Chris Azzopardi
EXCLUSIVE: Goldie Hawn & Amy Schumer Talk Gay 'Mutual Love,' Lesbian Relationships & How They Will 'Fight to the Death' For LGBT People
"We're serious bitches too," says Amy Schumer, nearly in tears. The comic firecracker is seated next to national gay-loved treasure Goldie Hawn, and the screen icon has just made a touching revelation: She used to comfort men dying of AIDS. Perhaps [...]
Q&A: Lea Michele on Gays in Her Bed, Girl Crushes & Why 'It's So Inspiring' to Watch Old Episodes of 'Glee'
Photo: Eric Ray Davidson/Sony Music Lea Michele knows exactly where her life is headed. "It's just gonna be me in bed with gay people and I'm gonna be alone forever like Cher," the powerhouse playfully foretells, "and that's totally fine by me." If [...]
Kelly Osbourne Talks Being Open to Dating Women ('Never Say Never'), Celebs She Knows Who Use Sexuality For Publicity & Why 'Everybody's Gay'
Photo: Darren Tieste Hollywood spitfire and staunch LGBT ally Kelly Osbourne is feeling tense about her first book, "There Is No F*cking Secret: Letters from a Badass Bitch," out April 25. After all, "What if I change my opinion by the time it comes [...]
Randy Rainbow on His Journey to Being an Internet Sensation, Made-For-Showbiz Name and the Unifying Influence of His Famous Parodies
If laughter really is the best medicine, political satirist Randy Rainbow just might be your Prozac for the next four years. His buzzy, self-produced video parodies, from last year's Clinton vs. Trump debates to a recent poke at presidential [...]
Billy Porter Talks Protest Music & His Play on the 'Lost Generation' of Gay Men, Hints at Returning to 'Kinky Boots'
Photo: Ron Cadiz / Sony Music Entertainment Iconic soulstress Nina Simone questioned her place in the world as a black woman after learning of four young African-American girls who were killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in [...]
Drag Race' Alum Carmen Carrera Transitioned From Male to Female Post Show - Now, She's Helping the World Transition Too
Photo: Fusion Carmen Carrera calls herself a "changed" person after competing on the third season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" in 2011. Following her stint on the show, the Puerto Rican-Peruvian model transitioned from male to female and now uses her own [...]
Melissa Etheridge Talks Donald Trump ('I Will Not Fear This'), Inspiration for Upcoming Songs, the Word 'Woke' & Weed 101
Photo: Myriam Santos "You keep doing what you're doing, you keep being out, you keep being beautiful," Melissa Etheridge tells me, as if to emphasize the present-day significance of simply being your queer self. The Grammy-winning rock icon, whose [...]
Screen Queen: Best Picture Winner 'Moonlight' & John Waters' 'Multiple Maniacs'
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Perhaps you stumbled onto the acclaimed, queer mind of Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar via his latest work, 2016's "Julieta." Or maybe it was his homoerotic melodrama, which involved a gay filmmaker, said [...]
Kathy Griffin Talks Activism in Trump's America, Her 'Wet Dream' Kellyanne Conway & Who's Coming to Her 'Fire Island' Viewing Party
Of course Kathy Griffin's manager asks if our conversation is being recorded – have you heard her talk? Luckily, the celeb-skewering, gay-loving, Trump-hating comedienne's filterless mouth moves at a meteoric pace, which is good news for anyone who [...]
Q&A: LeAnn Rimes on HRC Ally Award, Avoiding Political Talk & the Closeted Country Stars Who Motivated Her Activism
Photo: Steven Sebring The moonlight can wait – LeAnn Rimes is busy fighting for our rights. On a recent afternoon, the country-prodigy-turned-genre-bender calls in after finishing her daily meditation (hey, times are tough), a practice she started a [...]
Hear Me Out: Ryan Adams, LeAnn Rimes
Ryan Adams, 'Prisoner' Ryan Adams, known in part for making Taylor Swift cooler to pop-resistant granola girls (he recorded, in full, a beautiful version of her Grammy-winning "1989" behemoth), is back to his old tricks on "Prisoner." As usual, [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Sarandon on 'Up For Grabs' Sexuality, Ryan Murphy's 'Feud' & Her Response to Those Who 'Blame Me' For the Election
Maybe gay people are customarily compelled to thank Susan Sarandon for her longstanding advocacy, because that's how I begin my frank, anything-goes conversation with the 70-year-old multi-hyphenate. After all, no matter where you stand on [...]