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The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide is a bimonthly magazine of history, culture, and politics targeting an educated readership of LGBT people and their allies. Find us at https://glreview.org/.
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Did you know that 50 years ago Minneapolis was the first US city to pass a non-discrimination ordinance that included trans people? Read Kate Sosin’s article at The 19th, and check out Jamie Valentino’s dispatch from Minneapolis at The G&LR
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50 years ago, Minneapolis redefined LGBTQ+ rights
On December 30, 1975, just before the New Year, the city council passed trans-inclusive protections unlike anything the U.S. has been able to achieve.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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The Sydney Morning Herald has reviewed the latest book by longtime G&LR contributor Dennis Altman. Read the review and check out some of Altman’s contributions to The G&LR below.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and to mark the occasion here are two recent articles from The G&LR about this historical tragedy and the resilience of LGBT and Jewish people amid the horrors of Nazi Germany.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Love #HeatedRivalry? check out the Ivory Tower Boiler Room convo between host Andrew Rimby, G&LR Managing Editor @jeremycfox.bsky.social, G&LR contributor @colincarman.bsky.social , and Joseph Federico.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Want to learn more about the history and the future of The G&LR? @pridesource.com Managing Editor Sarah Bricker Hunt has done a deep-dive into the magazine and produced a highly informative new article.
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Passing the Torch at The Gay & Lesbian Review
The year was 1993. Nearly a million people had just marched on Washington demanding LGBTQ+ rights. Don't Ask, Don't Tell would be signed into law by year's
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January 20, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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The Bay Area Reporter has released a list of new books to read this winter, and it includes Bryan Washington’s Palaver, which Charles Green reviewed in the latest issue of The G&LR. Check out The BAR’s full list and our review below.
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Winter books roundup 2025, part 2: Bryan Washington, Daphne Gottlieb, Max Delsohn & more
In Part two of our winter books roundup, we present fantastic fiction from Bryan Washington, short stories from trans author Max Delsohn, a memorable memoir from San Francisco’s own Sheena Rose, lush ...
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January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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In The Bay Area Reporter, Brian Bromberger lists the five best LGBTQ films of 2025. Read his picks and then check out his review of A Nice Indian Boy for The G&LR.
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Best LGBTQ Films of 2025, part 2 – ‘Blue Moon,’ ‘A Nice Indian Boy,’ and ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ are among our top picks
2025 was a dismal year for queer films in several ways. While there were a few high-profile gay films, even in film festivals there were far less lesbian and trans movies, especially the latter. Yet s...
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January 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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The G&LR is in the newspaper! Check out the Bay Area Reporter’s interview with editor-in-chief Richard Schneider Jr. and managing editor @jeremycfox.bsky.social about the ongoing leadership transition.
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Business Briefing: LGBTQ literary magazine adapts to digital age
For 32 years bimonthly magazine The Gay & Lesbian Review has provided its readers erudite editions filled with thought-provoking essays on myriad issues impacting the lives of LGBTQ people.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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The G&LR’s Jan-Feb issue is now available. The “kink issue” cracks open the bedroom door to explore practices and paraphilias that excite some of us. To subscribe, use the promo code Choice, which will allow new subscribers to request a printed copy of the new issue.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Check out this new interview on Ivory Tower Boiler Room with our managing editor, @jeremycfox.bsky.social, and contributors Chase Bryer and Dean Hamer.
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Queer Ethnographic Journeys and Reclaiming Indigenous Sexuality with the Gay and Lesbian Review
YouTube video by The Ivory Tower Boiler Room
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January 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Check out a preview of The G&LR's new “Kink Issue,” January-February 2026. Foot fetishes, BDSM, online fanfic, and more. myemail.constantcontact.com/The-G-LR-Pre...
The cover of The G&LR's Jan.-Feb. 2026 "Kink Issue."
December 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Whether I'm at home or in a neighbourhood café, there always reading, writing, and editing on the table. @glreview.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Everyone's talking about "Heated Rivalry," including our managing editor, @jeremycfox.bsky.social, who writes: "The show depicts men who are conventionally attractive beyond all reason having deeply idealized and surprisingly explicit sex in ... gentle amber lighting."
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Hudson Williams (as Shane) and Connor Storrie (as Ilya) in a promotional photo for "Heated Rivalry."
December 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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G&LR contributor Ignacio Darnaude was interviewed about LGBT art on “Art in the Raw.” Watch that conversation and check out some of Ignacio’s essays for The G&LR at the links below.
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"ART IN THE RAW" PODCAST INTERVIEW ABOUT QUEER ART HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
YouTube video by BREAKING THE GAY CODE IN ART
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December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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On QueerGuru, Michele Karlsberg highlights gay authors, including G&LR contributors and even a book published by The G&LR: Martin Duberman’s “The Line of Dissent.” Check it out below.
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Hidden Voices & Queer Legacies — Gay Men Authors You Need to Know - QUEERGURU
As 2025 draws to a close, Queerguru is taking a moment to shine a light on a constellation of gay male writers whose work pulses with history, identity, and memory. We’re not just talking bestsellers,...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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For World AIDS Day, read this BAR article about “Children of Lazarus: The Forgotten Generation of Long-Term AIDS Survivors” and pieces written by editor Les K. Wright and contributor Hank Trout for The G&LR.
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Long-term AIDS survivors share their stories in ‘Children of Lazarus’
There are moments when history tilts, not gradually but all at once, and the change is so abrupt, so without precedent, that those who survive it spend the rest of their lives trying to explain what i...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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The G&LR’s managing editor, Jeremy C. Fox, was interviewed by contributor Anne Charles on an episode of Orca Media’s “All Things LGBTQ” that aired Saturday. Their wide-ranging conversation included a lot of nuts-and-bolts details about how the magazine comes together.
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All Things LGBTQ Interview Show: Jeremy C. Fox
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November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The November-December issue of The G&LR is available now. Check it out online at glreview.org/current-issue/.

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November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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For Transgender Day of Remembrance we’re sharing articles on trans experiences: “Transgender Journeys as a Way to Sainthood,” “The Birth of Transgender Science,” and our interview with Jennifer Finney Boylan.
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A photo of author Jennifer Finney Boylan.
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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This week marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Mattachine Society. Learn more about the Mattachine in an article by past G&LR contributor Don Kilhefner and one by Will Roscoe from The G&LR’s “Origins” issue this year.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Read Denny Nivens’ article about the Los Guilucos riot here: glreview.org/article/firs...
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Why should young people care about books bans?

That's a question we posed to some of the special guests at our "Who's Afraid of Fiction?" event, hosted by PEN America Young Patrons during #BannedBooksWeek.

Learn more about PEN America Young Patrons at: pen.org/youngpatrons/
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Join Jyotsna Vaid and @ahoffmanwrites.bsky.social at the @bpl.boston.gov for a discussion of their book, The Dream of a Common Movement: Selected Writings of Urvashi Vaid, hosted by @queerhistoryboston.bsky.social , and read The G&LR’s review of the book here. glreview.org/article/beyo...
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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With Fairyland in theaters now, it's a great time to revisit our review of Alysia Abbott's memoir that's the basis for the film.

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Single Gay Father, Seeking - The Gay & Lesbian Review
Fairyland - a memoir about Alysia Abbott growing up with her single gay father, the late poet Steve Abbott
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October 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM