Sorry, This “Ultimate Karen” Halloween Mask Is Sold Out

By James St. James on September 17, 2020 2:18 pm

Well, it's not like you had anywhere to wear it this year. In case you haven't gotten the message: Halloween has been cancelled. And so you've lost out on the chance to be The Ultimate Karen. DAMN YOU, FAUCI! Los Angeles-based artist Jason Adcock had been selling the … [Read more...]

‘Spiral’ Review: Gay Horror In the Suburbs

By Jared Abbott on September 17, 2020 12:50 pm

A socially conscious horror film that addresses homophobia, trauma, and other issues facing our community, Spiral (directed by Harpoon producer Kurtis David Harder) hits Shudder today, and it’s pretty damn spooky. Set in 1995, the story follows interracial gay couple Malik (the … [Read more...]

Lifetime’s First LGBTQ Love Story Stars Husbands Blake Lee and Ben Lewis, with Fran Drescher and Ellen Wong

By Andrea James on September 16, 2020 10:09 am

Real-life married couple Blake Lee and Ben Lewis star in the upcoming Lifetime holiday movie The Christmas Setup, the first such LGBTQ special for the network. Fran Drescher and Ellen Wong also star. Via [Read more...]

Listen to This Early ’80s, Unreleased Madonna Demo “Love Is the Reason”

By James St. James on September 16, 2020 9:37 am

Of course you already know that Madge is hard at work with Diablo Cody writing the screenplay for her upcoming biopic. And while digging through a mountain of ancient demos, she … [Read more...]

‘Ratched’ Review – An Unpleasant Origin Story Without a Heart

By Jared Abbott on September 16, 2020 9:04 am

Last week, your girl Bianca del Rio tweeted about what 2020 feels like by comparing it to a Ryan Murphy show - the crux of the joke (with an emoji as the punchline) was that it started off ok and then quickly went to hell. This sums up Ratched, the new Netflix prequel to One Flew … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Actor, Anne Francis

By Stephen Rutledge on September 16, 2020 3:03 am

Publicity shot via Wikimedia Commons September 16, 1930 – Anne Francis: "Of course, I don't like being the vamp, but sexy roles are the plums these days." Honey West is a television series that aired on ABC in 1965–1966 with 30 episodes in its single season. Based upon a … [Read more...]

#QWERRRKOUT Tuesday feat. Twinkerbell

By Paisley Dalton on September 15, 2020 10:11 am

QWERRRKOUT TUESDAY just got a whole lot QTer… New queers featured every week! Tag us, take a pic of us and follow us on Instagram at QWERRRKOUT, and you too could be the next, featured QT! YOU … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote: “It’s Up to You, It’s Up to Me, To Make Her Worthy to Go Back to Sea…” – from ‘Sinking Ship’ by David Johansen

By Stephen Rutledge on September 15, 2020 8:59 am

Via Wikimedia Commons David Johansen, of course, is known as the seminal lead singer and songwriter for proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also noted for his work as his alter-ego "Buster Poindexter", who, accompanied by The Uptown Horns, performed a mixture of jazz, … [Read more...]

Remembering the Art and Impact of David Wojnarowicz On What Would Have Been His 66th Birthday

By James St. James on September 14, 2020 2:43 pm

“I wake up every morning in this killing machine called america and I’m carrying this rage like a blood-filled egg.” Super-prolific painter, photographer, mixed-media artist, writer, Super-8 filmmaker, performance artist, song-writer/recording artist and outspoken AIDS … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Polymath, Eric Bentley

By Stephen Rutledge on September 14, 2020 3:03 am

September 14, 1916 – Eric Bentley "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come." Distinguished academic, critic, author, playwright, cabaret performer, and translator, Bentley wrote more than 20 books including The Playwright As Thinker (1946), In … [Read more...]