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Kid Rock & Tucker Carlson: A Queer Love Story

Their eyes met across the anchor desk. Glaring lights rained down on the Fox News studio like droplets in that scene from The Notebook, only much gayer. This was Tucker’s space,...

Bestill Our Pop Culture Pulse: New LGBTQ Show ‘Heartstopper’ Hits Netflix in April

If “gay” is synonymous with happiness, then why are so many of our tales mired in depressing dreck? From bullying to hate crimes to marginalization, we just can’t catch a...

Oklahoma Professor fired after 41 years of work for bringing in a gay guest speaker

What would Jesus do? Well, he sure as hell wouldn’t fire a loyal disciple after 40 years of disciple’ing in a pathetic display of homophobic overcompensation. But that’s...

Lizzo Does Texas: Why We Stan Her SXSW Speech

She has millions of fans. She has Grammys and gusto. She has one of the best Insta-handles ever devised. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lizzo (@lizzobeeating) Lizzo...

Color Us Impressed: The Vibrant Vibes of Danny Ferrell

Humans are doing it wrong. We mute our masculinity behind drab clothes and plain palettes, even though it is bristling with raw energy. Instead, we should study the instincts of...

Imagine Dragons Frontman Dan Reynolds is Taking a Bite Out of Homophobia

Bubbles are synonymous with joy. They add fizz to our mimosas, they add thoughts to our fave cartoon characters, and they add a glossy sheen to our elevated perspectives. But...

Royal Subjects: The Photography of Clifford Prince King

Do you deserve love? It may sound like a hippie-dippy, touchy-feely, totes-obvi question, but it digs at the root of our gay dilemma. LGBTQ individuals are predominantly raised to...

Stephen Sondheim The unofficial poet laureate of musical theatre – A tribute

Welp, the COVID gods giveth and the COVID gods taketh away. Broadway was “back in business,” and then the Omicron variant reared its infectious head and New York City plunged...

Grin and Bear It – Get Hooked at Bearracuda

Get ready to get probed (mentally) because here’s a quick personality quiz. We promise it won’t hurt… much. You are bathed in darkness. An urban décor embraces you. Faux...

Ariana DeBose just made herstory as the first out LGBTQ female performer to win a SAG Award

When we gaze up at the silver screen, it gazes back. Our hopes and dreams fuel the engine of imagination that produces queer content, and LGBTQ artists have formed the backbone of...

LIBERATE UKRAINE – STAND WITH STOLI

Sometimes, when you happen to have the correct information due to experience, and you see a lot of people with good intentions actually hurting the very cause they are trying to...

Growing Up Gay & The Joy of Aging Gracefully

“Maturity” has such a dour ring to it. The term immediately conjures visions of a sexless grandma scowling over the rim of her glasses as she wags a skeletal finger in your...