20 CONTRIBUTORS & INFLUENCES 22 LETTERS 24 EDITOR'S LETTER FOREGROUND 27 SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
The potent comeback story of Seattle singer-songwriter Perfume Genius
30 GENTLEMANLY PURSUITS
Opera strikes a high note.
36 ROPED IN
The espadrille-inspired shoe finds its footing.
38 BURNING UP
Designers get scarlet fever.
39 WINNING STREAKS
This season's sharpest new patterns drip straight from the palette.
42 SAVING FACE
Organic skincare for that all-natural glow. Plus: how to master the straight-razor shave.
47 KITCHEN 4-1-1
Shuck it up.
48 LIQUIDITY
Could Brandy Alexander be poised for a frothy revival?
50 FITNESS
Put your back into it. You'll thank us later
52 THE NAKED TRUTH
Jessica Yatrofsky's / Heart Boy is a sensitive love letter to the male nude.
54 TUNE IN: TOKYO
The city's urban nomad look sparks a hunt for its best boutiques.. SYMPOSIUM
Dispatches from the front lines of contemporary culture
59 A BRIEF HISTORY
Has the "gay movie" already retired?
61 DEREK JARMAN REVISITED
An exclusive excerpt from a new biography about the pioneering director FEATURES
62 50 FILMS YOU NEED TO SEE RIGHT NOW
Our inner circle of tastemakers reveals the best, the overlooked, and the so-badthey're-good
movies that shaped gay cinema.
72 KNOCK DOWN, DRAG OUT
The cast of Broadway's Priscilla Queen of the Desert goes tete-a-tete with the
Big Apple's reigning nightlife divas.
BY STEVEN THRASHER PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROGER ERICKSON
76 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Photographer Paul Jasmin's longtime fascination with the aspiring stars of tomorrow
mAnifests itself in his latest book, California Dreaming. BY AARON HICKLIN
80 ACCESS HOLLYWOOD
Directors Sebastian Silva, Dustin Lance Black, and Eric Mendelsohn step out from
behind the camera and hold forth on the state of queer film. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDY
RYAN AND DAN MONICK
84 REBEL YELL
Photographer Karlheinz Weinberger's subversive images finally get their due. BY
NICK VOGELSON
86 TEENAGE DREAM
Darren Criss, Glee's latest object of desire, offers a new paradigm for the American
teen heartthrob.
BY ARI KARPEL / PHOTOGRAPHY BY MITCHELL NGUYEN MCCORMACK FASHION
92 INSIDE JOB
Model Tony Ward: hard at work in this season's hottest trends. PHOTOGRAPHY BY
GIAMPAOLO SGURA
106 SOLDIER BLUE
Porn star Francois Sagat plays into the right wing's greatest fears—and
our raunchiest fantasies.
BY TONY PHILLIPS / PHOTOGRAPHY BY Terry Richardson DEPARTMENTS
117 SURVEILLANCE 117
Your guide to the finer things in life: rainproof footwear; Restoration Hardware's
Western wall art; New York City's classic hotel, ready for the future
119 STORE INFO
120 MODEL CITIZEN
Zach Louis, perfectly profiled
