August 2008

Inspirations & Contributors

Letters

Editor’s Letter

FRONT

The List

Donna Summer’s fashion booboo; Siegfried and Roy’s young studs

A Sordid Affair

Hot young actors Jason Dottley and
Ted Detwiler dish on the new TV version of Southern-soaked gay play Sordid Lives.

Staged Fright

The risqué, flesh-filled new photo book Broadway Bares: Backstage Pass peeks behind the Great White Way’s curtain.

Liquid Assets

A vital component of the classic manhattan, vermouth has long been overlooked. Not anymore.

Destination

Evolving, multiethnic Cape Town is quickly becoming Africa’s queer capital.

Can I Be Blunt?

Ten things Gabrielle Union loves (and hates) about her homo friends

A Fine Romance

Frosty Italo disco princess Sally Shapiro releases a thawed-out collection of club-ready remixes.

Cultural Czarina

Our pop culture expert, Zelda Kaplan, picks the hits and misses of the month.

Health

How to block a punch with krav maga; how to keep your stiffy with kiwi

Notes on Camp

An ode to the gayest of gay phenomena: summer camp

COLUMNS

Josh KIlmer-Purcell

In defense of the antigay diva

Dale Peck

The new documentary Chris & Don: A Love Story sparks the question “What would a gay marriage really look like?”

FEATURES

Fight Club

How did the world’s straightest sport become so gay? We head to Montreal’s Ultimate Fighting Championship to find out.

Strings Attached

For the first time ever, a former pro male tennis player opens up about being gay on the tour. Could his coming-out provoke other players to leave the closet?

Pete Wentz

Fall Out Boy’s ambiguous front man has sold 6 million albums worldwide, founded a record label, and launched his own clothing line. But the Warhol-worshipping, outspoken emo-rocker has another goal: to remain steadfastly complex and queer.

FASHION

The Pick-Up Game

A field study

Jump Start

From flashy low-tops to luxe sports bags, everything you need on and off the court

DEPARTMENTS

Gay by Design

Your guide to the finer things in life: Dog Bar’s canine couch; Dallas’s Joule hotel; Don Carney’s ink drawings

The Gay Plot

What you really crave in a jock