Log Boy, a play by Anthony Nocera, examines queer grief, community, and collective memory through the story of the character of Anthony, who is mourning his partner’s death from AIDS. Rather than reproducing the familiar conventions of AIDS-related productions, which often centres on the suffering and death of gay men, this play explores the ongoing […]
A newly released book revives the largely forgotten art of Russell FitzGerald (1932–1978), a bi-sexual painter with his early roots in San Francisco’s beat and North Beach poetry scenes, who later became committed to examining his erotic desire for Black men and to understanding the historical forces that prevented the communion between Black and white […]
Orville Peck, an openly gay country music artist, has broken genre conventions and calls out underlying homophobia in the culture of country music. Throughout his career he has been unapologetically himself and disregarded industry norms while addressing serious issues within the queer community, such as substance use, coping mechanisms, and the importance of checking in […]
We’ve noticed a recent rash of films that center sex. What do you think that’s all about? Regardless, it’s sure been hard to miss. A couple news loads ago we told you about The Invite, a sex comedy and relationship drama centered on a struggling married couple whose party of two is transformed after they […]
At 79 years old, John Wood is having his first solo show at Celine, an art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland. The intimate and erotic photographic portraits document the Glasgow leather scene. Wood, a self-taught photographer, was not a part of the leather subculture that he documented. He worked as a sound engineer for the BBC […]
Josh Silver’s debut adult novel, Fruit Fly, is a dark but moving psychological thriller that unpacks questions of authorship, identity, and privilege when it comes to telling marginalized communities’ stories. The story follows a straight female author who poses as a gay man online and then stalks a gay male addict in order to mine […]
Although it will eventually affect half the population, until recently menopause research has been minimal. Women were told menopausal symptoms were just a part of aging and to endure them. In the past few years, the demand for better care has transformed menopause care into one of the fastest-growing sectors of women’s health. The market […]
Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s first-in-the-nation law banning AI “nudification” technology, which creates fake nude images of real people without their consent. While Musk and his company claim to support preventing the non-consensual distribution of AI-generated intimate images, they argue that the law is overly broad and unconstitutional because it […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently warned consumers about multiple types of “sexual chocolate” products, including Boner Bears Chocolate, Rhino Choco VIP Chocolate for Men, and Pink Pussycat Brand. Such chocolate-based sexual enhancement supplements were found to contain undeclared prescription erectile dysfunction (ED) medication ingredients, such as tadalafil, the active ingredient in the […]
Olivia Wilde directs and stars in The Invite, a sex comedy and relationship drama centered on a struggling married couple, Joe (Seth Rogen) and Angela (Wilde), whose relationship is transformed after they invite their sexually adventurous upstairs neighbors, Hawk (Edward Norton) and Piña (Penélope Cruz), to dinner. The evening begins as a tense social gathering […]
