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  • 22nd Annual Broadway Barks 

    The 22nd installment of Broadway Barks, the star-studded dog and cat adoption event, aptly titled “Broadway Barks Across America” for the 2020 season will be streamed for the first...

  • BETTY – The Unofficial Music of Pride

    The LGBTQ community collectively heaves a sigh of global disappointment at the cancellation of events during 2020 Pride season – no parades, no festivals, no booze, no fellowship, no...

  • Jaida Essence Hall and Yvie Oddly Werq the World

    The world better get ready – they’re here, they’re queer, and they’re FAB. U. LOUS.  On June 27th at 8pm EDT, eight queens who have survived quarantine come together to form a...

  • Author, Playwright, Screenwriter… and Princess Leia’s Assistant

    Byron Lane The real life of Byron Lane reads like some fantastical, hard to imagine book so it’s more than fitting that he pays homage to his own life with his debut novel A Star Is...

  • Music Meets Fashion for a Cause

    Luciana & Sheehan team up to give back I can’t count the times that I screamed like a fangirl whenever Luciana’s “I Like That” came on, and then almost passed out a year later...

22nd Annual Broadway Barks 

The 22nd installment of Broadway Barks, the star-studded dog and cat adoption event, aptly titled “Broadway Barks Across America” for the 2020 season will be streamed for...

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BETTY – The Unofficial Music of Pride

The LGBTQ community collectively heaves a sigh of global disappointment at the cancellation of events during 2020 Pride season – no parades, no festivals, no booze, no...

Entertainment • Music|

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Jaida Essence Hall and Yvie Oddly Werq the World

The world better get ready – they’re here, they’re queer, and they’re FAB. U. LOUS.  On June 27th at 8pm EDT, eight queens who have survived quarantine come together...

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Get Stretched Out Not Stressed Out

When life gets too loud, these yoga poses provide a pleasant escape. This spring felt different. April showers brought May flowers, but most of us were too distracted to genuinely...

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Author, Playwright, Screenwriter… and Princess Leia’s Assistant

Byron Lane The real life of Byron Lane reads like some fantastical, hard to imagine book so it’s more than fitting that he pays homage to his own life with his debut novel A...

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Music Meets Fashion for a Cause

Luciana & Sheehan team up to give back I can’t count the times that I screamed like a fangirl whenever Luciana’s “I Like That” came on, and then almost passed out a...

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Leslie Jordan – Pride Comes in ALL Sizes

This pandemic has done odd things to the influencer and social media community.  Influencers who snapped selfie after selfie are blending into the background, and stay at home...

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Shantay you stay, EH?

Start your engines because Canada’s Drag Race is racing your way This year has turned out to be the year of Drag Race, and who can complain, what with stay at home orders...

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Pride Month 2020 Will Go Down In History

After landmark ruling for LGBTQ workers is made The news has been quite dreary lately, but that all changed today June 15th during Pride Month when the Supreme Court said that...

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RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 5

VH1 “ru-vealed” the queens sashaying back to the runway to compete in the fifth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.”  Viewers will get a chance to see their...

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A SENSE OF COMMUNITY

Posted: June 20, 2020

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art provides a queer cultural hub in New York City. Laura Raicovich has spent her career at the intersection of art, community, and social justice, so her appointment as Interim Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, the nation’s first museum dedicated to queer art, makes perfect sense. She succeeds Gonzalo Casals, …

Yes, You Can Be an HIV Ally

Posted: June 20, 2020

We all need to do our part to end HIV stigma. By Desiree Guerrero When beloved Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness revealed (in their bestselling memoir Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love) that they were living with HIV, they became one of the most famous HIV-positive people in the world. And they …

I’m a Beautiful Black Queen Living With HIV, Not Stigma

Posted: May 3, 2020

By Porchia Dees I am a Beautiful Black Queen Living with HIV. It has taken a long time for me to come to terms with that statement, because the concepts of beauty and HIV don’t usually go together. Growing up poz and trying to cope with the stigma surrounding my experience has been challenging, to …

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