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February 2010

Influences & Contributors

Letters

Editor’s Letter

By the Numbers

FOREGROUND

Deus ex Musica

On his homoerotic new album, indie-pop violinist Owen Pallett plays god.

Homo Plus

Humberto Leon may call N.Y.C. home, but his taste takes him beyond the Big Apple.

Talking Scents

Be you power player or poet, we have a fragrance that will speak to you.

Live the Life

The Effortless Elegance of Valentino.

Boys of Summer

One man’s trash is another man’s gay biker treasure.

Suite Surrender

With the city’s spate of new hotels, you can choose your own Manhattan adventure.

Boy Wonder

Is Esser the brave new face of Britpop?

Destination

The quirky appeal of Seattle’s budding Ballard district.

Can I Be Blunt?

Words of wisdom from den mother RuPaul.

Heads Will Roll

Punk-glam priestess Kristeen Young erects her decapitating wall of sound.

Liquidity

Tall, Dark ’n’ Stormy

Casanova or John?

Lords of lust through the ages

 

DEPARTMENTS

Surveillance

Our guide to the finer things in life: Republic’s made-to-order track bike, D.C.’s Donovan House, and Sonos’s dockless sound system.

Store Info

Scene

The parties you didn’t know you missed

Model Citizen

Chris Jones gives poker face.

 

SYMPOSIUM

Mailer’s Man Friday

A gay cook learns the tastes -- and true nature -- of a literary master.

Daddy Complex

In search of the elusive gay father.

Showcase Showdown

Jesse Archer blows his chance to hug Bob Barker.

 

FEATURES

A Second Coming

Moroccan writer Abdellah Taïa had to die to finally live his life. Now the gay literary hero is trying to save the lives of others.

Brothers’ Keeper

The secret gay history of America’s most macho college institution.

The Digital Diva

Why a 17-year-old lesbian flogger from Buenos Aires is poised to become her generation’s Eva Perón.

Pride and True

Ben Whishaw may swing both ways in his latest show, The Pride, but the British actor is not a man of labels.

FASHION

Slippery When Wet

Sometimes you just need to cherish a holiday.