Archive for the ‘Gay’ Category
On Notes from a True Gay Recluse
In which The Gay Recluse corresponds with Harry, an 80-year-old autistic gay man. Herewith, for those who asked (and for those who did not): March 24: It is none my business to know, but! My curiosity is tweaked. Who are you? Have you posted something somewhere to give a more detailed bio? or do I […]
Filed under: Gay, Letters, Memory, Pessimism, Philosophers, Resignation, Ruins, The Gay Recluse, Washington Heights | Leave a Comment
Tags: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Birthdays, Cherry Grove, Fort Lauderdale, Gay, Gay Seniors, George Washington Bridge, Little Red Lighthouse, Riverside Drive, Saab
In which The Gay Recluse makes a monthly report on traffic whoring to the Board of Directors. I. Summary A combination of organic growth, traffic whoring and links from Curbed, Gothamist, Towleroad, Slog and others contributed to record numbers of visitors and page views in March. II. Traffic Whoring Metrix WordPress Total Views March: 15,033 […]
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Tags: Business Revenue, Feedburner, Feeds, Internet Traffic, Linkage, Metrix, Monthly Report, RSS, SiteMeter, Technorati, Traffic Whoring, WordPress
In which The Gay Recluse turns forty. Today we received the following note from Harry, a reader in Washington Heights: Subj: YOU Mess: It is none my business to know, but! My curiosity is tweaked. Who are you? Have you posted something somewhere to give a more detailed bio? or do I have to continue […]
Filed under: Architecture, Decay, Dissonance, Gay, Landscape, New York City, Resignation, Ruins, The Gay Recluse, Washington Heights | 1 Comment
Tags: Aries, Autism, Birthdays, Fort Tryon Park, Forty, Galaxie 500, Inwood Hill Park, Lampposts, The Minutemen, Upper Manhattan
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Last week our newest correspondent The Blind Architect filed this report: You may be interested in this statue of George Washington I saw last week in Seattle. No musculature, but he does have a big sword. I have been watching the HBO John Adams series, […]
Filed under: Architecture, Competitions, Gay, Government, Infrastructure, Politicians, Stereotypes, The Blind Architect, The Gay Recluse | 7 Comments
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, David Morse, Gay Statues, George Washington, Hot Gay Statues, Seattle, Washington DC
In which The Gay Recluse updates his informal but rather telling quantitative analysis of Modern Love, the weekly Style Section (of The Times) column in which openly gay writers almost never appear, and even less frequently describe a romantic relationship. This week’s piece: How We Got from Grief to Pancakes Subject: A woman finds a […]
Filed under: Architecture, Drivel, Gay, Infrastructure, Landscape, Language, Pessimism, Sickness, Stereotypes, Technology, The Gay Recluse | Leave a Comment
Tags: Daniel Jones, Gay Modern Love, Homophobia, Modern Love, Stereotypes, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse provides a gay alternative to this week’s Modern Love offering in The Times. Those looking for our quantitative analysis should click here. How We Got From Grief to Pancakes By PATTY DANN and THE GAY RECLUSE Published: March 30, 2008 I WAS nervous about meeting my new partner’s parents, even […]
Filed under: Conspiracy, Dissonance, Gay, Stereotypes, Technology, The Gay Recluse | 2 Comments
Tags: Daniel Jones, Gay Modern Love, Modern Love, Patty Dann, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse posts news and analysis from our U.K. correspondent, The London Eye. Today we received this missive from The London Eye: Dear Gay Recluse: Here are a few more London statues… Even though we’re not eligible for awards, we want the United States to know that our statues are HERE, our […]
Filed under: Architecture, Competitions, Gay, Hot Gay Statues, Landscape, The Gay Recluse, The London Eye | 2 Comments
Tags: Anonymous Sex, Anteros, Belgrave Square, Eros, FDR, Gay, Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Leonardo da Vinci, London, Old Bond Street, Picadilly Circus, The London Eye, Winston Churchill
In which The Gay Recluse reads a book five years later and says wtf. Last fall, after we posted our thoughts on the suffocation of the gay voice in American literature, a reader suggested that for the sake of comparison we check out The Yacoubian Building, by Alaa al Aswany, which said reader described to […]
Filed under: Decay, Dissonance, Drivel, Gay, Literature, Sickness, Stereotypes, The Gay Recluse, Writers-Egyptian | 4 Comments
Tags: Alaa al Aswany, Egypt, Gay Characters, Stereotypes, Yacoubian Building
