“Last Call,” by Elon Green, retrac the murrs of four men by a serial killer the 1990s, at a time when gay men felt prsured to hi their sexualy and were often the victims of homophobia.
Contents:
- LGBT HORROR FICTION: “GAY OF THE DEAD” BY WILL KOHLER.
- BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)
- THE GAY MEN FREQUENTED MANHATTAN PIANO BARS. SO DID THEIR KILLER.
- GAY DEATH
- 9 DEAD GAY GUYS
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
LGBT HORROR FICTION: “GAY OF THE DEAD” BY WILL KOHLER.
* gay of the dead *
Their paths nverged at the Nth Circle a dimly l former speakeasy, then steakhoe and now a gay bar, tucked away on 10th Street Greenwich Village. Gay of the Dead.
This wave of queer female aths follows a long-standg pop culture trope known as Bury Your Gays. The history of the Bury Your Gays issue, and more specifilly Dead Lbian Syndrome, is a long one. And perhaps most imprsively, they have funneled their tratn and fury to raisg money to support gay youth.
Both victims — olr, whe-llar profsnal men, wh the heterosexual vtments of marriag and children — had last been seen at an upsle Midtown Manhattan gay piano bar lled the begs Elon Green’s terrific, harrowg, te-crime acunt of an elive serial killer who preyed upon gay men the 1990s, perfidly turng the safe havens of gay bars to huntg grounds, and semi-anonymo late-night hookups to an opportuny to kill wh impuny.
BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)
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THE GAY MEN FREQUENTED MANHATTAN PIANO BARS. SO DID THEIR KILLER.
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GAY DEATH
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Was a 42-year-old gay man livg Beveren, Belgium.
David P., had gone to the park after arrangg a date wh a man he met on the gay datg app Grdr. Belgian police and the lol public prosecutors’ office have yet to nfirm or ny if the killg was motivated by homophobia, but the se highlights the fact that for LGBTQ+ people, searchg for a romantic nnectn onle right now n put you ser danger.
9 DEAD GAY GUYS
And homophobic hate crim are on the rise.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA’s) Annual Review of LGBTQ+ rights Europe, hate crim agast LGBTQ+ people the Netherlands were reported by Dutch media almost every week 2020.
IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
In France, SOS Homophobie’s annual report found that the number of hate crim agast LGBTQ+ people had creased for a fourth nsecutive year 2020.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Many are feelg vulnerable, and there are fears that homophobic assailants may be takg advantage of the fact that queer datg apps are one of the only opportuni LGBTQ+ dividuals n e to meet others right now.
Sce lockdowns were imposed around the world when the panmic took hold early last year, apps such as Grdr, Scff and Her have have taken on a greater role the LGBTQ+ muny, as tradnally safe public LGBTQ+ spac, such as gay bars, clubs and pubs, were forced to shut their doors. ILGA pots out s State-Sponsored Homophobia report that LGBTQ+ people have found themselv adrift durg the panmic: “Lockdowns meant the abpt and plete terptn of activi, gathergs beme impossible, events and Pris got spend, and safe spac dramatilly shnk overnight wh extremely ltle to no notice.
Bonny says he don’t tst Belgian police to take homophobia serly.