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More Than Moana: Auli’i Cravalho on Her New Bisexual Role, Her First Pride and Coming Out on TikTok

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-04-26T13:26:24-04:00April 22nd, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

It’s still open to interpretation whether Moana is on the queer spectrum, but Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced the Disney princess, can assure you of one thing — she’s a proud bisexual. The 21-year-old actress portrays [...]

A Juicy Emergence: Sofi Tukker Talks Inclusive Values, Dancing Together Again and Erotic Fruit

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-04-26T15:52:51-04:00April 19th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

For Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern, better known as Sofi Tukker, it doesn’t need to be Pride for it to feel like a Pride show. The duo has been promoting and practicing the values of [...]

Perfume Genius Is Getting Back to the Feeling

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-03-30T09:33:05-04:00March 29th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

Alone in the desert, three men, wearing nothing but thongs, do cat-cow stretches on a blanket for nearly two minutes. Tour cities, including Detroit, are read in a faint tone that, as the vintage video [...]

Patti Harrison Luckily Has a Lot to Say About Being Trans in Hollywood, Poop, Dildos and Elle Fanning

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-03-28T11:18:14-04:00March 24th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

There still aren’t enough trans actors in Hollywood, but at least there’s Patti Harrison. Harrison is currently starring in the big blockbuster rom-com caper “The Lost City,” alongside Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, as the [...]

A Queer Slate, In Focus: The Studio That Brought Us ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Turns 20 

By George Elkind|2022-03-23T17:26:19-04:00March 23rd, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

For 20 years now, Focus Features has been distributing and funding queer-focused movies, marketing them successfully to a wide audience even early on. As a specialty distribution and production company responsible for works as disparate [...]

Power, Putin and, Yes, the Tiger King: John Cameron Mitchell on What We Can Learn About Abusing Authority From Joe Exotic

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-03-16T12:21:58-04:00March 9th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

What could Joe “Tiger King” Exotic and fictional genderqueer arthouse punk-rocker Hedwig Robinson possibly have in common? John Cameron Mitchell.  And so, the Farrah Fawcett wig comes off the 58-year-old actor who created Hedwig and [...]

7 Must-See Programs and Films Honoring Black History Month

By Jason A. Michael|2022-02-22T13:38:49-05:00February 22nd, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

Black History Month — the shortest month of the year, sadly — is quickly coming to a close once again. But before the month is over, take some time to check out some of the [...]

Call Me Mentor: Leslie Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson on What They’ve Learned From Each Other

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-03-01T09:21:17-05:00February 16th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

Leslie Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson, co-stars in the Fox multicam sitcom “Call Me Kat,” are in separate locations on Zoom, tenderly admiring each other. As an openly gay actor, Jackson (“30 Rock” and “All Shook [...]

Jonathan Van Ness Talks New Netflix Show, Inspiring LGBTQ+ Youth and Newfound ‘Sense of Ease’ in Who They Are

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-02-01T12:58:22-05:00January 27th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

Before I talk to Jonathan Van Ness about their new Netflix show, “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness,” they take me on a little on-camera adventure that involves them “needing cuter light.” They do a [...]

With His Empowering Sundance Debut, Antonio Marziale Is Provocative with Purpose

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-01-26T09:06:49-05:00January 21st, 2022|Art, Entertainment, Features|

Writing and directing for the first time in his filmmaking career, Antonio Marziale didn’t make “Starfuckers,” which he also acts in, with the intention of it being among the short films to premiere at Sundance [...]

The New Queer Cinema Movement Paved the Way for Today’s Mainstream LGBTQ+ Films. But at What Cost?

By George Elkind|2022-01-19T09:56:04-05:00January 19th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

“We’re not like them,” says one man to another, laying atop him on a dirty roadside. “We don’t have as much time — so we’ve got to grab life by the balls and go for [...]

