• Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 1:23pm By Dusty Horn
    New Jersey resident Lisa Vandever has been the sole driving force behind CineKink, "the really alternative film festival," since she founded it in 2003. That slogan may sound like hype, but CineKink really has lived up to it. For one...
  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 11:03am By Chris Hall
    Actor David Prowse, 74, became famous for wielding his long, red, pulsing shaft onscreen in one of the most iconic movie roles ever—Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. (To be precise, Prowse played the physical role of Vader, while...
  • Friday, August 28, 2009 - 5:26pm By Miss Eva von Slut
    “So, what the hell is a drag king show anyway?" That was the response I got from many friends and acquaintances when I announced my band Thee Merry Widows would be playing the 2009 SF Drag King Competition. Well, obviously I think...
  • Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 3:49pm By Liz Farsaci
    I’m outside a club, drunk. An Aussie guy I met earlier this evening is standing behind me, his arms wrapped around my waist. He’s travelling around Europe, presumably sleeping his way through all the capitol cities, and tonight he wants me to take...
  • Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 3:01pm By Liz Farsaci
    The fifth edition of the Netherlands Transgender Film Festival (NTGF) was recently held in Amsterdam, and director Kam Wai Kui was pleased to showcase a variety of stimulating documentaries, features and shorts. In fact, a key mission of this year's...
  • Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 1:19pm By Angie Dell
    Live Nude Elf: The Sexplorations of Reverend Jen By Reverend Jen, with Introduction by Jonathan Ames Soft Skull Press $14.95, 256 pp. A local celebrity in NYC’s Lower East Side, Reverend Jen is, among many things, an author, painter,...
  • Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 12:44pm By Chris Hall
    The roles that sex workers play in film are pretty limited. They include Corpse, Nice Girl Who's About to Become A Corpse, Heartless Bitch Who's Going to Become a Corpse, Good Girl Gone Wrong,, Drug Addict, etc. There's more, but the types don't get...