‘People’ Archives
Little Boots, k.d. lang
Little Boots, Hands Good pop doesn’t work too hard. So luckily, few beads of sweat trickle from the electro shimmer of Victoria “Little Boots” Hesketh’s much-anticipated stateside landing. Odds are, however, that you already knew the darling musician, who dropped an EP last year, when she was still a self-made YouTube sensation performing [...]
The NCAA talks trans (and LGB)
For several years now, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has addressed LGBT issues at its annual convention. The once sparsely attended sessions have mushroomed into key events. High-ranking athletic administrators now look forward to the panel discussions; they ask insightful questions, and acknowledge the importance of the issues [...]
Sade, ‘Valentine’s Day’
Sade, Soldier of Love Sade doesn’t come around very often, so to think she’d completely finagle her first album in a decade around the edgy martial beat of its namesake single was wishful thinking. The song’s that good – twisting the band’s trademark sound into a pulsating survivor tune that’s ominously ablaze with aggressive drums [...]
SF gay chorus visits Prop 8 territory
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus went on tour into Prop 8 territory in late January, to the California cities of Redding and Chico.Additional forays will take the group to Bakersfield, Fresno and Tracy. The counties the five cities are in voted to re-ban same-sex marriage at levels of 57 percent to 75 percent, although voters in the city [...]
Mariah and Me
How the diva changed a life – and her ownSo Mariah Carey isn’t just that vocally inimitable pop goddess who belts the hell out of “Hero,” like she said during a press conference recently. I know that now, and am constantly reminded by some of her loopy antics (ice cream, anyone?), very public break-ups/breakdowns and that one recent [...]
Sweet turnaround for Peggy Beck
The OutField Sweet turnaround for Peggy BeckStereotypes have long held that there are no gay male athletes – but most female athletes are lesbians. However, ever since The Front Runner, authors have tackled the theme of gay male athletes far more often than females. Sweet Turnaround J changes all that. The second novel by Peggy Beck, it [...]
Transitioning Athletes
The OutField Transitioning athletes“It Takes a Team” is the apt name of a national educational and advocacy institute addressing LGBT issues in sport. All too often, however, the “T” has been missing from teams – sports teams and It Takes a Team. That’s starting to change. Trans athletes are raising their voices – and [...]
INTERVIEW: Tom Ford Q&A
Tom Ford: The Other Man The fashionista-turned-filmmaker dishes on his directorial debut, the loss he endured to make it and why it’s more than a gay movieAll you know about Tom Ford isn’t it. The style-savvy man we’re familiar with through the fashion-world lense – as Gucci’s former creative director for 10 years – is more than [...]
Best Beats of 2009
My best affairs of 2009 have been with women. Now, of course, this means aural relations with pop powerhouses, dance-floor fiends and sweet-ass singer-songwriters. Relentlessly, they’ve penetrated my hearing holes, becoming more than casual hook-ups. Or even friends with benefits. Meet them:10. Peaches, I Feel Cream “Raw meat,” [...]
Boxing Champ Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho to Appear on Playgirl
PLAYGIRL.com, the internet's leading source for hot nude celebrity hunks, has announced it will shoot boxing superstar Hector Camacho in January 2010 for its website, magazine and cable-on-demand channels. The magazine feature will include a 25 year retrospective of his popular 1985 PLAYGIRL spread.Growing up on the rough streets of El Barrio, [...]
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