Bridget Everett Takes on Small-Town Queer Chosen Family in One of the Most Moving Shows of the Year

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-02-16T13:38:47-05:00January 14th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

Bridget Everett is surrounded by queer people in her everyday life. She’s got queer friends, queer family, queer fans — the latter of which she courted while performing her alt-cabaret (alt as in she’s been [...]

This New Queer-Created Exhibit in Ann Arbor Celebrates the Rich History of Drag Elders

By D'Anne Witkowski|2022-01-13T23:41:52-05:00January 12th, 2022|Features, Michigan, News|

It took Donna Personna a long time to get up the nerve to put on a dress.  “It took me 59 years to have the bravery to be who I really feel that I am: [...]

‘Scream’ Screenwriter Kevin Williamson Confirms Billy and Stu’s Queer-Coded Relationship Was Based on Real Gay Killers

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-01-19T17:03:27-05:00January 12th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

If you’re still wondering about those homoerotic undertones 25 years after Billy Loomis and Stu Macher terrorized Woodsboro in Wes Craven’s “Scream,” you’ve been on the right track all along.  Ahead of the new “Scream,” [...]

A Survivor to Scream About: Neve Campbell on ‘Scream’ Queer Theories (Yes, Billy and Stu), and How Sidney Still Inspires the LGBTQ+ Community

By Chris Azzopardi|2022-01-10T16:00:23-05:00January 10th, 2022|Entertainment, Features|

As Sidney Prescott, fierce fighter of the knife-wielding Ghostface since the mid 1990s, Neve Campbell has represented strength and survival to generations of LGBTQ+ people. When she first appeared in Wes Craven’s groundbreaking “Scream” in [...]

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year for ‘Single All the Way’ Actor Philemon Chambers

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-12-21T10:48:56-05:00December 20th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

 Philemon Chambers can’t believe he’s in a queer Christmas movie. It’s the kind Chambers, recently named “Next Big Thing” by the Hollywood Reporter, could only dream of watching when he was a little queer [...]

7 Holiday Films and Shows for You and Your Queer Chosen Family

By Jackie Jones|2021-12-22T12:19:10-05:00December 20th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

This time of year can be isolating for many, especially if they’re not close to their blood family. That’s why many in the LGBTQ+ community find comfort in their chosen family.  So, for this holiday [...]

Ann Arbor Folk Festival Performer Gina Chavez Is the Boss in Both English and Spanish

By D'Anne Witkowski|2021-12-10T09:43:56-05:00December 10th, 2021|Entertainment, Features, Michigan, News|

You can call 2020 Latin Grammy nominee Gina Chavez a lot of things: Queer. Catholic. Bilingual. Singer. Songwriter. Pop rock artist. Social justice advocate. She’s also very much in love.  All you have to do [...]

Josie Totah Leads the Trans Charge on TV: ‘Saved By the Bell’ Star on LGBTQ+ Relatability and What’s Next for Trans Representation 

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-12-09T11:01:25-05:00December 9th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

If you were expecting more of the same from “Saved by the Bell” when Peacock revived the series in 2020, you wouldn’t just be mistaken — you’d be pleasantly surprised.  A staple of TV for [...]

Jennifer Tilly Is Your Friend to the End: The Longtime LGBTQ+ Ally Talks the ‘Chucky’ Series and Its Killer Queer Affirmations

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-12-08T10:17:10-05:00December 1st, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

Chucky is no Harvey Milk, but the killer doll with fire-red hair from openly gay creator Don Mancini is, at least, a good queer-affirming dad.  Dad, you ask? Let’s back up: So, yes, Chucky, Mancini’s [...]

‘The Power of the Dog’ Doesn’t Idealize Queerness and Is Better for It

By George Elkind|2021-11-19T16:14:02-05:00November 19th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

Growing acceptance has created a new suite of possibilities for queer storytelling in mainstream films. The sly, charged and freely oppositional work of the New Queer Cinema that dominated Hollywood in the late ’80s and [...]

