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The Significance Of Stephen Gately

Posted on October 19, 2009 by queerlefty

As a former Boyzone fan, I was of course deeply saddened by last week’s news that the group’s co-singer, Stephen Gately, had died. I say former not because I need to distance myself from my fandom, but rather because I … Continue reading →

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The Nobel Peace Prize: Is It Too Soon?

Posted on October 9, 2009 by queerlefty

Out of respect for Hillary Clinton and the Clinton legacy. I never got myself to fully choose between Clinton and Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential primaries, once my favorite candidate, John Edwards (yeah, I know) dropped out. But even … Continue reading →

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Did Jonas Brothers Get The Hanson Treatment?

Posted on September 30, 2009 by queerlefty

That was the question I kept asking myself while I was reading through a series of reviews of Jonas Brothers’ June release Lines, Vines and Trying Times recently, compiled by the aggregator site Metacritic. To answer this question however, I … Continue reading →

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Queer, There And Everywhere

Posted on September 24, 2009 by queerlefty

I was so happy to read Benoit Denizet-Lewis’ piece on young gay teens in a preview for this weekend’s New York Times Sunday Magazine. Denizet-Lewis, a former writer with young gay mag XY reports, rather upbeat, on how the schoolyard … Continue reading →

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The Sex-Negativism of ‘Antichrist’

Posted on June 17, 2009 by queerlefty

Danish director/crazy genius Lars von Trier’s (Dogville) new movie Antichrist tells the story of an unnamed, married couple (Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe), whose young son is killed falling out of an open window while they are having sex in … Continue reading →

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The More Respectable Way To Watch Zac Efron’s ’17 Again’

Posted on June 12, 2009 by queerlefty

This piece follows somewhat in the footsteps of my I Love You, Man review, in that my expectations going into Burr Steers’ rather bland romantic comedy 17 Again, to some extent influenced my final verdict. Like any non-professional consumer of … Continue reading →

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Remembering ‘Jack & Bobby’

Posted on May 31, 2009 by queerlefty

Again, my thanks to Bryan for leaving the comment to which this piece is an extended reply. Read my initial response here. Last week’s television Upfronts, where the five major broadcast networks unveiled their lineups for 2009-10, were short on … Continue reading →

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Obama Picks Sotomayor For SCOTUS: Some Thoughts On Gay Issues And Identity Politics

Posted on May 29, 2009 by queerlefty

Straying from our usual preoccupation with pop culture, the events of the week simply couldn’t keep me from writing a little bit about American politics. Both as a political junkie and as a gay man, this week has been really … Continue reading →

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Not All ‘Doom’ And Gloom In Gregg Araki’s New Queer Cinema Past

Posted on April 4, 2009 by queerlefty

When I first watched Gregg Araki’s Totally Fu***ed Up, I was taken by a sense of relief that here, finally, was a film about gay youngsters whose main scope was not a coming out story. Likewise, when I saw The … Continue reading →

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Seeking To Avoid Clever Wordplay, Let’s Just Say Tottenham Is One Consistently Cute Club

Posted on October 1, 2008 by queerlefty

I really don’t like Tottenham Hotspur. Their reliably mediocre Premiership performances have never made them much of a threath to my beloved Liverpool, but their supporters are possibly the most undeservedly cocky of all. Every year they seem convinced that … Continue reading →

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