December 2009/January 2010

Influences & Contributors

Letters

Editor’s Letter

By the Numbers

FOREGROUND

Small-town Boy

Meet France’s latest sugary confection: 21-year-old pop sensation Sliimy

Liquidity

Champing at the bit

Dare Devil

Friday Night Lights star Zach Gilford gets all the attention in the new film Dare.

Heavy Sweaters

Block the stain away.

Live the Life

The downtown splendor of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Paging Mr. Margiela

A new book exposes fashion’s invisible man.

Boy Wonder

Is Esser the brave new face of Britpop?

Destination

The Big Easy is more than just beads, boobs, and Katrina.

Can I Be Blunt?

Lisa Lampanelli lays into the gays.

 

OUT 100 2009

Breakout of the Year

Adam Lambert

Entertainer of the Yar

Wanda Sykes

Artist of the Year

Rob Marshall

Newsmaker of the Year

Lt. Dan Choi

Ally of the Year

Cyndi Lauper

Stylemaker of the Year

Christopher Bailey

 

SYMPOSIUM

The Lonely Professor

The true story behind Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man.

Bad, Bad Black Sheep

Jesse Archer contemplates his dark side.

Little Bitch

The pleasures of owning a gay daschund.

Private Dancers

A British Army base gets its first gay night.

Search and Destroy

Unlocking Google’s gay secret.

 

DEPARTMENTS

2009 Gift Guide

Be he jock or dork, our holiday gift guide has all the presents for the man in your life.

Store Info

Scene

The parties you didn't know you missed.

Model Citizen

Brooklyn’s own Dayne Brett.