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Stephen Merchant
Stephen Merchant Wrestles with a True Story
“They call the good guys a “babyface” and bad guys are “heels.””
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Mallrat
Aussie singer and rapper Mallrat speaks about a budding career
“We only legalized same sex marriage last year, so we are definitely behind in a lot of ways, but in some ways it’s liberal.”
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Sinqua Walls
Sinqua Walls Brings Love, Peace and Soul to American Soul
“The biggest thing for us on American Soul is we are trying to have soul.”
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Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter Parties Like It's 1996
“I’ve had such good support from the LGBT community ever since I came out in this industry.”
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Tyler Fromson
Meet Tyler Fromson: playing Ross Geller in the new FRIENDS musical parody; opens this week on Broadway in Chicago
“It's super fast-paced. There's dancing in it. I wear an armadillo head. It's crazy.”
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Adam Shankman
Adam Shankman Discovers What Men Want
“I feel very good about the LGBT characters I depict in the movie.”
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Garrett Allain
Garrett Allain Brings Gayerbear to Second City
“This is a very LGBT heavy show.”
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Just Loud
Just Loud Brings Funk Back
“I want to bring sweat back, not just for the entertainer, but for the audiences.”
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Ryan Robbins
Ryan and Alex Play the Funks in Pure
“I am sure there are gay kids in the Mennonite community I just don’t know if they are supported.”
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Madison Beer
Life's a Drag for Madison Beer
“I don’t know if anyone in the gay world likes me, but I am the biggest RuPaul’s Drag Race fan.”
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Jesus Trejo
Care to Laugh With Jesus Trejo
“You have to go on the road to cut your teeth a bit.”
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Michael Fabiano
Michael Fabiano sings out as La boheme returns to Lyric
“There are LGBT artists working in the field but with leads in opera there are only a few.”
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Geoff Davin
Geoff Davin talks Kinky Boots as the Tony winning musical returns to Chicago
“We are sharing this message about not judging a book by its cover and we need to learn that lesson as well...”
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Freya Ridings
Freya Ridings Enjoys the Ride
“I am still that little girl sitting in a piano practice room.”
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Joseph Kahn
Bodied Battles Rap
“I want people to laugh like crazy and be as offended as possible!”
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James Hayden Rodriguez
A chat with James Hayden Rodriguez (Luke) as Percy Jackson Lightning Thief musical opens in Chicago
“Brian Stokes Mitchell is the first mix-raced actor I saw that absolutely blew my mind. He's brilliant!”
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Jared Watson
Jared "Dirty J" Watson talks about the band Dirty Heads
“The gay fans are my favorite as I see more couples together, holding hands and no one judging them at our shows.”
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Sasha Sloan
Singer Sasha Sloan returns to Chicago in March
“I have a lot of LGBT friends that would love to continue to support.”
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Michael Malarkey
Project Blue Book takes HISTORY out of this world
“This project has been one of my favorites to do research for, not only for UFOs but for women in ‘50s.”
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Angelica Ross
Trans actress Angelica Ross talks about 'Pose'
“I have been acting my whole life.”
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Joey Beretta
New band Nightly breaks out on their own
“Chicago is such an incredible city for us.”
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Ben Thornewill
Jukebox the Ghost celebrates Queen
“We are super supportive and allied with the LGBT community.”
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Grace Weber
Singer Grace Weber talks about Oprah and Chance
“I am a huge supporter of the LGBT community and I am proud that people dig the music.”
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Amy Shark
Singer Amy Shark talks about Love, Simon
“Half of my whole following are gays and lesbians.”