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What and Where Got Us Excited in 2024?

Edited by Mikkel Hyldebrandt

Squirt.org, the online global community for hookups and cruising for gay, bi and curious men, has just dropped Squirt Unloaded— their annual (s)exposé on what guys have been up to all year long. The annual report gathered responses from thousands of gay, bi and curious men to uncover current trends in sexual preferences, cruising behaviors, sexual turn-ons, and the inﬂuence of porn and pop culture in 2024. The findings offer a fascinating look at the evolving interests among gay, bi, and curious men worldwide.

Here are some of our handpicked favorites – see more Squirt Unloaded responses at Squirt.org.

CRUISING

The Hottest USA Cruising Cities of 2024

New York City reigns supreme as the most popular cruising ground

with plenty of hotspots to offer. Concrete jungle? More like a concrete playground! The top cruisiest cities of 2024 in America are:

1. New York

2. Chicago

3. Las Vegas

4. Philadelphia

5. Houston

Cities with The Most Tops in America

Pack your bags and head to Dallas, where the Tops reign supreme in America. High ranking cities with the most tops in America are:

1. Dallas

2. San Francisco

3. San Antonio

4. Jacksonville

5. Seattle

Cities with The Most Bottoms in America

The City of Angels knows how to make dreams come true, especially in the bedroom which is why Los Angeles takes the cake as top city with the most Bottoms in America. The top ranking cities with the most bottoms in America are:

1. Los Angeles

2. Phoenix

3. Atlanta

4. Denver

5. Portland

POP CULTURE

Best Podcast of 2024

Move over, boring history podcasts! These audio sexcapedes are giving us all the juicy gossip, hilarious hot takes, and maybe even a reason to invest in noise-canceling headphones (if you know, you know!).

The best podcasts in 2024 are:

1. We’re Having Gay Sex (Ashley Gavin)

2. The Savage Lovecast (Dan Savage)

3. Modern Gays (Daniel and Garet)

4. Bad Gays (Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller)

5. Inside the Closet (Emma Willmann and Matteo Lane)

Best Television Show of 2024

From superhero heartthrobs to interdimensional time travelers, these shows had us glued to our screens (and frantically searching for the pause button at all the right moments).

Best shows of 2024 are:

1. The Boys

2. Doctor Who

3. RuPaul’s Drag Race

4. Heartstopper

5. Fallout

Best Movie of 2024

Get your popcorn ready, boys, because these films had everything: action, adventure, romance, and enough shirtless scenes to make Michelangelo jealous!

Best Movie! Best movies of 2024 are:

1. Deadpool & Wolverine

2. Dune: Part 2

3. Queer

4. Twisters

5. Road House (2024)

Album of the Year

Billie Eilish had the gays in all the feels with her immaculate album “Hit Me Hard and Soft”. 2024 was a musical feast with these queens:

1. Hit Me Hard and Soft (Billie Eilish)

2. The Tortured Poets Department (Taylor Swift)

3. Cowboy Carter (Beyoncé)

4. Radical Optimism (Dua Lipa)

5. Eternal Sunshine (Ariana Grande)

TURN-ONS

Who Guys are Into Silver Foxes aged to perfection have been the most popular type of guy gay & bi men are pursuing in 2024! In addition, here’s who else gets our hearts racing in 2024:

1. Silver Foxes

2. Jocks

3. Blue Collar

4. Muscle Bears

5. Kinksters

6. Geeks

7. Chubs

8. Leather Studs

9. Twunks

10. Muscle Studs

PORN STATS

Squirt Studio’s Hottest Gay Performers

Hottest Performer of the Year is none other than the sexy hunk, Jack Hunter! Top Performing Stars are:

1. Jack Hunter

2. Jesse Stone

3. Hunter Vance

4. Killian Knox

5. Max Romano

End 2024 & Start 2025 with a BANG!

By Tim Blankenship

What better way to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new than by immersing yourself in two festivals designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride and togetherness? Whether you prefer soaking up the sun and sounds in Miami or reveling in the bold, electrifying atmosphere of D.C., Dreamland and MAL Weekend provide the perfect opportunity to ring in the new year with joy, culture, and community in two of America’s most dynamic cities.

From December 27 through January 1, Dreamland transforms Miami into a paradise of music, art, and celebration. Often referred to as the “Queer Coachella,” this annual New

Year’s music festival is the largest LGBTQ+ celebration of its kind in North America. Featuring six spectacular parties over five days, Dreamland offers an electrifying lineup of world-renowned artists, including Purple Disco Machine, Dombresky, and Coco & Breezy, who will keep the beats pumping across disco, house, and electronic genres. Set against Miami’s breathtaking coastal views, Dreamland’s events will unfold in iconic venues like M2 and Kygo’s Palm Tree Club, offering the ultimate blend of tropical

luxury and festival energy. One of this year’s highlights is the introduction of Teleport City, a 5-D multi-sensory experience that invites attendees to step into a dreamlike reality, creating unforgettable memories to carry into 2025.

As fireworks light up the Miami skies, festivalgoers will celebrate with thousands of likeminded individuals, united in love, inclusion, and resilience. Jake Resnicow, the festival’s producer, emphasizes the significance of creating safe and empowering spaces for the queer community to thrive amidst external challenges. Dreamland is more than a festival; it’s a sanctuary where LGBTQ+ individuals can express themselves freely and celebrate their collective strength.

