On the Rag, Vol. 494

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

Get Out: Is Michael Dean the one?

The Body: The U.S. has allowed back an HIV-positive Mexican immigrant who was wrongly deported -- but why did this happen at all?

QX (London): 'Broad City' star  Eliot Glazer talks bottom shaming, body image and the problem with gay 'tribes' 

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Facing the hostile realities of a Trump presidency, the National LGBTQ Task Force's Rea Carey believes fighting back matters now more than ever

Grab (Chicago): Getting to know Kit Williamson of 'EastSiders'

DNA (Australia): Vote for your favorite photographer's work

Gloss (San Francisco): Drag queens, start your engines

Gay Times: Nearly 700,000 adults in the U.S. have received gay-conversion theapy

San Francisco Bay Times: On Feb. 3, the Seventh Annual Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirit (BAAITS) Two-Spirit Powwow will be held at Fort Mason in San Francisco

HotSpots (Florida): Car buying made easy: what to buy?

Echo (Phoenix): Local trans recording artist Epiphany Mattel is using music to tell her story

GCN (Ireland): Michelle Visage talks about the impact of 'RuPaul’s Drag Race' on its contestants and the world

On the Rag, Vol. 460

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

Gloss (SF): Steve Grand prepares to take it off (not work friendly) 

Out magazine: RuPaul to appear on new season of "Broad City"

QX (London): Say hello to Taycee

Attitude (U.K.): Andrew Garfield lipsynching to Whitney Houston at a "Drag Race" show will put you in a good mood

Get Out!: Nelly Furtado headlines Pride Island

Gay Times (U.K.): These college athletes came out to each other and then fell in love

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Broadway legend. TV star. LGBTQ rights supporter. Animal activist. Bernadette Peters has always lived by her own code of passion and compassion. 

Winq (U.K.): Emmanuel Macron challenges Vladimir Putin over Chechnya and LGBT rights

DNA (Australia): Are you ready for a 16-page spread of Lucas Escarcello?

MetroSource (NYC): Director Jim Fall is working on a sequel to "Trick," which is curiously missing from streaming services

Adelante (L.A.): Bombón Sexy  

Outlook Ohio: Camp Sunrise is a place for kids affected by HIV/AIDS

Passport Magazine: Do you have your summer vacation planned?

Attractive Men: What are your pre-date beauty routines?

Cybersocket: Summer pride guide (not work friendly)

HIV Plus: New AIDS activism movie "120 Beats Per Minutes" honored at Cannes Film Festival

Grab (Chicago): Raph Solo out front 

Salt Lake Magazine: Trump may not acknowledge LGBT month, but Utah's pride week has been officially kicked off

The Fight (L.A.): MedMen co-founder Andrew Modlin on reshaping the cannabis industry.  

Têtu (France): Ricky Martin reportedly disturbing as gay boyfriend of Gianni Versace in Ryan Murphy's "American Crime Story"

Rage Monthly: Congrats to the SoCal rag celebrate 10 years in business!

Gay Community News (Dublin): Maybe "Awful Gays" -- about gay couple Maurice and Kenny -- will be for me what "Difficult People" wasn't. Watch HERE.

Edge Media Network: Noted rent hustler Cyndi Lauper to receive Logo's 2017 Trailblazer Honor for her longtime advocacy work for the LGBT community

Flame (Detroit): Ran Diesel is serving up some Michigan hotness!

Attitude (U.K.): BBC News' James Longman on the reality of reporting in the Middle East as a (very hot) gay man

Edge (Boston): Parade or protest? 

Ilana Glazer of 'Broad City' Scores With Blake Griffin

Tips on how to get the 6-10 power forward naked HERE.

Funny Ladies

How Broad City Became the Greatest Show on Television 

 Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobsen are saving comedy one raucous adventure at a time.

Maybe a tad hyperbolic there. (The season premiere was kinda weak, which has me worried that the novelty has worn off.) But I am a huge fan of them both -- and the article is by my pal Mike Albo, who is every bit as funny as they are!

My Kind of 'Broad'

Hillary Clinton just HAS to be our next president. About the only way her visit to the set of (hilarious) "Broad City" could be better would be if I didn't have to look at Amy Poehler's face ...

 Seen HERE.

'Broad' Appeal

"Broad City" creators and stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson cover New York mag's best-of New York issue. Bummed to see the upcoming episode is already the season finale. Sure, it's been (another) uneven batch of episodes, but it's still one of the funniest things on television these days. Read the story HERE.

'Broad City' Season 2 Trailer Is Here

 Not a huge fan of pot humor, but Abbi and Ilana are my girls, so I'm ready for season 2 nonetheless

'Broad' Reaction

Anybody check "Broad City" out yet? Never saw it when it was a web series, but have seen a few episodes since it moved to Comedy Central. It's weird -- it's one of the most consistently uneven things I've ever seen. One scene I will be howling, think it's the best thing ever. Then the next scene I will be shocked at how appallingly unfunny it is.\ 

"Broad City," created by UCB alums Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer and produced by Amy Poehler, is an odd-couple comedy about two best friends navigating their twenties in New York City. Abbi and Ilana are broke and flawed, and they don’t shy away from the sticky situations NYC throws at them -- they dive right into the muck. But no matter how bad it gets, these young broads are always down with whatever hits them.