Kyle Turner was one of those weird little kids whose tastes were more like those of a middle-aged gay man than those of his peers. He was raised on a steady movie diet of golden-age black-and-white...
2022-08-25 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! I'm still traveling, but here's another bonus video for you. This week we've got a strange mystery about an NBC executive who was supposedly killed
by a male hustler --a mystery ...
2022-08-21 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week was present for some of the earliest days of what we now recognize as reality TV — he helped produce Gay Riviera, a 2001 Bravo series about queer dating. Kevin Haddad never exp...
2022-08-18 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! I've got a whole bunch of fun stuff for you this week -- starting with a fabulous discovery about a Liberace biopic from the 1980s. You'll never GUESS who played his mother!!! Also I f...
2022-08-14 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Chris Steadman, an author and professor and podcaster whose childhood obsession was very grown-up books...
2022-08-11 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! This week I've got a bit of a Seinfeld mystery, or a The Nanny mystery, or a little of each. At one point, Fran Drescher was hired to fill in for Estelle Harris, who ...
2022-08-07 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week — and apologies for the slightly late post, it’s been a busy week! — is Trung le Nguyen, author and illustrator of the award-winning book The Magic Fish, among many other g...
2022-08-06 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostLast week I spoke with Bret Shuford, one half of the couple known as the Broadway Husbands. This week I’m talking to his ...
2022-07-28 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! In this week's bonus video I've got some ~gossip~ about closeted public figures, and also EVEN MORE examples of gay Bruces -- including an interview where Stan Lee responds to the chan...
2022-07-24 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Bret Shuford, one half of the couple that calls themselves the 2022-07-21 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! In this week's bonus video, I've got a few new clues about how "Bruce" became the name for all homosexual men. And also the story of the time that a group of lesbians got fed up with N...
2022-07-17 18:23:07 +0000 UTC View PostBefore we start this week, I want to thank you for your patience — as you might’ve seen, I’ve been recovering from a balance issue that left me in a state of constant dizziness. As a result I...
2022-07-14 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! I had NO IDEA so many of you would be excited to talk about Charles Nelson Reilly after last week's video, but I'm so glad that you are. I've got a few more details about him for you t...
2022-07-10 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! In this week's bonus video I have a real weird web of gay connections, from Ellen to The X-Files to The Simpsons and Seinfeld and Jack Benny shows o...
2022-07-03 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe you’ve seen the new animated series on Netflix entitled Dead End: Paranormal Park, featuring a cast of queer characters working at an amusement park that might be a portal to hell....
2022-07-01 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there!
Well, we're wrapping up Pride month, or at least, the first Pride month of the year. Now it's time to get ready for Second Pride, which is July; and then Third Pride Month in Aug...
2022-06-30 17:55:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! Hope you're holding up ok, it's been a tough couple of days.
This is Pride weekend in Seattle, and I've been wandering around through the noise & chaos & parties & prot...
2022-06-26 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMy Sewers of Paris guest this week set himself a goal many years ago — to bring RuPaul’s Drag Race to Sweden, with an all-Swedish production, Swedish queens, and a Swedish host. Now it...
2022-06-16 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there!
Well this sure has been a weird week. If you haven't heard, I've been dealing with a bout of vertigo that's forced me to push back some projects, including this week's episode of...
2022-06-12 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Inquiring minds want to know: Is that big gay guy on Modern Family "swishy"? Is that okay to say? Better ask a heterosexual. A clip of her asking a very weird question (and also "what's it...
2022-06-05 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to June, Sewers of Paris listeners. Every year for Pride month, I like to revisit my conversation with a man whose tales of old queer New York are absolutely captivating. He earned...
2022-06-02 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi hello!
Welp, here we are, just one day away from Pride month, and you know what that means: Only 30 shopping days left until Wrath month. (Related: It's also time to start taking stock of ...
2022-05-31 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! In this week's bonus video I've got a fun Popeye/Bluto romance (thanks to Trevor for sending that to me). Also a sneak peek at my upcoming video on Modern Family, including a very swee...
2022-05-29 18:10:57 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is the fascinating Terrence Smith, also known as Joan Jett Blakk, a drag performer who ran for mayor of Chicago in the 90s, and after that, ...
2022-05-26 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! For this week's bonus video I'm visiting a place I've long heard of, The Outside, with my friend Ollie (a dog). I've got stories for you about a ~forbidden~ commercial that the cast of...
2022-05-22 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s a new book out this month about the history of The Women’s House of Detention, a women’s prison that was located just across the street from The Stonewall Inn, that played a role in t...
2022-05-19 18:46:41 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re in the midst of Eurovision right now, the extravagant celebration of over-the-top music and outrageous costumes and, every now and then, taste. Eurovision is a great big ball of fun, and it...
2022-05-13 00:06:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon or whatever! I'm chugging away on a video about Will & Grace and wanted to share some more fun discoveries with you, including the time the actor who played Will said th...
2022-05-08 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on The Sewers of Paris podcast this week is Alejandro Varela, who was a mostly-closeted college student when ...
2022-05-06 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Well hello! In his week's Bonus Video we're looking at the reasons why all four lead actors on Will & Grace initially declined their roles and we nearly had an EXTREMELY different show...
2022-05-01 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post