“Brooklyn Fragrance Lover” Carlos J. Powell dies at 56

Openly gay Carlos J. Powell sold shoes by day, and by night vlogged about his deepest passion: perfume.  Known to his YouTube fans as “Brooklyn Fragrance Lover,” Carlos Powell died last month at the age of 56. This beautiful profile story appeared in the March 18th New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/style/perfume-youtube.html You can see the videos […]

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Book and interactive project explore history of queer social spaces in New York

Geography professor Jen Jack Gieseking’s book A Queer New York and its accompanying digital project of interactive maps, An Everyday Queer New York, explore the history of queer social spaces in New York City over the past 25 years. Gieseking asks :”Who gets to tell or record their queer history, and who gets to access […]

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Billy Eichner starring and co-writing new gay rom-com

For fans of “Billy on the Street”, good news!  Billy Eichner is starring  in, executive producing and co-writing a new gay rom-com titled Bros. The movie is currently set to release in August 2022. https://www.out.com/film/2021/3/08/billy-eichner-make-history-starring-major-gay-romcom-bros

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New book about baseball player Glenn Burke

As spring training gets under way, enjoy this wonderful excerpt from Andrew Maraniss’ new book “Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke.” Glenn Burke was a player with both the LA Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics from 1976 to 1979. During his time in the pros, Burke was out to teammates, and suffered from discrimination during […]

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New book “Gay Bar: Why We Went Out”

The gay bar has long been a place of solidarity but as many are closing, author Jeremy Atherton Lin wondered: What was the gay bar? And how have they shaped him? He examines this and much more in his new book, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out.  https://www.npr.org/2021/02/11/966752896/gay-bar-tracks-the-wave-of-a-whole-culture-and-one-life

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