December, 2016 Archive

People We Love 2016: President Barack Obama

The Human Rights Campaign lists over 100 advancements on behalf of LGBT people that took place under the administration of our forty-fourth president. He had a direct hand in...

Idina Menzel Lets It Go with a Powerful Personal Statement

From the Tony Award-winning diva who ascended to new heights of superstardom thanks to a certain ubiquitous song from Frozen comes this personal, introspective, powerful release....

People We Love 2016: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

With its sassy humor and unforgettable musical numbers, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend had us from the first note....

Bellinzona Offers a Trio of Castles and Delights Aplenty

I was driving solo from Italy to Switzerland when I caught a big road sign that read, “Castelgrande: Unesco World Heritage Site, Next Exit.” I wasn’t really in a...

Pablo Larraín's Neruda

With Neruda, Director Pablo Larraín crafts a film as poetic as its subject: Nobel Prize winning writer, senator, and political dissident, Pablo Neruda....

People We Love 2016: Lee Pace

One intriguing detail of halt and catch fire is the fluid sexuality of its visionary tech guru Joe MacMillan, played by Lee Pace. We’ve seen him hook up with men and women, face...

Mix and Mingle with Old Kris Kringle in Frankfurt

My family and I were taking a road trip across several European ports-of-call, and of all the cities in Germany, I picked Frankfurt. My brother, who had never been anywhere in the...

People We Love 2016: Sarah Paulson

You know it’s a good year for an actress when starring roles in two seasons of American Horror Story take a biographical backseat. In career news, the headline was Paulson’s...

Smithsonian David Hockney Doc: Less Than Meets the Eye?

David Hockney has always been an iconoclast in the art world. He’s not as ubiquitous as contemporaries (and fellow gay artists) Andy Warhol or Keith Haring, but anyone who...

People We Love 2016: Celine Dion

Celine Dion had some happy moments to celebrate this year. She helped gay YouTube sensation Tyler Oakley launch his new Ellen Degeneres-backed show (offering him a buzzed-about...

Here Comes More Beautiful Music from Mozart in the Jungle

When a zany little comedy about the world of classical music took home not one but two Golden Globes in 2016, it was something of a surprise as the show (though a critical...