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The 2025 Tony Awards Gave These Queer Icons the Stage They Deserve

There’s no such thing as a straight Tony Awards. But the 2025 Tony Awards was notable for celebrating several queer…

Drew Burnett Gregory

Jun 8, 2025

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The 2025 Tony Awards Gave These Queer Icons the Stage They Deserve

There’s no such thing as a straight Tony Awards. But the 2025 Tony Awards was notable for celebrating several queer people who really deserved it.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 8, 2025

Bobbi Salvör Menuez leans on a rolling stool as Jess Barbagallo pulls at their shirt in Bad Stars

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‘Bad Stars’ Is a Play About Heartbreak, Storytelling, and Worms

I have seen Bad Stars twice now. Before it ends its run at Collapsable Hole, I will have seen it three times. I would see it five times if I…

Maya Martinez —

Jun 6, 2025

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‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Is Helen J. Shen’s Definitely Happy Beginning

“I feel like a year ago seems like a lifetime ago, even just in the journey of my own self-confidence and how much space I take up on a stage.”

Rendy Jones —

Apr 24, 2025

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Kathryn Gallagher in a white buttoned top poses at the All Nigher opening night

theater

Staying Up All Night With Kathryn Gallagher

Kathryn Gallgher talks about starring in the new play All Nighter, written by her best friend, and co-starring Kristine Froseth, Havana Rose Liu, and Alyah Chanelle Scott.

Rendy Jones —

Mar 31, 2025

trans day of visibility

Pink and blue text reads The Joy Who Lived with photos of trans performers surrounding it.

theater

Trans Comedians and Theatre Makers Create J.K. Rowling Counter-Programming

“It’s really a choose your own adventure. You could just go see really great comedy. You could go see these tiny independent solo shows. There’s a reading of A Streetcar…

Gabe Dunn —

Mar 28, 2025

broadway

theater

Idina Menzel Returns to Broadway as a Lesbian in ‘Redwood’

Alas, Redwood is a missed opportunity to tell a meaningful story about grief, about nature preservation, and about a lesbian relationship.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 20, 2025

drag

visual art

How Rachel Rampleman Built the Largest Drag Archive in the U.S.

Life is Drag currently features over 350 video portraits by 200+ drag artists.

Elyssa Maxx Goodman —

Jan 31, 2025

A girl lies in bed next to her mom, both wearing glasses in Janet Planet.

movie features

The Best Theatre Films of 2024 Weren’t Musicals

They weren’t even adaptations of plays.

Daniella Mazzio —

Dec 27, 2024

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Queer Ballerina Shaelynn Estrada Really F*cking Loves Ballet

"In terms of classical ballet — and even most contemporary works — it’s all about the guy saving the girl. That’s the dynamic. It’s always a girl and a guy. And like bang bang cool I’m obsessed with it. Literally. I love it. But it creates a culture. It’s not even just that no one talks about it — it’s like it doesn’t exist."

Drew Burnett Gregory

Queer ballerina Shaelynn Estrada lies on a white sheet in an empty room wearing a white tutu.

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broadway

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Jinkx Monsoon Is Filled With Rage — and a Lot of Hope

“I’m just as much an actor as I am a transfeminine person. Actor feels like part of my gender identity.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 19, 2024

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Lists/Top 10s

10 Queer Spoken Word Artists For You To Get Obsessed With

We may all worship at the well-spoken altar of Andrea Gibson, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t more out there to love! Here are ten LGBTQ spoken word artists you…

Kemi —

Aug 15, 2013

broadway

greatest hits

Our 17 Most Favorite Musical Cast Recordings Of All Time

Let’s get real deep right now into some hard-core musical theater appreciation.

the team —

Sep 26, 2011

greatest hits

interview

Kristin Chenoweth is Popular and Possibly Perfect: The Auto-Interview

Kristin Chenoweth talks to Autostraddle about the response to her Newsweek piece, returning to Glee with Idina Menzel, her brand new ensemble TV project, Promises Promises, her strong Christian beliefs…

Jess —

Jul 30, 2010

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