Still Going Strong: How Religion Brought Lady Vonne' and Her Wife Closer Together
Lady Vonne’ is a survivor. She survived poverty and over a decade of sexual abuse as a child. Then, as an adult, she survived both a stroke and breast [...]
An Already Emotional Michigan Reunion For Folk Duo Nervous But Excited
When Kate Peterson and Sarah Cleaver take the stage at The Ark on Nov. 11, expect some happy tears from the duo known collectively as Nervous But Excited. After [...]
Meet the Gay Latinx Actor Playing Alexander Hamilton in Detroit
In the musical bearing his name, Alexander Hamilton is a man all too aware of both his impermanence and his influence. There could never be enough time to [...]
Two Gay Friends From Detroit: Lily Tomlin Remembers the Magic of Allee Willis
The “Classic Lily” tab on Lily Tomlin’s official website — noted as “the world’s only” — is, today, barely [...]
Sigourney Weaver on Why She Decided Her Character Would Be a Lesbian in 'Call Jane'
Urgent, timely, crucial. As we find ourselves thrust into the post-Roe era, following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in June to overturn the constitutional [...]
WATCH: Queer Icon Sigourney Weaver Reacts to Realizing Her Birthday Is on International Lesbian Day
We don’t have to tell you that Sigourney Weaver is a lesbian icon thanks, in large part, to her legendary portrayal of Ripley in the “Alien" [...]
Remembering Leslie Jordan: Goodbye to One Southern Baptist Sissy From Another
Leslie Jordan and I had something in common. Unfortunately, I don’t much share his delightful wit, delicious Southern charm, undaunting cheerfulness or [...]
‘American Horror Story’ Goes Full Gay In ‘NYC’
By John Paul King, Washington BladeIt’s hard to believe that “American Horror Story” is now more than a decade old – yet at the same [...]
Tár' Is a Staggering Lesbian Success Story. But Whose Success Is It?
In writer-director Todd Field’s latest film, “Tár,” there’s a sense of intoxication in play, an air of fascination in the [...]
‘Monarch’ Star Beth Ditto on Why LGBTQ+ Representation Matters to Kids Everywhere, But Especially in the South
All this talk of authentic representation and, finally, we’re seeing it. In fact, we’re seeing a lot of it in the extremely dramatic new Fox [...]
The ‘Very Special’ Reason ‘Chucky’ Star Lachlan Watson Loved Bringing Killer Doll’s Genderfluid Kids to Life
I don’t even ask Lachlan Watson about the Value Village cow onesie until halfway through our interview. But that’s how Watson first appears on Zoom, [...]
At the Kyiv City Ballet in Detroit: Queer Beauty in a Time of Turmoil
More than seven months ago, on Feb. 23, the Kyiv City Ballet left their country for a long-planned European tour. The following day, Russia invaded Ukraine. [...]