Boy Culture Links: John Wood's Leather Goods, Trump's Flop Speech, Mr. Gay Spain Crowned + MORE
JULY 17, 2026
KENNETH IN THE (212): Queer mags of the week.
OUT.COM: Kevin Carrera crowned 19th Mr. Gay Spain.
JOE.MY.GOD.: Lindsey Graham’s laughably unprepared sister wants to run for a full Senate term instead of being the placeholder everyone was promised she would be. Because of course!
6ABC: Gay dancer O’Shae Sibley’s murderer was sentenced to 20 years in prison. That’s not enough. A hate-crime murder and you know he won’t actually spend all 20 years inside.
DNA: Why you might not wanna take testosterone, even if Pete Hegseth swears by it.
GR8ERDAYS: RIP Brenda Fricker, 81. She was the Oscar winner you will recall as the Central Park Pigeon Lady in Home Alone 2.
GR8ERDAYS: RIP Hal Williams, 91. He was one of the last Sanford and Son regulars (only Howard Platt is alive from that show among actors who appeared on it five or more times.) He was also 227’s Lester Jenkins.
THE GUARDIAN: John Wood, the photographer who captured the Scottish leather scene, lands a first solo exhibition at 79, opening his archives.
HUFFINGTON POST: Trump bald-face lied (again) about election security in a sad little Oval Office speech that was roundly derided and that was ignored by the major networks. (CBS apparently loved it.) U.S. elections are free, fair and secure. Trump lost in 2020. Trump and the GOP will be massacred at the ballot box in November. China — CHINA! — is now more respected the world over than the U.S., and this twaddle from Trump is why.
NEW YORK TIMES: “Trump Is Bending History to His Will. He Will Fail.”
YOUTUBE: This is a very intensive breakdown of how Warner Music marketed Madonna’s Confessions II. It’s actually pretty depressing, and the speakers are irritatingly plucky and into being devoid of artistry. However, it’s interesting that this seamless rollout was borne of Madonna telling them she didn’t want to do things the way they wanted, but preferred to release all of the music as quickly as possible.