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How Taylor Swift’s Music Gave a Trans Scholar Her Girlhood
When Harvard professor and celebrated poet Stephanie Burt listens to Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen,” she doesn't just hear a bittersweet teenage memory wrapped [...]Read more about How Taylor Swift’s Music Gave a Trans Scholar Her Girlhood
When Queens Clash, Culture Wins: Gottmik and Violet Chachki on Creative Tension and Turning Chaos into Queer Defiance
What do you get when two of drag’s boldest rule-breakers turn their creative tension into a pop anthem? A total knockout, literally. With their debut musical [...]Read more about When Queens Clash, Culture Wins: Gottmik and Violet Chachki on Creative Tension and Turning Chaos into Queer Defiance
'Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero' Set to Premiere at Lansing's Capital City Film Fest
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero," the world's first animated feature centered on a drag queen superhero, will make its Michigan premiere April 9 [...]Read more about 'Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero' Set to Premiere at Lansing's Capital City Film Fest
From Movement to Electric Forest and Beyond: Your Queer Guide to Music Festivals
Something about a music festival feels intrinsically and irrevocably queer. Perhaps it’s the fact that they pretty much originated, at least in the United [...]Read more about From Movement to Electric Forest and Beyond: Your Queer Guide to Music Festivals
Sharon Stone Talks Queerness in New Series, LGBTQ Activism & What Her Dad Meant to Her Gay Friends
That scene. You know the one: the one in "Basic Instinct" where Sharon Stone's legs are open. It's been talked about and talked about, and talked about some [...]Read more about Sharon Stone Talks Queerness in New Series, LGBTQ Activism & What Her Dad Meant to Her Gay Friends
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Get ready for a Roy Cohn-ucopia Did you miss the Roy Cohn lesson in queer history class? Do you still not know about the closeted, Trump-mentoring, [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
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.
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By Romeo San Vicente 'Downton Abbey' matriarch cage match! The only thing that could possibly be better than watching "Downton Abbey"'s Maggie Smith, as the [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Living Life Out Loud
By Taras Berezowsky Even with a wintry mix outside, chatting with Lori Michaels is enough to get anyone thinking warm – even hot – thoughts. Michaels, a [...]Read more about Living Life Out Loud
Michael Buble on Leaving an LGBT-Affirming Legacy, Man Crushes That Make Him 'Wet,' DL Celebs & His Male Admirers
"You know what I'll be Googling tonight: Buble, gay, queer, all that stuff," says Michael Buble one recent afternoon, after being informed that said search [...]Read more about Michael Buble on Leaving an LGBT-Affirming Legacy, Man Crushes That Make Him 'Wet,' DL Celebs & His Male Admirers
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By Romeo San Vicente McKellen and Minogue make 'Magic' Ian McKellen can't get enough of being a wizard. He's just finished voicing the role of Zebedee, a [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Q&A: Kylie Minogue Talks First Christmas Album, 'Hating' the Boxes People Put Her In & Her Mistletoe Man ('You Should Love Who You Love')
Photo: Will Baker How does Kylie Minogue make the yuletide gay? "By singing about it," she says, giggling the cutest Kylie giggle. And then she does just that [...]Read more about Q&A: Kylie Minogue Talks First Christmas Album, 'Hating' the Boxes People Put Her In & Her Mistletoe Man ('You Should Love Who You Love')
The Big Daddy Of Dance: Giorgio Moroder Dishes On Producing Cher & Janet, Talks Gay-Bait Bathhouse Oblivion
It's been 35 years since Giorgio Moroder and Cher hooked up for a late-night session to produce "Bad Love," the diva's disco rave-up from the soundtrack of [...]Read more about The Big Daddy Of Dance: Giorgio Moroder Dishes On Producing Cher & Janet, Talks Gay-Bait Bathhouse Oblivion
Betty You-Know-Who: From GSA Vice President To Motor City Pride
Photo: Molly Cranna Betty Who doesn't just shake hands – she hugs. As she vows to look for little ol' me in the crowd during Motor City Pride ("I'm 17 times [...]Read more about Betty You-Know-Who: From GSA Vice President To Motor City Pride
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 [...]Read more about Q&A: Rising Pop Queen Kiesza On Her Big Gay Following: 'They Supported Me First'
Kylie Minogue Q&A On Australia's 'Backwards' Gay Marriage Ban, Sex Songs & Starting Over
Kylie Minogue knows the power of fate, determination and survival. That along with her many celestial-pop confections (and, let's face it, lots of gays) have [...]Read more about Kylie Minogue Q&A On Australia's 'Backwards' Gay Marriage Ban, Sex Songs & Starting Over
Hear Me Out: Kylie Minogue, Kid Cudi
Kylie Minogue, 'Kiss Me Once' You gotta feel bad for every non-gay American not currently enraptured by Kylie Minogue. Sure, they know the Aussie diva for [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Kylie Minogue, Kid Cudi
