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‘Sleepaway Camp’ Was Kinda Heterophobic if You Think About It

Sleepaway Camp depicts heterosexual desire, particularly from men, as being predatory, transactional, cruel, and destructive.

Nic Anstett

Oct 11, 2025

Horror Is So Gay

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‘Sleepaway Camp’ Was Kinda Heterophobic if You Think About It

Sleepaway Camp depicts heterosexual desire, particularly from men, as being predatory, transactional, cruel, and destructive.

Nic Anstett —

Oct 11, 2025

Horror Is So Gay

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The Real Horror of ‘The Shining’

I stopped taking care of myself because I thought that’s what it meant to be serious about writing.

Gen —

Oct 9, 2025

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A Trans Guy Watches ‘Motocrossed’ for the First Time

Motocrossed, a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered in 2001, is an even more canonically trans film than She’s the Man. I will die on that hill, as if I…

Gabe Dunn —

Sep 29, 2025

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A Trans Guy Watches ‘Blue Crush’ for the First Time

For someone gay whose favorite movie is probably the original Point Break, I can’t believe I had never seen 2002’s Blue Crush.

Gabe Dunn —

Sep 23, 2025

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Jordan Gonzalez Wants To Play Every Role

Jordan Gonzalez makes the jump from TV to film with his role in The Long Walk.

Rendy Jones —

Sep 13, 2025

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Christy Carlson Romano and Hilary Duff in Cadet Kelly

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A Trans Guy Watches ‘Cadet Kelly’ for the First Time

This movie isn’t only lesbian. It’s a gateway to an adulthood of kink.

Gabe Dunn —

Aug 23, 2025

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Remember When ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Lost to ‘Crash’ at the Oscars?

When it looked like Brokeback was going to sweep awards season, I couldn’t believe it. Queerness wouldn’t be a joke anymore.

Gabe Dunn —

Aug 21, 2025

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What Makes the Perfect Gender Surgeon? A Freak

I keep thinking about The Assignment, a bizarre and barely remembered action movie from 2016.

Woodlief McCabe —

Jul 17, 2025

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An Oral History of ‘Adam’ (2019), the Most Controversial Trans Movie of All Time

Five years after its release, the cast and crew behind 'Adam' (2019) look back on the film, the controversy, and the culture that shaped both.

Drew Burnett Gregory

Nicholas Alexander and Bobbi Salvör Menuez stand side by side in the woods in Adam (2019)

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I Don’t Think You’re Stupid. I Just Think I Know More About Movies

“If I express that opinion, it’s not to say someone who did connect with the new film is wrong. We just had different experiences of a work of art based…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 5, 2025

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Want To See a Movie Where Buffalo Bill and Norman Bates Are in a T4T Situationship? Well, Do We Have Some News for You!

Drew Burnett Gregory writes, directs, and stars in a new horror short, and it’s available for you to stream!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 24, 2024

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Horror Is So Gay

Transplants, Transition, and David Cronenberg’s Body Horrors

How many organs do I have to replace before I can be classified as “biologically female”?

Emily-Alice Wolf —

Oct 22, 2024

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Horror Is So Gay

Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’ Is the Perfect Horror Remake

It’s great to have two versions of Suspiria that offer exceptionally tasty and unique cinematic delights.

Lisa Laman —

Oct 15, 2024

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An Oral History of ‘Adam’ (2019), the Most Controversial Trans Movie of All Time

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