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Ten best LGBTQ movies of 2023

  • MOVIES
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Jan 2, 2024

When it comes to looking back at LGBTQ movies (and characters) in 2023, it's reassuring to know that representation still matters, and we are, in fact, everywhere onscreen. Here is a list of some of the best.

Andrew Holleran on 'Dancer From the Dance' reissue

  • BOOKS
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Jan 2, 2024

In late 2023, following the 2022 publication of "The Kingdom of Sand," Andrew Holleran's fifth work of fiction, his classic novel "Dancer From The Dance" was reissued in a new paperback edition.

'We Live Here: The Midwest' – Hulu documentary shows diverse families

  • MOVIES
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Dec 19, 2023

The title of the Hulu documentary "We Live Here: The Midwest" is a somewhat misleading misnomer. A far better name for the project, featuring interviews with LGBTQ couples, would be "We Live Here: The Rural Midwest."

2023's six best LGBTQ albums

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Dec 12, 2023

When it comes time to compile a "best of" list for the year, it's a relatively simple process. Our music writer shares his top six favorites, including Jakes Shears, Man on Man, Meshell Ndegeocello and others.

Q-Music: Oy to the world! Cher, George Perris and others release holiday albums

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Nov 28, 2023

Our prolific music writer has some holiday albums to share, including Cher! Also, songs by George Perris, Scout Durwood and Stephanie J. Block should get you into the spirit of the time.

Singer Jeff Harnar is sweet on Cy and Steve

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Nov 21, 2023

The acclaimed cabaret singer discusses his two new albums, "I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim's Words" in 2022, and his latest, "A Collective Cy: Jeff Harnar Sings Cy Coleman."

'Saltburn' – Emerald Fennell's promising young psychos

  • MOVIES
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Nov 21, 2023

Actress, screenwriter and filmmaker Emerald Fennell's second feature film "Saltburn" feels like the troubled kid brother of her prior work, "Promising Young Woman," especially in the way it delivers gut-punching twists and turns.

Book 'em: page-turning gifts

  • BOOKS
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Nov 21, 2023

Books really and truly are the gifts that keep on giving. From the reissue of classics to highly anticipated memoir, and even a nostalgic nightclub ephemera picture book, we've got a few fun selections for your gifting that are sweet.

Gilbert O'Sullivan – singer/songwriter at Swedish American Hall

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Nov 14, 2023

More than 50 years after Gilbert O'Sullivan's Grammy-nominated breakout single "Alone Again (Naturally)" made him a household name, the singer/songwriter continues to record and perform concerts, including at SF's Swedish American Hall Nov. 24.

Rett Madison – queer singer/songwriter is 'One' of a kind

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Nov 7, 2023

Every once in a while, a major-label debut album comes along to take you by surprise. Queer singer/songwriter Rett Madison's "One for Jackie" is one such album.

Becca Mancari on her new music and a new tour

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Oct 31, 2023

In advance of her Nov. 7 concert at Cafe Du Nord, singer-songwriter Becca Mancari discussed the making of her new album, and the many musicians who helped create and produce it.

'My Animal' – a howling good film

  • MOVIES
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Oct 24, 2023

While there are some vague, yet highly stylized, elements in 'My Animal,' there's nothing ambiguous about the way it equates queerness with supernatural otherness.

Roz Chast: Graphic novelist's dream come true

  • BOOKS
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Oct 24, 2023

Roz Chast's new book, the wonderful "I Must Be Dreaming," is as dreamy as the title suggests. Dedicated "to the Dream District of our brains," Chast shares her own dreams – recurring, lucid, cartoon-idea, and body horror, among others.

Fortune Feimster – She's queer, she's here, she's hella funny.

  • THEATER
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Oct 17, 2023

With two hilarious, full-length Netflix specials to her name, numerous acting roles, and a brand new live stand-up comedy tour, aptly titled "Live, Love, Laugh" (in Oakland Oct. 21), there's plenty of Fortune Feimster to go around.

Q-Music: Say gay all year playlist

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Oct 17, 2023

Our music columnist shares a diverse quintet of new sounds from Meshell Ndegeocello, Jordy, Paisley Fields, The Refugees, and re-released classics from Wham!

'Kiss Me Kosher' – Israeli queer romcom

  • MOVIES
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Oct 10, 2023

The full-length feature debut by writer/director Shirel Peleg is a charming addition to the canon of contemporary Israeli cinema. It's an effective queer romcom that also manages to make a political statement.

Q-Music: queer pop playlist

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Oct 10, 2023

October is LGBTQ History Month and coincidentally there's an abundance of music from our community to get listeners through the rest of the year and well into the next, with K Flay, Soft Punch, Sigur Rós, Mouths of Babes and Ragana.

Q-Music: Long time no see (or hear)

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Oct 3, 2023

It's been a while since we've heard from these four bands (wherefore were thou, Blur?), but new and collected albums, streams and a concert DVD will help you catch up to these bands.

Julie Marie Wade - 'Otherwise' author on writing, life and love

  • BOOKS
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Sep 26, 2023

Award-winning lesbian writer and educator Julie Marie Wade lights up every room she enters. Her joyful spirit qualifies her as the Mary Tyler Moore of literature.

DJ Tom Stephan aka SuperChumbo

Also known as Superchumbo, Tom Stephan has DJed countless clubs, festivals, and parties, and includes to be one of the hardest-working DJs behind the decks. He'll play at Matinee Pervert at The Midway on September 23.