Where the Past Meets the Present: Capturing Pride 40 Years Ago
Are we capturing history every day without even knowing it? Forty years ago, photographer Nicholas Blair wasn’t intentionally immortalizing a specific era [...]
On His Latest Disco-Heavy Album, Jake Shears Dances Through the Heartbreak
Listening to his newest album, you wouldn’t know Jake Shears went through a pandemic breakup. After all, he doesn’t process his personal hardships [...]
Hannah Gadsby Thinks You Deserve a Break
A lot has changed since Hannah Gadsby first took audiences on the unexpected journey that was “Nanette,” their 2018 career-making Netflix special. [...]
With 'Somebody Somewhere,' Comedian Jeff Hiller Is Bringing a 'Touch of Fugs' to Queer-Inclusive TV
It’s hard to imagine Jeff Hiller making people mad. But in 2004, that was the 46-year-old comedian and actor’s job. It was his responsibility to get [...]
Look Out, New York and California, Michigan May Be the Next Best State for LGBTQ+ Equality
Hilary Murmers readily admits she didn’t have a lot of faith in Michigan.When Murmers and her spouse moved here in 2021, “We felt like, OK, we'll go [...]
Desmond Richardson, the First Black Male Principal Dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, Speaks Boldly Through Dance
As the first Black male principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, Desmond Richardson has been making waves in the dance world for decades. His own [...]
Hopefully, Matteo Lane Doesn’t Hate This Interview
There are many places where you’ve probably seen Matteo Lane: in Royal Oak last year at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, on Netflix’s queer comic [...]
In the Closet: Stellar Style Pieces for Spring
The purge is upon us. Not the one that results in the loss of limbs and life, but rather the return of annual spring cleaning, the collective load-shedding [...]
This Trans Woman Is Doing Something She Never Thought Possible: Leading Michigan Into a Queerer Future
A few weeks into her new gig, Emme Zanotti, Equality Michigan’s new director of advocacy and civic engagement, says she’s still in the “humble [...]
A Gayer ‘Scream’: How Jasmin Savoy Brown Is on a Mission to Make Her 'Scream VI' Character as Queer as Possible
It took five “Scream” movies and 25 years before LGBTQ+ horror fans got what the original film only alluded to: full-blown, uncoded queerness. Kevin [...]
Cara Delevingne Can Finally Be Her Queer Self: ‘Planet Sex’ Host on Unlearning LGBTQ+ Shame and How Hollywood Stunted Her Sexuality
On Zoom, where I recently met with Cara Delevingne, my ’90s-retro, rainbow-speckled button-down was, to my surprise, the first thing that came [...]
Betty Who Helped Me Embrace My Queer Identity. Now She's Embracing Her Own.
Betty Who has been a Pride festival staple for years, but only recently did the Sydney-born pop performer (real name Jessica Anne Newham) more boldly lean into [...]