November - December 2004
Volume 11, Issue 6
Features
“It’s really about the search for love"
John Esther interviews the star of Head in the Clouds
Charlize Theron, 12
Closet-Dwellers of the Mind
In recent films, the townsfolk are cool but the gays are closeted
David Bergman, 15
The Bachelors
Why gays on reality TV can paint bedrooms but can’t pair-bond
Dana Stevens, 17
Circling the Square
How gay men are changing masculinity in America
Chris Nutter, 19
Poets Are Out in the Presses
Marilyn Hacker and Frank Bidart exemplify the new openness
Richard Tayson, 22
Straight Pen for Gay Men
A writer of erotic fiction taps a vein of hetero male anxiety
Karen Thomas, 28
Upper West Side Story
When gentrification produced a social experiment in tolerance
John Elari, 30
The New Post-Straight
Many academics are renouncing labels of sexual orientation
Stephanie Fairyington, 33
Reviews
Alan Hollinghurst — The Line of Beauty
Andrew Holleran, 35
Amy Villarejo — Lesbian Rule
Martha Miller, 36
David Carter – Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution
Don Gorton, 37
Evelyn C. White — Alice Walker: A Life
Janet Mason, 39
Patrick Moore — Beyond Shame
Felice Picano, 40
Laumann, et al., eds. — The Sexual Organization of the City
Malinda Lo, 41
Richard Mangan, ed. — Sir John Gielgud: A Life in Letters
Matthew Kennedy, 43
Claude J. Summers, ed. – The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts
Martha E. Stone, 45
Blair Mastbaum — Clay’s Way
Dan Luckenbill, 46
Richard Canning — Hear Us Out: Conversations with Gay Novelists
Christopher Hennessy, 46
Jameson Currier — Desire. Lust, Passion, Sex
James Withers, 47
Poems & Departments
Two Speeches from the Democratic Convention, 5
Guest Opinion — The Low-down on the Down Low
Jeffrey Lee Williams, Jr., 6
Correspondence, 8
BTW, 10
Poem — “Goat Island at the Russian River”
Edward Mycue, 24
Poem — “To the Boy with Beautiful Skin”
Christopher Thomas, 34
Briefs, 42
International Spectrum — Brazil: Organizing for Gay Rights in Bahia
John Keene, 44
Bulletin Board, 48
Humor — The Lost Songs of Cole Porter
Larry Tritten, 50
