George Michael
Russell Tovey on 'Plainclothes' as a Political Wake-Up Call and the Urgency for Queer Visibility in Film
Russell Tovey has always possessed a low-key magnetism in his work — one that goes beyond his appearance — whether starring in the queer HBO series “Looking” or [...]Read more about Russell Tovey on 'Plainclothes' as a Political Wake-Up Call and the Urgency for Queer Visibility in Film
Frankie Grande on Embracing Queer Joy, His Sexy New Music and Sister Ariana’s Role in His Pop Debut
When Frankie Grande bounces into our Zoom meeting, he radiates enough energy to power a small city. The self-proclaimed “gayest person on earth” is about to [...]Read more about Frankie Grande on Embracing Queer Joy, His Sexy New Music and Sister Ariana’s Role in His Pop Debut
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
Go Paddling on the Rogue River, Deliver Stand-Up at a Queer-Friendly Open Mic, Join a Call for Peace in Gaza
It somehow feels like 2024 is still just getting started, but here we are, racing toward the halfway point. The good news is that there are still many [...]Read more about Go Paddling on the Rogue River, Deliver Stand-Up at a Queer-Friendly Open Mic, Join a Call for Peace in Gaza
That Night I Posed with Billy Porter
I like to think I’ve always been ahead of the times. Contemporary. Progressive. In the know. And I certainly was when it comes to the multi-talented star of FX [...]Read more about That Night I Posed with Billy Porter
Queer Things to Do: Camp With Bears, Vacation Close to Home, Watch Dirty Movies in Public
September is that sweet spot between summer debauchery and holiday madness — don’t let it pass you by without savoring a uniquely Michigan adventure, a sexy [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do: Camp With Bears, Vacation Close to Home, Watch Dirty Movies in Public
Crazy Sexy Time: 'Eurovision' Actor Dan Stevens On How He Out-Gayed Even His Gayest Role
As closeted Russian pop prince Alexander Lemtov, actor Dan Stevens shows up in the Netflix comedy "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" bejeweled [...]Read more about Crazy Sexy Time: 'Eurovision' Actor Dan Stevens On How He Out-Gayed Even His Gayest Role
Musicians, Politicians, Drag Queens Set to Headline Global Pride 2020
LGBTQ musical icons, drag queens and global human rights leaders are set to take part in Global Pride 2020 on June 27, a 24-hour virtual LGBTQ celebration that [...]Read more about Musicians, Politicians, Drag Queens Set to Headline Global Pride 2020
Taylor Swift Calls Out Gay-Hate On New Single. Plus, 7 Other Summer Songs
Taylor Swift is a gay icon on the job! Céline Dion is flying! Katy Perry is not sexualizing buffets! And then, there's MIKA, your "Ice Cream" man, and country [...]Read more about Taylor Swift Calls Out Gay-Hate On New Single. Plus, 7 Other Summer Songs
Jussie Smollett's Empire State of Mind: Out Actor-Activist Talks Defying Hollywood Limitations, Using His Voice For Good, and Pride Past and Present
Really, aside from a fame-catapulting role on "Empire" and a dreamy croon so velvety you could rest your head on it at night, Jussie Smollett is just like you. [...]Read more about Jussie Smollett's Empire State of Mind: Out Actor-Activist Talks Defying Hollywood Limitations, Using His Voice For Good, and Pride Past and Present
Singer George Michael charged with unfit driving
Gay pop singer George Michael is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 11 to face a charge of being an unfit driver. Last October, Michael was found passed out in [...]Read more about Singer George Michael charged with unfit driving
Q Puzzle: "Adult Children of Heterosexuals"
January 1, 2007 Across 1 Improvise, like Robin Williams 6 Word after "penis" 10 Porter's regretful miss 14 Bi role for Salma 15 Future queen of "Star Wars" 16 [...]Read more about Q Puzzle: "Adult Children of Heterosexuals"
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Lily's little house on the 'Prairie' Romeo thinks the best moment to make the film version of something is when the adapted intellectual [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Anna Paquin. Photo: Starfrenzy Russell Tovey is gay superhero The Ray for the CW After Thanksgiving weekend is over and you've [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Our History of Marching on Washington
BY LOU CHIBBARO JR., WASHINGTON BLADE The last Equality March was held in 2009. Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key As thousands descend on Washington, [...]Read more about Our History of Marching on Washington
Q&A: Rachel Griffiths Talks Portraying a Lesbian HIV-Care Nurse in 'When We Rise' & Breaking the Mold with 'Six Feet Under'
Photo: ABC Early in her career, she stole our queer hearts as Toni Collette's freewheeling yang in 1994's buddy comedy "Muriel's Wedding," but before long, [...]Read more about Q&A: Rachel Griffiths Talks Portraying a Lesbian HIV-Care Nurse in 'When We Rise' & Breaking the Mold with 'Six Feet Under'
Remembering George
Across 1 Word that can take "homo" as a prefix 7 Bottomless 11 Christmas poem opener 15 Reign of ___ 16 Stick it in milk 17 Phrase of discovery 18 Flowing, [...]Read more about Remembering George
The Year We Fight Back
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith By now, the crowds have dispersed from Times Square, leaving behind heaps of confetti, deflated balloons and the odd, broken pair of [...]Read more about The Year We Fight Back
I Never Had a Problem with Being Gay': George Michael, LGBT Rights Champion, Remembered
By BTL STAFF George Michael will be remembered for his work as a prominent gay rights campaigner as well as for his glittering pop career, the Guardian [...]Read more about I Never Had a Problem with Being Gay': George Michael, LGBT Rights Champion, Remembered
Cinema Detroit: Inclusion & Faygo Under The Same Roof
By Sarah Bricker-Hunt When co-owners Paula Guthat and her husband Tim put together their weekly movie line-up, it's like a mix tape from a good friend – the [...]Read more about Cinema Detroit: Inclusion & Faygo Under The Same Roof
Me. I Am Mariah...': Carey's Best Album Since 1997
With the glorious powerhouse "Vanishing," off her star-making 1990 debut, Mariah Carey couldn't have known she'd be foreshadowing another release some 25 [...]Read more about Me. I Am Mariah...': Carey's Best Album Since 1997
Hear Me Out: George Michael, Nickel Creek
George Michael, 'Symphonica' Those personal woes, the drugs, the health problems – the toll all that's taken on George Michael's voice must be immense, [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: George Michael, Nickel Creek
Olly Murs Q&A On Gay Rumors, Stripping & Kate Beckinsale Threesome
Olly Murs isn't your average straight dude. The U.K. "X Factor" alum, who recently released his proper stateside debut "Right Place Right Time," has stripped [...]Read more about Olly Murs Q&A On Gay Rumors, Stripping & Kate Beckinsale Threesome
Idina Menzel Defies... Everything
Idina Menzel doesn't do anything halfway – even when she's deciding on her gay faves. "It's so silly," says the homo-hearted theater queen, surfing Google for [...]Read more about Idina Menzel Defies... Everything
Rick Perry
Creep of the Week You don't have to be a political scientist to recognize that Texas Governor Rick Perry is an ignorant prick. But I've got to hand it to [...]Read more about Rick Perry
Family Feud
Across 1 With 69-Across, one side of an alleged feud 5 Fruit that hangs out at a vinyard 10 Hit boxers 14 Carpet layer's calculation 15 Dent in an orange 16 [...]Read more about Family Feud
Hear Me Out: George Michael's 'Faith' gets remastered. Plus: Natasha Bedingfield bores
George Michael, 'Faith (Special Edition)' When he wasn't setting his own monkey free, George Michael was singing about it. The single "Monkey" was, and [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: George Michael's 'Faith' gets remastered. Plus: Natasha Bedingfield bores
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I suggested to a school secretary that she might experience the frustration that a child goes through in the process of learning to write if she tried writing [...]Read more about !thgir ti od ,dik !yeH
George Michael sent to jail
by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Gay pop singer George Michael was jailed for eight weeks in London on Sept. 14 for crashing his car into a building [...]Read more about George Michael sent to jail
