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Out Con: Queer Geeks & Palm Trees
This is part of a series of profiles of conventions, local to Seattle and across the country, with missions that are relevant to the LGBTQ community. When I think of Miami, Florida, I think of sunny beaches, palm trees, cocktails and ‘80s TV shows. My mind doesn’t...
That Song Is A Drag: Top Ten Drag Songs
We thank you, Mother Ru, in your beneficence, for bestowing upon us another season of the greatest, gayest show on television. In celebration, I’ll be counting down the Top Ten Best Songs released by queens from past seasons of Drag Race.
Critical Condition: Of Wickets, Holograms, and Eulogies
Three very different musicals were on my plate this past week: an often revived golden age classic, an early off-Broadway oddity by a composer who became a worldwide success via the House of Mouse, and one a Canadian born 2-hander which barely ran on Broadway. Here...
In Comes Harry Turpin as Bobby in Company
Harry Turpin is a performer, director, choreographer, and writer. He's performed regionally with ShowTunes!, the 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre as well as nationally. A resident of Seattle, Harry has been seen on stages across the country in the 30th Anniversary...
Full Disclosure: A Meditation On Queer Feelings
I sometimes write as a form of meditation, one in which I attempt to make sense for myself in a vastly unknown world. I use it to convey ideas to other people about what, why, and how it is that I know what I know. It is a delicate balance of what I’m thinking, and...
Who Will Save Queer Hip-Hop?
There is a moment in the video for Wut, by New York rapper Le1f, that I feel we should discuss. In it, Le1f—understated in a jersey, athletic shorts and a gold chain—perches on the lap of a man. The man is muscular and white, his body coated in oil, his face obscured...
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8 Cast Includes Seattle Queen
The latest RuPaul's Drag Race cast was announced last night during Logo TV's NewNowNext Awards. To almost no one's surprise, the cast for Season 8 included a familiar face from the Seattle Drag Scene: Miss Robbie Turner. Turner, who's cover story during the filming of...
The Story of Their Lives: An Interview with Frank Kohel and Micheal O’Hara
A 2006 Canadian musical, The Story of My Life, music and lyrics by Neil Bartram, which received a short Broadway run (5 performances in 2009), had an immensely well received reading last September as part of Tacoma Little Theatre’s Off the Shelf series. So much so...
Putting A New Twist On Queer Cinema
The folks at Three Dollar Bill Cinema are fresh off of marking the 20th anniversary of the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, their annual celebration of queer film. For their 21st festival, they have a radical change in store: a new name.
Critical Condition: Ring of Fire
Whether you’re a Johnny Cash aficionado, or a fan of local musical theatre favorites Cayman Ilika and Jared Michael Brown (count me amongst the latter), the Cash songbook musical Ring of Fire at Federal Way’s Centerstage is well worth your time. As described by...
Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend: A First-Timer’s Guide/Experience
For those interested in kink events primarily targeted towards a queer male-identified audience, there are a number of great ones out there. Most people have heard of Folsom Street Fair and International Mr. Leather (IML). In Washington, DC in January, there’s another...
From Patsy Cline to June Carter Cash: An Interview with Cayman Ilika
One of the brightest lights to glow in the Seattle Theatre scene the past decade has been Cayman Ilika, a statuesque, raven-haired stunner who first drew attention to herself as Patsy Cline in Centerstage’s Always, Patsy Cline. After that, she rolled onto one great...
The Gospel According to Mary Lambert
Cover photo by Autumn De Wilde Most people first heard the music of Mary Lambert when she co-wrote and performed on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ track Same Love a few years ago. Most people saw her perform for the first time on the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014, in a...
Full Disclosure: I Came To Pee In Peace
I’ll never forget that most awkward day in the women’s bathroom at Nordstrom. At the time, I was not yet on hormones but very masculine presenting. I avoided public bathrooms at all costs, opting to hold it even if it caused me an infection. As I squeamishly pushed...
The Oscars Are Dead. Long Live The Oscars.
It's telling that the Oscars, the system Hollywood has devised to honor their own has, for the second year in a row, thrown diversity completely out the window. What does it say about your system, Hollywood, when the only person of color on your award stage is the...