Why the Gays Tried to Cancel 'Cruising'

'Christopher Street' editor Charles Ortleb saw the film as an opportunity to forge a gay "people" in the shadow of a looming fascism.

Published on Off Christopher Street • May 19

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What's So Casual About Casual Sex?

From Andrew Holleran's "fast-food sex" to today's Grindr angst, the gays have always been fretting about their own promiscuity.

Published on Off Christopher Street • May 5

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April 2026

The Women, Gays, and Jews of the Christian Right

Perry Deane Young contemplates the hypocrites.

Apr 22 • David Sessions

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What I've been up to

Bringing back the gay world, one podcast a time.

Apr 13 • David Sessions

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Gay Masculinity and Its Discontents

Critics saw 1970s "gay macho" as an abandonment of feminism for male privilege and heteronormativity. But they missed the emergence of a new…

Published on Off Christopher Street • Apr 7

1:02:24

March 2026

Gay Men and the Politics of Hotness

Listen now | Introducing our new podcast, "Off Christopher Street."

Published on Off Christopher Street • Mar 10

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February 2026

Wired’s ‘Gay Tech Mafia’ is a Homintern Conspiracy Theory

If people won’t stop talking about it, there must be a story.

Feb 20 • David Sessions

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Wanting to Be Hot is Not Fascism

Or neoliberalism, or decadence.

Feb 14 • David Sessions

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December 2025

The Year of the Gay Sex Zeitgeist

Everybody's decided gay sex is cool. Should we be concerned?

Dec 22, 2025 • David Sessions

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October 2025

Why Tech Moral Panic Matters

We should be more suspicious of monocausal theories of tech-driven alienation.

Oct 22, 2025 • David Sessions

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What if Americans Are the Opposite of "Atomized"?

Thinking with Ganz and Riley on civil society and fascism.

Oct 14, 2025 • David Sessions

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September 2025