Hayley Kiyoko directed the film adaptation of her lesbian anthem 'Girls Like Girls.'
Grace Scuitto
When pop singer Hayley Kiyoko wrote her signature song “Girls Like Girls” (over 150 million streams on Spotify) with Owen Thomas and Lily-May Young in 2015, it was aspirational — an “I Want” song for lesbian manifestation. Kiyoko says the tune is “about being a person I wasn’t at the time,” including being “confident, going after the girl, getting the girl.” Keep Reading →
“We don’t want to argue trademark law on social media," said the outdoor clothing brand, which also addressed the "hurt" the legal battle with the drag performer is causing LGBTQ+ people.
There’s a moment I carry from this work. It never makes it into policy memos or budget spreadsheets. It’s the pause on the other end of the phone when a local provider tells us they’re trying to stretch impossible dollars while their community keeps showing up with urgent needs: someone who can’t afford transportation to appointments, someone rationing medication after a coverage change, someone newly diagnosed who needs care and compassion, not judgment. That pause isn’t indecision. It’s exhaustion. It’s grief. It’s the weight of knowing that in the United States, where we have the tools to prevent and treat HIV, we still too often choose politics over people. Keep Reading →
courtesy TM Davy; The Monacelli Press; courtesy Joe McShea and Edgar Mosa
Fire Island’s status as a vacation (and haven) for queer people is well documented. But lesser known, perhaps, is the small barrier island’s outsized impact on the art world. Keep Reading →
Actor, writer, and producer Dan Bucatinsky remembers when he was in college at Vassar, and his drama-dance troupe staged a dance piece called “Lost Angels” on the steps of the chemistry building, where another future actor, Lisa Kudrow, was studying pre-med. Keep Reading →