Weekend Tennis Roundup

Titles for Haddad Maia, Sinner and Auger Aliassime. Plus a photo tribute to tennis superfan Matthew Perry and all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

Remains of the Day (10/27)

BBC: Abercrombie & Fitch sued over former CEO’s alleged sexual abuse of male models

The Advocate: Nancy Pelosi's possible House successor places his gay identity front and center

WaPo: House Speaker Mike Johnson used faith in campaign against gay rights

YouTube: Watch the new lyric video for Rosanne Cash's "The Truth About You," from the 30th anniversary reissue of her album "The Wheel"

Saturday 'Stache: Now I'd have watched "Ted Lasso" if he'd looked like this!

NYT: The troubled Flatiron Building will be converted into condos

Fox2: Bill banning "gay/trans panic" defense advances in Michigan

Lea Rivel: There is no real way to “look gay”

Paper: Cher just doesn't quit

Speedo Sunday: Obscenity laws must be different Down Under if you're allowed to walk around like this

WSJ: Can only ripped guys pull off a henley?

Philadelphia Inquirer: Suspect in murder of gay journalist Josh Kruger arrested

Insider: A gay Israeli soldier says he's going to fly the Pride flag on his tank while fighting Hamas

AutoStraddle: How “Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” ruined its gay lead’s life

Pride: 10 gay cruising mishaps you may experience

Hot Cat of the Day: Fun-size kitty, anyone? 

On the Rag, Vol. 781

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

Canal: Brazilian actor Amaury Lorenzo comes out: ‘How can I not be in this fight?’

Between the Lines: Amy Schneider became a trivia darling in recent years. Now, in a new memoir, she’s revealing who she is beyond TV.

Get Out!: Have a Bear Naked Halloween! 

HIV Plus: PEPFAR in peril: The far right wants to end the lifesaving global HIV program

Georgia Voice: Jarvis Hammer represents Atlanta in “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” season 5

Male Model Trending: Wild backyard

HotSpots: Sergio Cabrera or Alexis Pineda?

Gay Times: The performance art of being Julia Fox

Dallas Voice: 43rd black tie dinner, MirrorBall, is Saturday at Sheraton Dallas

Metro Weekly: Creator David Jenkins on the magnificent "Our Flag Means Death"

Q Salt Lake: Nov. 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance

Where did all that speculation go when Sufjan Stevens came out?

Got Melk?

Wait a minute: Does this mean all of my classmates at Hiller Elementary School in suburban Detroit weren't stupid -- they were just Dutch? Now I just need to figure out where the natives say cousint and heighth.

Remains of the Day (10/26)

GLAAD: The Big Apple takes a bite out of bullying: #SpiritDay in New York celebrates LGBT youth; partners Stephen Morgan (top) and Steve Romo (bottom) marked the occasion by wearing the same tie on two different networks.

Dallas Voice: National LGBT leaders react to election of Rep. Mike Johnson as speaker of the house

Variety: From coming out to Steven Spielberg to working with the Obamas, the producer of "Rustin" on his activism for LGBT stories

Gay Curmudgeon: A review of Morrissey at United Palace

Thursday Ad Watch: Now that's a perfect fit 

NYP: Welcome to the USA, land of the “mentally ill gun expert.” Remember when Republicans passed a bill to revoke Obama-era gun checks for people with mental illnesses and Crazy Donald immediately signed it into law?

WaPo: Hong Kong court sides with same-sex couple over inheritance rights

EuroNews: Lithuania moves to ditch controversial Russian-style "anti-gay propaganda" law

Washington Blade: Biden-Harris administration commemorates Intersex Awareness Day

Tennis: Jenson "Jazz Hands" Brooksby ineligible to compete until January 2025 after receiving 18-month ban

USA Today: "Fellow Travelers" with Matt Bomer is an "incredibly sexy" gay love story. It also couldn't be timelier.

Gr8er Days: Richard Roundtree, sexy "Shaft" star who worked nonstop for 50+ years, is dead at 81

Independent: New data reveals most popular occupations of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in England/Wales ... hint: it's not carpentry!

Reuters: South Korean court upholds ban on gay sex within armed forces

BAR: For LGBT History Month, a look at some San Fran pioneers who helped form the community

Hot Cat of the Day: Massage time

Loved It Beyond a ‘Shadow of a Doubt’

Damian and I caught the late show of "Shadow of a Doubt" last night at the Village East, part of the cinema's annual Hitchcock-tober fest. As you've probably figured out, I'm not a full-blown movie queen, so I confess that I had never even heard of it. Turns out it's a good one -- apparently Hitch's favorite of his works -- leaving us on the edge of our seats with so many uncomfortable moments as the plot thickens. Nice to see Joseph Cotten play a completely different character than he did in "Gaslight," which is how I know him. And now I'm eager -- and inspired -- to see more of Teresa Wright, who I know I'm a bad gay for not having already eaten up in "Mrs. Miniver," "The Little Foxes" and "The Best Years of Our Lives," three films on my "I Should Have Already Seen" list. 

P.S. A few more movies I've finally watched:

"Sophie's Choice," which I mentioned HERE. Obviously Meryl Streep was spectacular being Meryl Streep, and Kevin Kline is ridiculously handsome. But boy was I not aware of the fact that it was about the Nazi persecution of Slavs rather than Jews. Maybe I'm too woke to appreciate it now.

Also finally watched "Goodbye, Columbus." I'm not the biggest Philip Roth fan -- apparently his misogyny is supposed to charming or something -- but this film based on his short story of the same name reined it in enough for me to be able to enjoy it. It helped that the much-maligned Ali MacGraw is spectacular to look at, as is the guy (Michael Meyers) playing her brother. (Did you notice the weird sexual energy between him and Richard Benjamin's character?) 

And for Halloween, Damian wanted to watch "The Witches of Eastwick." I'm a HUGE Cher fan but had never seen it, due to my strict realism policy. I can't say I regret watching it -- it was fun seeing the leads back in the day, and Cher on a bike was second only to Kermit! -- but as predicted it wasn't really my cup of tea. (Maybe I'm too dense literal for this type of stuff: They were witches but didn't really know they were? Jack Nicholson's character shouldn't have been hurt/upset that these three women with whom he formed a polyamorous relationship suddenly and coldly cut him off without giving it a second thought? Or?) All I know for sure is that Veronica Cartwright stole the film. 

Crazy to think that Cher had THREE major motion pictures that year -- "Witches" followed by "Suspect" and then "Moonstruck" -- and then other than "Mermaids" kind of faded away from Hollywood. (I may have seen "Faithful" on cable but never saw "Tea With Mussolini," which of course was way after the fact.)