Boy Culture Links: Swiss Volleyballer Comes Out, Eulogizing DataLounge, How Long Beach Was Once Ground Zero for Anti-Gay Bathroom Stings & More
AUGUST 16, 2026
OUTSPORTS: Leo Dillier, a Swiss volleyball champ and Olympic hopeful, comes out as gay.
GOTHAMIST: Even though gay bathhouses may return to NYC, it’ll be hard to open one.
NEW YORK TIMES: DataLounge had its moments over the past 31 years, but it was also a magnet for maliciousness. I remember being brutally raked over the coals there by a stalker, and how tough it was getting the site to police that. Andy Cohen is celebrating its end, while Michael Musto mourns it. Its owners, who now have all that data, are threatening to use AI to allow people to have a seance with the ghost of DataLounge.
L.A. TIMES: A look back at how Long Beach, California, was once ground zero for anti-gay sex stings.
NEWS.COM.AU: Australian right-wing One Nation leader Pauline Hanson still dislikes gay Mardi Gras — 30 years on. She wants it all behind closed doors.
LGBTQ NATION: A gay basher was so haunted by his brutal crime he became a crusader against anti-gay violence.
KENNETH IN THE (212): Weekend tennis roundup.
