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?
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