Al be darned — everything old is New Year again ...

Boy Culture had a pretty good year, with my traffic markedly increased.

It's not really enough to make doing a blog worthwhile on any level other than as a hobby, to express myself (and to express the selves of others via links), and so I must predict that my time as a blogger is necessarily going to be winding down soon.

If any of my readers wants to help me raise $10,000 for 2018, I'll commit to doing it a full year. Obviously, most of you (me, too!) are used to blogs and news sites that are free, but if anyone has cash to burn — in case I have any readers who truly would not miss a chunk of change — you can always Paypal me a tip (or the whole thing, ha) at matthewrettenmund@gmail.com.

Maybe a gay billionaire likes my style! (Maybe not.)

Until we find out how long I last, I'm still addicted to posting content to entertain myself and you, so I have one book-length post coming soon, and I also wanted to share my top-performing posts of 2017. These 20 posts are sure to enthrall you if you haven't seen them already.

It's almost like you guys are into sex ... 

Utterly ignorant and classless, Mr. Woods. I'm friends with this family. You know not of what you speak, and should be ashamed of yourself. https://t.co/ZrbtZH49sp

— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) July 11, 2017

In case you're just joining us, James Woods is an asshole. He's been a right-wing dick for ages, and his comments on social media are without merit.

(Image via Twitter)

So, no surprise that he saw fit to lambaste a couple for allowing their young son to wear makeup and dresses, as his desire, but implying that the child will grow up and murder them in response. See, Woods is of the Silence of the Lambs generation when it comes to gender issues.

Neil Patrick Harris, who knows the family in question, slammed Wood for the “utterly ignorant and classless” tweet, suggesting the shameless elder actor should be ashamed of himself. Should be, but won't be.

The rest is even better! [Image via Kenneth in the (212)]

Kenneth in the (212): Kenneth's latest hairy-dude-in-a-Speedo snap might be the best yet.

DListed: Matt McGorry deliciously semi-twerks in his boxer-briefs:

 

Getting a quick twerkout in b4 the weekend.

A post shared by Matt McGorry (@mattmcgorry) on Mar 24, 2017 at 1:23pm PDT

TMZ: Why is TMZ mocking Hilary Duff for being supportive about gay visibility in Power Rangers? What, pro-LGBTQ, could she have said that wasn't a “talking point?”

Team Trump claims he simply wanted to plug this jingoistic Fox News show. (Image via Twitter)

Huff Post: Trump allegedly still supports Paul Ryan, even after urging Twitter followers/bots/Russkies to watch Judge Jeanine call for Ryan to resign.

Daily Beast: Apparently intent on steering him ever closer to out-Nixoning Nixon, Steve Bannon advises Trump to keep an enemies shit list.

Also, he's never bothered to fix this typo from yesterday. Illiterate buffoon. (Image via Twitter)

ExtraTV: Elton John's 70th b'day bash was a who's LGBTQ of glitterati: Lady Gaga, Katy Perry (she more than kissed a girl), the Neil Patrick Harrises, the Billie Jean Kings ...

Inside @eltonofficial's star-packed 70th birthday: @katyperry, Stevie Wonder & more! https://t.co/ABgy6dVnSw pic.twitter.com/zorLGcIa0D

— ExtraTV (@extratv) March 26, 2017

Keep reading for good video of Gaga singing “Born This Way,” “Bad Romance” and renditions of “Happy Birthday” with Stevie Wonder ...

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (Video still via Daily Xtra)

AFTER THE JUMP: Trudeau will be 1st PM to march in Gay Pride Parade, “disappointed” in continuing gay blood ban, will address anal vs. vaginal age of consent.

They like it raw in Neil Patrick Harris's family. (I couldn't resist. I tried. No, I really didn't)

Online jihadists “giddy” over possibly Trump presidency; they realize it would push world toward global religious war. 40% or so of U.S. wants that, too.

Triple-digit temperatures are baking California.

 

A photo posted by share your body (@men_hairy) on Jun 30, 2016 at 5:59am PDT

Steve Grand's hilarious parody in response to #HeterosexualPrideDay.

Support for stricter gun laws surges; gun shop raffles rifle to support Orlando victims ... and publicize a new facility; shooter at Andrews Air Force Base?

Trudeau video after the jump ...

ABOVE: Don't miss the new ending-HIV PSA featuring the late Elizabeth Taylor, Neil Patrick Harris, Tituss Burgess, Nathan Lane & Daniel Franzese.

