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Learn more about Tom of Finland, the artist name of Finnish Touko Laaksonen who signed his erotic work "Tom."
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Read Heather McHugh's "The Amenities" (care warning: sexual assault)
Read sam sax's "On PrEP or on Prayer [“when i say pre-exposure prophylaxis”]
Read Elizabeth Bishop's "The Moose"
Read Diane Wakoski's "Uneasy Rider"
Here's an excerpt from Mark Bibbins's 13th Balloon
Read this poem by Tyehimba Jess
Check out Robin Coste Lewis's page on The Elders Project here. TEP captures and celebrates untold and underrepresented stories of activists, storytellers, and community builders who have witnessed and shaped great change in American public life.
Read this consideration/critique of Cruising
Read this interview of Mary Jo Bang.
Stephen King addresses rumors about Musk insults here.
Read this great review of Bianca Stone's fabulous The Mobius Strip Club of Grief.
If you haven't seen the 20th anniversary edition of Richard Siken's Crush, check it out here.
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