By Johnny Trlica This year’s Pride month is different from previous years in many ways. There are no parades, no festivals and no beach parties. This June will be a quieter and less crowded affair. One thing that will not be different is how thousands of LGBTQ people will recall two June dates in particular:

The queer icon talks ‘too on the nose’ pandemic, LGBTQ representation and Pride plans By Chris Azzopardi I really hadn’t planned on telling queer powerhouse singer-actress-activist Janelle Monáe that I made food for my boyfriend the night before I got on Zoom with her. That afternoon, Monáe was feeling it all. This global pandemic, the

Stage icon talks Hollywood, her basement videos and why ‘Ladies Who Lunch’ will never be the same By Chris Azzopardi In Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood, the wife becomes the boss, the “black screenwriter” is simply a screenwriter, and the gay leading man is just himself. Naturally, it stars Broadway icon Patti LuPone, who, in conversations like

Lazy Susan actor on playing a woman in earnest, Lazy Susan ending and his upcoming Netflix show By Chris Azzopardi Under any other conditions, it might seem strange to tell Sean Hayes what I’m wearing. Given that Hayes slips into some sweats to play a do-nothing cisgender woman named Susan O’Connell – hence the movie’s name,

| The LGBTQ icon has chosen to focus on the ‘beautiful change’ the COVID-19 pandemic will bring By Chris Azzopardi Throughout her dynamic three-decade career, Melissa Etheridge has beat cancer and weathered the devastating emotional toll of the AIDS crisis. Having overcome her own battles, the music legend consequently became a beacon of strength, resilience,

Visible exec producer talks new LGBTQ docuseries, his groundbreaking gay teen role and what he’d tell his younger self By Chris Azzopardi The first openly gay actor to play an openly gay series regular in a leading role on TV, Wilson Cruz has witnessed firsthand the changing tides of TV representation. Cruz paved the way

| Scissor Sisters frontman talks new Scissor-sounding ‘Meltdown,’ his next dance album and Judith Light By Chris Azzopardi Chill vibes permeated his 2018 self-titled solo album, but Jake Shears feels like dancing again. Shears’ latest single “Meltdown” is a club-made banger with shared Scissor Sisters disco DNA – which is exactly the point. Because even though

| Popstar on her generous lesbian fans and tipping drag queens with Sam Smith’s money By Chris Azzopardi It’s not necessarily all about that bass. It’s also all about that time Sam Smith – yes, that Sam Smith – slipped Meghan Trainor some singles so she could tip some Meghan Trainor drag queens. Because even

| Robyn Crawford talks tell-all book on her romance with Whitney Houston By Chris Azzopardi After four decades of speculation that they were romantically involved, Robyn Crawford has spoken her truth: She loved Whitney Houston. In her heartfelt autobiography released late last year, A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston, Crawford shares that

‘Ms. Dolly’ on how her LGBTQ-inclusive Netflix series is rooted in the ‘golden rule’ By Chris Azzopardi Dolly was there, almost, holding court despite her lack of humanness, as queer writers on assignment huddled giddily in front of her, awe-stricken by the realness of a fake Dolly. I stood, out of the body, piled into