AT 91 AND still going strong, Willie Nelson is one the most prolific, progressive, and beloved American country artists of all time. With over 150 albums under his belt to date, Nelson has also won 12 Grammys (out of 57 nominations) over the years, a

THIS LONDON-BASED ARTIST is not your typical cabaret performer — and he wouldn’t have it any other way. “I was inspired to start doing drag in my 20s, when I discovered drag kings and watched them perform,” says Anthony. “As a child, I had always sec

AS KARINE JEAN-PIERRE approaches her second anniversary as White House press secretary on May 13, she carries the weight of being a trailblazer — the first Black woman and first LGBTQ+ person to hold the position. In an exclusive interview with The A

In Oh, Mary!, President Abraham Lincoln (Conrad Ricamora) has his hands full with the Civil War — as well as the antics of his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln (Cole Escola), an alcoholic who is less concerned with a divided country than with dreams of becomi

We queer men can have a complicated relationship with our bodies. I remember attending my first Fire Island house party as a newly out young man and feeling in awe of (and completely ostracized from) the sea of sculpted forms. I suspect you’ve had a

Dr. Rick Hendrix and his partner Shane Jordan created The Rainbow Parade: A Celebration of LGBTQIA+ Identities and Allies to be the children’s book they never had in their youth. The beautifully illustrated story follows a child and their parent as t

SAN FRANCISCO HAS endured its share of hardship recently but remains a premiere world travel destination for good reason. On a recent visit to the City by the Bay — my first return to my former hometown in over 25 years and the first-ever visit for m

Joel Kim Booster has been putting in the work. The Loot star is becoming more of a household name since writing and starring in 2022’s queer retelling of Pride and Prejudice, the Emmy-nominated Fire Island. But the 36-year-old Korean-born comedian an

THE YEAR WAS 1984. My sister and I huddled close to our 17-inch-screen television, with its makeshift wire hanger antenna, excited to watch the new music video for Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time.” The song was the second hit single to come out follo

LIKE MANY QUEER people, Don Sturz has enjoyed a long love affair with dogs. As a boy struggling with his sexuality, Sturz found comfort and self-worth training his pups for competition. Decades after first showing at the legendary Westminster Kennel

EARLIER THIS YEAR, Sherrell Cross made history as the new executive director of Dallas Pride, the first Black woman to hold the position in the organization’s 40-plus year history. A New Orleans native, Cross brings a unique blend of empathy, advocac

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A moment of pure revelry in the video for Ben Platt’s “Cherry on Top” features the Tony winner and his fiancé, Noah Galvin, playfully dancing at a scenic overlook on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. In the gauzy video shot on Super 8 millimeter film,

WELCOME TO THE reign of the banana queen! During the season 16 finale in April, Nymphia Wind became the newest queen to join the winner’s circle on RuPaul’s Drag Race — and made herstory while doing it. As the very first East Asian and Taiwanese winn

DESPITE OTHERWISE GROWING up surrounded by love, Queen of the Universe season 1 champion and Drag Race Brasil host Grag Queen went through conversion therapy during her youth. “It started mostly at school, when my mom got asked if she would decide wh

THROUGHOUT HER LIFE and career, actress Busy Philipps — known for her roles on shows like Freaks and Geeks, Cougar Town, Girls5eva, and this year’s Mean Girls reboot — has also always used her platform to stand up for marginalized communities. She’s

Dear Out readers, This summer, we are thrilled to celebrate the vibrant diversity and dynamic talent that make our community shine. Our cover star, Joel Kim Booster, exemplifies this brilliance. Joel has carved a unique space in the entertainment ind

Sometime after college, during a tough breakup, I found the word “nonmonogamous” in an article. I never found an easy word for my sexuality — I’m somewhere between gay, pansexual, and fluid — so it was odd to feel seen by a label for the first time.

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JEAN SMART’S ALLYSHIP to the LGBTQ+ community has gone hand-in-hand with her amazing four-decade-plus career on stage and screen. In fact, her first New York theater credit was playing a lesbian in the play Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. And years bef

When Nava Mau first read the script for Baby Reindeer, she was blown away by how different it was from the typical TV show with a transgender character. “It’s almost like you can forget to dream when you’re a trans actor, and you just keep getting th

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DEMOCRAT ZACH YOUNG is slated to become the first out LGBTQ+ school board member in Tennessee. Young, 32, is running unopposed for his seat in the state’s third district, solidifying his spot in history. The politician previously served as a Goodlett

DR. CHERYL CLARKE is a radical Black lesbian poet, essayist, scholar, and educator whose career and activism has been going strong for over four decades now. After attending the famous March on Washington in her teens, Clarke began experimenting with