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  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: (L-R) Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore. a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here with his partner Michele Nicolosi (59), an Italian post office employee, walk back to their car in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - walks by the monumental entrance of the Cathedral of Monreale, in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in Isola delle Femmine, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in Isola delle Femmine, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: (R-L) Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore. a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here with his partner Michele Nicolosi (59), an Italian post office employee, her in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: (R-L) Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore. a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here with his partner Michele Nicolosi (59), an Italian post office employee, her in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: (R-L) Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore. a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here with his partner Michele Nicolosi (59), an Italian post office employee, her in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: (R-L) Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore. a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here with his partner Michele Nicolosi (59), an Italian post office employee, her in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - looks at a tourist walking by  in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait with the "Lexicon Latinum Hodiernum", a dictionary containing words, proverbs and phrases in common use in modern society translated into Latin, here in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - looks at the monumental entrance of the Cathedral of Monreale, in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in Isola delle Femmine, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in Isola delle Femmine, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in Isola delle Femmine, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in Isola delle Femmine, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: The "Lexicon Latinum Hodiernum", a dictionary containing words, proverbs and phrases in common use in modern society translated into Latin, is held by Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist, here in Isola delle Femmine, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in Isola delle Femmine, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
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Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
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His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
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  • MONREALE, ITALY - 11 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore (center)- a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here by the Cathedral of Monreale as a nun passes by, in Monreale, Italy, on June 11th 2021.<br />
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Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
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His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210611_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 11 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist formerly known as Father Lepore,a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here in the Cathedral of Monreale during a mass, in Monreale, Italy, on June 11th 2021.<br />
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Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
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His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210611_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 11 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore (center) - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist formerly known as Father Lepore,a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here in the Cathedral of Monreale during a mass, in Monreale, Italy, on June 11th 2021.<br />
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Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
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His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210611_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 11 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist formerly known as Father Lepore,a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here in the Cathedral of Monreale during a mass, in Monreale, Italy, on June 11th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
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His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210611_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 11 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist formerly known as Father Lepore,a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here in the Cathedral of Monreale during a mass, in Monreale, Italy, on June 11th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
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His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 11 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore (right) - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here with his partner Mihele Nicolosi driving through  Palermo, Italy, on June 11th 2021.<br />
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Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
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His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210611_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait with the "Lexicon Latinum Hodiernum", a dictionary containing words, proverbs and phrases in common use in modern society translated into Latin, here in the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
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Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • MONREALE, ITALY - 11 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - poses for a portrait at the entrance of the Cathedral of Monreale, in Monreale, Italy, on June 11th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210611_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • ISOLA DELLE FEMMINE, ITALY - 12 JUNE 2021: Francesco Lepore - a 45-year-old journalist and gay activist, formerly known as Father Lepore, a Catholic priest and Vatican Latinist - is seen here reading the "Lexicon Latinum Hodiernum", a dictionary containing words, proverbs and phrases in common use in modern society translated into Latin, in Isola delle Femmine, Italy, on June 12th 2021.<br />
<br />
Mr. Lepore’s Latin column has included recent columns about “Ioannes Biden” considering “Vladimirum Putin” a “pro homicida habet” and another, about the legalization of bitcoin -- or “bito nummario” -- in El Salvador, was retweeted by that country’s president. He is the editor of GayNews.it and later this month will publish “The Crime if Giarre,” an investigation into the decades-old murder of two Sicilian gay men which helped spark Italy’s gay rights movement.<br />
<br />
His years in the corridors of power within the Roman Curia that governs the church ended badly when officials forced him out because of his sexuality, a development he found ironic given, he said, that the vast majority of the clergy he met in the Vatican were themselves gay, and that he slept with at least several of them. In the process of leaving the priesthood, Pope Francis told him he was moved by his “consistency” and “courage” and once he was out, he became the star witness of Frédéric Martel’s buzzy 2019 book “In the Closet of the Vatican,” where Mr. Lepore’s naming names and estimates of 80 percent of the Vatican being gay made a splash.