Hear Me Out: Robin Thicke, Kanye West
Robin Thicke, 'Blurred Lines' It's probably safe to call "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke's ubiquitous dirty ditty that your grandma can't get enough of (hey, [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Robin Thicke, Kanye West
Screen Queen: The Guilt Trip, Funny Girl
The Guilt Trip Playing down the divadom, Barbra Streisand masticates a mammoth steak and wears mom jeans for her first leading-actress role since 1996's "The [...]Read more about Screen Queen: The Guilt Trip, Funny Girl
Queer Eye' turns its gaze on straight girls
By BTL Staff Ever since the success of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," more than a few straight girls have been waiting for their turn to have their lives [...]Read more about Queer Eye' turns its gaze on straight girls
Screen Queen: Holy Motors, Top Gun
Screen Queen Holy Motors A hypnotic fever dream of wildly intoxicating weirdness, the twisted premise of director Leos Carax's cinematically self-aware [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Holy Motors, Top Gun
Hear Me Out: Drake Jensen Is Country Weak
Drake Jensen, 'OUTlaw' Is the world ready for its first openly gay male country-music star? We might not know for sure with Drake Jensen's "OUTlaw" – and not [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Drake Jensen Is Country Weak
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By Romeo San Vicente Matt Bomer. Photo: Warner Bros Lesbian happy endings coming soon from 'Carol' In 1952, Patricia Highsmith's romance novel "The Price of [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Q&A: Kylie Minogue On 25 Years Of Gay Fans, Bad Fashion & Girl Kisses
Kylie Minogue was just 19 when she landed a record deal that would turn the soap star into a singing superstar. This year marks a quarter-century of Kylie, [...]Read more about Q&A: Kylie Minogue On 25 Years Of Gay Fans, Bad Fashion & Girl Kisses
Hear Me Out: Kylie Minogue Strips Down For New Album
Kylie Minogue, 'The Abbey Road Sessions' It's practically an unspoken rule that being gay means you have to adore Kylie Minogue. We take her seriously. But [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Kylie Minogue Strips Down For New Album
Hear Me Out: Kylie Minogue keeps the compilations coming. Plus: 'Rock of Ages' surprises
Kylie Minogue, 'The Best of Kylie Minogue' After two decades of niche fame, Kylie Minogue's camp isn't giving up on demonstrating to the non-gay public the [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Kylie Minogue keeps the compilations coming. Plus: 'Rock of Ages' surprises
Hear Me Out: Special LIVE Edition
Adele, 'Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall' Adele sings sad love songs, but when she speaks? The British belter is a cursing firecracker (so much so that [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Special LIVE Edition
Hear Me Out: Kelly Rowland can't live up to bold title
Kelly Rowland, 'Here I Am' It's never a good sign when an album's street date gets pushed back – especially by a year. But for Kelly Rowland, whose junior LP [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Kelly Rowland can't live up to bold title
Hear Me Out: Not feeling the 'Love?' on Jennifer Lopez's new album
Jennifer Lopez, 'Love?' On her first album in four years, J.Lo isn't waiting for tonight – it's already here. There's debaucherous drinking and dancing on [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Not feeling the 'Love?' on Jennifer Lopez's new album
Homo for the Holidays
Nov. 25 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC; 9 a.m.) The 84th annual march through midtown Manhattan will feature performances by Big Rush, Victoria Justice [...]Read more about Homo for the Holidays
Hear Me Out: Sugarland sucks country out of fourth album. Plus: Paula Cole does the '90s
Sugarland, 'The Incredible Machine' Having already bent country music during their glorious hit-making, genre-shaking run, change seemed inevitable for [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Sugarland sucks country out of fourth album. Plus: Paula Cole does the '90s
Hear Me Out: Lots to love on Kylie Minogue's 'Aphrodite.' Plus: '30 Rock' actress makes (hilarious!) cabaret debut
Kylie Minogue, 'Aphrodite' As if gay men haven't already crowned Kylie Minogue the queen of dreamy dance-pop, her 11th studio album names itself after the [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Lots to love on Kylie Minogue's 'Aphrodite.' Plus: '30 Rock' actress makes (hilarious!) cabaret debut
Kylie Queers It Up
That sex-talk makes Kylie Minogue shy isn't something anyone who's seen her hoisted to the top of an orgy in her video for "All the Lovers" would think about [...]Read more about Kylie Queers It Up
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
By Lawrence Ferber With his second solo outing, "Non-Stop" (Mute), Erasure vocalist Andy Bell is behind the wheel of a shiny new electropop model. [...]Read more about Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Hear Me Out: Andy Bell's so-so second CD. Plus: Country singer comes out - but how's her new album?
