For as long as gay bars have existed in New York, they have lived under threat of extinction. The police brutality of the Stonewall era led to the religious right moralizing of the Reagan ascent, […]
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LA Pride Pulls Out of Dodgers’ Pride Night After Team Rescinded Charity Drag Group Invite
LA Pride will not be participating in this year’s Los Angeles Dodgers Pride Night following the baseball team’s decision to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a nonprofit charity made up of drag nuns, from […]
Music Groups Call Supreme Court Ruling in Warhol Case a ‘Massive Victory’ For The Business
In a case with potential implications on a wide range of creative industries, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, May 18, that Andy Warhol infringed on a photographer’s copyrights for his portraits of Prince. The […]
From Playwright to Pandemic Queen: How D’Arcy Drollinger Became the First Drag Laureate
D’Arcy Drollinger didn’t always plan on being a drag queen. San Francisco’s new drag laureate lived in New York for years trying to make it as a playwright. After assisting in Broadway numbers and later […]
DeSantis Officially Enters the ‘Find Out’ Phase of His War With Disney
If there’s one rule that all Floridians live by, one credo that everyone in the Sunshine State must follow, it is this: Don’t fuck with the Mouse. (Also, something about alligators. But mostly, don’t fuck […]
Dive Into A Rhythmic Wonderland With Luna O’Cero’s Come n’ Try Latin
Luna O’Cero, originating from the Dominican Republic, has once more captivated his dedicated global fanbase with the unveiling of his newest record, Come n’Try Latin. This gifted artist is revolutionizing the Latin music landscape through […]
Kesha: Gag Order
Kesha was embattled from the beginning. On her 2009 debut, she played a hard-partying dirtbag and became a glittery avatar of harmless depravity; critics, missing or ignoring her quasi-feminist lampoon of male behavior, wrote her off as […]
Sqürl: Silver Haze
Music suffuses the films of Jim Jarmusch, sometimes not so much complementing as completing them. He has prominently cast Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, RZA, GZA, Meg White, John Lurie, and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. Briefly, he played no wave at peak CBGB. And he’s always […]
LCY: He Hymns
Around 15 years ago, a user named “airloaf” began uploading video clips of evangelical church services to YouTube. Picture flailing arms and rapturous uplift—swooning exorcisms, devotees collapsing, pastors with cordless mics and wild dance moves. […]
Conservatives Bully L.A. Dodgers Into Dropping Charity Drag Group From Pride Night
Bowing to pressure from conservatives including Sen. Marco Rubio, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced on Wednesday that they had uninvited an LGBTQ charity and drag performance group from participation in their annual Pride Night. The […]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Cab Driver Downplays Car Chase
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s “near catastrophic” car chase with paparazzi Tuesday night may not be as dramatic as their spokesperson made it sound, several people say. “On Tuesday evening, May 16, the NYPD assisted […]
R.F. Kuang Is Not Your ‘Cultural Tour Guide.’ She’s a Storyteller
THERE ARE A FEW obvious reasons for author R.F. Kuang to be drinking before 5 p.m. on a Friday. She’s just turned in the last paper of the semester for her Ph.D. She’s on Day […]