“The Wonderful World of Drag Kings”
Murray Hill, Ivory Onyx and Landon Cider at the “Wonderful World of Drag Kings” panel at DragCon 2016.
From the Archives: Loving the Alien: Superman and Masculinity
The Gutter is in the middle of a transition to a new site and host and Comics Editor Carol is right there with it. She’ll be back next month with a new piece. In the meantime, enjoy her thoughts on Superman. ~~~ I’ve been thinking about Superman. Actually, […]
Keeping up with Icicle Jones
One of the current crazes at my son’s school is squishy toys that slowly regain their shape after you scrunch them up. I think they originally took off in Japan and most of them seem to be food with cute faces, but the one he picked out to […]
“The Secret Gay History of the Babadook”
NY Magazine discusses the no longer so secret gay history of the Babadook. And they interview Tim Purcell, who played the Babadook in the film. Plus, here’s drag queen Lucy Balls performing as the Babadook at Sasha Velour’s Nightgowns!
“Real Talk with RuPaul”
Vulture interviews Supermodel of the World, RuPaul. “[Drag] actually didn’t save my life, it gave me a life. I don’t think there is a life in the mundane 9-to-5 hypocrisy. That’s not living. That’s just part of the Matrix. And drag is punk rock, because it is not […]
“When Drag Kings Ruled Alongside The Mafia”
“At a café in lower Chelsea, author and historian Lisa Davis leaned across the table to pass 40-year-old lesbian gossip to me. ‘Corinne wanted to take everything from Lee,’ she said. ‘So Lee called the Mafia. They sent Big George to Long Island, and that was the end […]
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