The queer men of Alcatraz: the hidden history of the prison Trump wants to reopen
The famous "Birdman" and many others imprisoned on the island were queer.
MAY 6, 2025
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j. edgar hoover
Lock Him Up!
Crooked FBI director James Comey almost makes you long for the days of J. Edgar Hoover.
JANUARY 25, 2017
Dustin Lance Black: Hoover is the Dark Side of Milk
After deservedly winning the Academy Award for his screenplay for Milk and delivering a galvanizing acceptance speech, Black has directed a film, Virginia; is currently working on two screenplays; and is a founding member of the American foundation for Equal Rights, which is leading the federal case against California's discriminatory Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage.
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
Treat Williams, LGBTQ+ Ally in Gay-Themed Films, Dead at 71
Williams's roles included an undercover detective in a gay bathhouse in The Ritz and the supportive father of a gay man in The Christmas House.
JUNE 13, 2023
Steven Weber Plays the Political Card
Actor Steven Weber one-ups even Larry Craig and J. Edgar Hoover (at least the version depicted in Oliver Stone's JFK) as a sinister-and-sleazy-beneath-the-surface politician in writer-director Luke Eberl's drama Choose Connor.
OCTOBER 13, 2008
