Remains of the Day (09/06)

 

The Caftan Chronicles: Artist Jack Walls survived boyfriend Robert Mapplethorpe -- and all the detractors, too

Washington Blade: Ugandan pastor defends draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act

The Randy Report: Carl Nassib, first openly gay player to play in NFL games, announces his retirement

Wrestle Wednesday: How do you say "packing heat" in German?

Mark S. King: So you like 'em big 'n' red?

The WoW Report: Stephen Rutledge remembers gender anarchist Sylvester

The Advocate: California mom blames bullying for gay son’s suicide

GMP: Even gay couples don’t escape the 7-year itch

WaPo: Hemingway’s letter on surviving back-to-back plane crashes sells for $237,000

PinkNews: Same-sex couples feel like ‘second class citizens’ and face ‘gay tax’ trying to start families

Gay Times: Trauma haunts LGBT Indians years after end of gay sex ban

WSJ Magazine: Model Linda Evangelista had breast cancer twice in 5 years

Hot Cat of the Day: This Harvey knockoff is cute but no cigar!

Tennis Tuesday

 

You're in luck. Britain's Adam Jones wants the world to know just how hard he works on his bum BELOW.

Remains of the Day (09/05)

Dennis Anyone?: "I just love a big dumb hunk," says "Male Gazed" author Manual Betancourt

NYT: When Coco Gauff and Zendaya need tennis tips, they ask Brad Gilbert 

BBC: Delta flight makes U-turn over diarrhea incident

WaPo: Raid, arrests at Venezuelan gay club provoke fears of new persecution

FriesenPress: Another gay Republican, but with an underwear twist

NYP: Police ‘confident’ they have a suspect in gay slay of Detroit neurosurgeon Devon Hoover

CNN: Meet Fabian Nelson, Mississippi’s first openly gay legislator

The WoW Report: Remembering gay composer John Cage

GoFundMe: If you adore Coco Peru as much as I do, please consider helping the drag legend keep her elderly mother in her home

Birthday Boy: When we adopted Harvey in June 2016, we were told he was roughly 1.5-2 years old. As a nod to my late father, we decided to make our baby's birthday Sept. 5, which means Harvey is 9 today (and my dad would have been 91!). Happy birthday, little boy. I don't know how we'd have made it through these past seven years without you. xo

Gr8er Days: Jimmy Buffett, who became a mogul with just one Top 10 hit, dies at 76

Washington Blade: Maxine Waters to deliver keynote at U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS

NYT: No sweat. Frances Tiafoe would like a fresh shirt now.

Reuters: Nigerian court remands dozens in prison over alleged gay wedding

People: Gary Wright, 'Dream Weaver' singer, dead at 80

Hot Cat of the Day: This kitty's definitely not out of the bag. (Harvey is a sucker for a Trader Joe's paper sack!)

Calendar:

Very excited to be seeing the hilarious Sam Pancake -- who pops up in just about everything ("Search Party," "The Disappointments," "Saved by the Bell") -- this Saturday at The Green Room 42. Check for tickets HERE -- and say hi if you see me dying laughing in the crowd!

Weekend Tennis Roundup

We're getting down the business end of things in Flushing Meadows. Tell me who your picks are -- and check out photo highlights from the year's final major BELOW.

And listen to the latest episode of Ball Boys HERE.

This week the boys take Manhattan -- well, Queens anyway -- as we head to the U.S. Open for the first day of the final slam of the season.  Come along and bring some Pepto; you're gonna need it. In just the first few days we're covering the spicy matches, a mystery virus and some outfits that quite frankly deserve a code violation.

Happy Labor Day

In honor of the holiday (I'd like to think) my great-great-grandfather KILLED to help us get(!), I'm off from my day and night jobs today. Hope you're getting some R&R wherever you are, too. 

How the Molly Maguires fought America’s first labor war

Remains of the Day (09/01)

Reading List: Some new books I'm eager to check out: "My Fabulous Disease: Chronicles of a Gay Survivor" by Mark S. King and "Hi Honey, I'm Homo! Sitcoms, Specials and the Queering of American Culture" by Matt Baume. 

NYT: The saga surrounding Big Gay Ice Cream, which has seen one of its owners go from hobnobbing with celebrities to working in a Walgreens back home in Maine

NYDN: Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef reached a divorce settlement in less than 2 months after their split

GCN: Doughnuts that dare to show their Pride colors

Saturday 'Stache: Just a man playing with his ball 

People: All about Caroline Wozniacki's husband, former NBA All-Star David Lee ... and speaking of tennis hubbies, learn more about Ons Jabeur's, Karim Kamoun, who is a former fencer

HuffPost: New documentary is a powerful tribute to Matthew Shepard, 25 years after his death

Gr8er Days: Remembering George Maharis's flesh act

DM: Sandra Bernhard's former publicist-cum-manager is suing her for unpaid fees, airing her closed-fisted dirty laundry that rings 100% true (… but doesn't really doesn't change my opinion of her in the slightest because OF COURSE she did those things, we wouldn’t expect anything more!)

NYP: Virginia mother arrested for raping twins, 15, after cops find missing boy in her bedroom

NYT: Gay history was made in ’90s clubs. These fliers captured it.

Forbes: How much money do members of the gay community need to be happy?

Dekkoo: Watch the trailer for ‘Ranchlands,’ the newest gay romance from director David Lewis

CNN: Louisiana is losing one of its only pediatric cardiologists because of the state's controversial anti-LGBT legislation

Speedo Sunday: Express yourself (don't repress yourself)

Hot Cat of the Day: I'm ready for a "227" reboot starring this cutie!

BOOK BONUS!

I'm just now hearing about "Glitter and Concrete A Cultural History of Drag in New York City" by Elyssa Maxx Goodman and "No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of 'A League of Their Own': Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood" by Erin Carlson, both of which also look promising.