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The Immoralists
From André Gide to Michel Foucault, predatory behavior has frequently hijacked calls for gay rights to justify abuse.
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Was Werner Muensterburger Really "James Dean's Analyst"?
A passing reference in a 2013 biography gave the German-born psychoanalyst a new moniker, but the truth is less clear.
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My James Dean Book Now Has a Publisher!
Applause Books will publish my new James Dean biography next year.
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When James Dean Was Too Queer for Disney
A documentary producer alleged the House of Mouse refused to be the first to mention Dean's sexuality--decades after it was common knowledge.
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"Beatings, Boots, Belts and Bondage"
Uncovering a plausible source for Kenneth Anger's claims about James Dean's BDSM sex life.
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Stephen Kijak's Magnificent Obsession
The filmmaker's new documentary about Rock Hudson rewrites history to turn a stolid, fallible, and ultimately cowardly man into a hero of gay…
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"Ascension" Is Lovecraft by Way of Camus
Nicholas Binge's new novel has lofty ambitions whose summit its familiar pastiche of Lovecraftian cosmic mysteries can't quite reach.
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Did the "Real-Life Horse Whisperer" Bunk with James Dean?
Widely repeated claims from a massively bestselling autobiography are not supported by the historical record.
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