Jerker, or The Helping Hand: A Pornographic Elegy with Redeeming Social Value and a Hymn to the Queer Men of San Francisco in Twenty Telephone Calls, Many of Them Dirty

  Jerker, or The Helping Hand: A Pornographic Elegy with Redeeming Social Value and a Hymn to the Queer Men of San Francisco in Twenty Telephone Calls, Many of Them Dirty (commonly known simply as Jerker) is a 1986 one-act play by Robert Chesley. The two-character play traces the relationship that develops between a disabled Vietnam veteran, J. … Continue reading

Jessica Chastain in Scenes From Two Very Different Marriages

  Golden Globe Winner and Two Time Oscar Nominee Jessica Chastain has a busy year ahead  First up she is starring in HBO’s highly anticipated Scenes from A Marriage remake. Originally written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, the 1973 miniseries starred Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson as an affluent married couple whose marriage is charted … Continue reading

Jesus and his Muscle Daddy Followers

  So this is what the rabid right wing in Europe are bursting blood vessels this week.  Swedish lesbian photographer  Elisabeth Ohlson  has an exhibition in the corridors of the European Parliament Building in Belgium and included the picture above.    Jesus surrounded by leather-clad muscle daddies has been branded “vulgar”, “disrespectful” and “blasphemous” by … Continue reading

Jim French : the man who created the legendary COLT STUDIO

  The name Jim French may not be known to every gay man, but most of them will know (and love?) what he created. Back in 1967 when nudity was still considered obscene French took on the name Rip Colt and founded the legendary COLT Studio. Nat Gozzano, COLT Studio’s archivist and art director since 1997, … Continue reading

Jim Parsons & Greg Berlanti producing more Queer History

  Queer producers Jim Parsons and Greg Berlanti  have announced that they are going to make a new TV series called EQUAL that will profile some of the most important leaders and activists in the fight for LGBTQ rights. The four-part mini series for HBO will feature Harry Hay the founder of the Mattachine Society … Continue reading

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