In Conversation: Robin de Jesús Is Ticking His Way to the Top Thanks to a Moving Turn in a Memorable Role

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-11-17T14:25:44-05:00November 17th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

It’s a Jane Fonda kind of day for Robin de Jesús. The 37-year-old actor says so on Zoom, where he appears from Beverly Hills, his face beaming in that Fonda light, for a day of [...]

JoJo Siwa Talks Coming Out, Making History on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and Being a Role Model for Queer Youth

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-11-22T18:45:31-05:00November 15th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

This year, JoJo Siwa made history as the first “Dancing with the Stars” contestant to compete with a same-sex partner. With Jenna Johnson, she performed the Argentine tango to Britney Spears, did the cha-cha to [...]

Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme Talk Holiday Tour, Male Nudity at the Show and Which Duos They’d Be For Snatch Game

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-11-02T13:37:16-04:00November 2nd, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

No, Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme aren’t roommates. But the "RuPaul’s Drag Race" alums get that you might think so. After all, during our recent Zoom call, they were sharing a physical space.  “We’re just together [...]

‘9-1-1’ Star Marsha Warfield Talks Coming Out and Playing Straight Before Detroit Shows: ‘I’ve Come a Long Way in a Lot of Ways’

By Jason A. Michael|2021-10-27T14:48:14-04:00October 26th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

In the late ’70s, Chicago-born Marsha Warfield started her career by writing for comedy legend Richard Pryor. Then, in the ’80s, she rose to fame in her own right starring as Roz on the popular [...]

Elvira Actor Cassandra Peterson Talks ‘Caring, Loving’ Support From LGBTQ+ Fans — and Straight Men — After Coming Out

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-11-14T11:18:26-05:00October 19th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

Cassandra Peterson, famously known as pop culture Halloween icon Elvira, isn’t scared anymore — at least not when it comes to saying that, yes, she’s a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Peterson came out in [...]

On HBO’s ‘We’re Here,’ Shangela Is Spreading Pride With a Purpose, Honey

By Eve Kucharski|2021-10-20T13:33:13-04:00October 19th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

You can’t keep Shangela down. Seriously, she came back to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” three times. And now, along with co-stars Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka O’Hara, she’s back for Season 2 of HBO’s “We’re [...]

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At UWM, the Bottom Line Matters, But People Matter More

By Sarah Bricker Hunt|2021-09-30T12:51:46-04:00September 30th, 2021|Features, Sponsored|

Casie Jones, a leadership trainer at United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) in Pontiac, is a straight shooter with a single-minded goal: fostering a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment through education and awareness.  “Diversity is [...]

Meet Reginald Hawkins: Wayne State Student By Day, Pop Artist By Night

By Jackie Jones|2021-09-30T10:10:59-04:00September 30th, 2021|Features, Michigan, Music, News, Pride|

Ferndale Pride performer and Detroit-based Reginald Hawkins is living a double life. By day, they’re a college student worrying about a looming lab deadline. By night, they’re becoming a pop and dance music sensation, expressing their [...]

The Magic of Jason Misleh: DJ Jace M Expects to See You at Ferndale Pride

By D'Anne Witkowski|2021-09-30T09:35:22-04:00September 30th, 2021|Features, Michigan, News, Pride|

Jason Misleh is not a magician, nor is he a puppeteer. He is, however, an expert in making bodies move. Misleh, better known on the club circuit as DJ Jace M, has 20 years of [...]

Richard E. Grant Puts His Best Heel Forward: Veteran Actor on Playing a Gay Warrior Queen in ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-09-16T11:22:11-04:00September 16th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

On the heels of his Oscar-nominated role as Jack Hock in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” alongside Melissa McCarthy, actor Richard E. Grant takes on another aging gay man who embodies AIDS-era homosexuality. This time, [...]

