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2026 Pride Reads for Every Shelf
The challenges of the current political era have inspired a strong wave of LGBTQ+ titles across every genre and age range, and our editors have been reading. [...]Read more about 2026 Pride Reads for Every Shelf
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
Do You Believe in Life After Coming Out? This Emmy Winner Does
David Custer, now an Emmy-winning out news anchor in Michigan, is confident in who he is today, but it wasn’t always that way.Custer, who covers Flint, Saginaw [...]Read more about Do You Believe in Life After Coming Out? This Emmy Winner Does
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
God, He's Been Good': A Chat With 'The Voice' Semi-Finalist Davon Fleming Before His Hotter Than July Gig
Davon Fleming is a vocal force to be reckoned with. Since becoming a semi-finalist on season 13 of "The Voice," Fleming has been touring as a backing vocalist [...]Read more about God, He's Been Good': A Chat With 'The Voice' Semi-Finalist Davon Fleming Before His Hotter Than July Gig
WATCH: Too Soon? Not If You're Alaska Thunderfuck.The Queen Talks Comedy Special and, Oh Yes, an All Winners 'All Stars'
Are Alaska Thunderfuck's filthy jokes about Jeffrey Epstein, "genderfluids," labia and poop too much for our world on fire? Alaska, even though she has a song [...]Read more about WATCH: Too Soon? Not If You're Alaska Thunderfuck.The Queen Talks Comedy Special and, Oh Yes, an All Winners 'All Stars'
A Big Love: Robyn Crawford Talks About Her Romance With Whitney Houston
After four decades of speculation that they were romantically involved, Robyn Crawford has spoken her truth: She loved Whitney Houston. In her heartfelt [...]Read more about A Big Love: Robyn Crawford Talks About Her Romance With Whitney Houston
Shura's Art Will Go On: Pop's 'Anxious Lesbian Pope' on Nearly Retiring and Her Titanic Musical
Album release week has Shura, synth-pop's "lesbian pope," feeling like "Ice Age" squirrel Scrat, whose acorn keeps getting away from him. "The acorn is [...]Read more about Shura's Art Will Go On: Pop's 'Anxious Lesbian Pope' on Nearly Retiring and Her Titanic Musical
Adam Devine Talks Thirsty Gay Fans, What Straights Can Learn From Gays & Being a 'Bear Cub'
Even now, Adam Devine just wants to dance with some bodies. So, as Josh in "Isn't it Romantic," the comedian known for flexing his funny-guy chops in Comedy [...]Read more about Adam Devine Talks Thirsty Gay Fans, What Straights Can Learn From Gays & Being a 'Bear Cub'
JASON STUART 10th Year Anniversary Stand-Up Special from Here Media set to Stream on Dec. 7
Proudly openly gay for the length of his career, comedian Jason Stuart was the first openly gay male comedian to have his own hour comedy special: "Making it [...]Read more about JASON STUART 10th Year Anniversary Stand-Up Special from Here Media set to Stream on Dec. 7
Deep Inside Hollywood
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
Simon' –and Out Director Greg Berlanti –Says It's Time for Queer Cinema's Next Big Thing
Historically speaking, the most culturally influential LGBTQ-focused films have been independent, slow-rollout, arthouse-screened touchstones, from Best [...]Read more about Simon' –and Out Director Greg Berlanti –Says It's Time for Queer Cinema's Next Big Thing
Burning up
Danielle Bollinger. Friday, Sept. 1. The Necto. Ann Arbor. (734) 994-5436. http://www.daniellebollinger.com There's a reason dance crooner Danielle Bollinger [...]Read more about Burning up
Hear Me OUT May, 2005
Superstars: #1 Hits Remixed (SONY BMG Strategic Marketing Group) I'll admit it. I love this album. I dare you to listen to it without smiling and dancing. [...]Read more about Hear Me OUT May, 2005
Deborah Cox Fills Big Shoes in 'The Bodyguard'
The film marked the acting debut of Whitney Houston, grossed $411 million worldwide and spawned what would become the best-selling soundtrack of all time with [...]Read more about Deborah Cox Fills Big Shoes in 'The Bodyguard'
