How a Gay Detroit Bakery Owner Paved His Own Path and Opened the City’s First Filipino Bakery
When Jonathan Peregrino set out to open his bakery, JP Makes and Bakes in Detroit, he knew one thing for sure: He was going to do it his way.For the 42-year-old [...]
Keep Them Guessing: Sasha Velour on the Power of Storytelling and What Her Michigan Grandmother Taught Her About Drag
The key to a good reveal is deceptively simple: Never let the audience know your next move. But the art of a perfect reveal takes it just one step further. Just [...]
Nemo’s Big Year: How the Eurovision Winner Is Championing Visibility for the Nonbinary Community
When Eurovision Song Contest 2024, the high-camp international singing competition, crowned Nemo as its winner earlier this year, it signified more than a [...]
A Different Kind of Holiday Spirit: Sufjan Stevens Brings Queer Fans Together in Communal Song Across Michigan and Beyond
If your favorite holiday song has a title like "Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It)" or "Come On! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance!" [...]
A Conversation with Robbie Williams: The Straight Pop Star Who Made Space for My Queer Identity
I had already agreed to an interview with Robbie Williams before realizing he wasn’t queer at all. That’s on me. As a teenager who was fond of his [...]
All About That Lace: Inside Perry Wayne's Michigan-Based Underwear Empire
Detroit’s own Perry Wayne is bringing a shimmer of boldness to the season — and your wardrobe. As the visionary behind Wayne Underwear, Wayne's [...]
The Farmers Are Watching: Michigan’s Farm Porn Fascination
We're a species of voyeurs. Whatever's done in private — medical treatments, sacred rites, marital spats — is also done in public, for thousands or [...]
50 Years of Fabulous: How the Trocks Redefined Ballet and Continue to Empower the LGBTQ+ Community
For 50 years, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has shown the world that ballet can be gay, comic, fun and world-class all at the same time. The troupe will [...]
The Horror Behind the Music: Tegan and Sara’s Unbelievable Real-Life Catfishing Saga
“Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara” makes some horror films look like Disney fare. That’s because something is especially scary when [...]
Lukas Gage Talks 'Fear of Being Boring,' Queer Sex Representation and His Reaction to Fans Thirsting Over His 'Smile 2' Role
On hit shows such as “Euphoria” and “You,” Lukas Gage has perfected the art of being captivatingly chaotic. Though experiencing a golden [...]
How Late Tony Winner and U-M Grad Gavin Creel Showed Midwesterners They Can Dream Big
It’s not every day that a Broadway star takes an aspiring college student under their wing. A dream? Maybe. But Dominic Dorset from Saline, a 2022 [...]
On the Tour Bus with Chappell Roan: Everything the Superstar Told Us About Drag, Making Straight Boys Dance and Being Part of Pop Music's 'Alliance of Queer Girlies'
When we connected in late September 2023 from her tour bus, some of Chappell Roan’s first words were, “Hopefully this Zoom works.” You might [...]
‘I Am Pride’: Tituss Burgess on Performing with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for Its Inaugural Pride Concert
When actor and singer Tituss Burgess takes the stage with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, it won’t just be the DSO’s first official Pride concert [...]
How Michigan Graphic Novelist Meggie Ramm Draws Strength from Nature
Batcat is pink and round, and maybe you guessed it: part bat and cat. They love a good fish taco, their video games, being alone and they hate when people [...]
Orville Peck Talks 'Stampede' Album, His Message to Queer Youth and Why Willie Nelson Is an Exemplary LGBTQ+ Ally
Orville Peck’s sexy video for “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other” is unabashedly queer in ways the country music genre [...]
How David Archuleta Left Behind the Mormon Church and Is Now Flourishing As An Openly Queer Person
When David Archuleta returned to the “American Idol” stage on April 22, he knew that singing his latest single, “Hell Together,” which [...]
Kathy Griffin Keeps on Surviving: Comedian Talks Tour, Longtime LGBTQ+ Allyship and Support From 'Civilian Gays'
Kathy Griffin has been through even more than you probably know. She lost a lung to cancer, lost her mother and lost many of her close friends. In 2020, the [...]
How Christian Cooper Spread His Wings After Racial Discrimination From a ‘Karen’ Put Him in the Spotlight
The red-winged blackbird has officially returned to southern Michigan — its trill can be heard starting in mid-to-late February and into mid-March, a [...]
How Julio Torres Used Imagination to Tell a Touching Story About Immigration
When I think of Julio Torres, I think of someone who gave life to Ferrero Rocher. It’s a wild detail to recall about someone, but indicative of Torres as [...]
How Tricia Cooke’s Lesbian Sensibility Infuses ‘Drive-Away Dolls,’ Co-Created with Her Husband Ethan Coen
Ethan Coen, half of the filmmaking brother duo known for cinema touchstones such as “The Big Lebowski” and “Fargo,” lays it all out very [...]
Dan Levy Talks Grief, Writing About the Rich and the Importance of Chosen Family
The grief was very real for Dan Levy, who lost his grandma and rescue dog, Redmond, over the span of a couple of years during the pandemic. And then he did [...]
How Playboy Magazine Was a Model of Reporting on HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
In an analog era, newspapers and magazines provided much of the essential HIV/AIDS reporting in the United States by disseminating updates on the evolving [...]
Alex Edelman Talks 'Divas That I Owe,' His Queer Inspirations and Investigating His Own Identity
Comedian Alex Edelman is experiencing lots of firsts. For Edelman, many of those firsts, including questions that challenge him to reflect on his sexuality, are [...]
