Attention Must Be Paid: Wah Ming Chang
Improved sanitation meant that poliomyelitis, known for many years as “infantile paralysis,” started infecting people…
Attention Must Be Paid: Helen Hayes
The evidence suggests that Vera Charles of Auntie Mame is not based on Helen Hayes—for…
Attention Must Be Paid: John Chambers
Honestly, these days, when we picture John Chambers, we picture John Goodman. Well, what do…
Attention Must Be Paid: Pola Negri
I don’t think we’ve talked about anyone with as many lost films as Pola Negri.…
Attention Must Be Paid: Bill Peet
In the ’80s, the Altadena Public Library’s children’s section had a whole shelf of his…
Attention Must Be Paid: Lois Duncan
Honestly, I don’t have a personal mental image of Lois Duncan at all. Well, you…
Attention Must Be Paid: Jim Nabors
In the 1970s, a group of gay men in Southern California sent out invitations to…
Attention Must Be Paid: Chantal Akerman
I feel a little guilty about writing about Chantal Akerman for Pride. You see, she…
Attention Must Be Paid: Richard Hunt
My mom quilts. One year, for Christmas, I gave her a book on Muppet quilts;…
Attention Must Be Paid: Jeffrey Catherine Jones
Lord knows I am not the best person to talk on queer issues. I’m of…