Nobody is stopping Troye Sivan except for maybe Troye Sivan. No queer-averse label bosses, no identity-stifling pressure to be anything but who he is: the LGBTQ community’s precious paradigm of unapologetic, unicornian queerness. But even [...]
Matt Dallas can laugh now, but his former life as a gay man living as a straight man wasn’t a joke. Dallas was told to stay in the closet after moving to L.A. to pursue [...]
No straight man has ever offered to make me a crop top, but Justin Theroux is no ordinary straight man. If you’ve seen him in all his shirtless, ripped, oiled glory in 2003’s "Charlie’s Angels: [...]
Nobody reminds silver Olympic medalist Gus Kenworthy that he was in "Sharknado 5," and it’s hard to tell how that makes him feel after I casually drop that nugget of info as you do if [...]
Jessica Newham, better known as Betty Who, is in a constant state of gay. A Pride festival one day, a stroll through Berlin with four gay friends another. Naturally, their afternoon walk is unfolding when [...]
Where would our queer world be without "Will & Grace"? That’s where my head was just before Sean Hayes phoned, recalling my lonely teen years, when gay white men on TV alone – here's to [...]
Even in prison, Shea Diamond was a star. The concrete floor her stage, the men her audience. And the acoustics? “The best,” Diamond says. The 40-year-old soul songstress stretched her body over the hard ground, [...]
Even though Antoni Porowski is known for his avocados, on a recent afternoon he was contemplating the coconut, every sultry detail of the tropical fruit meticulously combed like that of someone’s body during a first [...]
Really, aside from a fame-catapulting role on "Empire" and a dreamy croon so velvety you could rest your head on it at night, Jussie Smollett is just like you. Or was: He remembers going to [...]
Just before releasing a hotly anticipated new album with Sugarland bandmate Kristian Bush, duo frontwoman Jennifer Nettles summed up her history of progressive politics and queer advocacy and love for chicken with one defiant tweet: [...]
While you were crying, out musician Chad King and his friend Ian Axel were figuring out their next move. Could A Great Big World, as they’re collectively known, strike twice with another colossal Christina Aguilera-assisted [...]
Unforgettable Moments from Academy Award-Winning Gay Faves, Yours Forever to Stream Call Me By Your Name Oliver (Armie Hammer) is facedown on the bed, fully clothed. He’s just arrived at his professor’s (Michael Stuhlbarg) home [...]
During the inaugural LoveLoud Festival in August 2017 on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, roughly 40 miles outside Salt Lake City, 17,000 people fell into the embrace of Dan Reynolds. Amid performances [...]
“Yes, this is an interview,” a schoolgirl-giggly Adam Rippon deadpans to fellow figure skater Charlie White who, naturally, is curious about the current topic of conversation: sex and harnesses, and how both come together to [...]
Rachel Weisz has strong feelings on makers of queer films discussing their work with queer media. To not do so, she says, would be “ridiculous and wrong and unthinkable.” The topic is broached in light [...]
The soundtrack of my love life as a full-grown gay man was written by a 21-year-old woman. I’m 35, so this is slightly concerning to my queer confidante. He doesn’t think I need to try [...]
Jessie Ware only recently learned what “wig-snatching” means, and fresh off the European leg of her current tour, I’ve taught her “guncle.” The 33-year-old British songstress takes full advantage of this latest lesson in queer-speak, [...]
Even lesbian Jesuses get swept up by the grandeur of the Statue of Liberty. “I’ve never seen it before! It’s huge! Oh my god, it’s huge!” enthuses a giddy-as-ever Hayley Kiyoko, proclaimed “the lesbian Jesus” [...]
When you have seven Grammys and an iconic voice that can drop to ocean depths, it’s your God-given right to also have a no-wings-in-my-dressing-room policy. This is Toni Braxton in 2018, still decrying the existence of [...]
Trey Pearson is living the out gay life he never thought he could. After 20 years as the frontman of the Christian rock band Everyday Sunday, Pearson — a father of two who was married [...]
Mothers of gay sons, Jennifer Garner is here to be your guide. As Emily Spier, whose 17-year-old, Simon (Nick Robinson), has recently come out to her and her husband (Josh Duhamel), the actress is a [...]
Before unloading her frank thoughts on TV co-star Roseanne Barr’s alt-right politics and fellow comic Kathy Griffin’s viral Trump-beheading pic (“It just wasn’t funny”), Sandra Bernhard proclaims herself quite aptly as “no-nonsense.” That has been, [...]
Historically speaking, the most culturally influential LGBTQ-focused films have been independent, slow-rollout, arthouse-screened touchstones, from Best Picture Oscar contender "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005 to Best Picture Oscar winner "Moonlight," released in 2016. Within and since [...]
That Britney album better come quick – preferably before the world combusts from nuclear warfare. On the horizon for the rest of what’s shaping up to be a very gay 2018 outside of Brandi Carlile’s recently released must-hear masterwork? New Robyn, new Kylie, new Troye. If only our current political era was as promising as this year’s albums-release slate.
That Britney album better come quick – preferably before the world combusts from nuclear warfare. On the horizon for the rest of what’s shaping up to be a very gay 2018 outside of Brandi Carlile’s [...]