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Today we present a submission from Seth Tisue, who sends in an entry from the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Let’s check it out, shall we? Hot or not…? Are you kidding!!? This is seriously gay and smokin’ hot. Nicely done, Philadelphia! You have not […]
Filed under: Architecture, Capitalism, Communism, Competitions, Gay, Government, Hot Gay Statues, Infrastructure, Resignation, Ruins, The Gay Recluse | 5 Comments
Tags: 30th Street Station, City of Brotherly Love, Gay Statuary, Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Louise Bourgeois, Philadelphia
In which The Gay Recluse makes a clarification. Reader Gary Budlong (apparently new to The Gay Recluse) wrote the following comment in response to our most recent “mash-up” of the Modern Love column in The Times. dear pete, thank you. i’m 61, disabled, retired and gay. my partner has died 5 years ago. knew i […]
Filed under: Disaster Footage, Faith, Gay, Landscape, Language, Letters, Resignation, The Gay Recluse | Leave a Comment
Tags: Fashion & Style, Gay, Gay Modern Love, Gay Stereotypes, Gay Voice, Gay Writers, Homophobia, Lesbian, Modern Love, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, Los Angeles is kind of like New York City except it’s in California, and instead of subways you have to drive everywhere! Crazy, right? But that said, like New York City, there are LOTS of gay […]
Filed under: Architecture, Competitions, Gay, Hot Gay Statues, Infrastructure, Landscape, Law, Letters, Longing, Obsession, Ruins, The Gay Recluse | 1 Comment
Tags: Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Immigration, Los Angeles, The Getty Museum
In which The Gay Recluse posts an incisive reader comment. This was left in the comments but we thought it merited a full post because it brings to light several important and interesting issues that are not unrelated to our obituary of Arthur C. Clarke, which — ahem — did not please everyone. Vikram — […]
Filed under: Decay, Dissonance, Gay, Letters, Stereotypes, The Gay Recluse | 5 Comments
Tags: Arthur C. Clarke, Colonialism, Gay, India, Outing the Dead, Rich Foreigners, Sri Lanka
In which The Gay Recluse kills two birds with one stone. Today we received a certain amount of shit for “trashing” Arthur C. Clarke as a major closet-case only milliseconds after he died. Fair enough, we trashed him a little. But our purpose in doing so — besides being an internet traffic whore, of course […]
Filed under: Disease, Dissonance, Gay, History, Language, Letters, Literature, Longing, Stereotypes, The Gay Recluse | 5 Comments
Tags: Arthur C. Clarke, Closet Cases, Closet Queens, Internet Whores, Self-Hatred, The Gay Voice
On a Piece of Advice to Canadian Gay Refugees: You May Want To Record that XXX Video After All
In which The Gay Recluse considers the reigning state of stupidity, even in nice countries like Canada. Our friend Jeff Weinstein wrote earlier this week with this piece of news, which would be hilarious if it were in a movie, but instead must be viewed as sadly incredible. According to the article, by Tiffany Crawford […]
Filed under: Gay, Government, Law, Politicians, Stereotypes, The Gay Recluse | 3 Comments
Tags: Canada, Chris Crocker, Gay, Refugees, The Canadian Refugee Board, Tom Cruise
In which The Gay Recluse breathes a sigh of relief and encourages everyone to buy a book. Recently we read The Gay Uncle’s Guide To Parenting by Brett Berk and learned that the world is filled with these strange creatures called “children,” which — somewhat alarmingly — are the by-product and responsibility of an even […]
Filed under: Gay, Language, Quotes, Search, Television, The Gay Recluse | 12 Comments
Tags: Advice, Brett Burk, Children, Parents, The Gay Uncle
In which The Gay Recluse provides a more accurate version of Arthur C. Clarke’s obituary than the one that was just released by AP. (For The Times version, click here.) Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 90 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and THE GAY RECLUSE Published: March 18, 2008 Filed at 6:41 p.m. […]
Filed under: Drivel, Gay, Science, Sickness, Stereotypes, The Gay Recluse, Travel, Writers-British | Leave a Comment
Tags: 2001, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur Clarke, Associated Press, Gay Obituaries, Gay Stereotypes, Gay Voice, Gay Writers, Homophobia, Sri Lanka, Stanley Kubrick
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Let’s face it: when it comes to gay rights hot gay statues, Europe is miles ahead of the United States. Reader Anthony Goriainoff, a journalist and photographer based in Madrid, writes: “Madrid these days is really into its art and it takes itself very seriously. […]
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Tags: Gay Statues, Hot Gay Statues, Igor Mitoraj, Madrid, Spain
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