Double Lives On The Down Low
Ostensibly straight black men who have sex with other men.
Ostensibly straight black men who have sex with other men.
Benoit Denizet-Lewis New York Times Magazine Aug 2003 30min Permalink
A family of Georgia churchgoers contracted the plague of their time, HIV. Some survived, some didn’t—this is the story of their family over thirty years.
Justin Heckert Atlanta Magazine Jul 2011 Permalink
On being gay in the military, three years before Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:
A vast majority of those interviewed had been interrogated at least once, and what they described was nearly the same. They said those under suspicion of homosexuality suffer bright lights in their eyes and sometimes handcuffs on their wrists, warnings that their parents will be informed or their hometown newspapers called, threats that their stripes will be torn off and they will pushed through the gates of the base before a jeering crowd.
Jane Gross New York Times Apr 1990 10min Permalink
John C. Favalora is a sallow old man who looks like the corpse of Dom Deluise. He likes attractive young men to sit on his lap and allegedly treats them to trips in the Florida Keys. He was, until recently, part owner of a company that makes "all natural" boner-inducing beverages. He's also the Archbishop Emeritus of Miami.
Brandon K. Thorp Gawker Jul 2011 25min Permalink
On therapists who help people stay in the closet.
Mimi Swartz New York Times Magazine Jun 2011 30min Permalink
What has Ted Haggard, who left the New Life megachurch after admitting he purchased crystal meth and sexual favors from a male escort, been doing in the four years since? Selling insurance door to door and then… founding a new church and returning to the pulpit.
Kevin Roose GQ Feb 2011 20min Permalink