How Todrick Hall Found His Yellow Brick Road: Learning to Love Himself, Shero Emulation & Inspiring 'Little Todricks'
Photo: AwesomenessTV Todrick Hall grew up in Plainview, Texas, with a dream to be "one of these black women who could sing all these crazy notes." It is, after [...]Read more about How Todrick Hall Found His Yellow Brick Road: Learning to Love Himself, Shero Emulation & Inspiring 'Little Todricks'
Out of Character: Alex Newell Q&A on Being Asked If He's Trans Post 'Glee,' Stealing Church Solos & Red Lobster
Photo: Brian Ziff Maybe Alex Newell's star-making moment – the "Dreamgirls" showstopper "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," which the 23-year-old gloriously [...]Read more about Out of Character: Alex Newell Q&A on Being Asked If He's Trans Post 'Glee,' Stealing Church Solos & Red Lobster
Leona Lewis, Free & Unfiltered: On Her 'Gay Husbands,' 'Lost' Pop Stars & How Her Gay Uncle Taught Her To Be Herself
Photo: Catie Laffoon Leona Lewis is having a Mariah Carey moment. She's singing, mimicking the ascending whistle notes that close out Carey's early-'90s hit [...]Read more about Leona Lewis, Free & Unfiltered: On Her 'Gay Husbands,' 'Lost' Pop Stars & How Her Gay Uncle Taught Her To Be Herself
Whitney Houston Live': My Greatest Loves Of All
If anyone epitomized a "moment in time," it was Whitney Houston. At her peak, she unleashed her unmistakable, hit-making voice to seize each one, each song, [...]Read more about Whitney Houston Live': My Greatest Loves Of All
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'
Q&A: Jennifer Hudson On Lesbian Rumors & Drag Queen Attitude: 'I Don't Care What You Think'
Who is Jennifer Hudson? It's a question she knows you've asked – and one she's ready to answer with "JHUD," the "American Idol"-turned-"Dreamgirls" [...]Read more about Q&A: Jennifer Hudson On Lesbian Rumors & Drag Queen Attitude: 'I Don't Care What You Think'
Hear Me Out: Against Me!, Toni Braxton and Babyface
Against Me!, 'Transgender Dysphoria Blues' The remarkable thing about "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" – besides, of course, it being an emancipating [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Against Me!, Toni Braxton and Babyface
Jennifer Holliday On The Career She Never Had, Drag Queen Backlash & Death Threats
Jennifer Holliday wants to clear something up: When she performed her signature song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," on "American Idol," those facial [...]Read more about Jennifer Holliday On The Career She Never Had, Drag Queen Backlash & Death Threats
Hear Me Out: Jennifer Holliday, A Great Big World
Jennifer Holliday, 'The Song Is You' Jennifer Holliday is not going. And even though it's been 23 years since the Grammy winner - the original Effie in [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Jennifer Holliday, A Great Big World
Getting To Know Me, Getting To Know All About Me
By John Quinn Broadway Onstage Live Theatre mainstay Cecelia Reuter Lesner turns playwright for the company's latest production, "You Just Have No Idea," a [...]Read more about Getting To Know Me, Getting To Know All About Me
Screen Queen: Halloween Edition
Chucky: The Complete Collection Dolls used to be disposable. Toss 'em, sell 'em, give 'em to Goodwill. Not Chucky. The little ginger shit just won't go away. [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Halloween Edition
Detroit Artist Records Anthem For Marriage Equality
Logan Mario performs at the Hotter Than July youth prom earlier this summer. BTL photo: Jason A. Michael Remember this name: Logan Mario. A hometown superstar [...]Read more about Detroit Artist Records Anthem For Marriage Equality
Jessie Ware Q&A On Big Gay Following, Her Wildest Moment
With all the due praise for Jessie Ware's honeyed debut, "Devotion," including a Mercury Prize nomination, no one's complaining that the Londoner dropped [...]Read more about Jessie Ware Q&A On Big Gay Following, Her Wildest Moment
Screen Queen: Girls, Pitch Perfect
