LGBTQIA Adult Content Creators Tell All On "Click Boys"

World of Wonder has premiered the trailer for their brand new Original documentary-series Click Boys, premiering exclusively on WOW Presents Plus on Feb. 27. Watch the trailer HERE. 

This intimate and revealing 5-part docu-series follows LGBTQIA adult content creators who make their income through OnlyFans. We peek behind the curtain to show the real life triumphs and struggles of our Click Boys as they make a healthy living on the platform. For the first time these creators share details about their personal lives, discussing important topics like queer and cultural identity, body positivity, the business of sex work and sexual freedom.

Click Boys follows:

Matthew Camp: This former go-go dancer talks empowerment through sexual liberation and chronicles his day-to-day life as a super successful business-oriented erotic model.

Brock Banks: This proud Puerto Rican and self described 'short king' discusses sexual liberation, family life friction and the joys of moonlighting as a drag queen.
Lance Charger: This silver stud "daddy" talks about his rise to fame during lockdown, overcoming body dysmorphia and finding harmony between corporate life and adult content creation.

Noah Way: This trans OnlyFans star shares his thoughts regarding stigma around sex, body positivity as a transgender man, and channeling creativity through art and sex.

Ty Mitchell: This erotic artist and intellectual reflects on the sacred balance between drag and sexuality and the transient nature of working in an online industry that could be gone tomorrow.

TOM DALEY TO BE PRESENTED WITH THE GEORGE TAKEI ADVOCATE AWARD AT PFLAG’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

PFLAG celebrates 50 years of leading with love at a spectacular gala event in the city where it all started. The iconic organization—best known for supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people, parents, families and allies—was founded in March 1973. Fifty years later celebrity performers, presenters, and honorees will join PFLAG leaders, allies, advocates, and corporate leaders to celebrate PFLAG’s historic impact.

Honoring Tom Daley (George Takei Advocate Award) and Big Freedia (Breaking Barriers Award) and featuring Amber Ruffin (THE AMBER RUFFIN SHOW), Rose Abdoo (HACKS) Tati Gabrielle (YOU, UNCHARTED), Tituss Burgess (UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT), Eureka O’Hara (WE’RE HERE), TikTok Star Dylan Mulvaney, live performances from Robin S., Evann McIntosh, and many more!

At the milestone event, Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley will be presented with PFLAG National’s 2023 George Takei Advocate Award. This prestigious award honors a person who uses their visibility to help advance PFLAG’s work to create a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. The award is named in honor of actor, social justice activist, social media mega-power, and New York Times bestselling author George Takei. Recent recipients of the Advocate Award include Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Betty DeGeneres and George Takei.

Lakewood Cultural Center and Performance Now Theatre Company present Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel"

The Lakewood Cultural Center and Performance Now Theatre Company present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” with shows running March 17 through April 2. This classic music theater production is a brilliant tale of the power of love with a book of songs that have stood the test of time.

 

The story of “Carousel” revolves around Billy Bigelow, a swaggering, carefree carnival barker who falls in love with and marries the sweet but naïve Julie Jordan. Their lives take a tragic turn, and Billy is given one chance to make things right. Richard Rodgers referred to “Carousel” as the favorite of his musicals with a score “more satisfying than any I’ve ever written.” “If I Loved You” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone” underpin this stunning tale of hope, redemption and the power of love.

 

Performances of “Carousel” are offered on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased at 303-987-7845, Lakewood.org/LCCPresents or the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Office, 470 S. Allison Parkway (Wadsworth and West Alameda Avenue).

OUT on Digital and In Demand: Lonesome

 

Casey, a country lad running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in the big smoke of Sydney. When he meets Tib, a young city lad, struggling with his own scars of isolation, both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it.

CAAMP Announce North American Summer Tour, Return to Red Rocks

This summer Caamp will hit the road on an expansive North American Tour playing multi-night stints, festivals and some of the most beautiful amphitheaters across the country. The tour kicks off in May and continues through the end of September. Highlights include Pepsi Amphitheatre in Flagstaff on May 25th, Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre in Park City on July 16th and Caamp’s two night residency at Chicago’s new venue The Salt Shed on September 14th and 15th, plus a few special acoustic nights throughout the tour. Last summer the band had a victorious two night sell out at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and will return for two nights again at the legendary venue on July 19th and 20th. 

