Topics :: GLBT performers

Divers/Cité Celebrates 20th Birthday in Vieux Montreal

By Mark Thompson | Thursday Aug 9, 2012
Founded in 1993 on the principles of diversity, solidarity, and openness, Divers/Cité is one of the most beloved of Montreal’s forty annual festivals, a multi-day LGBT music and arts festival with more than fifty hours of free music and performance.

B’way’s Original Dreamgirls Reunite to Help Fight AIDS

Sunday Sep 25, 2011
The 21st annual DIVAS Simply Singing! for a 21st century cure for HIV/AIDS promises to be another night not to be missed! Actress, activist and the show’s creator Sheryl Lee Ralph is happy to announce the all-star line up.

George Michael Tells All From Stage of Concert Tour

Wednesday Aug 24, 2011
George Michael made an emotional and introspective return to the stage on Monday, admitting mid-performance he’d split with long-term partner Kenny Goss and recalling his own troubled past with drugs.

LA Tribal Hosts Gala for Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing

Sunday May 29, 2011
Cultural Crossroads III will host a Preview benefit evening supporting the Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing organization (GLEH), which advances change in housing, care and community for low-income seniors.

Lesbian Producer Goes Back to Singing

By Nekesa Mumbi Moody | Thursday Apr 7, 2011
After spending more than a decade comfortably in the background as the uber-producer and songwriter behin hits for Pink, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani and others, Linda Perry is now fronting the duo Deep Dark Robot.

1950s Screen Idol Farley Granger Dead at 85

By Ula Ilnytzky | Wednesday Mar 30, 2011
Farley Granger, the 1950s bobby sox screen idol who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classics "Rope" and "Strangers on a Train," has died. He was 85.

"Gays Can’t Play Straight" Writer Fans New Flames

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Jan 4, 2011
The gay writer who ignited a firestorm last year by claiming in Newsweek that gay actors can’t play it straight has a new bombshell: openly gay actors see their careers suffer once they come out of the closet.

Dr. Kildare’s Rx for Gay Thesps: Stay in the Closet

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Dec 28, 2010
Openly gay actor Richard Chamberlain--best known for his television role as Dr. Kildare--has told The Advocate that his prescription for young gay actors would be for them to stay in the closet for the sake of their careers.

Chely Wright: I Wish to Work with The Chipmunks

Monday Dec 6, 2010
Chely Wright, The Early Show on Saturday’s Second Cup Cafe musical guest, spoke with Steven Fabian backstage on how she teamed up with The Indigo Girls, what she wants for Christmas, and why she would love to team up with The Chipmunks.

He Heard There Was a Star :: Gay Singer-Songwriter Roger Kuhn

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Nov 25, 2010
From the sadness of a broken-hearted swain on Christmas to the humor of a guy who hates to take down his holiday decorations to the uplift of "I Heard There Was A Star," gay singer-songwriter Roger Kuhn has his own take on the Yule. Kuhn shares his own Christmas story with EDGE.