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02/01/2005
Jazz and the Blues Jazz and the Blues, two of the most prominent musical forms to emerge from African-American roots, differ sharply in their relationships to glbtq performers. While jazz continues to be hostile toward glbtq musicians despite the significant contributions of several gay male jazz artists, the Blues has been more welcoming, particularly to lesbian and bisexual women. view feature
01/31/2005
Jewelle Gomez, 1993 In her poetry, fiction, and essays, African-American writer Jewelle Gomez seeks to merge her black, feminist, and lesbian identities into an indivisible whole. In this 1993 interview with Owen Keehnen, she discusses her Lambda Literary Award-winning first novel, The Gilda Stories, a book that revamps the myth of the vampire, and Forty-Three Septembers, a series of essays that pays tribute to the people who have significantly influenced Gomez. view feature
Joan Jett Blakk, 1992 In 1992, Joan Jett Blakk became the first drag queen to toss her wig into a presidential race. Running on the Queer Nation Party ticket, Blakk used drag, camp, and her unique persona to bring visibility to queer people and issues. view feature
01/15/2005
Cross Dressers: Male, Part 2 Different men are motivated to cross-dress for a variety of reasons including a desire to achieve sexual excitement, to entertain, or to express a feminine sense of self. view feature
01/14/2005
Charles Busch, 2003 In his answers to twelve quick questions, film star, playwright, stage legend, and novelist Charles Busch discusses the play Taboo, the frantic production schedule for the film Die Mommie Die, the joy of receiving a Sundance award, and the crafts of writing and filmmaking. view feature
F. Valentine Hooven: Tom of Finland's Biographer, 1993 F. Valentine Hooven III, author of a biography of gay erotic artist Tom of Finland, shares his view of Tom of Finland, Tom's lasting popularity, and his own work with the Tom of Finland Foundation. view feature
01/01/2005
Cross-Dressers: Male, Part 1 Though male cross-dressing is common historically, cross-dressers have often been misunderstood and maligned, especially in societies with strictly defined gender roles. Despite this disapprobation, cross-dressing entertainers have often been accepted and even celebrated in many cultures. view feature
Interview: Quentin Crisp: 1992, 1995, 1997 In this compilation of three interviews, Quentin Crisp describes his life, his art, gay pride, and the differences between Americans and the British with Owen Keehnen. view feature
12/15/2004
Interview: Harry Hay, 1992 A 1992 interview with activist Harry Hay, a founder of the Mattachine Society and an early member and supporter of the Radical Faeries. view feature
French Literature: Nineteenth Century Nineteenth-century French Literature witnessed a dramatic increase in literary representations of same-sex eroticism. Though the first half of the century is relatively poor in such depictions, the birth of several artistic and literary movements, such as aestheticism, decadence, and symbolism, made gay and lesbian sexuality a significant subject in the national literature after 1850. view feature
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