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"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐩, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 '𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐲' 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐧." -𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟔𝟗 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞: 𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐫 In memory of veteran film, television and recording star Richard Chamberlain who has passed away exactly one day before his 91st birthday following complications from a stroke. Born on March 31st, 1934 in Beverly Hills, California Died on March 30th, 2025 in Waimānalo, Hawaii May he rest in peace. ❤

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An unpublished candid snapshot of Montgomery Clift at the breakfast table, circa 1954.

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Hypnosis Tapes, 1978

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Diana Ross photographed by Ruven Afanador.

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Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill recreating the Star Wars poster

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And if enough people ask for something, they’ll add it to the collection.

Did you know you can check out video games from the library? Did you know that you can check out dvds of shows that were released on streaming? Did you know that if the a library doesn’t have what you ask for, they’ll arrange to have it checked out from another library and brought to you at your library?? Did you know you can get all of this for free???

GET A LIBRARY CARD!!! FEAST ON FREE JOY

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Lizabeth Scott as Coral Chandler in Dead Reckoning (John Cromwell, 1947)

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Frede's Women's Nightclub in Montmartre, Paris (December 1950) from Pix magazine

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Happy 77th, Bud Cort.

With Shelley Duvall in Robert Altman’s Brewster McCloud (1970).

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the balcony (1963) dir. joseph strick

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Jodie Foster photographed by Helmut Newton, 1987

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freaks (1932) dir. tod browning

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we don’t need billionaires, we need a self-sustaining lesbian commune with a community garden and a cat rescue

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Happy (early) Nov 15th! Remember that Stone Butch Blues is free now and always to read here

Leslie was a communist, a butch lesbian, a nonbinary and transgender activist, and the person who made me who I am today. Consider checking out Stone Butch Blues if you haven’t already 😘 Do it for Leslie, and for hir surviving partner, Minnie Bruce Pratt 💕