How Sabin, Detroit Drag Royalty and Motor City Pride’s Veteran Host, Learned to Fly Again

By D'Anne Witkowski|2021-09-13T13:44:06-04:00September 13th, 2021|Entertainment, Features, Michigan, Pride|

Never underestimate the power of a hug. It just might save your life. Tyler T. Cooper, best known as Detroit's beautiful, bald and bold drag queen Sabin, knows this all too well.  See, Cooper was [...]

This Lesbian TV Series Creator Made a Show with a Non-Binary Bison and a Strong Female Lead

By D'Anne Witkowski|2021-09-11T11:33:13-04:00September 10th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

Is there really anywhere cooler to live than in a treehouse situated inside the natural history museum your mom helps to run? Especially if the exhibits in the museum came to life at night providing [...]

Meet the Lesbian Screenwriter Who Wrote the ‘Respect’ Movie About Detroit’s Own Aretha Franklin

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-09-09T09:13:24-04:00September 9th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

Aretha Franklin’s journey to self-discovery is seen through the lens of openly lesbian screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson in “Respect,” the biopic starring Jennifer Hudson as Detroit’s own Queen of Soul. In director Liesl Tommy’s film, [...]

This Michigan Couple Is Ready to Open Their Home and Hearts to LGBTQ+ Teens in Need

By Ellen Shanna Knoppow|2021-09-08T09:45:26-04:00September 8th, 2021|Features, Michigan, News, Parenting|

Longtime LGBTQ+ allies and parents Gary and Sheila Bigelow are ready to open their home to a local teen in need of stable housing. It’s been a long journey for the pair. In the '90s, [...]

Flint Author’s Debut Book Captures ‘the Beauty and Pain of Being Black’ While Deconstructing Black Stereotypes

By Jackie Jones|2021-09-02T11:29:20-04:00September 2nd, 2021|Features, Michigan|

Through his use of colloquialism and allusions, Flint poet Jonah Mixon-Webster ruminates on Black societal confines with “Stereo(TYPE).” Originally released in 2018, the second edition of his debut poetry collection, available through Penguin Random House [...]

Guncle to Guncle: Author Steven Rowley and Pride Source’s Editorial Director on the Glories of Gunclehood 

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-08-31T15:49:53-04:00August 30th, 2021|Entertainment, Features, Parenting|

I read Steven Rowley’s third novel “The Guncle” with my 8-year-old niece in mind. After all, his book makes a case for how parenting extends beyond a child’s actual parents. Uncles, aunts, friends, grandma, grandpa, [...]

These Portraits of (Literal) Gay Daddies Will Brighten Your Day

By Jackie Jones|2021-09-01T15:43:46-04:00August 27th, 2021|Features, Parenting|

In an ode to gay fatherhood, photographer Bart Heynen gifts intimate, cute and loving portraits of more than 40 families in his photography book “Dads.”  “So, I’m a gay father myself,” says Heynen. “I found [...]

This Ypsilanti-Raised Queer Trans Asian Actor Is Changing the Face of ‘The L Word’

By D'Anne Witkowski|2021-08-19T10:57:35-04:00August 19th, 2021|Entertainment, Features, Michigan|

Representation matters. And since media representation has a long reach, it matters a whole lot. Leo Sheng knows this all too well, which is why his role playing Micah Lee on “The L Word: Generation [...]

Arthouse Icon Udo Kier and His Co-Star Michael Urie on Their Moving, Queer Cross-Generational Bond in ‘Swan Song’

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-08-18T13:16:12-04:00August 16th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

German character actor Udo Kier is on camera holding old prints of press photos from his previous films over his face like a Halloween mask. He jokes that if a journalist dare ask a terrible [...]

Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig & Leisha Hailey Talk Season 2 of ‘L Word’ Reboot and ‘Problematic’ Old Episodes

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-08-11T17:33:29-04:00August 10th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

 What did the first run of “The L Word” get wrong? It’s a question that was posed to veteran stars Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig on Zoom one recent afternoon.  “Haircuts!” Hailey, [...]

