Touko Laaksonen (1920–1991), the artist better known as Tom of Finland, helped shaped the sexual desires of generations of gay men. Who knew the erotic potential of muscles, mustaches, and tight leather outfits until Tom’s exquisitely finished drawings found their audience? His images lit up countless fantasies with their impossibly humpy, practically pneumatic men engaged […]
SATURDAY 11
Fill Me Up: An Evening with Bridget Everett and Kenny Mellman
Since Bridget Everett blasted onto the theater scene in her Ars Nova hit At Least It’s Pink in ’07, she and musical collaborator Kenny Mellman (of Kiki and Herb with Justin Bond) have continually delivered winning, raunchy material about anal sex, morning farts, and […]
The battle is on! First came the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, then comes Peaches next month, and on June 22, The Gossip will be releasing sophomore album “Music For Men”. So where does ur twatted alliance lie?
FRIDAY 10
Ladytron was a fav indie electronic band back in the early 00’s with hit anthem Destroy Everything You Touch. They did release fourth album Velocifero a year ago, but it barely made a blip o the dance floor. Tonight they team-up with punk/new wave band The Faint and Brooklyn’s own synth lovers Telepathe.
Webster […]
Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi German regime promoted racial health policies that sought to eliminate all sources of biological corruption to its dominant “Aryan” race. Among the groups persecuted as threats to the national health were Germany’s homosexual men. Believing them to be carriers of a “degeneracy” that weakened society and hindered population growth, […]
Famous fashion photographer Russell James has just launched a book that takes a retrospective look at his work. His photos have featured in magazines like Vogue, Marie Claire, GQ and W, and now he´s edited a book that brings together everything from his exhuberance in fashion to his passion for nude shots.
The book is presented […]
The Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over three hundred years through the concept of dandyism. In the 18th-century Atlantic world, a new culture of consumption, fueled by the slave trade, colonialism, and imperialism, enabled access to clothing and goods that indicated wealth, distinction, and taste. Black […]
MONDAYS
Said you wanna be a legend, statement, star?!?! OTA is a weekly mini-ball series presented by Leggoh JohVera and Icon Tim Lanvin. This is the place to watch and work out your voguing skills, runway, and realness performance before you dare to actually walk in one of the major balls. And if you’re not quite […]