Andy Bell, 'Non-Stop' The new-wave band Andy Bell was born from, Erasure, had a knack for bundling heavy issues in breezy, head-hogging synth-pop. On Bell's [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Andy Bell's so-so second CD. Plus: Country singer comes out - but how's her new album?
Small talk with Little Boots
Walk a mile in Victoria Hesketh's Little Boots and you'll realize why every man over the rainbow hearts her. She's cute, fun and sounds like the second coming [...]Read more about Small talk with Little Boots
Hear Me Out: Little Boots gives us her 'Hands,' k.d. lang quenches a constant craving on best-of
Little Boots, 'Hands' Good pop doesn't work too hard. So luckily, few beads of sweat trickle from the electro shimmer of Victoria "Little Boots" Hesketh's [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Little Boots gives us her 'Hands,' k.d. lang quenches a constant craving on best-of
Hear Me Out: 'Idol' frontrunner finds her voice, Mary J. Blige weaker with 'Stronger'
Hear Me Out Katharine McPhee, 'Unbroken' Now a blonde, you wouldn't recognize the former "Idol" frontrunner on the cover of her second album. That's [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: 'Idol' frontrunner finds her voice, Mary J. Blige weaker with 'Stronger'
Book Marks: Impossible Princess, My Red Blood, A Report from Winter
by Richard Labonte "Impossible Princess," by Kevin Killian. City Lights Books, 168 pages, $14.95 paper. What's the secret of Killian's prodigious talents with [...]Read more about Book Marks: Impossible Princess, My Red Blood, A Report from Winter
Gift Guide Editor's Pick: Band Hero
Me rocking out is like a vegan gnawing on a pork chop. So when Band Hero was announced, and I learned that I could revel in my stereotypically gay side with [...]Read more about Gift Guide Editor's Pick: Band Hero
The Cliks' pop-rock clicks, Cazwell dirties our ears
The Cliks, 'Dirty King' We like a good split personality – Pink, Eminem and Beyonce can seamlessly morph from badass to wimp. Lucas Silveira, welcome to the [...]Read more about The Cliks' pop-rock clicks, Cazwell dirties our ears
Television's New Revolution
By Rohin Guha So there's a sea change slowly washing over television. While we as a nation tiptoe closer to civil rights for LGBT individuals, television is [...]Read more about Television's New Revolution
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Lily Allen, 'It's Not Me, It's You' We could use more Lily Allens in the world. That is, ballsy smarty-pants who say whatever flies off their tongues [...]Read more about Hear Me Out
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Mariah releases 'Ballads' in time for V-Day Mariah Carey, 'The Ballads' Before Mariah shed her girl-next-door image – and just about every article of clothing [...]Read more about Hear Me Out
X' equals Z's
Kylie Minogue, 'X' Kylie Minogue is enraptured by a man on "Like a Drug," a fuzzed-out, hyperactive hoot. But her after-cancer-comeback disc "X" isn't quite [...]Read more about X' equals Z's
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By Romeo San Vicente Latifah's 'last holiday' When you think of Queen Latifah's acting counterparts, it's not a big mental leap to Sir Alec Guinness, now is [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