Detroit’s Getting a Lot More Violet Chachki: How the ‘Drag Race’ Winner Finds Power in Performance

By Chene Koppitz|2021-07-30T13:18:36-04:00July 30th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

It takes a preternaturally confident kid to read a homophobic slur about themselves and think, “Oh my god, people are talking about me.” Especially while standing at a urinal in a Catholic elementary school. But [...]

‘God, He’s Been Good’: A Chat With ‘The Voice’ Semi-Finalist Davon Fleming Before His Hotter Than July Gig

By Jason A. Michael|2021-07-19T10:57:38-04:00July 19th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

Davon Fleming is a vocal force to be reckoned with.  Since becoming a semi-finalist on season 13 of "The Voice," Fleming has been touring as a backing vocalist with his "Voice" coach, Jennifer Hudson. He has [...]

Keep Your Pride Season Going With These 8 Queer Artists (and Allies with Receipts)

By Tony Wesley|2021-07-16T11:32:11-04:00July 16th, 2021|Entertainment, Features, Music|

Between sips of White Claw or while sweeping cicadas off of your patio, you’ll want to turn up your speakers to some of our favorite rising LGBTQ+ musicians — and a few allies — that [...]

At Long Last, Live Shows Return to Michigan: 11 Must-See LGBTQ+ Artists Coming To Town

By D'Anne Witkowski|2021-07-14T10:38:35-04:00July 15th, 2021|Entertainment, Features, Michigan, Music, News|

For those of us who love live music — and for those employed by the concert industry — the wait for in-person shows has been very, very long. Here are some much-anticipated live shows featuring [...]

John Grant’s ‘Boy From Michigan’ LP Is His Most Personal Album Yet. And One Of Its Biggest Fans Is Elton John.

By Lawrence Ferber|2021-07-14T09:49:06-04:00July 14th, 2021|Entertainment, Features, Music, Uncategorized|

You won’t find musician John Grant’s new autobiography on the bookstore shelves or via ebook platforms. It’s not that kind of autobiography. Instead, Grant’s memoir, “Boy From Michigan,” is a purely audio experience. A melodic, [...]

How ‘Fear Street’ Became Queer Street: The Super Gay Movie Evolution of R.L. Stine’s Famed Series

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-07-20T11:47:23-04:00July 9th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

Phil Graziadei, the openly gay screenwriter behind Netflix’s new queer-inclusive film trilogy based on spook master R.L. Stine’s classic “Fear Street” series, remembers those teen horror-fiction books well. And he definitely remembers them not being [...]

As Masc Lesbian As She Wants to Be: How Detroit Let Siena Liggins Unleash Her Queer Superpowers

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-07-07T13:57:10-04:00July 7th, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

Everyone thinks they know Siena Liggins. Originally from Saginaw but currently living in Atlanta — the 27-year-old artist has lived all over, really, including North Carolina — Liggins gets a lot of this in her [...]

Pushing for Black ‘Femuline’ Acceptance: Todrick Hall Talks Reinvention, Lil Nas X and Industry Bias

By Eve Kucharski|2021-07-02T10:40:39-04:00July 2nd, 2021|Entertainment, Features|

Todrick Hall is serving bitch but making it, as he says on his latest record, fashòn. The album’s title, “Femuline,'' is exactly as it seems: the blending of feminine and masculine attributes to create a [...]

Normalizing Queerness, One Gay Kiss at a Time: Michael Cimino and George Sear Talk ‘Love, Victor’

By Chris Azzopardi|2021-06-16T11:56:12-04:00June 16th, 2021|Art, Entertainment, Features|

“Love, Victor,” now in its second season, refuses to navigate coming out as simply a one-note experience.  The gay teen-romance, a series spinoff of the groundbreaking “Love, Simon” feature film, launched its debut season last [...]

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