Sailors
fresh out of high school and raring to see the world, sailors are up for anything. Give them a smoke and a beer and a nice motel room to curl up in and – well, you get the picture. John Calendo takes us back to 1980 when San Diego was the Ultimate Sailor Town and the streets ran white with raging, young – um – seamen.
What Are You Looking At
after seven long months of discreet peeks my hot neighboor was finally putting the goods in the window. by adrian ryan.
My Life Among The Masters
but was it "art?" Remember when skin mags were really filthy? Full of Trade looking criminal and magnificently exploited? John Calendo takes us back to Hollywood Boulevard during the Golden Age of Sleaze.
Being Quentin
writer guy kettelhack champions quentin crisp's indubitable combination of style and essence -- a quality of being that forces each of us to "think of things in a new way."
Rose & Thorn:
Notes on Gay Porn
new york writer don shewey loves it (and hates it) -- but ultimately celebrates how smut "categorically rejects mindless obedience to generations of sexual repression." and he mentions Anna Frued.
Why We Scare Straight Men
guy kettelhack evokes Freud and jockstraps -- and challenges our staid notions about why het men don't want us showering with them.
Maurice
david k. discovers the mythic in e.m. forster's seminal queer classic maurice.
Focus On Bruce LaBruce
incendiary filmaker labruce talks about his new hardcore video, punks in toronto and the mainstream commercialization of the "gay lifestyle."
Probing Probst's Pornegrafik
jim buck spends an afternoon with photographer ken probst's wry peek into everything you didn't want to know about the gay vid porn industry.
We're In the Army Now
keith bryan explores the magical military realm of dink flamingo and his bevy of real, live army guys.
Gold Dust Woman
david k. remembers dusty springfield and his first drag ensemble.