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2009 Music Favorites
What shook our booties this year. Rene Ames. Aside from booze, grub and crowd, music is what usually defines a great party. With the year-end b...
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Looking for lezzies
It's a fact that the lesbians in this city don't frequent lesbian clubs much. However, Adar Bozbay, lesbian club Bigudi's new owner, believes all e more reason to have such places: to give the small community a place to call home. Rene AmesThe 1998 film Kiss Me Guido had this dialogue between Pino and a lesbian: Pino: “You'r...
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Two dancers from a dance
Rene Ames examines drag as a performance art. I recently caught a staging of excessinmoderation, a work in progress by the out-and-proud gay chore...
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Mama, MAY I?
Rene Ames takes a look at the latest in the GLBT world and what we can expect from the PRIDE celebration 2009.In a world of economic fear and uncertainty, 2009 PRIDE celebrations, which kicked off in April in s...
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Need a hanky?
An alternative form of communication A long time ago (not really…in the beginning of the 1970s, was it that long?), it was e...
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A fussy lay
It's not always so easyDue to the long-held belief among gay men that “there are more Bottoms than Tops”, a stu...
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Lesbian power bottoms and gay bottoms of the barrel
Rene Ames examines the trends of tops, bottoms and everyone in between.  Don’t ever make the mistake of labeling anyone as either simply top or bottom. Life un...
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The Long Distance Lube Runner
Greasing up can be a hard thing to doCertain things that you'd think would be the easiest to find hereabouts often turn out to be th...
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Pegging Sue
Some men just wanna have fun, it seems However one is open-minded and accepting of anything in the wide spectrum of human sexology, there...
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Sahra Deserted
The rise and fall of a tranny haven. It’s been the unfortunate case lately that Club Sahra (Turkish for Sahara, the desert), a popu...
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Grin and Bear It
Rene Ames on the popularity of ‘Bear’ clubs in Istanbul. That most Turkish guys well past puberty and into adulthood are hirsute is an easi...
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Lust & Found
Gay sex parties in the 'bul      Except for those in denial, sex is part and parcel of being gay, of b...
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FEATURE
Yasemin Öz: Human Rights Lawyer
Interview with GLBT rights lawyerInterview with GLBT rights lawyer...When you first meet Yasemin Öz you don’t immediately sense her strong crusading nature. T...
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Gay&Lesbian Venues
Gay&Lesbian venues in the cityGay&Lesbian venues in the city...Western-style Ajda Fashion meets music: for many years a favorite hot spot for the moneyed gay s...
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Dusk to Dawn and Beyond
Night and day in the city's gay scene Night and day in the city's gay scene ...When world travelers refer to a city as one that never sleeps, the name that invariably crops up is ...
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Walk don't run
Rene Ames on Istanbul’s Gay Walking Tours Rene Ames on Istanbul’s Gay Walking Tours ...Even with the crashing economies the world over, when  the value of the dollar is shrinking fas...
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Summer in the city
Rene Ames checks out the summer scene and finds it just as hot as the temperature outside. Rene Ames checks out the summer scene and finds it just as hot as the temperature outside. ...For gays and lesbians stuck in Istanbul in the height of summer the options for finding solace from ...
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Beds and the city
Looking for somewhere to stay and wary of the wrong reception? Rene Ames checks out Istanbul's gay-friendly accommodation.Looking for somewhere to stay and wary of the wrong reception? Rene Ames checks out Istanbul's ...Recently the much-heralded opening of a 70-room, four-starred Planet Victoria in Antalya's Keme...
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A gay favourite in the making?
Is Elbi Yanki the new Tarkan? The new Mustafa Sandal? Rene Ames goes to meet the latest darling of the gay clubs and finds him savouring his success.Is Elbi Yanki the new Tarkan? The new Mustafa Sandal? Rene Ames goes to meet the latest darling of t...His cherub-like face, unsullied except by an unconvincing attempt to look edgy with an incongruous m...
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Page affairs
This season’s queer-lit highlights should keep you empassioned till spring. By Beth Greenfield Baby Remember My Name: An Anthology of New Queer Girl Writing Edited by Michelle Tea Carroll...
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