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Three Great Things: Sherry Cola

The breakout star of Joy Ride and the new dramedy Shortcomings on Romeo Must Die, the San Gabriel Valley and her "superpower."

August 3, 2023

Revisited: Southern Discomfort, Or What I Learned About Queerness and Telling Other People’s Stories

The director of The Gospel of Eureka on his experiences making (and then screening) a documentary short about an LGBT haven in the Bible Belt.

February 6, 2019

Introducing: Sophie Strauss’s “I Was”

A new music video, plus a conversation with Strauss and her director Suzanne Jennett.

January 7, 2019

Tales From a Rock & Roll Queer

KC (Kings of Spade) on queerness, the Blues, and coming out twice.

October 25, 2018

How Bigotry Redefines Love

I was stunned last year, when my husband, in between sobs, told me his family would not celebrate our wedding because of “religious reasons.”

February 23, 2018

Owen Pallett on the Defiance of Intimacy in Perfume Genius’s No Shape

"Mike rides his piano bench like a white horse into a hostile town, with his middle finger raised."

May 9, 2017

Southern Discomfort, Or What I Learned About Queerness and Telling Other People’s Stories

Donal Mosher breaks down his experiences making – and then screening – a documentary short about Eureka Springs, an LGBT haven in the Bible Belt.

May 3, 2017

How Britney Spears Helped Me Settle into My Queerness

Johnny Darlin’ looks back at his first Britney show — and years of fandom.

September 19, 2016

Princess Superstar Talks Le1f’s Riot Boi

Now that it's OK to be into both club music and hip-hop, the world is FINALLY ready for Le1f.

November 9, 2015

Kerthy Fix (Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields) Talks Paul Dugdale’s One Direction: Where We Are — The Concert Film

A trip to see the boy band's latest movie prompts discussion of straight queerness, Japanese crossdressers and masturbation as performance art.

October 20, 2014

Screenwriter Dean Craig (Death at a Funeral) Talks Matthew Warchus’ Pride

The latest feel-good comedy drama export from the U.K. feels like a familiar product, but only the coldest of hearts could remain unmoved by it.

October 7, 2014

Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) Talks Big Freedia’s Just Be Free

There's this Mannie Fresh interview on YouTube that I've probably watched a million times. Or at least as many times as you need to watch something...

July 1, 2014