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  • Mass Luciano: Fashion for the Masses

    With a name like Mass Luciano, you are destined to either be a villain in a video game or a fashion designer.  Luckily for us, Mass Luciano is the latter… he’s much too nice to be a...

  • MICHELLE VISAGE – An Ally with An Attitude

    Michelle Visage, the Queen of Queens, is one of our favorite allies with an attitude.  The Mary Magdalene to RuPaul’s Son of Drag, she sits at his right hand and doles out the tough...

  • Bob the Drag Queen – An Education in Labels, Terms, and Ideas

    I had wanted to spill the tea with Bob the Drag Queen about backstage shenanigans during RuPaul’s Drag Race, how heavy the winning crown is, how big his closet is, who the biggest diva on...

  • Kalen Allen

    Kalen Reacts to Life, Cornbread, Ellen and a Hammock Named Sasha

    Like Dorothy before him, Kalen Allen from Kansas City literally woke up one day to a different world.  Who knew that cornbread could be so powerful? A YouTuber best known for his “Kalen...

  • Rufus Wainwright – Unfollowing the Rules Since 1998

    Rufus Wainwright has been un-following the rules since the openly gay multi-hyphenate released his first studio album in ’98, a genre-bending debut album which earned a slew of accolades...

  • Mike Ruiz: Muscles and Politics 

    You can easily spot a shot by photographer celebrity Mike Ruiz.  Bold colors, A-list celebrities, provocative poses, high fashion brands, and muscle-bound beauties make up a portfolio that...

  • LADY BUNNY – The COVID Queen at the Drive-In

    Lady Bunny, not exactly a Disney character, has been performing her politically incorrect, drag comedy longer than most people have been alive.  Rumors are she performed her first set at...

  • 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...

Experience a Taste of Liberation!

Los Angeles LGBT Center Opens Retail Café in Hollywood Excitement is brewing in Hollywood at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and McCadden Place with the opening of the Los...

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Beef Up Your Weekend with Dusti Cunningham

Gender is a circus. From the bulging, burly bravado of hirsute strongmen to the flourishing heights of feminine wiles, sexuality must be celebrated at full volume. Life is a...

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Eating Clean and Green in LA

Fabulous Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in LA Summer is nearly over, but you still have time for a beach trip or two before the days start getting shorter and the nights start...

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Somewhere That’s Green

City folk in search of a much-needed reset may be surprised to find solace just a short drive away Rain really sets the mood. In New York state’s bucolic Catskills, a...

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BOA Challenges Canada’s Drag Race

Do you need legal help? The queens took the law into their own hands in the latest episode of “Canada’s Drag Race” on WOW Presents Plus. The remaining seven queens were...

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Wanderlust Wednesdays: Sitges, Spain

The LGBTQ’mmunity is a found family. We were born into a straight world and then sought each other’s acceptance and inclusion, smile by smile. Thanks to our concerted efforts,...

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Mass Luciano: Fashion for the Masses

With a name like Mass Luciano, you are destined to either be a villain in a video game or a fashion designer.  Luckily for us, Mass Luciano is the latter… he’s much too nice...

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Outfest LA Under the Stars

OUTFEST’s 11 Day Annual Festival Kicks Off August 20th with an outdoor program and streaming platform to bring 160+ films, including 35 world premieres, 10 North American...

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Calling All Club Kids: Studio One Beckons You to the Past

The disco era pulses all around you. Bellbottom pants sweep past your smoothly Nair’d ankles as your arms rise involuntarily in tune with the vinyl soundscape. The caress of...

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TransSending to New Heights

Erin Parisi has her head in the clouds… literally. She is a trans trailblazer who has already ascended the highest peaks in Australia, Europe, Africa and South America. Erin is...

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We Need To ‘Say Something’ About Kylie’s New Video

WE LOVE IT! It’s camp, sparkly and existentially Kylie! Could this new video be a nod to her Aphrodite album, which was released 10 years ago. The glittery visual for...

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Oh! Naturel

Nudity and nature have shared a seductive waltz ever since Adam and Eve placed those fig leaves suggestively over their erogenous zones. The human body is Mother Earth’s...

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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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THE QUEER LENS

Experience a Taste of Liberation!
Beef Up Your Weekend with Dusti Cunningham
BOA Challenges Canada’s Drag Race
Wanderlust Wednesdays: Sitges, Spain
Outfest LA Under the Stars
Calling All Club Kids: Studio One Beckons You to the Past
TransSending to New Heights
We Need To ‘Say Something’ About Kylie’s New Video
Oh! Naturel
Meet Miley Cyrus, But For Real This Time
Monkey Business: Sneak Peeking at Ryan Murphy’s Ratched
Broadway Bares: Zoom In
Brotherly Love
22nd Annual Broadway Barks 
Tom Goss and BearExploring Uncharted “Territories”: This is Gay Musician Tom Goss

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