LGBTQ news and entertainment
Today’s holiday tune comes from international recording artist George Perris’s Christmas album, The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!
Continue reading “Christmas Music: George Perris Celebrates ‘The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year’”
Some news stories you might have missed:
• The Advocate: Kyle McFarlane (above) was left partially paralyzed last month when an ongoing feud — which previously saw his home vandalized with anti-LGBTQ+ slurs and feces — resulted in his neighbor allegedly shooting him leaving him with a bullet lodged in his spine.
• Instagram: Ok, I’m a little obsessed with this guy’s voice – out recording artist Cornelius Versa singing “Not That Girl” from WICKED. Click pic to play. You can find his debut album “The Crystal Cowboy” on Spotify here. Continue reading “FL Man Paralyzed After Incident With Anti-LGBTQ Neighbor + More News”
Out recording artist Wrabel drops his latest single, “surrender.” Creating an atmosphere of motion and intensity, the track expands and becomes more engulfing as the piece progresses. Continue reading “New Music: Wrabel ‘Surrender’”
Out country music star Orville Peck recently dropped his new seven-track EP Appaloosa, delivering his trademark brooding and swooning in fine fashion.
Peck knows who he is as an artist and stays the course. The music video for “Drift Away” is a moody, reflective hymn to nostalgic youth. Continue reading “New Music: Orville Peck Wants You To ‘Drift Away’”
Out American Idol alum Jim Verraros drops his new steamy music video today and his message is clear: he wants you to be a “Good Boy.” Continue reading “New Music: Jim Verraros Wants You To Be A ‘Good Boy’”
Rounding up some news items for you as we head into the weekend:
• TIME: The U.S. has turned its back on LGBTQ asylum seekers.
• TikTok: A MAGA TikTok user had a meltdown over a trans man wearing a pink dress sporting facial hair using the ladies room at a Barnes & Noble. The bathroom user told the woman he was assigned female at birth. Isn’t this what transphobes want? People using the bathroom that aligns with the gender they were assigned at birth? Continue reading “US Turning Its Back On LGBTQ Asylum Seekers + More News”
Out folk-pop singer-songwriter Rachael Sage and her longtime band The Sequins have released their new album Canopy – tackling themes of acceptance, inclusivity, and safety through songs that feel like a refuge woven from resilience. Continue reading “Rachael Sage Drops New Folk/Pop Collection ‘Canopy’”
Some news items for you:
• CBS News: An ice cream shop in northeast Minneapolis, founded as a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community, was targeted with a Molotov cocktail twice within 24 hours, according to police. Continue reading “‘Safe Space’ Ice Cream Shop Fire Bombed Twice + More News”
Some news items for your as we head into the weekend:
• HuffPost: Nurse Blake (above), a former nurse-turned-content creator, shares his 3-year experience of being forced to undergo so-called ‘conversion therapy’ and the damage it did. “I wasn’t sleeping. I was barely eating. I felt like a ghost moving through the world and trying to take up less space every day.”
• New Music: Pop artist and virtuoso pianist Micah McLaurin drops his glossy new pop bop “Dancing With My Broken Heart.” The new single turns heartache into neon-drenched pure pop joy as a reminder that sometimes healing shows up on the dance floor. Continue reading “Real Life Experience With ‘Conversion Therapy’ + Twink To Twunk + More”
Some news items I thought worth your time:
• ABC News: As I reported last night, Donald Trump ordered the immediate release of gay serial liar/former Rep. George Santos from prison. Trump’s clemency order also lets Santos off the hook for almost $600,000 he’d agreed to pay in restitution and forfeiture.
• Queerty: Out country superstar and 11-time GRAMMY Award winner Brandi Carlile gets political in “Church & State” – from her highly anticipated new album, Returning To Myself, out October 24. Continue reading “Santos Off The Hook For $600K + New Music From Brandi Carlile + More News”