After dancing into 2025 at Dreamland, the celebration continues just days later in Washington, D.C., with the Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend from January 9 through January 12. Known as one of the world’s premier leather and fetish festivals, MAL offers a dynamic mix of community, artistry, and boundary-pushing parties. Partnering with KINETIC Presents, this year’s event will deliver the largest MAL experience to date, featuring four incredible parties designed to captivate attendees.

The festivities kick off with BOOTCAMP, the

sounds, and breathtaking stage production. The weekend culminates on Sunday with LUST, a sultry closing event featuring Grammy-nominated DJ Abel and Sam Blacky, offering dark beats and sensual energy in one of D.C.’s hottest venues.

MAL Weekend is more than a party; it’s a celebration of the leather and fetish communities’ culture and artistry, as well as a philanthropic force, having raised over $150,000 for LGBTQIA+ nonprofits last year. Like Dreamland, it serves as a safe and welcoming space for attendees to explore, connect, and embrace being gay in the USA!

official opening party on Thursday, featuring DJs Onyx, Alex Lo, and Dan Slater in an electric atmosphere with immersive play zones. On Friday, UNCUT XL takes over the renovated Republiq venue with circuit and tech house beats from renowned DJs and performances by adult entertainers. Saturday’s main event, PERVERT, promises to be the weekend’s centerpiece with its warehouse setting, tribal and deep house

For more information on both festivals, visit DreamlandNYE.com and KineticPresents.com.

Photos by: Russ Bowen-Youngblood

QUEER

Uma Thurman plans to clean

By Romeo San Vicente

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“Pulp Fiction” icon Uma Thurman has signed on to a new 1930s-set period drama, “The Housekeeper,” alongside “Bridgerton” star Phoebe Dynevor. Directed by Richard Eyre (“Notes on a Scandal” and “Iris”) with a script from author Rose Tremain, adapting her own forthcoming novel, the story is a fictionalized telling of the incidents that inspired novelist Daphne du Maurier’s gothic novel, “Rebecca,” which was, in turn, turned into a classic film from Alfred Hitchcock. Thurman will star in the title role with Dynevor as du Maurier and joining them will be Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins as Lord DeWithers, owner of Manderville Hall. All other plot details are a mystery, which is fitting for something that led to the mysterious “Rebecca.” It goes in front of the camera in 2025. Re-watch that Hitchcock in the meantime.

Indya Moore visits ‘Mother, Father, Sister, Brother’

“ Pose” princess Indya Moore is hard at work on a new comedydrama from acclaimed indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. It’s called “Father, Mother, Sister, Brother” and will take form of a triptych. It will feature three different stories (the press release calls them “quiet” and “observational”) related to adult children, estranged parents and strained family scenarios all around, with each story taking place at the same time but in different countries — the U.S., France, and Ireland. Alongside Moore, the film costars Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling, Vicky Krieps (“Phantom Thread”) and “Grown-ish” star Luka Sabbat. In production now, we’re looking forward to a little official “quiet” after the screaming election of 2024. If we want more noise we’ll just rewatch “August Osage County.”

Photos: Photos: KathClick

Jinkx Monsoon returns to Broadway

Jinkx Monsoon already made her Broadway debut in “Chicago” in 2023, and now they want her back there for a reimagined “Pirates of Penzance.” The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” legend will hit the boards in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical,” alongside “Frazier” star David Hyde Pierce and Ramin Karimloo (“Funny Girl”). Rupert Holmes has taken the classic Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera and is turning it on its head to become a New Orleans-set, jazzbased musical comedy. Monsoon will play Ruth, Karimloo the Pirate King, and Pierce will handle Major General Stanley. And yes, readers of a certain age will remember Mr. Holmes from his ’70s pop career and “The Piña Colada Song.” Now you know what’s he’s been up to lately. Check out his latest project in April of 2025.

Andrew Scott feels the ‘Pressure’

Andrew Scott refuses to take a vacation. He’s jumped on board another new project, “Pressure,” for director-screenwriter Anthony Maras (“Hotel Mumbai”) and Olivier Award winning co-screenwriter David Haig. The true story, based on Haig’s acclaimed play, is set during WWII, will star Scott as Britain’s chief meteorologist James Stagg, whose timing assessments and decision-

making was critical to Allied forces on the eve of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Brendan Fraser plays Dwight Eisenhower and the film costars Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Chris Messina (“The Mindy Project”) and Damian Lewis (“Billions”). This has award season written all over it, of course, and it’s currently filming in the U.K. Make plans now to take your history-loving Dad on a movie date.

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BULLDOGS 893 Peachtree St NE

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MY SISTER’S ROOM mysistersroom.com 66 12th St NE

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THE T modeltatlanta.com 465 Boulevard SE

CHESHIRE

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BJ ROOSTERS bjroosters.com 2043 Cheshire Bridge Road NE

WESTSIDE

MARQUETTE 868 Joseph E. Boone Blvd NW

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ANSLEY

ATLANTA EAGLE 1492 Piedmont Ave NE

FELIX’S 1510 Piedmont Ave NE

THE HIDEAWAY 1544 Piedmont Ave NE

MIXX mixxatlanta.com 1492 Piedmont Ave NE

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WOOFS woofsatlanta.com 494 Plasters Ave NE

TRIPPS fb: tripps-bar 1931 Piedmont Cir NE

EAST ATLANTA, GRANT PARK & EDGEWOOD

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