, 13, charged under "LGBT propaganda" law over video with "extremist" symbol

People: Brazilian bodybuilding influencer Gabriel Ganley found dead in apartment at 22

THR: Julia Louis-Dreyfus to make Broadway debut alongside Ed Harris and Allison Janney in "Other Desert Cities"

NBC News: California woman dead in murder-suicide may have given thousands to a scammer claiming to be Tom Selleck. BTW: I recently found out a much older cousin whom I barely know lost everything in a romance scam whose tentacles reached my brother in Maryland.

Hot Cat of the Day: Are you looking for something fiction or nonfiction?

TV Queen: In case you're looking for shows, I've been watching "Alpha Males" (Netflix), finished "Envious" (Netflix), and recently discovered that what appeared to be a tired heteronormative sitcom, "Rules of Engagement," is actually smart, incredibly funny and has adorable Oliver Hudson and hunky Patrick Warburton, who is constantly stripping. (The women leads are brilliant, too!) Also, the Richard Simmons doc absolutely destroyed me.

Legends Only: History's 250 greatest gay-porn stars?

Lipstick & Lies: For my Detroit readers -- my friend Frank Anthony Polito has an event for his new book, "Dragged to Death," coming up on June 17 at the Hazel Park Library. Details HERE.

Remains of the Day (05/22)

AP: There's a reason why that calendar of young, handsome priests always seemed too good to be true

People: Former "gay cure" ministry leader arrested trying to meet 14-year-old boy for sex, which I suppose doesn't necessarily mean the fix doesn't work for others(!)

Instinct: Arsenal's most talked about asset right now might be Piero Hincapie's butt

Out: Tig Notaro delivers deadpan comedy gold from her seat at Colbert's last "Late Show"

Saturday 'Stache: Rugby built, for your pleasure

ATP Tour: Happy 39th to Novak Djokovic, who says his prep for Roland Garros has been positive. His gift? He's in the opposite side of the draw from Jannik Sinner.

CNN: James Murdoch buys New York magazine and Vox Media’s podcasts

PinkNews: NHL bosses are already concerned about "Heated Rivalry" season 2

The Advocate: Cher’s 80th birthday is a victory lap for survivors

Speedo Sunday: When Christopher Atkins's skimpy blue number turned Linda Gray into a cougar

THR: Gee, I wonder why "Off Campus" star Belmont Cameli thought he might be able to make it as an actor 

The Randy Report: Colorado Democrats blast Gov. Jared Polis over commutation of election conspiracy figure Tina Peters

Deadline: FCC wants LGBTQ “warning labels” -- and GLAAD, HRC and PFLAG are fighting back

Greg in Hollywood: Watch Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells team up in new film “Miss You, Love You”

Just Security: Ukraine’s parliament is pulling back on LGBTQ rights as courts and citizens move forward

Hot Cat of the Day: There's no bond stronger than a gay man and his kitty 

Alice Anderson: Everyone's favorite social-media reminder of the '80s comes forward on her 60th -- happy birthday, girl! 

Gay History: Harvey Milk’s legacy is still giving ’em hope on what could’ve been his 96th birthday

Remains of the Day (05/20)

People: Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence proved their decades-long friendship is still going strong with a nostalgic dinner reunion full of “lotsa laughs and lotsa memories” 

Die Alone With Me: What a drag ... the conclusion!

Greg in Hollywood: 80th birthday tribute: Scenes from Cher’s movies

Boy Culture: Ryan O'Connell on his "flop body" and how he un-flopped it 

Variety: Marcia Gay Harden had blunt words for parents who reject their LGBTQ children, calling it “a great big mistake” while accepting honors at the Los Angeles LGBT Center gala

Wrestle Wednesday: Central Oklahoma or Stevens Institute of Technology?

Just Jared: Miles Teller says it felt like a "violation" in a 2015 article when he was called a "dick," but I can only think about what he said about HIS OWN

Grunge: Three of my favorite songs are on this list of unforgettable ’80s one hit wonders

ICYMI: The man arrested for killing a Detroit surgeon who appeared to be paying him for sex has taken a plea and was sentenced

Instinct: Clavicular went to court and the internet only talked about the (hot) judge

UCLA Williams: A new report looks at how LGBTQ liaison officers can help gay people feel safer and more supported when dealing with police

Mug Shot Wednesday: Another week, another pervy school teacher (with good hair)

Out: The legendary Frameline festival is turning 50, proving LGBTQ cinema has survived censorship, culture wars and Hollywood indifference

Page Six: Phil Collins makes rare public appearance after revealing cascading health issues 

PinkNews: Kylie Minogue reveals second cancer diagnosis in 2021: "I got through it"

CBS News: German tourists accused of drawing swastika, writing "Adolf was here" on LGBTQ bench in Miami Beach

Fierce: A new report warns LGBTQ teens are struggling to access desperately needed mental health care as affirming providers become harder to find

NYT: Barney Frank, the liberal stalwart often voted the House’s “brainiest,” “funniest” and “most eloquent” member, who became the first member of Congress to come out voluntarily and helped normalize being openly gay in public office, has died at 86

Hot Cat of the Day: What if your baby could live much longer?

Listen: I might need to become a podcast person so I can hear about the history of London Records, starting with Siobhan Fahey's interview

The Stud Boat: Sebastian Gonzalez joins the cast of "Chico's Angels"! Tickets available HERE.