BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is much more than a gay cowboy movie, even though many straight folks are fond of describing it as such. And given that I was starting to feel like the only queer dude in the world that had not seen this much talked about (and admired) flick: I finally made myself watch it on DVD recently. And it was the saddest love story I’ve ever seen.

I knew one of the characters died. And I’d also heard about the quite moving scene with the shirt (I won’t say more than that–just in case there still might be another soul out there that has not seen this film yet). But all my friends failed to tell me about the gay bashing scene. I mean, the movie was

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Damn, I’m really on a roll (as far as queer flicks are concerned). I’ve actually seen both CAPOTE and BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN on DVD. The special features alone–made me glad I bought both flicks.

I found the film CAPOTE — both moving and maddening. The performances were all excellent. And I agree the lead actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, deserved the Academy Award he won. But the so-called revelations about the REAL Truman Capote (why he never wrote another major book after In Cold Blood, plus his eventual self-destruction from too much

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“Steam” is a slow, sensuous meandering journey both in its cinematic pacing and in the lead character, Francesco’s, coming out, coming home story. For a movie about hamam’s - Turkish steam baths - there’s a paucity of nudity!

Francesco (played by the GEORGEOUS Alessandro Gassman) and his wife Marta ( Francesca D’Aloja) run a successful interior design firm in Rome. But their marriage is on the rocks, with Marta, feeling neglected, secretly carrying on an affair with their mutual business

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The longtime partner of Raymond Burr says he has not seen the new book out on the late actor but is planning on writing his own tome about his life with Burr.

Robert Benevides, 78, told the Bay Area Reporter that he is working with a writer to tell the story of his 33-year relationship with the TV

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Broadway Damage is coming out for a more sunny, cute-boys-in-love romanticism (Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss, I Think I Do) is this sugary, determinedly optimistic love story. An, kin Ta tell you that she just cried and cried … ruined my fabulous mascara an made mah dreamy eyes all puffy. ‘Where’s those damnable cucumber slices, boy?!?!?’ uhm, sorry. Despite mah tragedy, ah loved every minute of this movie with its joyful script and oh-so-fabulous Mara Hobel. Her outfits stole the show … the glasses, the gowns, the glamour!

At times funny, and occasionally charming in its innocence, the film can be a bit much for those jaded by relationships and toughened

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Mandragora, a film directed by Wiktor Gorecki, is a sad, viscous, and heavy-handed film of familiar (if stereotypical) themes - prostitution, drugs, self-loathing and the saddest theme of all - gay people (in this case boys) are a miserable lot doomed to a life of misery and death. Now … Ta has been around the block a time or two and has managed to experience in one way or t’other these themes and has managed to still be extremely FABULOUS (Though, ah ayum not quite as fabulous as the wonderful Lady Bunny.)

Wiktor Gorecki condemns the lifestyle and wallows in obvious sexual fascination in this drama that recounts sixteen-year-old

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Boidyke. Stem. Down low. Trannyboy. In this lively and broadly researched book, Cornell University psychologist Savin-Williams reveals that the words gay teenagers use to describe their sexual preferences have changed radically over the past 30 years, and so have their attitudes towards same-sex relationships. In fact, many of them are reluctant to define their sexuality at all. “In some respects,” Savin-Williams explains, “these teenagers might relate better to their pre-labeled, pre-identified grandparents than they do with their gay-liberated parents

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Deciding on which lesbian films I would consider to be in the top 5 is sure to be a difficult choice for not only myself, but for any lesbian film lover. There are many elements that come to play for each movie. Sure, anyone can play a role, but can they really live it? Convincing the audience that there is more to the role than just a few lines and captivating the viewers is what breathes the life into many lesbian films today.

Oscar Award-winning Boys Don’t Cry is on my top five must see lesbian films list. Directed by Kimberly Pierce, the actors and actresses in this movie bring to life the true story of harassment and bigotry

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Mambo Italiano is likely the funniest, sweetest gay comedy l’il ol’ Tallulah hayuz evah watched. Mambo Italiano is the bittersweet story of one young man’s coming out and another young man’s failure to love himself as he is and returns to the closet.

Maria and Gino (the absolutely fabulous Ginette Reno in her final film and the astounding Paul Sorvino), emigrated from Italy to Montreal in the 50’s and married after their arrival in “the new world”, a world they still haven’t quite gotten used to. Their world is shattered when their son, Angelo (the oh-so-sweet Luke Kirby), decides to get a place of his own. “What

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Aaron, fed up with his friends’ complaining about their love lives, comes up with The Deal: They all have until next New Year’s Eve to find true love or stop whining about it. And there will be monthly love sucks parties to let all the whining out, but no whining in between.

That’s a tall order. Miranda sucks the life out of every one of her romances. Can she really find love with a butch punk lesbian drummer? Alexander dabbles with men’s hearts. Will he every get a steady job and a steadier boyfriend? Will Patrick, Aaron’s straight roommate, be able to weather out the changes in his romance with Vivian, who can’t

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