LGBTQ Artists Speak Out About Portraying Queer Love
Artists working today, from photographers to figurative painters to sculptors, are shattering the conception that love looks a certain way and creating greater visibility for the LGBTQ+ community in the process. Their portrayals of love—not just couples, but gatherings of friends and expressions of self-love and desire—are not only historically important, but they’re also gestures...
A Matter of Pride
By Adrian Luzan Last year, 2020 was an unprecedented year as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe disrupting daily life. As most countries went into various forms of lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of the virus, large events and festivals including pride celebrations, marches and demonstrations were canceled. As a response...
Global Search For Lead Actor To Play Iconic Musician Boy George Begins
By Tiffany Wagner Millennium Media has come on board to produce and finance the Boy George biopic Karma Chameleon which is written and will be directed by Sacha Gervasi. Sacha Gervasi’s (My Dinner with Hervé, Hitchcock) Karma Chameleon begins casting and launches a worldwide search for an actor to play Boy George – George...
Top LGBTQ Travel Destinations for 2021
By Chris Astrala After nearly a year of hunkering down, many queer travelers are eager to get out on the road again and explore. 2021 promises to be a strange travel year, as some regions will become accessible more quickly than others, depending on the timing and rollout of vaccines. With vaccination campaigns underway and...
The Sound Of Identity: Lucia Lucas Makes History
By Ryan Turrin Winner of the 2020 Outshine Film Festival’s prestigious Programmers Award of Excellence, The Sound Of Identity is a groundbreaking feature documentary that Shout! Studios is proud to present on digital and on demand June 1, 2021. Profiling international Opera star Lucia Lucas’ historic performance at the Tulsa Opera, The Sound Of Identity lifts...
Halston: The Series
By Ryan Turrin His name built an empire. His style defined an era. American fashion designer Halston skyrocketed to fame before his life starts to spin out of control. The limited series Halston follows the legendary fashion designer, played by Ewan McGregor, as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s...
Irish singer Gary Duffy ‘Everything I Wanted’
By Kyle Jackson Gary Duffy has been performing for a long time, but it wasn’t until recently that he decided to pursue his passion in a bigger way. We had a chat with Gary Duffy to discuss what made him pursue a professional music career, how he channeled his own inner confidence to pursue his...
Hollywood Madam Musical
By John Stein Little Black Book is a new rock musical about the life and times of the infamous Hollywood Madam of the 90’s, Heidi Fleiss. Through 11 pop-rock songs, the show examines a woman who was stripped of everything she worked for by a ruthless tabloid press and an unforgiving society. Following in the...
100th Edition
Favorite Issue Retrospective For our 100th edition, we decided to do a retrospective of our favorite issues from the past 100 issues. Coming up with our top issues seemed like a major endeavor, so we asked several of our avid readers to give us what they considered their favorites. With that information we put together...
PSP Focus
Postal Palm Springs Pledges Financial Support For AAP – Food Samaritans AAP – Food Samaritans announced that it has received a pledge of financial support from local retailer Postal Palm Springs. During the month of March 2021, 20% of net USPS, UPS, and FedEx transactions at the shipping, mail and retail center will be donated...
Modernism Week 2021: A Virtual Experience
By Bob Bogard Modernism Week returns in February, although in a different way than previous years. Local and state requirements for gatherings and social distancing prompted Modernism Week to offer two versions of its popular event – the February Modernism Week Online Experience (Feb. 1 – 28, 2021) and an additional festival featuring in-person events...
Black LGBTQ Trail Blazers Who Made History
By Jerome Flynn February marks the start of Black History Month, a federally recognized celebration of the contributions African Americans have made to this country and a time to reflect on the continued struggle for racial justice. From 1960s civil rights activist Bayard Rustin to Chicago’s first black female and lesbian mayor, Lori Lightfoot, black...
