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Palm Springs Drag Queen Under Attack For Bringing Up a Child to Dance at a Drag Show

Berlin was a gay haven in the 1920s. Progressive publications bloomed on every newsstand, queer clubs beckoned visitors of every…

3 years ago

Everything ‘Old’ Is New Again: Brian Falduto Goes Country

Admit it: your formative years were awkward af. Parachute pants, mullets, a minefield of pimples – cringe to the max!…

3 years ago

Palm Springs Pride Urges You to SAY GAY!

In the 1930s, they shipped us to concentration camps. In the 1950s, they imprisoned us in asylums. In the 1980s,…

3 years ago

Australian Man Meets His Own Headless Dad on Grindr

Closets can be oppressive, stylish or incriminating. For Jacob, they are all of the above. One day, he was innocently…

3 years ago

A Texas Library created a Banned LGBTQ book camp for kids and adults

Queer lights shine brighter because we have to. We are often raised by straight people and delayed from embracing our…

3 years ago

The Macabre Manliness of Myrkky Photography

You’re trapped in a horror movie. The sound of a rusty chainsaw pinballs through the foggy forest, disorienting you until…

3 years ago

Swimming in Sensuality: The Photography of Steven Miller

Coming out means letting go. When you embrace your orientation, you shed the insecurities of youth and the inhibitions of…

3 years ago

Same-Sex and the City: Neil Patrick Harris Stars in ‘Uncoupled’

During the most turbulent time in your life, you made the bravest decision possible. You declared your orientation, you overcame…

3 years ago

Why are These Rugby Players Refusing to Wear Their Pride Jersey

Do homophobes even understand basic science? Silly us – of course they don’t. Well, let’s break it down for them,…

3 years ago

Over 1,000 queer candidates are running for office in 2022

We get it: campaigns are boring. That’s why we’re going to pepper our politics with sexy pics of Pennsylvania Representative…

3 years ago