| Out performer on why ‘iconic’ is overused, being understood and Paula Abdul calling him ‘strange’ By Chris Azzopardi In his 2018 debut music video “Girly,” singer-songwriter-director John Duff is seen imitating some of music’s biggest pop icons, replicating the shot-by-shot choreography of Madonna’s “Hung Up” video and Mariah Carey’s gesticulations and eyelash-batting in “Heartbreaker.”

| Glam-pop performer talks creative freedom, LGBTQ music evolution and his full-circle Cher moment By Chris Azzopardi At this point, American Idol is a mere footnote in Adam Lambert’s undaunted, venturesome, decade-long career. It was 2009 when Lambert astonished gays and moms with his confident strut and those sky-high notes, ultimately giving him the runner-up

By Vic Gerami With various “firsts” in her already impressive career, the Emmy-nominated actress, documentary film producer and prominent equal rights advocate, Laverne Cox, continues to make history in her career and significant strides in her activism. Debuting on the scene in the groundbreaking role of Sophia Burset in the critically acclaimed Netflix original series

| Gay icon talks new tribute album, LGBTQ visibility and gay cruising By Chris Azzopardi Kristin Chenoweth likes to say that if it can’t be explained, it must be the unicorns. Why does she have so many gay fans? Well, you’re only partially right if you thought it was because she originated the role of

Trisha Yearwood on her simple reason for supporting the LGBTQ community, the Nashville closet and lesbian love By Chris Azzopardi Trisha Yearwood has never cared what the country community thought of her LGBTQ allyship, so why start now? The country music icon, who has lent her robust and emotionally resonant mezzo-soprano to hit songs like

| The ‘Clown in a Gown’ talks death-drop disdain, bachelorettes in gay clubs and why she’s done with Drag Race By Chris Azzopardi Bianca Del Rio is in Stockholm on her It’s Jester Joke comedy tour, still subject to the fraught human realities of traveling despite her top-tier queen status. And packing – don’t remind

| Veteran actress talks current feminist movement, her new soap-star role and the Transparent finale By Chris Azzopardi Judith Light got her start on One Life to Live in 1977 as housewife-turned-prostitute Karen Wolek, but the luminous screen and stage actress couldn’t be confined to a daytime soap. Her boundless range and abundant empathy for

| Actress Jillian Bell talks gay running friends and her plan to showcase more LGBTQ stories By Chris Azzopardi Rest assured, I’m not spoiling anything when I say Jillian Bell runs a lot in Brittany Runs a Marathon. All that sweat and all those tears aren’t exactly taken from the 35-year-old actress’ life – in

| The out wordplayer wasn’t serious about pursuing songwriting but then, three albums later, it ‘obviously struck a chord’ By Chris Azzopardi Ask genre criss-crosser K. Flay about all the music she grew up with, what the soundtrack of her youth is, which CDs she rushed to the store for just as they hit the

| Looking alum Murray Bartlett talks ‘surreal’ San Francisco ties and playing an enduring Tales of the City character By Chris Azzopardi As Michael “Mouse” Tolliver, Looking alum Murray Bartlett is the third actor to walk the queer utopian enclave at 28 Barbary Lane in Armistead Maupin’s book-based Tales of the City. The role was