Queer Clicks: October 09, 2016 | CEO Of Gay Escort Website Pleads Guilty To Promoting Prostitution , ‘Moonlight’ Explores Often Unseen Gay, Black Male Experience , & Other News
Michele Rosenthal
CEO Of Gay Escort Website Pleads Guilty To Promoting Prostitution
“The chief executive officer of the website Rentboy.com pleaded guilty Friday to promoting prostitution. Jeffrey Hurant faces up to 21 months in prison when he’s sentenced Feb. 2 in the federal case in Brooklyn.” The Blaze
‘Moonlight’ Explores Often Unseen Gay, Black Male Experience
“A film about a young black impoverished man’s struggle with his sexuality hopes to give a voice to characters not often seen in movies, according to the cast and director of “Moonlight.”
“Moonlight,” which debuted on Thursday at the London Film Festival after receiving strong reviews last month at the Toronto International Film Festival, is the coming-of-age tale of a black boy named Chiron, grappling silently with his homosexuality. ” Reuters
Tyler Glenn, a Gay Mormon Pop Star at the Crossroads
“In April 2014, Tyler Glenn was the subject of a Rolling Stone report titled “Gay, Mormon and Finally Out.” Two years later, Mr. Glenn, the lead singer of the Utah new wave band Neon Trees, is still gay. But his relationship to his religion is far more complicated.” New York Times
‘Gay Gotham’ Reveals How LGBT Culture Became NYC Culture
“Earlier this year, President Barack Obama named New York’s most famous gay bar a National Historic Monument. Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn was the birthplace of the gay rights movement, when a riot broke out in June 1969 during a police raid, launching a national movement. But, as a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York proves, the Big Apple had long been a hub of gay culture, a place where LGBTQ individuals flocked to find community and acceptance.” Metro
All Your Favorite Iconic Queer Trailblazers Illustrated
“In 2014, artist Michele Rosenthal embarked on a project not knowing what the final outcome would be.
“I began creating portraits of some of my favorite historical queer people, writing a sentence or two about each and sharing them on Tumblr,” she explains on her website. “At first I only had a handful of people in mind, but the names quickly multiplied.” ” Queerty
