June/July 2009

Influences & Contributors

Letters

Editor’s Letter

By the Numbers

FRONT

From Cove to Coed

Gregory Michael, the hot star of gay sudser Dante’s Cove, goes Greek.

Celebrity Slumming

When the boldfaced get bored, they head for the bottom of the masthead.

Homo Plus

Designer Antonio Azzuolo buzzes about Lower Manhattan’s hipster hangouts.

Live the Life

Before he hit a rough patch (and three parked cars), George Michael kept our faith with his scruffy charm.

The Secret of Paris

Tucked in the Marais but overlooked by tourist hordes, Rue Bretagne has tasty marchés and chic boutiques a plenty.

Those Were the Gays

Homo trends, then and now.

Divine Anointment

The oils our skin truly worships

Cargo Vroom!

Five small cars that pack big things under their hoods.

Zeldageist

Our seasoned critic Zelda Kaplan picks her hits and misses of the month.

Phantoms’ Menace

Fierce glam-funkers Fritz Helder and the Phantoms are ready to strike.

In the Pink

Blake Bailey’s biography of John Cheever -- the blue-blooded master of suburban melancholy -- examines the bisexual writer’s inner turmoil.

Columbine Redux

Ten years after the tragedy, a new book sifts through the wreckage’s gay rumors.

Summer Fever

At play in Anthony Goicolea’s homosocial dystopia. Plus: this season’s essential reads

Destination

Seville offers more than just barbers and bulls -- it’s got bears too.

 

COLUMNISTS

Jesse Archer

One steamy night in Rotterdam

Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Becoming a Pretty Old Thing

FEATURES

Hot List 2009

Our sincerest apologies to Al Gore, but this summer is going to be hot as hell -- and we couldn’t be happier. Among the culprits for global warming: the dynamic boys of West Side Story, the bare torso of Sebastian Stan, the bear fashion of Costello Tagliapietra, the excellent music of Grizzly Bear, Michelle’s right-hand threadster Jason Wu, and more.

Journey With No End

Gay Iranian refugees are caught between persecution at home and alienation abroad. A writer travels from Turkey to Toronto to meet some of these struggling exiles.

Queer and Loathing

From Kenneth Anger’s 1947 Fireworks to those brokenhearted Brokeback boys, we look back at our favorite gay shame flicks.

Face to Face

On the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, acclaimed writer Edmund White sits down with artist Terence Koh to talk about sex with cowboys, nights with Warhol, and the 20 years when sex was free.

Pet Sounds

For nearly 25 years, the Pet Shop Boys have been providing the soundtrack to our gay lives. With the release of their 10th studio album, Yes, the iconic dance-pop duo discuss their winning streak.

FASHION

Wish You Were Here

Two guys. One island. No rules.

A Brief Glimpse

Somebody’s watching them.

 

DEPARTMENTS

Gay By Design

Your guide to the finer things in life: Solar imaging by Visionaire, Sferra sheets, and the death of the cow rug.

Scene

The parties you didn't know you missed.

Back in the Gay

Artist Jack Balas gives our May 2004 cover a makeover.