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Boy Culture Links: Sexy ‘60s Polaroid Collection Revealed, Michael Johnston on Unlearning the Anti-Gay, Stanley Stellar’s Art, Ken Paxton Audio Leak Screws Him Over, Homophobe Quits Committees & More
The title echoes Polaroid’s tagline from its early days. (Image via Homobilia Press)
HOMOBILIA: Homobilia owner Barry Harrison has published a book I highly recommend, The 60 Second Excitement: A Private Collection of Gay Polaroids: 1963-1...
Michael Kearns, Fearless Gay Actor, Performance Artist & AIDS Activist, Dies at 76
October 6, 2026
Kearns on the cover of The Advocate’s June 6, 1973, issue. (Image via Matthew Rettenmund Archive)
Michael Kearns, a legend fixture in the gay community who later became one of the first actors to publicly acknowledge he wa...
Boy Culture Links: Sexy Tennis Pros, Bessent’s Folly, RIP Eva Marie Saint at 102, Are Older Gay Men Too Okay with Groping?, Andrew Garfield Channels Sam Altman & More
Getting tucked in [Image via Kenneth in the (212)]
KENNETH IN THE (212): A cute weekend tennis update (belatedly) from Kenneth.
BOY CULTURE is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a f...
Boy Culture Links: ‘Designing Women’s’ HIV/AIDS Episode Aired 39 Years Ago, ‘Gays Against Guns’ Doc Sets Sights on NewFest, Luke Evans vs. Woke, RIP Robert Kelker-Kelly, Rest in Piss Jim Bakker & More
(Images via CBS)
BOY CULTURE: Thirty-nine years ago this week, Designing Women’s “Killing All the Right People” episode aired, featuring Tony Goldwyn playing one of TV’s first gay characters battling HIV/AIDS. Goldwyn’s character hires the...
Boy Culture Links: My Chat with ‘Uncle Roy’ Filmmaker Keri Pickett, ‘A (Very) Different World,’ Ryan Seacrest’s Thirst Trap, Steve Hilton’s New GOP Ad Is AI and Bi, Dennis Hastert Dies & More
The man had an eye. (Image by Roy Blakey)
PODCAST: Check out my talk with filmmaker Keri Pickett, whose Uncle Roy — currently on the film-festival circuit — explores the life and career of Roy Blakey, legendary physique photographer and co...
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Matthew Rettenmund is the NYC-based author of the novel "Boy Culture," made into a feature film and series, and the book "Encyclopedia Madonnica," among many others. His other Substack is Gr8erDays.
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