Chris Azzopardi
Melissa Etheridge Has Chosen Hope for 'Beautiful Change' Over Fear in Uncertain Times
Throughout her dynamic three-decade career, Melissa Etheridge has beat cancer and weathered the devastating emotional toll of the AIDS crisis. Having overcome her own battles, the music legend consequently became a beacon of strength, resilience [...]
Q&A: Sean Hayes on Playing a Woman in Earnest and the Definitive End of 'Will & Grace'
Under any other conditions, it might seem strange to tell Sean Hayes what I'm wearing. Given that Hayes dons a plush robe to play a do-nothing cisgender woman named Susan O'Connell – hence the movie's name, "Lazy Susan" – it makes some sense that I [...]
Q&A: Brandy Clark Talks Being Gay in Country Music, Coming Out and Politics
So, about doing an LGBTQ press interview such as this one: coveted out country music singer-songwriter Brandy Clark is really into it. "This is exciting for me," she tells me one recent afternoon. To be clear, Clark, who's been carrying the torch [...]
Wilson Cruz Talks 'Visible,' His Groundbreaking Gay Role & Its Legacy
The first openly gay actor to play an openly gay series regular in a leading role on TV, Wilson Cruz has witnessed firsthand the changing tides of TV representation. Cruz paved the way for shows such as "Will & Grace" and "Ellen" with his [...]
Jake Shears Talks New Scissor-Sounding 'Meltdown,' His Next Dance Album and Judith Light
Chill vibes permeated his 2018 self-titled solo album, but Jake Shears feels like dancing again. Shears' latest single "Meltdown" is a club banger with shared Scissor Sisters disco DNA – which is exactly the point. Because even though the band has [...]
The Madness of Martha Wash: Disco Queen Talks New Album, Snatching Gays & Sylvester Memories
On her new album, "Love & Conflict," Martha Wash is far removed from her disco days, when she became known as half of The Weather Girls. With the late Izora Rhodes-Armstead, the duo began their career as Two Tons O' Fun. They shot to stardom in [...]
Q&A: Meghan Trainor on LGBTQ-Influenced Body Confidence & Tipping Drag Queens with Sam Smith's Money
It's not necessarily all about that bass. It's also all about that time Sam Smith – yes, that Sam Smith – slipped Meghan Trainor some singles so she could tip some Meghan Trainor drag queens. Because even before Trainor captured adoration from the [...]
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. [...]