Cyndi Lauper
In Glam and Gospel, Jake Wesley Rogers Finds God in the Margins
Jake Wesley Rogers is a poet in glitter and leather, a kind of spiritual guide for queer kids growing up in a world that still hasn’t fully figured out how to [...]Read more about In Glam and Gospel, Jake Wesley Rogers Finds God in the Margins
Why Cyndi Lauper's Farewell Tour in Detroit Felt Like, Well, a Suitcase of Memories
I spent 15 years attending the Catholic church (and over 15 years more attending pop concerts), so I can confidently say that pop music shows are a form of [...]Read more about Why Cyndi Lauper's Farewell Tour in Detroit Felt Like, Well, a Suitcase of Memories
Michigan LGBTQ+ Choruses Sing to the Rafters at National GALA Choruses Fest
The GALA Choruses Festival, held July 10-14 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is something to sing about, and not just because six Michigan-based choruses were in [...]Read more about Michigan LGBTQ+ Choruses Sing to the Rafters at National GALA Choruses Fest
New Cyndi Lauper Doc Brings Overdue Spotlight to Queer Ally
Every era in our cultural memory has given rise to popular artists that helped to define them, but few can be said to have made as definitive an impact as Cyndi [...]Read more about New Cyndi Lauper Doc Brings Overdue Spotlight to Queer Ally
Her True Colors, Still Shining Through: Cyndi Lauper Talks Reflective New Era, Farewell Tour and Championing LGBTQ+ Causes
At 70, Cyndi Lauper’s special place in pop music history can be seen everywhere you look. Look around at abortion rights rallies and you’ll see “Girls Just Want [...]Read more about Her True Colors, Still Shining Through: Cyndi Lauper Talks Reflective New Era, Farewell Tour and Championing LGBTQ+ Causes
Caitlyn Jenner Blames 'Woke Teachers' for the Existence o Trans Kids
As the old Cyndi Lauper song goes, “Money changes everything.”No matter how many times US Weekly proclaims "stars — they’re just like us!” it’s just not [...]Read more about Caitlyn Jenner Blames 'Woke Teachers' for the Existence o Trans Kids
Who Should Grace Detroit's Motor City Pride Stage?
A lot goes into selecting Motor City Pride performers — including the all-important money consideration. And so you won’t find Mariah Carey (if only), who [...]Read more about Who Should Grace Detroit's Motor City Pride Stage?
Cher Talks Christmas Album, Anti-LGBTQ+ 'Insanity' and Why She Never Took Credit for Co-Writing ‘Believe’
Calling Cher an old friend to Cher feels completely natural — well, almost.
Cher Can Do Whatever She Damn Well Pleases, Even If It's This Controversial Album Art
Cher is stirring up some mixed internet feelings with that Christmas cover.
Watch University of Michigan Marching Band Spell Out Its LGBTQ+ Support
The University of Michigan Marching Band had a gay – LGBTQ+, rather – ol' time at last Saturday's game. During the homecoming halftime show, the band paid [...]Read more about Watch University of Michigan Marching Band Spell Out Its LGBTQ+ Support
At Long Last, Live Shows Return to Michigan: 11 Must-See LGBTQ+ Artists Coming To Town
For those of us who love live music — and for those employed by the concert industry — the wait for in-person shows has been very, very long. Here are some [...]Read more about At Long Last, Live Shows Return to Michigan: 11 Must-See LGBTQ+ Artists Coming To Town
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 [...]Read more about Just Some Gay Guy's Best Albums of 2019
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Jane Lynch and Cyndi Lauper really want a 'Golden Girls' reboot You've seen "Shark Tank," so you know what a "pitch" is. No? OK, it's when [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
She Bop, We Bop: Carly Rae Jepsen Talks 'Gift' of LGBTQ Fans, Gay Magic & Mullet Power
It's certainly not Carly Rae Jepsen's fault that the English language is, at least when she needs it most, a total let-down. It offers her scant synonyms for [...]Read more about She Bop, We Bop: Carly Rae Jepsen Talks 'Gift' of LGBTQ Fans, Gay Magic & Mullet Power
This Queer World, According to Anna Paquin: Actress Talks 'Tricky' Representation & Understated LGBTQ Roles
Enough with the labels: Anna Paquin just wants LGBTQ people to be people. As star and executive producer of Pop TV's "Flack," Paquin's celeb-PR spin doctor, [...]Read more about This Queer World, According to Anna Paquin: Actress Talks 'Tricky' Representation & Understated LGBTQ Roles
Biden Launches Campaign Promoting LGBTQ Acceptance
The Biden Foundation on Tuesday introduced "As You Are: A Family and Community Acceptance Campaign," aimed at boosting the acceptance of LGBTQ youth by their [...]Read more about Biden Launches Campaign Promoting LGBTQ Acceptance
Trans Singer Shea Diamond Moved Prisoners With Her Music While In Jail. Now, the World.
