Critics have called him everything from ‘pretty fucking fantastic’ to ‘obnoxious... and wonderful.' Dance diva Billie Ray Martin has already dubbed him a ‘future superstar’. So it goes without saying that debut artist Naommon is one to watch with eyes wide open. Here the Paris to Harlem transplant tells GayWired.com about his sound, his influences, and taking a bite out of the Big Apple.
A once unfriendly place for gay and lesbian travelers, Dublin has in recent years undergone a rainbow of changes. From its monuments to Oscar Wilde and swirl of new gay nightpots to its expansive parks and gay owned B&B's, there's something gay in the air in Dublin and I'm not talking shamrocks either.
It’s hot in Palm Springs in the summer, no doubt. It’s hot in a lot of cities during the summer; hot and humid in many places. If you stay home, your air conditioning bill is outrageous, traffic is unbearable, and crankiness abounds. Planning a vacation to a cooler destination is attractive but often (oh so) expensive. How about this year rather than trying to beat the heat—embrace it!
Once a secret queer desert hideaway, Palm Springs has become a global destination for gay vacationers thanks to the clear skies, warm nights and Mid Century architecture. GayWired.com spoke to one innkeeper about his business, what really goes on in those jacuzzis and how an impromptu spanking party saved an otherwise dismal weekend. [more]
Those crazy Russians build a monument to enemas; A moonpie and cola festival gets a makeover for its 2008 edition; Chicago becomes backdrop for ‘animals gone wild’; two little boys get lost in space; and one Maine couple celebrates the history of gasoline with a new museum. [more]
Air India grounds overweight, sari-wearing flight attendants deeming them too fat to fly; Brokeback Mountain prepares to hit a high note in Manhattan; an Illinois hotel gives guests more than they bargained for; God does a drive-by in Georgia; and ‘water pourers’ in Adelaide, Australia offer customers an unexpected high. [more]
A precocious young girl who grew up to perform performing 'shock art' on Manhattan’s Lower East Side dressed in hot pants and a bikini top, pop princess in waiting Lady GaGa was born with a taste for the theatrical. Here GaGa tells GayWired.com about her single 'Just Dance', coming up in the clubs, her ‘couture’ new tour, how she came to love drama and some of her favorite places around the globe. [more]
The most underrated Pride in the United States has had to overcome its share of bad press—the executive director was let go after it was found convicted child molesters had been assigned volunteer duty in the festival’s Kid Zone—to regain its perch atop the throne. Though LA, NYC and SF boast the clout, it’s San Diego that regularly gets the best reviews. [more]
Come on, folks... this is San Francisco. Home of the gay rights movement. And with the city literally turned upside down earlier this year to recreate the Castro in its hey day for the forthcoming biopic Milk (based on 'mayor of Castro Street' Harvey Milk) plus the recent Supreme Court descicion legalizing gay marriage in California, expect the typically political pride to be teeming with gay spirit. [more]
Perhaps channeling some childhood rebellion, Jenna Bush Hager invites Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi to tie the knot at the Bush family homestead; A barber in Louisiana has a really bad hair day; A new golden burger upstages the ‘Golden Arches’; a sexually revved up pilot and a flight attendant land in big trouble during ‘take-off’ and squirrels take a bite out of Finland’s way of life. [more]
Dance music phenom Erika Jayne's fate was sealed at the tender young age of three when she asked to be introduced before making an entrance from a closet. In this GayWired.com exclusive, Erika talks about her new album, driving fast, why women are sometimes a pretty mess, and some of her favorite places around the globe. [more]
I have three kids. Three boys. It’s almost time for summer vacation, a label that never made sense because summer is never a vacation. What I really want to do is have a real vacation. I want to walk down the beach alone, with no one asking for a piggy back ride. I want to check out the beach goers without watching in horror as my 12-year-old son is staring at the same woman I am.
What would you say if your boss told you work was sending you on a 35 day bus tour to Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Nashville, Indianapolis and Detroit? If you're writer Greg Fieser, after a mini freak out, you say, 'Why not make a film about gay life in the heartland'? Several dozen on cameras later, this is his road journal.
