An Erotic Film Series in Michigan Has Revived This Vigorously Directed Punkish Lesbian Sci-Fi Flick
In the second week of 2023, “Skinamarink,” a shoestring-budget independent horror work shot in Edmonton, Alberta, opened to wide release and found [...]
Homeless After the Music Business Rejected Her, This Trans Director’s First Film Just Premiered at Sundance
The same music industry that initially embraced D. Smith when she was presenting as a man turned against her when she transitioned. She lost her house, her car [...]
The Queer Lives She Has Changed: Why Madonna Still Matters to LGBTQ+ People
On January 17, Madonna announced her first retrospective hits tour, with the first tickets going on sale a whole three hours later. “Take my money!” [...]
Warm Up With These LGBTQ+ Winter Reads By (Mostly) Michigan Authors
Michigan gets a bad rap when it comes to winter weather. Yeah, you might lose a hubcap trying to maneuver around Volvo-sized potholes (and yeah, it’s [...]
Meet the Pansexual Filmmaker Showcasing Stories That Star Neurotypical and Neurodivergent Actors
In December, Michigan-born writer and filmmaker Orion Couling, who is from Marquette, walked the red carpet alongside four actors with Down syndrome who [...]
How This Feminist Music Icon Gave Queer People Permission to Have Intense Emotional Feelings
Moments before a Zoom interview with revolutionary folk-rock singer-songwriter ani difranco, my computer dies. It just absolutely flatlines. Desperation chokes [...]
The Best in Queer TV and Film in 2022
This article originally appeared in the Washington Blade.It’s that season, once again, when everyone is compiling their lists of the year’s best [...]
Y'all Means All: Six Religious Music Stars Who Are Vocal LGBTQ+ Allies
The LGBTQ+ community has been a constant punching bag this year for conservative-leaning religious politicians and their followers, especially, but this take is [...]
Actor Cole Escola Has Played a Fetus, So Anything Is Possible
On Cole Escola’s Instagram page, the 36-year-old nonbinary comedian and actor describes themself as “One of Grindr’s Fresh Faces.” [...]
‘Spoiler Alert’ Actor Ben Aldridge Came Out in 2020. Now He’s a Leading Gay Man in Two Big Studio Films.
This is Ben Aldridge’s moment, and that’s no spoiler alert. The Los Angeles Times already made that call in a recent profile of the 37-year-old [...]
How Groundbreaking Grammy Nominee Mykal Kilgore Has Helped Change R&B For Black Queer Artists
It’s an age-old tale. Mykal Kilgore, a pastor’s kid who was raised in the church, is also, of course, a singer. And a groundbreaking one, at that: [...]
Queer Holiday Cheer Is Here: Be Merry and Gay with Dolly, Mariah, Miley, Amy Grant and More
No matter how the holiday spirit moves you, the perfect soundtrack is waiting to accompany all your festivities, including this mix of 2022 releases, holiday [...]