Even in prison, Shea Diamond was a star. The concrete floor her stage, the men her audience. And the acoustics? "The best," Diamond says. The 40-year-old soul [...]Read more about Trans Singer Shea Diamond Moved Prisoners With Her Music While In Jail. Now, the World.
Robyn Is Coming. Plus, 6 Other Albums That Will Make This Year Suck Less.
That Britney album better come quick – preferably before the world combusts from nuclear warfare. On the horizon for the rest of what's shaping up to be a very [...]Read more about Robyn Is Coming. Plus, 6 Other Albums That Will Make This Year Suck Less.
Biden Foundation Sets Up Advisory Councils for Women, LGBT Rights
Former Vice President Joseph Biden, among the potential Democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential election, announced on Monday the creation of two new [...]Read more about Biden Foundation Sets Up Advisory Councils for Women, LGBT Rights
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Toni Collette, is set to star in Armistead Maupin's "The Night Listener." 'Night' comes for Williams and Collette The big screen [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
July 2006 highlights
She/he Said “You weasel your way out of it while trying not to be offensive. If that had been my inclination, I could’ve been a great trophy boyfriend. A kept [...]Read more about July 2006 highlights
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 [...]Read more about Kelly Osbourne Talks Being Open to Dating Women ('Never Say Never'), Celebs She Knows Who Use Sexuality For Publicity & Why 'Everybody's Gay'
A Year in Review: What the Celebs Said
Beyond Mariah Carey calling me "dahhhling" in her famous diva affectation as my childhood self landed somewhere over the moon, a lot happened in 2016. Acting [...]Read more about A Year in Review: What the Celebs Said
Screen Queen
Death Becomes Her Character development, be damned. The archetypes in the Robert Zemeckis-directed commentary on showbiz superficiality and the general [...]Read more about Screen Queen
Hear Me Out: Cyndi Lauper, Rihanna
Cyndi Lauper, 'Detour' Girls just want to have… a country album? If you're Cyndi Lauper and your repertoire is as delightfully ADHD as hers – the American [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Cyndi Lauper, Rihanna
Nick Jonas on Inspiring Drag Kings, His 'Very Welcoming' Gay Club Experience and How His Man Bod Changed His Life
Photo: Yu Tsai Boys do Nick Jonas sometimes, but it's mostly girls. They dress up as the pop star, emulating his rousing onstage persona and donning denim that [...]Read more about Nick Jonas on Inspiring Drag Kings, His 'Very Welcoming' Gay Club Experience and How His Man Bod Changed His Life
Cyndi Lauper on Fame, Going Country & Wanting to Star In 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' with Madonna
Photo: Chapman Baehler It's not just about having fun anymore. For Cyndi Lauper, music runs deeper than her '80s-era eccentricities may have seemed to [...]Read more about Cyndi Lauper on Fame, Going Country & Wanting to Star In 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' with Madonna
Confessions of a Superfan: Why a Self-Proclaimed 'Front-Row Bitch' Wrote 581 Pages on Madonna
Photo: Gregory Pace Matthew Rettenmund is only kidding, but his enduring commitment to Madonna isn't lost on him when he jokes, "She has me on speed hang-up." [...]Read more about Confessions of a Superfan: Why a Self-Proclaimed 'Front-Row Bitch' Wrote 581 Pages on Madonna
Hear Me Out: Carly Rae Jepsen, Robyn
Carly Rae Jepsen, 'E*MO*TION' Carly Rae Jepsen came out of nowhere, seized radio, dug a hole in your head and planted a little song there named "Call Me [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Carly Rae Jepsen, Robyn
Q&A: Carly Rae Jepsen On How Justin Bieber Made 'My Dreams Come True,' The Sly Gayness Of 'Call Me Maybe' & Becoming An LGBT Activist
Carly Rae Jepsen is calling – and no, not maybe. This is a real-life phone date (pegged, of course, to the release of her latest synth-pop concoction, [...]Read more about Q&A: Carly Rae Jepsen On How Justin Bieber Made 'My Dreams Come True,' The Sly Gayness Of 'Call Me Maybe' & Becoming An LGBT Activist
Hear Me Out: 11 Songs To Pimp Your Pride Playlist
You don't have to part with your Madonna. You can keep your Diana Ross, your other divas and all the queer classics that stoke your Pride playlist. But is [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: 11 Songs To Pimp Your Pride Playlist
