Boy Culture Links: 'Leviticus' Origin Story, 'Luigi: The Musical' Hopes You'll Die Laughing, Sam Salter Half Naked + MORE
JUNE 20, 2026
VARIETY: The story of how gay horror Leviticus was inspired by the regression of LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S.
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Can Grindr really become a gay cultural hub?
KWTX: Christian witch of a judge wins $640K for being penalized after she refused to perform same-sex marriages.
LUIGI THE MUSICAL: Luigi: The Musical, a parody ostensibly about accused CEO-killing Luigi Mangione, has been a sensation since it debuted in San Francisco. In the New York production — staged at the Green Room 42 — the show is revealed to suffer from some lethal weaknesses, chief among them a weird overreliance on supporting characters Sam Bankman-Fried (Andre Margatini) and Diddy (Chine Ikoro) but also including an awkwardly written and reluctantly delivered sense of humor. What the show has going for it is beautiful, angel-voiced Mike Cefalo as Luigi. Perfectly cast, he left the audience wanting more of his Luigi and less of the more broadly performed supporting characters. Hash browns are sung about twice, there is a “my best shot” joke and there is not, even with Diddy there, a baby oil reference. Also distracting is how much Cefalo resembles Luigi while the other two actors seem to have been subversively cast. The show could have been a lot more shocking, but Nova Bradford’s script is too cautious to elicit gasps. Still, at least some of the young, progressive crowd I saw it with snickered along, and you really can’t go wrong paying to see something this of-the-moment if you want to seem worldly at your next dinner party. I sincerely wish I’d liked it more.
EW.COM: Elliot Page opens up about his doc Second Nature, about homosexuality in the animal kingdom.
HUFFINGTON POST: A state judge has struck down a slate of abortion restrictions in Missouri.
INSTAGRAM: Sam Salter images from crack in the day.
KENNETH IN THE (212): The New York Philharmonic celebrates Pride.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: David Sheiner, one of the poker players in the classic The Odd Couple movie, has died at 98.
VULTURE: Griffin Dunne’s spirited essay about his inherited love of obituaries was the most relatable thing I’ve read in forever.
