Category: Homosexuality and Bisexuality

‘Julian’ Review: Getting Married in 22 Countries

The New York Times – Movies:
Cato Kusters’ feature debut recounts the abbreviated love story of the Belgian artist Fleur Pierets and her wife, Julian Boom, as they fight for gay rights abroad.
Provincetown Bear Week Feels Different in the Age of GLP-1s

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
An annual celebration of bears — gay men on the bigger and hairier side — feels different in the age of GLP-1s.
Sam Smith Opens Up About Engagement, New Musical Direction

The New York Times – Music:
After rising to global pop star status with songs about heartbreak, Smith returns with an album about pointedly queer “requited love,” made exactly how and where made them happiest.
How Grindr’s C.E.O. Adopted A.I.: ‘I Just Imposed It’

The New York Times – Business:
George Arison, the gay dating app’s chief executive, is aiming for all code to be eventually written by artificial intelligence, making the company “leaner.”
Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86

The New York Times – Business:
Often voted the “brainiest,” “funniest” and “most eloquent” member of the House, he was also the first to come out voluntarily and helped normalize being openly gay in public office.
My Parents Did Nothing to Stop My Bullying

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who is seeking closure after a tumultuous childhood.
Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Cooler, Funnier Version of Myself’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
‘Great Freedom’: Film Traces Long Shadow of Anti-Gay Law in Germany

A new film traces the many decades it took to abolish Paragraph 175, a measure criminalizing sex between men that was strengthened by the Nazis.
At the Golden Globes, the Stars of ‘Heated Rivalry’ Scored Points With Fans

A Golden Globes appearance by the stars of “Heated Rivalry,” HBO Max’s show about gay hockey players, reflected how it has built a big-tent fan base.
Tiny Love Stories: ‘Either a Good Omen or a Nightmare’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
Rosa von Praunheim, 83, Dies; Captured Gay Life in Germany on Film

His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it.
My Mother’s Last, Best Gift Was an Astonishing Secret

It took my mother getting Alzheimer’s for my siblings and me to learn the truth about our family and childhood.