Ted Cruz seems set to announce Carly Fiorina as his running mate, if only to help her fail at yet another endeavor.

Rugby league player Karl Lawton 😳 pic.twitter.com/55uw8BJfK4

— Men of Rugby League (@RugbyLeagueMen) November 24, 2015

Karl Lawton is Wicked Gay Blog's Hot Jock of the Day, but 24 hours seems too short to take him all in.

Delightful The Flying Nun co-star Madeleine Sherwood dies @ 93. She was blacklisted in the '50s for her civil-rights activism.

#RIP Madeleine Sherwood, Mother Superior on The Flying Nun, who has passed away at age 93 https://t.co/Wclzxro6rA pic.twitter.com/TfsSFTu0J5

— MeTV (@MeTV) April 25, 2016

A North Dakota firm has refused to design a logo for a gay-friendly church, citing the distasteful request of ... a rainbow.

Keep reading to watch the full, new Absolutely Fabulous movie trailer, in which Kate Moss seems to die and Jon Hamm dies of shame ...

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15 LGBT videos that went viral in 2015.

Most admired men & women in the world 2015.

16 nerdiest New Year's Eve resolutions.

Out Magazine's best (long) stories of 2015.

The Guardian's best books of 2015.

Best fine-arts books of 2015.

HuffPost Live's best & worst movies of 2015.

100 best-reviewed movies of 2015.

Vanity Fair's Top 10 movies of 2015.

USA Today's Top 10 movies of 2015.

15 scariest movie scenes of 2015.

10 best LGBT documentaries of 2015.

All the box-office records Star Wars has broken.

Fandango users' Top 10 movies of 2015.

NPR's best TV of 2015.

The New Yorker hates lists, but here's theirs anyway.

8 most inspiring LGBT Instagram stories.

Deadline's Top 10 movies, best new TV shows of 2015—Part 1.

Top TV reunions of 2015.

Best SNL music moments of 2015.

215 best songs of 2015 (includes “Devil Pray,” Madonna fans).

5 most amazing uses of music on TV in 2015.

Top 10 in NYC theatre of 2015.

Top 10 governors races of 2016.

Top 11 restaurants in NYC for 2015.

Incredibly homophobic list of gay men Russian Maxim forgives (!) for being gay.

Via MRJMANGOS: Above, Diego Miguel by Robert Erdmann for Kevin Murphy.

Meet Olivia Newton-John in person!

Guess what the big shots at all the major LGBT non-profits make? PROFIT.

Gary Beadle from MTV's Ex on the Beach loses his clothes.

Lizabeth Scott: As my pal Chexy said, once Confidential kicks your ass, you stay down in that town.

Arkansas is the asshole of the country.

IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST...: Graham Moore is actually not gay...???

Joan Rivers simply didn't make the cut. Next victim!

Elaine Stritch was more theater and TV but still, she, too, was ignored.

Taylor Negron was a more egregious omission, more film credits.

(Almost) nobody cares that Lizabeth Scott was left out, but she was MAY-JUH.

Patricia Arquette attacked from the right AND left on equal-pay remarks.

Snowden liked Neil Patrick Harris's treason joke.

Inarritu liked Sean Penn's green-card joke.

Phoebe is Price-less.

I missed this Melanie Griffith & Dakota Johnson stealth fight.

Remember when Melanie was Holly Body and Don Johnson was Sal Mineo's bottom?

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Jeremy Helligar's name will be familiar to pop culture junkies for his stints at Teen People and (Adult) People, but he's spent the last several years on a self-described “self-imposed exile” from NYC, travleing and living around the world—South America, Australia, Asia and Africa.

Helligar's journey is not without speedbumps, including racism (the title is a question he has heard way too often), mugging and some uncomfortable sex, the kind you pray won't happen to you but that you enjoy reading about. Also, there are good times, making this an interestingly varied read. It's not linear, it's introspective...and he does not forget to be funny.

I feel like the desire to take time off and discover one's self is a cliché...until one reaches one's thirties and forties and it all makes terrible sense. I'm completing my own memoir so it was illuminating to see how another writer in a similar situation to mine (I also worked at a teen mag, for one thing, but no, it's not true what they say about white men) approched the form.

It's out November 4 officially, but is available for pre-sale now. Check out Helligar's recent Neil Patrick Harris post for HuffPo here.