Chris Azzopardi
Reflections From the Editor: This Pride, Gratitude For Chosen Family Connection
When I was a closeted kid, the only thing I really liked about church was when the priest asked the congregation to shake a neighbor’s hand and wish them peace. Mass at the church my family attended mostly bored me to the point of frequent [...]
Bowen Yang Is Here, Queer and Leading His Very First (Very Gay) Film with 'Fire Island'
Maybe Bowen Yang will just forever live the Fire Island fantasy wherever he is. Is that what happens when you make a movie in what many consider gay paradise? Who knows, but based on Yang’s attire on Zoom — a beaded, rainbow-colored [...]
With ‘Queer as Folk’ and ‘Hacks,’ Johnny Sibilly Keeps Ascending to New Career Heights
If you think you’ve heard the name Johnny Sibilly, you have. Or at the very least you’ve seen him, whether on FX’s groundbreaking trans-focused series “Pose,” where the 34-year-old actor had a three-episode stint as [...]
WATCH: Billy Eichner Wants to Give You the Gay Orgy You Deserve in NSFW ‘Bros’ Trailer
Justice for gay sex that looks like gay sex!Billy Eichner is on it, and in the R-rated red-band trailer for “Bros,” which debuted today and will easily be the gayest thing you’ve seen all day, he’s already delivering on that [...]
More Than Moana: Auli’i Cravalho on Her New Bisexual Role, Her First Pride and Coming Out on TikTok
It’s still open to interpretation whether Moana is on the queer spectrum, but Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced the Disney princess, can assure you of one thing — she’s a proud bisexual. The 21-year-old actress portrays her first [...]
A Juicy Emergence: Sofi Tukker Talks Inclusive Values, Dancing Together Again and Erotic Fruit
For Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern, better known as Sofi Tukker, it doesn’t need to be Pride for it to feel like a Pride show. The duo has been promoting and practicing the values of inclusivity and self-empowerment in their music and [...]
Perfume Genius Is Getting Back to the Feeling
Alone in the desert, three men, wearing nothing but thongs, do cat-cow stretches on a blanket for nearly two minutes. Tour cities, including Detroit, are read in a faint tone that, as the vintage video progresses, grows weirder and more chilling, the [...]
Patti Harrison Luckily Has a Lot to Say About Being Trans in Hollywood, Poop, Dildos and Elle Fanning
There still aren’t enough trans actors in Hollywood, but at least there’s Patti Harrison. Harrison is currently starring in the big blockbuster rom-com caper “The Lost City,” alongside Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, as the [...]
Power, Putin and, Yes, the Tiger King: John Cameron Mitchell on What We Can Learn About Abusing Authority From Joe Exotic
What could Joe “Tiger King” Exotic and fictional genderqueer arthouse punk-rocker Hedwig Robinson possibly have in common? John Cameron Mitchell.And so, the Farrah Fawcett wig comes off the 58-year-old actor who created Hedwig and brought [...]
Call Me Mentor: Leslie Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson on What They've Learned From Each Other
Leslie Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson, co-stars in the Fox multicam sitcom “Call Me Kat,” are in separate locations on Zoom, tenderly admiring each other. As an openly gay actor, Jackson (“30 Rock” and “All Shook Up,” [...]
How Entertainment Weekly Changed My Life as a Gay Kid and Led Me to Become a Journalist
You wouldn’t be reading this right now if it weren’t for Entertainment Weekly. EW is why I became a journalist. This fact only makes it stranger, and sadder, to say that I can’t believe I won’t receive another issue of EW in [...]
Jonathan Van Ness Talks New Netflix Show, Inspiring LGBTQ+ Youth and Newfound 'Sense of Ease' in Who They Are
Before I talk to Jonathan Van Ness about their new Netflix show, “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness,” they take me on a little on-camera adventure that involves them “needing cuter light.”They do a 180 with the computer. [...]