On the Rag, Vol. 521

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

Get Out!: Dima says relax

HotSpots (Florida): 4 fallacies in personal training

Dallas Voice: Kathy Griffin gets political

Adelante: Feast your eyes on cover boy Franklyn Velez

Metro Weekly: 10 must-read excerpts from D.C.'s LGBTQ literary festival

QX (London): Oh, goody: It's Stella Meltdown

The Fight: DTLA Proud is a three-day festival celebrating diversity, inclusiveness and local talent

Lavender (Minnesota): I now pronounce you stylish and fabulous

The Unleashed Voice: Unleash your pride

Ambush (New Orleans): 30th annual gay appreciation award winners announced (I know I appreciate being gay!)

San Francisco Bay Times: Prisoner 00045 transported to Alcatraz

Rage Monthly: The eyes have it, boys

Congrats and farewell to Aaron Hicklin, who had a memorable run as editor of Out magazine for the past 12 years. Look for him at One Grand Books if you're ever upstate.

Remains of the Day (06/27)

Page Six: Everything about this story is exhausting

Towleroad: Say goodbye to LGBTQ rights -- Justice Anthony Kennedy to resign

JoeMyGod: Ohio's House approves GOP bill that would make it legal to deny wedding venues to gay couples

Daily Intel: Illegitimate Supreme Court topples precedent to hobble public unions

Baseline: Caroline Wozniacki usually goes for a much bigger scoop than Denis

BosGuy: Speedo boys: "I'll show you mine if you show me yours"

Boy Culture: Kathy Griffin slays Carnegie Hall

Dlisted: Jackson family patriarch and all-around monster Joe Jackson is dead at 89

Instagram: Canadian skating hunk Eric Radford shows off his Pride in nude undies

Gothamist: How Gramercy Park became a private playground for NYC's elite

Curbed: Remembering New York City's "el"-evated era

Back2Stonewall: American Family Association hate group starts selling "Christian" soap

Made in Brazil: Say hello to Gabriel Mendes

The Daily News: Driver in deadly car attack at Charlottesville rally hit with federal hate crime charges

Metrosource: "That Summer" documentary takes you back before "Grey Gardens"

OMG Blog: Hugh Grant and Pops watched his recent gay sex scene (with his ex-military father in the room) and there was Vaseline involved

NewNowNext: Colorado businessman Jared Polis on track to become first openly gay man elected governor

Outsports: Sexy Israeli pro wrestling champ comes out as gay

Mornings with Henry. #catdaddy #kittens #kitten #kitty #kittycat #catsofinstagram #catstagram @beardsandcats_official @catdadsworldwide @guyswithcats #howamisupposedtogetoutofbed

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Hot Cat of the Day: I totally need to meet my pal Joe's little Henry!

Remains of the Day (06/19)

Medium: What do these handsome boys have to say for themselves?

Newsweek: Justin Trudeau's government set to legalize weed in Canada

The Daily News: Pot arrests will be snuffed out starting in September, Mayor de Blasio announces

Dlisted: Remembering the Hunt's Snack Pack metal can that used to populate lunchboxes -- and threaten the lives -- of children of the '70s

The New York Times: Six of New York City's most prestigious private girls' schools have begun opening their doors to transgender students

OMG Blog: JC Mounduix of "Big Brother 20" isn't shy about the jockstrapped pics ... or nudes

GQ: Comedians tell their worst bombing stories

Out: Meet the queer music fanatic who became editor of Billboard Pride

The Washington Post: NYT, White House tangle over audiotape of immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller

Back2Stonewall: When "One Life to Live" became the first daytime soap to introduce a gay teen character -- and it's Ryan Phillippe

Twitter: Not exactly where I was hoping Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur would slide into ...

