Community Leaders Art Johnston and Pep Pena and Their Partners Edie Moore and Kevin Hauswirth Talk About Their New Marijuana Dispensary. By Rick Karlin More than five decades ago, two men walked into a bar; a teacher from a working-class neighborhood, and a Cuban refugee turned bartender. They fell in love and together opened what would become an iconic bar, co-founded an LGBTQ+ rights organization, and sparked a passion that helped establish a queer neighborhood. Later in li

By Skip Sheffield Out singer Joey Diamond and his producer, Jace M, made waves last year with their remake of *NSYNC favorite “Tearin’ Up My Heart”. Now, with the help of Toy Armada, they are taking on JLO, re-imagining her 1999 classic, “Waiting for Tonight”. Diamond fondly recalls bopping along to Jennifer Lopez’s original as a child and credits the diva with empowering a young generation of people of color like him; encouraging them to have hope for the future. “The song i

By Larry Olsen Jonny McGovern’s career in entertainment launched twenty years ago with Dirty Gay Hits, his collection of gay themed songs that received over five million downloads before YouTube even existed. It caught the eye of Rosie O’Donnell, who cast McGovern as a lead player on her comedy show, The Big Gay Sketch Show alongside Oscar nominee Coleman Domingo and SNL’s Kate McKinnon. Today, Jonny McGovern is best known for his popular television shows including GoGo for t

By Gregg Shapiro The year 2023 was an exceptional one for gay filmmakers. Ira Sachs’ “Passengers” and Andrew Haigh’s “All Of Us Strangers” were well received by audiences and critics alike and could also be found on numerous end-of-the-year “best of” lists. With “Housekeeping for Beginners” (Focus), gay filmmaker Goran Stolevski didn’t keep us waiting long for the follow-up to his brilliant “Of An Age,” which openeddomestically in early 2023. In the same way Stolevski made us

By Gregg Shapiro It should come as no surprise thatgay writer and actor Julio Torres’ film directorial debut “Problemista” (A24) would...

By Paul Hutnick (Photo By Colin Pearce) Rap music hasn’t always had the most inclusive reputation. In fact, there was a time when...

By Bill Malcolm I grew up in a college town and always love them. But Charlottesville,Virginia (less than two hours south ofD.C.) is the...

By Gregg Shapiro For openly gay vocalist Jeff Harnar, life truly is a cabaret. Since the late 1980s, Harnar has received multiple...

By Gregg Shapiro (Photos By Tonje Thilesen) It’s only mid-February as this is being written, but there’s no doubt that the album “Blue...

Q-Music: Hot LGBTQ artists for cold temps By Gregg Shapiro “Mono” (Giant), the title of queer, hip hop-influenced singer/songwriter...

Queerty Announces Jinkx Monsoon to Host The 12th AnnualQueerties Awards Show;Paula Abdul to beHonored with StraightUp Ally Award Paula...

Meet Carnal Plus Exclusive Eddie Patrick By TomOlah TOM OLAH: You’ve been in the bizfor nine months – In less thannone months in the biz,...

Milwaukee’s A Hoppin’ By Bill Malcolm Milwaukee is a fun vibrant city withits own unique identity. Just 90 miles north of Chicago, it was...

Indigiqueer Artist Roger Kuhn Discovers His True Colors By Larry Olsen Photo ByBjorn Bolinder “I always knew I was different from the...

Happy New Gear Fit to Perfection in ESCollectionUSA By Skip Sheffield Photos By Tarek Del Moreno As men embark on a new year of...

By Bill Malcolm Consider a winter getaway to Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors (The Island City which is surrounded by Fort Lauderdale,...

Hot baritone: An interview with Steven LaBrie of Il Divo By Gregg Shapiro It’s safe to say that not every queer person digs opera or...

Christian Wilde Makes His Directorial Debut on KinkMen.com By Steven Boyce Christian Wilde, the popular adult film star, is stepping...

“One” of a kind: an interview with queer singer/songwriter Rett Madison By Gregg Shapiro Every once in a while, a major-label debut album...

YOUR WINTER PALM SPRINGS GETAWAY: NEW NATIVE AMERICAN MUSEUM AND SPA A HIT IN THIS GAY FRIENDLY OASIS OF THE WEST By Bill Malcolm There’s...