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'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Changed My Gay Life!
In 1973, I was a 17-year-old student who spent weekends with my parents in Brooklyn and looked forward to the wonders of The Mary Tyler Moore Show every Saturday night. Famous from The Dick Van Dyke...
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The Best Black Male Fashion Models of All Time
Happy Black History Month! Happy NYC Fashion Week! In commemoration of both landmark events, stylist Christian Freedom and I picked the 10 most exciting black male models of all time, and the result...
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The Good Thing For Gays About Donald Trump
If I were to literally stick to my title (above), this would be a very short column. In fact, it would be over already and I'd be off typing up an invoice. But let me use a little hyperbole and a lot...
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Queer Highlights From Last Night's Most Shocking Oscars Ever
Yesterday, I got an email from a colleague, critic Brendan Lemon, who said, "I'm starting to think that Moonlight could pull off an upset tonight. As a friend of mine says: "Just like in '05, (when...
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Disney's First Gay Character: Is This Actually a Step Backwards?
Movie companies are always about 40 years late to the table with allegedly groundbreaking material, and then they always make sure to congratulate themselves on the incredible courage involved in what...
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Charlie Hides Dishes About Being Oldest 'Drag Race' Contestant Ever—And He's...
Cheers to survival. Charlie Hides is the oldest contestant ever to appear on RuPaul's Drag Race, and he's in top form. I first became aware of the British performer--who's on season nine, premiering...
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'Drag Race' Season 9 Star Alexis Michelle on Drag, Activism & Boyfriends
Born Alex Michaels in Manhattan, Alexis Michelle is a talented figure on the Gotham bar scene, playing Boots & Saddle on Wednesdays, Therapy on Thursdays and the Ritz on Sundays, with performances...
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Amanda Lepore on Her New Book, Celebrity Dates & Caitlyn's Lesbianism
Amanda Lepore is a trans icon, party hostess, photographers' muse and now a book. The New Jersey-born answer to Marilyn Monroe, Lepore is the subject of Doll Parts (written with Thomas Flannery, Jr.),...
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Queer Icon Freddie Mercury Gets New Life Through Polish-Born Performer
Kuba Ka has optioned the rights to Lesley-Ann Jones' book An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury, and it doesn't take a genius to see why; when made up properly, the Polish-born performer is a dead...
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Investigating Crime Reporter Dominick Dunne's Queer Personal Life
Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) was the acclaimed, obsessive writer for Vanity Fair who specialized in thorough investigations into trials involving O.J. Simpson and the Menendez brothers (Lyle and Erik)....
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Cynthia Nixon on Emily Dickinson's Sexuality & Her Own
Cynthia Nixon is superb as 19th Century poet Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies' new film, A Quiet Passion. That's no surprise to those who know her work--she radiated sophistication as lawyer Miranda...
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Bianca Del Rio: 'I'd Let Trump Touch My P**sy!"
While Joan Rivers and Don Rickles (and Courtney Act's career) applaud from the afterlife, RuPaul's Drag Race season six winner Bianca Del Rio continues to be the funniest motormouth on the planet. On...
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Barbra Streisand Dishes on 'The Way We Were' & 'A Star is Born'
After seeing Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly! and then spending this past weekend in the rapture of Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross, I was hoarse from cheering, but stopped to think, "Where's Liza? That...
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'Come From Away' Actress Jenn Colella is Out, Polyamorous & Tony-Nominated
One of the Broadway season's biggest hits, the seven-time Tony nominated Come From Away is a rousing, folksy show about the real-life incident where planes were diverted to a small town in...
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Drag Queens Can't Just Lip-Synch Anymore! That Isn't Enough!
In the old days, it was enough for a drag queen to just stand there in a wig and a dress and mouth along to a Britney Spears or Whitney Houston song. Yes, there was an occasional queen who could...
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Sex Apps Aren't Just for Hookups Anymore, They're for Boyfriend Hunting!
The impetus for apps like Grindr, Scruff and Hornet (and before that, sites like Manhunt and Adam4Adam) was primarily sexual, giving guys a chance to seek the hookup partners they desire and do the...
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'Drag Race' Winners Tore Me a New One, Rosie O'Donnell Gave Tons of Cash
A celebrity roast of yours truly (benefiting the Callen-Lorde clinic) was organized by publicist Daniel DeMello and company last week at Actors Temple, where a host of notables gathered to rip me a...
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Drag Queens Have Been Reading Up a Storm (And Not to Filth)
When you think of drag queens reading, you think of them tearing people a new one with bitchy observations and finger snapping. But there's the other kind of reading too--you know, the kind involving...
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Comic Matteo Lane: 'If You're Gay, Walking Onstage is Inflammatory'
Chicago-born, New York-based comic Matteo Lane is a rising star of comedy, with a resume consisting of constant club shows around the country and an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers....
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9-Year-Old Desmond Napoles on Being NYC Pride Parade's Drag Star
Of all the astounding sights in NYC's Pride Parade, one of the most melting is that of pint-sized nine-year-old Desmond Napoles, marching in full drag as thousands cheer. Of course, there's been a...
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Sofia Coppola, John Waters on 'Handsome Men & Repressed Sex'
Provincetown, Massachusetts is an enchanting haven for drag shows, seafood, cruising and people watching, all conducted in an extremely LGBTQ friendly setting that also dares to bring in lots of...
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Trans Pop Singer Nikki Exotika: 'Men Don't Want You Without a Penis'
The New-Jersey-born pop singer Nikki Exotika is a glam trans woman who's made strides in introducing uniqueness and sass to the dance-music market. I just talked to Nikki about her interesting career...
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When Your Parents Figure Out That You're Gay...
I'm notorious for long having screamed about how everyone should be out and proud, but there's a fly splashing around in my gay ointment. I never actually had that key conversation with my...
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What To Do When Your Friend's a Gay Republican
We drop friends all the time for a whole variety of reasons--they messed with our loves lives, they lied, they weren't supportive--so why do some people think it's such an outlandish idea to dump them...
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RuPaul and I: Sissying Through the Years with the Emmy-Winning TV Queen
Whenever people see a photo or video of RuPaul and I from the 1980s or '90s, they're always amazed and impressed--not that Ru knew my incredible self, mind you, but the other way around. "You knew...
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15 Camp Film Classics Every Gay Must See
Let me dim all the houselights and return to my favorite topic--campy films that you absolutely have to experience in order to attain your gay card. Some of these are campy because they're trying to...
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Mario Cantone Talks Frankly About Scaramucci: 'He's Secure in His Sexuality'
Trump's overly communicative communications director Anthony Scaramucci is out--of a job! But Mario Cantone isn't. Since "the Mooch" got ousted, the comic/actor who so deftly portrayed him on Comedy...
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If Donald Trump Were Gay, Then What?
Everything would be better if Donald Trump happened to be one us. Instantly, all of his hideous flaws would vanish because he'd be a big, old poufter and therefore incredibly sensitive and...
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Confessions of A Has-Been: Don’t Hate Me For Being Fame Challenged
I don't use the word "has-been" as much anymore. Not since I've been called one. I actually started being tossed such an epithet back in the '90s, which is absurd, because I was actually doing very...
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Why Teen Idols Are Essential to Achieving Gay Puberty
Whenever the expression "teen idol" is invoked, it's usually followed by sayings like "screaming girls" or "squealing, pubescent females". What's almost always left out of the equation is that...
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