Boy Culture Links: Pining for It, Owner of Amazing Butt from 'The Odyssey' Comes Forward (Backward?), Redneck Bully Sorry for Anti-Gay Slur + MORE
JULY 29, 2026
LAMBDA LEGAL: Lambda Legal in the Pines — the longest-running LGBTQ+ fundraiser in the history of the Fire Island Pines — raised over half a million bucks Saturday. Held in the home of David Lam and James Dale (a structure seen in Ryan Murphy’s The Normal Heart), the fundraiser broke a record for the org.
“The targets may have changed, but the urgency remains.” So said Dale, who you’ll recall as the plaintiff in the famous case against Boy Scouts of America aka Scouting America. said host and Lambda Legal board member James Dale, who was represented by Lambda Legal in his landmark U.S. Supreme Court case against the Boy Scouts of America, now Scouting America, back in 2000.
INSTAGRAM: The caked-up mystery man from The Odyssey has been revealed as this guy.
HUFFINGTON POST: Trump’s jokes about a third term are no laughing matter.
QUEER ARTS FEATURED: Jenni Olson and Leo Vargha are presenting the exhibition Rebels, Criminals, Pioneers: Masc Heroes of the QPA Queer Photo Archive (1906-1976) from August 7-September 27 at 575 Castro Street in S.F. I would love to see it! Jenni spoke to me about these images in my very first podcast:
THE RANDY REPORT: Kim Davis is being sued for allegedly moving money around to avoid paying the gay men she illegally refused to marry.
EFF: Turns out gay bars, a dwindling commodity, are in the business of compiling databases of their patrons — many of whom, presumably, assume they are patronizing them privately.
KMBC: “Bad day” or “redneck bully”? A Kansas man running for judge used an anti-gay slur — posting it publicly, in fact.
ATTITUDE: Madonna has something up her sleeve for WorldPride — but reports of a “performance” may have been premature.
MEXICO NEWS DAILY: Is Mexico safe for LGBTQ+ people?
OUT.COM: Meet the models who will decorate the first novels from FalconINK.
