On the Rag, Vol. 541

A weekly look at what's making news in the gay magazines:

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Designer John Gidding is smart, disarmingly humble and passionate

HotSpots (South Florida): Leslie Jordan talks 'Exposed' at Sunshine Cathedral

Grab (Chicago): Dreamboat Nicholas Hoult gets in formation

QX (London): Casey Gerald discusses his new book, 'There Will Be No miracles Here'

Cybersocket: Homemade porn in a post-Tumblr world

Dallas Voice: Five LGBT members sworn in as 86th Texas Legislature 

LGBT cases slated for SCOTUS conference

Q Salt Lake: Donald Trump is a creep 

Adelante: Andrew Alexander has a habit of being hot

Between the Lines (Detroit): For all you Jill Stein voters, please note that elections have consequences: Brazil's new lunatic president stripped LGBT people of rights on his first day in office, while Michigan's new governor signed an executive directive to prohibit discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and identity

Get Out!: Are you ready for this year's Glam Awards?

Gay Times (U.K.): Dan Reynolds open up about being an ally of the LGBTQ community

Billy Eichner wants you to stop using the F-word

San Francisco Bay Times: The rainbow wave and the most diverse U.S. Congress ever

Out: Tommy Dorfman and Hari Nef are living the rom-com of our dreams

Business of Fashion: With the release of Phillip Picardi’s first issue at the LGBTQ publication, the editor in chief lays out his vision for rejuvenating the troubled title: influential voices, inclusivity and not reflexively playing into the news cycle