Mandragora, a film directed by Wiktor Gorecki, is a sad, viscous, and heavy-handed film of familiar (if stereotypical) themes - prostitution, drugs, self-loathing and the saddest theme of all - gay people (in this case boys) are a miserable lot doomed to a life of misery and death. Now … Ta has been around the block a time or two and has managed to experience in one way or t’other these themes and has managed to still be extremely FABULOUS (Though, ah ayum not quite as fabulous as the wonderful Lady Bunny.)

Wiktor Gorecki condemns the lifestyle and wallows in obvious sexual fascination in this drama that recounts sixteen-year-old

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Now, some might call me a whore, but I’ll kiss just about everyone!  Quit giggling.  What other expression can mean so much?  A hug?  Nah.  There’s only like 3 kinds of hugs.

First, there’s the “Buddy” hug the quick arm-wrap-and-squeeze thing that lasts just amoment ofr two.  The Buddy hug is usually accompanied by patting or pounding depending on whether you’re with a twink or a bear.  Sometimes, straight men will give their gay friends the one-armed version - Continue Reading »

This is a superb collection of short films and ah raise mah martini glass in salute! L’il ol’ Tallulah gits sooo bored with some of the anthologies of gay films out there but Boys to Men is an entertaining and sometimes sexy collection of gay male shorts that span the generations. Crush, The Mountain King, ..lost, The Confession - this is a must-have.

An outstanding quartet of films that begins with a gay coming of age, Crush (Phillip Bartell). Robbie (Brett Charles) is a gawky 16-year-old whose fondness for boy bands delights the 12-year-old Tina (Ema A. Tuennerman) until she learns just how much he likes them. Realizing that the only

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Boidyke. Stem. Down low. Trannyboy. In this lively and broadly researched book, Cornell University psychologist Savin-Williams reveals that the words gay teenagers use to describe their sexual preferences have changed radically over the past 30 years, and so have their attitudes towards same-sex relationships. In fact, many of them are reluctant to define their sexuality at all. “In some respects,” Savin-Williams explains, “these teenagers might relate better to their pre-labeled, pre-identified grandparents than they do with their gay-liberated parents

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Deciding on which lesbian films I would consider to be in the top 5 is sure to be a difficult choice for not only myself, but for any lesbian film lover. There are many elements that come to play for each movie. Sure, anyone can play a role, but can they really live it? Convincing the audience that there is more to the role than just a few lines and captivating the viewers is what breathes the life into many lesbian films today.

Oscar Award-winning Boys Don’t Cry is on my top five must see lesbian films list. Directed by Kimberly Pierce, the actors and actresses in this movie bring to life the true story of harassment and bigotry

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I work a lot with people who have reached significant turning points in their lives. Some are at the point of making changes in their career to lead a more sustainable life, others have reached critical tolerance for old patterns and ways of living they no longer wish to engage, and others still have simply decided they need new goals, projects and perspectives. The common theme I’ve notice lately with both those I work with as well as others is seeing life as a tapestry.

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Mambo Italiano is likely the funniest, sweetest gay comedy l’il ol’ Tallulah hayuz evah watched. Mambo Italiano is the bittersweet story of one young man’s coming out and another young man’s failure to love himself as he is and returns to the closet.

Maria and Gino (the absolutely fabulous Ginette Reno in her final film and the astounding Paul Sorvino), emigrated from Italy to Montreal in the 50’s and married after their arrival in “the new world”, a world they still haven’t quite gotten used to. Their world is shattered when their son, Angelo (the oh-so-sweet Luke Kirby), decides to get a place of his own. “What

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Aaron, fed up with his friends’ complaining about their love lives, comes up with The Deal: They all have until next New Year’s Eve to find true love or stop whining about it. And there will be monthly love sucks parties to let all the whining out, but no whining in between.

That’s a tall order. Miranda sucks the life out of every one of her romances. Can she really find love with a butch punk lesbian drummer? Alexander dabbles with men’s hearts. Will he every get a steady job and a steadier boyfriend? Will Patrick, Aaron’s straight roommate, be able to weather out the changes in his romance with Vivian, who can’t

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Three couples (plus one) converge at a beautiful English cottage to celebrate a birthday. Oh, my, what a bore … drama queens without a sense of drama. The inevitable comparisons to Big Chill and Boys in the Band only serve to remind us we’ve seen it all before. However, despite a strong sense of deja vu the actors do a great job of making these characters very real.

This insightful and vastly entertaining comedy-drama, depicting three troubled gay male couples, is both knowingly funny and unflinchingly on-target. The story revolves around an Easter weekend

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Here is a short fun read, giving the essentials on the life of Alexander the Great, the famous Macedonian general who conquered the world in ancient times. Alvear and Schecter crack lots of jokes, and in between are careful to tell us all the things that most straight histories leave out, namely, the gay stuff. Books and movies about Alexander might mention his drinking buddy Hephaestion, but they will rarely tell you they were

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