    CIPG_20210612_NYT_Gay-Vatican-Latini...jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, dances on the bar of The Cock Bar in the East Village while a gay couple kisses. Daniel Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Pills such as multivitamin, creatine, fish oil and amino acid such as glutamine and isoleucine are here in the kitchen of Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, exits The Cock Bar in East Village after his performance as a Go-Go dancer. Daniel is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, drinks a cocktail at the end of the night while his colleague continues his performance in the background. Daniel is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3470.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, dances on the bar of The Cock Bar in the East Village. Daniel Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3443.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, dances on the bar of The Cock Bar while  a customer puts a tip in Daniel's underwear. Daniel Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3397.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. A poster at the entrance of The Cock Bar in the East Village announces the event of the night: Super Slurp, a burlesque show featuring the "Horny Reindeer Strippers" (which Go-Go dancer Danie Osach is not part of) organized by dragqueen Linda Simpson. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3307.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, looks through the entrance window of The Cock Bar in the East Village, waiting to get in and where he will perform as a Go-Go dancer. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. The entrance of The Cock Bar is here on 2nd ave between 1st and 2nd street in the East Village, where Daniel Osach performs as a Go-Go dancer. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, walks his way to work on 59th street, after exiting the subway.Daniel works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end-end fabric purveyor. Daniel Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he sells fabrics. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, dresses up in his apartment in the Upper East Side. Dan Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
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  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is here at the window of his apartment in the Upper East Side after taking a shower. Dan Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
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    GCipriano_20081210_GOGO_MG_2888.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is here at the window of his apartment in the Upper East Side after taking a shower. Dan Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
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    GCipriano_20081210_GOGO_MG_2829-2.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is here in his apartment in the Upper East Side after he woke up. Dan Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
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  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. The "Horny Reindeer Strippers" (which Daniel Osach is not part of) perform their burlesque show on the stage of The Cock Bar, in the East Village. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
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    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3497.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is here at The Cock Bar at the end of the night while his colleague continues his performance in the background. Daniel is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
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    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3476.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, counts his tips at the end of the night after performing as a Go-Go dancer at The Cock Bar, in the East Village. Daniel is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3468.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, dances on the bar of The Cock Bar in the East Village. Daniel Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3425.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, dances on the bar of The Cock Bar while a customer puts a tip in Daniel's underwear. Daniel Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3414.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, dances on the bar of The Cock Bar while the audience pays attention to the "Horny Reindeers", half-naked men perform who perform a burlesque show on stage. Daniel Osach is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3372.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, is here at The Cock Bar ready to perform as a Go-Go dancer. Daniel is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    GCipriano_20081211_GOGO_MG_3369.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, changes in the locker room of the David Barton Gym in Chelsea, where he works out almost every day after work. Daniel is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    GCipriano_20081210_GOGO_MG_3210.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, changes in the locker room of the David Barton Gym in Chelsea, where he works out almost every day after work. Daniel is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    GCipriano_20081210_GOGO_MG_3208.jpg
  • 11 December, 2008. New York, NY. Daniel Alexander Osach (or Dan Alex), 24, walks down the stairs of the David Barton Gym in Chelsea, where he works out almost every day after work. Daniel is a gay Go-Go dancer who grew up in New Haven, CT, and moved to New York a year ago. During the day he works for Christopher Hyland, Inc., a high-end fabrics purveyor. At night, he works as a Go-Go dancer in gay and women clubs around New York City. "My life is work, gym, dance and sleep", Daniela says. Dan has a bachelor in English and majored in Poetry and Economics. After graduation in 2006 he worked as a store manager in a mall for 4 months in Connecticut. Tired and depressed of his job, he went to Florida to relax and then came to New York a year ago. He usually dances at "The Cock", a  East Village gay bar. "The Cock is not an institution. It's a landmark" Daniel says. Daniel aspires to become maybe a teacher or to work for a travel magazine. "What I would really love to do is to live my life laying down at the beach and reading poetry"<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    GCipriano_20081210_GOGO_MG_3183.jpg
  • TORRE DEL LAGO, ITALY - JULY 31, 2011: Lazia Tiffany, 32, participates at the Miss Drag Queen Italy the contest, the only contest and festival for Drag Queens in Italy, in Torre del Lago. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy. A drag queen is usually a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. Generally, drag queens dress in a female gender role, often exaggerating certain characteristics (such as make-up and eyelashes) for comic, dramatic or satirical effect.
