November - December 2008, Volume 15, Issue 6
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What Allen Ginsberg Told His Friends
By Richard Canning
LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT of Allen Ginsberg’s extant correspondence makes
it into a recently published volume of his letters, yet it is more than
enough. The Letters will doubtless serve a purpose for the many
scholars and students of the Beat generation. As a “read,” though, it’s
depressingly base. Whether or not you think Ginsberg’s poetry took
flight, there’s no doubt that his prose stayed definitively earthbound.
Whining, wheedling, on the make; defensive, accusatory, and
sly—Ginsberg the letter-writer will exhaust and enervate you.
Anatomy Is Destiny, Except Sometimes
By Maria Nieto
AS A BIOLOGIST, I have found the arguments against same-sex marriage
misguided—not because the evidence hints at homosexuality being based,
at least in part, on biological roots, but because the same arguments
that are used to keep same-sex marriage illegal could also be applied
to some ostensibly opposite-sex marriages. It may be shocking for some
people to hear that the sex and gender of every individual in our
population does not fit into a conventionally defined box that can be
labeled “male” or “female.”
Features
What Allen Ginsberg Told His Friends
by Richard Canning
- His letters reveal a poet busily constructing his own mythos
Cowboys on the Cover of a Magazine
by Jeff Auer
- The American archetype was ready-made for gay male eyes
Sodomy in the Land of Magna Carta
by Allen Ellenzweig
- How puritan values strangled British law for four centuries
The Fate of Sodomy Laws in the U.S.
by Vernon Rosario
- How British law took hold in the colonies and held on until 2003
Anatomy Is Destiny, Except Sometimes
by Maria Nieto
- Genetic (xy) males with AIS lack male traits and often marry men
At Home with Robert Mapplethorpe
by David B. Boyce
- Getting to know a photographer known for his sexual imagery
Taking On Dr. Laura and The Times
by Joan Garry
- Glaad won both battles by employing a suite of tactics
An Ancient Passion Stirs in India
by Richard Connerney
- A once tolerant region confronts a legacy of British colonialism
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by Martha E. Stone
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by John Lauritsen
Donald F. Reuter — Greetings from the Gayborhood
by Jim Nawrocki
Stephen Anable — The Fisher Boy
by Cassandra Langer
James J. Berg, editor — Isherwood on Writing
by Niladri R. Chatterjee
Klaus Mann — Alexander: A Novel of Utopia
by Timothy K. Nixon
Marion Douglas — Dance Hall Road
by Nairne Holtz
Aiden Shaw — Brutal Uncut
by Gary M. Kramer
Bob Morris — Assisted Loving
by Terri Schlichenmeyer
Briefs
Andrew Lear — Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty
by Richard Canning
Madonna — “Sweet and Sticky” (tour) and Hard Candy (book)
by Colin Carman
George Michael — Tour 2008 and recent albums
by Greg Varner
Poems & Departments
Correspondence
In Memoriam — Larry Townsend Leaves a Legacy in Leather and Pulp
by Alistair Williamson
In Memoriam — Del Martin, Cofounder of the DOB, Dies at 87
by Martha E. Stone
BTW
Poem — “A Packing Case of Faucets”
by Ned O’Gorman
Poem — “Cousin, My Cousin”
by Clifton Snider
Poem — “Syringe”
by Jim Wise
Artist’s Profile — John Glines: Engine and Booster of GLBT Theatre
by Natalie Hope McDonald
Artist’s Profile — Director Jorge Ameer on Sex, Film, and Panama
by John Esther
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