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Joe Biden now has a rock star diplomat serving as a deputy campaign manager focusing on finance, external outreach and coalition building. Rufus Gifford, former ambassador to Denmark, is no stranger to presidential campaigns. Gifford served as an unpaid intern for John Kerry’s campaign in 2004 and in 2012, he became Finance Director for President […]… Continue reading Biden Campaign Enlists Former Obama Era Diplomat for Top Position — Instinct Magazine

With new life apparently, comes rekindled love. US Weekly is reporting that Anderson Cooper has reconnected with his former flame, nightclub entrepreneur Benjamin Maisani. New York City nightlife destinations Atlas Social Club and Eastern Bloc (now Club Cumming) have been Maisani’s main passion projects, but it looks like now much of his attention is going […]… Continue reading Baby Love; Anderson Cooper & Ex-Boyfriend Benjamin Maisani Are Officially Back Together — Instinct Magazine

Foes to friends to lovers. I’ve enjoyed this romcom formula since I first saw William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. There’s something magic about that moment before characters realize their world view is changing. The 1989 film When Harry Met Sally lived in that moment. She helps him grow up. He helps her calm down. […]… Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Thing About Harry (2020) — The Avocado

Homosexuals are being murdered. A cop goes undercover to investigate. The cop begins to question his sexuality and panics. Offensive hi-jinks ensue. 1980’s Cruising, inspired protests before it even opened in cinemas. Much has been written about Director William Friedkin’s controversial work. Less remembered are the terrible comedies it inspired: Partners and Cop in Drag.… Continue reading LGBT Movies: Cops in Drag — The Avocado

A meek protagonist is accused of homosexual conduct. They are cast out of their social circle and forced to start a fresh life. I enjoyed 2018’s Giant Little Ones but some melodramatic elements didn’t sit well with me. The film seemed a direct descendant of two older stories: Tea and Sympathy and The Children’s Hour. […]… Continue reading LGBT Movies: Tea and Sympathy & The Children’s Hour — The Avocado

When condom monsters attack New York a bitter gay cop investigates. The trashy script, adapted from a German graphic novel, takes your standard monster movie and adds penis jokes. It works as well as it does because the leading man, Udo Samel, takes it seriously. He and his boyfriend are treated with respect. Unfortunately, the […]… Continue reading LGBT Movies: Killer Condom (1996) — The Avocado

The full title of Rosa von Praunheim’s 1971 manifesto is It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives. A young man moves to Berlin, samples gay subcultures (the art world, the leather world, the bar scene, the toilets, etc.) and finds them wanting. The narrator argues that gay […]… Continue reading LGBT Movies: It is Not the Homosexual… (1971) — The Avocado

The Set follows the coming of age of an Australian artist. He romances a nice woman and a cruel man. Both relationships are diluted by a sprawling screenplay filled with underwritten characters and subplots. The melodrama, camp and copious nudity give it the feel of a Valley of the Dolls style exploitation flick. But the… Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Set (1970) — The Avocado

William McNamara is engaged to a woman but hiding a terrible secret! His narcissistic WASP parents ignore the truth till it’s almost too late! I’d first dismissed the TV-movie Doing Time on Maple Drive as overripe camp. Then I read some testimonies from people who said it helped them come out. Re-visiting it in 2020 […]… Continue reading LGBT Movies: Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992) — The Avocado