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  • TORRE DEL LAGO, ITALY - JULY 31, 2011: Magdalene Strass, 31, participates at the Miss Drag Queen Italy the contest, the only contest and festival for Drag Queens in Italy, in Torre del Lago. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy. A drag queen is usually a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. Generally, drag queens dress in a female gender role, often exaggerating certain characteristics (such as make-up and eyelashes) for comic, dramatic or satirical effect.
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  • TORRE DEL LAGO, ITALY - JULY 31, 2011: Raven, 29, participates at the Miss Drag Queen Italy the contest, the only contest and festival for Drag Queens in Italy, in Torre del Lago. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy. A drag queen is usually a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. Generally, drag queens dress in a female gender role, often exaggerating certain characteristics (such as make-up and eyelashes) for comic, dramatic or satirical effect.
    Perfect_27.jpg
  • TORRE DEL LAGO, ITALY - JULY 31, 2011: She Wulva, 29, participates at the Miss Drag Queen Italy the contest, the only contest and festival for Drag Queens in Italy, in Torre del Lago. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy. A drag queen is usually a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. Generally, drag queens dress in a female gender role, often exaggerating certain characteristics (such as make-up and eyelashes) for comic, dramatic or satirical effect.
    Perfect_25.jpg
  • TORRE DEL LAGO (LU), ITALY - 27 AUGUST, 2011: Giselle, 33, participates at Miss Trans, a beauty pageant for transsexuals in Torre del Lago, Italy. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy.
    Perfect_12.jpg
  • TORRE DEL LAGO (LU), ITALY - 27 AUGUST, 2011: Rachele, 22, participates at Miss Trparticipates at Miss Trans, a beauty pageant for transsexuals in Torre del Lago, Italy. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL LAGO (LU), ITALY - 27 AUGUST, 2011: Noemi, 30, participates at Miss Trans, a beauty pageant for transsexuals in Torre del Lago, Italy. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy.
    Perfect_10.jpg
  • TORRE DEL LAGO (LU), ITALY - 27 AUGUST, 2011: Angela, 26, participates at Miss Trans, a beauty pageant for transsexuals in Torre del Lago, Italy. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy.
    Perfect_09.jpg
  • TORRE DEL LAGO (LU), ITALY - 27 AUGUST, 2011: Erotika, 38, participates at Miss Trans, a beauty pageant for transsexuals in Torre del Lago, Italy. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy.
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  • TORRE DEL LAGO, ITALY - JULY 31, 2011: Lady Deliria, stage name for Daniele Gragnato, 21, participates at the Miss Drag Queen Italy and wins the contest, the only festival for Drag Queens in Italy, in Torre del Lago. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy. A drag queen is usually a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. Generally, drag queens dress in a female gender role, often exaggerating certain characteristics (such as make-up and eyelashes) for comic, dramatic or satirical effect.
    Perfect_30.jpg
  • TORRE DEL LAGO, ITALY - JULY 31, 2011: Kamilla Molinari, 32, participates at the Miss Drag Queen Italy the contest, the only contest and festival for Drag Queens in Italy, in Torre del Lago. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy. A drag queen is usually a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. Generally, drag queens dress in a female gender role, often exaggerating certain characteristics (such as make-up and eyelashes) for comic, dramatic or satirical effect.
    Perfect_26.jpg
  • TORRE DEL LAGO (LU), ITALY - 27 AUGUST, 2011: Monik, 25, participates at Miss Trans, a beauty pageant for transsexuals in Torre del Lago, Italy. Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. It is considered the gay mecca of Italy.
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  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait in his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
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In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
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  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait in his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
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In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait nearby his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
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In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait nearby his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
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In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait nearby his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
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In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait nearby his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait nearby his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait in his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait in his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait nearby his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • GIOIOSA MAREA, ITALY - 22 MAY 2019: Rugby player Sam Stanley (28) poses for a portrait nearby his home in Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy, on May 22nd 2019.<br />
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In August 2015, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay. In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, Laurence Hicks.
    CIPG_20190522_HUFFPOST_SamStanley_M3...jpg
  • 3 May 2012. Palermo, Italy. Filippo Luna, a 44 years old actor from Palermo, poses in his apartment. ### 3 maggio 2012. Palermo, Italia. Filippo Luna, 44 anni, attore palermitano, posa nel suo appartamento a Palermo.
