Boy Culture Links: RIP Benjamin Sáenz, 'I Miss Gay People,' Elon Musk to Spend $100M to Try to Buy the Midterms, Boy George Leaves 'Jesus Christ Superstar' + MORE
JULY 31, 2026
LGBTQ NATION: RIP to Benjamin Sáenz, who has died at 71. His gay Y.A. novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe was considered a seminal work in the genre.
OUT.COM: “I miss gay people.”
WOWT: After years of attempting to modernize and diversity, Scouting America (aka the Boy Scouts) has abruptly canceled spaces for gay kids, women and people of color at its National Jamboree. We have Pete Hegseth to thanks. Him and the spineless folks at Scouting America.
GAY CITY NEWS: NYC Black Pride returns August 19-23.
BOY CULTURE: Don’t miss my fun interview with my sexy, hard-working friend Jason Caceres.
KENNETH IN THE (212): Queer and queer-adjacent mags of the moment.
HUFFINGTON POST: Elon Musk will flush $100M down the toilet trying to chase GOP voters in the build-up to November, when a blue wave is going to cleanse the American political palate.
INSTAGRAM: Amid controversy over his new pro-Israel, war-and-genocide-are-same-same song, Boy George is bowing out of a run in Jesus Christ Superstar.
