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It may have taken 15 years and five studio albums, but New York gays are finally ready to hang with Robyn and her Body Talk trilogy.
 
For some of us, Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own” from June’s Body Talk Pt. 1 will forever be associated with summer 2010. It was an indisputable contender for Song of Summer (see p.19), burning up dance floors and blasting from pretty much every house on Fire Island. But the Swedish pop star doesn’t see it like that. continue reading »

After playing the White House, welcoming twins and premiering her own late-night talk show, outspoken lesbian Comedian Wanda Sykes needed an escape. JC Alvarez catches up with an old friend on Cherry Grove.
 
The annual summertime trek out to Fire Island is a right of passage into “gaydom,” but if you ask me, the haul out there can be tough—especially if you’re balancing a cake! I’m visiting friends and my mother always taught me you never arrive empty handed. continue reading »

After a long summer of beat bruises, chord concussions and Auto-tune ass kicking, has one champion has become the queen of our big old gay summer? Depends on who you ask… 
 
As August wraps up we can finally look back and say, “Phew! That was a crazy summer!” Of course, some of you are going to stretch summer out to the end of September with trips to the shore or Fire Island. But you know you’re kidding yourself, right? School’s back in session, the leaves are going to start turning and soon enough you’ll weep for summer’s departure. In the meantime let’s crown a Song of the Summer. continue reading »

After a long summer of beat bruises, chord concussions and Auto-tune ass kicking, has one champion has become the queen of our big old gay summer? Depends on who you ask…  
 
As August wraps up we can finally look back and say, “Phew! That was a crazy summer!” Of course, some of you are going to stretch summer out to the end of September with trips to the shore or Fire Island. But you know you’re kidding yourself, right? School’s back in session, the leaves are going to start turning and soon enough you’ll weep for summer’s departure. In the meantime let’s crown a Song of the Summer.
 
Song of the Summer is always an annual battle to the blistery, sunburnt death. But one song was “toned, tanned and ready”—and stood out as undeniable this summer. We called it way back in mid-May when we singled out Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” as Song of the Summer saying, “It’s as obvious as wearing sunscreen on a 98-degree day.” Sure enough this summer jam was as impossible to escape as a gay man in a Speedo. continue reading »

It was the best of times; it was the silliest of times. From oil spills to Lindsay Lohan, the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day was filled with California Gurls, soccer boys and people trying to implant ideas into our dreams. But, like all good things, summer must come to an end. It’s time to graduate to fall and all its exciting new delights. continue reading »

Next Magazine porn reviewer Manuel Hung sizes up the vibrant gay scene in the most unlikely of places: Beirut, Lebanon. continue reading »

Man, it’s been one hot summer and there are no signs of this heat letting up. So what else is there to do but send Wilsonmodels out onto the steamy New York streets to capture some sexy late-August meat? continue reading »

We at Next Magazine are literally flooded with press releases and e-mails begging us to cover “the next big thing.” Rather than go through the torturous work of writing and reporting ourselves, we thought we’d let some of these folks speak for themselves. So we sent out a form letter. (It was either that or outsource it to India!) Enjoy!



Attention: Everyone looking for something exciting to do on August 28! continue reading »

Marilyn Monroe made it known that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. For Mike D’Antonio, this jingle also rings true, only the diamond he loves is of the softball variety. D’Antonio has played the game since he can remember. And in 1997, shortly after coming out, he became involved with the Big Apple Softball League (BASL), hoping it would help him to connect with other LGBT people in the area. This started him on a journey to rediscover himself as a gay man. continue reading »

With “fags” being the butt of jokes for years, how’s a gay comedian suppose to make it on the stand-up circuit?  

Where are funny gay men in professional comedy? Heterosexual men have dominated the field for ages. Straight women from Phyllis Diller to Sarah Silverman have landed big audiences. Lesbians like Ellen DeGeneres and Wanda Sykes have achieved significant comedic success and mainstream acceptance. However, queer men struggle for audiences and industry acknowledgement. Even renowned gay male comics often aren’t most famous for stand-up. For example, Bob Smith receives more attention for his books than his comedy, and Scott Thompson is for “The Kids in the Hall” more than for his solo humor.
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