Drag has become so much more than queens lip-synching covers of diva classics. The more original your act is, the better, and in 2020 the possibilities are endless. The art form has permeated pop culture’s language, fashion, and notions of beauty, and it’s crossed over into other creative disciplines as well, including comedy, television, and […]
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Posted inArts & Culture
The rise of the viral drag queens
A generation that grew up queer on the Internet finds a home on Chicago’s drag stages.
Posted inMusic
Comedian Nicholas Rouley on Birdcloud’s shit-kickin’ straight talk
Current musical obsessions of stand-up comics Nicholas Rouley and Stephanie Hasz and Reader music staffer Luca Cimarusti
Posted inFilm
Reeling film festival looks back, and ahead
The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opens at Music Box with Hurricane Bianca.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
When is cyber flirtation cyber infidelity?
Dan’s advice on cyber cheating, what to do when you’ve shtupped the new hire, and middle age as a gay man.
Posted inBlogs
Larry Tee’s OK by me
The post-9/11 electroclash fad did a lot to help Larry Tee‘s career, transforming him from a fairly obscure New York dance-scene fixture best known for cowriting RuPaul’s “Supermodel” into the capo of a movement that dominated the music media for months. At the same time it also nearly ruined his reputation, both because of his […]