Chris Azzopardi
A Big Love: Robyn Crawford Talks About Her Romance With Whitney Houston
After four decades of speculation that they were romantically involved, Robyn Crawford has spoken her truth: She loved Whitney Houston. In her heartfelt autobiography released late last year, "A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston," Crawford [...]
Life in the Dollyverse
Dolly was there, almost, holding court despite her lack of humanness, as queer writers on assignment huddled giddily in front of her, awe-stricken by the realness of a fake Dolly. I stood, out of body, piled into the country legend's Chasing [...]
Just Some Gay Guy's Best Albums of 2019
10. Miranda Lambert, 'Wildcard' After flooding a sublime double-disc album with her post-divorce feelings (hey, divorce is hard!), Miranda Lambert got her groove back and then finally decided that life is "pretty bitchin,'" a sentiment she shares on [...]
Charlize Theron Talks Queerness In Her Films, Being Woefully Straight & Getting Her Daughter's Pronouns Right
"Oh my god, you're gonna make me cry, stop it," Charlize Theron tells me at the end of our recent phone conversation, humbled. But I'm simply being honest when I express gratitude for her continued dedication in seeing that LGBTQ people are [...]
Gay For Laura Dern: Actress on What Her Gay Babysitter Taught Her, Telling LGBTQ Stories & 'Little Women' Queerness
#GayTwitter icon Laura Dern's queer cultural contributions – being the first to hug Ellen DeGeneres after she came out publicly, the Renata Klein memes, the belted khaki shorts in "Jurassic Park" – are bountiful fodder for social media hyperbole. [...]
Jennifer Beals Talks 'The L Word' Revival, Why She Still Expects Criticism & Being the 'Most Square' Cast Member
When Jennifer Beals speaks to the universe, the universe listens. Or at least it did this one time while the 55-year-old actress was on a hike. She can't recall the exact year, but it was sometime between 1999 and 2002 when she got down on her knees [...]
Jamie Lee Curtis Talks LGBTQ Compassion, Why She Became an Ally & the True Gay Icon of 'Knives Out'
Thirteen minutes with Jamie Lee Curtis was not quite enough time to find out why, even though it was "very important to me" to investigate the sexuality of one of her characters, she's never considered the sexuality of her most enduring, Laurie [...]
Screen Queen: The Johns
Polyester John Waters staged a live chicken decapitation for his 1969 debut feature "Mondo Trasho." In the following year's "Multiple Maniacs," he made anal sex with rosary beads a thing. And in "Pink Flamingos," Divine, his drag muse, [...]
Elizabeth Banks Talks Queering 'Charlie's Angels' & How Kristen Stewart Is 'Definitely Gay' in the Movie
Elizabeth Banks is here for all your lesbian-energy needs. After starring in "Pitch Perfect," which never quite gave a cappella group members Beca and Chloe the full-on queer relationship fans (and even star Anna Kendrick) yearned for, Banks [...]
Q&A: Miranda Lambert on Being a 'Very Proud' LGBTQ Ally, Crying at Pride With Her Gay Brother & Her Queer-Loving God
In June, the queen of modern country music, Miranda Lambert, stood alongside her gay brother, Luke, his husband and her own cop-husband, Brendan McLoughlin, at WorldPride in New York City. She beamed as brightly as the rainbow-colored "PRIDE" [...]
Performer John Duff on Why 'Iconic' Is Overused, Being Understood & Paula Abdul Calling Him 'Strange'
In his 2018 debut music video "Girly," singer-songwriter-director John Duff is seen imitating some of music's biggest pop icons, replicating the shot-by-shot choreography of Madonna's "Hung Up" video and Mariah Carey's gesticulations and [...]
Love Him Little, Love Him Long: John Cameron Mitchell Heads to Ann Arbor With 'Hedwig' Stories, Songs
You very well may have uncovered a truer you thanks to John Cameron Mitchell. Maybe it happened while you were experiencing some kind of divine queer intervention through soul-searching heroine Hedwig Robinson, who comes into herself after making [...]