[NEWS] Five LGBTQ links: Leo Koury, cruising, Man's Country, Mike Balaban, instagays

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• Hornet Stories tells of Leo Koury, a mobster who apparently kickstarted gay nigthclub life in the Virginia city of Richmond.


• VICE shares an article on an exhibit at a Berlin museum looking at the history and sociology of cruising in public washrooms.


• VICE features a tour of Man's Country, a long-established Chicago bathhouse now closing after four decades.


• Hornet Stories points to the Instagram account of Mike Balaban, "bammer47", whose account is full of LGBTQ-relevant photos of personal and general relevance.


• Khaleb El Khatib at VICE interviews some "instagays", gay (or bi, or queer) Instagram users whose photos (including selfies) attract huge followings. What do we get out of them? What do they get out of it?