Q&A: Harvey Fierstein Opens Up On The Success Of 'Kinky Boots,' His 'Legendary Disaster' & 'Insulting' Double Standards
Photo: Bruce Glikas "I'm sorry," Harvey Fierstein growls in his unmistakable Brooklyn gravel, "I gotta go on with my life." And so, after our insightful [...]Read more about Q&A: Harvey Fierstein Opens Up On The Success Of 'Kinky Boots,' His 'Legendary Disaster' & 'Insulting' Double Standards
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 [...]Read more about Screen Queen: The Gift Guide
Why Jason Mraz Won't Kiss & Tell: 'I've Spoken Up For The Things That Are Important To Me'
I won't tell you what Jason Mraz told me during our interview in early 2012. Realizing after the fact that a political remark could potentially shake up his [...]Read more about Why Jason Mraz Won't Kiss & Tell: 'I've Spoken Up For The Things That Are Important To Me'
Whoopi Goldberg Q&A: 'Nobody Wanted Me But The Gay Community'
Never one to give a flying you-know-what, Whoopi Goldberg has made a career out of not caring. Ask her about her sexuality – to some, a lingering enigma since [...]Read more about Whoopi Goldberg Q&A: 'Nobody Wanted Me But The Gay Community'
Hear Me Out: Cyndi Lauper, Elton John
Cyndi Lauper, 'She's So Unusual' Essayist Jancee Dunn (co-author of "Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir") sums up the influence, reach and enduring relevance of Cyndi [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Cyndi Lauper, Elton John
Hear Me Out: Top 10 of '13
10. Arcade Fire, 'Reflektor' Winning the big daddy of Grammys for "The Suburbs" didn't just change Arcade Fire's career - an Album of the Year trophy will do [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Top 10 of '13
A Year In Review: What The Celebs Said
In her first gay press interview, Christian-crossover legend Amy Grant welcomed the gay community to church, a boy bander admitted to being a "fag hag" and [...]Read more about A Year In Review: What The Celebs Said
Cyndi Lauper Q&A On 'Unbelievable' Tony Win, Why She Got Emotional & Gay Fans
Even before this year's Tonys, the legendary Cyndi Lauper was already considered a champion. A champion of the Grammys. A champion of the pop charts. A [...]Read more about Cyndi Lauper Q&A On 'Unbelievable' Tony Win, Why She Got Emotional & Gay Fans
Hear Me Out: 'Kinky Boots,' The National
'Kinky Boots' (Original Broadway Cast Recording) "The world seemed brighter six inches off the ground." So goes the drag-inspired fabulousness of the British [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: 'Kinky Boots,' The National
Sweeping Inaugural Address Includes Gays
By Lisa Keen "We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it [...]Read more about Sweeping Inaugural Address Includes Gays
Hear Me Out: 'Girls' Soundtrack Impresses With 'Quarter-Life Crisis' Music
'Girls Soundtrack, Volume 1' Robyn's sad-but-liberating "Dancing on My Own" already made life infinitely better, but then HBO's groundbreaking series "Girls" [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: 'Girls' Soundtrack Impresses With 'Quarter-Life Crisis' Music
Live Lauper at last
By Gregg Shapiro More than 25 years after Bette Midler, Cyndi Lauper, a diva with an equally sizable gay following, has put out a concert DVD. Live At Last [...]Read more about Live Lauper at last
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Mraz On 'Open' Sexuality, Threesomes and What He Really Meant In Instinct
How cool is Jason Mraz? For one, his unwavering fight for equal rights led him to shoot a Human Rights Campaign video recently; he's also waiting to wed until [...]Read more about EXCLUSIVE: Jason Mraz On 'Open' Sexuality, Threesomes and What He Really Meant In Instinct
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Weinsteins pick up Madonna's 'W.E.' The Weinstein Company has picked up Madonna's second feature as a director, "W.E.," for American [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Hear Me Out: Robyn continues hot streak on second 'Body Talk.' Plus: Fantasia can't find her way
Robyn, 'Body Talk Pt. 2' On "Hang with Me," Robyn's lead single from part two in her "Body Talk" series, the every-girl of (smart) pop is hesitant to fall in [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Robyn continues hot streak on second 'Body Talk.' Plus: Fantasia can't find her way
Jason Mraz: He's Ours
Jason Mraz 7 p.m. Sept. 16 EMU Convocation Center 799 N. Hewitt Road, Ypsilanti $22-$42 http://www.emutix.com Jason Mraz is all love, because even when the [...]Read more about Jason Mraz: He's Ours
