The AggreGAYtor: October 19

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Boo Boo continues to delight. Today’s AggreGAYtor is doing the purp walk...."

Oct. 19, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Greatest Stories Ever Told

The 2010 Paramount Summer Film Classics

"...widow of a certain age, tries to do all the right things that society and her family expect of..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Qmmunity: The Tea on Trivia

As their second anniversary approaches, the minds behind Queer Trivia reflect

"...Question: What LGBTQ activity organized by the Little Gay Shop and its host Aira Juliet has..."

April 12, 2024 Column by James Scott

The Luv Doc: Willing

Western Europeans through most of the last few thousand years haven't been very enthusiastic bathers

"...grateful for that, but he always stops at exactly the wrong time. It's like he gets bored and moves..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Steve Shubin, inventor of the Fleshlight and founder and CEO of Interactive Life Forms,..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...tanked in sophisticated company. You head on down to the Warehouse District, and plop yourself at any one of..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...his mind and can provide history or opinions on the diverse set of disciplines he's involved in or been..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The AggreGAYtor: October 21

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...A San Antonio judge and Chris Christie come to their senses, awesome stuff is happening all over, and a..."

Oct. 21, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The Luv Doc: Every Few Minutes

Far-fetched, hopelessly sad, and embarrassingly pathetic

"...I have been with my GF for three months...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Trying to Be Attractive

Carefully cultivating a look of masculine nonchalance

"...Wouldn't it be awesome if men spent as much..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Free Week 2019 Is in the Rearview Mirror, but These Homegrown Standouts Aren't

10 local showcases that got us excited for what’s to come this year

"...Abhi the Nomad, the Bishops, Magna CardaStubb’s, Jan. 3..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Good, Good, Good, Good Vibrations: A Contest

ACL Sunday may have canceled, but we've got vibrators for you

"..."The safest sex you can have is with a toy,..."

Oct. 14, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Winners Make Our Pulse Quicken

Six soon-to-be sated Gay Place readers win Trojan vibes

"...make lemonade. Or in this case, when rains close the Trojan Pleasure Cart at ACL, get them to donate..."

Oct. 22, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Postscripts

The Scandal That Could

"...community events to Austin, decided that a book called The Technology of Orgasm : "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's..."

July 2, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Nights in White Satin

Streaming Spotify all the way back to the reel-to-reel

"...my life. I fashioned a makeshift recording studio under the midnight covers with the plug-in microphone and my trusty..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

"...More “sensory bombardment” than “movie,” Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is the franchise's follow-up film to its phenomenally, and unexpectedly, successful..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Kids Go to Hell

This Texas-made high school comedy that's based on a comic book mixes elements of The Breakfast Club with Scoobie Doo with uneven results.

"...Directed by: Matthew Spradlin. Starring: Judd Nelson, Ali Faulkner, Chanel Ryan, Ben..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

goop MRKT Austin Pops Up on South Congress

Gwyneth Paltrow's home goods, vibrators available through April

"...out, goop fans. Gwyneth Paltrow and Co. have brought their wares – yoni eggs and all – to town...."

Feb. 28, 2019 Design Post by Sarah Marloff

Dear Porn Industry

Texas loves luring jobs from California

"...Sorry to hear about your recent condom to-do with the Los Angeles City Council. Forcing people making porn movies..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Mr. Smarty Pants

Fantasy Sex Toy Shop Strange Bedfellas Knows How to Relieve Your Stress

There be monsters ... and therein lies the fun

"...a local shop is making some silicone beasts of their own who just might help combat that stress in..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by James Scott

TV Eye

George Lopez goes live

"...for him. Sonia Sotomayor had recently been confirmed as the first Latina justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Lopez..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3AM

How far are you willing to go to make a picture?

"...How wild were the early days of film? It was said that Henry..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Generation Overshare

What happens when the line blurs between our online and offline lives?

"...to approval (Webster's New World Dictionary 2008 Word of the Year)...."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

They Lost My Grandmother's Brain

One lover of the grape interviews another - one who writes songs and plays music.

"...drunk would be to belittle an odd fellow of the best kind, a man who, even as he closes..."

July 21, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Feel-Good Generations

There's a reason scholar Rachel Maines, the author of The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction has survived the various assualts on her intellectual freedom: She's smart, she's funny, and she also "dances circles around reactionary clod-like thinking."

"...The year was 1967. W.R. Robbins, the principal of Austin..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Books Feature by Lindsey Lane

Vibrating Hardware Wars

Competing makers of tongue vibrators get down and dirty in the courtroom

"...That's the agitating question facing a federal judge in Houston in..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Luv Doc: Faking It

Faking an orgasm is sort of like going to your happy place and finding an exercise bike

"...get along really well and enjoy doing almost everything together. Not only is he a really sweet guy, he..."

July 6, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: ROT Rally Parade

Congress Avenue, Friday, June 10, 2011

"...Time to break out the halter top. By Thursday there should be 40,000-plus motorcycle..."

June 10, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Gynomite: Fearless, Feminist Porn

"...New Mouth From the Dirty South, 280 pp., $14.95 (paper)..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Books Review by Ada Calhoun

Is That a Perfectly Legal, Anatomically Correct Condom Education Model, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

"...One of these things is not like the others. Can you guess..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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