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Contents: July-August 2005
Features
Sex through the Ages
Some men are relieved by the waning of lust; others not
Andrew Holleran
On the Making of Kinsey and Kinsey
John Esther interviews the director of the eye-opening film
Bill Condon
Is “Lesbian Bed Death” for Real?
Or does it derive from a narrow (male) definition of sex?
Margaret Nichols
The Circuit Party’s Faustian Bargain
The quest for ultimate bliss has never been easier—nor riskier
Amin Ghaziani
Crystal’s Sexual Persuasion
Surging methamphetamine use threatens a new wave of HIV
Michael Shernoff
A “Strap-on Party” for the People
When HBO brought lesbian sex into America’s living rooms
Weena Perry
Bixexuality and the Case against Dualism
... and why both gay and straight people deny its existence
Stephanie Fairyington
Gay Youths as “Whorified Virgins”
Wanting to fit in, they’re adopting the language of hetero sex
Michael Amico
Laud Humphreys’ Emissary to St. Louis
His name was Brian
Wes Hartley
Reviews
William J. Mann — Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger
Matthew Kennedy

John Rechy — Beneath the Skin: Collected Essays
Dan Luckenbill

Sherill Tippins — February House
Martha E. Stone

Lawrence R. Schehr — French Gay Modernism
William A. Peniston

John Galliher, Wayne Brekhus, & David Keys — Laud Humphreys 
Thom Nickels

Schwules Museum, Berlin — “Self-Confidence and Persistence”
Polly Thistlethwaite

David Secter, director — Winter Kept Us Warm
Matthew Hays
Poems & Departments
Guest Opinion — How “Gay Style” Was Coopted and Corrupted
David Gilmore

Guest Opinion — How My Two Mothers Got Me Laid
Melissa Hart

BTW

Poem — “Stress”
Ian MacNeill

Poem — “Swapping Gum”
Thomas March

Poem — “After Cavafy”
John Garrison

Artist’s Profile — Arthur Dong: Lens on Homophobic America
Greg Varner

International Spectrum — Southern Italy: Puglia Gets a Gay President
George De Stefano

Bulletin Board