Chris Azzopardi
Screen Queen: The Gift Guide
FOR THE NOSTALGIA Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Complete Series For queers of every kind, Pee-wee's Playhouse was a place to hang without feeling weird about being weird. Subverting heteronormativity with its groundbreaking portrayal of a wildly [...]
Q&A: Wanda Sykes On Ruth Ellis, 'Pootie Tang' & The Republican Takeover
Wanda Sykes isn't letting the recent Republican takeover get her down. In fact, considering all the funny fodder it will undoubtedly inspire over the next couple of years, she's all right with the right. "It's bad for the middle class and the [...]
Whitney Houston Live': My Greatest Loves Of All
If anyone epitomized a "moment in time," it was Whitney Houston. At her peak, she unleashed her unmistakable, hit-making voice to seize each one, each song, like it was her last. And then sadly, in 2012 with an impromptu "Jesus Loves Me," one last [...]
Divine Intervention: Bette Midler Talks Early Gay Support, 'Diva' Degradation & Twerking ('Girls, Please!')
Before the whole world knew her as "The Divine Miss M," Bette Milder was ours. In the early '70s, bawdy, belt-y Bette was performing for the NYC bathhouse boys, and don't think she's forgotten it, either. "I mean, if I had a nickel for everybody [...]
Divine' Intervention: Bette Midler Talks Early Gay Support, 'Diva' Degradation & Twerking ('Girls, Please')
Before the whole world knew her as “The Divine Miss M,” Bette Milder was ours. In the early ’70s, bawdy, belt-y Bette was performing for the NYC bathhouse boys, and don’t think she’s forgotten it, either. “I mean, if I [...]
Q&A: Andy Cohen On His (Almost) Tell-All Book, 'Nasty' Names Gays Call Him
Andy Cohen isn't used to sitting in the hot seat. As host of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live," and also executive producer of "The Real Housewives," Cohen spends his nights schmoozing with the likes of Oprah, Lady Gaga and Neil Patrick Harris. But [...]
Q&A: Rising Pop Queen Kiesza On Her Big Gay Following: 'They Supported Me First'
Even before making the streets of New York City her own private dance floor for "Hideaway," Kiesza was courting the queers. The lead single off the 25-year-old's major-label debut, "Sound of a Woman," has certainly boosted her appeal within the [...]
Q&A: Melissa Etheridge On Letting Go, Moving On & The Song 'I Didn't Wanna Do'
Photo: John Tsiavis It's been more than 20 years since Melissa Etheridge, after declaring herself a lesbian at an inaugural ball for President Clinton, came out on record. Released in 1993, the artist's benchmark album, "Yes I Am," would signify a [...]
Why It's OK To Stop Pretending You Don't Like Taylor Swift
Maybe you've heard: Taylor Swift has a new album, her fifth, and it's really good. It's actually the closest thing to a perfect pop release this year (that's right: Nashville's darling has gone full-on '90s bubblegum), which basically means that, [...]
Hear Me Out: Mary Lambert, You+Me
Mary Lambert, 'Heart on My Sleeve' One chorus did wonders for Mary Lambert, the guest vocalist professing romantic interest in a girl on Macklemore's "Same Love." The Seattle slam poet was nominated for two Grammys, a performer at the actual [...]
Q&A: Lisa Kudrow On Judging 'Drag Race' (As Valerie Cherish!) & Gays Being Biologically 'Superhuman'
Photo: Gilles Toucas Ten years without our favorite cupcake-wearing gonzo, Valerie Cherish, is 10 years too long. But the wait's over. You were heard. A decade after "The Comeback" first premiered, the hilariously cringe-y HBO trailblazer that [...]
Q&A: Lisa Kudrow Talks Valerie Cherish On 'Drag Race,' Why Gays Are Biologically 'Superhuman'
Photo: Gilles Toucas Ten years without our favorite cupcake-wearing gonzo, Valerie Cherish, is 10 years too long. But the wait's over. You were heard. A decade after "The Comeback" first premiered, the hilariously cringe-y HBO trailblazer that [...]