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King of hearts Raph Solo breaks free in “Broken Hearts”
This is The 2nd release from his new album, word of love The Word of Love album is Raph Solo’s little notebook on relationships, a “what to do and what
CELEBRITY FEATURE
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Betty Reborn | The now-indie Aussie sets out to expand her bop-queen horizons
By Chris Azzopardi Jessica Newham, better known as Betty Who, is in a constant state of gay. A Pride festival one day, a stroll through Berlin with four gay friends
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Antoni, At Your Service
Star of Netflix’s Queer Eye reboot talks ‘fluid’ sexuality, caring for starstruck fans and the sexy anatomy of a coconut By Chris Azzopardi Even though Antoni Porowski is known for
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A Greater, Bigger, More Authentic World
By Chris Azzopardi | Duo’s Chad King on pressure to live up to ‘Say Something,’ forthcoming album (their ‘arrival moment’) and being gay in music today While you were crying,
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The world swipes right on Adam Rippon
By Chris Azzopardi | America’s favorite out skater on finding his gay power, sex-inspired costumes and his post-Olympics clapback for Tinder ghosters “Yes, this is an interview,†a schoolgirl-giggly Adam Rippon deadpans
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How about a hand (up) for community icon Marsha Carlton?
How does a once (OK, four-times!) married, straight mother of three, grandmother of four, and great-grandmother of four more become an icon to Houston’s LGBTQ community? It begins with a
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Sandra Bernhard still has her blunt af opinions
Comedian returns to a TV classic – and doesn’t mince words on Roseanne’s politics and Kathy Griffin’s activism By Chris Azzopardi Before unloading her frank thoughts on TV co-star Roseanne Barr’s
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Love Lessons with Calum Scott
British crooner talks coming out, falling for straight men and learning to love himself By Chris Azzopardi Britain’s Got Talent finalist Calum Scott, who incited massive swooning on music mogul
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DAN LEVY Is Doing Us All a Big Favor
By Chris Azzopardi Next time you see Dan Levy, thank him. Thank him for Schitt’s Creek, his superbingeable comedic riff on a once-affluent family forced to live like fish out of Perrier in
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2017: A Year in Review… What the Celebs Said
Interviews by Chris Azzopardi Before we forever move on from the rankling crap-stain known as 2017, let’s revisit some memorable words of encouragement from a heap of A-listers who used