“Oh, did I print that?” Jake Shears is in a state of surprised perplexity, wondering if a version of his new (and very moving) memoir, "Boys Keep Swinging," landed in the hands of journalists, such [...]
"Britain’s Got Talent" finalist Calum Scott, who incited massive swooning on music mogul Simon Cowell’s reality show in 2015, once thought he’d be a counselor. He wanted to ease people’s troubled minds. Give them hope. [...]
Who needs awards when you have Oprah? True, walking away with a shiny, golden statue has its own perks, but for songwriter-to-the-stars Justin Tranter, just being nominated for a Grammy and a Golden Globe this [...]
Brandi Carlile knew the kid from somewhere. She’d seen him before – not this particular one, but others like him. Nervously pulling at his T-shirt, worn under a chic blazer that stuck out amid a [...]
Next time you see Dan Levy, thank him. Thank him for "Schitt’s Creek," his super-bingeable comedic riff on a once-affluent family forced to live like fish out of Perrier in the podunk Canadian town the [...]
As radical right-winger Gary Longstreet on last year’s "American Horror Story: Cult," a far cry from his own liberal leanings, Chaz Bono had his breakout role at the age of 48. Why did it take [...]
Tap that Grindr cuddle buddy of yours – winter is officially here, and brr, it’s time for some Netflix and chill. Or HBO and chill. Or Blu-ray and chill. Whatever your media of choice, here’s [...]
Why of course global queer icon Gloria Estefan – subject of Broadway musical "On Your Feet," and muse to drag queens worldwide – has a daughter who is not straight. To close out 2017, Gloria’s [...]
Donald Trump is still tweeting (oh yeah, and somehow still president). Free internet porn could be a bygone luxury thanks to #RIPNetNeutrality. But hey, music in 2017 didn't suck! Read on for the music that [...]
Allison Janney shares many of your concerns, like, what’s up with the president’s wild contradictions and flat-out lies? And what will happen to the LGBTQ community under his administration? And, of course, something we’ve all wondered [...]
You don't have to tell Martha Stewart that gay men love her like their own mother. The influential entrepreneur and domestic diva's deep-rooted connection to the LGBTQ community goes beyond special appearances on "Ugly Betty" [...]
Photo: Fox Searchlight As Giles, Richard Jenkins exudes a great deal of warmth playing a closeted '60s-era gay man longing for a romantic connection in Guillermo del Toro's timely cautionary tale "The Shape of [...]
Photo: Bob D'Amico Reba McEntire has released a beautiful new Christmas album. The melancholy spirit of her friend Dolly Parton's 1982 holiday staple "Hard Candy Christmas" is preserved on McEntire's new reading, and her [...]
Photo: Island Welcome to the gayest concert year of your life. For instance, if all you want for Christmas is a healthy dose of divadom wrapped in high notes and vocal ad-libs, you're in [...]
Photo: Atlantic Records During her 15-year career as your friendly pop spirit-lifter, Kelly Clarkson has prescribed a cheap alternative to therapy: anthemic pick-me-ups like "Since U Been Gone" and "People Like Us," songs that [...]
Lana Del Rey, 'Born to Die' Focus on Lana Del Rey's enigmatic image and you miss the point: Her major-label debut, "Born to Die," is an intoxicating hit of theatrical trip-hop from the seductress of [...]
A moment of impact. Channing Tatum, as loving hubby Leo, has many of them - relayed in philosophizing, Hallmark-regurgitated voiceovers - through the course of the emotionally flat, love-conquers-all rom-com "The Vow." Some are in [...]
Times like this - election years, when politics are a comedian's punching-bag - were made for Kate Clinton, who has hilariously riffed on 30 years of stupid presidents and right-winged morons. She's at it again [...]
Peter Mel sits with his hands folded at a corner table in his latest restaurant venture. As our camera snaps his picture, a sheepish smile is painted across his face while he nervously half mumbles [...]
What would "Circus," Britney Spears' quasi-comeback album, sound like if she was still flashing her vag, yo-yoing in and out of hospitals or attacking paparazzi with umbrellas? Consider this: Amidst it all (see also: custody [...]
'Ratatouille' In theaters now A You're thinking: Since when did an animated rat-flick review fit into a gay rag? If I wanted to bullshit you, I'd quip, "Somewhere, there's a rodent that's spending too much [...]
After moving to the United States 10 years ago from Argentina, filmmaker Sebastian Cordoba still hasn't secured a green card. His artist visa allows him to produce films in America, like his recent look at [...]
Sexy or smutty? It wasn't clear which Justin Timberlake was attempting to bring back on March 10 at the Joe Louis Arena. The high-pitched crooner simulated sex acts, like rear-entry romping with a scantily clad [...]
Erin Markey had sex within a pile of people in "Shortbus," now on DVD. It brought in some extra loot and the former Michigander and her partner didn't even have to rehearse for the role. [...]
Jim Leija is stumped. He begins busting out Beyonce's "Listen," explaining it served as a distraction during rehearsals for his solo musical-esque production. But after botching a few lines, he dives into the middle of [...]
