Rauw Alejandro: Last News

Sing Sing in theaters—now that the hit A24 film has been re-released nationwide. In a historic move, A24 is showing the film simultaneously in cinemas and correctional facilities.

“Bop After Bop”…Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.No, it’s not a knife, Perfume Genius (Michael Hadreas) is back to let us know “It’s A Mirror” with his brooding and beautiful lead single from his upcoming album, Glory. This haunting, twang-tinged introspective track trades Ugly Season’s abstraction for raw, slightly gothic Americana. Reuniting with Queen director Cody Critcheloe (who’s worked with Robyn, Kylie, and Yves Tumor), the video drags biker fantasy into high queer art—leather, heels, corset and all.

Sometimes the answer is right in front of you if you just know where to look.Case in point: As you walk down the north side of U Street in Northwest D.C., the space that houses D.C.’s newest gay bar features a small, unassuming storefront — blink, and you’ll miss it. A “Lucky Pollo Peruvian Chicken” logo consisting of LED lights, with a cartoon chicken wearing a leather cap and boots, serves as an “Easter egg” to those in the know — the rare external clue that more than what meets the eye lies beneath the exterior of the takeout chicken eatery.Once inside the restaurant, which, despite being under construction, is already equipped with an ATM and three tablets mounted to the wall, and where late-night revelers will eventually place their orders, your eyes inevitably drift to the right, almost by instinct, as you survey the space.

Delaware Gov. Bethany Hall-Long on Jan. 16 signed and issued an executive order creating a Delaware State LGBTQ+ Commission that she said will hold public forums for the exchange of ideas on the needs of the state’s diverse LGBTQ community.

The Arlington County Fire Department announced on Jan. 16 that an Arlington man has been arrested on three counts of arson for at least three fires set at restaurants on the same block on South 23rd Street, including Freddie’s Beach Bar and Restaurant, which is a gay establishment.