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  • 3 May 2012. Palermo, Italy. Filippo Luna, a 44 years old actor from Palermo, poses in his apartment. ### 3 maggio 2012. Palermo, Italia. Filippo Luna, 44 anni, attore palermitano, posa nel suo appartamento a Palermo.
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  • 3 May 2012. Palermo, Italy. Filippo Luna, a 44 years old actor from Palermo, poses in his apartment. ### 3 maggio 2012. Palermo, Italia. Filippo Luna, 44 anni, attore palermitano, posa nel suo appartamento a Palermo.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 30 October 2013: in Rome, Italy, on October 31st 2013.
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  • PALERMO,  ITALY - 10 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà, Left-Ecology-Freedom) and candidate for the 2013 general elections Nichi Vendola, 54, rallies in Palermo, Italy, on February 10, 2013.<br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO,  ITALIA - 10 FEBBRAIO 2013: Leader di SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà) e candidato nelle politiche del 2013 Nichi Vendola, 54 anni, durante un comizio a Palermo il 10 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del Parlamento italiano – la Camera dei deputati e il Senato della Repubblica – si terranno domenica 24 e lunedì 25 febbraio 2013 a seguito dello scioglimento anticipato delle Camere avvenuto il 22 dicembre 2012, quattro mesi prima della conclusione naturale della XVI Legislatura. I principali candidate per la Presidenza del Consiglio sono Pierluigi Bersani (leader della coalizione di centro-sinistra "Italia. Bene Comune"), il premier uscente Mario Monti (leader della coalizione di centro "Con Monti per l'Italia") e l'ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi (leader della coalizione di centro-destra).
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  • PALERMO,  ITALY - 10 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà, Left-Ecology-Freedom) and candidate for the 2013 general elections Nichi Vendola, 54, rallies in Palermo, Italy, on February 10, 2013.<br />
<br />
A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO,  ITALIA - 10 FEBBRAIO 2013: Leader di SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà) e candidato nelle politiche del 2013 Nichi Vendola, 54 anni, durante un comizio a Palermo il 10 febbraio 2013.<br />
<br />
Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del Parlamento italiano – la Camera dei deputati e il Senato della Repubblica – si terranno domenica 24 e lunedì 25 febbraio 2013 a seguito dello scioglimento anticipato delle Camere avvenuto il 22 dicembre 2012, quattro mesi prima della conclusione naturale della XVI Legislatura. I principali candidate per la Presidenza del Consiglio sono Pierluigi Bersani (leader della coalizione di centro-sinistra "Italia. Bene Comune"), il premier uscente Mario Monti (leader della coalizione di centro "Con Monti per l'Italia") e l'ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi (leader della coalizione di centro-destra).
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  • PALERMO,  ITALY - 10 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà, Left-Ecology-Freedom) and candidate for the 2013 general elections Nichi Vendola, 54, rallies in Palermo, Italy, on February 10, 2013.<br />
<br />
A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO,  ITALIA - 10 FEBBRAIO 2013: Leader di SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà) e candidato nelle politiche del 2013 Nichi Vendola, 54 anni, durante un comizio a Palermo il 10 febbraio 2013.<br />
<br />
Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del Parlamento italiano – la Camera dei deputati e il Senato della Repubblica – si terranno domenica 24 e lunedì 25 febbraio 2013 a seguito dello scioglimento anticipato delle Camere avvenuto il 22 dicembre 2012, quattro mesi prima della conclusione naturale della XVI Legislatura. I principali candidate per la Presidenza del Consiglio sono Pierluigi Bersani (leader della coalizione di centro-sinistra "Italia. Bene Comune"), il premier uscente Mario Monti (leader della coalizione di centro "Con Monti per l'Italia") e l'ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi (leader della coalizione di centro-destra).
