Category Archives: gay

On (Re-)discovering A Favorite Movie From Teenhood Is Gay

Posted on April 19, 2010 by queerlefty

One of the best things about Lukas Moodysson’s directorial debut Show Me Love (Swedish title: Fucking Åmål, 1998), is that even though I grew up with it, it has continued to grow along with me. Until I saw it again … Continue reading →

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Setting It Straight

Posted on March 3, 2010 by queerlefty

If you didn’t love Daniel Radcliffe for playing Harry Potter, taking his clothes off in Equus, or for embracing gays both in The Daily Beast and British gaymag Attitude, you’re either a very ungrateful gay, or I’m gonna pretend you … Continue reading →

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Historic February SMA Has A New #1

Posted on February 8, 2010 by queerlefty

There are several reasons why this month’s Sexiest Males Alive list is historic, the least of which is that this is the first ever February edition of the SMA. More importantly, we have a new #1. And not just a … Continue reading →

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How Savage Garden Helped Me Come Out

Posted on January 27, 2010 by queerlefty

I just loved this  New Year’s resolution, attributed to New York magazine’s film critic David Edelstein via Slate’s Dana Stevens: “To have no shame: no guilty pleasures, only pleasures; no wish for do-overs, only excitement [for] the next opportunity”. It’s … Continue reading →

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Taking Woodstock Out Of ‘Taking Woodstock’

Posted on November 21, 2009 by queerlefty

Ang Lee doesn’t owe me anything. If any, I owe him to be grateful for the impressive string of great films he has made over the years, from Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm, to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon … Continue reading →

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Early Gay Crushes: Jesse Eisenberg

Posted on November 12, 2009 by queerlefty

Regular readers may be starting to see a pattern in these installments. My Early Gay Crushes can, if simplified somewhat, be divided into two categories, depending on how old and/or mature I was when they happened. In the first category … Continue reading →

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In Belated August Upset, Efron Wins Back SMA Title

Posted on September 3, 2009 by queerlefty

Before you re-read David Plotz’ otherwise excellent case for abolishing August (it’s such a crappy month that even its SMA edition runs late!), consider the August edition of the Sexiest Males Alive list. Things have been fairly stable for months … Continue reading →

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‘The Line of Beauty’, Or The Elephant In The Ballroom

Posted on August 10, 2009 by queerlefty

Amid all the lies, wars, corruption, authoritarianism and disingenuous privatization schemes, it’s easy to forget  the things Tony Blair’s New Labour actually got right. In addition to several policy initiatives aimed at improving the state of public health care and … Continue reading →

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After Three Years Of Gayness, A Re-Post

Posted on August 7, 2009 by queerlefty

With some minor tweaks, and in honor of my now three-year gayniversary; a re-post of my 2008 coming-out piece Two Years Ago Today Since I Came Out. *** August 7 is the one day of the year when I allow … Continue reading →

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Emile Hirsch Soldiers On Atop July’s SMA, With Zac Hanson Suddenly One To Watch

Posted on July 26, 2009 by queerlefty

It’s another fairly stable month on the Sexiest Males Alive last, and as usual Emile Hirsch is that stability’s best ambassador. This month he fended off a surprisingly strong challenge from Jesse McCartney, one I admit picked up steam after … Continue reading →

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