Queer Clicks: May 05 | Madonna, Brooke Shields Among Those Honoring Keith Haring, Who Would Have Been 60 Today , This Russian Insta-Hunk Wants to Fight the Chechnya Purge Through a 5-Part Photo Fantasy, & Other News

Madonna, Brooke Shields Among Those Honoring Keith Haring, Who Would Have Been 60 Today

“Fans and celebrities are honoring legendary artist and activist Keith Haring today, on what would have been his 60th birthday.

Haring was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and moved to New York City in 1978 to study painting, where he would spend the remainder of his life, and go on to become one of the most celebrated artists of the period. His expressive work contained elements of pop art and graffiti, and his stylized, boxy people and animals have become iconic. ” NewNowNext

This Russian Insta-Hunk Wants to Fight the Chechnya Purge Through a 5-Part Photo Fantasy

“When Russian artist Alexander Abramov first realized he was gay, growing up in the former Soviet country of Kazakhstan, he began keeping journals about his first gay experiences, his run-ins with drugs and the emotional scars of growing up in a society filled with anti-LGBTQ attitudes. Now, the hunky Instagram model known as Abramov Lex has just released the first two books of a five-volume set called Uncovered. The books combine excerpts from his 20 years of journalling alongside intimate and sexy photos.” Hornet

Matt Smith Found the Compelling Beauty in Fisting For Mapplethorpe

“Matt Smith has seen cocks of all shapes and sizes. To step into the shoes of famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, he had to, but he’s quick to point out how compelling they’ve become to him. “That’s what’s clever about [Mapplethorpe]. You don’t know why, but it’s compelling even though it’s just a penis,” he explains as we sit down to talk the night after Mapplethorpe’s Tribeca Film Festival debut.” Out