| Apparently, It’s At Least Queer Enough to Piss Off Conservatives  By Chris Azzopardi  Let’s face it: “Barbie” was going to be gay. Maybe not gay enough, according to some gays. Maybe too gay, according to anti-gays. The fact is, this is a movie about Barbie, and wherever Barbie goes, some inherent queerness will go,

| Matthew López, Tony winner for ‘The Inheritance,’ Breaks new records with feature directorial debut ‘Red, White & Royal Blue  By Chris Azzopardi  Pro-queer viewers have spoken, and they’re royally head over heels for “Red, White & Royal Blue.” The film’s widespread success is a win for director and co-writer Matthew López, for Amazon Prime

| Full of queer energy, the show had one fan screaming ‘Happy Pride Month to me!’  By Chris Azzopardi  On my way to Ford Field in downtown Detroit for the first night of Taylor Swift’s brilliant and breathtaking Eras Tour on June 9, I joked with my concert mate that he’d have to remember the

| Pop artist on new album ‘Boy’ and making his career work for him  By Chris Azzopardi  Emerging pop artist Jordy challenged himself on his recent tour and failed. The challenge? “I tried getting through the whole tour with one manicure,” he says over Zoom. “I got almost to the end of it, but I

| Jake Shears channeled joy on his second solo album, even if he wasn’t always feeling it  By Chris Azzopardi  Listening to his new album, you wouldn’t know Jake Shears went through a pandemic breakup. After all, he doesn’t process his personal hardships through his music, Shears admitted to me during our recent interview.   And

Somewhere over the rainbow, there’s Pride swag galore  By Mikey Rox  Pride isn’t just a parade in June anymore. It’s a whole vibe in these 2020s – a full-blown aesthetic that infiltrates our lifestyles year-round. Kick-off this new season with these fresh finds designed with us in mind.  Stonewall ’69 Candle   A torch still burns

‘Boyslut’ author Zachary Zane takes you to just some of the places he’s hooked up   By Chris Azzopardi  Sex writer Zachary Zane’s first book, “Boyslut,” wasn’t even on shelves when we recently connected, but the author was already thinking about his next.   “I might just transition more into sex travel,” Zane says. “I would love

| The actor-comedian is bringing ‘a touch of fugs’ to queer-inclusive TV    By Chris Azzopardi  It’s hard to imagine Jeff Hiller making people mad. But in 2004, that was the 46-year-old comedian and actor’s job. It was his responsibility to get folks angry — those people being contestants on MTV’s hidden-camera reality show “Boiling Points”

‘Planet Sex’ host is unlearning queer shame and, with her new show, helping others do the same By Chris Azzopardi  On Zoom, where I recently met with Cara Delevingne, my ’90s-retro, rainbow-speckled button-down was, to my surprise, the first thing that came up.  “Nice shirt,” the model-actress told me, gushing when I mentioned picking it

Why Madonna still matters to LGBTQ+ people By Matthew Rettenmund On January 17, Madonna announced her first retrospective hits tour, with the first tickets going on sale a whole three hours later. “Take my money!” gays often say when their divas pull up with fresh products. But nobody is happier to take it than Madonna,