Former San Francisco mayor and current California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has long been seen as a rising star in the Democratic party, but for a huge portion of the LGBTQ community in America, he’s simply one of our most loyal allies. In between shooting Current TV’s The Gavin Newsom Show, where he goes one-on-one with athletes, inventors (and the...
Yes, we know: He works as a Chippendales performer. He’s on the current season of The Amazing Race. His name is spelled JAYMES. Cue the gay-rag fawning over the genetically blessed, right?
Well, a funny thing happened on the way to stereotyping our cover model: Jaymes, extra “Y” and all, turned out to be as...
Melissa Etheridge marked much of 2012 as a return to her roots, having finally performed her first Pride concert in Pittsburgh in June and with the recording of a nostalgic and reflective new album, 4th Street Feeling. But with marriage equality gaining mainstream momentum, same-sex parents saturating prime-time TV and a major honor on the horizon from the National Museum...
Mika is the first to admit he’s a kid at heart. An affinity for cartoon art, bright colors and playful melody quickly became a calling card of sorts when the curly-haired entertainer exploded on the pop scene in 2007. Mika, the performer, and his music were seen by many—industry and otherwise—as a refreshing change from the manufactured (mostly female) pop...
Whenever my partner and I tell people we’ve been together for 20 years, the reaction is usually disbelief. And it’s followed quickly by the joke, “Wow, that’s like 140 in gay years.” This implies that gay couples are never together as long as straight couples, and that simply isn’t true.
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Whether telling us that nobody’s supposed to be here or professing absolutely not, Deborah Cox has been bringing gays to the dance floor for nearly 15 years—and she’s just getting started. Need more proof that the LGBT community holds a special place in her heart? Deborah headed across the pond earlier this summer and headlined...
The results may be pretty, but plastic surgery sure ain’t.
With a strong stomach, sturdy hands and a very sharp scalpel, plastic surgeons sculpt living flesh. Theirs is a job of beauty, of blood, of new beginnings.
And as we know, beginnings are never easy.
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As the Food and Drug Administration weighs approval of the off-label use of Truvada for HIV-negative individuals, we look at the arguments being made by those on both sides of the debate.
Dr. Lisa Sterman has been writing prescriptions for Truvada—a little blue pill that packs the punch of two...