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There was a point in film history when almost any film with gay or lesbian characters or content was defined as transgressive. In the 1960s such films as Victim, The Children’s Hour and Compulsion, with their tastefully handled homosex...

Bronski: The Failure of Privacy

Zmag Article, July, 01 2000 Michael Bronski
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To most Americans, the right to privacy is a cornerstone in the grand constitutional structure, a right that guarantees a wide range of freedoms. We invoke it romantically in our self-righteous claims to freedom from social or legal intrusio...

Bronski: Bully Pulpit Indeed

Zmag Article, June, 01 2000 Michael Bronski
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John Cardinal O’Connor, who died last month, was perhaps the most influential Catholic leader in America, known as much for his just-folks manner as his strongly worded moral leadership. People didn’t always agree with ...

Bronski: Dr. Laura: Moral Dominatrix

Zmag Article, May, 01 2000 Michael Bronski
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It’s the voice that you can’t get out of your head—aggressive, accusatory, and grotesquely “girlish”—it emanates from the radio in a steady stream of unpleasantness: “What did you think you were...

Bronski: The Subversive Ms. Highsmith and The Talented Mr. Ripley

Zmag Article, April, 01 2000 Michael Bronski
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Isn’t that the cute Matt Damon playing a beguiling, decidedly dangerous, homosexual in Anthony Minghella’s film The Talented Mr. Ripley? Damon acts to perfection the role of Tom Ripley, the accomplished young American h...

Bronski: The Destiny of Biology

Zmag Article, March, 01 2000 Michael Bronski
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Anne Fausto-Sterling is one of the leading theorists on science, sexuality, and gender. Trained as a molecular biologist, and a professor of Biology and Women’s Studies at Brown University, her research and writing covers a broad rage o...

Bronski: The State of Queer Film

Zmag Article, February, 01 2000 Michael Bronski
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Nearly a decade ago it looked as though we were about to enter a Renaissance of gay and lesbian filmmaking. Unable to have access to mainstream movie making, independent filmmakers, writers, and producers began turning out a remarkable body ...

Bronski: Justice is Blind and Gagged

Zmag Article, January, 01 2000 Michael Bronski
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Michael Bronski With a final flurry of media attention the trials of Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson for the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard are now over. But in the quiet after such an emotional social and political storm, two t...

Bronski: Deliver Us From Reverends

Zmag Article, December, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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Michael Bronski Across the country the headlines made everything look great. The Raleigh News and Observer blared "Falwell Apologizes to Gays" while the San Jose Mercury News trumpeted "Falwell Welcomes Gays." The Washingto...

Bronski: Wag the Dogma

Zmag Article, November, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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Wag the Dogma

Bronski: Mary Daly vs. Boston College

Zmag Article, October, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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Michael Bronski The message in all of the news and editorial coverage of Mary Daly’s newest battle in her ongoing war with Boston College (BC) to teach all-women classes is clear: The woman may be well intentioned, but wrong. The ...

Bronski: Gay Lit and the Pulitzer

Zmag Article, September, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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Gay Lit and the Pulitzer

Bronski: Littleton, Movies, and Gay Kids

Zmag Article, July, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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Littleton, Movies, and Gay Kids

Bronski: Fundies Upset About Undies

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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Fundies Upset About Undies

Bronski: The Half-Life of the Stepmom

Zmag Article, February, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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The Half-Life of the Stepmom

Bronski: Civil Rights & Patriotism

Zmag Article, January, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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Civil Rights & Patriotism

Bronski: The Oscar Wilde Fad

Zmag Article, December, 01 1998 Michael Bronski
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Bronski: Right Wing Nixes Gay Christ

Zmag Article, November, 01 1998 Michael Bronski
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Right Wing Nixes Gay Christ

Bronski: Onward, Christian Soldiers?

Zmag Article, July, 01 1998 Michael Bronski
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Onward, Christian Soldiers?

Bronski: Fear of a Queer Planet

Zmag Article, June, 01 1998 Michael Bronski
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One of the most tiresome avenues of gay and lesbian film criticism has been the cataloguing and dismissing of "negative images of gay people" as either bad politics or bad art. Thus defined, the question of "is i...

Bronski: Queering the Scouts

Zmag Article, May, 01 1998 Michael Bronski
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This was a right-wing nightmare that rivaled the image of Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan announcing that they are lovers on National Coming Out Day, or Kenneth Starr excusing himself as Special Prosecutor because he had walked t...

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