Remains of the Day (05/23)

Edge: Harry Jowsey is a "bad boy"

NYT: Life on TikTok gave trans man Sam Nordquist the illusion of love -- and a brutally sad end

NBC News: Trailblazing gay rights activist Frank Kameny honored for turning his firing from Army into lifelong mission

Injustice for All: Jerry Falwell Jr. got to diddle that hot pool boy AND got paid $15 million by Liberty University for it?

Threads: Carly Simon covered Rolling Stone 50 years ago, promoting the release of "Playing Possum"

Saturday 'Stache: He's sexy as all get out -- and he can do your makeup!

Pop Rocks Radio: A nice tribute to the great Josie Cotton, who is still performing and making music four decades after "Johnny, Are You Queer?"

EW: Zachary Levi says people don't want to work with him due to his ignorance

ICYMI: Harvey Milk could have been 95 years old

DNA: Alexander Skarsgard tells Stephen Colbert about his “very graphic, kinky, gay biker film”

Us Weekly: Tommy Dorfman files for divorce from wife Elise Williams after nearly two years of marriage

IG: Hello, Big Red

The Wrap: Former editor of The Recount arrested on child pornography charges

Attitude: Benito Skinner reveals directors have asked him not to audition for straight roles

Us Weekly: Ryan Serhant sells Andy Cohen's West Village apartment for $12 million -- and he only had to slash the price $2 million(!)

NYP: Former tennis star Jelena Dokic confirms death of estranged father, Damir Dokic, at 67 

The Advocate: From trauma to triumph, will NYC Councilman Erik Bottcher become the city's first out gay mayor one day?

Speedo Sunday: Do I need to sign for that package?

Hot Cat of the Day: Buonanotte con il mio baby 🐈♥️

   

Song of the Day: After 35 years of heavenly pop, Saint Etienne have decided to call it a day. They’re not “breaking up,” per se, as Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Crackness remain great friends but they’re ceasing operations. They’re going out with a bang, one last album, "International," which will be released Sept. 13 via Heavenly. "Glad" is the first single, but something I'm not feeling about the news. 

In Public: Lovely to see Dusty Springfield honored with a statue in her hometown of West Hampstead

Reading List: While the pandemic was deadly and costly, it did give two gay men time to produce a couple cool things: Michael Hawke's Gay New York 1970s and '80s group on Facebook -- and now Marc Zinaman's "Queer Happened Here," a new book based on his fascinating Instagram account I already adore.

Municipal Art Society + Housing Works will host a book talk on June 25. Details HERE.

Meme Spirited

 

More memes that are sure to get me in trouble with my web host BELOW.

On the Rag, Vol. 858

 

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Jon Hamm, Benito Skinner, Luke Evans, Jonathan Groff, Kitt Williamson and more BELOW.

Tennis Birthdays: John Newcombe Turns 80; Novak Djokovic Is 38; and Karen Khachanov Is 29

 

Sending my best to 7-time Grand Slam singles champion John Newcombe -- 26 total majors including men's and mixed doubles -- and former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, who ranked No. 13 on my grossly outdated list of the 100 hottest ATP players of the open era!

Aussie heat ...

Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic celebrated the big 3-8 with a win Geneva.

... and an on-court cake.

And Karen Khachanov celebrated the last year of his roaring 20s with his family -- in what looks like a hotel room. 

Happy birthday, guys!

Remains of the Day (05/21)

Vanity Fair: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor tell a heartbreaking love story in "The History of Sound"

NYT: Corporate sponsors, who were already needlessly treated like pariahs by the queers, nervously retreat from New York Pride

Boy Culture: All of Benito Skinner and his costars' nakedest moments on "Overcompensating"

People: Connie Francis, 87, reveals hilarious response when told her song "Pretty Little Baby" was a viral hit after 63 Years

Wrestle Wednesday: This kid's just begging to be turned out

Sene Studio: Sexy Karue Sell, Naomi Osaka’s former hitting partner who recently turned pro at 30, is model material

NBC News: Three men sentenced to decades in prison for murder in NYC gay bar drugging scheme

OMG Blog!: Jon Hamm's butt stars in "Your Friends and Neighbors"

MetroWeekly: Young woman was severely beaten and robbed at a suburban Chicago McDonald’s after being confronted about her sexual orientation by two men

Queerty: Black Rose, Cher’s short-lived 1980 rock band was a notorious flop but it paved the way for her next comeback

EW: Wendie Malick -- who now plays Harrison Ford's girlfriend on "Shrinking" -- recalls how she blew her "Raiders of the Lost Ark" audition back in 1980

Salt Lake Tribune: University of Utah shuts down LGBT youth health clinic citing lawmakers’ crackdown on gender-affirming care

DNA: I thought I recognized this hot piece of ass from an old season of "The Real World"

Bergen Record: How would New Jersey's candidates for governor approach LGBT rights and abortion?

ILoveTheUWS: Farewell, Shakespeare & Co.: The Strand to take over Upper West Side location

Hot Cat of the Day: He may have nine lives, but it never hurts to have more

Broadway Bares: Mark and his blue jockstrap need your donations now

RIP:

George Wendt, Norm from "Cheers," dies at 76

Colton Ford, gay adult film star cum singer, dies at 62

Shane Doyle, founder of the storied East Village venue Sin-é, dies at 73

Social Awareness

 

As much as I agree with my mom that social media has destroyed society, it's nice to remember the upside, too. Yesterday Ricki Lake popped up on an episode of "Kate & Allie" and it was fun to see that Ricki had viewed my Instagram story about it, even if she didn't HEART it. (WTF?!!!)

Meanwhile ...

My friend Mark -- who shares my obsession with the film "Little Darlings" (1980) -- received a comment from Krista Errickson, who stars in a memorable scene he posted on YouTube! 

These are just two small examples -- one of Johnny Cash's kids and a Go-Go befriended me via Twitter -- the list of which goes on and on.