Love and War

Love and War Advise & Consent is rightly remembered as a classic Washington movie. It was also an important—if complicated—moment in gay history

Bringing Abortion Out of the Shadows

Bringing Abortion Out of the Shadows What pro-choice activists can learn from the gay rights movement

The Secrets of Ed Koch

The Secrets of Ed Koch A new film on gay life in postwar Germany prompts a reflection on New York’s former mayor and the great burdens of freedom

Free speech is the essential liberty, if you can keep it

Free speech is the essential liberty, if you can keep it Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media, reviewed

The Great Gay Way

The Great Gay Way I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir, by Harvey Fierstein, reviewed

Guilt By Orientation

Guilt By Orientation In JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, Oliver Stone continues his three-decade slander of an innocent man—one who, not coincidentally, happened to be gay

Injustice Upon Injustice

Injustice Upon Injustice The Case for Gay Reparations, reviewed. 

The Lost Honor of Sue Schafer

The Lost Honor of Sue Schafer Earlier this month, The Washington Post ran a story that ended up destroying the life of a woman guilty of nothing more than poor judgment and bad taste. How A biting Cold War-era German novella helps explain our current moment.