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25 Gay Films Everyone Should See: Part 3D
Third installment in Metro Weekly's popular look at gay, lesbian, bi and transgender films that moved cinema to new heights
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Pussy Galore
Jason Barnes grew up a fan of the fairy-tale character Puss in Boots. ''Any character whose fashion is like his main power is good for...
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Mighty Sylvester
Anthony Wayne didn't grow up with Sylvester. In fact, the Norfolk, Va., native was only a kid when the flamboyant and openly gay disco legend...
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A Ziegfeld's Christmas
Heard the rumor about local drag legend Ella Fitzgerald appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race? ''Why in the hell?'' retorts Fitzgerald. ''No, baby, that's for the...
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Drag King Christmas
''I am your sole drag queen of the house,'' purrs Isis Deverreoux of Phase 1 of Dupont. In fact, Deverreoux is becoming essentially the lesbian...
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Coverboy: Circon
This week's Coverboy was born in Istanbul and raised in Pennsylvania, but it was an internship in arts management that first attracted Circon to the...
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Carnival links drag to inappropriate behavior
UPDATE: Carnival apologizes for ‘miscommunication’ surrounding drag cruise An eight-day cruise with nearly 40 stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race seems like it should be a...
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Up Town
In the early '90s, nationally recognized club singers, from Crystal Waters to CeCe Peniston, were the chief draw for gay nightclubs. Soon after, DJs became...
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Bunny Business
''I have no idea what hatefulness is in store,'' Lady Bunny says. ''But all I have to do is slap my thigh and laugh and...
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Needles and Pins
It's only natural that a drag queen named Sharon Needles would have pointed things to say, even about herself. But it's still shocking she hits...
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The Attractions of Pride
''People have told me that they feel empowered, that my songs are so empowering,'' singer Deborah Cox told Metro Weekly in 2010. ''Even though some...
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To Serve, with Love
''I collect them like baseball cards – I know all their names, I know their styles,'' teases Sonya Boring. She's talking about drag queens. ''I'm...
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Coverboy: Andrew
Andrew must have been fated to be in the spotlight. The 24-year-old aspiring opera singer started out as a math major in college, but switched...
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Unchained Arias
Joey Arias is one strange fruit. That's true not just because the gay male performance artist gained some fame a couple decades ago singing –...
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Coverboy: Long
When he was 15, moving to the U.S. from Vietnam, Long says it was the equivalent of winning a Wonka-esque golden ticket. But the reality...
