Manuel BetancourtManuel Betancourt is a freelance writer based out of New York City. He earned his Ph.D. in English Literatures from Rutgers University having written a dissertation on queer film fandom. The research for that project required him to become an xpert in twentieth century American gay history especially as it relates to media and representation. His cultural criticism has appeared online in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Esquire, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard Magazine, and in print in Jarry Magazine, Film Comment, Film Quarterly, GLQ, and Genre, among others. Read More Read Less