January-February 2006
Features
Anti-Gay Politics on the Web
Behold the religious Right’s latest anti-gay ploy: sound scientific
Janice M. Irvine
The Heart of a Virtual Hunter
Why the guy you met on-line isn’t the man of your dreams
Michael Shernoff
Who’s Hooking Up On-line?
Gender, geography, and self-representation in personal ads
David Gudelunas
Harry Potter and the Fan Fiction Phenom
“Slash” stories imagine Harry romancing the men of Hogwarts
Marianne MacDonald
What Was Same-Sex Marriage?
The genealogy of a liberationist idea, 1950’s to present
Timothy Stewart-Winter
Reviews
Ned Rorem — Wings of Friendship: Selected Letters, 1944-2003
Daniel A. Burr
William Wright — Harvard’s Secret Court
Thom Nickels
Charles Michael Smith
Robert Hofler — The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson
Tab Hunter — Tab Hunter Confidential
Chris Freeman
Tania Katan — My One-night Stand with Cancer: A Memoir
Martha E. Stone
Jonathan Ames, ed. — Sexual Metamorphosis
Jim Nawrocki
Wesley Stace — Misfortune: A Novel
Michael DiSchiavi
Briefs
Frederick Smith — Down for Whatever
J. D. Guilford
“Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition,” at the Guggenheim
David B. Boyce
Poems & Departments
Guest Opinion — UN Policy on Domestic Partners Thaws a Bit
Guest Opinion — Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Is anyone listening?
Tod Burke & Stephen Owen
Correspondence
Martha E. Stone
Poem — “Cosmedics”
Michael Montlack
Art Memo — Fly on the Web: When performance goes on-line
Joey Orr
Poem — “Pricked”
Joe Eldridge
International Spectrum — Palestine and “World Pride 2005”
Farris Wahbeh
Poem — “Flight”
Claire Drucker
Art Memo — New Orleans: Birthplace of Lesbian Romance?
Christopher Capozzola
Artist’s Profile — Tim Kirkman: Storyteller of Human Complexity
John Esther
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