Girls: The Complete First Season Did "Sex and the City" make you feel bad about your own life? Who's got the money for a Louis Vuitton bag, anyway? Not [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Girls, Pitch Perfect
The Michigan Film Fail
It was destined to make Michigan the movie-making capital of the Midwest. Then, just three years after it was enacted, it was decimated by Gov. Rick Snyder [...]Read more about The Michigan Film Fail
INTERVIEW: Jordin Sparks: 'Whitney Loved Her Gays'
Whitney Houston's starring role – the last before her tragic death earlier this year – isn't the only reason "Sparkle" has gay written all over it: there's [...]Read more about INTERVIEW: Jordin Sparks: 'Whitney Loved Her Gays'
Hear Me Out: Whitney's Final Songs Reviewed
Frank Ocean, 'channel ORANGE' Even if Frank Ocean hadn't recently acknowledged that he's an equal-opportunity lover, becoming one of the first major hip-hop [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Whitney's Final Songs Reviewed
Book Marks: Spreadeagle, Tea Leaves, Cobra Killer
by Richard Labonte "Spreadeagle," by Kevin Killian. The Fellow Travelers Series/Publication Studio, 590 pages, $16 paper, $10 e-book. It was two decades in [...]Read more about Book Marks: Spreadeagle, Tea Leaves, Cobra Killer
Kristine W sets you straight
What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there. For instance, Kristine W – the chart-topping dance-music powerhouse adored by the gays – is heading to [...]Read more about Kristine W sets you straight
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
Hold That Thought
Across 1 Chain with fruit syrups 5 Guy who cheats on his boyfriend, e.g. 8 Billy Budd, for one 14 Loose cannon 16 Cause of chaotic weather 17 Oz city [...]Read more about Hold That Thought
It's true, Whitney: I will always love you
Where do broken hearts go? Whitney Houston asked that very question in the midst of a career-high, in the '80s when she secured her spot as a premier pop diva [...]Read more about It's true, Whitney: I will always love you
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Amber Heard revs her 'Motor' Amber Heard, new queen of all car-centric movies? OK, maybe not, but the co-star of "Drive Angry" and, most [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romen San Vicente Hugh Jackman can't help loving musical theater If you want to get technical about it, Hugh Jackman has already made one movie musical: [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Katy Perry gets playful, pervy during Michigan show
Perched on a flowery swing halfway through her two-hour show at the Palace of Auburn Hills on Tuesday, Katy Perry lamented during a song, "I didn't feel the [...]Read more about Katy Perry gets playful, pervy during Michigan show
Pierre Fitch
Porn got Pierre Fitch's career rolling, but he didn't stop there – the Canadian cutie's been DJing for nearly three years. "I've always had a passion for [...]Read more about Pierre Fitch
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Don Johnson lives in 'Mann's World' It's hard out here for an aging, heterosexual male hairdresser. So goes the log line for a new NBC [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Homo for the Holidays
Annie Lennox performs during Dec. 17's "Christmas in Washington" on TNT. Dec. 16 Gift of the Magi (Hallmark; 8 p.m.) Yes, Virginia (CBS; 8 p.m.) CGI animation [...]Read more about Homo for the Holidays
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
Hear Me Out: Whitney Houston looks to us, A Fine Frenzy blows up
Whitney Houston, 'I Look to You' Who won't always love Whitney Houston for her sky-reaching vocal bombast – the kind that could rip through a song like a [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Whitney Houston looks to us, A Fine Frenzy blows up
VH1 Divas' to feature Paula Abdul, Cyndi Lauper and Melissa Etheridge
For the first time ever, leading ladies like Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Leona Lewis – among others – will perform together in New York for a live [...]Read more about VH1 Divas' to feature Paula Abdul, Cyndi Lauper and Melissa Etheridge