Boy Culture: More corn-fed boys from Iowa City Pride

Towleroad: Zachary Quinto left Charlie Carver completely bare after tearing off his gold thong on stage

The Associated Press: The West Point graduate who became known as the "commie cadet" is out of the Army after an other-than-honorable discharge

Eater: Iconic Spanish restaurant La Nacional finally makes its grand return to Chelsea

THR: Billy Sammeth, longtime manager of Cher and Joan Rivers, dies at 66

Metrosource: Times Square spectacle Gulliver’s Gate salutes Pride with a teeny-tiny Stonewall Inn that you must see

Gay City News: I'm not sure how I feel about this year's Pride parade cutting down my block

📽 from Unknown 😂😂😂😂😂 ~ double tap ❤❤ 🐱🐱Shop for Cat Lovers 👉 @cutecatonline bio #catloversclub

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Hot Cat of the Day: Maybe a kitty and speeding it up makes soccer fun to watch!

On the Rag, Vol. 509

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

Metrosource: Zachary Quinto leads 'The Boys in the Band'

Flame (New Orleans): Meet the sexiest DJ in New Orleans

Gay Times (U.K.): Daniel Newman, Casey Spooner, Dexter Mayfield and Antoni Porowski share the cover of the venerable British monthly

Get Out!: DaShawn Usher MOBI: Mobilizing Our Brothers Initiative

HotSpots (Florida): Fort Lauderdale to Host First-Ever Pride of the Americas in 2020

The Unleashed Voice: Handsome Brandon Karson is H.I.M.

Between the Lines (Detroit): Nickki Stevens's secret to success: Her mom

DNA (Australia): Does Andrew Stubbersfield need a bigger Speedo?

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Adventure-MTC's Michael Bobbitt is committed to diversifying theater for both children and adults alike

Echo (Phoenix): You may recognize his name because of his role as Billy aka “Fancy Pants” in the 2003 film "School of Rock," but Brian Falduto has grown to be much more than the character he played when he was 11 years old

Attitude (U.K.): Daryll Rowe's XXX past wiped from porn site Blake Mason following conviction for deliberately trying to infect people with HIV

Out: Sorry, Michelle Obama; Kathy Griffin is going lower

CyberSocket: 2018 cam model showcase

Dallas Voice: Mansfield teacher files federal discrimination suit against district

QX (London): Pride's got winners!

Lavender (Minnesota): The sum(mer) of all parts

Ambush (New Orleans): June is Pride

Remains of the Day (01/22)

Gr8er Days: Lorenzo Lamas turned 60 and he's still got it (what was Sandy thinking in "Grease"?)

POZ: Is Kenneth Cole shifting blame for the Harvey Weinstein charity controversy? At stake in amfAR’s civil war is the nonprofit’s quest to find a cure for HIV

Dlisted: Kathy Griffin says she wasn't welcome at the women's march this year

Washington Blade: Report shows massive increase in anti-LGBTQ violence since Trump took office

The Randy Report: 2018 SAG Awards in memoriam 

The WoW Report: Superman is back to wearing his red undies!

Towleroad: Gay adult performer Tegan Zayne accuses fellow performer Topher DiMaggio of rape

TVLine: "Big Little Lies" Season 2 poised to return [spoilers]

Deep Dish: This guy's Scruff must be blowing up

Los Angeles Times: Amazon's first cashier-less grocery store is finally open

The Washington Post: These kids started a book club for minority boys -- it's the most popular club at school

Boy Culture: Laverne Cox is Cosmo's first-ever trans cover girl

The Daily News: Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment 10 years ago, at age 28

Matthew's Island of Misfit Toys: Behold the luckiest bath towel on God's green earth

Variety: Rupert Murdoch says Facebook should be publishers just as cable operators pay for TV

JoeMyGod: Joy Reid calls out Ted Cruz for claiming he opposes shutdowns: "You're not even a good liar"

Hunk du Jour: Jockey should be paying Brock Yuric to wear its bikini briefs

Back2Stonewall: Anti-gay banners found hung outisde LGBT-friendly church in Indiana

Towleroad:  Tonga's Summer Olympics sensation Pita Taufatofua just qualified for the Winter  Olympics!

