Tag Archives: homosexuality

The Skater below the Ice

By Robin Bates | Published: February 15, 2014

This wonderful Dacey poem about skating captures the other self we feel is just beyond the horizon–or beneath the ice.

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Sometimes Dreams in Novels Come True

By Robin Bates | Published: July 2, 2013

As we celebrate the Supreme Court overturning DOMA, it’s time to revisit Forster’s novel “Maurice.”

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How Do You Like Love? All Ways

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2013

Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” is the perfect play for Valentine’s Day.

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Cruz Comes Out, the Bard Would Approve

By Robin Bates | Published: November 10, 2012

Boxer Orlando Cruz has just come out, bringing to mind Shakespeare’s hyper-masculine gay characters.

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Stuart Little Rescues a Gay Boy

By Robin Bates | Published: May 1, 2012

As an undersized gay child, humorist David Rakoff found a soul mate in Stuart Little.

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Dorian Gray – Guilty of “Corrupting” Youth

By Robin Bates | Published: April 30, 2012

By expanding the way the same-sex community saw themselves, “Picture of Dorian Gray” was indeed guilty of the charges brought against it.

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The Vital Importance of Being Gay

By Robin Bates | Published: June 27, 2011

It is possible to read a gay subtext into Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest.” For one thing, “Earnest” was slang for homosexual in late 19th century England, and a collection of homosexual verse entitled “Love in Earnest” was written by an Oxford classmate of Wilde.

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