On the Rag, Vol. 613

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

HotSpots: What's hot during quarantine?

Dallas Voice: Taking Pride back to its roots

Little Rock trans woman murdered in apparent ‘hit’

Dallas trans woman murdered; police ask for community’s help

Get Out!: Anthony Catanzaro brings the heat

MetroWeekly: Laverne Cox talks about the new Netflix documentary 'Disclosure'

Joel Schumacher: 7 essential films from the gay filmmaker

DNA: Markus Ricci (shot in Miami before distancing restrictions) is fun, fit and friendly

Georgia Voice: Enjoy some reader and staff pet photos!

Animal therapy and the LGBTQ community

Thrift store gives pets a second life

Lavender: Chef John Sugimura is making his grandmother proud

Ambush: Happy socially distant Fourth of July!

Adelante: Mauricio Gomez is Rio handsome

POZ: Covid-19 and HIV: What you need to know

QX: 4th July Duke of Wellington already fully booked

To mark its 30th anniversary, Metrosource magazine has launched a new podcast -- 'Metrosource Minis' -- with host Alexander Rodriguez

On the Rag, Vol 596

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

HotSpots: Meet Bar Mizrahi

Metro Weekly: NoMa’s Red Bear Brewing celebrates a year of nanobrewing success Focusing on high-quality brews and a host

Get Out: The 34th annual Night of a Thousand Gowns

QX: Soap star Aaron Sidwell on going from Beale to Barbra

Dallas Voice: Joe Biden takes Texas

Dixie Chicks release debut single from their first album in 14 years: ‘Gaslighter’

LGBTQ candidates shine on Super Tuesday

Grab: Meet sweet Tyler 

Between the Lines: 5 Detroit women to visit U.N. to fight for women’s equality

The Fight: Elliot Musgrave, Mr. LA Leather 2019: “I know I wasn’t the Mr. Los Angeles Leather that many wanted, but I hope I was the one that at least a few needed.”

Adelante: Dante Martin out front

Out: It’s time for a new tipping point for transgender folks in Hollywood

On the Rag, Vol. 474

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

The Advocate: Is the "Will & Grace" revival nostalgic or a necessity? Read HERE.

Paper Magazine: Michael Musto dug up some great photos that capture the gay glory of Fire Island / Read HERE.

Passport: Go inside the world's friendliest spa HERE.

The Fight: Are you ready for Folsom Street Fair? Read HERE.

QX (London): You're gonna want to check out the photos from inside the party "Hustler"! See HERE.

MetroSource: Johnny Skandros talks about creating “Woof” / Read HERE.

Edge Boston: Kate Millett, feminist author of 'Sexual Politics,' dies / Read HERE.

POZ Magazine: For decades Gloria Searson fights to end the epidemic / Read HERE.

Grab (Chicago): Say hello to Sir Jet / Read HERE.

DNA: This may make you want to join the Aussie mag's site / Read HERE.

NKD: Go on a mustache ride with Val Chmerkovskiy / Info HERE.

Lavender (Twin Cities): Reviews of new books by Andy Cohen, Susan Quinn, Dave Page and more / Read HERE.

Out Magazine: Is this the second coming of Abercrombie & Fitch? Read HERE.

Attitude (U.K.): Laverne Cox is the new face of Beyonce's Ivy Park clothing line / Read HERE.

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Beloved for his role in the movie "Camp," Robin de Jesús steps into the spotlight in a new production of "In the Heights" / Read HERE.

Winq (U.K.): L’Oréal sacks first transgender model over (totally true) racism comments / Read HERE.

HotSpots (Miami): Go inside Boardwalk's Mr. Golden Boy contest / Read HERE.

Gay Times (U.K.): Eight things we learned about "God's Own Country" from its star Josh O'Connor / Read HERE.

Gloss (San Francisco): The Big Fair issues is out now / Read HERE.

HIV Plus: More than 48 new HIV medications and vaccines are in the pipeline / Read HERE.

Rage Monthly: 22 gay men rescued from Chechnya by Canada’s Rainbow Railroad / Read HERE.

The Gay U.K.: The Kilted Coaches reveal if they're gay or not / Read HERE.

Get Out!: Say hello to Peppermint / Read HERE.

GCN (Dublin): New poll reveals that more than a third of LGBT people in the U.K. don't feel comfortable holding their partner's hand in public / Read HERE.

Flame: Meet Chris Gorski, founder and creative director of Detroit GT fashions / Read HERE.

Beyoncé, LGBT Icon and Houston Native, Remains Silent as Texas Pursues Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill

Laverne Cox meets her queen at the Grammys

Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Sting, Cyndi Lauper, Miley Cyrus, Whoopi Goldberg Amy Schumer and Laverne Cox are among the bold-faced names who have signed onto a letter urging Texas legislators to abandon their anti-transgender bathroom bill. Yet as was the case during Houston's much-needed Proposition 1 -- the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), which guaranteed equality based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing and services, something neither U.S. nor Texas state law protect -- Houston native and LGBT icon Beyoncé has said nothing. We could really use the help of someone of her stature -- and a native Texas-- to fight this fearmongering. What's up with that? 

Out Magazine's Oral History of Transgender Representation on Scripted TV

Alexandra Billings, Candis Cayne, Laverne Cox and other trans performers reflect on the progress TV has made—and where it still needs to go. Read HERE.

Cox Blocked

Beautiful to see President Obama and first lady Michelle with Laverne Cox. I said it in my memoir and I'll say it again -- trickle-down economics don't work, but trickle-down social views do. It's subtle, but moments like this have a cumulative effect and slowly change things. This photo-op makes me proud to be an American.