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Loving Loud, For a Good Queer Cause
Dan Reynolds and Tegan Quin talk LGBTQ festival’s third year, leveling the industry playing field and the best kind of straight white man By Chris Azzopardi Imagine Dragons frontman Dan
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Laura Linney Has ‘Tales’ to Tell
| Laura Linney Has ‘Tales’ to Tell ‘Tales of the City’ vet talks returning to Barbary Lane, being a ‘mini’ gay icon and moving beyond the straight, white girl By
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Diane Keaton Is Sorry (Not Sorry)
| Hollywood icon talks gay following she never knew she had, lesbian roles (‘I’m available’) and The First Wives Club By Chris Azzopardi Diane Keaton doesn’t have all the answers
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Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks about ‘real things’
By Vic Gerami Dan Reynolds is best known for being the lead singer and frontman of the Grammy award, American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards-winning band, Imagine Dragons. The
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In Wine There’s Truth, and Gays
| Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch talk gay wine buddies, LGBTQ fans and Amy’s ‘soft butch’ style By Chris Azzopardi Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch are as thrilled as I
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Melissa Etheridge Has Your Medicine
| Returning with The Medicine Show, the legendary LGBTQ icon talks inspiration in world crises and her new ‘totally fueled by cannabis’ album By Chris Azzopardi Ain’t it heavy? Ain’t
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Showman Terry Barber salutes Freddie Mercury in ‘Mercury’
By Randall Jobe Terry Barber, international opera singer and Grammy nominee who performs the music of Freddie Mercury in the upcoming performance, Mercury, coming to Houston’s Arena Theatre for one
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This Is Ben Platt
| ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ actor-singer talks telling his story with debut album and the problem with a coming-out announcement By Chris Azzopardi It comes up casually, as Ben Platt prefers.
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Dido Has Stories She Might Tell You
| With her first album in six years out, the musician talks confidence from Madonna and her real-life drag name By Chris Azzopardi If you want Dido to tell you
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Maria Conchita Alonso is a Renaissance Woman
By Vic Gerami Maria Conchita Alonso is a Renaissance Woman as she has done it all and is on the prime of her career. She has starred in films with
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Wanda Sykes, As Puzzled As Ever
|Comedian talks walkouts, Ellen’s interview with Kevin Hart, and the role her wife plays in her comedy career By Chris Azzopardi Because according to Trump’s America only white het men
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Give Margaret Cho a Hand
| Comedian talks new Asian-led kink series, queer sex and Hollywood homophobia By Chris Azzopardi Damn that bulging carpometacarpal joint. Without it, Margaret Cho’s kink play could’ve been trouble-free, but