George Takei-On His Path To LGBT Advocacy, Maintaining Pride In Our Community, The Howard Stern Effect & Continuing To Dream Big For Our Country’s Future

By Michael Cook on May 23, 2019 12:00 pm

George Takei is a multi generational actor, activist, and trailblazer. With his devilish grin (and signature laugh to match), this movie star for the ages is one of our biggest touchstones to one of our most important generations. Takei can just as easily talk to me about the … [Read more...]

RuPaul’s DragCon LA Is This Weekend! We’ve Got Some Tips on Getting to the Fun, Kitty Girl

By Javay Frye on May 23, 2019 11:13 am

RuPaul's DragCon LA is this weekend and we all know that LA traffic can be a pain in the rumpus, so to help you get to the convention center easier … [Read more...]

#Breaking: Howard Stern Schools the Women of “The View” on Rosie O’Donnell

By Stephen Rutledge on May 17, 2019 7:12 am

ABC via YouTube On Thursday, the ''King of All Media'', Howard Stern was the guest on The View, sitting down with the ladies for only the second time in the history of show. The panelists: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Lindsey Graham's friend Meghan McCain, … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: “The Wizard Of Oz” Author, L. Frank Baum

By Stephen Rutledge on May 15, 2019 3:05 am

1911, Photo from Wikimedia Commons May 15, 1856 - L. Frank Baum: The Queerness Doesn't Matter, So Long As They're Friends.Dorothy Gale, "The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" One of the true classics of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz was originally … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: There Once Was An Old Queer Named Lear

By Stephen Rutledge on May 12, 2019 3:05 am

May 12, 1812- Edward Lear: The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, 'O lovely Pussy! O … [Read more...]

Author Ramin Setoodeh on “The View” (& What Big Name Almost Became The Moderator..)

By Michael Cook on May 10, 2019 4:58 pm

Not many television shows continue to be must see television like The View continues to be. From its early versions with Star Jones and Meredith Viera to the polariizingly popular Rosie O’Donnell years, to the current and extremely political iteration, the one thing … [Read more...]

#WomenWeLove: Candice Bergen

By Stephen Rutledge on May 9, 2019 12:18 pm

Photo by Bert Stern, 1967 for Vogue Candice Bergen was born into the heady Hollywood of the late-1940s, as the daughter of celebrated ventriloquist, Edgar Bergen and his stunning wife Frances. Her "brother" at the time was known as a sarcastic little wooden dummy that her dad … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: “Peter Pan” Author, J.M. Barrie

By Stephen Rutledge on May 9, 2019 3:05 am

Photo via Wikimedia Commons May 9, 1860– J.M. Barrie: When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. Peter Pan has been a favorite story of mine since early … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote: “I Believe That If Ever I Had to Practice Cannibalism, I Might Manage If There Were Enough Tarragon Around.” – James Beard

By Stephen Rutledge on May 5, 2019 8:32 am

Photo from "American Masters, PBS via YouTube A Portland icon and probably the number one figure in American food culture, James Beard (1903-1995) briefly attended Reed College in Portland, although he was expelled for being gay in 1922. Reed granted Beard an honorary degree … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote: “Hustlers of the World, There is One Mark You Cannot Beat: the Mark Inside.” – William S. Burroughs.

By Stephen Rutledge on May 3, 2019 5:03 am

1981, photograph by Ulrich Hillebrand via YouTube In 1988, I had acting work in a little film titled Drugstore Cowboy. Everyone, from director Gus Van Sant to the prop-master seemed to be overwhelmed at being in the presence of Burroughs on the set. He gave a really terrific … [Read more...]