gays
We Saw Hunx and His Punx at 285 Kent
Hunx and His Punx played at 285 Kent two nights ago. Ssion was there. Lots of local gay icons were there. Jonathan Toubin was there with his mom, and I was there with my camera snapping shots.
I'm a Russian Lesbian Pretending to Be Straight to Avoid Persecution
Almost every day, the Russian government releases new laws and government statements that make queer Russians’ lives more and more difficult—if not next to impossible. Right now, I’m a Russian lesbian visiting relatives in Russia. To survive the past...
Don't Celebrate the Gay Marriage Victory with a Wedding of Your Own
To all my homosexual brothers and sisters: I am cheering with you today. But just because we can get married, doesn't mean that we should. Gay culture is new to legal recognition, so, like our first time getting drunk at a high school...
Protesting Against Gay Pride Was Super Boring
The antigay protesters at the LA Gay Pride Parade claim they were there to try and convert sinners. But I saw no evidence of that. They have no interest in passing on a message to anyone. They were there because they're homophobes who enjoy upsetting...
Cry-Baby of the Week
This week: A guy who made his son quit the Scouts vs. A guy who murdered three people over a prank.
Why Are UK Grime Fans Losing Their Shit Over Rawzilla's Freestyle About Bumming?
Chill out guys, it's just a guy talking about dicks, NBD.
At the World’s Gayest Party: Life Ball 2013
Every year, the Life Ball packs a plane full of singers, drag queens, dancers, club promoters, press, DJs, and various hangers-on from New York nightlife's queerer corners and ships them over to the home of Mozart for the amusement of the Austrians and...
Give All the Drugs to the Gay Boys
Here's something everybody should know about gay men: We like to disappear. We like to numb the feelings. We like to be anywhere that’s not here. We like to, quite simply, get messed up. And you know what? We’re damn good at it.
The Red Marriage Equality Sign on Your Facebook Profile Is Completely Useless
It's a big week in the fight for “marriage equality,” which is what most gay activists want us to call gay marriage. Right now gay activism needs all the help it can get. Know what’s not helping? Changing your Facebook profile picture to a silly red...
In Saddam's Shadow
VICE founder Suroosh Alvi returns to Baghdad ten years after the US invasion. In part three, we hang out with Iraqi metal band Dog Faced Corpse and investigate the struggles of emo kids and gays living in Baghdad. There have been reports of emo...
All the New Gay Boys
With the current generation of gay men, there’s a constant pull between the old queer landscape and the new. What it meant to be gay ten years ago when I came out of the closet is not what it means today. It seems like we’re all just trying to play...