Last summer Caamp released their latest album, Lavender Days via Mom+Pop. The album quickly sprung to the top of the Billboard charts with opening positions in the Top 10 on 4 different charts, including Americana, Alternative, Vinyl and Indie and Top 20 positions on 7 charts total including #83 on the Billboard Top 200. The band also hit #7 on Spotify’s U.S. Album Debut Chart. Caamp’s music has dominated the charts at Triple A radio scoring three #1 singles and five total songs that have landed in the top 10. The band appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and CBS Mornings and toured extensively, selling more tickets than ever before including their first arena headlining show. Lavender Days was produced by Caamp and Beatriz Artola and featured Nathaniel Rateliff and Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield on vocals. Lavender Days is available here.

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PFLAG to Honor Big Freedia at 50th Anniversary Gala

On Friday, March 3, the iconic LGBTQ+ community organization PFLAG will present Big Freedia, herself an icon and GRAMMY Award winning musician, with the inaugural Breaking Barriers Award at PFLAG’s 50th Anniversary Gala. The event will also feature host Amber Ruffin, appearances by Tati Gabrielle (YOU, Uncharted), Eureka (WE’RE HERE), Rose Abdoo (HACKS), and more, with performances by Robin S., Evann McIntosh, Johnny Manuel, and more.

“I know what it is to have unconditional love and affirmation from my mother, Ms. Vera, who was my biggest champion in my life and my career. She was what every PFLAG parent strives to be, and is one of the reasons I can be the loud, proud Black, gay, gender fluid advocate I am,” said Big Freedia, PFLAG National Breaking Barriers Award honoree. “I am truly honored to be recognized by PFLAG National with the Breaking Barriers Award, because I know the power of the walls you can break down when you do it with your parents and allies.” 

The PFLAG National Breaking Barriers Award honors an individual who uses their platform to help remove obstacles to LGBTQ+ and intersectional equality in pursuit of a more just, equitable, and inclusive world. Big Freedia is the first recipient of this honor.

“Whether it’s making the dance floor a place where every person of every body type is welcome, or it’s being unabashedly herself on the world’s biggest stages as a genderfluid Black and beautiful musician, Big Freedia has used every part of her talent and joy to open doors and break barriers to inclusion. We are proud to honor Big Freedia with the inaugural PFLAG National Breaking Barriers Award,” said Brian K. Bond, Executive Director of PFLAG National.

Serving on PFLAG’s 50th Anniversary Gala Honorary Host Committee are celebrated LGBTQ+ people and allies: Andrew Rannells, Audra McDonald, Chef Melissa King, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita, Kristin Chenoweth, Martha Plimpton, Matt Doyle, Nate Berkus, Patrick Stewart, Sunny Ozell, Will Swenson, and Wilson Cruz.

Conversations P!NK releases ninth studio album 'Trustfall'

P!NK has released her highly anticipated ninth studio album, TRUSTFALL, out now via RCA Records. Featuring the hit singles “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” and “TRUSTFALL,” as well as her latest release, “When I Get There,” TRUSTFALL marks some of P!NK’s most vulnerable and exhilarating work yet. Featuring collaborations with Chris Stapleton, The Lumineers, and First Aid Kit, as well as tapping notable songwriters and producers Max Martin, Shellback, Greg Kurstin, FRED, Billy Mann, and more, TRUSTFALL is an exploration of the highs and lows of uncertainty, freedom, and letting go.

To celebrate the album, P!NK will make special appearances next week on NBC’s TODAY and CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 21, followed by a show takeover special on The Drew Barrymore Show airing February 27.

“This might be the album I’m most proud of,” says P!NK. “Get in your coziest pair of sweats, grab yourself an hour of self-care, and start on track one. Two ingredients needed: tissues and dance shoes.”

In tandem with its release, P!NK has also announced The TRUSTFALL Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 14-city tour kicks off on October 12 making stops at arenas across North America, including a date at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fall tour will follow P!NK’s previously announced 2023 Summer Carnival Stadium Tour, which will mark her highly-anticipated return to touring with special guests Brandi Carlile and 2022 Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo on select dates. GROUPLOVE and KidCutUp will be special guests across all tour dates.

TICKETS:  Tickets for The TRUSTFALL Tour will be available starting with Citi and Verizon presales (more details below) beginning Tuesday, Feb 21. The general onsale for The TRUSTFALL Tour will start Friday, Feb 24 at 10AM local time on LiveNation.com. Tickets for 2023 Summer Carnival Stadium Tour are also on sale now at LiveNation.com.

Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra presents "Compared to What" Featuring Marion Powers and Robert Johnson

The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra’s (CJRO) returns to the Arvada Center and Lone Tree Arts Center for two special nights of jazz and soul to celebrate the release of their latest recording Compared to What with Larry Braggs. Led by Colorado favorites Robert Johnson and Marion Powers, musical numbers include "Mercy Mercy Me;" "More Today Than Yesterday;" "Fascinating Rhythm," and of course, the title track "Compared to What."  

A major component of the CJRO’s mission is to introduce new listeners and jazz lovers to its music and fantastic musicians. After inviting former Tower of Power and Temptations lead singer, Larry Braggs to perform with the big band in 2021 and again in 2022 discussions began about collaborating on an album. The result is Compared to What with Larry Braggs, a fresh blend of jazz and soul including several new arrangements by CJRO artistic director Drew Zaremba, musicians Zach Rich, Remy Le Boeuf and Paul McKee. The recording will be available for purchase in March.

Twist: New Memoir Chronicles a Tumultuous Life Growing Up Queer in the Foster System and 1980s New York

Through the eyes of her alter ego Maddie Twist, the self-taught singer-songwriter, author and director Adele Bertei threads together the tapestry of an extraordinary, but troubled childhood in the 1960s and 1970s as well as her decades-long career in which music and art provides a cathartic anchor and escape from her trauma.

Twist begins with her mother, whose delusions of grandeur bring both wonders and horrors to the Bertei home. Bertei details her mother’s battle with undiagnosed schizophrenia that eventually leads to the removal of her children, and the beginning of young Maddie’s wild journey. By her middle school years, Maddie Twist has moved through several foster homes and reformatories. With each new posting, she discovers sanctuary amongst her peers—outcast girls—while gaining belief in her identity, and unwavering trust in her own voice.

As she ages out of the system and finds herself navigating the world alone, Maddie’s only constant is a ribbon of music that weaves itself around her heart. She can sing, and she is certain it will be the beacon that guides her toward another life. Her turbulent childhood and teenage years led to Bertei never completing a formal education and becoming an autodidact. During those years of constant change, Bertei started to write poetry and was discovered by legendary Cleveland musician Peter Laughner who mentored her and convinced her to pursue a career in music.

In frank prose without an ounce of self-pity, Twist is an episodic survival of the fittest, navigating the crooked rivers of poverty, race, sexuality, and gender. It is a world of little girl gangsters, drag queen solidarity, wild roller-skating, and magical thinking. With Twist, Bertei gives us a story of violence and madness, of heartbreak and perseverance, and, ultimately, redemption.

Adele Bertei was the lead singer of the Bloods, an all-girl lesbian band whose sole release, Button Up, was released by the Au Pairs' label Exit Records in 1981, and was a favorite of John Peel. Bertei was the duet voice on Thomas Dolby’s UK top 10 hit in 1984, “Hyperactive!” and the lead voice of Jellybean’s UK top twenty hit “Just a Mirage” in 1988.

OUT in Theaters & on Digital: The First Fallen

 

After strong festival play in some of the prestigious film festivals around the globe, writer/director Rodrigo de Oliveira’s powerful LGBTQ drama about the start of the AIDS epidemic in 80s Brazil releases this February in theaters and On Demand.

At the turn of 1983 in a small Brazilian town, a group of LGBTQIA+ men and women celebrate the New Year with no idea of the approaching. The biologist Suzano knows something terrible is disrupting his body. Uncertain of his future and desperate at the lack of information, Suzano reaches out to transsexual artist Rose and videomaker Humberto, both equally ill. Together they’ll try to survive the first wave of the AIDS epidemic.

Says de Oliveira, “The first time I understood the word “gay” could describe me, the word “plague” was already intrinsically attached to it. The people I wanted to be as a kid were dying on TV, and I was told that for every pop idol in the spotlight there were hundreds of thousands in the darkness, invisible. Those were my elders, and yet I was denied their humanity.

And so, AIDS is not only a subject to explore, but the very foundation of my identity, of the identity of every LGBTQIA+ person, as tragic as it is transformative. To film those first bodies, to listen to those first voices, to rally behind those first radicals, it’s to reject that invisibility. The First Fallen is the loving imagination of lineage, the invention of my family tree. A film about the dream of being yourself fully, whatever weight the world puts on your shoulders; about the importance of community and the support from our chosen family. The stories never told deserve a place at the forefront. These characters created the possibility of me, not the other way around.”

Pride Film Fest announces programming for March 2023

Pride Film Fest – providing year-round LGBTQ film programming presented in streaming and occasionally in-person formats in Chicago – has announced its programming for late February through early April. The slate for this five-week period will include two dramatic features, a documentary feature and two programs of shorts. The festival website is at http://pridefilm.org/
 
Streaming from February 22 through March 5 will be the feature-length German documentary TUNTEN ZWECKLOS, which delivers a look into gay life in Germany over the past 40+ years through the history of an activist group called the Hamburg Bollenmädels. The next offering, from March 1-12, will be YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER, a dramatic feature from Canada that is the story of a teenage girl sent to live in a Jehovah’s Witness community who falls in love with a devout Witness girl. From March 8 -19, Pride Film Fest will offer five winning short films from the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival of India.
 
The offering for March 15 -26 will be the 2022 feature BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS, from Hong Kong. In it, a wealthy breeder of horses faces changes in all aspects of his life as he pursues a dream of becoming a filmmaker but finds his most dramatic change will come as he begins to recognize the truth of his relationship with the chauffeur who has been his most loyal friend. The final program of the month will be BESTS OF THE FESTS – a collection of award-winning shorts from LGBTQ festivals around the world.
 
Access to the films is $12.00 per film. Monthly memberships are also available for $10.00 per month which entitles the purchaser to view short and mid-length programs for no additional charge and to view the feature length films for $7.00 per film. Tickets for the individual programs are now on sale at https://www.goelevent.com/OpenSpaceArts/e/Search. Membership passes are available at https://www.goelevent.com/OpenSpaceArts/Membership/Sale.

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Ice Dance International (IDI) Announces GRACE: A Spellbinding Theatrical Ice Show Experience with a Cast of LGBTQ Skaters

Grace, a theatrical ice show experience will be presented at select venues across the United States.

Grace features an ensemble company of ten world-class figure skaters, five of whom are from the LGBTQ community including Karina Manta and Joe Johnson. Karina and Joe are the first LGBTQ couple to compete for the United States at Grand Prix Events and have medaled internationally. Karina is the author of On Top of Glass, published by Knopf, an autobiography about growing up Queer in figure skating. IDI is directed by Douglas Webster, a gay man, who states that IDI is an ensemble that celebrates the legacy of John Curry. John Curry is the 1976 Olympic Champion who worked to change the perception of figure skating from sport to art. Curry passed away from AIDS in 1994. Grace features choreography by 2022 OLYMPIC Choreographers’ Benoît Richaud, Rohene Ward, and leading choreographer for Disney on Ice, Cindy Stuart.

IDI’s work has been seen primetime on PBS stations across the United States. PBS broadcast “The World of Ice Dance International” and “In Flight: The Art of Ice Dance International” from 2018-2020. Performances from the two public television specials will be seen in Grace.

Queer artist MATHEW V announces new album 'ANYTHING GOES'

 

Today, Vancouver-based queer singer Mathew V announces Anything Goes, a new record that seeks to reframe the assumed heteronormative narratives of the Great American Songbook. Due out April 14 on 604 Records, Anything Goes takes standards by the likes of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Henry Mancini and draws out queer perspectives from the elegant imprecision of their timeless lyrics.

“Queer culture, gay history, and jazz music have a lot of parallels,” explains Mathew V. "Jazz music was vilified not just as a genre of music but as a lifestyle that society looked down upon. It was synonymous with sin. This music lives at the intersection of camp, glamor, and showmanship, which are all aspects that inform the very essence of my performance."

As the most traditional arrangement and delivery on the record, Mathew V’s take on George Gershwin’s “The Man I Love” pushes the boundaries of conventional jazz from the queer perspective. Of the process, Mathew says, “It's been exciting choosing songs like ‘The Man I Love,’ which a man like me may not have been able to sing when these songs were written,” and adds, “I’m at a place in my career and in my life that I not only want to sing at my highest caliber, but I want that music to come from my heart. I owe that to the little Mathew that was looking for this record all those years ago.”