Chris Azzopardi
Uncovering Columbine
We thought we knew what happened: Two teens terrorized their Colorado high school in 1999, killing 13 people. Right. Then we speculated. The killers, part of the "Trench Coat Mafia," were bullied. They were goth. Maybe they were gay. One student was [...]
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Levi Kreis, 'Where I Belong' Some might say he belongs in their bed, but Levi Kreis' third album's title, "Where I Belong," is really conveying his sense of serenity, overcoming the internal homosexuality vs. religion struggle he fought on his [...]
Losing my sister
Amandine Abraham's sister is gone. Photos in family albums remind her that Janielle Williams, her 29-year-old sibling, is still there – she especially recalls a First Communion picture where Janielle wasn't wearing her veil, unraveled her ponytail [...]
Remembering Bea Arthur
Anyone who perused their status updates on Saturday afternoon probably noticed every gay man on their Facebook was grieving the loss of Beatrice Arthur, an actress best known for her TV and Broadway work. Arthur, 86, died on April 25 of cancer at [...]
Who's that girl?
Samantha Ronson's name wouldn't mean much to those outside the electronic music scene if not for Lindsay Lohan. Legal oopsies, rehab, their hot-and-cold relationship and some wee-hour debauchery fueled tabloids – and late-night talk show jokes – [...]
Three 'Nightstand'
Trina Hamlin's no safer pulled over, aimlessly wandering around somewhere in the Florida Panhandle, than she would've been using her cell while driving. Getting into an accident would, at least, spare the "blues-infused" folkie the embarrassment of [...]
Bar kittens
Michelle Taylor imagined jumping an infinite number of hurdles when she and business partner Lisa Whitehead opened The Chrome Cat in Lansing's Old Town – their first bar venture – in January. But she never thought one of those would be a run-in with [...]
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Pet Shop Boys, 'Yes' The electropop sound the Pet Shop Boys helped revolutionize in the '80s has more than come back – it's turned Lady Gaga into a hyped record-breaking brand. The English duo couldn't have timed this better. Re-claiming Gaga's [...]
Funny games
Even the morning after Suzanne Westenhoefer returned from Dinah Shore Weekend, a big lesbian soiree in Palm Springs where she sang with the Indigo Girls and hung with Katy Perry, she woke up at 6:30 a.m. to make her girlfriend a vanilla chai tea [...]
Everything's Coming Up Patti
People like to call Patti LuPone a diva. She hopes the title refers to her stage command – which earned her a Tony Award for playing Mama Rose in "Gypsy" – and not the demanding, temper-tantrum, entourage-having ways often associated with the term. [...]
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Bob Mould, 'Life and Times' Standing in Bob Mould's light is probably not the best idea. The 48-year-old's a punk legend (Huesker Due in the '70s and Sugar in the '90s) – and in the queer community, a pretty damn cool gay rocker – but the first [...]
Dear dwelling spaces
"I like the kitchen. Our kitchen gets lots of natural light. Plus, I can always find a snack." – James Melton, Detroit "I live in a tiny studio in New York. I don't have rooms." – Jessica Ransom, New York (formerly from Michigan) "Mine is the living [...]