Geographical Orientation
Across 1 Their fruits are acorns 5 Take by force 10 Sushi ingredient 14 Buck heroine 15 Where Bruce Wayne kept Dick Grayson 16 "Like ___ not" 17 Start of a [...]Read more about Geographical Orientation
Ring 'La Ronde' the Rosie: Sexual Escapades at The Abreact
By John Quinn "La Ronde" continues through Feb. 26. Photo: The Abreact Performance Space "Sex is natural – sex is fun / Sex is best when it's one on one." And [...]Read more about Ring 'La Ronde' the Rosie: Sexual Escapades at The Abreact
Hear Me Out: Mika's golden, folk-rocker Mason Jennings goes raw
Mika, 'The Boy Who Knew Too Much' Pop's gayest big post-pubescent boy – still probing childish innocence with songs like "We Are Golden," a slyly-written [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Mika's golden, folk-rocker Mason Jennings goes raw
The Dating Diet: If I Could Turn Back Time
By Anthony Paull Don't you love celebrating birthdays when you're not the one getting older? Well, I do. In fact, it's my new, favorite hobby. Why? Well, [...]Read more about The Dating Diet: If I Could Turn Back Time
Letting It Out
Paul Lekakis might be the biggest tease you know, but sex-talk, ambiguity and big, superhero arms were the stud's recipe for late '80s success. As long as [...]Read more about Letting It Out
Trippin' the light fantastic
Parting Glances It's been years since I've had anything alcoholic to drink. But when I was drinking I drank everything. Beer, gin, vodka, rum, tequila, [...]Read more about Trippin' the light fantastic
"Elton's John"
Q Puzzle Across 1 Jackson and McKuen, for example 5 Big swallow 9 "Oh! Calcutta!" group of actors? 14 Like phone sex? 15 Lucci's Erica in "All My [...]Read more about "Elton's John"
M & M
Mariah Carey, 'E=MC2' When Mariah Carey boasts on her 11th album, "E=MC2," "Them other irregularities, they can't compete with M.C.," it's hard to fault her – [...]Read more about M & M
Billy Masters
"Come to think of it, I'm thrilled to be anywhere with high ratings these days." – George W. Bush makes a self-deprecating quip on "Deal or No Deal." He may [...]Read more about Billy Masters
George Michael to perform in U.S., Canada
by Rex Wockner National News Briefs George Michael: For the first time in 17 years, openly gay pop singer George Michael will bring a concert tour to North [...]Read more about George Michael to perform in U.S., Canada
Billy Masters
"Say that camera were your gay lover. Can you give me your gayest look?" – Jay Leno teases little Ryan Phillippe about his experience playing the first gay [...]Read more about Billy Masters
Best beats of '08
Call it the Year of the Diva, or the Year I Became Just That Much Gayer. But how could you not feel overcome by big-female artist albums? Madonna, Mariah, [...]Read more about Best beats of '08
George Michael begins community service
by Rex Wockner Gay pop singer George Michael began performing 100 hours of community service Aug. 13 as part of his punishment for driving while under the [...]Read more about George Michael begins community service
Counting progress in celebrity funerals
by Chris Crain Merv Griffin's obituaries belatedly pried open his closet door, but only far enough to catch a whiff of his sex scandals. When Merv Griffin died [...]Read more about Counting progress in celebrity funerals
Not so 'Idol'
No matter who took the torch last night on "American Idol," Jim Verraros knows one thing: There will never be another Kelly Clarkson. He wasn't put out when [...]Read more about Not so 'Idol'
Blizzard boys
If there's one motto that defines Tony Moran's music-mixing philosophy it's: At your service. "If I was a waiter, I'd be the best fucking waiter in the [...]Read more about Blizzard boys
Gay darlings
Hellogoodbye have been causing quite a stir in the gay community lately. Their video for their New Order-meets-Daft Punk single "Here (In Your Arms)" was an [...]Read more about Gay darlings
Now Playing: Breach reviewed
February 26, 2007 NEW THIS WEEK AT THE MOVIES Breach Ambitious FBI man Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is transferred by the organization to spy on a veteran [...]Read more about Now Playing: Breach reviewed
