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 / Singer, Nell Carter
Carter in Gimme A Break!, NBC (1981), screen-grab via YouTube September 13, 1948– Nell Carter: "You know what's a cliché? A black woman serving pancakes to a white kid." Nell Carter was a series of contradictions and conundrums: Black, Southern, Jewish, Lesbian, … [Read more...]
Legendary WeHo Club Rage Is Closing Forever (After 37 Years!)
The iconic LA nightclub Rage, located in the heart of Boystown, is permanently closing its doors after 37 years. COVID-19 and high rent are said to be the reasons. It joins Flaming … [Read more...]
Watch the Trailer for Outfest’s Closing Night Film ‘Two Eyes’
This Sunday, writer/director Travis Fine’s neo-western ensemble piece Two Eyes makes its world premiere at Outfest. The closing night film stars Kate Bornstein, Ryan Cassata, Nakhane Toure, Benjamin Rigby and will be available to stream … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Nancy Kulp
August 28, 1921– Nancy Kulp: "If one is past 50 or 60, coming out is almost like saying that most of your life you've been too embarrassed to admit it or to speak up." I came out of the closet in 1971 at 17 years old, but I had been on the hunt for clues to the … [Read more...]
Trailer OTD: Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan Star in the Victorian Lesbian Paleontologist Movie ‘Ammonite’
Ammonite stars Kate Winslet as Mary Anning, a trailblazing Victorian-era palaeontologist, who finds herself attracted to Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan), the young wife of another … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Tennis Great, Ellen Roosevelt
Via FDR Library Australian tennis star Margaret Court made headlines and the record books when she won the U.S. Open in 1973. She was the first mother in history to win three of the four most prestigious tournaments in tennis. Court made news again in 2017 when she charmingly … [Read more...]
10 Films To See at #Outfest2020
Featuring over 160 streamable LGBTQIA+ films, a handful of special drive-in events, and plenty of Q&A’s, this year’s mostly virtual Outfest kicks off on Thursday and runs through the end of the month. Presented by WarnerMedia, the diverse lineup includes 35 world premieres … [Read more...]
WeHo’s Flaming Saddles Permanently Closes Due to COVID-19
West Hollywood gay bar Flaming Saddles said yesterday it would permanently shutter due to the coronavirus pandemic. Wrote the owners: “It has been a very long 5 months, very long indeed. Through out these months Chris and I have chosen to stay positive. We were watching the … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “A Closed Mind is a Dying Mind.” – Edna Ferber
1924, Photograph via YouTube I have enjoyed a long crazy obsession for The Algonquin Round Table, a celebrated group of New York City writers, critics, actors and wits. Members of "The Vicious Circle," as they dubbed themselves, met for lunch each day at the Algonquin Hotel … [Read more...]
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