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Superboy #78 (Superman family TM & © DC Comics)

The gay appeal of superheroes

Bill Schelly
Olivia Laing (Jonathan Ring)

Art illuminates loneliness

Scott Timberg
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My adult circumcision

Jenny Kutner
Beau Bridges as Barton Scully in "Masters of Sex" (Showtime)

The best gay character on TV

Daniel D'Addario
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Jenny Kutner
Suzanna Danuta Walters (NYU Press)

The problem with "coming out"

Suzanna Danuta Walters
(AP/Darron Cummings)

Manti and Ronaiah: The movie

Andrew O'Hehir
(AP)

Katie McDonough
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