Remains of the Day (12/21)

The AIDS Memorial: A loving remembrance of Lance Loud, TV's first gay "reality" star

Dlisted: As some suspected, Meryl Streep #SheKnew posters were the work of a right-wing guerrilla street artist

The New York Times: Janet Elder, top editor at The Times, is dead at 61

IndieWire: I know film critic Rex Reed has made his share of enemies, butmaking fun of a septuagenarian with no copy editor seems a bit like shooting fish in a barrel

The New Yorker: A few words in praise of eggnog

Towleroad: You'll love this 3D render of Instagrammer Max Emerson if you're a fan of idealized muscular male art

The Washington Post: Trump administration targets certain words, and the bureaucracy pushes back

Back2Stonewall: "Sexually suggestive" hot naked man in Vatican's nativity scene has right-wing Christians losing their minds

The Daily News: U.N. declares Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital "null and void" with vote

The New York Post: Man says he has a hard time getting get hired because his penis is too big

The Film Experience: At least Zac Efron is pretty

TVLine: Meet Darlene and David's kids on "Roseanne"

The New York Times: This one's a bit of a Rorschach test -- has Chuck Close actually done something "newsworthy" wrong, or did Robin Pogrebin of the New York Times produce #RevengePorn against the famed artist?

Boy Culture: Mamma Mia, here we go again with that trailer

Brooklyn Vegan: Five overlooked albums of 2017

Daily Intelligencer: Corporate PR stunts won't save the working class

The Gay Almanac: Pentagon outlines updated transgender military policy

Savage Love: Work friends and threesomes and pro unicorns

Cleopatra: Culture Club "Live at Wembley" deluxe packages available now

Gr8er Days: Jane Fonda redefines what it means to be 80

Homorazzi: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle share their official engagement photo

JoeMyGod: FRC offers "pray for President Trump" bumper stickers

Outsports: High school football star comes out as gay, will play at Indiana State

Tennis Life: Venus Williams won't be spending any time in the pokey

Hot Cat of the Day: Meet little Oliver and his owner, an Irishman with a cat fetish. (I'd better keep this one away from Damian!) 

Loud and Queer

There's an adorable -- and moving -- "Christmas-ish" story by the late Lance Loud's mom, Pat, on Yahoo News today. Check it out HERE.

BTW: Just in time for the holidays, Pat's "Lance Out Loud" is available HERE. Pat is interviewed about the book HERE.