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ABOVE: Lil Nas X unveils his “Industry Baby” single cover.

BELOW: Keep reading for Kelci the Anti-Gay Karen, NYC to require health care workers get vaccinated, billionaire dildos and more ...

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Pre-COVID-19, I had the pleasure of speaking with Freeman Gunter, a man who came before me in a very specific way: He was the editor of the groundbreaking gay glossy Mandate and all of its “brother” publications 20 years before I worked for the same company — and for the same mercurial straight man, George Mavety, who died in 2001.

Gunter was a seminal figure in the early years of gay publishing just as it was becoming both more mainstream and more erotic. Working first for the queer entertainment publication Michael’s Thing, he switched to Mandate at a time when it was moving over 100,000 copies a month, and attracting interviews with figures like Bette Midler and Mae West alongside the more expected sex stars like Al Parker and, well ... Mae West. He says he was EIC starting in 1984.

Gunter's contributions to gay publishing — and his experiences in gay NYC from pre-Stonewall on — are unique, and his take on being an openly gay employee 45 years before the Supreme Court made it illegal to fire us for who we are is just one of many reasons to spend an afternoon talking with this natural-born storyteller ...

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ABOVE: Not your mama's ABBA.

BELOW: Keep reading for the NHL's first coming-out story, Caitlyn stumping for Trump and dumping her gubernatorial campaign for fast cash, Lil Nas X v. Nike and more ...

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ABOVE: A shot of Lance in his prime. Keep reading for more on him.

BELOW: Tyler Perry's soapy prostate exam, Kenneth Attacked in the (212) or (646), how Ken Starr saved Jeffrey Epstein and more ...

Via MrMan:

MrMan may not be the expert on all things sports-ball-stadium-kick time, but they do know that Italy recently made headlines by winning the 2020 UEFA Euro title, while Argentina won the 2021 Copa América. And how to celebrate? By checking out the hottest Italian and Argentinian male celebrities with the fattest penises ...

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ABOVE: Jacob Whitesides is celebrating show week with a show-and-tell photo.

BELOW: Keep reading for why you can't pray away the gay, an attempt to pray away Caitlyn Jenner, a vicious gay attack and more ...

ABOVE: Billy Campbell is 62 — and still hot. Please follow Gr8erDays here.

BELOW: Keep reading for profiles of Lil Nas X, Todrick Hall, Dyllón Burnside & Bretman Rock, Eric Adams copping out, fresh documentation of Trump's idolatry of Hitler and more...