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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
Jonathan Skurnik: The Director Back in the 1970s, as a gender-fluid kid who painted his toenails and played with dolls, Jonathan Skurnik was bullied in school. Still, Skurnik’s parents never discouraged his behavior, and he [...]
Seven years before Greyson Chance came out in 2017 in an open-hearted and emotional Instagram post, he became a viral sensation thanks to Ellen DeGeneres. The year was 2010 when Chance’s profile rocketed after appearing [...]
Jamal Jordan traveled all over the world while making “Queer Love In Color,” a book of photos and essays. But one place was particularly notable: Detroit. “All the couples in Detroit were very cool for [...]
It’s hard enough finding a role model and road map for life as a marginalized individual. Chella Man already knows this, of course. The artist, actor, model and activist is deaf, genderqueer, Jewish, half-Chinese and [...]
FERNDALE — What do you get when you combine The Ringwald — a theater with a mission to give voice to LGBTQ+ and other marginalized people — Theatre NOVA — a theater dedicated to showcasing [...]
Leyna Bloom made a splash this year for being the first Black and Asian openly trans woman to be featured in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, out in July. But even before reaching that [...]
Courtney Craven was napping in the bedroom when their partner Susan Banks — in the living room playing a video game — suffered a massive stroke and died. The couple had recently launched “Can I Play [...]
This interview contains some spoilers for Season 2 of Netflix‘s "Special." A gay man with cerebral palsy. You won’t find that kind of important representation just any time you flick on the TV, which [...]
Listen, queers, we know you’ve been thirsty for a Hot Gay Summer™ since the one that didn’t happen in 2020. While I can’t promise you that you’ll be able to safely flaunt those quarantine cakes [...]
Lev Raphael has done it again. Known as a literary voice who often weaves his Jewish heritage and his LGBTQ+ identity into bestsellers, Raphael has written 27 books to date, ranging in genre from literary [...]
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but when that picture comes from a carefully crafted photo shoot, you can bet the result is a combination of at least a thousand ideas, [...]
Are Alaska Thunderfuck’s filthy jokes about Jeffrey Epstein, “genderfluids,” labia and poop too much for our world on fire? Alaska, even though she has a song called “Anus,” thought maybe they were. She wasn’t sure [...]
For six seasons, queer nonbinary actor, activist and author Nico Tortorella has starred as Josh, the delightfully brooding (straight) tattoo artist, on super-queer TV Land dramedy “Younger.” Created, executive produced and written by openly gay [...]
Last summer, Justice Smith wasn’t coming out but, instead, making a statement in solidarity with the Black trans and queer community. On Instagram, the 25-year-old actor posted a video while attending a protest against white [...]
It’s the early 1970s in the U.S. There is an energy crisis with long lines at gas pumps, fuel rationing and station owners posting signs declaring that they’re “bone dry.” All this at a time [...]
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