The Film Experience: Final Oscar predictions in every single category!

The Gay Almanac: Gus Kenworthy officially qualifies for Pyeongchang, joining Adam Rippon as the first two openly gay men to represent the U.S. at the Winter Olympic

OMG Blog: YouTube Star "MuscleBaked" (aka Kevin Baker) shows off his, um, wooden spoon

Brooklyn Vegan: Andy Rourke denies taking part in "Classically Smiths" shows

Salon: Changing networks didn't change the fact that Mergyn Kelly is horrible

The New York Times: Curious if this new biography about billionaire Kirk Kerkorian digs very deep into his very strange relationship with former tennis player Lisa Bonder

Tennis: How Hyeon Chung out-Djokovic-hed Nole

Baseline: Turns out we narrowly avoided a Battle of the Sexes film starring Will Ferrell

Deadspin: What does Pizzagate truther Tennys Sandgren find "interesting" about the alt-right?

Outsports: Life became hell for gay Texas high school athlete after he was outed

Greg in Hollywood: The case for Robert Redford being the hottest man in Hollywood

From @pokeypotpie: “For the record- this is one of the many reasons why we need a break. 🤣 All 7 free-rangers like to sleep in the bed, preferably on a human. And Bop likes to lick noses and nibble on ears." #catsofinstagram

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Hot Cats of the Day: Here's a pile-up I wouldn't mind joining ...

... anyone know if it's safe to leave a space heater purring overnight?

Remains of the Day (10/30)

JoeMyGod: Court blocks Trump's trans military ban, says directive "based only on desire to disapprove of trans people"

The Washington Post: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is charged with conspiracy against the U.S.; another Trump adviser admits to lying about ties to Russia

Cosmopolitan: Which guy was everyone obsessed with the year you were born?

Boy Culture: So many men -- and you've got plenty of time

Deep Dish: Muscle hunk dries his undies on the balcony rail

D-Listed: Colton Haynes and Jeff Leatham got married by Pimp Mama Kris

Vulture: All 73 Sade songs, ranked from worst to best

Towleroad: Tom Daley hopes his teeny Speedo will help him get a ride

The New Yorker: Annabella Sciorra, Daryl Hannah and other women explain their struggles with going public about Harvey Weinstein

ETOnline: "EastSiders" is coming back to Netflix on Nov. 28

Metro: Marines who exposed genitals and drank each other's urine avoid jail

Matthew's Island of Misfit Toys: Naked splendor in the grass

Back2Stonewall: Remembering the infamous Adonis movie theater in New York's sleazy Times Square

OMG Blog: Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers goes full frontal on a balcony

The Randy Report: Hillary Clinton at the Human Rights Campaign national dinner

The New York Times: This former Green Beret lost his job as an F.B.I. agent because of his low sperm count

Greg in Hollywood: Kathy Griffin goes after Harvey Levin and Andy Cohen in video that is mostly right; but that it always comes down to how things affect HER is a little suspect

Kitty of the Day: Who doesn't like a travel cat?

Page 1 Roundup (10/25)

The Daily News: Harvey Weinstein may face charges after accuser says he pulled out her tampon, forcibly performed oral sex on her

The New York Post: If by "flimsy" they mean everything that could be verified so far has checked out, then yes, it's flimsy. (Also, Trump's Republican challengers were the ones who initially ordered this.)

Kathy Griffin calls Anderson Cooper a "spineless heiress"(!) / Read HERE.

The New York Times: While it's great that some Republicans are FINALLY sounded the alarm about our lunatic in chief, it would be nice if it were some who were INSIDE the Beltway instead of two not seeking re-election and a senator with a terminal brain tumor

The Wall Street Journal: The Winter Olympics Are Close, and So Is North Korea