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 [...]
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 [...]
'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 [...]
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 [...]
To say John Cameron Mitchell's look at life in post-9/11 New York is touching doesn't seem erroneous when considering the emotional current the director inflicts over the porn-like hanky panky. There's multi-dexterous hetero sex. A [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
{BOLD "Work Out" - Bravo 11 p.m. March 20} Call it the curse of G.I. Joe. Underneath that flack jacket, he's got the image every man craves: chiseled abs and biceps that would make Brad [...]
Victims of school bullying can anonymously step forward to help LGBT-rights activists to lobby a school-safety bill in front of state Representatives and Senators in Lansing. "We decided to launch 'Make the Bullies Stop!' because [...]
Katharine McPhee "Katharine McPhee" Columnist: C- Editor: Uuugh! (D) Available now McPhee. McDonalds. What's the difference? Well, Mickey D's at least offers a value meal. Meaning, maybe a limp batch of 99-cent fries leaves you [...]
Interview by Chris Azzopardi Few Words From the Writer Some things shock me. Most don't. But, never having endured Lisa Lampanelli-like interviewees (Kathy Griffin came close), her hilariously sexual frankness took the interview up umpteen [...]
There's a hurdle between childhoodÕs innocence and the rigidity of adulthood we must all jump. "It's a beautiful time," says Stephen Petronio, whose New York-based dance company will premiere their touring engagement locally Feb. 16 [...]
Churches are a common place for people to commit. But Stilettos is shaking it up. "The benefit of doing it at Stilettos instead of a church is (one can have) the reception right there, too," [...]
Marc DeBauch is a pervert. "It's true," admits DeBauch, a Minneapolis-based artist participating in Detroit's The Dirty Show from Feb. 9-11 and 14 at Bert's Warehouse Theater in Detroit. The sex-obsessed painter takes his work [...]
Around 130 protesters scattered through the Breslin Arena to rally against anti-gay Penn State coach Rene Portland as her team played against Michigan State University on Feb. 1. "I thought it was good to go [...]
Reuben Butchart has worked 10-hour days before, but not like the ones leading up to the release of his sophomore album. As the elements of Butchart's disc, "Golden Boy," melded - the addition of orchestral [...]
Two guys going at it: Zap! NC-17! But two gender-opposites fornicating in a stairwell? Rated R. Director Kirby Dick's strongest argument in "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" comes from an eye-opening montage of clips [...]
With The Supremes-like "Dreamgirls" singing high notes at the box office, Diana Ross' break from her seven-year hiatus couldn't be more appropriately timed. Even if it's not so dreamy. The R&B legend's new solo outing, [...]
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan women's basketball team won their first Big 10 game of the season against Penn State on Sunday at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. But for nearly 300 protesters [...]
cut/ Levi Kreis channels Madonna's "Confessions On a Dance Floor" for a more upbeat offering. cut/ Levi Kreis followed an "ex-gay" regimen before realizing that God doesn't discriminate, he says. INFO BOX ÒThe Gospel According [...]
Forget the chilly weather. Throw on some shorts because it's about to heat up at Baldwin Theatre in Royal Oak. Stagecrafters presents the beautiful tropical-tinged musical "Once On This Island" from Jan. 12-Feb. 4. The [...]
Pam Lynch could always count on Derrick Anderson. Whether she needed a shoulder to cry on or a floor to sleep on, Lynch's best friend wasn't more than a phone call away. Anderson, 51, died [...]
