Gay men have always been a part of comedy, even if at their own expense — prissy sissies, snide queens, and swishy creatives. Portraying male homosexuality on screen as appealing or relatable has been ...

“I’m not a historian. I write what I observe,” out comedy legend Bruce Vilanch tells LGBTQ Nation. Maybe it’s an effort at humility, or avoiding a distraction from his brand because he thinks ...

Is there anything more terrifying — and ripe for comedy — than a weekend away with you and your partner’s parents? Only one thing that could make that pressure cooker more intense: A demon, of course.

“Norman, Is That You?” is such a period piece that you expect the actors to come out on stage in doublets and Elizabethan ruffled collars. Or at the very least, polyester bell bottoms and tie-dyed ...

From Rent and Angels In America to The Normal Heart and even newer stories like It’s A Sin, there’s no shortage of cultural milestones when it comes to queer stories about the AIDS crisis. What most ...

But what makes Frasier different from the traditional comedy of manners is that it was able to openly discuss the subject of homosexuality due to changes in so-called “public decency” laws—and very ...

Hollywood has a history of neglecting LGBTQIA+ performers and lauding straight performers for their “bravery” in playing queer characters. Whether it’s Tom Hanks in Philadelphia or Rami Malek in ...

Guy Branum is the zaftig Sontag of comedy. His brainy magpie's nest of a book, My Life As A Goddess: A Memoir Through Unpopular Culture, has just been released, and it presents a more prickly, ...

"Fame is a mother," reads the tagline for The Other Two, the acclaimed HBO Max comedy series that just got a greenlight for its third season. Whether or not you've seen the show –and why not?– you've ...

Yes, "Bros" is a rare Hollywood romantic comedy that's about gay people but what's even more rare is that it has big, big laughs. I can't remember the last time I belly-laughed at a movie as much as I ...