Reality shows today generate tons of controversial moments, but none of them compare to the outrage generated by one of TV’s first reality shows. An American Family aired out the dirty secrets of an unassuming family — and one of the most divisive parts was the gay son Lance. So […]
It’s the mid 90s and reality TV is in its infancy with The Real World. At first, many critics dismiss the show as trash — along with everything else about MTV. But one young man has a crazy dream … of getting on the show so he can use it […]
The summer of 1979 was a battle between two very different men with a personal connection to a murder. On one side: A director hellbent on making a film about a real-life slaying. On the other: A gay journalist determined to stop him. This is the story of CRUISING. Contact […]
I just watched this new show called Mid-Century Modern. It’s about a group of older gays living together and it’s been billed as The Gay Golden Girls. And to be honest … I didn’t love it. But it got me thinking about another show, from ten years ago, called VICIOUS. […]
When Lwaxana Troi first appeared on Star Trek, played by Majel Barrett, fans called her unwatchable, despicable, the worst character on the show, called for her to be killed off. But they don’t know what they’re talking about. Not only does is Lwaxana one of Star Trek’s best characters, she’s […]
Brokeback Mountain was the movie that nobody thought could get made — not the writer, not the director, not even the head of the movie studio trying to make it. A sweeping epic about a forbidden gay romance in the wilderness of Wyoming, it was a magnet for controversy. At […]
But I’m a Cheerleader was meant to be the gay version of Clueless, with a twist of John Waters camp, a look inspired by Barbie meets Tim Burton, and an unlikely role for RuPaul. It’s a film that divided critics and audiences alike — and went on to become an […]
Thanks to Manta Sleep for sponsoring this video! Use code MATTNAP10 to get 10% off a Manta Sleep mask: https://tinyurl.com/42us5ab4 From the earliest issues, the X-men comics used subtle subtext to comment on the way society treats outcasts. But when it came time to make a movie in the early […]
Kiss of the Spider Woman was one of the biggest surprise hits of its time — in part because its heroes are a Marxist revolutionary and a queer window dresser, at a time when the US was gripped by anti-communist, anti-gay propaganda. It was made in direct defiance of the […]
Universal monsters — a franchise that’s defined horror for nearly a century. And who do we have to thank? A man once called The Queen of Hollywood. A WWI vet who mixed dark visions, gallows humor, and a painter’s eye, James Whale’s work made him the toast of Hollywood. And […]
