| 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 Pointsâ€

‘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,

‘Please Baby Please’ star Cole Escola loves a good, wacky role and a sassy line  By Chris Azzopardi  On Cole Escola’s Instagram page, the 36-year-old nonbinary comedian and actor describes themself as “One of Grindr’s Fresh Faces.†That’s true, of course, on and off gay social apps. Escola, who continues their ascension in film and

| Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka, stars of HBO’s ‘Were Here,’ on promoting equality through drag  By Eve Kucharski  Glitz, glam and, oh, just the small matter of changing hearts and minds. That’s a tall order for anyone, and the basic setup of every episode of the HBO show “We’re Here.†But of course,

| ‘Spoiler Alert’ star Ben Aldridge came out in 2020. Now he’s the leading gay man in two big studio films.   By Chris Azzopardi  This is Ben Aldridge’s moment, and that’s no spoiler alert. The Los Angeles Times already made that call in a recent profile of the 37-year-old English actor, writing that Aldridge is