gay interviews Archives

May 30, 2017 15 min read

"In the 70s, society labeled gay men irresponsible hedonists, so we proudly owned it and by declaring our love of sex we made a political statement." Read More

Garrard Conley: On Surviving Ex-Gay Therapy, Writing His Memoir, and the Year in Queer Lit

Todd Summar

Interviews

June 20, 2016 9 min read

"I remember in the 90s and even early 00s, the idea was still prevalent in popular culture and the media that gay sex equaled death. When you’re in this religious environment, it complicates it even further." Read More

Radicals: Storyteller and Performance Artist Dandy Darkly

Mike Miksche

Interviews

November 4, 2015 3 min read

The inception of Darkly’s persona started seven years ago when he began writing serialized tales inspired by his love of the supernatural and high-camp bitchery. Read More

Gary Indiana: On His New Book ‘I Can Give You Anything But Love’ and the Impossibility of Happy Endings

Steven Cordova

Features Interviews

September 8, 2015 6 min read

"There aren’t any happy endings! We die! How could anything have a happy ending? Life is pessimistic because we die!" Read More

Kenny Fries: On How Being Disabled Influences His Work, Gay Pride, and Writing about Identity

Rebecca Maskos

Interviews

July 29, 2015 7 min read

"To me, a culture of disability is very important. And I think that my books contribute to that culture." Read More

Wayne Hoffman: On His New Novel ‘An Older Man’ and How Gay Sexual Culture has Changed Over the Past Couple of Decades

Donald Weise

Features Interviews

June 8, 2015 10 min read

"Cruising and gay sex don’t really need brick-and-mortar institutions anymore. You can cruise anywhere, anytime, with the phone you already have in your pocket, for free. So basically, the world is your bathhouse now." Read More

Yarrott Benz: On Revisiting a Harrowing Adolescence and Writing His New Memoir ‘The Bone Bridge’

Christopher Bram

Features Interviews

April 30, 2015 9 min read

"Whether I like it or not, the story of The Bone Bridge is the defining story of my life." Read More

Brad Gooch: On Remembering the 1970s and 1980s and Writing His New Memoir ‘Smash Cut’

Reginald Harris

Interviews

April 16, 2015 5 min read

"I had not really revisited these memories deeply since I shut the door on them over two decades ago. I discovered that I had intact, vivid memories, as if on a dolly track, reliving walking the halls of the AIDS wards of St. Vincent’s Hospital." Read More

Walter Naegle, Activist Bayard Rustin’s Partner, On Rustin’s Enduring Legacy

Adrian Brooks

Features Interviews

February 25, 2015 6 min read

"At the root of Bayard's actions was his belief in the oneness of the human family. His last words in the extraordinary documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin are, 'We are all one, and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.'" Read More

Brontez Purnell: On His New Book ‘The Cruising Diaries,’ Silencing the Critics, and the Joys of Writing About Sex

Kenyon Farrow

Features Interviews

October 11, 2014 5 min read

"I like writing in a way that can sometimes be dark yet still be generous to the human condition..." Read More

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

‘House of Cards’ by Nat Burns

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

In Bed with Joan Nestle

Writer and Philanthropist Chuck Forester on Gay Sex in the 1970s

Garrard Conley: On Surviving Ex-Gay Therapy, Writing His Memoir, and the Year in Queer Lit

Radicals: Storyteller and Performance Artist Dandy Darkly

Gary Indiana: On His New Book ‘I Can Give You Anything But Love’ and the Impossibility of Happy Endings

Kenny Fries: On How Being Disabled Influences His Work, Gay Pride, and Writing about Identity

Wayne Hoffman: On His New Novel ‘An Older Man’ and How Gay Sexual Culture has Changed Over the Past Couple of Decades

Yarrott Benz: On Revisiting a Harrowing Adolescence and Writing His New Memoir ‘The Bone Bridge’

Brad Gooch: On Remembering the 1970s and 1980s and Writing His New Memoir ‘Smash Cut’

Walter Naegle, Activist Bayard Rustin’s Partner, On Rustin’s Enduring Legacy

Brontez Purnell: On His New Book ‘The Cruising Diaries,’ Silencing the Critics, and the Joys of Writing About Sex

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

An Artist’s Journey from the U.S.-Mexico Border: An Interview with Ashley Robin Franklin

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy