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These Swishy Holiday Movies Will Make Your Season Merry and Gay

By Mikey Rox

L. West stage play of the same name, When the weather outside is frightful, this made-for-Showtime movie has an your DVD player is delightful with this astonishing 92% approval rating on fortnight of holiday flicks that appeal to Rotten Tomatoes. gay and lesbian sensibilities.

“Scrooge & Marley” “Home for the Holidays” A modern-day variation of Charles Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” this renavigates dysfunctional family imagined version depicts Scrooge as a dramedy during her solo trip home bitter old queen (like early 50s) whose for Thanksgiving when her teenage bah-humbug attitude gets a makeover daughter opts out of the year’s from the ghosts of Christmas Past, celebration. Tensions predictably Present and Future, and Bruce boil over at the dinner table, but the Vilanch. weekend is wrapped nicely in a bow when the special guest of Tommy, her “Love, Actually” gay brother, offers a second helping of stuffing in this Jodie Foster-directed Widely regarding as one of the best holiday fave. holiday movies of the new Millennium (by straight girls, at least), this romantic “Make the Yuletide Gay” comedy told via 10 separate-butintertwining stories throws the gays There are an astonishingly few a bone with Billy Mack (Bill Nighy) amount of holiday films that feature and Joe (Gregor Fisher) – a rock star LGBT characters (this list is fairly and his manager, respectively – who comprehensive as a result), let alone decide that getting drunk and watching films that have gay main characters. porn together for Christmas is better But out director Rob Williams changed than being alone. Because duh. that in 2009 by adding the spritely sweet “Make the Yuletide Gay” – “24 Nights” about an in-the-closet college student (Keith Jordan) whose boyfriend An unlucky-in-love gay man (Kevin (Adamo Ruggiero) suddenly shows Isola) thinks that his new co-worker up on his doorstep – to the Christmas- (Stephen Mailer) may be a gift from movie canon. “Make the Yuletide Gay” Santa Claus himself after making a earned several awards, including Best Christmas wish for a boyfriend. Mental Narrative Feature at FilmOut San illness works in mysterious ways, y’all.

Diego, Festival Favorite at Philadelphia David Burtka – before he was ever a QFest, and the Jury Award for Best twinkle in NPH’s eye – also stars in Men’s Feature at the Long Island Gay this 1999 romantic comedy. & Lesbian Film Festival.

“Red Lodge” “Holiday Heart” An impromptu marriage proposal is Ving Rhames stars as a Christian drag given at a train station en route to queen (uh huh – how’d that fly under a holiday celebration with family in your radar until now!?) who takes in Montana. In lieu of an engagement a drug addict (Alfre Woodard) and ring, there’s a cock ring – because her daughter after his police-officer these dudes are classy AF. boyfriend dies. Based on the Cheryl

“The Family Stone” As if Carrie Bradshaw herself, Sarah Jessica Parker, isn’t enough to get you on board with this “Home for the Holidays”-esque romantic comedy-drama, the brood’s deaf, gay son Thad (Tyrone Giordano) and his interracial partner Patrick (Brian J. White) should be. Plus Dermott Mulroney, Paul Schneider, and Luke Wilson.

“Miracle on 34th Street” Shirley Temple! Do you need another reason?

“Holiday Inn” If it’s an Irving Berlin musical, it must be Christmas! There are no LGBTQ+ characters in this 1942 black-and-white musical starring Mr. Holiday Bing Crosby and the light-on-his-feet Fred Astaire – well, none that are specifically labeled as such, at least. But we’d be fooling ourselves if we thought there’s nary a Nancy-boy singing and dancing around that hotel all day.

“Rent” A year in the life of Bohemian New Yorkers set between Christmas Eve 1989 and 1990. You’ll come for the story, but you’ll stay for the soundtrack.

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Shangela Is Spreading Pride With a Purpose, Honey ‘RuPaul’s Drag Queen’ alum talks Season 2 of HBO’s ‘We’re Here’

By Eve Kucharski You can’t keep Shangela down. Seriously, she came back to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” three times. And now, along with co-stars Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka O’Hara, she’s back for Season 2 of HBO’s “We’re Here.”

Even when COVID-19 brought the production of the real-life series to a halt during its final episode of its first season, it was months before the drag trio could find themselves back in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to finish prepping their drag kids for their on-stage debut. But in true form, by the time Shangela and the crew returned, it wasn’t to hastily cobble together a disrupted season finale — it was with an Emmy Award nod and a second season secured. As Shangela herself would say: “Halleloo!”

On Oct. 11, Season 2 of “We’re Here” returned to HBO featuring dozens more stories of self-expression, actualization and discovery through drag. The huge visible queer presence. And I’m like, “Oh, small conservative town in the U.S.? Didn’t have a queer presence? I grew up in one.”

I always think it would have been so awesome when I was a kid coming up to see this kind of visibility for artists, drag artists, queer artists just going to small towns and showcasing those particular kinds of stories. So, I think this show is really a huge gift.

And when we were able to visit a town in Texas, Del Rio, I was like, “Oh my gosh, totally. Homecoming.”

Because there’s just something about being a Texan and the experience in Texas. And then layer that in with the Black experience in Texas, the queer experience in Texas — it’s something that really unites a lot of us.

You did one show this season in Evansville, Illinois, and a man came up to you with a gun on his hip.

But even though he looked intimidating, he loved everything that “We’re Here” is doing. Despite your comfort with conservative small towns, do you ever feel nerves when talking about drag in these communities?

I think it’s really interesting you bring up Evansville, because that moment outside of the fireworks store just reminded us that even those of us in the queer community, we get stereotyped so much. We meet people and go, “Have you ever come to a drag show?”

And they’re like, “No,” and we’re like, “Oh, do you know what drag queens are?” And they have the worst stereotypes sometimes of what their perception of who a drag queen is. And when that guy walked up it reminded me that even us as queer people, we have stereotypes about other people that we feel might be outside of our community.

A lot of times people say to us, “Oh my god, you’re going to a small town? You poor things. Are you going to be safe? Do you have security? Those smallminded people who don’t support [us].” And then watching the show you learn that you can’t stereotype

unscripted series has earned its reputation as a tearjerker, but never at the expense of the small-town America residents it highlights.

During a call she took from her aunt’s house in Paris, Texas, Shangela reflected on the unique insight her own small-town background has given her on “We’re Here,” why it seems like drag can get anyone to open up, and how the show has given her “an even greater sense of purpose.”

“We’re Here” is a show that visits conservative small towns across the U.S., which many LGBTQ+ people might find to be intimidating places to visit.

But this season you traveled to your home state of Texas. Did that feel like a homecoming?

Well, I feel like it’s such a gift for me to be a part of show like “We’re Here,” because the show goes across the U.S. to conservative towns that don’t really have a

a town because it’s a small town or because it’s labeled even a small conservative town. And this show definitely shines a light on what the queer experience is like in a lot of these small towns but also the hope that we have that people can change, that the ways of thinking are evolving and the amount of inclusion can be increased if we really go out there and unearth the pockets of support in some of the most unlikely places.

a nostalgic moment to me. Because for most of them, it’s their very first time ever being in drag and ever putting on heels, ever putting on a wig, ever putting on a show number. And they’re learning as they go along that drag is not as simple [laughs] as they think it is. But it does offer this great moment of power and strength and excitement.

It reminds me and makes me very nostalgic of when I was baby Shangie and doing it What do you think about drag is for the first time and just getting so disarming that it makes people that love of not only being on open up? stage but understanding as I The art of drag is not just about the continued to grow in drag what showmanship of it. Because a lot it meant. See, my job, in a very of people think, “OK, I’m getting short amount of time, is not in drag: wig, makeup, dress, outfit, only to connect with my drag heels. OK, I’m a drag queen.” Drag kids and allow them to share is actually a very cathartic process their story to work with them because you’re breaking down emotionally — whether it’s a the stereotype or the box that the breakthrough or revisiting some world may have put you in [or] that very hard experiences they you may have put yourself in. And wouldn’t want to revisit — but you’re allowing yourself to expand, it’s about telling the story and and you’re allowing yourself to do sharing so it unifies us and something that’s uncomfortable, a connects us. lot of times, to you. That’s something But in addition to that it’s about that our drag kids are going through. preparing them for the stage and A lot of times they’re like, “I’ve teaching them that drag is not never done this before; I didn’t know just about the exterior. Every it was this much work.” And even time you step on the stage is a in preparing a show for the stage in moment for you to inspire others front of a community of people that and connect with others. It’s a they don’t know if they’re going to moment for you to teach them support them or not, you know, it’s very unsettling to and educate them about what the drag community is them. But doing something that makes you afraid can all about. a lot of times be very empowering to you, because when you’re able to go through the fire as opposed to What do you hope your drag kids will take away walking around it, you come out a stronger person. from this experience?

And that’s what this show does. It inspires strength My [drag] kids, I want them to feel so prepared and and courage and love for oneself through their ability so ready for the moment that they can go out there to make the leap and become a drag entertainer. and they can shine and feel like, “You know what? My momma Shangie prepared me for this. She taught me Does “We’re Here” ever cause you to reflect on your that it’s not just about, ‘OK, I listened to the song.’” own start in drag?

No, baby. You learned the song. You learned the song Whenever I’m working with my drag kids, it’s always so well that the people feel it’s coming from your

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soul, because when we create a number, we are not creating just a little ditty. It’s about telling a message and representing all the pain and all the struggles and all the things you had to overcome in your life. You made it to this point. There is someone out in that audience who is afraid to look at themselves in the mirror, to experience the hardships of life, and then have the hope that it can get better and work toward it. There are people who can’t do that, so you have to represent that on this stage tonight, and do it as a drag queen, so that they know that also who you are does not define who you can be in this world. And in this moment in drag, baby, you are becoming. As Michelle Obama says with the book, honey: “Becoming.” You are _becoming_ the drag entertainer that you have created for yourself.

Was there a moment during filming where you thought, “We’re really making a difference in this person’s life”?

Oh my god, every episode. _Every_ episode. That’s why I’m so excited for people to see “We’re Here” and experience the second season because, you know, Season 1 we had six episodes. Season 2 we have eight, so we’re telling even more stories. And when I tell you every one — and not just mine [but] Bob’s, Eureka’s — every story is like, bam, bam, bam! That’s why so many people are moved to tears in watching the show, because you find this moment of connection. Because no matter what community we’re from, we all know what it feels like to be isolated or to feel discriminated against just for being who you are. There’s so much fear in our world because, especially in America, we live in a place where [the LGBTQ+ ] people have not always been supported and accepted. And a lot of times those of us who live in larger cities or places where there is a huge gay community of support, you forget that there are still these places where people are

afraid to even say “gay” out loud for fear that they may be discriminated against, beaten, bullied, looked down upon.

Your positivity is infectious, but how do you find the energy to keep it up in communities where queer identities are not encouraged?

I’m gonna tell you: One part of it is I love drag. I love being a drag entertainer and I love being able to share that with people — especially those who have never had the touchpoint before, right? I’m like, “All right, just wait, baby, you gonna see Shangela; we gonna turn it out.” In addition to that, though, this show has given me an even greater sense of purpose.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” I loved being a part of that show, but it was a competition show. You go in, you compete, you’re hoping for a cash prize. And it’s allowed me to be able to travel the world and connect with so many people around the world in performing.

This show is different because it gives me this greater sense of real purpose in life. There is no prize that we’re competing for; we’re just working to help amplify voices of people who don’t get to tell their story very often but deserve to have their stories told.

And it allows us, I think, as a community of queer people, to hopefully feel more strongly united in a world where we’ve had to be socially distant over the last year and been able to get together, whether it’s for Prides or just, heck, birthdays, to get to celebrate each other and be like, “Yes, bitch!”

You know, it’s cool to get to be a part of a show that reminds us of the importance of having a community and remember that everyone doesn’t get that opportunity. So, when you see somebody, lift them up.

Don’t try to push them down. There’s enough in the world trying to do that already.

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Spirit Squad: How To Be a Walking Holiday

by Scott King

Last year, the holidays were super sweet. What’s-his-face had just won the presidential election over that other guy, and our family holidays were downsized due to the pandemic. Pretty much everyone at the table was on the same page politically, and we even lost power on Christmas Eve and got to snuggle under a blanket watching the Bing Crosby/Rosemary Clooney classic “White Christmas” on an iPad. I’m not going to hold my breath hoping for that to happen again. Lightning only strikes once every four years, you know.

Instead, this year, I am going to walk into the holidays mindful, focused, joyful and relaxed. I’m not going to preplan my argument about XYZ political issue or candidate or topical concern.

I have a good life. I live in a vibrant city that just won the big sports ball championship. I have a cozy apartment. I have a job. I have friends. I have a loving and healthy family. I count my blessings.

I also hold my tongue. We have a moratorium on political discussions at family gatherings and holiday dinners, but sometimes somebody slips up and tells you how it is. Tells you how things are or ought to be. Black Lives Matter is a racist organization. Joe Biden is senile and inept. Trump was a great President.

I can handle it. There are other things to do and see and smell and taste and talk about. There are kids to push on the swing set. There is turkey stuffing to steal a big spoonful of even before lunch is officially ready.

And there are other things to talk about. How are things in Indiana? It’s cold up there, ya? How are things at your church? How are the grandkids?

Whether it’s politics, sports or the weather, most people aren’t actually listening to what you’re saying anyway; they’re just planning their next thing to say. So why not steer the conversation to something pleasant where you actually might get to hear some good news? Your favorite aunt wants to share her turkeydressing recipe with the entire table. Give her a chance to shine.

Now to shopping – and by shopping I mean Starbucks. Regardless of gender, you are bound to be in a room full of reluctant Karens sometime between now and Annie Lennox’s birthday on the 25th of December. Take a breath. Literally smell the coffee. Look around the room for the people who are in a daze and can’t believe they’re actually out of the house shopping either. But they have to be. They just couldn’t find the right size online.

So you’re there. You’re all there. In the present. You put down the podcast for two hours to get ’er done.

Smile. Put down your phone. Flirt with some fun lady who’s too old for you.

Make her feel less alone. It’ll make you feel less alone, too.

If you are so bold as to venture into a retail box between now and the end of the year, remember that a significant percentage of the employees are seasonal hires. They’re there because someone told them they need the cash, and they

probably don’t really know what they’re doing. They’re probably excited thinking about payroll at the end of the week. So if they help you out, if they do a good job, give them a high-five. Give them a fist bump. People will turn. People will look. People will say wow that’s the nondenominational holiday cheer I’ve been looking for all along!

Hold hands with your boyfriend. Some people never get out of the house except for Christmas and the 4th of July. This will be their chance to take in the sweetness of modern life. Children will stare at you. Don’t smile at them or stare back; just let them have their moment of absorption.

And don’t sweat the semantics. Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas is all a part of the same Christian hegemony.

“Holiday” is a Christian word. It comes from the phrase “holy days” of medieval Christian tradition. Yes, the Christians planted Christmas on December 25 to be near the winter solstice and on Annie Lennox’s birthday, but afterwards, they kind of took it over. But don’t worry, the holy days weren’t necessarily ascetic or centered around self-flagellation. They were tied mainly to drinking songs, merriment and cheer to help pass the time in the darkest heart of winter.

That’s good enough for me.

So this year, party your ass off on the winter solstice and then head home and honor your family’s religious traditions as well. It takes a village.

Count your blessings. Your resolutions can wait until the next week. Oh, and for sure check out the Eurythmics’ box set. It’s truly extraordinary.

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Peach Scene @ TINA DEVORE MEMORIAL SHOW @ FRIENDS PT 2

November 17th - 23rd

November Socializers @ Midtown Moon | Nov. 18th (6:30 PM) Hosted by Roger Rutkowski, November takes us to an old favorite!!

Midtown Moon!

Hot Mess Dance Pop Party @ Basement | Nov. 19th

Devon Rex will play amazing pop songs, brand-new dance music, remixes, and weird little surprises that will make you dance.

No matter what your age (21+), race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or level of dance skill, we hope you'll come sing along, make some new friends, and dance your cares away with us. Dress up or come as you are, just be ready to dance. VAX REQUIRED FOR ENTRY Fall/Winter Product Release & Store Opening | Nov. 20 (12 - 5 PM) 431 W. Ponce De Leon Ave Decatur, GA Join us for our 2021 Fall/Winter product release at our new (temporary) home in Decatur! Come by, hang out, check out our new space and grab our new gear (for yourself and holiday shopping) and shop products from our store mates Dope Coffee and Royal Thanaka.

Bearracuda Atlanta @ Heretic | Nov. 20th (9 PM - 3 AM) 12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. Bearracuda is back to celebrate 12 YEARS in Atlanta! Come blow out our candle with Paul Goodyear and 100's of guys!!

Proof of full Covid vaccination required (more than 2 weeks after your 2nd shot). Please bring your vax card, a picture of it or a digital copy.

Adv tix available now at http://www.Bearracuda.com/Atlanta12 G8YTIES Dance Party @ Heretic | Nov. 19th (10 PM - 3 AM) Presale tickets available: Use discount Code: WHAM for $5 off.

DJ Mike Pope spins all your favorite 80's original dance songs with a ultra fresh pure energy sound. Come ready to dance!!! All the hottest hits including Girls just want to have fun, Get into the Groove, Safety Dance, Hungry like the Wolf, Simply the Best, Let's Dance, You spin me right round, I wanna dance with somebody, Let the music play, and more.

Gay Day @ Actors Express - Hometown Boys | Nov. 21st (2 PM) James hasn’t been back to his rural Georgia hometown in over a decade, but reluctantly returns to check in on his father, whose behavior has become worryingly erratic. And since the South has a way of holding onto secrets, he soon stumbles into a life he thought he had left behind as a child. That stench in the air isn’t just his father’s decaying house, but the rotten core of longburied secrets teeming just under the surface and ready to explode.

Fuego's Daddy Disco @ Crazy Atlanta | Nov. 21st (4 PM - 10 PM) Join Fuego Productions for our newest party, Daddy Disco, and enjoy RetroHouse & NuDisco beats, as well as snacks and drinks specials all afternoon and evening. It will be a LIT Sunday Funday!!! This is a NEW **NON-CIRCUIT** EVENT. Think Studio 54 with a twist! Something new and exciting for the Atlanta nightlife!

Legendary DJ & Producer (and Atlanta's own) David Knapp will play an opening set sure to ignite your night, while Susan Esthera, Boston's hidden gem, will make her Atlanta Debut and burn the discotheque to the ground — well, not literally.

O4W Artist Market @ 591 Edgewood Ave SE | Nov. 21st (12 - 6 PM) The monthly Artist Market presented by WUSSY and Chaka Khan Hacienda returns to Old Fourth Ward! Let's soak in the sun with great pizza, music, beer and support over 35 local artists and makers!! Vendors will include vintage clothing, handmade goods, pottery, visual art and more!

Dear Peach,

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I think we all have similar issues.

What are your coping mechanisms outside of drinking that you do do relieve some stress? Can you begin to implement them when you go home? If you can focus on the good habits that you have in place, then maybe you can start to really focus on how to mend some potentially toxic relationships with your family.

What you also have to realize is that your family probably deals with some of the same issues... The best advice I got about my mother in particular dealing with stress and taking it out on me or my sister was this: "Once you leave home, your parent's life starts to open up again. They deal with stress as often as you do, and they will begin to have their own life again.

Understand that, and a lot of the things that may bother you will wain."

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This week is going to be interesting for you as you start to meet someone new in your life. While you have been jaded by a string of unpleasant breakups this season, you are going to be pleasantly surprised at the fact that someone new will show interest and you are going to be head over heels at first. Go all in. This could be the one. And if not, you are strong enough to know what to do.

You are going to need to take a risk here, coming up soon. You have been living so cautiously that you havent felt what it means to live on the edge a bit. Because of this you are going to have some far away dream that is going to become a reality very soon, and you're going to feel a wave of euphoria as you explore what this means for you. Maybe it's a job or a trip, but regardless... you are going to enjoy it.

What is absolutely amazing about children, is that despite whether you like them or not, you can always learn something from them. They are the ultimate teachers because they are so genuine in their reaction to everything around them. They love unconditionally and they grow up without any sort of predjudice unless they are taught. What can you take from them and learn from them this week?

You want nothing more than to settle down and enjoy some stability, but this is not the time for it. The universe has plans for you to stay shifting in your everyday, and you have the internal strength to get through it despite how nervous you are as it happens. Think about what could be, and the universe will take care of you very soon.

It is time for you to invest in yourself, doll! You have always been a great gift giver for everyone else, but you often forget to treat yourself. It is time to level up and allow yourself the freedom to "treat yo self." What do you have to lose? Some money? Money is fleeting, and you can easily gain it back. You've got this.

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You have a boost t oyour monetary investments coming up soon, Aries!

How lucky for you that the universe is going to take good care of you financially! Whether they are stocks, or a raise or whatever... you are going to see the benefits of your investment. Remember however, that a monetary return on investment can also come from a time commitment or investment.

Have you been wanting to make a change to your appearance this week?

Now is the time to do it. Your energy in line with the people who will be helping you with a haircut, styling or whatever will vibe and mesh to create magic. You are going to transform into a new you that you will thoroughly enjoy and love!

Now is the time to go off the grid for a bit, in a way! You have been needing to take some time for yourself to reset, and we think that now is the best time to disconnect from Facebook, Instagram and other social media. If you really want to emotionally and mentally reset, this is the time and way to do just that!

You are deep in your emotions this week, Cancer. BEcause you have an alignment with the moon you are going to feel incredibly turbulent for the next week. Whether you want to or not. Try to focus in on group that share the same interests as you so you can really feel some sense of normalcy and grounding around you during this time of change.

You are in high demand this week, Leo. DO NOT let other people get to you in the midst of this though. Times are going to be tough as you spread yourself super thin trying to please everyone, but you need to realize that you cannot make everyone happy. That is also okay. You dont have to please everyone.

Why are are you going to see your family this year when last year was such a cluster during the holidays? You are going to find a period of extremem insight this week in visitation because you are going to realize what really caused that fight last year. You are trying to be the best kid that you can to your our parents, but you need to also take a step back and breathe to find why this keeps happening year after year.

When people tell you who they are, believe them. That is your motto this week, Libra. You have a realtionship that has been a long time coming and you have avoided all the signs that point towards "NO", but you are trying to make this happen when you know it could go south. Whether it be a friendship or partnership, you need to be weary.