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  • PALERMO,  ITALY - 10 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà, Left-Ecology-Freedom) and candidate for the 2013 general elections Nichi Vendola, 54, rallies in Palermo, Italy, on February 10, 2013.<br />
<br />
A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO,  ITALIA - 10 FEBBRAIO 2013: Leader di SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà) e candidato nelle politiche del 2013 Nichi Vendola, 54 anni, durante un comizio a Palermo il 10 febbraio 2013.<br />
<br />
Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del Parlamento italiano – la Camera dei deputati e il Senato della Repubblica – si terranno domenica 24 e lunedì 25 febbraio 2013 a seguito dello scioglimento anticipato delle Camere avvenuto il 22 dicembre 2012, quattro mesi prima della conclusione naturale della XVI Legislatura. I principali candidate per la Presidenza del Consiglio sono Pierluigi Bersani (leader della coalizione di centro-sinistra "Italia. Bene Comune"), il premier uscente Mario Monti (leader della coalizione di centro "Con Monti per l'Italia") e l'ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi (leader della coalizione di centro-destra).
    CIPG_20130210_VENDOLA_Palermo__MG_36...jpg
  • PALERMO,  ITALY - 10 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà, Left-Ecology-Freedom) and candidate for the 2013 general elections Nichi Vendola, 54, rallies in Palermo, Italy, on February 10, 2013.<br />
<br />
A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO,  ITALIA - 10 FEBBRAIO 2013: Leader di SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà) e candidato nelle politiche del 2013 Nichi Vendola, 54 anni, durante un comizio a Palermo il 10 febbraio 2013.<br />
<br />
Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del Parlamento italiano – la Camera dei deputati e il Senato della Repubblica – si terranno domenica 24 e lunedì 25 febbraio 2013 a seguito dello scioglimento anticipato delle Camere avvenuto il 22 dicembre 2012, quattro mesi prima della conclusione naturale della XVI Legislatura. I principali candidate per la Presidenza del Consiglio sono Pierluigi Bersani (leader della coalizione di centro-sinistra "Italia. Bene Comune"), il premier uscente Mario Monti (leader della coalizione di centro "Con Monti per l'Italia") e l'ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi (leader della coalizione di centro-destra).
    CIPG_20130210_VENDOLA_Palermo__MG_35...jpg
  • PALERMO,  ITALY - 10 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà, Left-Ecology-Freedom) and candidate for the 2013 general elections Nichi Vendola, 54, rallies in Palermo, Italy, on February 10, 2013.<br />
<br />
A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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###<br />
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PALERMO,  ITALIA - 10 FEBBRAIO 2013: Leader di SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà) e candidato nelle politiche del 2013 Nichi Vendola, 54 anni, durante un comizio a Palermo il 10 febbraio 2013.<br />
<br />
Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del Parlamento italiano – la Camera dei deputati e il Senato della Repubblica – si terranno domenica 24 e lunedì 25 febbraio 2013 a seguito dello scioglimento anticipato delle Camere avvenuto il 22 dicembre 2012, quattro mesi prima della conclusione naturale della XVI Legislatura. I principali candidate per la Presidenza del Consiglio sono Pierluigi Bersani (leader della coalizione di centro-sinistra "Italia. Bene Comune"), il premier uscente Mario Monti (leader della coalizione di centro "Con Monti per l'Italia") e l'ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi (leader della coalizione di centro-destra).
    CIPG_20130210_VENDOLA_Palermo__MG_34...jpg
  • PALERMO,  ITALY - 10 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà, Left-Ecology-Freedom) and candidate for the 2013 general elections Nichi Vendola, 54, rallies in Palermo, Italy, on February 10, 2013.<br />
<br />
A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO,  ITALIA - 10 FEBBRAIO 2013: Leader di SEL (Sinistra-Ecologia-Libertà) e candidato nelle politiche del 2013 Nichi Vendola, 54 anni, durante un comizio a Palermo il 10 febbraio 2013.<br />
<br />
Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del Parlamento italiano – la Camera dei deputati e il Senato della Repubblica – si terranno domenica 24 e lunedì 25 febbraio 2013 a seguito dello scioglimento anticipato delle Camere avvenuto il 22 dicembre 2012, quattro mesi prima della conclusione naturale della XVI Legislatura. I principali candidate per la Presidenza del Consiglio sono Pierluigi Bersani (leader della coalizione di centro-sinistra "Italia. Bene Comune"), il premier uscente Mario Monti (leader della coalizione di centro "Con Monti per l'Italia") e l'ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi (leader della coalizione di centro-destra).
    CIPG_20130210_VENDOLA_Palermo__MG_34...jpg
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