A Gay Indiana Jones? The last year and a half has seen a relative explosion of gay genre films. What's next for the new gay genre?

The Gay Teen Book Author's Tale In honor of Banned Books Week, resident columnist (and repeatedly banned author) Brent Hartinger explores the censorship of gay teen literature.

When Did Gay Movies Stop Sucking? The current gay cinematic renaissance indicates that the conventional wisdom about bad gay films may no longer apply.

A Tale of Two Role Models George Michael and Lance Bass made headlines last week for very different reasons, and each sees his role in the gay community very differently.

Who the #%*& Cares if Superman is “Gay”? A media frenzy has erupted over whether or not Superman is gay. Brent Hartinger says the whole thing is a bunch of corporate concocted hooey.

The Producers Sucks (And It's Anti-Gay Too!) The most honored musical in Broadway history disappoints with its reliance on over-the-top stereotypes and nasty anti-gay jokes.

The Land Beyond Brokeback Mountain Brokeback Mountain proves that gay men need not settle for offensive or condescending representations of themselves on film.

Making Men Meat Is it social progress that the media now sexualize men the way they've always sexualized women? Maybe not, but it's still fun to look at.

Playing Gay on Brokeback Mountain Does the sexual orientation of an actor who is playing gay matter as much as the quality of their performance?

The Brokeback Challenge We finally have some of the freedom that Jack and Ennis yearned for. What will we do with it?

Butch Gay Guys! Are recent media portrayals of butch gay guys upending gay stereotypes or conforming to conventional definitions of masculinity?

The Gay Teen Break-Out! The market for books about gay teens has exploded in the last few years.

Big Bad Gays From Batman Begins to Constantine to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this summer's new movies remind us that the effeminate gay villain is alive and well in Hollywood.

Coming Soon - Gay Genre! It’s time for the next wave of gay entertainment: books, television shows and movies that are about something other than Being Gay.

Revenge of the Right-Wing Wackos The Republicans in America want to do to gay people what the Sith Lords did to the Jedi Knights -- namely, eliminate all traces of us.

Gay People Who Need People The most gay-supportive mainstream print media outlet of the last thirty years is not the one you might think.

Books Don't Suck! Recent surveys point to an alarming drop-off in reading among Americans as the options for entertainment increase. Here's why books still matter, especially to gay readers.

Gay TV is Where? Here! Will the new gay TV networks take the high road? Or will they pander like George W. Bush at a meeting of war-mongering evangelical Christian billionaires who hate the environment?

The Naked Truth About Male Nudity Hollywood directors and sometimes even the stars themselves have been promising frontal male nudity for over a decade, only to end up disappointing gay movie-goers time and again.