Boy Culture Links: 'Leviticus' Trailer: Conversion Therapy as Horror, Nathan Lane on the Time His Mom Wished Him Dead, Gay Dads Duped by MAGA Interviewer Rake in Donations + MORE
APRIL 23, 2026
NEON: New trailer drops for Leviticus, a horror film about boys in conversion therapy who must confront their desire for each other — while avoiding a violent entity that disguises itself as each of them:
GAY CITY NEWS: Brilliant! Randy Wicker recreated his Julius’ “sip-in” picture.
SIRIUSXM: Nathan Lane opened up to Howard Stern, telling him his mom’s reaction when he came out was devastating:
“Well, you have to understand this is another generation. And that was, you know, this was not a sophisticated person in that way. And I had at the time, that was just before I moved to New York. I had started seeing someone and I was gonna, and I also wanted to move to New York because of my career or beginnings of my career. So, I had told her I was seeing a girl. I didn't want to tell her, but before I left, we had been through so much together and, you know, I had never lied to her and and so I sat her down and said, ‘Look, I know you think I've been seeing a girl, but actually, I've been seeing a guy.’ And she said, ‘You mean you're a homosexual?’ And I said, and I had never heard it put that way. And I said, ‘Yeah, I guess so.’ And she didn't say it in a vindictive or angry way. She said it with sort of sadness, ‘I would rather you were dead.’ And I said, ‘I knew you'd understand.’”
AP: A right-wing judge has blocked the Virginia redistricting law that just passed; but an appeal will clear that up, I bet.
NJ.COM: A New Jersey police chief fired for using gay slurs got his job back thanks to a court decision.
CNN: Judge tosses Laura Loomer suit vs. Bill Maher, saying his joke wasn’t defamation.
INSTAGRAM: Sydney James Harcourt (age 50?!) gives Cats: The Jellicle Ball its sex appeal. The show has gotten raves and, while it’s not for me, seeing André De Shields was a thrill.
NEW YORK TIMES: Darrell Sheets of Storage Wars died by suicide, and it has been alleged he was cyberbullied into it.
OUT: Donations pour in for gay dads duped into MAGA interview after one of them catches charges.
AL JAZEERA: Russian cops raid book publisher, citing gay propaganda.
HUFFINGTON POST: Trump wants to bail out Spirit Airlines thanks to his Iran War gas-price crisis, but the rest of the GOP isn’t feeling it.
INSTAGRAM: Nine years later, and James Health’s red golf undies are still hot.
